The Brownsville States-Graphic December 1, 2011

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During last week’s Haywood County Commission meeting, it was revealed that the Haywood County Jail Committee would be looking at other possible

sources of inmate healthcare.Currently, the county has relied on Conmed for their inmate healthcare, entering into a contract where they pay roughly $30,000 a month. That contract will expire December 31, and along

with Conmed will consider a few other health care providers before presenting their decision to the commission.Inmate healthcare was a hot topic during this year’s budget with commissioners

adamantly declaring that the county should take a look at other options for healthcare and “compare apples to apples,” when their contract with Conmed came up.In other news, Haywood County Commissioner Janice King has been

replace by her nomination Janice Rogers.It was during the October meeting of the County Commissioners when King, the commissioner of District 1, announced her resignation from the commission, citing health reasons.

Rogers was nominated along with Roy Maclin Bridgewater for the position. A 12 to 7 vote resulted in Rogers’ election to fill the position. Following a public meeting, the county commission also

Second look at Inmate healthcare


Haywood County got the chance to end November and the Thanksgiving holiday Monday, November 28 with a blanket of snow.

Pictured is a shot of downtown Brownsville, which was one of many areas hit with the cold powdery substance in the Haywood and Madison County regions.

There were reports on Monday and early

Tuesday morning of Interstate-40 containing much snow and ice on the road.

Haywood County received two to three inches of snow according to meteorologists. While the amount that fell

was impressive, the temperatures were too warm for much of the snow to stick to roads, and most had melted by late morning hours on Tuesday, November 29.

While the county is no stranger to snow fall, it’s

perhaps the earliest its fell in the winter season for quite some time.

Earlier this year, starting in January, the area became hit with quite a few snow and ice storms. Surprisingly, Shelby County and

Memphis received far less snow than Haywood County Monday, with snowfall primarily taking place later in the evening hours.Photos By Steven Diebold

By: CALVIN [email protected]

In 1891, Salvation Army Captain Joseph McFee had a desire to feed the many poor residents of San Francisco with a free Christmas dinner. There was just one major problem for McFee, how would he fund such a project?

Thinking back to his sailor days in Liverpool, England, he remembered that there was a kettle, called Simpson’s Pot placed where all the sailors

passed through that passer-bys could donate some loose change to help the poor.

Inspired by Simpson’s Pot, McFee placed a similar pot at the Oakland Ferry Landing at the foot of Market Street. Years later, McFee’s idea of the kettle, would spread throughout the nation, with cities and towns hosting special kettles for the poor. Today the kettle idea has spread globally, with this year serving as the 120th year for the kettles.

To properly kick-off

the red kettles nationally, the Walmart Corporation donated $1 million to the Salvation Army to host red kettles and local fund raising events.

So perhaps it was very appropriate that on November 18, a Salvation Army kick-off and ribbon-cutting ceremony took place in the Brownsville Walmart.

While the event was meant to properly kick off the kettles, it also served another exciting purpose.

“We now have a branch

of the Salvation Army in Haywood County,” Anne Banks said.

This local branch of the Salvation Army will find itself housed in the Haywood County Parks and Recreation building. It is still growing, containing at moment only board members and requesting the help of any volunteers.

The board currently consists of Scott Street Resource Center Director Karen Jones, Carl Perkins Center Director Beth Wilson,

Salvation Army ribbon cutting

First Snow Fall In Haywood County


Through cold rainy weather, last Tuesday, November 22, a three-vehicle wreck occurred off of Highway 54 towards the Covington area.The wreck involved two drivers of pick-up trucks and a Haywood County School bus. The bus made a stop on the highway, delivering children from school. While the bus was stopped, another vehicle stopped behind during he unloading. A third vehicle, however hit the stopped truck from behind, which caused it to hit the bus.An ambulance was called, but authorities said that no one was taken away in it. And the children inside the bus during the wreck were not injured. The bus actually received minimal damage. Parents however did show up on the scene to take their children home.Authorities are investigating the cause of the wreck.Authorities on the scene included the Haywood County Ambulance Authority, the Haywood County Sheriff’s Department, the Tennessee Highway Patrol and the Brownsville/Haywood County Fire Department.

Three-vehicle wreck occurs on Highway 54

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The Tennessee Preservation Trust is committed to placing a copy of Historic Tennessee, their recent publication that commemorates the state’s rich historical and architectural heritage, in each college and high school library in Tennessee. In partnership with the West Tennessee Delta

Heritage Center, the book was recently donated to the Haywood High School Library and the Elma Ross Public Library.

Historic Tennessee features 300 color photographs by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Robin Hood and the moving words of nationally esteemed

history writer James A. Crutchfield. The book showcases ninety sites significant to the drama of Tennessee’s colorful past– from upper East Tennessee to the Mississippi River. Tennessee Preservation Trust would like all students to have access to this great resource. The book is available at

the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center.

