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Pet of the week
(Community News ~ 06/20/05)
Dudette is an affectionate, declawed 6-year-old female tabby cat. She loves to be petted but does not like to share the attention with other cats. She is available for adoption at the Dyersburg-Dyer County Humane Society's animal shelter at 325 Church Ave. S. in Dyersburg. For more information, call the shelter at 285-4889...
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Charline Fisher Day is June 19
(Community News ~ 06/20/05)
For half a century, she's been reaching people through music. On Father's Day, she'll be honored for that service. First United Methodist Church of Dyersburg will celebrate Charline Fisher Day during its 10:50 a.m. service on June 19. The celebration marks Fisher's official retirement as the church's organist, a position she has held since 1951...
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Teams plan to offer plenty of food, activities during Relay for Life
(Community News ~ 06/20/05)
Looking for something to do Friday night? Head over to the Relay for Life, where you'll find plenty of food and entertainment. The American Cancer Society fund-raiser officially begins at 7 p.m., but some activities will start before then on the Dyersburg State Community College campus...
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RC Flyers hosting air show
(Community News ~ 06/20/05)
Eyes will be turned toward the skies this weekend as the Halls RC Flyers Club sponsors its inaugural Radio Controlled Air Show. The daylong event will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday as a dozen radio-controlled planes go skyward above the Dyersburg Regional Airport...
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Auction includes shirt off Firestone's back
(Community News ~ 06/20/05)
Andrew Firestone lost his shirt in Dyersburg. OK. He deliberately left it behind. When he found out that the Relay for Life planned to hold a silent auction on Friday night, he wanted to contribute something. So, he autographed a couple of his photographs and a canvas bag bearing the Firestone logo. Then, he took off his shirt and signed it...
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Cancer Survivors Network is available
(Community News ~ 06/20/05)
No one with cancer is alone. Approximately 9.8 million Americans living today have experienced cancer. The American Cancer Society's Cancer Survivors Network helps people facing cancer connect with others who understand. The Cancer Survivors Network (CSN) offers a wealth of opportunities to learn about cancer and interact with others who have experienced cancer. ...
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DSCC student featured in literary anthology
(Community News ~ 06/20/05)
Poetry, short story and essay submissions from 16 community college students will be featured in the 2005 edition of Nota Bene, the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society literary anthology. Among those authors selected for publication is a Dyersburg State Community College student...
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Local 'Hams' take it to the streets
(Community News ~ 06/20/05)
Over the past year, the news has been full of reports of ham radio operators providing critical communications in emergencies worldwide. During the weekend of June 25-26, local residents will have the chance to meet and talk with ham radio operators and see for themselves what this "radio service" is really about...
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Managing diabetes is a matter of choice, champ tells diabetics
(Community News ~ 06/20/05)
At one time, Terry Wiley supplemented his daily meals with at least 12 cans of soft drinks, caramel rolls, a smattering of packaged snacks and a little something more before bedtime. He was consuming about 7,000 calories a day - and losing weight. He didn't really think much about it. After all, this was normal for him...
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Mother, son conducting prayer walk around Tennessee
(Community News ~ 06/20/05)
It's not the type of summer vacation you see too many parents and children taking. Gwen and Andrew Campbell of Gallatin are walking the perimeter of the state of Tennessee. For the mother and son, it's not just a different way to spend their summer vacation. The two have a mission...
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Dyersburg native recognized as Soldier of the Cycle
(Community News ~ 06/20/05)
Soldier of the Cycle is a prestigious honor awarded to one soldier during each basic-training period for the U.S. Army in Ft. Benning, Ga. This year Private E-2 Clint Wallace, the son of Barry and Patty Wallace, earned that achievement. "He was the soldier that was recognized to be the most proficient in his class," said Sgt. ...
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The 2005 Relay For Life
(Community News ~ 06/20/05)
The 2005 Relay For Life attracted hundreds of people for food, games and contests Friday night at the Dyersburg State Community College Campus. The all-night event raised $126,480.12 for the American Cancer Society. Event organizer Helen Enochs said the even was a success...
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'No Child' state reforms appear cosmetic
(Local News ~ 06/20/05)
The Tennessee Department of Education announced this week more flexible rules from the federal government for the "No Child Left Behind" education act, but, upon review, the changes appeared to be largely cosmetic. The superintendents for both Dyer County and Dyersburg city schools said the three primary alterations outlined for them by state officials in meetings Tuesday and Wednesday would do little to alter the long-term effects of the law on local systems...
