Legendary composer and entertainer Burt Bacharach will perform an evening of his award-winning songs with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. Vocalists joining him on stage will be Josie James, John Pagano and Donna Taylor.The performance will be held March 12 and 13 at the Civic Auditorium.Bacharach has defined much of the popular music of our time…

Appalachian Life Workshops announce its Spring 2004 workshop schedule. The sessions begin March 6 through 9 with Hewing Old Time Dough Bowls, a three-day workshop where each participant will carve a dough bowl from a buckeye tree.The second session set March 27 and 28 will feature Spoon Carving. Each participant will create useful and attractive…

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Fayetteville resident and Moore County native Ella F. Sowell, 89, died Feb. 26 at Lincoln Care Center.A retired employee of Blue Ridge Manufacturing and a member of Washington Street Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late James Thomas and Sara Jane Lewis Wade, and was preceded in death by her husband, Paul…

Former Morrison resident and Warren County native Gladys Bonner Davis, 90, died Feb. 28 at Tandem of Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Va.A homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of Elmer John and Wilson Bonner; and was preceded in death by her husband, Alton Gleason Davis Sr. in 1982.She is…

Manchester resident and Warren County native Jeffery Travis Prater, 42, died Feb. 26 at Manchester Medical Center after an extended illness.The son of Virginia Prater Beaty of Manchester and the late Melvin Clinton Prater, he was preceded in death by his stepfather, Jerry Dewayne Beaty; grandparents, Otto and Flora Prater, Rayborn and Minnie Henderson; and…

McMinnville resident and Detroit, Mich., native Barbara Jean Nunley, 63, died Feb. 28 at her home after a one-year illness.A retired bookkeeper with General Die Casting and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of Ralph and Elsie Toner Blything.She is survived by her husband, Francis Marion Nunley; sons and daughter-in-law,…

Morrison resident and Chattanooga native Michael Edward Hutton, 15, died unexpectedly Feb. 27 at River Park Hospital.A student of Warren County High School and a member of Rockliff Church of Christ, he was the son of David L. and Patricia Turner Hutton of Morrison. He is survived by a brother, Jonathan Hutton of Morrison; sister,…

Spencer resident and Pikeville native Eddie Dean Hodge, 48, died unexpectedly Feb. 24 at his home.A laborer and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of Antha Hodge Drake of Spencer and the late James Hodge.He is survived by sons, John David and Dewayne Hodge, both of Spencer; brother and sister-in-law, Danny…

By MARK NIESSE / Associated Press Writer Hugh Bowen poses with his newly purchased pay phone in the living room of his Conyers, Ga., home Tuesday. (Photo Courtesy of John Bazemore / AP) ATLANTA (AP) — Old pay phones are selling like they’re going out of style. Collectors and packrats have made an online rush…