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First-degree murder indictments returned in four local killings
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
For the first time in recent memory a Dyer County Grand Jury Monday returned first-degree murder indictments in four local killings. Three men were indicted for the first-degree murder of James "Chip" Finley on Feb. 21 and Jamie L. Bailey was indicted on three counts of first-degree murder during an alleged killing spree on Oct. ...
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Smith terms governor's race most important in his lifetime
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
Saying the current governor's race is the most important in his lifetime, Dr. Charles E. Smith returned to Dyersburg to campaign Tuesday night. Smith, who has made six campaign appearances here during his effort to win the Democratic nomination to run for governor, said he has been told during his campaign that ordinary people realize the state has a fiscal crisis...
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Dennis Moody: Upbeat about the future
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
A friend once asked Dyersburg's Dennis Moody how much he made as a city alderman and Moody instantly replied, "Three hundred dollars a month and all the cussings I can take." Moody, 48, represents Ward 4, the district in the area of the neighborhood activity center. ...
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Local support helps basin authority tread budgetary waters
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
Several Dyer Countians recently traveled to Nashville to show their support for the West Tennessee River Basin Authority. The act may have made an impact on legislators. The basin authority's budget proposal - including capital maintenance funds that had been cut from the current budget -- gained budget committee approval in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Of course, plenty could change before the General Assembly officially adopts a budget for 2002-03...
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Saturday yard sale to benefit Reelfoot Rural Ministries
(Local News ~ 04/11/02)
It's an event that's becoming an annual occurrence as Methodist churches from West Paducah, Ky., to Memphis hold yard sales to benefit Reelfoot Rural Ministries. Finley United Methodist Church will be one of those participants Saturday. The yard and bake sale will begin at 9 a.m. ...
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Lady Eagles' win spoiled by 'ugly' setback
(High School Sports ~ 04/11/02)
Randy Hulme, head coach of the Dyersburg State Community College women, was thrilled to see his Lady Eagles take a 3-1 win in the opening game of Wednesday's softball doubleheader against visiting Southwest Tennessee. He was not happy his troops played poorly and let the nightcap slip away. "We're just inconsistent," Hulme said after the guests took a 7-3 triumph in the late game. "It's the little things, the small things we're not doing, that really hurt...
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William Glenn Maxwell
(Obituary ~ 04/11/02)
William Glenn Maxwell, 59, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, April 9, 2002 at the Veteran's Medical Center in Memphis. He was a retired jailer, retired MP with 269th Unit of the National Guard, and a U.S. Army veteran of Vietnam and Operation Desert Storm...
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Mary Ann "Annie" Newsom
(Obituary ~ 04/11/02)
Mary Ann "Annie" Newsom, 57, of Newbern, died Tuesday, April 9, 2002 at her residence. She was a riverboat cook for Southern Towing and a member of Cool Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
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Lillian Viola Rutledge
(Obituary ~ 04/11/02)
Lillian Viola Rutledge, 89, of McKenzie, formerly of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, April 9, 2002 at McKenzie Health Care Center. She was a retired cafeteria worker for Jennie Bell School and a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Henry.
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Delmus Burrus
(Obituary ~ 04/11/02)
Delmus Burrus, of Tiptonville, died Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at his residence.
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A special treat
(Community News ~ 04/11/02)
Wednesday's weather was perfect for Steve Tate, left, with Parks Limousines, to take Huey Robertson and six other Dyersburg Manor residents for an outing to Reelfoot Lake. The group ate at Blue Bank Fish House & Grill prior to taking a tour of the lake. It was the first time any of the residents, which also included Carolyn McDonald, Ruby Parson, Maxine Cupples, Gladys Young, Robbie Mosley and Alma Viar, had ever ridden in a limo. When it pulled up, they asked, 'Where's Elvis?'...
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Random Notes April 10th
(Column ~ 04/11/02)
The annual Community Resource Development banquet on Saturday night was an event to behold, with an exciting speaker and entertainment that had the crowd hopping. Dorothy Bond, principal of Sunny Hill Elementary School in Brownsville, had the crowd clapping with 'amens' with her take on the trouble's of today's families -- and how placing faith in God's hands is the solution to all matters...
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