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Local boy hopes for unusual birthday gift
(Local News ~ 01/21/02)
Odell Terry plans to celebrate his ninth birthday on Friday. One of the best presents he could get: a new set of lungs. The small, blond-haired boy suffers from cystic fibrosis, a disease that causes the mucus in his body to be excessively thick. It clogs his lungs and makes it difficult for him to breathe. It clogs the ducts that funnel digestive fluids to his stomach and makes it difficult for him to derive nourishment from the food he eats...
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Enron debacle is evidence of disconnect between corporate America and capitalism, Tanner says
(Local News ~ 01/21/02)
MARTIN - Enron Corporation's bankruptcy is evidence of a divide between U.S. business and the spirit of capitalism, U.S. Rep. John Tanner said Friday. "There's a disconnect between corporate America and capitalism that is evident in the Enron debacle," Tanner said. ...
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Crowd at breakfast hammers lawmakers
(Local News ~ 01/21/02)
MARTIN--Citizens from West Tennessee who attended Friday's multi-county legislative breakfast are fed up with the inability of legislators to solve the state's revenue problem. "I want each of you to make me two pledges," said Don Pennington of Dyersburg during a question session at the event, attended by about 400 people from counties throughout West Tennessee. ...
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Kirk remembered as man of integrity and humor
(Local News ~ 01/21/02)
Longtime Dyer County landowner and farmer Lear A. Kirk was praised Saturday by those who knew him as a man of integrity and humor. Kirk died Friday at 90 after a lengthy illness that left him essentially blind. "Mr. Lear is probably the most widely-respected individual that I've ever known," said former Dyer County Executive P.H. White. "As much as anything the respect stemmed from his absolute integrity."...
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Personal stands best honor King's memory...
(Local News ~ 01/21/02)
The best way to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s memory is to take a personal stand to change society, two area ministers said Friday at the Dyersburg King luncheon. "I can remember when blacks and whites couldn't go to school together," the Rev. ...
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Beware of tax scams
(Local News ~ 01/21/02)
The Internal Revenue Service has issued an alert to Dyer County taxpayers warning them not to fall victim to tax scams. These schemes take several shapes, ranging from promises of special tax refunds to false IRS agents collecting payments. "Each year, people of all ages and from all walks of life fall victim to scams, some of which are illegal tax schemes," IRS spokesman Dan Boone told the State Gazette. ...
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From the inner city to rural America
(Local News ~ 01/21/02)
First Presbyterian Christian School in Dyersburg is a long way from the inner city "magnet school" in St. Louis where Mark Reisner received his "baptism by fire" as a classroom teacher, but the lessons he learned there about caring for students drive his visions for education today...
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Three Oaks falls at Crockett County
(High School Sports ~ 01/21/02)
A road trip to Alamo to close the regular-season slate proved tough on the Three Oaks Middle School teams Thursday night. After the Lady Eagles dropped a 53-49 outing in the opener, the Eagles fell in the nightcap 37-24. The Three Oaks clubs are scheduled to participate in a post-season invitational tournament at Crockett County Jan. 28 - Feb. 2. Opponents and game times will be announced at a later date...
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DMS girls humble Humboldt
(High School Sports ~ 01/21/02)
Excellent defense and balanced scoring carried the Dyersburg Middle School girls to a 53-39 triumph Thursday night over visiting Humboldt in a West Tennessee Athletic Conference contest. The Lady Trojans got double-digit scoring efforts from Cali Cupples, Britney Mitchell and Jasmine Yancy on the way to their sixth win in eight WTAC outings. ...
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Trojans - Indians Split District Match-up
(High School Sports ~ 01/21/02)
Dyersburg - On Homecoming Night with a large crowd in attendance, few were aware of the threatening weather outside the Trojan gym because a heated contest was being played out inside Dyersburg's gym. There was a sense of post-season play as both schools prepared for battle. ...
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Stoy Alford
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
Stoy Alford, 89, of Finley, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002 at the Veterans Hospital in Memphis. He was a retired employee of Forcum Lannom Inc., a member of First Assembly of God in Dyersburg, American Legion and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
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Eugene Gentry Jr
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
Eugene Gentry Jr., 88, of Union City, formerly of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2002 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. He was a retired barber and employee of Union City School System, a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, a member of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Churches in both Dyersburg and Union City...