The Tennessee Preservation Trust (TPT) is a membership-based statewide non-profit historic preservation education and advocacy organization. Headquartered in Nashville, TPT represents thousands of the state’s

heritage supporters through its individual members and o r g a n i z a t i o n a l affiliates. We strive to be the critical link for the state’s diverse heritage community. Our organization helps monitor and promote preservat ion-fr iendly legislation at the local,

state, and federal levels, and assists citizens across the state with advocacy issues pertaining to specific historic sites—as well as historic districts and zoning issues. TPT has a committed staff, an active board of directors, and many dedicated volunteers throughout Tennessee.

Preservation Trust donates to local libraries

Historian Billy King also presented Horn with a copy of his recent book Big Black Creek, Vol. 1. The book tells about the important preservation work being done by the Big Black Creek Historical Association in Madison and Haywood County.

Historic Tennessee and Big Black Creek, Vol. 1 were also presented to the Haywood High School Library. Pictured with the books are HHS Librarian Julie Dahlhauser and Library Assistant Justin Kemper.

The Tennessee Preservation Trust (TPT) and West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center presented the Elma Ross Public Library with a copy of Historic Tennessee on Monday, November 7, 2011. Presenting the book to Librarian Katherine Horn are (from left) Delta Heritage Center Director Sonia Outlaw-Clark, Horn, and TPT Board members Susan Sills and Billy King.

The Brownsville/Haywood County Teen Court were in a session deciding a case last month, getting a proper real world taste of the justice system. The panel is divided into two, and meets at the Haywood County Justice Complex to hear actual teenager trials. Students serve as both judge and jury as they fairly decide on cases.

Some rulings have resulted in students receiving punishments like community service clean up or having to write a paper on their crime.

Teen Court Committee includes the Honorable Judge J.R. Reid, Youth Services Officer Teen Court Coordinator Elashia Ramsey, SRO and Co-coordinator Nigel Peeples.

Panel 1: Ross Houghton, Cortez Williams, Chastity Tyus, Courtney Lester, Nikki Cummins, Ricarnicea Johnson, and Angelica Jackson. Panel 2: Chester Jones Adrevious Rayner, Kiosha Maclin, Ashante’ Mask, Adrianna Shaw, Enchantra Henderson, Amber Harris and Codi Rogers.Photo By Calvin Carter

Teen Court decides on casesEach year, as The

Orpheum’s house lights dim and the curtain goes up, audiences at Ballet Memphis’ Nutcracker are transported to a magical place filled with dancing children, sword-fighting mice, delicate snowflakes, an enchanted Christmas tree, the comical Mother Ginger, and the joy of the holiday season.

Nutcracker opens on Friday, December 2 and runs through December 4 at The Orpheum.

According to Janet Parke, principal at Ballet Memphis School, more than 85 area children have been cast in this year’s production. More than 60 of them study ballet at Ballet Memphis School; the rest are from other dance schools and companies.

“Many area schools, both public and private, are represented in this production,” said Parke. “It’s truly a snapshot of our community.”

P r o f e s s i o n a l dancers from Ballet

Memphis round out the cast that will perform two school matinees and four ticketed shows during the run.

Nutcracker is based on an 1816 fairy tale by E.T.A. Hoffman, and tells the story of Clara Stahlbaum and the mysterious nutcracker doll given to her by her godfather, Herr Drosselmeier. Russian composer Petr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote the ballet’s score while Lev Ivanov, an assistant at the Russian Imperial Ballet, did the original choreography. It premiered in 1892 and has been performed and reinterpreted countless times.

Parke, Karl Condon and Joseph Jefferies choreographed Ballet Memphis’ interpretation of the Nutcracker for the company’s 20th anniversary in 2006. Condon is the company’s associate artistic director; Jefferies is a former company member.

And this year’s production will be made

all the more memorable, thanks to a generous arts patron: For the first time in years, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra will perform live at each performance, accompanied by a children’s choir.

“We’re thrilled to have the Memphis Symphony Orchestra with us once again,” said Dorothy Gunther Pugh, founder and artistic director of Ballet Memphis. “It’s a wonderful way to help commemorate Ballet Memphis’ 25th anniversary season.”

Ballet Memphis presents “Nutcracker”

Friday, December 2, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 3, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, December 4, 2 p.m.

The Orpheum Theatre203 S. Main, MemphisTickets: $5, $22, $43 and

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Ballet Memphis presents ‘Nutcracker’

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Brownsville Head Start Family Case Manager Mary Jones, INSOUTH Bank Community Executive Salvation Army Co-Chair Alan Callery, Boys And Girls Club Director Alisa Hopson, Salvation Army Co-Chair Diana Tate, Salvation Army Community Relations Anne Banks and Kettle Chair Andy Wynn.

