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Reelfoot's Haggard wins top park-ranger award
(Local News ~ 12/23/02)
David Haggard, an interpretive specialist at Reelfoot Lake State Park, has been hailed as the best park ranger in Tennessee. The Tennessee Park Ranger Association selected him from more than 130 other park rangers and named him "Ranger of the Year."...
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Dyersburg woman killed in car wreck
(Local News ~ 12/23/02)
A Dyersburg woman was killed Saturday night in a two-vehicle accident in Haywood County. According to the report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Laura Belle Anderson Ellis, 27, was killed instantly when the 1994 Toyota Celica she was driving south on Tennessee Highway 79 was hit by a 1990 Crown Victoria driven by Jimmy R. Baggett, 34, of Alamo. Emergency workers reported the accident at 9:21 p.m...
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Frist to be Senate majority leader
(Local News ~ 12/23/02)
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Sen. Bill Frist is to explain his plans after his expected election as Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate today at 2 p.m. to Tennessee journalists from his Nashville office. Republicans are counting on Sen. Bill Frist to project the image of a party open to minorities as they prepare to take control of the Senate and confront a host of difficult issues. ...
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Trimble man to receive Coast Guard award
(Local News ~ 12/23/02)
Jim Stark never expected to be a hero. Even after pulling three fishermen from the sea nearly 36 hours after their boat sank, he shrugs off the heroic label. The U.S. Coast Guard wants to make it a little more difficult for him to deny it. The agency plans to present the 59-year-old Trimble resident with the Meritorious Public Service Award, the second-highest honor a civilian may receive from the Coast Guard. ...
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Third man sentenced in murder of Finley
(Local News ~ 12/23/02)
The third man charged in the murder of James "Chip" Finley on Feb. 21 pleaded guilty to facilitating aggravated robbery Dec. 17 and was sentenced to serve one year in the Dyer County Jail. J.P. Daniels, 18, of 417 Revell Road, Dyersburg, entered the plea as part of a negotiation with District Attorney General Phil Bivens. Finley's family was present in the courtroom when the plea was entered and Bivens said they agreed with the plea and sentence...
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Thacker sentenced to death for Oklahoma killing
(Local News ~ 12/23/02)
PRYOR, Okla. - District Judge James Goodpaster deliberated about an hour Friday before sentencing Steven Ray Thacker to death for a second murder. Thacker, 32, of Chouteau, Okla., was sentenced to death in February by a Lake County jury after they found him guilty of the murder of Dyersburg businessman Ray Patterson. Friday's sentence ended a sentencing phase that stretched into three days...
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Dynamic Duo leads Choctaws to triumph
(High School Sports ~ 12/23/02)
Dyer County's splendid senior tandem at guard, Montrelle Crittendon and Brian Fisk, has been playing basketball together for a very long time. From the playgrounds of Newbem, on to junior high and finally at DC, the two stars have honed their skills as a pair and not just as individuals. Some folks even swear that the two Choctaws have the ability to read one another's minds...
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Lady Trojans escape with 36-35 verdict
(High School Sports ~ 12/23/02)
In the latest installment of what has become one of the most exciting and competitive basketball rivalries in all of West Tennessee, the agony and the ecstasy of another photo finish between the girls of Dyersburg and Dyer County High Schools once again produced a volcanic eruption on Friday night inside the Choctaws' sparkling, new roundball cathedral...
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A sincere hello
(High School Sports ~ 12/23/02)
Friday evening, between the girls and boys basketball games pitting Dyersburg and Dyer County in another round of fierce struggles, two old rivals just happen to cross paths just outside the gymnasium doorway. Former Lady Trojan Mary Courtney Ford and ex-Lady Choctaw Beth Anne Pope's eyes met. Smiles crossed the faces of both young ladies and a warm and friendly holiday embrace followed a sincere hello...
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Mary Helen Barker Harris
(Obituary ~ 12/23/02)
Mary Helen Barker Harris, 60, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002 at Methodist Hospital in Germantown. She was a homemaker. Services were at 10 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Don Layman and Major Jimmy Jackson officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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Lurline C. Lewellyng
(Obituary ~ 12/23/02)
Lurline C. Lewellyng, 87, of Noblesville, Ind., formerly of Newbern, died Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002 at the Riverwalk Nursing Home in Noblesville. A retired employee of the U.S. General Accounting Office, she was a member of Newbern First United Methodist Church, the Newbern Garden Club and the Newbern Depot committee that was responsible for the restoration of the old railroad depot and having it listed with the Historical Registry. ...
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Callie Lucille Anderson Bunn Lewis
(Obituary ~ 12/23/02)
Callie Lucille Anderson Bunn Lewis, 78, of Memphis, died Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002 at Baptist East Hospital. She was a homemaker, a member of Elon Baptist Church in the Double Bridges Community in Lauderdale County, named to the Commanders Club in 2001 by the D.A.V. ...
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Jasper Baker Miller
(Obituary ~ 12/23/02)
Jasper Baker Miller, 85, of Tigrett, died Friday, Dec. 20, 2002 at his residence. A retired farmer, he was the son of the late Tom Miller and the late Esther Baker Miller. He was a member of the Dyersburg Moose Lodge, the Farm Bureau and served on the Dyer County School Board for 17 years. Services will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home and burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. Rev. Jim Griffith and Rev. Frank Gardner will officiate...
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Laura Belle Anderson Ellis
(Obituary ~ 12/23/02)
Laura Belle Anderson Ellis, 27, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Dec. 21, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Haywood in Brownsville. She was a licensed practical nurse for Oakwood Manor, a member of First United Methodist Church, salutatorian of her nursing class, and very active in Girl Scouting and Young Life. ...
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Bertha Foster
(Obituary ~ 12/23/02)
Bertha Foster, 89, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Dec. 21, 2002 at Oakwood Manor in Dyersburg. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Jerry Leach officiating. Burial will be in Rehoboth Cemetery in Newbern...
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Robert Beard
(Obituary ~ 12/23/02)
Robert Beard, 82, of Jackson, died Sunday, Dec. 22, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.
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Sharing their holiday spirit The best holiday decorations in Dyersburg, Newbern
(Community News ~ 12/23/02)
Decorating for the holidays is a labor of love that many make a Christmas tradition. It's also something the entire community can enjoy. For several years, both the Dyersburg City Beautiful Commission and the Newbern City Beautiful Commission have recognized residents' efforts with their holiday decoration contests. For this year's contests, judges for the commissions looked for the best decorations that fell into four categories...
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'Life is just what you make it'
(Community News ~ 12/23/02)
Growing up as a youngster in Newbern, Bennie Greene remembers 18-wheelers rolling down Highway 51 and the drivers tooting their horns at him and his cousins. It's that imagery - those drivers going across the country, hauling various items, tooting their horns at youngsters as they passed - that Greene and his cousins liked. "I wanted to be a truck driver growing up," he said. "My cousins said they wanted to be truck drivers to haul all those things."...
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