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To those in need, they’re the essential link to getting help.

But despite their efforts, Brownsville-Haywood County Central Dispatch is perhaps often underappreciated.

Haywood County will get the chance to recognize central dispatch next week as the nation honors National Public Safety Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s Week.

It’s usually on the scene responders that get most of the credit for handling emergencies, yet, if not

for Central Dispatch, the responders wouldn’t even arrive to the emergencies.

“At a training conference, a guy brought a bicycle wheel. He just beat it in so the wheel was bent in, and he held it up and said ‘What is still good about this tire?’” Brownsville-Haywood County Central Dispatch Director Kyle East began. “And of course, the answer was the hub. It was in the middle and had not been damaged. And he said, ‘that’s Central Dispatch. They take these calls and they go through the spokes to the responders on the wheel. The wheel may be dented

up or the spokes bent, but that hub is still there. And without that hub, you don’t have a wheel.’”

“If it’s not for us, they don’t get that response.”

This is true for the staff of 12—11 full-time, one part-time—whose call volumes are often too varied to pinpoint a “normal” range. One weekend they could have nearly 200 calls thanks to saturation efforts from offi cers. Other nights, volumes could barely scratch 50.

Suffi ce it to say, the word average isn’t exactly something that’s easily applied.

“The average work day?”

East said. “It’s kind of like the word normal. There is no normal.”

Central dispatch had the opportunity to move from their old location near city hall and into the Justice Complex. The move itself wasn’t really the hard part, East said. It was the numerous technological upgrades.

“They have six different programs that they work with in there, and every single program changed in some way,” East said while recalling their move. “So we got totally new ones and others that were just upgraded versions because out there in the old center,

The First LineNation honors central dispatch

From left back row: Director Kyle East, Team Leader Caryvetta Maclin, Senior Dispatcher Siwaver “Dell” Leigh, Dispatcher Brandie Douglas, Dispatcher Cherry Drake, Dispatcher Cecily Pritchard, Assistant Director/TAC Starla Singleton. From left front: Alt TAC/Dispatcher Cindy Covington, Dispatcher Barbara Jackson, Dispatcher Karen Ferrell, and Dispatcher/Interpreter Monica Sangster. Not pictured Part-time Dispatcher Donna Conley.

Photo By Calvin Carter

By: CALVIN [email protected]

The state released the county non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for February 2012. While ten counties increased in their rates or stayed the same, 75 other counties had their unemployment rates decrease.

Out of those counties that showed improvement was Haywood County, which had its unemployment rate for February drop .6 percent down from January. The rate from February was at 12.4 percent, which is down from January’s 13.1 percent. The rate for February of last year was at 15 percent.

Haywood County’s labor force is estimated at 8,740 with 7,660 employed and 1,090 unemployed.

Tennessee’s unemployment rate for February fell to 8.0 percent, down from the January revised rate of 8.2 percent. The national unemployment rate for February 2012 was 8.3 percent, unchanged from the January rate. Knox County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate of 6.1 percent, down from 6.2 percent in January. Davidson County was 7.0 percent, down from 7.1 percent in the previous month. Hamilton County was 7.7 percent, down from 7.9 percent, and Shelby County was 9.2 percent, down from the January unemployment rate of 9.4 percent.

Haywood County Unemployment going down


With the gradual emergence of campaigning signs and announcements, it’s apparent that many are gearing up for elections later this year.

Blasting past the Presidential Preference Primary that took place at the start of March, the next planned election is the City Of Brownsville. The fi ling and withdrawal date already passed on March 15 with Aldermen seats one and three being challenged. Ward 1 Incumbent Alderman Leon King will be trying to hold his seat against Dell Phillips, Samuel Starks and Barry Presley, while Undrae Phillips will challenge Incumbent Ward 3 Alderman John Simmons. The city election will take place June 19. The last day to register is May 21.

August 2 will host the County General and State Primary election.

Dare Simpson, County Assessor of Property, is running for reelection but is also being challenged by local businessman Scott Barker and former Brownsville Haywood County Chamber Of County Executive Director Joe Ing.

Daniel Thornton will not run for reelection as School Board Member of Districts 2 and 6. Freddie Burnette and Greg Vanstory will battle in the election for that seat. Meanwhile, Allen Currie, School Board Member of Districts 4 and 10 will run for reelection, but will be challenged by Joe Barden IV. The last day to register to vote in that election is July 3.

The last local election will take place in Stanton. The date for that election is November 6, which is the same day as the general election for U.S. President, Senator, Representative, State Representative and Sate Senator. The seats of mayor and aldermen are up for election, although there is no offi cial word yet on who is running. The qualifying deadline to run is today. And the last day to register to vote is October 9.

Candidates readying for elections


2012 has barely reached its halfway mark and already the Scott Street Resource Center has had a very productive year.

In late February, the center received a visit from a team of Home Depot volunteers with the goal of providing the

place with an incredible makeover.

“This was like a three month process,” Scott Street Resource Center Program Director Karen Jones said. “They completed on February 28, and they just came and did everything.”

Looking at the pictures of the center years ago, you would barely recognize what it has

turned into now. Inside is a lot more sectioned off and divided. And the walls are welcoming with their brightly colored coats of paint.

Nearly a month later, the center decided to open its doors with a special ribbon cutting and open house.

The ribbon cutting contained members of the Brownsville-

Haywood County Chamber of Commerce and Chamber Ambassadors.

“We were here and gathered for when Home Depot fi nished. This one [ribbon cutting] is from the chamber,” chamber board president Bob Wallis said.

With last weekend serving as the fi rst time for many to witness the

Ribbon Cutting and Open house held at Scott Street

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— The Brownsville States-Graphic, Thursday, April 5, 2012

Talking about child abuse isn’t easy, but it’s necessary and April, which is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, is the perfect time to start. A Proclamation was signed by Franklin Smith, Haywood County Mayor, and Jo Matherne, City of Brownsville Mayor, to signify April as Child Abuse Prevention month. Chris Lea, JoAnna Morris, Lisa Carlton, Hayden Hooper and Beth Wilson were also present to remind individuals, “it’s time to talk about child abuse”.

Child abuse is sometimes a taboo subject but if we’re ever going to break the cycle of abuse, we have to have an open dialogue about it. According to recent statistics, one in every seven children in the US is abused. Every 10 seconds a case of child abuse is reported and every four hours a child dies from abuse. It’s time to break the cycle and one way to do that is to start talking

about it. According to

Tennessee law, all persons, including doctors, mental health professionals, child care providers, teachers, dentists, family members and friends, must report suspected cases of child abuse or neglect. Failure to report is a violation of the law.

If someone “suspects” abuse they must report it by calling their local law enforcement agency, local Department of Children’s Services or the State Central Intake number at 1-877-237-0004 or 1-877-54a-buse. It is not necessary to prove or substantiate the abuse.

Possible indicators of abuse and neglect include:

*The child has repeated injuries that are not properly treated or adequately explained.

*The child begins acting in unusual ways ranging from disruptive and aggressive to passive and withdrawn.

*The child acts in the

role of parent toward their brothers and sisters or even toward their own parents.

*The child may have disturbed sleep including nightmares, bed wetting, fear of sleeping alone, needing a nightlight, etc.

*The child loses his/her appetite, overeats, or may report being hungry.

*The child may act out sexual behavior that is not normal for his/her age group.

*The child may report abusive or neglectful acts.

Although the above signs may indicate that something is wrong they do not necessarily point to abuse with every child. However, in some cases, if these signs are noticed early and the proper authorities intervene, abuse may be prevented.

For more information about child abuse prevention, call your local Carl Perkins Center at 731-772-8378.

It’s TIME to talk about child abuse

Mayor of Haywood County, Franklin Smith and City Mayor of Brownsville, Jo Matherne proclaimed April 2-8, 2012 as Public Health Week in Haywood County, and urge all state and local public health agencies to join with private organizations and educational institutions to celebrate with activities to promote health and acknowledge the many benefi ts of public health to our citizens.

Pictured with City of Brownsville Mayor Jo Matherne and Haywood County Mayor Franklin Smith from L to R: Kandy Climer, Haywood County Health Department Offi ce Assistant; Anita Watkins, Haywood County Health Department HUGS/CSS Social Worker; Julie Warren, Haywood County Health Department

Nurse Supervisor; Danna Taylor, Haywood County Health Department Director; Betty Nix, Haywood County Health Department RN; Ann Bowker,

Haywood County Health Department Nurse Practitioner and Tennille Short, Haywood County UT Extension Agent and Haywood County Health Council Chair.

Mayors sign in Public Health Proclamation

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Applications can be picked up on April 9th-April 13th, 2012 from 4:00P.M.

to 6:00P.M. at 443 N. Dupree Ave.For more information please contact

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Where Children are our primary concern.

Tammy Snipes, with the Carl Perkins Center For Child Abuse, poses with the center’s display in the Haywood County courthouse. This year’s theme is “It’s Time To Talk

About Child Abuse. “ The display is in recognition of April serving as Child Abuse Prevention month. The center will host numerous events this month in honor of the recognition. Girls

Dare To Be Different, a mentor group at St. Jefferson Church, did the display. If you’d like a blue ribbon for your business you can call 731-772-8378.

Carl Perkins on display

Photo By Calvin Carter

The Brownsville States-Graphic, Thursday, April 5, 2012 —

the computers had not been updated since 2006.”

Adjusting from using telephones to headsets and foot pedals certainly didn’t make matters easy. Couple that with numerous vendors giving training while dispatchers also worked, and you got grounds for chaos.

But being able to adapt and work in chaos is a natural quality you need to be successful in central dispatch.

“You defi nitely have to be patient and be able to multitask,” Cindy Covington, Alt TAC/Dispatcher said. “You have to be able to cope at different situations at different times.”

“You have to be able to control your attitude when people are yelling or shouting,” dispatcher Cherry Drake noted. “You have to stay focused to help people and save people’s lives.”

“You’ve got to be calm during the storm. You’ve got to be a real laidback person,” East said. “You can’t be someone who is on pins and needles or who gets stressed and easily agitated. I mean you’ve just got to be that calm voice in the face of chaos.”

That task can be hard ,especially when it come to certain calls.

“When you have a call that has to deal with little kids or babies that have died, that’s kind

of hard,” Assistant Director/TAC Starla Singleton said.

And even though central dispatch gives the same quality service to everyone, a call that affects somebody they’ve worked with isn’t easy to deal to with at times as well.

“Anything involving somebody we work with or another offi cer,” East said. “The helicopter crash back in March 2010, I had been working here two weeks when that happened. And that was hard to deal with for some of the dispatchers. It was probably harder for me then it was for them because I had just left the ambulance service. I had been working

with them for two and a half years.”

With so much on the line, why would anyone take on this job? The one common thread that everyone in central dispatch shares is an immense desire to help people. Break down their motivations further, and it all becomes as varied as their calls. For someone like Covington, it was also getting an opportunity to see another side of the responder coin. For Drake, it was an opportunity to at a different career. Singleton would point out the job’s level of excitement, as well as a way to work closer with her Brownsville Police Offi cer husband.

For East, who at one time had aspirations of being a State Trooper,

it was something that he simply fell into and enjoyed.

East, who after taking a dispatcher class after high school, informed a Crockett-County sheriff, who then told him to apply for dispatcher job in that county. He was hired only a day after applying and immediately hit the ground running.

“The dispatcher I was with...I had only been training for a week and a half, maybe two weeks,” he remembered. “Well, she was real sick with diabetes. She got sick during a shift and the sheriff called and said, ‘she had to leave, do you think you’ll be alright?’”

Though terrifi ed then, the director is able to laugh about it

now.While next week

can give people an opportunity to thank their local dispatchers, it may also grant a way to clear any misconceptions.

For example, when a dispatcher asks questions, it’s not to waste time. In fact, while they’re asking questions, another dispatcher has already sent out a responder, East said.

“The biggest misconception is people think that the dispatchers are wasting time, when they’re asking questions,” he said. People think they’re delaying their response on an ambulance, fi re truck or whatever. Really, it’s to keep responders safe and let them know what to look out for.”

center’s makeover, one could have viewed it as a new beginning.

“This is kind of a rebirth. We’ve been struggling the last six months on funding, but we’re out here on faith,” Anne Banks said.

It’s been an interesting life for the center.

In 1994, former Brownsville Mayor Webb Banks formed an advisory committee of local ministers to fi gure out what was needed in the community.

“He said ‘I just need to know what’s going on in the city to do something about it,’” Anne recalled. Reverend F.W. Williamson directed

the committee and city to a particular building on Scott Street. The building, which was owned by Golden Circle, hadn’t really seen any use in a number of years. It was even believed that some residents in the long abandoned building used it for drug use.

In 1996, with a fi ve-year lease from Golden Circle, the building opened itself up as the Scott Street Resource Center, with Anne as the program director until current program director Karen Jones took on the job.

Since their opening, the center has carried on the goal of saving children in the area

from criminal and drug elements.

The recent economic crunch has affected numerous non-profi ts recently, with the Scott Street being no different. With no funding from the state for the fi scal 2011-2012 year, the center was forced to do what it can to raise funds to stay operational. Ironically, it was this drive to raise funds that led to the center’s makeover.

The center sent out requests of donations from local churches, of which, 11 responded and helped. But one connection evolved into helpful makeover.

Resident Hope McGhee got in contact with her brother, Dr.

Michael H. Mcghee. Mcghee then got in contact with Marvin Ellison, the Executive V.P. of Home Depot who brought his volunteer team to give the center its current makeover.