But any money raised by the Salvation Army here in Haywood County will stay in the county. With unemployment high in West Tennessee, and

families still recovering from disasters like fi res, violent storms or fl oods, the services that the Red Cross can offer are perhaps needed.

“We hope that it can fi ll the gap in Haywood County,” Diana Tate said.

According to the Salvation Army, the kettles will ring until Christmas Eve. Their goal is to raise $5,000, but they’ve already received a strong start so far, with currently $1,000 donated. Considering that the only other source of funding the organization has

received in Haywood came from United Way. But they’ve still got a little ways to go. From civic organizations and churches to businesses hosting one of the kettles, the local Salvation Army needs Haywood County’s help.

If you’re a business or organization that would like to host a kettle, call 731-234-5754. For applications to sign up for aid from the Salvation Army, you can pick them up at the Carl Perkins Center, or call 731-779-3332.

CUTTING continuedapproved a plan that redraws some county commissioner district lines in the county. Boundaries should be redrawn in six of the ten districts, which include districts two, three, four, seven and nine.

Apparently, population shifts in four of the county’s ten districts were enough to require new district lines. It was the county’s goal to have approximately 1879 people in each district. This isn’t a completely

new plan, as it does still have the racial make-up of the old plan. Haywood County still has six majority black districts and four majority white.

INMATE continued

The landmark events that helped shape the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s are the focus of a traveling exhibition opening at the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center on December 9, 2011.

The exhibit, entitled We Shall Not Be Moved: The 50th Anniversary of Tennessee’s Civil Rights Sit-Ins continues through January 22, 2012, and is free to the public.

During the 1950s and 1960s, African Americans began mobilizing in a massive movement against segregation. This included non-violent, direct action campaigns, which culminated in sit-in demonstrations, economic boycotts, and marches.

Fifty years ago, a handful of Nashville college students from Fisk University, Tennessee A&I (later Tennessee State), and American Baptist Theological Seminary along with religious leaders Kelly Miller Smith

and James Lawson, began a sit-in campaign targeting downtown lunch counters. These actions sparked the formation of a mass sit-in movement, which became the model used across Tennessee and the rest of the South.

These actions will be examined in this special exhibition, organized by the curatorial staff at the Tennessee State Museum. The exhibit also looks at segregation in the state and how signifi cant resistance developed in African American communities.

Although the sit-ins were organized as a non-violent action, occasionally students were met with violence from white bystanders, however it was usually the protesting students who were arrested and taken to jail. The exhibit examines why these students were willing to face possible violence and endure incarceration, and how their parents reacted.

The exhibit covers

similar events which occurred in Chattanooga, Memphis and Knoxville and other locales.

Along with period photographs of these events, the exhibit includes such artifacts as signage, which has been preserved to show examples of segregation during this time. Other important artifacts include a letter from a sit-in participant describing a protest and other items related to the sit-ins.

We Shall Not Be Moved: The 50th Anniversary of Tennessee’s Civil Rights Sit-Ins will be on view December 9 through January 22, in the center’s Special Exhibits area. Located at 121 Sunny Hill Cove in Brownsville, Tenn., the museum is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday and is free to the public. Visit www.westtnheritage.com for more information.

About the West Tennessee Delta Heritage

Center:In 1999, the City of

Brownsville created a Tourist Information Center and regional heritage center consisting of three museums. The West Tennessee Cotton Museum depicts the history of cotton in one of the richest cotton

producing counties in the state. The West Tennessee Music Museum highlights the many talented musicians who called this region home and who have left their mark on the music industry. The Hatchie River Museum features three aquariums and tells the story of the

last “wild” river in the lower Mississippi system and its unique eco-system. The West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center is located at 121 Sunny Hill Cove in Brownsville, Tenn., right off of Interstate 40 at Exit 56. www.westtnheritage.com

Traveling exhibit commemorates 50th anniversary of Tennessee sit-ins

Student protesters sit-in at Walgreens on Fifth Avenue in Nashville, February 20, 1960. Photo by Jimmy Ellis, courtesy of The Tennessean.

Can it be that Thanksgiving was last week? How is that possible? Then I take a look at the calendar and guess what? December is here! Some really good things will be happening here at the library during the month of December. Here is our schedule of events:

Friday, December 2 – Gingerbread House Family Night at 7 p.m. We read the stories “The Gingerbread Baby” and “Gingerbread Friends”, make gingerbread houses from milk cartons, graham crackers, frosting and candy. Lots and lots of sticky, gooey fun! Space is limited. Reservations are required. We have so much fun at this event. We can hardly wait!

Monday, December 5 – Toddler Time at 11 a.m.

All toddlers and their caregivers are invited for stories, coloring and a light snack. We love our toddlers. Let’s come and have some fun at the library!

