Clendenin, a commercial pilot, will engage in corporate flying, cattle farming, and real estate. Johnson Smith , administrator of Conway County Hospital in Morrilton, recently announced the hospital has undergone a name change. The new name is St. Anthony's Healthcare Center. Diane Mackey , partner, Friday, Eldredge and Clark, and AHA legal counsel, was also honored. Governor Mike Huckabee has appointed Spencer Honey of Arkadelphia as director of the Arkansas Health Services Agency, succeeding Orson Berry who resigned March 16.
Honey is a former nursing home administrator.
TVIR has 14 Arkansas subscribers. George S. Fray , administrator of Baptist Memorial Hospital Forrest City, has resigned effective April 15. No successor has been appointed. Director of the Little Rock-North Little Rock facilities for 14 years, he oversaw the construction of the John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital in Little Rock and the Eugene J. Towbin Health Care Center in North Little Rock. During his 35-year career with the VA, Parrish also served in administrative positions in Erie and Pittsburgh, Penn., Washington DC, and Saginaw, Michigan.