Mcghee, who was honored during the open house, noted that support of the Scott Street Center is highly benefi cial to the

community.“The Justice Center,

it’s beautiful,” Mcghee said. “I do wonder why it’s necessary to build such a large facility. But I know that if you invest in Scott Street, invest in your community, there won’t be a need for that [justice center].”

Since last October, the center has managed to raise approximately

$41,300. Normally, expenses usually add up to $10,000 a month. So the center is still continuing its fund raising efforts. And hopefully, will keep going for years to come.

“We need to keep our doors open and share the word,” Scott Street Resource Center Program Coordinator Cheryl Wilson.

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All Haywood County school students are invited to participate in the 2012 Cinco de Mayo Heritage Celebration Art Contest. Deadline to enter is Friday, April 27. Winners will be announced at the Cinco de Mayo Heritage Celebration Saturday, May 5, on the Brownsville

Court Square. The event and contest is sponsored by the Brownsville Business Association. “This is the second year for the event and art contest,” says Vickie Cooper, event coordinator. According to Cooper, over 60 students participated in the contest last year and

organizers are confi dent that this year they will see a similar response.“ C e l e b r a t i n g Community” is the theme students are asked to use for their artwork. The art can depict what makes our community unique, someone or something that represents the community or simply

something the artist loves most about our community. Cooper says the theme leaves room for interpretation and creativity of the students. Students are also encouraged to name their artwork and judges will base the winning selections

on composition, design and overall creativity.“Cinco de Mayo is a celebration of Brownsville and Haywood County’s diverse heritage, bringing the kid’s into the event and letting them tell our story through their artwork is a great way to share and showcase

our different cultures.”For complete instructions and entry form, visit www.shopbrownsvilletn.com, or pick-up an entry form at All That’s Victoria, 9 South Lafayette, Brownsville. For more information, contact Cooper at 731-772-4477.

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Off the Beaten Path

What Did Jesus Eat

Can you really go home again?

As the 100th

anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic approaches, it seems like everywhere you look, someone, or some organization, is having a commemorative “last dinner on the Titanic” celebration. Ever since a book came out a few years ago discussing what the passengers “might” have eaten that fateful night, people have just gone gaga over the idea, and just about everywhere such an event is held, it sells out quickly.

But one of the problems people have in recreating such events is that no one is sure, for certain, just what was being served that night. Historians know what food was on board the ship and what the White Star Line, owner of the Titanic, served on its other ships, and a few Titanic menus survived, but none from that fateful, fi nal night.

Survivors weren’t initially asked about what they had eaten for dinner before the ship sank, and by the time someone became interested in the subject, most had died and memories were dimmed for the rest of them.

In spite of the lack of precise information, however, enough is known that the foods commonly thought to have on the menu that evening were probably actually there.

The historical record is much sketchier, however, for another famous meal, perhaps even the most famous meal in history, the last supper of Jesus Christ and his disciples.

It was one of the pivotal events in His life, in terms of infl uencing Christian belief and practice over the next 2,000 years, but few things are known about the meal itself, and there is more than a little debate over what is known.

First of all, what did they eat? Unfortunately, the Bible is of little help in answering that question. Most of our ideas about what foods were on the table come from artists’ depictions of the event over the centuries.

And those depictions have changed drastically over time. For one thing, between 1000 AD and 2000 AD, portion and plate sizes increased dramatically. A couple of years ago researchers made headlines by doing a computer analysis of

52 famous paintings of “The Last Supper” done over the past 1,000 years, and they found that artists in each succeeding generation painted more food and larger plates on the table. Altogether, they found that plate size had increased 66% over the millennium, bread size by 23% and meat and fi sh dishes by a whopping 69% from the oldest to the newest paintings.

But who said Jesus and the disciples even ate fi sh or meat at the meal? Not the Bible. The New Testament only mentions bread and wine, but three of the Gospel writers, Matthew, Mark and Luke, all write that it was a Passover meal. If so, would they have had lamb? The bread would surely have been unleavened? Our tradition is to think it was a Passover meal, but John, on the other hand, seems to be saying that the meal took place the day before Passover began. If so, the bread may not have been unleavened, and Passover lambs would not have been eaten on that date.

Another unanswered question? Even if it was Passover, lamb, like all meat in that era, was so expensive that only very wealthy people could eat it. Jesus and his followers could not have afforded it. Where would they have gotten it?

They had to eat something, of course. What about the foods known to have been available to common people at the time, the Seven Species listed in the Book of Deuteronomy, wheat, barley, grapes, fi gs,

pomegranates, olives and dates? Would they have likely been on the table?

Pomegranates would not have been. It was spring, and they are a fall fruit. Grapes wouldn’t ripen until late summer, although wine would have been available. Olives would surely have graced the table.

Figs and dates, dried, at least, would have been available. Wheat and barley, from last year’s crop, might have been available as well.

Barley was a very common peasant food, used to make porridge and cakes. Early crops of peas, lentils and vetch could have been on the table as well.

If meat were on the table then there would have been no dairy products served, but if not, goat’s milk and yogurt drizzled with honey would be possibilities. Wild asparagus would have been available, as well as all sorts of spices and spring greens.

In many artists’ renderings of the event, fi sh is on the table. One of the group was a fi sherman, but the Gospels are silent regarding the menu that night. They just don’t say what was on the table.

Except for the bread and the wine.

Maybe that’s all there was. Or maybe that’s all we need to be concerned about. What was it Mark Twain once said about interpreting the Bible? “It ain’t those parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.”

A dilemma with which we can all identify.

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I’ve heard it said time and time again that you can’t really go home again and that nothing is the same the second time around.

Thomas Wolfe in his book, You can’t go home again, writes about George Webber, a young aspiring novelist, who returns to his hometown of Libya Hill only to fi nd that his philosophies about life in general had changed drastically from his early years. His new outlook on life was rejected by the residents of Libya Hill. The inhabitants felt that his latest literary works ridiculed their way of life.

Another interesting book regarding the subject matter is Second Time Around by Carol Steward. The two major players are Kevin Macintyre and Emily Berthoff. Kevin Macintyre’s heart stopped when he saw his ex-fi ancée, Dr. Emily Berthoff, at his best friend’s wedding. She was more beautiful than ever and nothing had changed. His bitterness toward her was still there and so was his love. Emily had taken a job back home to be closer to her family. And though she knew that running into Ken was inevitable, she was startled to fi nd her feeling for him was

more powerful than before. The love that had haunted her all these years was still there, but could they forgive one another and start again?

Both stories are about going back home again with two different angles. George Webber featured in You Can’t Go Home Again, had grown beyond the ability of comprehension of his home folks and couldn’t pursue his professional calling without irritating them. There appeared to be no level of compromise. On the other hand, the couple in A Second Chance had unfi nished business to deal with and they were fearful of where the challenges would lead. Could the fl ames of love that had shown so brightly be rekindled?

My reasons for coming back home were much different from those previously mentioned. I certainly had no unfi nished business to take care of, at least none that I know about at the present time. While I am so thankful for the opportunity to advance up the educational ladder, never once were my actions displayed negatively nor to irritate the community or home folks. In fact, I am convinced that the experience gained from growing up in Stogum

Bottom and Haywood County provided a great foundation that led to more than 20 successful years of academic studies.

About 15 years ago, circumstances in my life were as such that I could continue my work and profession and also move back home. After much consideration, a family decision was reached and we made the move about 15 years ago.

One of the fi rst things that I noticed upon my return was just how small our world really was back then. Most of my transportation was either on foot or horseback in those days, which led to the impression of a much larger area. Then it took some time to go all over The Bottom. Now a days, if there were roads around the perimeter, it could possibly be covered in no more than an hour on a 4-Wheeler.

Coming back to my roots when I did was one of the best things to happen to me. It has been a great experience with few disappointments and many opportunities.

Can you really go back home again? Before you hit the road, ask yourself two questions: Why am I going and what am I looking for?

The caked yellow pollen on my car indicates that we truly are in the middle of spring. Sure, I tried denying it at fi rst by holding onto my jackets and long sleeve shirts. And while allergies decided to act up lately, I still didn’t want to admit its presence.

No, what it took was that layer of yellow material to truly inform me that spring is here.

It was diffi cult to detect it after such a mild winter. I kept expecting ice storms and slippery roads. Instead what we really received were dark clouds and rainy weather that seemed more like the setting to some coming of age fi lm with moody British New Wave as the soundtrack.

These days, you might as well consider this a Disney fi lm, only with allergy medication.

I guess the season has been so nice that even criminal activity has slowed down. Steven Diebold, our graphic

designer quipped that it’s probably because everyone’s gone fi shing.

Maybe that’s not too far from the truth.

If everyone is fi shing, then they’re still willing to take a break from the lake for some of Brownsville’s latest events.

The Scott Street Resource Center recently held a ribbon cutting and open house, which had a pretty great turnout. Again, I implore you to please help out the center as they continue to seek funding to stay operational.

The Carl Perkins Center is kicking off this month by recognizing it as Child Abuse Prevention Month.

And next week hopefully the sun will truly shine as the Solar Farm fi nally opens with a ribbon cutting.

Hard to believe that after so much talk and planning, the solar farm is now a reality. Maybe this is a good sign of other things to come later this year. For example, maybe we’ll get an industry for the megasite much sooner than later.

In any case folks, enjoy your spring.

Spring In Your Step

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Baby Boy Lucas John Leach, age 5 days, passed away Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at LeBonheur Children’s Foundation Research Center, Memphis.

Funeral services were held Saturday,

March 31, 2012, in the Brownsville-Bells Funeral Homes Chapel in Brownsville with Dr. Fred Campbell offi ciating. Burial followed in the Brownsville Memorial Gardens.

Lucas John LeachDate of Death - March 27, 2012

Brownsville States Graphic(Brownsville, Tenn.) April 5, 2012

Mr. Andrew Duke Warren, age 40 of Columbia, passed away March 23, 2012.

He attended Thompson Station Baptist Church, and was a great husband, father, son, brother and friend. He would have received his nursing degree from Aquanis College on May 12, 2012.

He was preceded in death by his daughter: Lauren Abigail Warren. He is survived by his wife: Lori Corder Warren; one son: Harrison Duke Warren; one daughter: Sophia Claire Warren all of Columbia; father: Willis Warren

Jr. of Coxville; mother: Patsy Francis Warren of Smyrna; one sister: Jennifer (Thomas) Warren Bowers of Franklin and a host of other loving family members and friends.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at Spring Hill Memorial Funeral Home with Jonathan Hopson offi ciating. Interment followed in Kelso Cemetery in Kelso. Pallbearers were Reid and Alex Bowers, Jason Anderson, Tyler Barden, Jay Vivrette, John Murphy, Manuel Simmons and Willis Warren Jr. Honorary pallbearers were Clayton Warren, John and Stephen Warren and Heritage Hurricanes 10-U.

Memorials may be made to the Harrison and Sophia Warren College Fund and the Heritage Hurricanes at 5016 Spedale Ct., PMB 270, Spring Hill, TN 37174 or Diabetes Association.

Mr. Andrew Duke WarrenDate of Death - March 23, 2012


Mr. James Ernest “Jim” Hayes Jr., passed away on March 29, 2012 in Chesterfi eld, VA, at the age of 65.

Jim was born on August 1, 1946, in Memphis, to Vesta Lee Ready Hayes and Dr. James Ernest Hayes.

After graduating from Central High School in Memphis, Jim attended Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, VA, where in 1967 he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology. After earning his Master of Divinity degree from the Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, MS, Jim was ordained by the Presbyterian Church of America and served as minister of churches in Miami, FL; North Little Rock, AR; and Hickory Withe.

Jim’s lifelong interests included reading, marksmanship, sailing, movies and travel.

Jim is survived by his ex-wife, Dianne,

Meridian, MS; daughter, Lee Lindsey, Atlanta, GA, with son-in-law Jason and grandson Presley; son Mark Hayes, daughter-in-law Holly, and grandchildren Nate and Ava, Brownsville and son Neil Hayes is a member of the U.S. Navy, currently stationed in Great Lakes, Ill.

He is preceded in death by his mother Vesta, and father, James. He is also preceded in death by his two beloved basset hounds: Molly and Sally.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 7, 2012 in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. The family welcomes all to join them in paying their respects.

Memorials may be made to the Virginia Military Institute Rifl e Team (http://www.vmikeydetclub.com) or the church or charity of your choice.

Mr. James Ernest “Jim” Hayes Jr.Date of Death - March 29, 2012


Mrs. Carole Ann Belcher, age 71, passed away Sunday, April 1, 2012 at her home in Brownsville.

She was preceded in death by her parents: Andrew Gallik and Thelma Patterson Gallik and a sister: Pat Wilhite.

Mrs. Belcher studied ballet as a child. She graduated high school in Chicago Illinois and attended Moser

Secretarial School in Chicago. She was a former secretary and bookkeeper for Wilhite Truck Stop. She was also an avid gardner and she has published several magazine articles on houseplants and roses. She was a member of the Golden Circle Rose Club where she won many awards for her beautiful roses.

Graveside services were held April 2, 2012, in the Brownsville Memorial Gardens, under the direction of the Brownsville-Bells Funeral Homes, with West TN Hospice Chaplain, James Watford offi ciating.

Mrs. Belcher is survived by her husband: Michael Belcher; many nieces and nephews; and four (four legged) children.

Mrs. Carole Ann BelcherDate of Death - April 1, 2012


Mrs. Martha Coburn Williams, age 77, passed away at her home, April 2, 2012 in Brownsville.

Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 10 a.m. in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Brownsville Memorial Gardens.

Mrs. Williams was preceded in death by

her husband: Cecil “Sugar Boy” Williams; her parents: John Lee and Ruby King Coburn and a brother: Robert Coburn.