Monday, December 19 – Toddler Time at 11 a.m. All toddlers and their caregivers are invited for stories, coloring and a light snack. We have lots of great fun with toddlers at Toddler Time. Please come and join us for this wonderful family time.

There is no Lunch and Learn for the month of December. We hope that everyone has a great holiday season. Lunch and Learn will resume in January 2012. If you know of a person who would be interested in presenting a Lunch and Learn program, please contact the library with

the details. Please contact Katherine at 772-9534 or [email protected].

The Library will be closed on Saturday, December 24 and Monday, December 26 in observance of the Christmas holiday.

The Elma Ross Public Library will soon begin offering computer classes. Class size will be limited to ten people per session. There will be two sessions offered each class day (8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.) Classes will be on Tuesdays and a lab day on Fridays for each session (8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.) We will be covering a wide range of topics, but will be beginning with an Introduction to Computers class. More details soon.

Happy Reading!

CornerCorner Katherine Horn

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Off the Beaten Path

Stealing Thanksgiving

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

We just recently said goodbye to Thanksgiving 2011 that will supply us with some great memories for some time to come.

Included among those memories will definitely be the joint Thanksgiving service sponsored by Harmony Baptist, New Hope Missionary Baptist and Mount Pleasant United Methodist, churches of the Hillville/Eurekaton Community.

This year’s worship and fellowship was held at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. We had a full house and excellent food and fellowship. The entire evening was very up lifting. The church was packed with a great group of folks representing all three churches who were served with the best soul food possible, compliments of Pastor Robert Whitley and the New Hope congregation.

The Thanksgiving festivities are barely a memory now and already it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. While quietly seated in my living room, I am surrounded by so many reminders of the coming Christmas season.

The snowflakes are falling in great abundance. With the exception of the

streets and driveways, the ground is completely covered. Could we possibly be blessed with a white Christmas this year?

The crackling of wood burning in the fireplace and the penetration of its warmness throughout the house gives credence to my thoughts that certainly Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. All that’s missing are chestnuts roasting on an open fire.

The decorating is almost complete with a Christmas tree here and there. Santa Claus, in all shapes and sizes, are also spaced throughout to remind us that his big night is just around the corner.

All that’s needed now is for the family to get home, gather around the fireplace, eat a snack and watch some great Christmas specials. What a life! All of a sudden life doesn’t look so bad.

Oops! I almost forgot. It’s time to crank up the music. While searching for a selection, I came to the section labeled “Novelty.” The first song to pop up was “Grandma got run over by a reindeer.” Now that will never work, so I tried again and lo and behold

another reindeer song popped up. However this one was different. It was one of my childhood favorites, “Rudolf, the red nosed reindeer” by Gene Autry.

This is a song that almost never happened. While talking with my friend, sidekick and partner, Stephen Burnette, he informed me that his father, Smiley Burnette, actually recorded the song on the Capitol label in about 1946 before Gene did.

As the story goes, Smiley tried to encourage Autry to record the song several years later, but Gene apparently did not want to record the song. However, Smiley did not give up and shared the idea with his wife, Dallas. She ran the idea by Gene’s Wife, Ina, who finally convinced her husband to record it.

Gene recorded the song and “Rudolf, the red nosed reindeer” was released December 3, 1949. The rest is history.

The song hit number one in about three weeks and sold 2.5 million copies during its first year. It went on to sell more than 25 million copies and was the second best selling song until the 1980’s.

Did you go shopping the day after Thanksgiving this year? Black Friday, as it is now known, has acquired a holiday celebrity status over the last few years, due primarily to outrageous sales and promotions designed to attract day after Thanksgiving shoppers for bargains, in hope they will stay and purchase other items as well. It is called Black Friday, as just about everyone knows by now, because it is on that day, the day after Thanksgiving that Christmas shopping begins, and presumably it is also the day that puts retailers in the black for the year. Over the past few years the day has become almost mythic, a social as well as a shopping phenomenon, as more and more stores offer earlier and earlier openings and deeper discounts to the first “so many” customers.

But only so many limiting the number of “bargains” available is part of the Black Friday game. By doing so, merchants create artificial scarcity and thus give the customers something to “lose” if they do not get into the store in time.

Because as every good salesperson knows, “the fear of loss is greater than the expectation of gain.” Thus, the psychology is set up whereby customers either line up outside the store in the dark of midnight or lose out on that “once-in-a-lifetime” buy on that Xbox 360 or iPad 2 or whatever.

The idea of offering Black Friday door buster bargains is nothing new. Retailers have been having sales and offering price reductions on the day after Thanksgiving for at least a century now. No, what is new and unprecedented is the desperate intensity with which retailers are courting customers, offering, in some cases, loss leaders with genuine savings worth hundreds of dollars to the lucky first customers through the doors.

