Hospital Groundbreaking

Photo by John Rech

Hospital Groundbreaking

Elected officials from around the county grabbed the golden shovels to break ground for the new Baptist Memorial Hospital- Crittenden County. The site is north of I-40 across the Interstate from Cracker Barrel. Pictured (left to right) are: Milton Nicks, Albert Marconi, Baptist Health Care CEO Jason Little, Claude ‘Shorty” Steele, Hubert Bass, Charlie Suiter, Judge Woody Wheeless, Dorothy Cooper, Hospital CEO Brian Welton, Joe Marotti, Lisa O’Neal, Terry Hawkins and Kim Hollowell. Below: Real Estate Broker Mike Ford and West Memphis Mayor Bill Johnson were among the standing room only crowd at the hospital groundbreaking at the Arkansas Welcome Center.