Dave and Mary Kay Heard, this year’s city marshals for the 39th Farm-City Days, personify faithfulness to Iola.
The Heards joined farm marshals Rick and Becky Robb in opening ceremonies for the annual fall festival Wednesday evening and will be featured in Saturday’s parade through downtown Iola.
The Heards are lifetime Iolans. She was born in Mexico, Mo., moving here with her parents at age 1.
They are best known as longtime proprietors of Iola’s Western Auto Store, which they sold last year.
The Heards connected in a happenstance sort of way.
Iola the one for Heards