But only if they get there on time. “On time” used to be when the store opened, at nine or ten o’clock, but then several years ago some stores began opening an hour early, then two and then someone had the bright idea of opening at the unholy hour of 6 a.m.. Then five, then four and then, beginning this year, starting the madness at midnight, or even in some cases, earlier on Thanksgiving evening itself.

Not surprisingly, there were a few problems here

and there. By now everyone in America knows about the California woman who allegedly pepper sprayed 20 or so of her fellow Wal-Mart shoppers to keep them away from her new Xbox 360. (It’ just too bad some Hollywood producer didn’t have the foresight to post cameras at all the early opening big box stores; it would have made making Jingle All the Way II a piece of cake.) As for the woman herself, I read that she has turned herself in. No word on whether she has an agent yet, but surely she has a future on reality TV.

There were the usual s t a b b i n g / s h o o t i n g incidents. Muggings seemed to be up this year, probably due to the fact that so much of the shopping was done in the hours of darkness. In trendy Soho, in New York, “shoppers” allegedly looted a clothing store. In West Virginia, a man trying to buy Christmas decorations at a Wal-Mart had a heart attack and other customers walked around, and over, him until an off duty nurse saw him, gave CPR and called 911. Too late; he died later in the evening/morning.

None of this should surprise anyone. The whole phenomenon is a perfect setup for violence. I mean, talk about a toxic cocktail. Begin with desperate retailers using cutthroat advertising techniques and bizarre shopping hours to lure people in. Then mix in overfed (Thanksgiving, you know) bargain obsessed, sleep deprived and short-tempered customers, many of whom, it can be presumed, had spent much of the earlier evening consuming alcohol and you’ve got a recipe for trouble on two or three fronts.

Bargain hunting, frankly can be a lot of fun, but Black Friday outlandishness has

taken it from being an early morning adventure followed up by a wind down at Starbucks to an all night slog through crazy crowded stores and darkened mall parking lots.

Are we having fun yet? Apparently so, because this Black Friday’s promotions, the most preposterous and bizarre in history, attracted a historic number of shoppers. And they spent money, 6.6% more than last year, a record amount, some 11.4 billion in all. This strong showing surprised many economists, because consumer confidence is supposed to be at its lowest point in the last quarter century.

Black Friday, long regarded as a litmus test for consumer spending appetites, was thus approached with fear and the strong showing has lifted hopes for an improved economy, if only slightly, and a good retail sales year.

But this year, with its Thanksgiving Day openings and crazy sales, was not a typical Black Friday. Stores all across the retail spectrum were open longer than ever before and offered deeper discounts than usual. Whether all this primed the shopping pump, or sucked it dry, remains to be seen.

But what it definitely means is that Thanksgiving will never be the same. Up until this year, it was the one holiday in America that had somehow resisted the corruption of commercialism, but the stores that opened earliest this year, on Thanksgiving evening itself and at midnight, were the ones that registered the most sales, so you can bet that next year they’ll do it again and bring the rest of the crowd with them.

What a bunch of turkeys!There is order in

consistency they say. The effects of doing the same activity over and over, with the same outcome can produce a calm feeling. Why wouldn’t it? I mean after all if you’re doing the same thing again and getting the same results there is nothing to worry about. No flames to extinguish. No chaos to disrupt you. No reason to be upset right? And absolutely no way one would go crazy from it?

Maybe not.The thing about

consistency that no one ever really seems to talk about these days is that it can actually become quite dangerous. Well,

maybe dangerous is the wrong word here. Let’s try trapping, as if you’re running on a hamster wheel.

I’ve never been able to understand how people are able to conform to the exact same thing for a number of years, whether it is activities, hobbies or jobs. Maybe it’s a product of being a part of the Internet generation, a prescription pill-popping group of 20 somethings who can barely keep their attention until the next commercial.

It’s almost like a discussion my mom and I had about running on the treadmill in the gym. She can’t really understand how I’m able

to jog on that machine for quite a while. What’s the point? You’re not really going anywhere. You’re guaranteed to arrive at the same point, in the same manner that you had begun. And I would say that running at the park is a bit better, but really, you’re still going to start and arrive at the same point, and travel the same path. The only break or splinter of spontaneity is my Walkman placed on shuffle. Can’t say too much about my thoughts, as they never seem to leave the same areas of bills, work or women. Even my thoughts seem to have a safety cage.

So, how do you break free?

Hamster Wheel

Thursday, December 1, 2011page5


Mr. Henry Gecovia Williams Date of Death - November 21, 2011

Brownsville States Graphic(Brownsville, Tenn.) December 1, 2011

Mr. Henry Gecovia Williams, age 86, died November 21, 2011 following a short illness.

Funeral services were conducted November

23, 2011 at First Baptist Church in Bells under the direction of the Brownsville-Bells Funeral Homes. Burial followed in Belleview Cemetery.

The family request that memorials be made to Tennessee FFA Foundation, P.O. Box 5034, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN 38505.

