Huntsville, Ala., resident and Warren County native Wilma Dean Locke Northcutt, 70, was born April 23, 1936 and died Feb. 13 at her residence in Huntsville following a brief illness. An executive secretary at Northup-Gruman Company and the owner of Northcutt Realty, she was the daughter of the late George Robert ?Bob? and Mattie Rowland…

Paul Bradley Blankenship, 78, of Smithville (Belk community) died Thursday at his residence. He was founder and former owner of Bradley Printing, and a longtime employee of the Smithville Review and Southern Standard. He was also a member of the Gideon?s and was a deacon of New Union The Baptist Church since 1962 and a…

Altamont resident Lorene Smartt, 91, died Feb. 13 at her home. The daughter of Elijah and Lucy Myers Woodlee, she was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Altamont; and was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Smartt; son, Marcus Gene Woodlee; brothers, Patterson and Jerry Woodlee; sisters,…

McMinnville resident and Painesville, Ohio native Johnnie Eugene ?Gene? Rogers, 53, was born June 12, 1953 and died Feb. 14 following an extended illness. A retired machinist with Vought-Aerostructures in Nashville and a United States Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, he was the son of the late Estes and Pearlene Goodson Rogers. In addition…

McMinnville resident Joannie Ann Bates, 46, died Feb. 7 at St. Thomas Hospital after a six-month illness. A home health nurse and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Charles W. and Shirley E. Loebshack Gutzman; and was preceded in death by son, Church Frederickson. She is survived by…

Cecil L. (Loraine) Dunlap, 84, of Montgomery, Ala., formerly of Rock Island, passed away Feb. 15 at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery. He was preceded in death by his wife Gertrude Nobles, and parents, Vessie and Eula Dunlap, one sister and four brothers. Survivors include one brother, Jack B. Dunlap of Townsend, and seven nephews. Funeral…

NEW YORK (AP) ? Junior?s been helping himself to Mother?s little helper. That?s the conclusion of a report released Wednesday by White House drug czar John Walters that found while U.S. teenagers? use of marijuana is declining, their abuse of prescription drugs is holding steady or in some cases increasing. ?The drug dealer is us,?…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ? ConAgra Foods Inc. told consumers to discard certain jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter after the spread was linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened almost 300 people nationwide. Lids of jars with a product code beginning ?2111? can be returned to ConAgra for a refund, the…

WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Bush says he?s certain the Iranian government is supplying deadly weapons used by fighters in Iraq against U.S. troops, even if he can?t prove the orders came from top Iranian leaders. More important, Bush said in his first news conference of the year, is the need to protect American forces against…

MEMPHIS (AP) ? A man attacked by two pit bull dogs who ripped off his hand said he feels lucky to be alive even though doctors had to amputate what remained of his mauled arm up to the elbow. “I couldn’t believe I wasn’t dead,” James Chapple said Wednesday after being moved out of the…