Malone to serve as Arkadelphia Rotary guest speaker, June 13

The Arkadelphia Rotary Club will meet Friday, June 13, 2014, at Western Sizzlin, 106 WP Malone Drive, for its weekly meeting. Former State Senator Percy Malone has been invited to serve as guest speaker. Rotarians and guests are invited to attend. For more information on the guest speaker, please read his brief biography below. 

PERCY MALONE, former state senator, served in the Arkansas Senate representing the 26th Senate District, which included all of Clark, Dallas, and Nevada Counties, and parts of Columbia and Ouachita Counties. Senator Malone served as Chairman of the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee, Chairman of the Administrative Rules and Regulations Committee and Chairman of the Task Force on Abused and Neglected Children.

He also held membership on numerous other committees and subcommittees including the Joint Budget Committee, Arkansas Legislative Council and the Senate Insurance and Commerce Committee just to name a few. He also served as State Representative for House District 36 from 1995 to 1999, which included parts of Clark and Nevada Counties. In this capacity, he served as Co-chairman of the Joint Budget Committee and as a member of the Insurance and Commerce Committee, the Public Health and Welfare Committee, and other important committees and subcommittees.

After receiving his pharmacy degree in 1965, Senator Malone began working with I.B. Fuller in Arkadelphia. Mr. Fuller became a mentor for his community involvement, which has ranged from serving on the Board of Directors of the Arkadelphia Chamber of Commerce, to serving as a delegate to Arkansas' Constitutional Convention in 1980, to being a member of the State Board of Pharmacy.

Senator Malone was named one of Arkansas' Top 10 Legislators by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in 1999 and 2003. Throughout his legislative career, he has worked to support public education and health care initiatives, protect Arkansas consumers, and provide opportunities for economic growth. Professionally, Senator Malone is President and Owner of W.P. Malone, Inc., which includes a chain of Allcare Pharmacies across Arkansas. Senator Malone and his wife, Donna, are members of Third Street Baptist Church in Arkadelphia. He has two adult daughters, Amy Malone Norcross and Emily Malone Ervin, and five wonderful grandchildren.