You Are Cordially Invited to the 12th Annual

“Taste of Christmas”Tuesday, December 6th 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Main Lobby, 111 South Washington

Tickets: $6.00$4.00 for children 4-12Children under 4 - Free

Scrumptious homemade treats & beverages,with lots of holiday flavors, aromas and sounds all

around!

All proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society Relay for Life

Advance tickets available at INSOUTH Bank or at the door

Crestview NewsThank you volunteers

for coming this week: Christ Temple ladies, C C Club, Beech Grove Church of Christ, First Assembly of God Church ladies, Holly Grove Baptist Church, First United Pentecostal Church, Mrs. Mary Alice White, Westside Church of Christ, Mrs. Juanita Austin and Mrs. Mary Barkens

Thank you to Dale McWilliams for the beautiful fall wreath she made and gave to our facility. It really brightens up our entryway. Thank you, Dale for your thoughtfulness.

Thank you to Dora Mann for the fresh bananas she brought us for our Saturday fruit bingo. We appreciate

her thoughtfulness each month bringing bananas.

On Tuesday, our ladies enjoyed making a delicious cherry salad during our cooking class. The best part was eating it. They all loved it!

We would like to welcome Mrs. Lavenia Emison to our facility and hope she enjoys her stay with us.

Our December birthdays are as follows: Marie Browning 12-9; Fred Billings 12-22; Mary Moses 12-23 and Diann Hart 12-25. Our birthday party will be December 1 at 2 p.m.

Thought for the Week: “Living with a budget saves money because by the time you’ve balanced it, it’s too late to go anywhere.”

Mrs. Lavenia “Venie” Dyson Wise, 87, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2011 in the Jackson Madison County General Hospital.

Funeral services will be conducted at 12 p.m. , Saturday, December 3, in

the Beech Grove Church of Christ with Bro. William Chambers officiating. Burial will follow in the Beech Grove Cemetery.

A visitation for the Wise family will be from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, December 2, 2011 at the Lea & Simmons

Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the

family request memorials be sent to the Thornton Road Church of Christ, 1238 Thornton Rd., Brownsville, Tennessee 38012.

Mrs. Lavenia “Venie” Dyson WiseDate of Death - November 27, 2011


Mr. Troy Lynn Hoppers “Gramps”, age 65, passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at his home in Springville.

He was preceded in death by his parents: Alvin

Walker Hoppers and Eula Mae Jones Hoppers; two brothers: Carl Wayne Hoppers and Eldon Lee Hoppers; two wives: Sandra Barrett Hoppers and Brenda Jones Hoppers and a son-in-law: Rusty Schwarz.

Funeral services were conducted in the Brownsville-Bells Funeral Homes Chapel November 25, 2011 with Rev. Jimmy Chapman and Rev. Jimmy Seaford officiating.

Mr. Hoppers is survived by two daughters: Cande Wright, (Boyd) and Kim Schwarz-Smith, (Adam) of Brownsville; one brother:

Larry Hoppers, (Billie Jean) of Gadsen; three sisters: JoAnne Chapman, (Jimmy) of Springville, Judy Blair and Barbara Dotson of Bells; seven grandchildren: Hayes and Peyton Wright, Kaitlyn, Avery and Nolan Schwarz, all of Brownsville, Jaxie Smith of Atoka and Brayden Smith of Jackson, and a host of nieces, nephews and special friends.

Memorials may be made to Cross Plains Philippine Ministry, P.O. Box 311, Brownsville, TN 38012

.

Mr. Troy Lynn HoppersDate of Death - November 22, 2011


Mrs. Mary Taylor, 89, of Kewanee, IL, passed away, Monday, November 28, 2011 at Royal Oaks Care Center in Kewanee.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 3 at Rux Funeral Home in Kewanee. Rev. Donald William Johnson of the Destiny Baptist Church of Christ in Rock Island, IL will officiate. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until the time of the services at

the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Memory Gardens in rural Kewanee. Memorials may be directed to the Kidney Foundation.

Aunt Mary was born March 17, 1922 in Brownsville, the daughter of Henry Fate and Lula Taylor. She married Fred Taylor on August 7, 1948 at the age of 24. They moved to Kewanee in 1950. Mary was a great homemaker and only worked outside the home for about 5 years for the Kewanee Hotel as a maid from 1979-83. Fred preceded her in death on November 17, 1991.

She loved quilting, putting together large puzzles and every year when she had good health she planted a garden and flowers around the house. She also loved shopping and when she was no longer able to go to the

stores, she shopped out of catalogs buying almost everything. Aunt Mary loved music and buying tapes and videos. She loved traveling with her nieces and nephews. She did not attend church often, but she believed in God and in the power of prayer. She confessed a hope for eternal salvation.

