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Eugene Cook
(Obituary ~ 01/15/04)
Eugene Cook, 84, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Jan. 12, 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was retried from General Motors Co., a member of the Dyer County Senior Citizens Association and a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church in Dyersburg, where he was a member, with the Rev. Lynn King officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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Vickie Ann 'Taterchip' Davis
(Obituary ~ 01/15/04)
Vickie Ann "Taterchip" Davis, 40, of Obion, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2004 at Baptist Hospital in Union City. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Waymon Hogue officiating. Burial will be in Salem Cemetery in Mason Hall...
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Kenneth D. Love
(Obituary ~ 01/15/04)
Kenneth D. Love, 57, of Halls, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2004 at the Veterans Regional Medical Center in Memphis. He was a forklift operator for Anderson-Hickey Manufacturing Co. and a Marine veteran of the Vietnam War. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery in Memphis. Halls Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Arthur McBride
(Obituary ~ 01/15/04)
Arthur McBride, 81, of Ridgely, died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004 at Ridgely Care & Rehabilitation Center. He was a retired farmer. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in New Haven Cemetery with Raymond McBride officiating. The family will receive visitors at 6-8 p.m. today at Dyersburg Funeral Home...
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Dwight "David" Patrick
(Obituary ~ 01/15/04)
Dwight "David" Patrick, 47, of Horn Lake, Miss., died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2004 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in DeSoto, Miss. He was on the dive team for Search and Rescue of DeSoto County and a veteran of the Vietnam War. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Hernando Funeral Home in Hernando, Miss. Burial will be in Goodrum Cemetery in Eudora, Miss...
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Charlotte Brigham
(Obituary ~ 01/15/04)
Charlotte Brigham, 96, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home. You may call their obituary line at 287-7000.
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Mildred Osborne
(Obituary ~ 01/15/04)
Mildred Osborne, of Tiptonville, died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004 at Ridgely Care & Rehabilitation Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home. You may call their obituary line at 285-2424.
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Big Orange Report - Walls closing in
(College Sports ~ 01/15/04)
Has Tennessee football recruiting hit a wall or simply have the walls closed in? Prior to the Peach Bowl fiasco, UT had 12 verbals and/or junior college signees. Unless something has changed in the last 48 hours, Phil Fulmer now has 12 verbal commitments and/or junior college signees...
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Dyersburg Middle stays unbeaten at 12-0
(High School Sports ~ 01/15/04)
For the first time this season, the Dyersburg girls basketball team was tested. Lake County gave the Lady Trojans all they had Tuesday night. However, as they had done all year, Dyersburg prevailed as they defeated Lake County 49-43 in overtime. "This was by far our most exciting game of the year," said DMS coach Bubba Cobb. "We came back from six behind in the last few minutes of the game to force overtime and get the win."...
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Bruce Center may need $60,000 roof
(Local News ~ 01/15/04)
Members of the Dyersburg Finance Committee were given the bad news on Wednesday that the Bruce Community Center may need a new roof that could cost as much as $60,000. According to Robert Reed, city treasurer, Frazier Roofing of Dyersburg evaluated the roof of the old Bruce School, which was originally built in 1951 and offered the rough estimate. He said the company was also looking into a variety of solutions to the problems with leaks...
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Committee approves $34,000 for engineering study
(Local News ~ 01/15/04)
The Dyersburg Finance Committee Wednesday morning voted to approve a $34,000 engineering study for a proposed set of electrical generators that would be used to power critical city service sectors in the event of an emergency. The engineering study is outside the scope of a federal grant being used for the generators and will have to funded entirely by the city...
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County commission approves Dixie Youth bylaws
(Local News ~ 01/15/04)
The Dyer County Commission on Monday night approved a set of bylaws for Dyersburg-Dyer County Dixie Youth Baseball Inc. "The main thing we focused on was the bylaws of the organization," said Walt Bradshaw, chairman of an oversight committee. The committee was appointed by the commission in November 2003 to investigate the functioning of the leagues...
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Tax hike on gasoline or no to I-69
(Local News ~ 01/15/04)
Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), chairman of the powerful House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee told Mayor Bill Revell Monday that without an increase in taxes on gasoline the I-69 project could be bogged down for years to come. Young said the Congress would need to appropriate $375 billion over six years for the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy of Users, TEA-LU, or the project cannot be successfully funded given the overall needs of U.S. ...
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Crime sweep nets 22
(Local News ~ 01/15/04)
Twenty-two people were arrested in a crime sweep across Dyersburg and the surrounding area for various drug offenses Tuesday, capping what Dyersburg Police Chief Bob Williamson said is the latest in a constant focus on the local battle against crime and illicit drugs...
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Special grand jury clears police actions in DSCC standoff
(Local News ~ 01/15/04)
Dyersburg police officers involved in a Sept. 17 hostage standoff at Dyersburg State Community College have been exonerated by a special grand jury, District Attorney General Phil Bivens said Wednesday. "We empanelled a special grand jury Monday night because we had an undercover drug investigation, so we presented the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation report to them," Bivens said. "They found no reason to proceed against the officers."...
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Butlers named nation's top young farmers; Dyer County family wins American Farm Bureau's Achievement Award
(Community News ~ 01/15/04)
John and Dana Butler became the first Dyer County farmers ever to win the American Farm Bureau's Achievement Award. Their victory was announced Monday night during the American Farm Bureau Convention in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Butlers represented the Tennessee Farm Bureau as Tennessee's Young Farmer Couple of the Year, a title they won in July...
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Christmas at Herb's Beach, A Dyer County Peace Keeper in the Sinai
(Column ~ 01/15/04)
This week we will continue the story of Pvt. White and his tour in the Sinai. For over 20 years American servicemen have often spent their holidays in the Middle East, and White was no exception. Of course this year a good deal many more Americans spent Christmas in the region including a substantial number from Dyer County.
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