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Earthquake town meeting slated Monday; citizen concern, awareness rises after a series of temblors
(Local News ~ 06/20/05)
A series of recent earthquakes apparently has people shaken. The Center for Earthquake Research and Information in Memphis has received a number of calls from people who are concerned that three magnitude 4 earthquakes have been documented on the New Madrid fault in the last four months. Callers wonder if that means "The Big One" is coming soon, Gary Patterson, the center's CERI director of outreach and education, said...
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Jail inmate nearing parole eligibility furloughed to rehab
(Local News ~ 06/20/05)
A Dyersburg man who has served almost enough of a three-year prison sentence to be eligible for parole was approved for long-term drug treatment Tuesday in Dyer County Circuit Court. Nickey S. Roberson, 54, of 619 Horner Road, pleaded guilty Sept. 28, 2004, to a charge of violating the Motor Vehicle Habitual Offender Act and was sentenced to serve three years in prison. ...
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Newbern aldermen pass new health insurance plan for city employees
(Local News ~ 06/20/05)
Newbern city employees will have the option of having their insurance benefits reduced or paying a premium to keep their current level of benefits according to a plan passed by the Newbern Board of Aldermen at their meeting Tuesday night. If the aldermen had kept the current system, health insurance costs would increase by 19 percent more than last year. The new plan will increase the city's insurance costs by just 4 percent...
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Two juveniles charged with burglary and auto theft
(Local News ~ 06/20/05)
Two juveniles have been arrested for stealing cars and breaking into downtown warehouses. The juveniles have been charged with five counts of burglary and the theft of two cars from a dealership at the corner of East Court and Kist. The cars were reported stolen on Monday morning...
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Humane society acquires building for new shelter; Lipfords donate $100,000 to make it happen
(Local News ~ 06/20/05)
The Dyersburg/Dyer County Humane Society has a new animal shelter, thanks to a gift in memory of Tommy Lipford. Lipford's family donated $100,000 to help the humane society purchase the Dyersburg Entertainment Center on East Court Street. The humane society added $10,000 it had already raised and took possession of the building on June 6...
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City school system wants to bolster its reserves
(Local News ~ 06/20/05)
City school superintendent Lloyd Ramer believes there is a myth circulating in the coffee shops around Dyer County that, somehow, the Dyersburg school system is flush with money compared to county schools. That is not the case, however, he pointed out Tuesday...
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Three arrested for possession of marijuana, cocaine
(Local News ~ 06/20/05)
Dyersburg Police Department arrested three men for possession of more than three pounds of marijuana and two ounces of cocaine Monday night. DPD sent four officers to apartment 4 at 605 Lake Road after the bike patrol received a tip about possible drug activity at the apartment from a confidential informant...
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Police asking for help in search for missing Dyersburg woman
(Local News ~ 06/20/05)
Police are asking for the community's help as they search for a Dyersburg woman reported missing on Monday. Janie Carter, 38, was last seen leaving for work on Saturday morning between 9 and 10 a.m. Carter never showed up at her workplace in Memphis...
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Daniels' tomatoes are ready -- already
(Local News ~ 06/20/05)
Some gardeners think they're doing well if they can pick their first tomatoes by the Fourth of July. Glenda Daniels has them beat, hands down. She picked her first homegrown tomato on June 15 and picked three more the next day. She credits the early harvest to a wall of water -- literally...
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Be Major League - READ
(Local News ~ 06/20/05)
Summer vacation may be almost halfway through but it's never too late to "Be Major League - READ." That's the theme of the state's 2005 Summer Reading Program. The goal of the program is for children to read as many books as they want to, and can, over summer vacation. All they have to do is go to their local library...
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Public hearing tonight on 2005-06 county budgets
(Local News ~ 06/20/05)
Dyer Countians will have an opportunity to comment on proposed county budgets for 2005-06 during a public hearing at 6:30 tonight in the circuit courtroom of the courthouse in Dyersburg. A new budget and finance law passed by the county commission in May requires the first budget public hearing in memory...
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Museum to exhibit Rau Collection
(Local News ~ 06/20/05)
The Tennessee State Museum will be the only museum in the Southeastern United States to exhibit the Rau Collection: Six Centuries with the European Masters. The exhibit, which will open Aug. 28, 2005, and run through Jan. 15, 2006, showcases rarely seen masterpieces by Monet, Renoir, Degas, El Greco, Canaletto, Gainsborough, Cezanne, Pissarro, Cassatt and others...