Survivors include: a sister-in-law: Flossie Taylor of Mansfield, OH and a host of cousins, nieces and nephews to the 5th generation. She was also preceded in death by her parents, husband, seven brothers: Prince, Fox, Ezell, Walter, Arthur, Joe and John Taylor; and three sisters: Ella Owen, Swannie Taylor and Fannie Baker. This obituary may be viewed and private condolences left at http://www.ruxfuneralhome.com.


Mrs. Mary TaylorDate of Death - November 28, 2011

Devotional PageASSEMBLY 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 BAPTISTWinfield 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


page6Thursday, December 1, 2011

James S. Haywood, Jr.Attorney At Law

34 North Lafayette AveHours: Monday-Friday 8:00-5:00

P.O. Box 438Brownsville, TN 38012

E-Mail: [email protected]

Tel: (731) 772-9127Fax: (731) 772-0051

ROBERT T. CAMPBELLMANAGER

TWO-WAY GIN CO.333 S. Washington Ave.Brownsville. TN 38012

HOME: (731) 548-6221CELL: (731) 780-3075

BUSINESSPHONE: (731) 772-2984 FAX: (731) 772-2994

107 South Lafayette • Brownsville, TN 38012Phone: (731)-772-1551

Fax: (731) 772-1636Cell: (731) 780-3113

Kenny Ellington - Manager

[email protected]

Mid-South FARMERS

1295 Boyd Avenue 772-9432co-op

Quality Products and Services for the Farm, Home, and GardenServing Brownsville for over 60 years.

1169 Dupree • Brownsville, TN 38012(731) 772-1616 • Fax (731) 772-1898

Brownsville Mini-WarehousesProudly serving Brownsville, Haywood County, & the surrounding area since 1977.

Call Phil, Kaye, or J.P. MosesWe look forward to serving you in your storage needs

1225 North WashingtonBrownsville, TN 38012Phone: 731-772-0453

or visit our website atwww.brownsvilleminiwarehouses.com

We have the answers to your storage neeeds from storage space to moving and storage supplies

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315 West Main St.Brownsville, TennesseeFreddy & MaryBeth Smith, Owners

Main Street Storage

Office located at 799 E. Main St.Climate Control Units Available

(731) 779-2009

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Community & Church NewsHaywood

On the AgendaBrownsville City Board Meeting

2nd Tuesday of each month

– 5:30 p.m.

Brownsville City Planning Commission4th 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 Office

Haywood County Commission Meeting3rd Monday of every

month – 7 p.m.

Haywood County Election Commission2nd Thursday of the

month – 5:30 p.m. in the election office

Haywood County Planning Commission2nd Thursday of every

month - 7 p.m.

Haywood County School Board Meeting 2nd Tuesday of every

month – 6 p.m.

Stanton Planning Commission Meeting3rd 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 renew-als and duplicates Wednesday and

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

Telephone: 772-2362Dunbar HCT

Carver Alumni Announcement

David Smith to perform at Providence

Methodist Church

Providence Methodist Church will be having David Smith in concert singing some good ole Southern Gospel Music on Sunday afternoon, December 4 at 4 p.m. We invite everyone to join us!

Haywood County Retired Teachers

Haywood County Retired Teachers will meet at Haywood High School at noon for their December meeting.

NAACP Haywood County Branch to

meet

The NAACP Haywood County Adult Branch will be holding their monthly meeting Monday, December 5, 2011 at 6 p.m. located at 28 Jefferson Street East. Call 731-772-4578 for further information.

26th annual Brownsville Radio Christmas project

is FridayNovember 25, 2011

Raising nearly $30,000 on its silver anniversary

last year, Brownsville Radio listeners are get-ting set to start the Radiothon’s next 25 years Friday, December 2.

Then morning radio host Paul Jackson and station manager Carlton Veirs founded the event in 1986. They asked the Brownsville Jaycees to help spend the money provided by listeners and help distribute the food and toys. Franklin Smith was the Jaycee’s front man and, since then, has become the Radiothon’s co-sponsor and, perhaps, hardest worker.

This year organizers hope Radiothon con-tributions will top the $20,000 mark funding Christmas for between 250 and 300 families.

The broadcast starts Friday morning at 7:15 a.m.

Weekly Devotional

731-784-7430

50 Boyd Avenue

“Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work” (Heb. 13:17).

Pastors and spiritual leaders are a gift from God to watch over our spiritual lives, applying Scripture as they counsel us in God’s ways.

Too often, they are dismissed as unnecessary, or their counsel is seen as uninformed or irrelevant.However, God gave the office of Pastor for our benefit and those who occupy the office will give an account for how they lead. Seeing this, everyone needs to sit under the teaching and instruction of a Godly Pastor. At Christ Church, we are blessed to have such a Pastor in Bro. Eddie Martin.

If your Pastor is a Godly man, burdened with the responsibility of training you in righteousness, praise God for send-ing him to you and submit to mindfully considering his counsel. He is watching for your soul.

