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Obituaries for January 7, 2011
(Obituary ~ 01/07/11)
Ruth Dale Hurt, 89, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, January 1, 2011 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired switchboard operator for Bell Telephone Company and a member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Graveside services were at 11 a.m. Monday at Dyer County Memorial Gardens with Dr. Larry Blakeburn officiating. Dyersburg Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements...
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Sheriff's department honors officers
(Local News ~ 01/07/11)
A rare sight was seen last week as two former Dyer County sheriffs and Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Box were at the Dyer County Courthouse to honor Retired Lt. Bill French and recognize three deputies. Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Box along with U.S. Marshal Jeff Holt and former sheriff Robert Willard honored French, who retired from the department last month after more than 18 years. He was presented with a plaque with his badge embedded on it...
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County Commission to make committee appointments, adopt codes
(Local News ~ 01/07/11)
The Dyer County Commission is expected to appoint persons to two committees during its regular monthly meeting Monday night. The commission meeting is schedule to convene at 6:30 p.m. in the upstairs courtroom of the Dyer County Courthouse. The list of appointees includes Flossie Carter and Robert Mullins to the Office on Aging Committee and Tommy Cross, Kathy McLean and Judy Long to the Agriculture Committee. All of the appointments are for two-year terms...
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Possible winter precipitation over weekend
(Local News ~ 01/07/11)
Special to the State Gazette The National Weather Service is reporting a low-pressure system is expected to develop near the Gulf Coast on Saturday night and will track to the northeast into the southeast United States by Monday. This system will bring winter precipitation chances to the Mid-South from late Saturday night through at least Monday. At this time it appears that significant accumulations of snow and possibly sleet will be possible over portions of the Mid-South...
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