Pea Ridge News

Barry Lee Smith, 47, of Elkins, Ark., died Jan. 16, 2012, at his home. He was born March 25, 1967, at Newton, Kan., the son of John and Rowena Williams Smith.

Larry Henry Reifschneider, 72, of Bella Vista, Ark., died Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, at his home in Bella Vista, Ark.

The state attorney general rejected the wording of a proposed constitutional amendment that seeks to elect members of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission rather than have them appointed by the governor.