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BET's Jones speaking at June 19 Ida Mae Theus-Mays Scholarship Banquet
(Community News ~ 06/14/04)
For some 10 years, the 16 children of the late Ida Mae Theus-Mays have honored the memory and hard work of their mother by giving scholarships. Last year, they held their first banquet to help raise additional funds for the scholarship they and members of Faith Deliverance Apostolic Church began in her memory in 2000...
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Hartman: You are responsible for your health; Relay for Life kicks off with emphasis on personal power
(Community News ~ 06/14/04)
Don't wait for your doctor to decide what's best for you. Pay attention to your own body, question changes, do research. "Nobody knows your body better than you do," Anna Marie Hartman told a crowd Friday night at the Dyer County Relay for Life. She knows that...
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Relay raises $133,000
(Community News ~ 06/14/04)
The 2004 Relay For Life event raised a total of $133,049.82 as of the closing ceremonies early Saturday morning. The results were as follows: Most Money Raised by a Small Business Team: first place - Kroger, $3,001.60; second place - Eye Care Specialty Group, $1,260.15; and third place - First State Bank, $1,000.75. Other teams contributing included Cancer Care Center, $105.50; Curves, $382.50 and J. C. Penney Salon, $46.50...
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Finley UPC members have a life-changing spring break'Break-It-Up! '04' takes group to Washington, D.C.
(Community News ~ 06/14/04)
For 26 members of Finley United Pentecostal Church, spring break 2004 brought the trip of a lifetime. During "Break-It-Up! '04," the group traveled to Washington, D.C., March 12-17 on a prayer-and-mission journey. "Break-It-Up! was a two-pronged effort to counter the anti-Christian laws and rulings that are being enacted," said church pastor Doug Ellingsworth. ...
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Kemp recalls his D-Day involvement
(Community News ~ 06/14/04)
As thousands gathered in France last weekend to mark the 60th anniversary of D-Day, Murray Kemp was preparing for his own anniversary. Kemp landed in Normandy eight days after the campaign began. "It's been 60 years since then," he said of the D-Day anniversary. "It seems like a long time. I didn't know if I'd ever make it that far or not. I'm 84 now."...
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$500,000 school bus sexual misconduct lawsuit settled
(Local News ~ 06/14/04)
A half million-dollar lawsuit against the county school board charging sexual misconduct on a school bus has been settled for $7,000. The complaint was filed May 5, 2003, by parents identified only as John and Jane Doe on behalf of their daughter who was 6 at the time of the incident...
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Adult business zone passage by county commission iffy: Hill
(Local News ~ 06/14/04)
May not have enough votes for majority
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Red Cross to train potential disaster volunteers
(Local News ~ 06/14/04)
The local American Red Cross chapter plans to hold a Disaster Training Institute next week. Anyone who wants to help the Red Cross during a disaster must be trained in advance. That's why the local chapter is organizing two days' worth of training for potential volunteers...
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Bailey attempting to withdraw guilty plea for murders
(Local News ~ 06/14/04)
Confessed triple murderer Jamie L. Bailey has filed a motion in Dyer County Circuit Court seeking to withdraw his guilty plea. Bailey filed the motion on his own behalf and he was due to appear in Circuit Court on Friday morning to set a hearing date but was unable to attend because he is being treated at the state's special needs prison in Nashville...
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Jackie Dale Bargery
(Obituary ~ 06/14/04)
Jackie Dale Bargery, 57, who served as the assistant chief of police for the city of Ridgely, died Thursday, June 10, 2004, at his residence. He was a member of Cottonwood Grove Baptist Church and a veteran of the U.S. Army. Services were at 2 p.m. Saturday at Cottonwood Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Mackie Prince and the Rev. Ralph Buckley officiating. Burial followed in New Haven Cemetery. Dyersburg Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...
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Johnnie Edith Ellis Clark
(Obituary ~ 06/14/04)
Johnnie Edith Ellis Clark, 91, of Dyersburg died Friday, June 11, 2004, at Ridgely Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was a homemaker and attended Hawthorne Baptist Church. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Brother Joey Clark officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. Visitation will take place from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. today...
