Brenda Joyce Blagg, one of the founding members and performers in the Northwest Gridiron Show, died December 14, 2022, at Fayetteville. She was 75. From the beginning, Blagg served on the steering committee for the shows, wrote scripts and acted in the Northwest Arkansas Gridiron from 1978–1990 and from 2004–2021, continuing to offer guidance and … More Obituary for Brenda Blagg
We, the present cast and crew of the Northwest Arkansas Gridiron, recall with fond hearts the people who shared the Gridiron stage and are no longer with us: Guy Barnes — 1978–1989 shows Brenda Blagg — 1978-2021 shows Hailey Bonnell — 2004–2005 shows Mike Brown — 1979–1981 shows Dick Clohecy — 1978–1979 shows Norma Conner … More In Memoriam
Harry Dean Marsh, former chair of the Department of Journalism at the University of Arkansas and the emcee for the first Northwest Arkansas Gridiron show in 1978, died April 4, 2021, at the family home in Gallatin, Tennessee. He was 93. … More Obituary for Harry Marsh
Gina King, a long-time Gridiron actor and the first to portray a pregnant teenager while pregnant herself, died Oct. 7, 2020. She was 59. King first performed in the Gridiron in the 1980s, and one of the sketches for which she is well remembered, Sixteen Going on Preggers, about teen pregnancy in Arkansas. Several actors … More Obituary for Gina King
Sally Woodhouse Wampler, who performed in the Northwest Arkansas Gridiron Show from 1985 to 1989, died August 1, 2018, at Willard Walker Hospice House. She was 84. Sally was born October 18, 1933, the daughter of Carl and Yolande Woodhouse in Long Beach, California. One of her best sketches in the Gridiron Show involved an … More Obituary for Sally Wampler
Jennifer Cox Smith of Jonesboro, who performed in the Northwest Arkansas Gridiron in 1988 and was the niece of Brenda Blagg, died April 4, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. She was 48. Jennifer was born in Jonesboro and lived 18 years in Walnut Ridge, where she was a 1987 graduate of Walnut Ridge … More Obituary for Jennifer Cox Smith
William “Bill” J. Ingenthron, an actor for the Northwest Arkansas Gridiron in the 1980 and 1981 shows, died February 26, 2017. He was 72. Bill was born in Taney County, Missouri, to Joseph Ingenthron and Frieda Freeland Ingenthron, on August 18, 1934. He and his wife of 55 years, Janeth Fisher Ingenthron, another Ozarks native, … More Obituary for Bill Ingenthron
Boyce Ray Davis, who was emcee for the 1990 Northwest Arkansas Gridiron, died Jan. 5, 2017, at Fayetteville. He was 78 Davis was a resident of Lincoln, where he practiced law for 40 year and published the Lincoln Leader. He was born May 29, 1938 in Prairie Grove, the son of Oliver Ray and Beulah … More Obituary for Boyce Davis
Paula J. Thompson, who performed in the Northwest Arkansas Gridiron in 1988 and 1989, died peacefully in her sleep at home on Wednesday, October 5, 2016. She was 77. Paula was born in Rogers, Arkansas, June 19, 1939 — “shortly after the Earth cooled,” as she was fond of saying — to Paul G. and … More Obituary for Paula J. Thompson
Mildred “Midge” (Phillips) Garza, one the original cast members of the very first Northwest Arkansas Gridiron in 1978, died on May 21, 2015, at Bentonville. She was 78. She was born on February 28, 1937, in Houston, Texas, daughter of the late Thomas Clyde “T.C.” and Roberta (Felty) Beeman. Garza attended Lon Morris College, where … More Obituary for Midge Phillips Garza