She is survived by her two sons: Sammie Williams (Ninette) Dyersburg, Travis Williams (Vicki) Brownsville, three grandchildren: Krystle Williams, Chad Williams, Cody Williams and two great-grandchildren: Gracie Williams and Madison Williams.

Memorials may be made to Westside Church of Christ 3235, Hwy 54 West, Brownsville, TN 38012 or The American Cancer Society, Att: Sharolett Allen, C/O In South Bank, P.O. Box 879, Brownsville, TN 38012.

Mrs. Martha Coburn WilliamsDate of Death - April 2, 2012


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Women’s LuncheonAllen Baptist ChurchSaturday, April 14, 2012Luncheon begins at 11 a.m. in

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Community Thursday, April 5, 2012

page6The Brownsville States-Graphic

CornerCornerCorner Katherine HornWhat a lovely and awe-

inspiring evening we had at the Friends of the Library Annual Membership Dinner Meeting. The library looked very festive. Those who attended were treated to a baked potato bar supper complete with scrumptious desserts. Our guest speaker was Mrs. Carolyn Tomlin, author of “The Secret Holocaust Diaries”. We heard the rest of Nonna Bannister’s life story. We also were treated to a wonderful Power Point presentation about Russia. It was a wonderful evening all around. A hearty round of applause should be given to Mrs. Tomlin for being with us and sharing her talents with us. Thank you. And a big thank you to everyone who came

out to support the Friends of the Elma Ross Public Library. The Friends of the Library is indebted to you for your generosity. If you haven’t already, please consider becoming a member of the Friends of the Library organization this year. The Friends of the Library assists the library in maintaining our current collections and helps defray the costs of our summer reading program and other programs throughout the year. Your contributions to the Friends are greatly appreciated.

We also want to thank Mrs. Serenia Smalls-Bonds for presenting a Women’s History program for our Lunch and Learn program last week. Thank you, Serenia, for organizing

and presenting this great program. It was a wonderful gift to the community.

Computer classes are almost to a close. Only two weeks left. We have MedlinePlus.gov Class (April 10) and Medicare Part D Classes (April 17) remaining. We have a few spots left, please sign-up today. We have enjoyed giving these free classes and we hope that you have too. Computer classes will take a break during the summer months and may return in the fall.

Just a reminder that the Elma Ross Public Library will be closed on Friday, April 6 in observance of Good Friday. Have a blessed day.

Happy Reading!

By Walter Battle

Some unsettling statistics on student debt.

University of Tennessee, Family Economics Professor Dena Wise, reported on Friday March 30, 2012, that proponents of the Student Loan Affordability Act pointed out that this year, the total amount American students and graduates owe on student loans will surpass

$1 trillion. They noted that this amount is greater than the total Americans owe on credit cards, and it’s half again as much as the entire U.S. budget for national defense in 2012. That cumulative debt is held by millions of Americans who accumulate, on average, $22,000 after attending four year public schools and $28,100 after attending four year private schools, and it represents a crushing burden on the next

generation of American skilled workers.

Dr. Wise suggest that we take the opportunity, encourage the next generation of college students to (1) think carefully before they borrow; (2) make sure they select a major for which job openings and salaries are adequate to repay what they borrow and (3) live frugally while in college to avoid unnecessary debt.

How much money did we borrow for college?

The Delta Heritage Center hosted the Haywood County Historical Society at its regular meeting on Sunday, March 6.

Sonia Outlaw-Clark, Director of Delta Heritage Center, introduced the speaker from Sumner County, Ms. Lee Waddell Curtis, Director of Programming for the Tennessee Department of Tourism. Ms. Curtis explained to the group the Civil War Trail markers, which are to be available at a discount for a period of time.

Billy King of Mercer spoke about the progress

on the Denmark Church (museum). His county has already purchased a marker.

The Haywood County Historical Society has its last meeting on May 20. Members will vote on the Civil War Trail markers at that time. Ms. Joe Thornton has as a possible text for the marker – her great-great grandmother’s diary. Mrs. Sara Madison Taylor Johnson was 18 years old living on Highway 70 (toward the Hatchie River). She could see the fi res burning in Brownsville from her house. Sara wrote: “After we got home from

church, we heard that ole Hurst with his command, was in Brownsville destroying and stealing everything.” Col. Fielding Hurst, a renegade, led his soldiers who burned several businesses in Brownsville.

A possible site for the marker is the courthouse yard or the “park” (Lot #1) across the street.

Ms. Sonia Outlaw-Clark had a lovely reception for the members and guests following the meeting.

The May 20 meeting of the Historical Society has some surprise guests. The meeting will be at College Hill at 3 p.m.

Delta Heritage Center Site of Historical Society Meeting

The Haywood County Board of Education, in compliance with the TCA 49-6-2207, will be adopting textbooks in the area of Fine Arts (Elementary and Secondary, Elementary and Secondary Music, Theater Arts), Driver

Education, Spelling, Literature (grades 6 – 12), Vocational Education (Health Sciences, Business Technology, Marketing, Technology Engineering), Trade and Industrial Education (Manufacturing, Construction, Arts and

Communication, Human Services, Hospitality and Tourism) at the regular meeting on April 17, 2012 at 6 p.m. The books will be on display for public viewing in the boardroom during the weeks of April 3 - 17, 2012.

The Haywood County Board of Education adopting textbooks

“Get Your Running Shoes Ready”

Haywood County Schools 5k Walk/Run at 9am and Fun Run at 9:45am

Prizes will be awarded to all age groups including winners from each school. New

awards for bicycles and adults with strollers.

Please go to www.haywoodcountyschool.com, click on Coordinated School Health, 5K Registration for a

registration form. All school age children and younger enter for free. The cost for adults is $12.00.

For questions, please contact Sharon Thorton at 772-9613 or [email protected].

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page7ASSEMBLY OF GODDANCYVILLE ASSEMBLY OF GOD13925 Hwy 76 North

FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD700 N. Dupree Ave. • 772-1242

BAPTISTALLEN BAPTIST5533 U.S. Hwy. 79 N. • 772-3930

ANTIOCH BAPTIST8432 Hwy. 79 N. • 772-5682

BETHESDA MISSIONARY BAPTIST126 Baxter St. • 772-3388

BLUFF CREEK BAPTIST3480 Dr. Hess Rd. • 772-6433

BROWNS CREEK BAPTIST673 Brown Creek Rd. • 772-2288

BROWNSVILLE BAPTIST5 N. Wilson Ave. • 772-9753

BROWNSVILLE COMMUNITY BAPTIST1200 N. Mclemore Ave. • 772-0717

CALVARY BAPTIST624 Hatchie St. • 772-0192

CANE CREEK BAPTIST1904 Cane Creek Road • 772-1033

CHAPEL HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST1077 Shaw Loop • 772-4840

FIRST BAPTIST311 E. Jefferson St. • 772-1187

FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST294 Friendship Rd. • 772-8060

HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH4684 Eurekaton Rd. • 731-254-8746

HAYWOOD BAPTIST ASSN.126 N. Dupree Ave. • 772-4826

HICKORY GROVE BAPTISTHickory Grove Haynes Rd. • 772-1259

HOLLY GROVE BAPTIST8488 Poplar Corner Road • 772-2627KEELING BAPTIST CHURCH16675 Hwy 70 West • 731-608-0833

IGLESIA BAUTISTA CRISTO REY1458 E. Main St. • 772-6024

LONDON BRANCH BAPTISTLondon Branch Rd. • 772-2283

LOWER SALEM MISSIONARY BAPTIST1230 E. Jefferson St. • 772-8027

MACEDONIA BAPTIST103 Macedonia Rd. • 772-4770

MERCER BAPTIST1201 S. Dupree Ave. • 772-2536

NEW HOPE BAPTIST586 Bond Ferry Rd. • 772-5616

NEW REVELATION MISSIONARY BAPTIST400 Rawls St. • 772-1020

NEW VISION COMMUNITY612 Fulton Rd. • 772-2663

OAKVIEW BAPTISTWinfi eld Lane • 772-3933

PEACEFUL CHAPEL MB1221 Fairground Rd. 8 772-9473

POPLAR CORNER BAPTIST1010 Boyd Ave. • 772-0950

SHAW’S CHAPEL BAPTIST3772 Shaw Chapel Rd. • 772-7738

SNIPES GROVE BAPTIST1272 Thornton Rd. • 772-5825

STANTON BAPTIST CHURCH107 Covington Rd. • 548-6015

ST. PAUL BAPTIST4270 Hwy. 76 S. • 772-1149

UPPER SALEM BAPTIST81 Coburn Rd. • 772-6538

WILLOW GROVE BAPTISTJackson Hwy. • 772-4644

WOODLAND BAPTIST885 Woodland Church Rd. • 772-5004

WOODLAWN BAPTISTHwy. 19 • 772-3530ZION BAPTIST1733 Upper Zion Rd. • 772-4211

CATHOLICST. JOHN’S CATHOLIC910 N. Washington Ave. • 772-3514

CHURCH OF CHRISTCHURCH OF CHRIST OF BEECH GROVE778 Beech Grove Rd. • 772-3449

JEFFERSON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST1234 E. Jefferson St. • 772-3316

CHURCH OF CHRIST1238 Thorton Rd. • 772-3344

WESTSIDE CHURCH OF CHRIST3235 Hwy. 54 W. • 772-3810

STANTON CHURCH OF CHRISTHolland Avenue

CHURCH OF GODCHURCH OF GOD BROWNSVILLE1155 Berkley Dr • 772-5531

FELLOWSHIP CHURCH OF GOD221 S. Russell St. • 779-9585

ST. JAMES CHURCH OF GOD- CHRIST305 W. Thomas St. • 772-0354

CHURCH OF GOD & CHRISTREFUGEE TEMPLE HOLINESS977 King Ave. • 772-4166

EPISCOPALCHRIST EPISCOPAL140 N. Washington Ave. • 772-9156

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSESKINGDOM HALL - JEHOVAH’S WITNESS1040 Boyd Ave. •-772-6499

METHODISTBROWNSVILLE DISTRICT UMC1489 E. Main St. • 772-9882DANCYVILLE C.M.E. CHURCH3515 Dancyville Rd. • 548-6725

DOUGLAS CHAPEL C.M.E. CHURCH3659 Stanton - Koko Rd. • 731-548-6800

FARMERS CHAPEL CME107 N. Wilson Ave. • 772-3056

FIRST UNITED METHODIST117 E. Franklin St. • 772-0365

MARVIN CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST588 Marvin Chapel Rd. • 772-6146

MT. PLEASANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH315 Mt. Pleasant Rd • 254- 9518

PROSPECT CME10010 Hwy. 76 S. • 772-4426

PROSPECT CME #12656 Prospect Lane * 772-9070

STANTON UNITED METHODIST115 Covington St. • 234-4914

ST. PETER CME5519 Fulton Rd. • 772-5008

TABERNACLE CME151 E. Thomas St. • 772-7774

UNION GROVE UNITED METHODIST8118 Hwy 70 E. • 772-5168

PENTECOSTALFIRST UNITED PENTECOSTAL961 Chestnut Grove Rd. • 772-6549

TRUE LOVE TABERNACLE OF PRAISE MINISTRY1456 E. Main St. • 780-5481

PRESBYTERIANFIRST PRESBYTERIAN 109 W. College St. • 772-2893

OTHERBETHEL COMMUNITY CHURCH5732 Rudolph Rd.

BETHEL SUCCESS19 N. Court Square • 772-0239CHRIST CHURCH OF BROWNSVILLE2120 Anderson Ave. • 772-9933

CHRIST TEMPLE APOSTOLIC404 E. Cherry St. • 772-0064

CHRISTIAN FAITH TABERNACLE2826 Hwy. 79 N. • 772-7112

CHURCH OF THE LORD JESUS687 Bell St. • 772-5357

FAITH DELIVERANCE1193 Tamm St. • 772-2236

FAMILY LIFE FELLOWSHIP7720 Hwy. 54 N. • 772-4791

FIRST HOLINESS CHURCH205 E. Jefferson Street

GREAT HEIGHTS1274 Thornton Rd. • 779-9689

GREATER NEW BIRTH OF CHRIST505 Tyus St. • 772-8247

HOPE OF FAITH900 S. Grand Ave. • 772-6700

LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE FOR TRUTH1143 Tammbell St. • 772-8101

ZION TEMPLE1117 Friendship Rd. • 772-3295

PENTECOSTAL HOUSE OF PRAYER235 Friendship Rd. • 772-9678

Community & Church NewsHaywood

On the Agenda

Brownsville City Board Meeting

2nd Tuesday of each month – 5:30 p.m.

Brownsville City Planning Commission

4th Thursday of each month – 4 p.m.

Brownsville Historic Zoning Commission

3rd Thursday of every month - 4 p.m.

Brownsville City Court Room

Brownsville Utility Board1st Tuesday – 5 p.m. at the Utility Offi ce

Haywood County Commission Meeting

3rd Monday of every month – 7 p.m.

Haywood County Election Commission

2nd Thursday of the month – 5:30 p.m.

in the election offi ce

Haywood County Planning Commission

2nd Thursday of every month - 7 p.m.

Haywood County School Board Meeting

2nd Tuesday of every month – 6 p.m.

Stanton Planning Commission Meeting

3rd Thursday of the month – 7 p.m.

Stanton Town Meeting3rd Tuesday of the month

– 7 p.m.

