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State celebrating natural areas this week
(Community News ~ 03/30/04)
A number of activities are planned for the weeklong celebration of Tennessee's State Natural Areas. Tennessee State Natural Areas Week began Monday and will continue through Sunday. Guided wildflowers walks, canoe trips and more will be offered at many of Tennessee's 68 state natural areas...
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Spring Market to bloom this weekend
(Community News ~ 03/30/04)
The second annual Spring Market will blossom into reality on Friday, offering families a three-day shopping spree. The market features an array of mostly home-based businesses and small businesses with wares to sell, just in time for Easter, Mother's Day and graduation...
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Spring break provides opportunity of doing good to others
International Gospel Temple youth help Wesley
(Community News ~ 03/30/04)
When Clarissa Haymon began sharing her own mission experiences with the youth of her church, she noticed the excitement they were showing. "We were talking about what we could do over spring break, to give back to the community," she recalled, noting in the past they'd done things around their church and sung at nursing homes. "I started talking about a mission trip I did in college. They were so attentive and excited, I thought we should do something."...
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Tigrett woman arrested as Florida fugitive
(Local News ~ 03/30/04)
But she was arrested before and no one came to get her
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Officials not told of reserve deputies' exercise on DSCC campus
(Local News ~ 03/30/04)
Unannounced bloodhound exercise alarms college official
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Frances Anderson
(Obituary ~ 03/30/04)
Frances Anderson, 68, of Alamo, died Wednesday, March 24, 2004, at Maplewood Manor in Jackson. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Midgett Chapel United Methodist Church in Alamo. Burial will be in Harris Grove Cemetery in Alamo. Currie's Funeral Home in Henning is in charge of arrangements...
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Aldon E. Lowe
(Obituary ~ 03/30/04)
Aldon E. Lowe, 83, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, March 27, 2004, at Wesley of Dyersburg Nursing Center. He was retired from the molding department of Colonial Rubber, a World War II veteran and a Baptist. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Larry Koonce officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...
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Robert Hardy Marvin
(Obituary ~ 03/30/04)
Robert Hardy Marvin, 47, of Bogota, died Friday, March 26, 2004, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a carpenter and an avid hunter and fisherman. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Calvary Baptist Church near Elbridge with Bro. Jeff O'Dell officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Eleanor Lorena Parker
(Obituary ~ 03/30/04)
Eleanor Lorena Parker, 92, of Memphis, formerly of Dyersburg, died Thursday, March 25, 2004, at Kirby Pines in Memphis. She was a retired registered nurse with the VA Hospital and a member of First Methodist Church in Memphis. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today in Bellevernon Cemetery with the Rev. Frank Gardner officiating...
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Texana 'Nan' Rutledge
(Obituary ~ 03/30/04)
Texana "Nan" Rutledge of Dyersburg died on Wednesday, March 24, 2004, at her residence. She was an active member of Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church and sang in the senior choir. Funeral services will take place at Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church on Monday at noon with burial to follow in Memorial Park Cemetery in Dyersburg. The Rev. W.L. McCadney will officiate. Cosmopolitan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Anthony Wayne Sellers
(Obituary ~ 03/30/04)
Anthony Wayne Sellers, 49, of Dyersburg, died Friday, March 26, 2004, at Henderson County Community Hospital in Lexington. He was a mechanic for Family Auto Center and a member of First United Methodist Church in Dyersburg. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Raymond Boston officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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Annie Mae Battles
(Obituary ~ 03/30/04)
Annie Mae Battles of Dyersburg died Saturday, March 27, 2004, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements will be announced by H.H. Hudson Funeral Home of Dyersburg.
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Ernest Roy Walker
(Obituary ~ 03/30/04)
Ernest Roy Walker, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, March 27, 2004 at Dyersburg Manor. He was a retired grocer and a Baptist. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Brother Ronald Lovins officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...
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Chad S. Clark
(Obituary ~ 03/30/04)
Chad S. Clark, 30, of Murray, Ky., formerly of Dyersburg, died Saturday, March 27, 2004 at Murray-Calloway County Hospital. He was an employee of Pella Corp. of Murray, a member of Seventh Day Adventist Church in Paris, E4 specialist with the Tennessee National Guard and had completed a tour of duty in Iraq in July 2003...
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Jon Scott Hendrix
(Obituary ~ 03/30/04)
Jon Scott Hendrix, 64, of Dallas, Texas, formerly of Newbern, died March 21, 2004 in Dallas. He was a former employee of British Petroleum, a graduate of Newbern High School and Memphis State University and a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Rehoboth United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Rehoboth Cemetery in RoEllen. Hornbeak Funeral Home of Fulton, Ky. is in charge of arrangements...
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Ernest Roy Walker
(Obituary ~ 03/30/04)
Ernest Roy Walker, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, March 27, 2004 at Dyersburg Manor. He was a retired grocer and a Baptist. Services will be at 11 a.m. today in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Brother Ronald Lovins officiating. Burial will be in Fairview...
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J.C. Bane
(Obituary ~ 03/30/04)
J.C. Bane, 83, of Dyersburg, died Monday, March 29, 2004 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Paul David Garner
(Obituary ~ 03/30/04)
Paul David Garner, 65, of Dyersburg, died Monday, March 29, 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Lillie Maddox
(Obituary ~ 03/30/04)
Lillie Maddox, 80, of Tiptonville, died Monday, March 29, 2004 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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No more doubts: UConn is back in the Final Four
(Professional Sports ~ 03/30/04)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - No more doubts, and no more speculating about Connecticut being vulnerable. The Huskies are going back to the women's Final Four - for a record fifth straight time. The program that has become the standard for women's basketball has just raised the bar again...
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Local teams win before downpour
(High School Sports ~ 03/30/04)
Dyer County used a four-run second inning to distance itself from Martin-Westview Monday as DC won its first district game of the season, 6-2. "I told the kids big innings wins ball games," DC coach Preston Ozment said. "If you can avoid it on defense and get it on offense you will be successful. They know the big inning starts with a hit, walk or error."...
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Grizzlies 136, Hawks 133, 2 OT
(Professional Sports ~ 03/30/04)
ATLANTA (AP) -- James Posey was dehydrated and badly in need of fluids after starring in a game that lasted 3 hours, 15 minutes. His persistence was obvious, and so was that of the Memphis Grizzlies. ''We refused to lose,'' said Posey, who had 49 minutes of possible 58 of playing time...
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Dyer County hosts winter banquet
(High School Sports ~ 03/30/04)
The Dyer County High School Winter Sports Banquet was held Monday at DCHS. Almost 100 student-athletes were recognized from six groups in front of parents and faculty members. Before the awards were handed out Dyer County inducted two new members into its Choctaw Hall of Fame. ...
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Hopkins calls it a career
(Professional Sports ~ 03/30/04)
Ten years ago right after Butch Hopkins took over as the head basketball coach for Dyer County, he found he was a very popular man. His office phone was ringing off the hook. "When I first took the job I got calls from teams wanting to schedule us," Hopkins said. "We played a lot of homecomings."...
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