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Fran Daffron
(Obituary ~ 06/14/04)
Fran Daffron, 78, of Dyersburg died Friday, June 11, 2004, at Baptist Hospital East in Memphis. She was a Methodist and worked for much of her life as a bookkeeper. Funeral services will take place at 3 p.m. today in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home. Burial will take place in the Oddfellows Cemetery of Morganfield, Ky., at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 16, 2004. The Rev. Wade Cox will officiate at the services in Dyersburg and the Rev. Garland Hawkins at the burial in Kentucky...
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Clifford Johnson
(Obituary ~ 06/14/04)
Clifford Johnson, 87, of Dyersburg, died Monday, June 7, 2004 at his residence. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II with a Good Conduct Medal and AP Service Ribbon with a bronze star. Services were at 1 p.m. Saturday at Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. W.L. McCadney officiating. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery. Cosmopolitan Funeral Services was in charge of arrangements...
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Kathy McNeely
(Obituary ~ 06/14/04)
Kathy McNeely, 53, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, June 8, 2004 at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. She was owner of Allen's Grocery and a member of First Baptist Church. Graveside services were at 11 a.m. Friday in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with the Rev. James Branscum officiating. Curry Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...
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Willie Mae Purvine
(Obituary ~ 06/14/04)
Willie Mae Purvine, of Tiptonville, died Thursday, June 10, 2004 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by H.H. Hudson Funeral Home.
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Inez Bell Dunn
(Obituary ~ 06/14/04)
Inez Bell Dunn, of Dyersburg, died Sunday June 13, 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Hospital. As a member of First Baptist Church she served in the church nursery for over 20 years. After retirement from Sylvania Company she operated a small child day care center in her home where she had lived since 1936...
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Elmer Gordon Hyde
(Obituary ~ 06/14/04)
Elmer Gordon Hyde, 68, of Tiptonville, died Saturday, June 12, 2004 at Baptist Hospital-East in Memphis. He was a retired correctional officer for the State of Tennessee, a U.S. Army veteran and an avid golfer. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the Tiptonville chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with R.C. Perkins officiating. Burial will be in Tiptonville City Cemetery...
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Ruby Scott
(Obituary ~ 06/14/04)
Ruby Scott, of Tiptonville, died Sunday, June 13, 2004 at Baptist Hospital in Union City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Spirits advance in fastpitch tourney
(Professional Sports ~ 06/14/04)
COLLIERVILLE -- The Dyersburg Spirits 18-and-under fastpitch team played in the Collierville tournament this weekend. The Spirits beat the Covington Chargers Saturday morning by a score of 9-1. Dyer County's Tiffany Bard got the win as she allowed only four hits in the complete-game victory...
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Pistons 88, Lakers 80
(Professional Sports ~ 06/14/04)
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- Poised and primed for a title, the Detroit Pistons took care of business while the Lakers lost their tempers. Building a lead early in the fourth quarter, holding it the rest of the way and repelling every Los Angeles rally, the Pistons moved one victory closer to their first championship in 14 years with a convincing 88-80 victory Sunday night in Game 4 of the NBA Finals...
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Sosa walks, gets RBI in first game with Diamond Jaxx
(Professional Sports ~ 06/14/04)
JACKSON -- Sammy Sosa singled, walked and drove in a run for the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx on Sunday as he began a three-day rehabilitation assignment with the Chicago Cubs' Double-A affiliate. Sosa has been on the disabled list since May 16 with a sprained ligament in his lower back brought on by two sneezes...
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Cubs' star gives boost to West Tenn.
(Professional Sports ~ 06/14/04)
JACKSON -- As if on cue, Sammy Sosa knew exactly when to deliver. In the bottom of the fifth inning Sosa came up for his third at-bat in his first Diamond Jaxx game. He had struck out and walked in early trips to the plate as the team's designated hitter. The capacity crowd began to get restless seeing the dark clouds roll in and knew this would probably be the last chance for Sosa to do something that would bring them out of their seats...
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