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House restores ag research funds for UT and other land grants
(Local News ~ 06/20/05)
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to restore federal formula funding for state land-grant university agricultural and forestry research. In February the proposed budget from the President's Office of Management and Budget slashed formula-based funding for agricultural and forestry research by 50 percent in the fiscal year that begins in October and eliminated them altogether in October 2006...
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Dyer County residents can apply for alternate to driver's license
(Local News ~ 06/20/05)
Tennessee is one of only two states in the nation to issue certificates to drive in addition to the typical driver's license. Individuals who are not eligible for a Tennessee driver's license may apply for the certificate to drive. Last year about 26,000 certificates were issued statewide, said Melissa McDonald, public information officer for the Tennessee Department of Safety. Only 43 were issued in Dyer County, McDonald said...
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Grand jury returns statutory rape, child rape charges against same man
(Local News ~ 06/20/05)
A Memphis man, formerly of Dyersburg, was indicted on charges of rape of a child and statutory rape by the June term of the Dyer County Grand Jury last week. Stantonio Wright, 33, whose last known address was 59 St. Agnes, Memphis, has a lengthy local criminal history. ...
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Tommy Cribbs arrested for hit and run
(Local News ~ 06/20/05)
Former Dyer County Sheriff Tommy Cribbs turned himself into the Newbern police Thursday morning. Cribbs was charged with hit and run and leaving the scene of an accident. On Tuesday afternoon, Cathy Roy called the Newbern Police Department and reported that Cribbs had backed out of a driveway and hit her car at 205 Eunice Drive in Newbern...
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'What you do is so important'
(Local News ~ 06/20/05)
When Courtney* was a little girl thinking about whom she'd marry, the last thing she imagined was what she encountered. She had known her second husband for five years before they married. On their wedding night, "I found out he was an abuser." And for the next nine years, she lived a life she never imagined...
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David Willard I
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
David Willard I, 47, of Dyersburg, died Monday, June 13, 2005 at 3 p.m. at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was an employee of Excell Polymers for 24 years and a veteran of the Army and National Guard. Services were Wednesday at North 51 Church of Jesus Christ. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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Iva Lynn Williams
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
Iva Lynn Williams, 95, of Dyersburg, died Monday, June 13, 2005 in Mobile, Ala. She was a homemaker and a teacher for Dyer County School Systems, a member of Mount Tirzah Baptist Church in Tatumville, member of Dyer County Home Demonstration Club, Dyer County Senior Citizens Club and Suburban Club...
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David Ferguson
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
David Ferguson, 58, of Trenton, died today at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be by Curry Funeral Home.
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Cindy Marie Crone Murphy
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
Cindy Marie Crone Murphy, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be by Johnson Funeral Home.
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Richard Webber
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
Richard Webber, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at Wesley at Dyersburg Nursing Care. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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John A. Wright
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
John A. Wright, of Dyersburg, died today at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be by Johnson Funeral Home.
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David L. Ferguson
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
David L. Ferguson, 58, of Trenton, died Wednesday, June 15, 2005, at his residence. He was a retired factory worker of Dyersburg Fabrics and attended Old Bethlehem Baptist Church in Dyer. Services were Friday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home. Burial will be in McCullough's Chapel Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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Dixie Lee Cooley Holland
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
Dixie Lee Cooley Holland, 72, of Winston-Salem, N.C., died Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. Cremation Services Inc. is in charge of arrangements.
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Cindy Marie Crone Murphy
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
Cindy Marie Crone Murphy, 40, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a former EMT with Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services were Thursday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Hogue and the Rev. Donnie Crone officiating. Burial was in Church Grove Cemetery in Newbern...
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Cathy Walk Nichols
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
Cathy Walk Nichols, 53, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, June 15, 2005, at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of Hutcherson Chapel Church of God. Services were Friday at Dyersburg Church of God with the Rev. Mitchell Wilson officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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Richard Edward Webber
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
Richard Edward Webber, 75, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at Wesley at Dyersburg Nursing Care. He was a cemetery-maintenance worker for the city of Dyersburg. Services were Friday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Bob Miller officiating. Burial was in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...
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John A. Wright
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
John A. Wright, 74, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired custodian for First United Methodist Church in Dyersburg. Services were Saturday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Doug Ellingsworth officiating. Burial was in Church Grove Cemetery in Newbern...
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Tim Williams
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
Tim Williams, 40, of Newbern, formerly of Tiptonville, died Friday, June 17, 2005, at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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James Harold Wilson
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
James Harold Wilson, of Dyersburg, died Friday, June 17, 2005, at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
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Rena Paschall Hollandsworth
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
Rena Paschall Hollandsworth, 91, of Ridgely, died Friday, June 17, 2005, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a housewife and a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Services were Saturday, June 18 in the Ridgely Chapel of Curry Funeral Home. Burial followed in New Haven Cemetery. Bro. Leonard Ballinger, Jr., officiated...
