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The National Bank of Commerce Building is located at 200 S. Pruett St. in Paragould, Arkansas. The Classic Revival style building was designed by... Hankers and Cairns and by Lesmeister. It is significant for its architecture, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
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Iris DeMent is an American singer and songwriter. DeMent's musical style includes elements of the country and folk music genres. DeMent was the... youngest child of Pat DeMent and his second wife, Flora Mae. As the baby of the family, she was Pat DeMent's fourteenth child, and Flora Mae's eighth. She was raised in a Pentecostal household, but now identifies as an "agnostic Christian." She was born near the town of Paragould, Arkansas, but grew up in Cypress, California, where she was exposed to and influenced by country and gospel music. DeMent's first album, Infamous Angel, was released in 1992 and explored themes like religious skepticism, living in a small town, lamenting "nothing good ever lasts", and forgiving human frailty. Her song "Let the Mystery Be" from that album has been covered by a number of artists, including 10,000 Maniacs, Alice Stuart, and in the opening scenes of the movie Little Buddha and has become one of DeMent's better known compositions. In her second album, My Life, released in 1994, she continued the personal and introspective approach.
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Iris DeMent is an American singer and songwriter. DeMent's musical style includes elements of the country and folk music genres. DeMent was the... youngest child of Pat DeMent and his second wife, Flora Mae. As the baby of the family, she was Pat DeMent's fourteenth child, and Flora Mae's eighth. She was raised in a Pentecostal household, but now identifies as an "agnostic Christian." She was born near the town of Paragould, Arkansas, but grew up in Cypress, California, where she was exposed to and influenced by country and gospel music. DeMent's first album, Infamous Angel, was released in 1992 and explored themes like religious skepticism, living in a small town, lamenting "nothing good ever lasts", and forgiving human frailty. Her song "Let the Mystery Be" from that album has been covered by a number of artists, including 10,000 Maniacs, Alice Stuart, and in the opening scenes of the movie Little Buddha and has become one of DeMent's better known compositions. In her second album, My Life, released in 1994, she continued the personal and introspective approach.
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Arkansas is a state located in the Southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Its diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozarks and the Ouachita Mountains, which make up the U.S. Interior Highlands, to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River. Arkansas is the... 29th most extensive and the 32nd most populous of the 50 United States. The capital and most populous city is Little Rock, located in the central portion of the state. The name “Arkansas” derives from the same root as the name for the state of Kansas. The Kansa tribe of Native Americans are closely associated with the Sioux tribes of the Great Plains. The word “Arkansas” itself is a French pronunciation of a Quapaw word, akakaze, meaning “land of downriver people” or the Sioux word akakaze meaning “people of the south wind”.
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