Tennessee Driver License Service

County Clerk, Sonya Castellaw issues Tennessee

Driving License and ID renewals and duplicates

Wednesday and Thursday of each week from 8:30 a.m. to 4

p.m. Telephone: 772-2362

Great New Birth of Christ Church Spring

Revival

Great New Birth of Christ Church will be having their Spring Revival April 9 – 11 at 7 p.m. located at 505 Tyus Street. The pastor is Rev. Lee Harvey Jr. On April 9 Rev. Springfi eld with Bethlehem Church will be pastoring, April 10, Rev. Whitley with Good Hope Church and April 11, Rev. Carol McCright with Lane Chapel Church. We invite everyone to join us.

Brownsville Utility Department to hold a

hamburger and hot dog lunch for Relay for Life

The Brownsville Utility Department is holding a hamburger and hot dog lunch for Relay for Life on April 13, 2012 from 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. in the Brownsville Utility parking lot. Meals include hamburger and/or hotdog, chips and a cookie. The cost is $5 for a hamburger or hot dog and $7 for both. All proceeds go to the Relay for Life. The order deadline is April 9. You can email your orders to

[email protected], call them in at 772-8845 or fax them to 772-8811.

Ward 2 Neighborhood Watch Meeting

Ward 2 Neighborhood Watch will meet Thursday April 12th, 6:00pm at the W.O.W. Building on Boyd Ave. We will have a guest speaker from TVA talk about energy saving tips. Mrs. Nancy Cates will discuss the upcoming kids summer meals program. Please remember to bring in all of your old medications in a plastic or paper bag. We will be conducting a prescription take back program to properly destroy your old medications.

Weekly Devotional

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In Luke 7:18-23, we see John the Baptist, who was so strong and full of conviction, become somewhat doubtful. John was languishing in prison, not understanding why the kingdom of God had not yet set him free and destroyed the Roman oppression of Israel. So John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus if He was indeed the Messiah. (v. 20) It boiled down to the fact that Christ was not working the way John thought He should.Just because we don’t understand, does not mean that Jesus has abandoned

us. He knows what we need even when we don’t. Like it or not, we learn and grow better through hardship and trial than through comfort and ease. Jesus showed himself to be everything He said He was (v. 21). This was enough for John. He refused to give in and was eventually beheaded because Jesus is who He says He is. Today, in your life, no matter what the circumstances… Jesus is who He says He is.Jason Velotta - Christ Church

Crestview NewsBy Alvis M. Bond

Douglas NewsCorrespondents

Thursday, April 5, 2012


page8

By Gail Barden

Allen News

By Vicki Williams

Hillville - Eurekaton News By Martha H. Jones

Holly Grove News

We say “thank you” to all our volunteers. The volunteers who came this week were: Christ Temple ladies, The Pardners, First Assembly of God Church ladies, IMI C.N. Ricks and Bingo ladies.

Everyone really enjoyed the Pardners from Memphis, singing classic country songs. Some of our patients

sang right along with them. They were great!

On Wednesday, our patients enjoyed watching the movie “Because of Winn-Dixie.” It was such a heart-warming movie.

Wow! We continue to have beautiful weather. It’s hard to believe it’s already April. I love springtime; it makes everyone feel good.

Thank you to Mrs. Bess Siler for all the lovely jewelry she donated for bingo prizes. Thank you also to Mrs. Dora Mann for all the fresh bananas she donated for our Saturday bingo.

Thought for the Week: Count your age by friends, not years… count your life by smiles, not tears.

“The words of scripture can strengthen us and give us life.” This is our Thought for the Week by Linda Beahm of Virginia. We can teach others about our faith by witnessing to the power of scripture. The powerful words of the scripture can envelope us all and give us strength and determination to overcome any opposition we face in today’s society.

Hey everybody, don’t forget the Hillville Community Egg hunt will be held on Saturday, April 7 at 10 a.m. at the Hillville Community Center. All kids are invited to come out and join in the hunt. For more information, contact Aleta Bradford at 772-1234.

And when you fi nish at the Community Egg hunt then you can come on to Mt. Pleasant UMC at 2 p.m. for another egg hunt.

Mt. Pleasant UMC has Bible study every Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to come and join in on this study.

The Haywood County Relay for Life will be held

on Saturday, June 9. This year the event will be held around the court square. There will be lots of great local entertainment as well as lots of great food. Go ahead and save the date and come out and support this great cause.

Saturday, Krystle and I went to the fl ea market in Jackson. We ran into Randy and Sue Goodman and Barbara Hayes, Billie Kirkland and Sandy Campbell who were also bargain hunting.

Travis, Krystle and I drove thru the “For God So Loved the World” living pictures tour at First Baptist Church in Bells on Sunday evening. There were six living pictures depicting the Triumphal Entry of Jesus through the Resurrection. Great job to the First Baptist congregation for this awesome program.

Congratulations to Carey Thompson and Sammy Beshires who were married at Mt. Pleasant on Saturday, March 31. We wish you many years of happiness and

togetherness. Birthday wishes this

week to Brittany Staggs, Joyce Young, Leon Wolfe, Matthew Simmons, Donna Maddox, Jeannie McBride and Tyler Thomason.

This week include Marie Haase, Burt and Dorothy Martin, Rita Phillips, Roscoe Martin, Frank Fergie, Nell Frazier, Ronald Bruce, Perry Ann McCloud, Linda Hayes, Robert Campbell, Anneli Myers, Enid Powell, Fletcher Lewis, Shirley Morgan, the military, the nation and the community in your prayers.

Sympathy to the family of Mr. Emory Wagner, Mr. Charles Turner, Mr. Hallum Smith and Mrs. Mildred Waddell in the loss of their loved ones.

I hope everyone had a safe and Happy Easter.

Remember because He lives, we can face tomorrow.

If you have news to share, please call me at 772-1885, after 5 p.m.

Until next week... God bless.

The Concerned Citizens of Douglass Community expresses its appreciation for all the clean up of debris and other forms of clean up to the people responsible as we continue progress of improvement at the center. Also, to everyone that participated and cooperated in our weekend event on Saturday, March 31. It was proved to be very interesting as Rev. E.L. Perry and Dr. Cynthia Hopson presented their views on their travels outside of the United States. Other presenters who were invited and were not able to attend will hopefully be able to

do their presentations. Everyone who attended enjoyed a question and answer period. There was plenty of food and fellowship.

On Sunday afternoon the Women of Prospect #2 C.M.E. Church celebrated their Women’s Day program where Ms. Alma Crews and Alice M. Jones were chairpersons and Dancyville C.M.E. Church and Rev. Doris Lewis were guests, enjoyed the fellowship program. Rev. Walter Hurt Jr. is pastor.

Those celebrating birthdays this week are as follows: Jessie White (3-30), Greg Bond (4-5), Corey Lewis (4-7) and

Linda Taylor (4-8).On our prayer list

this week includes: Rev. Floyd Lewis, Callie Brooks, Callie Langford, Betty Brooks, Raymond Dancy, Emma Miller, Mary N. Greer, Jimmie L. Turner, Pastor Shirley Richmond, Rev. J.V. Carney, Joe B. Lewis, Jackson Rice, Shirley Hunter, Marie Browning, Gladys Bowles, Betty Douglas, Willie Douglas, Luevenia Boyd, Edward Vaulx Jr. and John Jones.

A special prayer for Mrs. Pamela Taylor Worles and family in the loss of their loved one.

As most of you already know, my sweet nephew Duke Warren, died last week in Columbia. He was an incredible person, and his death leaves a void in so many lives. Duke was the son of my sister, Patsy, brother of Jennifer Warren Bowers, husband of Lori Corder Warren and father of Sophia and Harrison Warren and the late Abigail Warren. Please remember our family in your prayers as we deal with this tragedy.

On Sunday, April 1, William Dement Russell was baptized at First United Methodist Church. Special friends and family attending the service were Gail and W.A. Barden, Tyler, Leah and Autry Barden, Jason Anderson, Kali Finch, Jennifer, Clint, Macy and Nathan Reid, Elaine and Joe McCool, Susan and Art Ellis and Stephanie, Steven and Miller Mosby. We all joined Alicia, Andrew, Emily, Claire and Will

Russell as well as other close family and friends at the home of Pam and Tommy Russell for a luncheon following the service. The food was delicious and we all had a wonderful time celebrating this memorable event in our baby Will’s life. Thanks to Pam and Tommy for the lovely luncheon.

Sunday at Allen, the choir sang a beautiful selection from our Easter Cantata for the call to worship, and Mr. Hal Rodgers sang our special music for the day.

The youth are collecting donations of items to sell in their garage sale to help fi nance their mission trip this summer. Anyone with donations can contact Shey Lovelace.

It is still not too late to buy a ticket for the Women’s Luncheon on April 14 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Tickets must be purchased by April 8. All ladies are invited to participate.

Five of our Allen ladies had a very good trip to Gatlinburg last week for the WMU Missions Get-Together. The conferences were great, and the music and worship services were very inspiring.

Happy Birthday to Ronnie Hooper, Nita Waldon, Karoline Hobock, Sonny Bishop, Keith Hart and Ray Webb.

On our prayer list are Patsy Francis Warren, Lori Warren, Jim Stephenson, Debbie Puckett, Carolyn Danley, Mary Ann Nolan and the families of Duke Warren and Don Lovelace.

Our Bible verse for this week is Isaiah 58:9, which states, “Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’”

If you have news or prayer requests, please contact me at [email protected].

Have a great week.

“What Will You Do With Jesus?” was the question asked by our pastor as he began the sermon. Everyone is confronted with this question. To fail to act is to reject the Savior. In America where there are many churches and the gospel through Jesus presented, still many choose to reject Him. The Bible tells us that there will come a day when every knee shall bow and confess that Jesus is Lord, but the time to accept Him will have passed. He will not be coming as Savior, but as Judge. Now is the time to accept the salvation provided by Him. Don’t wait too late.

Prior to the services, Tommy Wilson was baptized. Being Palm Sunday, the children ages 6 – 11, marched down the isle carrying palm branches, with Josh McClinton following portraying Jesus and His entry into the city. Danny and Brenda Simpson sang “Worthy the Lamb” for special music, and did a great job.

Happy birthday to

Ann Latham, Linda Petty, Robin Kogos, Carol Mathias, Drew Haynes, Edna Morris, Mandy Jones, Elizabeth Haywood, Jane Carr and Alicia Pigue.

Ricky and Kathy Hopper, Rebekah and Makayla and Donna Kelly and daughter traveled to Phoenix City, Ala. to visit with Timothy and Rachel Hopper and daughters last week. When Kathy’s father, Leland Simpson became ill and had to go to the Brownsville hospital, Ricky and Kathy left the following day to return home to be with him. He is now home.

Missions night was held last Wednesday night at Holly Grove Church. We had a great attendance both in the Women on Mission’s group and in the Brotherhood.

Those on the sick list this week needing our prayers are Mark Stephens, who spent a few days last week in the Jackson hospital, our friend Bland Boyd, Ruth Taylor, Linda Hayes, Viola Brown, Leland Simpson, Nancy

Campbell and James Lewis. Others to include are Olga Sellari, Annalee Myers, James Stephens, Ray and Janie Hight, Melissa Houy and Fletcher Lewis. Also include Ashlyn Young, Ginger Warren, Louise Autry, Mary McClinton, Joann McBroom and Vincent Maddox. We rejoice with Justin Climer and the health report he received, free of cancer. It was good also to see Ann Faulkner able to be back at church.

We express our heartfelt sympathy to Katherine Wagner and her family in the death of her husband, Mr. Emory Wagner and to Anthony and Kristin Leach in the death of their precious little baby Lucas.

Our strawberries are blooming like a fl ower garden, but they also have some healthy weeds and grass that will need to gotten out. If the little curly, brown strings dropped from the pecan trees are any indication of the amount of pecans we will have this year, there will be an abundant crop.

By Marty Williams

Around TownSunshine Deprivation is

no longer on my everyday agenda! Halleluiah! Amen!

Oh My Gosh! Another one of my former Brownie/Girl Scouts is engaged! Haley Vanstory is now engaged to Dr. Craig Denlinger! He actually gave her the ring on her 30th birthday, at the end of March! Congratulations Haley and Craig! Parents, Kathy and Steve (Bo Bo) Vanstory are tickled to death! Way to go Haley Michelle!

Patty from Patty’s Cut-n-Curl went to Knoxville to see her daughter Candace, Wes and Ava Selecman. It was Wes’s birthday last Friday, so they made it last all weekend. They took him out Friday and then let him and Candace have a date-night on Saturday. Ava and her Nonnie (Patty) had a fabulous time!

After returning from vacation in Florida with their daughter, Sarah Jenks, husband Jeff and children Mattie and Will; Joe and Becky Thornton learned of the death of Becky’s uncle, Bishop Paul Duffey. He was a native of Brownsville, brother of the late James and George Duffey and great-uncle of Margaret Grunewald and Jim and Welch Livingston. Bishop Duffey was familiar to many in Brownsville as he preached in the

First Methodist Church and at Tabernacle Camp meetings. He was Bishop of Louisville, Secretary of the Council of Bishops and the only clergy ever to serve in all three branches of the church, the Judicial, Legislative and Executive. His funeral was in Montgomery, Al with hundreds of clergy and family among the mourners, paying tribute to his remarkable life.

Ms. Risa Campbell attended the largest convention in Memphis this year! It was the Spring North American Bridge Championships, held at the Memphis Cook Convention Center. Over 4,000 bridge players attended! Players were from all over the U.S. and countries all over the world! The Memphis M.S. Lightman Club had worked for over two years to prepare for this event! Ms. Risa played in a number of events, but as she sat down for her fi nal event, a couple sitting near her were conversing in German. Ms. Risa commented to them, ‘Y’all aren’t from Tennessee, are you?’ Now that tickles my funny bone! Graciously, they told her they were from Austria! What an adventure!

