W. Percy Malone (born August 23, 1942) is an American politician, pharmacist, and businessman. Born in

Rosedale, Mississippi Rosedale is a city and one of two county seats of Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States, the other seat being Cleveland. The Rosedale population was 1,873 at the 2010 census, down from 2,414 in 2000. Located in an agricultural area, the c ...

, Malone graduated from

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School of Pharmacy in 1965. He is a pharmacist and president of W. P. Malone, Incorporated in

Arkadelphia, Arkansas Arkadelphia is a city in Clark County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,380. The city is the county seat of Clark County. It is situated at the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains. Two universities, Hender ...

. He served in the Arkansas Constitutional Convention of 1980. From 1995 to 1999, Malone served in the

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. Then, from 2001 to 2013 Malone served in the

Arkansas State Senate The Arkansas State Senate is the upper branch of the Arkansas General Assembly. The Senate consists of 35 members, each representing a district with about 83,000 people. Service in the state legislature is part-time, and many state senators have ...

. Malone was a

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. In 2010, he became the namesake and first winner of the Child Advocacy Centers of Arkansas Percy Malone Child Protection Award.

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