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Governor asks for review of Black Swamp duck-hunting reservoir
(Local News ~ 12/15/03)
Gov. Phil Bredesen has asked for an independent review of a plan to dam the Black Swamp wetlands in West Tennessee for duck hunting. Bredesen's legal counsel, Bob Cooper, sent a letter Monday, Dec. 8, to both the state Department of Environment and Conservation and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency citing environmental concerns about the project. The letter was shared with the news media late Friday...
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Carl Burden
(Obituary ~ 12/15/03)
Carl Leroy Burden, 59, of Trenton, formerly of Obion County, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2003 at his home. He was a self-employed heavy-equipment operator and a member of Doris Chapel Church of Christ. He was born March 6, 1944 in Missouri. Services are at 2 p.m. today at White and Mahon Funeral Home in Troy with Tim Fuqua officiating. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery in Hornbeak...
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Jessie Thomas Hatley
(Obituary ~ 12/15/03)
Jessie Thomas Hatley, 77, of Tiptonville, died Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. She was a retired grocery clerk and a member of a member of Lakeview Baptist Church for more than 44 years. Services were at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lakeview Baptist Church with the Rev. Houston Northcutt and the Rev. Ernest Mayo officiating. Burial was in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. Curry Funeral Home in Dyersburg was in charge of arrangements...
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William 'Jack' Keeling
(Obituary ~ 12/15/03)
William "Jack" Keeling, 83, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Care. He was a retired day care owner and retired salesman, a Methodist and a Navy veteran of World War II. Services are at 11 a.m. Monday at Curry Funeral Home in Dyersburg with the Rev. Tom Perkins officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens in Dyersburg...
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Wilda Wayne Latham
(Obituary ~ 12/15/03)
Wilda Wayne Latham, 75, of Friendship, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a retied seamstress from Kellwood Manufacturing and a member of Friendship United Methodist Church and the Elva Dunagan Circle. Services are at 2 p.m. Monday at Friendship Funeral Home in Friendship with the Rev. Frank Gardner and the Rev. Jim Griffith officiating. Burial will be in Bellevernon Cemetery...
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Scott 'Pete' Long
(Obituary ~ 12/15/03)
Scott "Pete" Long, 83, of Trenton, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a farmer. Services are at 3:30 p.m. today at Shelton Funeral Home in Trenton. Burial will be in Oakhaven Memory Gardens.
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Mattie Neal
(Obituary ~ 12/15/03)
Mattie Neal, 87, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a domestic worker and served on the Mother Board at Tabernacle Baptist Church. Services are at noon Wednesday at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Dyersburg with the Rev. Louis Hudson officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Dyersburg. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home in Dyersburg is in charge of arrangements...
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W.T. Osborne
(Obituary ~ 12/15/03)
W.T. Osborne, 85, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003 at his home. He was a retired insurance agent for American General Life Insurance Co., a former greeter for Wal-Mart, a U.S. Navy veteran and a member of Dyersburg First Baptist Church. Services are at 2 p.m. Monday at Johnson Funeral Home in Newbern with the Rev. David Willard officiating. Burial will be in Sanders Chapel Cemetery in Obion County...
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Carolyn Crawford Rosenbloom
(Obituary ~ 12/15/03)
Carolyn Crawford Rosenbloom, 90, homemaker and widow of Milton J. Rosenbloom, died Wednesday night at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Curry Funeral Home with Dr. Phillip Cook and the Rev. Wade Cox officiating. Burial will be in Jackson, Tenn...
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Nancy Milner
(Obituary ~ 12/15/03)
Nancy Milner, 85, of Memphis, formerly of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003 at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Curry Funeral Home in Dyersburg.
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Nancy Mackey Milner
(Obituary ~ 12/15/03)
Nancy Mackey Milner, 85, of Memphis, formerly of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003 at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis. She was a homemaker and attended First Baptist Church in Dyersburg. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern with the Rev. Jack Rogers officiating. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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James D. Binkley
(Obituary ~ 12/15/03)
James D. Binkley, died today at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.
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Mary Pauline House Studard
(Obituary ~ 12/15/03)
Mary Pauline House Studard, 92, of Lenox, died today at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.
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Choctaws bear down on Cavaliers
(High School Sports ~ 12/15/03)
CROCKETT COUNTY -- The Dyer County boys stalked onto the court Friday like a pack of hungry wolves that hadn't eaten in two weeks. Their prey for the night was a Crockett County squad that had no idea what was about to happen to them. After playing with the Cavaliers for a half, the Choctaws devoured its competition 66-33 in another powerful defensive performance...
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DC puts Crockett away in fourth
(High School Sports ~ 12/15/03)
CROCKETT Co. -- The Crockett County girls came into their home game Friday with an undefeated record. They had outscored their last three opponents by a combined 37 points and had only had two games in which they had scored less than 60 points. It looked like Crockett would be getting its seventh win of the season when it took on a struggling Dyer County squad that was 1-4 in its last five games. However, the Lady Choctaws had a surprise waiting for them...
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Salvation Army marks 1st anniversary at new location
(Community News ~ 12/15/03)
When lunchtime comes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, volunteers at the Salvation Army Soup Kitchen never know how many will come in. "Sometimes it's 50 to 60. Sometimes we serve 30 in 20 minutes. Sometimes there won't be 30 who come in during the two hours we're open," said Dora Daniels, a member of the Dyer County Salvation Army unit board of directors...
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