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Junction Church of God hosting community fish fry Saturday
(Community News ~ 09/07/05)
Kenny Chessor has a freezer full of fish and he's ready to share it with the community this weekend. Junction Church of God will host a community fish fry from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Saturday. Fish with all the trimmings, desserts and drinks are "absolutely free," said Chessor, the church's pastor. "We invite folks to come eat."...
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Dyer County native holding book signing Saturday
(Community News ~ 09/07/05)
Each time Jack Hilliard puts out a devotional book, folks ask when to expect the next one. The time is now. Hilliard will be signing his third devotional book, "After Tomorrow," on Saturday. He will be at Lighthouse Books from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. and at Hastings from 3:30-5 p.m...
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FBC-N group shares 'the toughest work you'll ever love'
(Community News ~ 09/07/05)
Serphin Lopez-Marquez makes $35 a week to support his family of 13. When he can, he purchases concrete blocks so he can add on to their home in Reynosa, Mexico. Today, thanks to a group from First Baptist Church-Newbern, that addition is one less worry for Serphin...
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Burnett fears threat by Sells over loan accounting: Attorney
(Local News ~ 09/07/05)
Dyersburg businessman Frank Burnett is willing to testify in a lawsuit brought against him by Darrell Sells, but needs to be assured Sells won't harm him, his lawyer said Friday. "Mr. Burnett is quite competent and willing to testify if he's not threatened," Burnett's attorney, Edward K. White III of Nashville, told Dyer County Chancellor J. Steven Stafford during a hearing, "but we need more assurance that there is some protection for him."...
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Five driving on revoked license convictions net habitual motor vehicle offender designation
(Local News ~ 09/07/05)
A Dyersburg man convicted five times for driving on a revoked license was declared a Motor Vehicle Habitual Offender Tuesday in Dyer County Circuit Court. Aaron McCrite, 29, of 735 Tucker St., Apt. 206, may not drive on Tennessee roads or have a driver's license for at least three years...
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Supreme Court clears way for exiled physician to return
(Local News ~ 09/07/05)
If a doctor decides to quit working at a medical clinic, should he be forbidden to establish his own practice nearby? For some doctors, the answer had been "yes," if they signed pacts promising not to compete against former employers. Dr. Daniel Green found himself in that predicament late last year when he decided to leave the clinic that he and four other internists founded in 1974. ...
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Prospects bleak for winter gas bills
(Local News ~ 09/07/05)
There is a popular political slogan that says government can't cure all problems, and Dyersburg city board members learned that lesson this week when they received a report on home-heating bills for the winter months ahead. Greg Williams, purchasing agent for the city, brought an industry specialist in natural gas to deliver the bad news that prices are at record-breaking levels and every plan the city devised to cushion the impact for citizens has unraveled...
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Police arrest man three times in three months
(Local News ~ 09/07/05)
A Newbern man was arrested on drug charges for the third time in as many months on Wednesday. Lonnie Watson Jr., 23, of 511 Jones St. in Newbern, was charged with possession of a schedule II drug (cocaine) and intent to sell. His bond was set at $250,000...
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A tale of two monuments
(Local News ~ 09/07/05)
It was 1905 in Dyersburg, and the goal of a fund-raising effort that officially began on July 4, 1899 was finally realized. On the northeast corner of the Dyer County Courthouse lawn, a towering statue was erected to the men who had served in the Confederate army during the American Civil War. It would serve as a landmark for both the city and county...
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Eunice Box Forsythe
(Obituary ~ 09/07/05)
Eunice Box Forsythe, 79, of Finley, died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Chic Free Church of God. Services were Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Rev. Bill Phipps officiating. Burial was at Dyer County Memorial Gardens...
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Mary Lou Hastings
(Obituary ~ 09/07/05)
Mary Lou Hastings, 77, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2005 at Friendship Retirement Home. She was a retired beautician, a member of the Lake Road Church of Christ, a member of the Dyersburg Women's Club and a member of the West Tennessee Hairdressers Association...
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Vera Mae Cook Blythe
(Obituary ~ 09/07/05)
Vera Mae Cook Blythe, 78, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Ridgely First United Pentecostal Church. Services were Tuesday at Ridgely First United Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Ronnie Eaves and the Rev. Bert Burkett officiating. Burial was in New Haven Cemetery...
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Nellie Jackson
(Obituary ~ 09/07/05)
Nellie Jackson, 99, of Newbern, died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005 at her niece's residence in Cordova. She was the former owner of Newbern Florist and a member of Newbern Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Services were Saturday at Newbern Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the Rev. George Butler officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern. High Point Funeral Home in Memphis was in charge of arrangements...
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Nellie Jackson
(Obituary ~ 09/07/05)
Nellie Jackson, 99, of Newbern, died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005 at her niece's residence in Cordova. She was the former owner of Newbern Florist and a member of Newbern Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Services were Saturday at Newbern Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the Rev. George Butler officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern. High Point Funeral Home in Memphis was in charge of arrangements...
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Jerry Glen Lee
(Obituary ~ 09/07/05)
Jerry Glen Lee, 47, of Newbern, died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was supervisor for Marine Terminals of Arkansas. Services were Tuesday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Perry Grills officiating. Burial was in Mount Carmel Cemetery in Newbern...
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Rick Odom
(Obituary ~ 09/07/05)
Rick Odom, 52, of Savannah, died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2005 at Hardin Medical Center in Savannah. He was chief engineer for Bailey Street Bakeries in Atlanta for 15 years and attended Savannah Church of Christ. Services were held Saturday at Savannah Church of Christ. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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