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Lou Berta McIntosh
(Obituary ~ 09/14/04)
Lou Berta McIntosh, 96, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Bro. Don Layman and Bro. Ronnie Turner officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens in Dyersburg...
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Mary Helen Childress Wells
(Obituary ~ 09/14/04)
Mary Helen Childress Wells, 62, of Beech Bluff, formerly of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Sept. 12, 2004 at Jackson General Hospital. She was a former beautician, a graduate of Dyersburg High School and a member of Friendship Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Leon Johnson Funeral Home in Henderson with the Rev. Fred Clift officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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Clarence U. Cochran Jr.
(Obituary ~ 09/14/04)
Clarence U. Cochran Jr., 74, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Sept. 9, 2004 at his residence. He was a semi-retired attorney and Dyersburg city prosecutor who practiced law for 46 years. He was former assistant public defender and assistant District Attorney General for Dyer and Lake counties, county attorney for Lake County, owned a private law practice in Tiptonville, was the general counsel for Peoples Protective Corp., Chief Deputy Commissioner of Insurance and Banking for the state of Tennessee, attorney for the Tennessee Department of Transportation, associate general counsel for the regional counsel's office of the U.S. ...
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Ruth Shaw Forrester
(Obituary ~ 09/14/04)
Ruth Shaw Forrester, 98, of Ridgely, died Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004 at Ridgely Care and Rehabilitation. She was a retired teacher for Lake County Schools, an active member of First Baptist Church in Ridgely since 1918, graduated from Ridgely High School and Union University and was a member of Lake County Retired Teachers, Tennessee Retired Teachers, Delta Kappa Gamma teachers sorority and Chi Omega...
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Laura Simpson Hamm
(Obituary ~ 09/14/04)
Laura Simpson Hamm, 41, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2004 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a homemaker. Graveside services were at 11 a.m. Monday at Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with the Rev. Calvin Smith officiating.
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Baxter Arthur Taylor
(Obituary ~ 09/14/04)
Baxter Arthur Taylor, 41, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004 at Volunteer General Hospital in Union City. He was a computer technician, a member of First United Methodist Church in Dyersburg and the West Tennessee Emmaus Community, and Eagle Scout, a graduate of Dyersburg High School where he was a four-year letterman in football and an all-state defensive player, a graduate of Austin Peay, ITT Technical Institute and the Harley Davidson Motorcycle Academy...
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Gladys Jones
(Obituary ~ 09/14/04)
Gladys Jones, 95, of Dyersburg, originally from Gibson County, died Sunday, Sept. 12, 2004, at Jackson-Madison County General in Jackson, Tenn. She was a retired proofreader for the Commercial Appeal and a member of First Baptist Church in Dyersburg...
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Get ready for an engine-revving McIver's Bluff
Sixth annual festival teaming with Boss Hoss event
(Community News ~ 09/14/04)
There was once a frontier town on the banks of the Forked Deer River that was given the name McIver's Bluff. Pioneers, arriving in flat-bottomed boats, found the area rich in timber and lumberjacks began carving out homesteads, field and farms. Some 184 years later, that spot of wilderness has developed into downtown Dyersburg and just a couple of miles south of that landing spot is the home of Boss Hoss Cycles Inc., an international manufacturing company established by a man who broke new ground in the motorcycle industry.. ...
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15th annual See You at the Pole is Wednesday
Campus Prayer Journey is tonight
(Local News ~ 09/14/04)
Lifting up prayers for America, students throughout the U.S. will join other teen-agers in prayer around the world on Wednesday to observe the 15th annual See You at the Pole. Students at 21 schools in Dyer and Lauderdale counties will meet at 7 a.m. Wednesday at their school's flagpoles...
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'We won't ever forget that day'
Dyersburg hosts third annual Sept. 11 Memorial Service
(Local News ~ 09/14/04)
"I don't know how you can get through a day like this," said Lt. Col. William Wenzler, taking a moment to collect himself during Saturday's Sept. 11 Memorial Service. "It's tough but we can never forget -- we need to have songs and days like this every year, every anniversary to come."...
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Fire takes out two downtown Ripley buildings
(Local News ~ 09/14/04)
Two downtown Ripley buildings were still smoldering yesterday afternoon from a lingering blaze that started Saturday night. The Ripley Fire Department received a call at approximately 10:20 p.m. Saturday reporting that a building downtown was on fire...
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Police seek assailant in weekend shooting
(Local News ~ 09/14/04)
Dyersburg Police Department investigators are searching for a man involved in a Friday night shooting. Officers arrived on the scene in the 1000 block of Fair Street at 7:23 p.m. Sept. 10. Omar DuBose, 21, of Dyersburg was found to be suffering from a gunshot wound. Investigators learned that Bobby Claybrook, 23, 1109 Parks Thurmond, had entered the residence and fired several rounds from a handgun...
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Lady Trojans compete at USJ Invitational
(High School Sports ~ 09/14/04)
The DHS Lady Trojans played two games Saturday in the "Best of the West" USJ Invitational tournament in Jackson. The Lady Trojans tied Madison Academic Magnet School of Jackson 2-2. Madison scored two goals in the first half, but the Lady Trojans came out ready to play in the second half. Mary Beth Ozment scored two goals to tie the game in a very physical contest...
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DC bust loose in tri-match
(High School Sports ~ 09/14/04)
On Monday afternoon the Dyer County volleyball team began what will be a very long week of competition. The Lady Choctaws swept through a tri-match against Jackson North Side and Fayette Ware at Dyer County High School. Dyer County began the day with a 25-12, 25-13 sweep of North Side. Jackson then defeated the Wildcats of Fayette Ware in straight sets...
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