CONWAY — Mitch and Gloria Yeaton, both 64, of Freedom, met in 1978.
You may have heard their names in conjunction with White Horse Recovery, a Christian-based addiction and mental health non-profit in the least religious and then the most drug ravaged state in the country.
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Such an amazing couple. I have the pleasure of knowing them well. To God be the Glory!
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