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Obituaries for November 4, 2011
(Obituary ~ 11/04/11)
WI Thornton, Jr., MD, beloved husband and father, died peacefully at home Thursday morning, November 3, 2011. The son of WI Thornton, Sr., and Mary Neal Thornton, WI was born in Dyersburg, Tennessee on June 25, 1924. After graduating from Dyersburg High School in 1942, WI boarded a train bound for Knoxville to begin college at The University of Tennessee with the intention of becoming an engineer. ...
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DSCC play 'These Shining Lives' offers lesson in history, endurance
(Local News ~ 11/04/11)
Dyersburg State Community College has selected "These Shining Lives" as its fall play. Written by Melanie Marnich, the script is based on a true account of working women in the 1920s and 1930s, who battled both the devastating effects of using radioactive paints in their workstations and the court system in Depression-era middle America...
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County zoning board to meet Tuesday
(Local News ~ 11/04/11)
The Dyer County Board of Zoning and Appeals will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 3:30 p.m. in the conference Room of the Dyer County Building and Zoning Office. Items on the agenda include:...
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Local heart recipient lives life to the fullest
(Local News ~ 11/04/11)
Gary Wright of Friendship believes in second chances. He also believes in the power of providing those second chances to someone in need through organ and tissue donation. Wright, himself, is the recipient of a heart transplant. For the past seven years, he's been enjoying life from the unique standpoint that each day is a bonus...
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Sheriff's Dept. continues search for Swift
(Local News ~ 11/04/11)
Dyer County Sheriff's investigators spent another day combing over information in an effort to find Karen Johnson Swift, who has been missing since Sunday. Investigators and Sheriff Jeff Box were out searching for any evidence in the Swift case until 4:30 a.m. on Thursday and reconvened later to go over the information they have...
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Mo. authorities investigate man jumping from Caruthersville Bridge into Miss. River
(Local News ~ 11/04/11)
Missouri law enforcement agencies are currently investigating a case where witnesses saw a man jump off of the Caruthersville Bridge on I-155 and into the Mississippi River. According to a press release from Pemiscot County Sheriff Tommy Greenwell, Pemiscot County deputies were called to the bridge shortly after 4 p.m. on Thursday in reference to a male subject jumping into the river from the bridge...
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