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Jettie B. Houk
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
Jettie B. Houk, 75, of Newbern, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. She was a seamstress.
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Annie E. "Liz" Johnson
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
Annie E. "Liz" Johnson, 60, of Chesterton, Ind., formerly of Obion County, died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2002 in Michigan City, Ind.
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John T. "JT" Jones
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
John T. "JT" Jones, 90, of Ripley, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2002 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Ridgely. He was a retired employee of the Lauderdale County health department.
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Lear A. Kirk
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
Lear A. Kirk, 90, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2002 at his residence. He was a retired farmer and landowner, a member of First United Methodist Church where he was a former administrative board member, an active supporter of the Lenox Volunteer Fire Department, and very actively involved in local basketball and church music...
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James Chester Ledbetter
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
James Chester Ledbetter, 82, of Obion, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2002 at Royal Care of Ridgely. He was a convenience store owner, a member of First Methodist Church in Obion, a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, a member of Troy Masonic Lodge #88, a 32nd degree York Rite mason, and a Shriner...
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John William Paschall
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
John William Paschall, 78, of Ridgely, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2002 at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. He was a real estate appraiser, a chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy during World War II, a member of First United Methodist Church in Ridgely where he taught Sunday School for 22 years and was head usher, a former Lake County commissioner, and a staff member at Reelfoot Rural Ministries...
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Clyde Lindsey Stover
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
Clyde Lindsey Stover, 70, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2002 at Royal Care Nursing Home in Ridgely. He was a member of Elbridge Methodist Church.
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Robert Louis Tipton Mays
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
Robert Louis Tipton Mays, 62, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002 at Oakwood Manor in Dyersburg.
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Ludie McDonald
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
Ludie McDonald, of Newbern, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2002 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center.
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Otis Genon Scott
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
Otis Genon Scott, 86, formerly of Miston, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2002 at Baptist Memorial Tipton Hospital Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by McBride Funeral Home in Ripley, Miss.
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George W. Wallace
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
George W. Wallace, 88, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital.
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Collection at DSCC brings the wildlife up close
(Community News ~ 01/21/02)
From moose to coon, from black bear to grizzly bear, from caribou to polar bear, from lion to warthog, from wildebeest to leopard, from wood duck to mallard, from big horn sheep to mountain goat. Think of an animal and you'll probably come across it, or something really close to it, in the Dr. Walter E. David Wildlife Collection. And the good part is, you don't have to travel far to see it. It's right at your back door...
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'Tennessee Crossroads' comes to town
(Community News ~ 01/21/02)
The halls of the Glover building on the campus of Dyersburg State Community College were transformed into a television studio Jan. 15. As professors prepared to begin another semester, a production crew from "Tennessee Crossroads" gathered information on the Dr. Walter E. David Wildlife Collection. The six-minute segment will be featured on an upcoming edition of the Nashville Public Television-produced program, which is televised on PBS affiliates throughout the state...
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Senior Reginette Maddox
(Community News ~ 01/21/02)
Senior Reginette Maddox, second from right, was selected the Dyersburg High School Basketball Homecoming Queen for 2001-02. The full court is, from left, junior maid Chloe Anderson, sophomore maid Megan Shults, Maddox, and junior maid Joli Anderson.
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McCune's niche featured on White House Christmas tree
(Community News ~ 01/21/02)
Art has always been something that interested Linda Williams McCune. But it wasn't until she was in fourth grade that she began dreaming of becoming an artist. It was her fourth-grade teacher, Eva Birch at RoEllen Elementary School, who provided the encouragement to lead McCune to believe that dream could become a reality...
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The War Years
(Community News ~ 01/21/02)
No event in American history ever shaped a generation more decisively than World War II. When word came that the Japanese Empire had bombed the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, a nation was galvanized. As one, Americans rose and retooled both culture and economy for what would become the greatest military struggle in human history...
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All about cats
(Community News ~ 01/21/02)
Cats are probably the most popular pet for sheer volume in Dyer County, says Derrick L. Avery, supervisor of the Dyersburg-Dyer County Humane Society, and that leaves him with some unique problems. In an average year, the animal shelter collects about 500 adult cats and kittens. ...
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