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James T. 'Jim' Moser Sr.
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
James T. "Jim" Moser Sr., 82, of Jackson, Miss., originally of Decaturville, died Thursday, May 26, 2005 at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Miss. He was a representative for Combined Insurance Co. from 1965-2002 and retired from the United State Air Force in 1963 with 21 years of service...
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Eudora A. Simpson
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
Eudora A. Simpson, 76, sister of Peggy Reagan of Dyersburg, died Friday, June 17, 2005 at her home in Buchanan, Mich. She was a homemaker. Services were Monday at Swem Funeral Home in Buchanan with burial in Oak Ridge Cemetery, also in Buchanan. Mary Shawl-Ranke, spiritual care coordinator for Hospice at Home officiated...
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Eudora A. Simpson
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
Eudora A. Simpson, 76, sister of Peggy Reagan of Dyersburg, died Friday, June 17, 2005 at her home in Buchanan, Mich. She was a homemaker. Services were Monday at Swem Funeral Home in Buchanan with burial in Oak Ridge Cemetery, also in Buchanan. Mary Shawl-Ranke, spiritual care coordinator for Hospice at Home officiated...
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Tim Williams
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
Tim Williams, 40, of Newbern, died Friday, June 17, 2005, at his residence. He was a former deputy with the Madison Parish Sheriff's Department in Louisiana where he served as a K-9 officer. Funeral services were Sunday, June 19 in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home of Tiptonville. Burial followed in nearby Lake Memorial Gardens. The Rev. Jim Wolfgang officiated...
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James Harold Wilson
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
James Harold Wilson, 67, of Dyersburg, died Friday, June 17, 2005, at his residence. Born in Crockett Mills, he was a retired employee of Turner Dairy. Funeral services were Sunday, June 19 at East Dyersburg Methodist Church where he was a member. Burial followed in Fairview Cemetery of Dyersburg. The Rev. Dale Mills and the Rev. Glen Elliott officiated...
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Thelma Irene Cherry
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
Thelma Irene Cherry, 91, of Friendship, died Saturday, June 18, 2005, at Maplewood Healthcare Center in Jackson. She was a homemaker and a private duty nurse and a member of Friendship Baptist Church. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Friendship Funeral Home with the Rev. John McCommon officiating. Burial will be in Friendship Cemetery...
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Hildred Evelyn Finley
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
Hildred Evelyn Finley, 88, of Ridgely, died Saturday, June 18, 2005, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. John Huse Robinson officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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Hildred Evelyn Finley
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
Hildred Evelyn Finley, 88, of Ridgely, died Saturday, June 18, 2005, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. John Huse Robinson officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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Deloris Golden
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
Deloris Golden, 61, of Dyersburg, died Monday, June 13, 2005, at Reelfoot Manor Nursing Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Cosmopolitan Funeral Services with the Rev. George Smith officiating. Survivors include a son, Joe Jones of Boelit, Wis.; and two sisters, Iola Mae Toles of Boelit, Wis., and Darline Toles of Jamesville, Wis...
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Gladys Isbell
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
Gladys Isbell died Sunday, June 19, 2005, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
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Lenville 'Buddy' Moore
(Obituary ~ 06/20/05)
Lenville "Buddy" Moore, 61, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, June 19, 2005, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Bradshaw and Co. took on the Kilowatts Tuesday night.
(Community Sports ~ 06/20/05)
Sam Bradshaw of Bradshaw and Co. reaches the top of his windup in a Dixie Youth game. Bradshaw and Co. took on the Kilowatts Tuesday night.
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Tomahawks fell short in their Father's Day Tournament semi-final game against the West Tennessee Vipers.
(Community Sports ~ 06/20/05)
Largely because of the absence of several key players, the Tennessee Tomahawks fell short in their Father's Day Tournament semi-final game against the West Tennessee Vipers. The Tomahawks lost 6-5 despite a solid combined pitching effort by Jake Alexander, Derek Sims, Chad Gammons and Shane Binkley that only allowed two hits. It was the Tomahawks usually steady defense that suffered the most from the absent players...
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Dyersburg Dirtbags
(Community Sports ~ 06/20/05)
When, much like Friday night, another extra base hit keyed a multi-run inning, it seemed the Dyersburg Dirtbags were poised to cap their already impressive run through the Father's Day Showdown with a victory in the championship game over the West Kentucky Cubs...
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