Some of the members of the Haywood High Class of 1961 had an awesome Saturday night! They popped in for a steak dinner at the Currie Farm.

Hostesses for the evening were Bill and Julia Currie, Allen and Cindy Currie, along with Larry Overton and Linda Carr. The group got a kick out of a ride with Fernon Fergie’s mules, pulling a very nice wagon. After the meal, the group had a cozy bonfi re under a beautiful moon. Also having a ball were Jimmy and Cornelia Baird, Naomi Benard, Roy and Linda Bridgewater, Benita Bryant, Jack and Nell Fox, Flora Leath, Geneva Littlejohn, Junior and Nancye West.

Nancy Littlejohn had herself an exciting weekend with her granddaughter, Amy McCage! They spent their time in Jackson having a scrumptious lunch and of course, doing a little shopping! Now that is a woman after my own heart!

Not only did my unique little mama arrive this past weekend, but her exceptional sister (my Aunt Rene) came with her! Now the two of them will be on the loose in Brownsville! With the proper guidance and management, my cousin Bobbie and I may be able to keep them under control! They remind me of two mischievous elves that absolutely must be watched at all times or there will be trouble in my paradise!

Let me hear from you! [email protected] or 780-4111.

Sugar CreekRetirement Center News

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By Debbie Sterbinsky

Stanton News

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By Betty Scott

Bethel - Belle Eagle NewsBy Sylessie Ross

Union News

Article continued - The National Personnel Records Center Fire of 1973: Not Everything Was Destroyed – an article by Dick Eastman of Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter.

“…July 12, 1973, …a fi re destroyed many records at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis.

Indeed, many people assume “the records must have been destroyed in the fi re, so I won’t even bother to check.” While millions of records were destroyed that day, not all of them went up in fl ames. In fact, many of the records did survive and are available today.No indexes had been created prior to the fi re. In addition, millions of documents had been lent to the Department of Veterans Affairs before the fi re occurred. Therefore,

a complete listing of the records that were lost is not available…

The National Archives reports the following losses: 80 percent loss to records of U.S. Army personnel discharged November 1, 1912, to January 1, 1960, 75 percent loss to records of U.S. Air Force personnel discharged September 25, 1947, to January 1, 1964, with names alphabetically after Hubbard, James E. The records of Air Force personnel with names occurring earlier in the alphabet survived.Some U.S. Army Reserve personnel who performed their initial active duty for training in the late 1950s, but who received fi nal discharge as late as 1964.

There were no losses to the records of Navy and Marine Corps military records. You can read more about the fi re and the records that were lost

athttp://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/fi re-1973.html.In May 2011, the National Personnel Records Center completed construction of a new facility, located at 1 Archives Drive, St. Louis, Missouri. Surviving records have been moved to the new building that is equipped with the latest fi re prevention technology.While many records were destroyed, fragments of others survived and are being restored by National Personnel Records Center personnel. You can read more about this wonderful effort in an article by Steve Giegerich on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch at http://goo.gl/VndXo.”

From The Genie Room: h c g e n i e 1 @ b e l l s o u t h .net - Harriett, [email protected] – Debbie, t g g e n i e 3 @ b e l l s o u t h .net - Tina and [email protected] - Jim

Genealogy Genie

Sadness was laid upon us this past week as our dear Mr. Hallum was called home.

We are rejoicing for him, but for his family our prayers are with you. We have this chair in the living area that Mr. Hallum just loved sitting in. He would prop his feet up on the ottoman and read his paper. Sugar Creek is going to miss him very much. Sandra and PJ now don’t forget us, we hope you come and visit us some.

April brings some very special birthdays for us. One in particular is Floy Patton as she will be 101 on April 14. I know I have never met anyone that is 101, so on April 14 I hope to be able to mark that off my Leap list. Her attendants take such good care of her; they are all just like family. I hope there is such wonderful people around

that would take care of me when I get to be 100.

Sugar Creek is all decorated for Easter. Jessie H. always does a great job of whatever season or holiday it is to get us decorated. Laura R. said that we could fi nd more eggs around inside the building than anyone will fi nd at an egg hunt. She is so right.

Our fl owers are blooming. Jessie H. is pulling up weeds and planting fl owers. Jottye N. is supervising the courtyard area; don’t tell her I wrote that, she may decide to run me down with her wheelchair. She loves to go out in that courtyard and watch all the beautiful birds. She states it is just so peaceful and beautiful to see.

Jennifer M. has been doing some crafts with the residents to get some

special things together for Easter. Our residents have loads of fun doing all the creative crafts that we do. It is really neat some of the projects you can fi nd to do these days.

Mary Frances Trottman came by and shared her wonderful fl owers with us. She then went and visited with Eleanor R. We do love visits from old friends and neighbors, so come on out and visit with us anytime.

Our home is just down the street from everywhere, so come on out and visit us sometime. You may just decide to stay for a long while. What are you waiting for?

How much longer are you going to wait? We are really missing you and your apartment is all ready for you. So let me ask this again, what are you waiting for?

It is hard to believe that three months have gone by so quickly. Go to bed on a Monday and wake up to a Friday.

We have some birthdays in April that need to be mentioned. Nancy White, 4-2; Jane Kendrick, 4-3; Sonny Bishop, 4-5; Carol Kendrick, 4-7; Betty Scott, 4-11; Gaylon Herron, 4-15; Molly Parker, 4-16, Charlie Greenway, 4-16; Addison Emerson, 4-18; Tony Scott, 4-27 and April White, 4-29. Happy birthday, everyone!

Betty Scott spent a few days in Gatlinburg with friends last week and then traveled to the Biltmore Mansion in Ashville, NC for a day. Robert

Maddox, who lives on Rudolph Road, hit a deer early one morning last week and damaged his truck. Nearly everybody that lives in the bottom has experienced this problem.

Louquita Climer, who has been at Bells Nursing Home for rehab, has been slowly recovering and getting to spend more time at home with her family. I know Louquita is looking forward to a complete recovery and being home permanently.

Kenneth and Bettye Sargent attended the funeral of Mr. Charles Turner last week. Mr. Turner was Cornelia

Kendrick’s brother-in-law. We also would like to send our sympathy to the family of Jesse Haynes. Jesse’s parents were Woodrow and Agnes Haynes and was raised in this community. Burial was in Lower Zion Cemetery. Farris Climer will be having shoulder surgery Monday, April 2 at Jackson General. Farris underwent shoulder surgery one year ago and will now be having surgery on the other one. Let’s wish him a quick recovery.Thought for the week: “A pint of example is worth a gallon of advice.”

“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. -Philippians 2:5-8

Our pastor Rev. Harden preached a beautiful sermon on Sunday, our choir sang beautifully. Rev. Harden and the London Branch Church Family worshipped with King Solomon Baptist Church on their church anniversary on last Sunday. They had a wonderful time in the Lord.

Pastor Billy White and wife, Mary came by to visit my brother William recently, he was so happy to see them. Please pray for those that have lost their loved ones: The Dickerson family in the loss of Sam Dickerson of Atlanta, Ga, formerly of Bluff Creek. Please continue to pray for the sick: Cynthia Bullock Transor is out of

the hospital, Evelyn Jean Forrest of Arizona, the daughter of Annie Flora Forrest. A spider bit David Earl Bond; hopefully he will be able to return to work very soon. Willie Ross spent four days in Regional Hospital, he’s now home doing much better, thanks to everyone for their visits, calls and prayers.

I have to say Our God is an Awesome God!!!!!!! Bill Taylor, Berdie Barden and son-in-law, Charles Cole, Fannie McKinney, Willie Herman Robinson, Virginia Robinson, Mary Robinson, Mary Taylor, Jessie Pender Jr., Sammie Hines, John Duckworth Sr., Curtis Harden, Eddie Harden, Stacy Greer, Laura (Peaches) Snipes, Estella Franks, Vera Ross, William Gaines, Walter Frank Chism, Pearl Gray, Annie Flora Forrest, Pearline Jones, Mr. and Mrs. L.C. Pirtle, Virginia Higgins, Jessie Thomas White, Glenn White, Rosie Lee Hines, Emma Lue Graves, Fannie Anderson, Mosie Mae Hines Fuller, Marvin Ross, Rev. J.V. Carney, John Drake, Rev. Liggins, Billy Golden, Tony Bass, James King and Rosetta

(Aunt Dear)Williams. Thanks to our children,

grandchildren and great grandchildren for keeping things going and taking care of my brother, William while we were away. We were so happy to see my grandchildren, Dawn, her brother Chris, his fi ancé, Marketta and their daughter, Sakara last Sunday with our regular clan. My niece, Connie Lee, my cousin, Genette Rogers, her son, Lonnell (Butch) Rogers, also stopped by to see us. We were so happy to see everyone. If anyone has any news, please call me by Sunday evening at 772-2006.

Our thought for the week: This is Easter week, will we buy baskets, dye eggs and rent the bunny costume or will we focus on the true meaning of this week and Sunday? There are so many reasons that this week should bare great importance to us, HE GAVE IT ALL! THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE! COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS! If you don’t have a church home, come worship with me on Sunday. Happy Easter!!!

Until next week... Be Blessed!!!!!!

Happy Easter! Our Stanton neighbors at Oleo Acres will host an Easter egg hunt this Saturday, April 7 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., 269 McDonald Road, Stanton, TN. Call Tim and Betty for more details at 443-0059.

Former Stantonians – wanted to let you know of a few things coming up this summer:

The Stanton Baptist Church building will be 100 years old this summer and the congregation is planning a Homecoming Celebration on August 12. If any of you have ever been a member of or know anyone who is or has been a member, please email Linda Callery at: [email protected].

I have also heard the Stanton Homecoming may be back on this year, after it was not held last year. If I fi nd out more, I’ll let you know. The Stanton Homecoming is normally held the second Saturday in June.

The Barnett Family will also have their reunion this summer. If I’m not mistaken, their reunion is the fi rst Saturday in June

at their home in Stanton. Everyone is always invited to attend.

I’ve run across a website that has provided invaluable information by enabling me to assist those contacting me for family information. If you’d like to check it out yourself, the website is: http://westtnafricanamericanobituaries.com/Home_Page.html. The site states it contains a collection of African American funeral programs from 1958 – 2005 from the archives of Mrs. Emma Jones Bowles. This is a great resource for genealogists with ties to Haywood County.

Also great news for family historians - the 1940 Federal Census has just been released! They are working feverishly trying to index it for us. Until then, you may be able to look through the records if you know the location you need.

I know I have warned you about all the ditch equipment running around, and now we will have mowers cutting grass too! Please be careful and safe on our roads!

Allergies and the Flu are rampant this year; there is even a virus going around that mimics the fl u (or something like that). The Swine Flu and whatever else is going around doesn’t seem to show up on a normal fl u test. Get out and get some sunshine, take something for your allergies and break out the Lysol. Seems from what I’ve heard, allergies get your head stirred up, which can turn into a cold then the fl u. I’ve even heard a lot of people have walking pneumonia. I’m not a doctor, so if you get to feeling any of the fl u symptoms, you might want to get to one before it gets any worse.

Residents and former residents of Stanton, you may mail Stanton news to me at P.O. Box 181, Stanton, TN 38069, reach me at the Stanton Welcome Center/Library at 731-548-2564, or e-mail me at: [email protected]. Please put “Stanton News” in the subject line. Together we will look at the past, look toward the future and report current events.

By Denise Phillips

Wellwood/Zion NewsNews this week

is reported from Murfreesboro again where we ended our Spring Break!! We thoroughly enjoyed visiting with the Rainey’s. We brought mama and the Phillips grandchildren home Monday night, did a little work around the house and returned on Thursday. We were able to see a couple of baseball games Saturday, although Ethan was sick. Thanks to Lisa Conway for allowing the Jr. High Youth Bible Study class to join with her youth Sunday morning. After being with her, they may not want me back.

Although we weren’t home for Sunday morning worship at Zion, I did make it Sunday night for the Lord’s Supper. We then offi cially welcomed Brother Mark and Dottie McSwain to Zion Baptist Church with a reception in the family life center. I was pleased to hear that Zion added two new members Sunday morning. Welcome to Cathe Butler and Brittany Gaters Ferrell.

Jennifer Wright barely made it back as well. Amanda Brooks, Stephanie Lewis and she returned from the Women of Joy Conference. Some of the other ladies are planning to go in April.

We enjoyed a visit from Jimmy’s sister Linda Pittman on Wednesday. She came by while we were spraying the weeds in our yard. We joined her and Billy for supper where she prepared Jimmy’s favorite chicken and dumplings.

Allen Outlaw reported 13 attended the prayer breakfast and Brother Bill Kendrick led the devotion. If anyone would like to join this faithful group of men, they meet every Thursday morning at six in Zion’s family life center.

Rachel Morgan, bride elect of Evan Ellington received many nice gifts Thursday night for her bridal shower. Their wedding is planned for May 26 at Zion. We wish them all the best!

Thanks to Elizabeth Campbell for her report concerning March Madness at Zion Saturday

night. She said the girls beat the women, but the men mopped the fl oor with the guys. She did not know how much money was raised for the youth mission trip. Clay is also teaching her to drive, but Audrey was not in the car. Wonder why?

Congratulations to Madison Barnes who won fi rst place in the city’s Easter Egg Hunt. Don’t forget Zion’s special services beginning at 6:20 a.m. Easter Sunday followed by breakfast, Bible study and worship (cantata).

April dates to remember are: Church Bible Drill-11, Associational Drills-15, State/regional drills-28, Grow Outreach-12, Spring Revival-15 -18. Zion’s VBS - June 4 – 8.

