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New Lions Club formed in county

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard CUNNINGHAM There?s a new community service club in Warren County, but it has a name familiar to almost everyone. Local residents Billy Cunningham and Sammy Walker are currently working to form a new chapter of the Lions Club, which is well known for its efforts…

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New constable

Charles W. Johnson photo The Warren County Commission has voted unanimously to appoint Kyle Glenn as 11th District constable as no one ran for the office in the recent election. Glenn?s family was on hand as County Executive John Pelham performed the official swearing in ceremony. Pictured are, from left, Stephanie, Bailey, 3, and Kyle…

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Majority still shows no religious preference

By Bill Zechman Special to the Southern Standard Members of a newly launched Christian ministry to Warren County Jail inmates are, from left, Elizabeth Hicks, county jail supervisor Eddie Knowles, Coletta Hendrix, Joan Braswell, Boyd Spry, Central Church of Christ minister Tim Parish and Regenia Myers. Hicks, Hendrix and Braswell, all from Earlyville Church of…

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Food & Raiment Day this Saturday at Central

The blessing of a warm, sturdy coat is not to be underestimated, especially in the biting winter winds that will soon be lashing us from the north. At Central Church of Christ?s clothing recycling center, organizers hope local citizens whose closets are stuffed with outgrown, outmoded coats will share those blessings with their less-fortunate neighbors…

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DeKalb County author to speak at Magness Library

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard ARNOULT Magness Library will be presenting a program featuring area author Darnell Arnoult tomorrow night, Nov. 30, at 6:30 p.m. Arnoult is the author of a novel, ?Sufficient Grace? from Free Press/Simon & Schuster, and a book of poetry, ?What Travels With Us: Poems? from…

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County OKs funding to improve industrial park

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard The Warren County Commission voted unanimously last week to approve the issue of capital outlay notes, not to exceed $294,875, to fund a bridge and road work at Mt. View Industrial Park designed to open up a large tract of land for further development to…

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Walter Andrew Sparkman, 76

Crossville resident and Warren County native Walter Andrew Sparkman, 76, was born Sept. 29, 1930 and died Nov. 26 at Country Place Health Care Center in Crossville following an extended illness. A member of the Church of God, he was the son of the late James Walter and Angeline Mayfield Sparkman. He is survived by…

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Malliory Adcock, 84

McMinnville resident Malliory Adcock, 84, died Nov. 27 at her home after an extended illness. A retired restaurant owner and operator and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Rayburn Van and Clara Turner Slatten; and was also preceded in death by her husband, James Gordon Adcock; grandchildren,…

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Linda Gail Lowery, 56

McMinnville resident and White County native Linda Gail Lowery, 56, was born Aug. 25, 1950 and died Nov. 28 at River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A CNA and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late John Thomas and Pauline Goodson Paine. In addition to her parents, she…

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Alene Davis Boyd, 89

McMinnville resident and White County native Alene Davis Boyd, 89, was born Feb. 26, 1917 and died Nov. 27 at Woodbury Nursing Home following an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late William Ephraim and Mary Attie Anderson Davis. She was married…

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