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Obituaries for Feb. 12, 2009
(Obituary ~ 02/13/09)
Hettie M. Lankford Calahan Ferrell, 80, of Manchester, died Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009 at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of Bible Methodist Church in Manchester. Services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Central Funeral Home with Bro. Preston Brown and Bro. Thomas Watkins officiating. Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery in Tullahoma...
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DHS students lauded for AP exam scores
(Local News ~ 02/13/09)
Outstanding accomplishments on the College Board Advanced Placement exams have earned 11 Dyersburg High School students AP Scholar Awards. These students are Becky Austin, Hannah Chapman, Amber Donaldson, Patrick Heckethorn, Sarah Houston, Andrew Lay, William Lay, Ethan Mulvaney, James Northcutt, Brandon Smith and Cole Smith...
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Local soldier honored as hero by Korean community
(Local News ~ 02/13/09)
There are many kinds of heroes. Firemen who rush into a building when others run out. Soldiers who stand up to protect the freedom sometimes taken for granted on the home front. Ordinary citizens who risk their lives to help others in times of need...
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Election commission loses Democrat; position open for Republican
(Local News ~ 02/13/09)
A change occurred in the Dyer County Election Commission last week with the loss of Vernita Turner. On Thursday Feb. 5, the Dyer County Democratic Party met to vote on which two Democrats would keep their positions on the commission. The Democrats sitting on the commission were Thomas D. Parnell, who joined the commission in 2004 and was elected chairman on July 7, 2005; Harald Sartin, who became a commissioner on May 7, 2007; and Vernita Turner, who has served as a commissioner since 1987...
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Couple's love transcends spoken words as they share simple life for 71 years
(Local News ~ 02/13/09)
For James Alton Reasons and his bride of 71 years, Lila Bess Reasons, love doesn't necessarily come with a box of chocolates, a bouquet of roses or fireworks. It comes as a quiet contentment of companionship and the knowledge that they can rely on one another...
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