Please continue to pray for our sick folks as well as our military personnel and their families, the shut-ins, those who have lost loved ones and the leaders of our country.

Call me at 772-4257 if you have news or email me at [email protected]. People want to know!

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALEWHEREAS, default has occurred

in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated September 11, 2009, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded September 14, 2009, at Book 69, Page 772 in Office of the Register of Deeds for Haywood County, Tennessee, executed by Bobby Goodman, conveying certain property therein described to John C. Clark as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for First State Bank and First State Bank Successors and Assigns; and the under-signed, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee.

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty, and authority vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee will, on April 18, 2012 on or about 11:00 A.M., at the Haywood County Cour thouse, Brownsville, Tennessee, offer for sale certain prop-erty hereinafter described to the highest bidder FOR CASH, free from the statu-tory right of redemption, homestead, dower, and all other exemptions which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Haywood County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point in the north right of way of 70 Highway, wood post found, North 0 degrees 19 minutes 41 seconds West, 3.41 feet north, said point being feet north of the center of 70 Highway, said point being the south-east corner of Marbury as recorded in Book 184, Page 618, Register’s Office of Haywood County, Tennessee, said point also being the southeast corner of C. Rodgers as recorded in Book 184, Page 647; thence South 64 degrees 07 minutes 18 seconds West, 141.15 feet along the north right of way of 70 Highway to a point, iron post found, north 15 degrees 43 minutes 20 seconds West, .76 feet on line; thence North 15 degrees 43 minutes 19 sec-onds West, 297.00 feet along the east line of B. Marbury to a wood post found; thence North 70 degrees 38 minutes 28 seconds East, 218.10 feet along an interior line of Marbury to a wood post found; thence South 0 degrees 19 minutes 41 seconds East, 296.59 feet along the west line of Marbury to the point of beginning.

ALSO KNOWN AS: 15225 US Highway 70 West, Stanton, Tennessee 38069-5229

The HB 3588 letter was mailed to the borrower(s) pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated 35-5-117. This sale is subject to all matters shown on any appli-cable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmental agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate sur-vey of the premises might disclose. In addition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above-referenced property: Bobby Goodman

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALESale at public auction will be on

April 19, 2012 at 10:00AM local time, at the front east door, Haywood County Cour thouse, Brownville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by William O. Harris, to Arnold M. Weiss, Esq., Trustee, as trustee for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. on April 22, 2005 at Record Book 7, Page 325; conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP having been appointed Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of record in the Haywood County Register’s Office. Default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable.

Party Entitled to Enforce the Debt: Owner of Debt: US Bank National Association, as Trustee for SASCO Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-WF3

The following real estate located in Haywood County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder:

Described proper ty located in the 6th Civil District of Haywood County, Tennessee, to wit: Beginning at a stake in the center of a proposed road leading Southwest through the land of John Batchelor of which this now described lot is a part, said stake located 808.7 feet South 47degrees West of the Intersection of the center of said proposed road with the center of Mercer Road; runs thence South 47 degrees West with the center of said proposed road 140 feet to a stake; thence through the land of Bachelor as follows: South 43 degrees East 311.14 feet to an iron stake; North 47 degrees East 140 feet to an iron stake; North 43 degrees West 311.14 feet to the beginning. Street Address: 153 John Batchelor Road, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012

Parcel Number: 093 001.03Current Owner(s) of Property:

Heirs of William O. HarrisOther interested par ties: The

Tennessee Housing Development Agency, Southwest Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation, Heirs of William Odell Harris, c/o Willie Alice Harris, Heirs of William Odell Harris, c/o Linda Ann Harris, Heirs of William Odell Harris, c/o Ola Mae Harris, Heirs of William Odell Harris, c/o Odell Harris, Heirs of William Odell Harris, c/o Leroy Harris, Heirs of William Odell Harris, c/o James Earl Harris, Heirs of William Odell Harris, c/o Margaret Harris, Heirs of William Odell Harris, c/o Debra Harris, Heirs of William Odell Harris, c/o William Harris,Jr, Heirs of William Odell Harris, c/o Hugh Harris and Heirs of William Harris

The street address of the above described property is believed to be 153 John Batchelor Road, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.

SALE IS SUBJECT TO TENANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION.

If applicable, the HB 3588 letter mailed to the borrower(s) pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated 35-5-117. This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat any unpaid taxes; and any restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory right of redemption of any governmental agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat any unpaid taxes; and any restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory right of redemption of any governmental agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. In addition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above-referenced property:

The Tennessee Housing Development Agency, Southwest Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation, Heirs of William Odell Harris, c/o Willie Alice Harris, Heirs of William Odell Harris, c/o Linda Ann Harris, Heirs of William Odell Harris, c/o Ola Mae Harris, Heirs of William Odell Harris, c/o Odell Harris, Heirs of William Odell Harris, c/o Leroy Harris, Heirs of William Odell Harris, c/o James Earl Harris, Heirs of William Odell Harris, c/o Margaret Harris, Heirs of William Odell Harris, c/o Debra Harris, Heirs of William Odell Harris, c/o William Harris, Jr, Heirs of William Odell Harris, c/o Hugh Harris and Heirs of William Harris.

SALE IS SUBJECT TO UCC LIEN HELD BY SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE, EMC OF RECORD AT BOOK 25, PAGE 592 AND REFILED AND CONTINUED AT BOOK 88, PAGE 696, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF HAYWOOD COUNTY, TENNESSEE.

All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. If the highest bidder cannot pay the bid within twenty-four (24) hours of the sale, the next highest bidder, at their highest bid, will be deemed the successful bidder.

This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded by the Substitute Trustee at any time.

This office may be a debt collector.

This may be an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained may be used for that purpose.Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trusteewww.kirschattorneys.comLaw Office of Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP555 Perkins Road Extended, Second FloorMemphis, TN 38117Phone (901)767-5566Fax (901)761-5690File No. 11-021101 Publication Dates: 03-22-12,, 03-29-12 & 04-05-12

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

Default having been made in the terms, conditions, and payments pro-vided in a certain Deed of Trust dated NOVEMBER 24, 2003, executed by CHRISTINE ELLISON, UNMARRIED, to DANIEL W. SMALL, Trustee, of record in TRUST DEED BOOK 261, PAGE 407, for the benefit of GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY, in the Register’s Office for HAYWOOD County, Tennessee and to J. PHILLIP JONES, appointed as Substitute Trustee in an instrument of record in the Register’s Office for HAYWOOD County, Tennessee, to secure the indebtedness described; WHEREAS, said Deed of Trust was last assigned to TENNESSEE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, the entire indebtedness hav-ing been declared due and payable by TENNESSEE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AGENCY BY AND THROUGH ITS SERVICER AND AUTHORIZED AGENT, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as provided in said Deed of Trust, I, J. PHILLIP JONES, will by virtue of the power and authority vested in me as Substitute Trustee, on FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2012 AT 12:00 P.M. (NOON), AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE HAYWOOD COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN BROWNSVILLE, HAYWOOD COUNTY, TENNESSEE, sell to the highest bid-der for cash, free from the equity of redemption, homestead, and dower, and all other exemptions which are expressly waived, and subject to any unpaid taxes, if any, the follow-ing described property in HAYWOOD County, Tennessee, to wit:

PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF HAYWOOD, TENNESSEE:

LYING AND BEING IN THE 7TH CIVIL DISTRICT OF HAYWOOD COUNTY, TENNESSEE, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT:

BEGINNING AT A STAKE IN THE WEST MARGIN OF WHAT IS KNOWN IN THE YEAR 1963 AS NORTH LAFAYETTE STREET, BEING THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF A LOT IN THE NAME OF NATHAN OUTLAW (PURCHASED BY OUTLAW FROM FRADY ON 26TH DAY OF JUNE, 1962) AND THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE LOT HEREIN CONVEYED; RUNS THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY LINE OF THE LOT IN THE NAME OF OUTLAW, 150 FEET TO A STAKE IN THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF A LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND IN THE NAME OF FRADY; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF THE FRADY LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND 75 FEET TO A STAKE; THENCE EAST ALONG THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF A LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND IN THE NAME OF FRADY 150 FEET TO A STAKE IN THE WEST MARGIN OF NORTH LAFAYETTE STREET, ALSO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE FRADY LOT; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST MARGIN OF LAFAYETTE STREET 75 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO CHRISTINE ELLISON, HER HEIRS AND ASSIGNS, BY DEED DATED NOVEMBER 24, 2003 OF RECORD IN DEED BOOK 261, PAGE 618, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF HAYWOOD COUNTY, TENNESSEE.

THIS IS IMPROVED PROPERTY KNOWN AS 1021 N. LAFAYETTE AVENUE, BROWNSVILLE, TENNESSEE 38012.

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THE SALE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND IS FURTHER SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF ANY TENANT(S) OR OTHER PARTIES OR ENTITIES IN POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY.

THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ANY UNPAID TAXES, IF ANY, ANY PRIOR LIENS OR ENCUMBRANCES LEASES, EASEMENTS AND ALL OTHER MATTERS OF RECORD INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PRIORITY OF ANY FIXTURE FILING. IF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY/ INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, THE STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, OR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT ARE LISTED AS INTERESTED PARTIES IN THE ADVERTISEMENT, THEN THE NOTICE OF THIS FORECLOSURE IS BEING GIVEN TO THEM, AND THE SALE WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPLICABLE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES RIGHT TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY, ALL AS REQUIRED BY 26 U.S.C. 7425 AND T.C.A. 67-1-1433. IF APPLICABLE, THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS OF T.C.A. 35-5-117 HAVE BEEN MET.

THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO ADJOURN THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLICATION, UPON ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE. THE TRUSTEE/SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALE

IN THE EVENT THE HIGHEST BIDDER DOES NOT HONOR THE HIGHEST BID WITHIN 24 HOURS, THE NEXT HIGHEST BIDDER AT THE NEXT HIGHEST BID WILL BE DEEMED THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER.

OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: NONE OF RECORD

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION

OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

This day, March 23, 2012. This is improved property known as 1021 N. LAFAYETTE AVENUE, BROWNSVILLE, TENNESSEE 38012.J. PHILLIP JONES SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE1800 HAYES STREETNASHVILLE, TN 37203(615) 254-4430www.phillipjoneslaw.comF12-0265Publication Dates: 03-29-12, 04-05-12 & 04-12-12

ORDER OF PUBLICATIONNo. CH-12-0457-1 IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE

IN THE MATTER OF: ADOPTION OF JIRAH RIZIA WILLIAMS (DOB: October 6, 2011), A Minor,

JAMES RODNEY CHEAIRS and wife, SHAWANDA LATASHA CHEAIRS, Petitioners,vs.

ANY UNKNOWN FATHER, Respondent.

It appearing from the sworn petition for adoption and termination of parental rights filed in this cause, that the whereabouts of the Respondent, Any Unknown Father, are unknown and cannot

be ascertained upon diligent inquiry. It further appearing that conception occurred in Brownsville, Tennessee.

It is therefore ordered that Respondent, Any Unknown Father, make his appearance herein at the Chancery Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, 140 Adams Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee on Friday, the 1st day of June, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. and answer petitioners’ petition for adoption and termination of parental rights or the same will be taken for confessed as to Respondent, Any Unknown Father, and this cause proceeded with ex parte, and that a copy of this order be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in the States-Graphic of Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee.

This 13th day of March, 2012.

CHANCERY COURT OF SHELBY COUNTY

By: s/Vicky Hall

Kevin W. WeaverWEAVER & CRAIG, P.C.Attorneys for Petitioners51 Germantown Court, Suite 112Cordova, Tennessee 38018(901) 757-1700Publish: 3/22/12, 3/29/12, 4/5/12, and 4/12/12.


April 24, 2012 at 12:00PM local time, at the front east door, Haywood County Cour thouse, Brownville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Odessa Hayes n/k/a Odessa Hayes, to Carter, Stanfill & Kirk, Trustee, as trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), solely as nominee for Platinum Mortgage, Inc. on November 17, 2009 at Record Book 72, Page 176; conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP having been appointed Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of record in the Haywood County Register’s Office. Default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable.

Party Entitled to Enforce the Debt: Holder: Wells Fargo Bank, NA


Described proper ty located in Brownsville, 7th Civil District of Haywood County, Tennessee, to wit: Lot Number 14 Tammwood Estates Subdivision, a plat of which appears of record in Plat Book 2, Page 128, Register’s Office, Haywood County, Tennessee. Beginning at a stake in the South margin of Robin Street, and 25 feet from the center of the same, being the Northeast corner of the herein described lot and the Northwest corner of Lot Number 13, Tammwood Estates Subdivision; runs thence South with the West boundary line of Lot Number 13, 125 feet to a stake; runs thence West 120 feet to a stake; runs thence North 125 feet to a stake in the South margin of Robin Street; runs thence East with the South margin of said street 120 feet to the point of beginning. Street Address: 553 Robin Street, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012

Parcel Number: 066K-A-031.00Current Owner(s) of Property:

Odessa Hayes, who acquired title as Odessa Taylor

The street address of the above described property is believed to be 553 Robin Street, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.




SALE IS SUBJECT TO ANY INTEREST THAT MAY EXIST IN PRIOR DEED OF TRUST OF RECORD AT BOOK NUMBER 170, PAGE 416 IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF HAYWOOD COUNTY, TENNESSEE.

