UCA journalism instructor Jerry Earle Overton, 63, of Conway, AR, died Thursday, Jan. 11. Overton was born June 27, 1954, in Fort Smith, Arkansas to the late Earle and Irma Overton of Mansfield, Arkansas. Overton was an educator and broadcaster with 44 years of experience in broadcast news, sports, programming and management, sports marketing, sales, sales management and traditional ...