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Newbern Guard unit returning this week
(Local News ~ 12/08/03)
More than a year after they left for the Iraq war, the Newbern detachment of the 1174th Transportation Company is scheduled to return home on Wednesday after duty in Iraq. Although the exact time is still pending, the convoy of 57 soldiers is expected to roll into the Newbern armory sometime after midnight...
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Mary Jeanette Bradshaw
(Obituary ~ 12/08/03)
Mary Jeanette Bradshaw, 88, of Obion, died Saturday, Dec. 6, 2003 at Ridgely Care and & Rehabilitation Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Union Church in Fulton, Ky. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Marlon Stephens and the Rev. Larry Blakeburn officiating. Burial will be in Zion Cemetery in Elbridge...
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Reba Walker Carroll Bearden
(Obituary ~ 12/08/03)
Reba Walker Carroll Bearden, 84, of Newbern, died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2003 at Ridgely Care & Rehabilitation Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Lemalsamac Church of Christ. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with Brother Dan Clevenger officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern...
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Shirley Ann Cooper
(Obituary ~ 12/08/03)
Shirley Ann Cooper, 63, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired nurse's aide from Oakwood Nursing Center after 30 years and a member of Evansville Free Holiness Church. Services were at 1 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Brother Mac Daniels officiating. Burial will be in McCullough Chapel Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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Bessie A. Childress
(Obituary ~ 12/08/03)
Bessie A. Childress, 74, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Dec. 6, 2003 at her residence. She was a homemaker, a member of First Christian Church, a member of the Dyersburg-Dyer County Senior Citizens Group and a former craft teacher for the Dyer County Office on Aging...
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Louise Akin
(Obituary ~ 12/08/03)
Louise Akin, 93, of Huntsville, Ala., formerly of Newbern, died Friday, Dec. 5, 2003 at Somerby Assisted Living in Huntsville. She was a retired business owner of A&R Department Store and Akin Chevrolet in Newbern. A devoted member of Newbern First United Methodist Church, she joined Trinity Methodist Church after moving to Huntsville 10 years ago. She more recently visited often at First United Methodist Church in Huntsville with her family...
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Enjoy 'A Holiday Concert'
Dyersburg Choral Society takes the stage Thursday
(Community News ~ 12/08/03)
"It is not necessary to understand music; it is only necessary that one enjoy it." --- Leopold Antoni Stanislaw Stokowski Enjoy "A Holiday Concert" Thursday when the Dyersburg Choral Society presents its winter concert at 7:30 p.m. at Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Dyersburg...
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Open for the holidays
(Community News ~ 12/08/03)
For many, it's become a holiday tradition they look forward to every two years. The Dyersburg Women's Club will present its biennial Christmas Pilgrimage of Homes from 1-4 p.m. Dec. 14. The Sunday event will feature five Dyersburg homes -- Jay and Rachele Morgan at 620 Sampson; Jeffery Simpson and Joyce Simpson at 424 Sampson; Paul and Seela Newbill at 2229 Oakview; Darren Sells at 1820 Lake Road; and Mark and Elaine McKee at 1631 Club House Drive -- plus the club home at 915 Tibbs St., which will serve as hospitality house for the day where visitors can stop for refreshments.. ...
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Dream Factory volunteers tour Give Kids the World Village
(Community News ~ 12/08/03)
Gayla Lane and Becky Hasselle, volunteers with the Dream Factory of Dyersburg, recently attended the Dream Factory National Conference in Orlando, Fla. A highlight of their trip was a tour of Give Kids the World, a non-profit 51-acre resort that creates magical memories for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families...
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Alma Ruth Crenshaw Dozier
(Obituary ~ 12/08/03)
Alma Ruth Crenshaw Dozier, 78, of Obion, died Saturday, Dec. 6, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Zion United Methodist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Zion United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dale Mills and the Rev. Robert Craig officiating. Burial will be in Zion Cemetery in Elbridge. Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Jessie G. Smith
(Obituary ~ 12/08/03)
Jessie G. Smith, 93, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Dec. 6, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Home. She was a homemaker and a member of Southside Baptist Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Brother Joe Naylor and Brother Leonard Ballinger officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...
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More units mobilizing for active duty
(Local News ~ 12/08/03)
Hundreds of Tennessee Army National Guard soldiers from the 1171st Transportation Company in Tiptonville and Millington, the 230th Area Support Group in Dyersburg and the 3/115 Field Artillery Regiment of Chattanooga on Friday, Saturday and Sunday finalized packets of information before the 1171st mobilization later this month for active duty. ...
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Santa is special guest at area breakfasts Saturday
Two others set for Dec. 13
(Local News ~ 12/08/03)
While December is his busiest month, even Santa has to take some time to eat. He had the opportunity this weekend in Newbern and Trimble during events held Saturday. The Trimble Area Women's Club has been hosting its breakfast with Santa for at least 20 years...
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DSCC students spend day planting trees
(Local News ~ 12/08/03)
Dyersburg State Community College biology students experimented in a different kind of laboratory on Friday. Instead of studying mushrooms or dissecting frogs, they donned warm winter clothes and headed outside. There, on the campus grounds, they became part of the life cycle of nearly 80 trees...
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Man threatens detonation during standoff with police
(Local News ~ 12/08/03)
A man who threatened to detonate explosives during a two-hour standoff with police in his Dyersburg home was arrested after the department's Special Response Team broke into the room and seized him, Bradley Forsythe, 34, was arrested and charged with domestic assault, resisting arrest and contempt of court. ...
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Wade treasures his time home; Guardsman to return to Iraq on Sunday
(Local News ~ 12/08/03)
Chuck Wade of Dyersburg found plenty to be thankful for on Thanksgiving. He was home. For the last five months, he's been living in Baghdad and has been constantly on guard. Wade normally serves with the Tennessee National Guard unit in Dyersburg, but the 168th Military Police Battalion in Lebanon needed his military-police training. ...
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Titans fumble away victory
(High School Sports ~ 12/08/03)
NASHVILLE -- When a game is on the line, all a coach can ask for is to get the ball into the hands of their best players. Tennessee coach Jeff Fisher thought he had done just that at the end of the Titans game against Indianapolis Sunday. But a turnover by the special teams with less than a minute left in regulation erased Fisher's well-laid plans...
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Trojans make some noise in Mississippi
(High School Sports ~ 12/08/03)
OXFORD, Miss. -- Tara Butler has already shown this season why she is so valuable to the Dyersburg girls' basketball team. The 5-foot-4 guard had provided the Lady Trojans with outstanding play in all facets of the game. But on Friday, Butler added to her resume with a game-winning shot in overtime to beat No.2 ranked Oxford 64-63 in the Mississippi-Tennessee Challenge...
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William "Glover" Throgmorton
(Obituary ~ 12/08/03)
William "Glover" Throgmorton, 73, of Halls, died Saturday, Dec. 6, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a farmer, custom craft manufacturing, a retired maintenance employee of Tupperware and a member of West Dyersburg Church of Christ...
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Give your presence for a present
Oakwood participating in year-round program
(Community News ~ 12/08/03)
When it comes to presents, sometimes the only thing people want is presence. With the holiday season here, residents at Oakwood Community Living Center are hoping the community will give their presence all year round. The nursing home is participating in "Presence for Presents: The Gift of Giving the Whole Year Through."...
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