SALE IS SUBJECT TO ANY INTEREST THAT MAY EXIST IN PRIOR DEED OF TRUST OF RECORD AT BOOK NUMBER 261, PAGE 258 AND RE-RECORDED IN BOOK NUMBER 261, PAGE 397 IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF HAYWOOD COUNTY, TENNESSEE.




This office may be a debt collector. This may be an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained may be used for that purpose.Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trusteewww.kirschattorneys.comLaw Office of Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP555 Perkins Road Extended, Second Floor

Memphis, TN 38117Phone (901)767-5566Fax (901)761-5690File No. 11-027257 Publication Dates: 03-29, 04-05 & 04-12-12

The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded at the Successor Trustee’s option at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publi-cation, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. W&A No. 700-202288DATED March 13, 2012INSERTION DATES: March 22, 2012, March 29, 2012 & April 5, 2012WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C.,Successor TrusteeDSa l eNo t i c eTN -She l l i e_mshe r -rod_120313_1603FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW.MYFIR.COMand WWW.REALTYTRAC.COM


April 24, 2012 at 12:00PM local time, at the front east door, Haywood County Cour thouse, Brownville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Lee I. Patterson, to Arnold M. Weiss, Esq., Trustee, as trustee for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. on February 15, 2007 at Record Book 34, Page 812; conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP having been appointed Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of record in the Haywood County Register’s Office. Default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable.

Par ty Entitled to Enforce the Debt: Owner of Debt: HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Wells Fargo Home Equity Asset-Backed Securities 2007-2 Trust, Home Equity Asset-Backed Cer tificates, Series 2007-2

The following real estate located

in Haywood County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder:

Described proper ty located in the Seventh (7th) Civil District of Haywood County, Tennessee, to wit: Lot 7 of Chapman Subdivision, a plat of which appears of record in Plat Book 2, Slide 135 and as revised in Plat Book 2, Slide 143, in the Register’s Office of Haywood County, Tennessee, reference to which plat is hereby made for a more particular description of said lot showing its location and the length and direction of its boundary lines. Street Address: 771-773 Elizabeth Street, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012

Parcel Number: 75G-E-7.00Current Owner(s) of Property: Lee

PattersonThe street address of the above

described property is believed to be 771-773 Elizabeth Street, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.



This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat any unpaid taxes; and any restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory right of redemption of any governmental agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.




This office may be a debt collector. This may be an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained may be used for that purpose.Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trusteewww.kirschattorneys.comLaw Office of Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP555 Perkins Road Extended, Second FloorMemphis, TN 38117Phone (901)767-5566Fax (901)761-5690File No. 11-025461 Publication Dates 03-29, 04-05 & 04-12-12


April 24, 2012 at 12:00PM local time, at the front east door, Haywood County Cour thouse, Brownville, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Minnie Lewis Thomas and Farry Jones, as tenants in common, to First Title & Escrow, Inc., Trustee, as trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), solely as nominee for Premium Capital Funding, LLC d/b/a TopDot Mortgage on January 31, 2007 at Record Book 34, Page

413; conducted by Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP having been appointed Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of record in the Haywood County Register’s Office. Default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable.

Par ty Entitled to Enforce the Debt: Owner of Debt: US Bank National Association, as Trustee for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-WFHE3, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-WFHE3


Described proper ty located in the Seventh (7th) Civil District of Haywood County, Tennessee, more par ticularly described as follows:Beginning at a point in the South margin of what is known in the year of 1965 as Austin Street, in the town of Brownsville, Tennessee, and 16.5 feet from the center of the same being the Northeast corner of the same lot conveyed to Rawl as recorded in the Register’s Office of Haywood County, Tennessee, in Deed Book 91, Page 501, and of which this now described lot is a part; runs thence South 1 degree West 172.5 feet to a stake, the Northeast corner of the Fred Taylor lot; thence West 75.5 feet to a stake, the Southeast corner of Lot Number 1 of this survey; thence North 169 feet to a stake in the South margin of the above-mentioned Austin Street; thence with same, North 87 degrees 38 minutes East 79 feet to the point of beginning.

Street Address: 604 Austin Street, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012

Parcel Number: 075F-B-002.00Current Owner(s) of Property:

Heirs of Minnie Lewis ThomasThe street address of the above

described property is believed to be 604 Austin Street, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.




SALE IS SUBJECT TO ANY INTEREST THAT MAY EXIST IN UNRELEASED DEED OF TRUST OF RECORD AT BOOK 215, PAGE 663, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF HAYWOOD COUNTY, TENNESSEE.




This office may be a debt collector. This may be an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained may be used for that purpose.Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP Substitute Trusteewww.kirschattorneys.comLaw Office of Shapiro & Kirsch, LLP555 Perkins Road Extended, Second FloorMemphis, TN 38117Phone (901)767-5566Fax (901)761-5690File No. 11-025947

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALEWHEREAS, default has occurred

in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated July 27, 2007, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded August 8, 2007, at Book 42, Page 498 in Office of the Register of Deeds for Haywood County, Tennessee, executed by Lee Patterson, conveying certain property therein described to NO TRUSTEE ON DEED OF TRUST as Trustee for Chase Bank USA, N.A.; and the undersigned,

Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee.

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty, and authority vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee will, on April 25, 2012 on or about 11:00 A.M., at the Haywood

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page 11General SessionsCounty Cour thouse, Brownsville,

Tennessee, offer for sale certain prop-erty hereinafter described to the highest bidder FOR CASH, free from the statu-tory right of redemption, homestead, dower, and all other exemptions which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Haywood County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

Situated, lying and being in the 7th Civil District, Haywood County, Tennessee and being more particularly described as follows to wit: Being Lot Numbers 78, Fleming Estates Subdivision, Part II

ALSO KNOWN AS: 1110 Ferrell Street, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012

The HB 3588 letter was mailed to the borrower(s) pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated 35-5-117. This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, ease-ments, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmental agen-cy, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. In addition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above-referenced property: Lee Patterson

The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded at the Successor Trustee’s option at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publi-cation, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. W&A No. 700-215915DATED March 20, 2012INSERTION DATES: March 29, 2012, April 5, 2012 & April 12, 2012 WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C.,Successor TrusteeDSaleNoticeTN-Shellie_msher-rod_120320_1511FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW.MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC.COM

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE

WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debts and obli-gations secured by that certain Real Estate Deed of Trust for Tennessee executed on March 26, 1987 by Ella L. Smith to Johnny Vernon Crow, Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Haywood County, Tennessee in Book 156, Page 434, recorded March 31, 1987, (“Deed of Trust”); andWHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed(s) of Trust is the United States of America, acting by and through the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”); andWHEREAS, USDA, the current owner and holder of said Deed(s) of Trust appointed Arlisa Armstrong as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register’s Office of Haywood County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed(s) of Trust; andNOW THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed(s) of Trust by USDA, and Arlisa Armstrong as Substitute Trustee, or duly appointed agent, pursuant to the power, duty, and authorization in and conferred by said Deed(s) of Trust, will on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, commencing at 10:00 A.M. at the East door at the Haywood County Courthouse, Brownsville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest bidder either for cash or 10 percent of the high bid price as a non-refundable deposit with balance due within ten (10) days of sale, (and if such balance goes unpaid, USDA will retain the deposit and re-foreclose) the following described property lying and being in the 7th Civil District in Haywood County, Tennessee to wit:Beginning at a stake in the south margin of Mercer Road or Jefferson Street, being the northwest corner of a lot formerly in the name of Rosie L. Haley, said point being located South 71 degrees East 606 feet from the northeast corner of a lot in the name of Johnnie Jones (Deed Book 100, page 58), and said point also being 52 feet as measured along the road in a northwesterly direction from the center of a sewer manhole; runs thence with the west line of said Haley lot South 19 degrees West 150 feet to a stake; thence parallel with the Mercer Road, North 71 degrees West 100 feet to a stake; thence North 19 degrees East 150 feet to the south margin of the road; thence with the road South 71 degrees East 100 feet to the begin-ning.Being the same property conveyed by the United States of America to Ella L. Smith by deed of record in Deed Book 171, Page 377, in the said Register’s Office. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1496 East Jefferson St., Brownsville, TN 38012CURRENT OWNERS: Ella L. SmithThe sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all mat-ters shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or setback lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encum-brances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDERS: Citimortgage, Inc.All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed(s) of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the under-signed will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.The right is reserved to adjourn the

day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publi-cation, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above.Publication Dates: April 5 and April 12, and April 19, 2012Arlisa ArmstrongSubstitute Trustee85G Stonebrook PlaceJackson, TN 38305http//www.resales.usda.gov

NOTICE TO CREDITORSTCA 30-2-306

Estate of Rex F. BondDocket #PR - 14

Notice is hereby given that on the 28th day of March, 2012, Letters Testamentary of administration in respect to the estate of Rex F. Bond who died on February 29, 2012 were issued to the undersigned by the Chancery Court of Haywood County, Tennessee.

All persons, resident and non resi-dent, having claims, matured or unma-tured, against the estate are required to file the same with the Clerk of the above named court within the earlier of four (4) months from the date of the first publication of posting of this notice or twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death, otherwise their claims will be forever barred in the manner and to the extent as provided by law.This 28th day of March, 2012, (Signed)Harriet Kizer Bond, ExecutrixEstate of Rex F. BondJerry D. Kizer, Jr. Attorney for the EstateBy: Sarah H. Levy, Clerk & MasterPublication dates: 04-05-12 & 04-12-12

3-26-12Ann Taylor Dancy – Assault, Aggravated Domestic Related - $0Martavius Harris – Assault, Domestic Related - $0Stanley Ray Moore – Contempt of Court x2 - $750Randall Scott Williams – Failure to Appear - $15003-27-12Corderro Byars – Shoplifting – Theft of Property - $1500Donald Harris – Driving on Revoked/Suspended License, Seatbelt Law, Removal of License Plate - $3000Ticaric Leigh – Unlawful Carrying or Possession of a Wea, Unlawful Soundamp, Financial Responsibility – Insurance - $2500Joseph Lozano Perry – Shoplifting – Theft of Property - $15003-28-12Mary Stovall – Aggravated Assault - $0Richard D. Stovall II – Assault, Domestic Related - $03-29-12Ortaves Antwone Boyd – Forgery, Theft of Property Under $500 x2, Violation of Probation - $0Terry Wayne Crutchfield – Assault, Domestic Related - $0Terry Wayne Crutchfield – Violation of Probation - $1000Tracy Glidwell – Assault, Aggravated - $03-30-12Amy Byrd – Aggravated Perjury - $0Curtis Oneal Elrod Jr. – Failure to Appear - $500Nichole Joy Wills – Theft of Property, Over $500 - $15003-31-12A. C. Douglas – Possession of Schedule VI - $2500Anthony Demond Gray – Driving Under the Influence, Reckless Driving, Driving Left of Center - $3500Terance Pugh – Assault, Domestic Related - $0Brandon Antuan Taylor – Public Intoxication - $500Brandon Antuan Taylor – Contempt of Court - $5004-1-12Sharinne Y. Brown – Assault, Aggravated Domestic Related - $0

Maurice L. Anderson – Driving While License Revoked – 2nd or Subsequent – Guilty, $200 plus Costs, 11 Months, 29 Days SuspendedStacy H. Deberry – Driving While License Suspended – Dismissed on Costs – Cash BondJennifer Greenway – Possession Unlaw Drug Paraphernalia Uses & Activities – Guilty, $750 plus CostsJennifer Greenway – Simple Poss/Casual Exchange - $150 plus Costs, 11 Months, 29 Days Suspended, Supervised ProbationWillie Alber t Johnson Jr. – Driving While License Suspended – Dismissed on CostsWillie Alber t Johnson Jr. – Registration Expired – WarningCorey Hampton Norris – Possession Unlaw Drug Paraphernalia – Attempt, Schedule VI Drugs – Attempt – Guilty, 11 Months, 29 Days Suspended, Supervised ProbationCorey Hampton Norris – Speeding – 9 Or Less Miles Over Limit – WarningJames H. Parker – Driving While License Suspended – 2nd Or Subsequent, Speeding – Bound Over to Grand JuryVictoria S. Porter – Child Abuse/Neglect/Endangerment – Nolle By StateLashauna S. Sloan – Schedule VI Drugs – Attempt – Guilty, $500 plus Costs, 11 Months, 29 Days Suspended to 5 Days, Balance on Supervised ProbationChuandrus Mitchell West – Financial Responsibility Law – DismissedBradley Lance Barken – Schedule VI Drugs: 10 LBS – 70 LBS – Bound Over to Grand JuryEddie L. Boyd – Sexual Battery – Bound Over to Grand JuryFrederick Antwan Fuller – Fugitive From Justice – Felony – DismissedCora Scarbrough – Child Abuse/Neglect/Endangerment – Attempt – NolleCora M. Scarbrough – Assault – Attempt, Probation Violation – NolleAntwan M. Bond – Domestic Assault – 11 Months, 29 Days Suspended Time Served, Balance on Supervised Probation, $50 plus CostsSaravian Bond – Domestic Assault – 11 Months, 29 Days Suspended to 48 Hours, Balance on Supervised Probation, $100 plus Costs, Credit 12 HoursAngela M. Brown – Cruelty to Animals – 6 Months Guilty Plea Diversion, 6 Months Supervised Probation, Costs, Forfeit AnimalsTersuelo M. Byrum – Driving While License Suspended – Dismissed on CostsTersuelo M. Byrum – Financial Responsibility Law - $5 plus CostsTersuelo M. Byrum – Light Law – Motor Vehicle – DismissedOctavia Charnel Coby –

Display of Registration Plates – Dismissed on WarningOctavia Charnel Coby – Driving While License Suspended – Dismissed on CostsRonnie L. Collins – Resist Stop, Arrest, Search (No Weap) – Guilty, $100 plus Costs, 6 Months Suspended to Supervised ProbationToi Michelle Farmer – Contempt of Court – DismissedGlenn Farrington Jr. – Theft of Services $500 - $1000 – Bound Over to Grand JuryThomas Johnson – Criminal Simulation – NolleThomas Johnson – Schedule VI Drugs – Attempt – 11 Months, 29 Days Suspended to 10 Days, Consecutive to Circuit 6687 Violation of Probation, $250 plus CostsSylvain Kinnon Jr. – Driving While License Suspended – Dismissed on CostsReco D. Morgan – Schedule VI Drugs – Attempt – 11 Months, 29 Days Suspended Time Served, 1 Year Supervised Probation, $250 plus CostsReco D. Morgan – False Reports – FAC – NolleRoy L. Patterson – Aggravated Assault – Amended to Simple Assault, Guilty, 11 Months, 29 Days Suspended to 10 Days, $100 plus Costs, Consecutive to Violation of ProbationRoy Patterson Sr. – Assault – Physical Contact, Probation Violation – 11 Months, 29 Days Suspended, Probation Revoked, Sentence Reinstated, $250 Bond up, Fines/CostsAqunetta Peterson – Driving While License Suspended – Dismissed on Costs, GuiltyAqunetta Peterson – Headlights on MV Must Oper Dur Inclem Weather – WarningTracy Shaw – Aggravated Burglary, Vandalism - $500 - $1000 – Attempt – Criminal Trespass, Dismissed, $50 plus Costs, 11 Months, 29 Days Suspended Time Served, 54 Days, Balance on Supervised ProbationCharita Springfield – Contributing to Deliquency of a Child – DismissedRaven S. Taylor – Domestic Assault - $50 plus Costs, Guilty, 11 Months, 29 Days Suspended to Supervised Probation

Ernesha Andrea Bond – Theft of Merchandise – Shoplifting – Guilty, 11 Months, 29 Days Suspended to 48 Hours, Balance on Supervised ProbationAmy D. Byrd – Driving While License Suspended – 11 Months, 29 Days Suspended to 5 Days, Balance on Supervised ProbationDedric D. Cross – Driving on Suspended License, Violation of Probation - $750 Bond Apply to Fines/Costs, Probation Revoked, Sentence Reinstated, Probation Extended 1 Year, Time ServedAngela Deberry – Harassment – Dismissed on State MotionAlber t W. Durham Jr. – Schedule III Drugs: MFG, DEL, SELL, POSS – Bound Over to Grand JuryCarla Ferrell – Driving While License Suspended – Dismissed on CostsCarla Ferrell – Seat Belt – 18 and Older - $10 FineCarla Ferrell – Financial Responsibility Law - $5 plus CostsWayne Harper – Driving While License Revoked, Financial Responsibility Law – Guilty, $5 plus Costs, 6 Months Suspended, Supervised ProbationBroderick L. Henley – Theft of Merchandise – Shoplifting – NolleCletis Holmes – Stalking – Misd – NolleSheila Holmes – Stalking – Misd – NolleJeremy C. Jones – Driving Without License – Guilty, $25

plus CostsBrenda Kiestler – Speeding – WarningBrenda Kiestler – Driving While License Suspended – Dismissed on CostsBrenda Kiestler – Financial Responsibility Law - $5 plus CostsMelissa Musgrave – Assault, Probation Violation, Violation of Probation – Apply Bond to Costs, Probation Revoked, Sentence ReinstatedMelissa Musgrave – Reckless Endangerment – Vehicle/Misd – NolleTabitha Jean Saxon – Theft of Merchandise – Shoplifting – Guilty, Stay off Premises 1 Year, Restitution if Any, $25 plus Costs, 11 Months, 29 Days Suspended, Supervised ProbationTravis Singleton – Driving While License Revoked – 6 Months Suspended, 6 Months Supervised ProbationTravis Singleton – Window Tinted – WarningAshley N. Smith – Driving Without License – DismissedAshley N. Smith – Financial Responsibility Law - $5 plus CostsTroy L. Springfield – Criminal Trespass – DismissedLester J. Thaxton – Contrib to Deliq of a Child, Open Container – Guilty, $25 plus Costs, Supervised ProbationDanny Walker Sr. – Driving While License Suspended - $100 plus Costs, 6 Months Suspended, 6 Months Supervised Probation

PUBLIC NOTICEThe Brownsville Energy Authority is currently amending the previously approved Brownsville Sewer Use Regulations and Industrial Pretreatment Program in accordance with the requirements of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. The proposed changes include, but are not limited to, the definitions of interference, BMPs, and significant industrial user; slug discharge and slug control requirements; sampling and analysis requirements; and signatory responsibilities.The proposed Sanitary Sewer Use Regulations are availabe for review at the:

Brownsville Utility Department25 North Lafayette Street

Brownsville, Tennessee 38012The public is invited to submit comments in writing at:

Brownsville Utility DepartmentAttn: Regie Castellaw, P.E.

P.O. Box 424 Brownsville, Tennessee 38012The Brownsville Energy Authority will accept comments concerning the Sanitary Sewer Use Regulations until close of business on Friday, May 11, 2012.

NOTICE

The Haywood County Beer Board will meet on Monday, April 16, 2011 at 4:00PM in the conference room of the Haywood County Courthouse. The board has one application to consider:

1. Oscar Louis BatesDBA: As It Was - Rhythms5958 HWY 54Brownsville, TN 38012For: On & Off Premises Permit

Haywood County does not discriminate based on race, color or national origin in federal or state sponsored programs, pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d).

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Street preaching dates back to thousands of years. In fact, the Bible even details the accounts of The Apostles who took to street preaching to spread Christianity through the Roman Empire. But as time as has marched on, and technology has afforded most people the opportunity to plug in and shut the world out, street preaching has almost vanished into the annals of historic practices.

This of course doesn’t apply to Duane H. Lyon.

Lyon, whose personality is probably as bright and warm as his t-shirt carries two main items with him these days: a big wood cross and an even bigger smile.

It was decades ago when Lyon decided to take street preaching to share a simple sounding

message deeper than the ocean: Jesus Saves.

His initial goal was just for a week.

28 years, a wife and six kids later, and not only Lyon is still at it, but he’s also crossing over international waters.

Lyon will be in front of the courthouse throughout Friday delivering a message he feels the world needs to hear.

“Primarily to just let everyone know that Jesus Saves,” Lyons said. “While enjoying life, keep it in mind that life is short.”

Lyon was born in Union City, Tennessee but raised in a small town—a population of 30—called Jordan, Kentucky. If you would have encountered Lyon in his earlier years, you wouldn’t have believed that he would someday become an ordained minister, let alone a traveling street

preacher.From his teens to early

adult years, he battled alcoholism and marijuana addiction. It was while working as a Correctional Offi cer for a jail that changed him. Lyons encountered two prison inmates who told him they had found salvation in Jesus.

“Here were these two convicted murderers behind bars, and they were freeer than I was,” he recalled.

These days, Lyons feels like a “free man while serving Jesus.” His approach to preaching on the streets is perhaps unique in the fact that he’s not aggressive. In fact, Lyons lets his signs, shirt, stickers; cross and friendly greeting serve as a people magnet. They come to him.

While it may not be an easy life to live, it’s one that has afforded Lyons

many opportunities. For one, Lyons has traveled to 59 nations and 47 U.S. states. In fact, he was in Israel in January and Aruba last month.

He’s even had the opportunity to do mission trips with his family: wife Gina and six children, Jessica Grace, Rebekah Hope, Israel Elisha, Alesha Jerusalem, Christina Israella, and Torah Elizabeth Lyon.And as for that cross around his neck, even that holds a special story.

“A blind man from Dyersburg created that cross for me,” he said. “It took him three days.”

Lyons noted that he is happy to come to Brownsville and had a message for the city.

“Brownsville, I checked the tomb in January, it’s empty. Jesus lives and Jesus saves.”

International Street Preacher comes to Brownsville

Street Preacher Duane Lyon greets drivers outside the courthouse.

Photo By Calvin Carter.

Donnie Hatcher and General Motors South Central Zone Manager Grant Lindsay shook hands last Thursday, March 29 at Hatcher Chevrolet Buick GMC in Brownsville. Lindsay awarded Hatcher Chevrolet Buick GMC’s for many years of service with General Motors. The dealership has served more than 25 years of service with General Motors.Photo By Calvin Carter

Celebrating 25 Years

Scott Street opens its doors

Many gathered for the Scott Street Resource Center Open House which took place Satur-day, March 31. Above, Dr. Michael Mcghee was presented with a plaque.

Photos by Calvin Carter

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Haywood's Jarron Bryant makes a play at fi rst place in recent action. The Tom-cats won three of four games in tournament action last week and split a pair of district games with Ripley earlier this week. Photo by Jeff Ireland

By JEFF [email protected]

Haywood remained in the thick of the District 13-AA race on Tuesday with an 8-4 win at district foe Ripley.

Houston Cozart got the Tomcats (7-9 overall, 2-2 district) started with a two-run homer in the fi rst inning and fi nished with three RBI.

The Tomcats trailed 4-3 through four innings be-fore rallying for fi ve runs in the sixth inning to take control of the game.

Thomas Currie was 1 for 1 with an RBI.

Haywood had just two hits, but took advantage of nine walks to even its record in district play.

Seth Birdsong went the distance on the mound

for Haywood, striking out seven and scattering eight hits.

On Monday in Browns-ville, Ripley defeated Haywood 8-2.

Cozart was 2 for 4 with a double and Birdsong had an RBI double. Jor-dan Fitzgerald doubled and Taylor Stokely sin-gled in a run.

Taylor Jones took the loss on the mound.

Haywood returns to ac-tion today with a pair of games at USJ. The Tom-cats play USJ at 3:30 p.m. and Scotts Hill at 5:45.

On Monday Haywood returns to district action at Dyersburg at 6:30 p.m. before hosting the Trojans on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

In other action:• Haywood defeated

Montgomery Central

last Wednesday in a tournament hosted by Jackson South Side and won three of four games in the event. Blake Es-quivias was 3 for 4 with an RBI and Blake Porch and Fitzgerald each had a pair of hits. Hunter Ro-ten picked up the pitch-ing win.

• Later on Wednesday the Tomcats dropped a 3-1 decision to McNairy Central. Jarron Bryant took the loss and Bird-song had an RBI double.

• Last Thursday the Tomcats defeated Jackson South Side 10-5, led by a 2-for-2 day from Esquiv-ias. Porch had a single and two RBI and Bishop Noble earned the win.

• On Friday the Tom-cats wrapped up tour-nament play with a 10-6

win over Trinity Chris-tian. Birdsong was 2 for 4 with a homer and two

RBI and also earned the win on the mound. Porch was 2 for 4 with an RBI,

Cozart tripled in two runs and Fitzgerald had a double and two RBI.

Tomcats defeat Ripley in district play

By JEFF [email protected]

The Haywood High School track and fi eld team traveled to Oxford, Miss., on March 30 for a track and fi eld meet and several athletes fared very well.

“It was deja vu all over again like the Memphis meet a few weeks ago,” said coach David Clay-brooks. “Several of the athletes were talking about how big the track was. The team started slow in the fi rst couple of events, but as the meet started to warm up, so did the Haywood track team.”

Leading the boys’ teams were Kaderran Bond, Josh Johnson and Chris Douglas.

Kaderran threw a per-sonal record of 30-04.00 in shot put while fi nish-ing 11th of out 44 throw-ers.

Johnson jumped a

career best of 18-09.25 in the long jump and Douglas fi nished right behind him with an 18-06.75.

The boys 4x100 relay team won their heat with a time of 45.24. Darius Pirtle, Chris Douglas, De’Marious Douglas and R.J. Perkins led the way.

Alexis Peeples led the Lady Tomcats for the second straight meet. She placed 11th out of 66 people in the 100 meters with a time of 12.99.

In the 200 meters she placed 15th out of 71 runners, running a time of 27.20.

The girls 4x100 relay team of Ebony Clark, Peeples, Chelsey Ow-ens, and Natasha Bom-mer broke the school record with a time of 51.35, placing 10th out of 36 schools. They also ranked fourth in the state for Class A-AA.

Bringing up the rear

for the girls team was the 4x400 relay. The team of Ebony Clark, Dannon Eubanks, Jabria Nixon and Bommer ran a 4:34.24, placing 13th in the relay.

“It was Memphis all over again,” Claybrooks said. “We got caught in the awe of the track af-ter I’ve warned the team not to. We also started off slow at the begin-ning of the meet just like Memphis, but after the fi rst few events had ended we started to get the ball rolling.”

Claybrooks liked what he saw overall, but sees room for improvement.

“I feel like the boys did alright but they could have done better overall as a team,” Claybrooks said. “There’s some work that we need to do in order to get better as a team. The girls team keeps getting better ev-ery week. We just need to keep our head above

the water the rest of the season.”

The team travels to Dyersburg today for the Dyersburg Invite. This will be the fi rst time this season the track and fi eld team will see most of teams in their sub-sectional.

Teams expected to compete are Ripley, Fay-ette Ware, Humboldt, Union City, Covington, JCM and Dyersburg.

“I’ve told the boys’ team that the sub-sec-tional goes through Ripley and Fayette Ware,” Claybrooks said. “The girls’ team was told that sub-sectional goes through Dyersburg and Fayette Ware. Dyers-

burg girls also rule the west sectional as well, so we’re ready going to see

how we do against both teams.”

Track team fares well at Oxford event

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