Jason Velotta - Christ Church

CorrespondentsThursday, December 1, 2011


page7 By Marty Williams

Around TownBy Martha H. Jones

Holly Grove NewsBy Martha H. JonesBy Martha H. JonesBy Martha H. Jones

Holly Grove News“A Mustard Seed Faith”

was the subject of the message Sunday brought by Rev. Ralph Brown in the absence of our pastor. Faith is an indispensable quality in a believer’s life. It is not an environmental circumstance. It is to believe something so intensely and to trust in the Lord to bring it to pass. Faith calls on one to follow through with actions, for faith without results of actions is not faith at all. To exercise faith impacts one’s life. There is no doubt in our minds who holds the future. God never says, “Oh, I didn’t expect that,” because He is the God of the past, present and future.

Prior to the message, a Litany of Praise and Thanksgiving was presented by the Drama team, consisting of Casey Long, Rebekah Hopper, Kathy McClinton and Ray Paris Jr.

Greg Baker, Holly Grove’s Youth Minister, brought a wonderful message on Sunday night.

Happy birthday to Brooke Sims, Betty Carvin, Mike Hopper, Perry Watridge, Alan Jones, Ann Faulkner, Jessica Rice and Britney Tidwell. Happy anniversary to Ronnie and Sue Vanstory.

The 2011 Community Thanksgiving service

was well attended at the Allen Baptist Church last Tuesday night. East Haywood Church of God, Holly Grove Baptist, Providence Methodist and Zion Baptist joined Allen for this wonderful occasion. The pastor of Allen, Rev. Phil Lovelace, welcomed everyone. The Barnetts sang special music with vigor. Following the message, brought by Rev. Billy Campbell from East Haywood, everyone gathered in the Allen family life center for a delicious buffet meal together. We all have so much to be thankful for.

Greg and Beth Baker and daughters celebrated Thanksgiving Day with Beth’s parents in Jackson and later visited with Greg’s parents that night.

The Hopper family enjoyed Thanksgiving at the church fellowship hall. Ricky and Kathy Hopper, Rebekah, Makayla, Jay and Katie, Timothy and Rachel Hopper and daughters from Alabama, Tim and Donna Kelley and family and Leland Simpson joined other relatives for the occasion.

Dewey, Martha and Lorie Jones and Tiffanie Rosales had a delicious meal Thanksgiving day with Alan and Debbie Jones and Jennifer. Brent and Jessica Byrd came

in the afternoon. Julie Hopkins, Hayden and John from Hernando, Miss. came on Friday to visit for the weekend.

We express our heartfelt sympathy to Judy Blair and her family in the death of her brother, Troy Hoppers. I can identify in the lost felt when losing a brother or sister.

Those on the sick list this week are Jennifer Stephens, who is scheduled for surgery on Monday, Viola Brown, James Lewis, Ted Mann, Clint Scaff, Edward and Jean Taylor, Fletcher Lewis, Rex Bond and Josh Parks. Others are Ray and Janie Hight, Dorsey Watridge, Michelle Vaughn, Betty Friend, Sandra Posey, June Walker, Annalee Myers and Justin Climer.

Those celebrating Thanksgiving with Jewel Overton were Rev. Terry Patterson and wife, Bonnie and family, Bobby and Melinda Overton, Albert and Lisa Overton and family, Patty Byrd, Eddie Burrow and Chris and Michelle Mullen and family.

Brother Ralph Brown traveled to Tampa, Fla. to visit with his sister, Bonnie Gordon for the Thanksgiving weekend. His brother, Richard Brown, flew in so the three siblings could be together.

Patty Perry and her Mom (Bulah Castellaw) went to Knoxville and stayed with Candace and her family. Of course, they went to the Vanderbilt football game, but the most important part was… playing with the great-grand and grandbaby! Ava now has two teeth and is crawling everywhere. When they returned, Patty and Joe had a birthday party for her mama. Levoy and his family, Ashley, Marbry and Ben and Jackie and Jim Blankenship from Lexington, all had some birthday supper and cheesecake!

The Presley’s celebrated Thanksgiving at Link and Lisa Carton’s beautiful home. Precious times were had with laughter, delicious food, running feet of the children, conversation, catching up on news and getting to know the children and cousins better. It was marvelous having Wanda and Herb Hayes from Texas, for an extended time. Mrs. Fay Presley was glowing with her family around her. It was fantastic to have Brett Stoots home from Rhodes College for a few days as he romped with his favorite nephews, Hooper, Whitt and Harrison Stoots. Brett has had a fabulous year at Rhodes College, setting some awesome records during his football season. He looks forward to graduation in May.

Chris Westover, son of Grover and Judy Westover, was featured with the Oklahoma University in a concert in November, as the instructional orchestra conductor. It was an incredible opportunity to hear the magnificent music as he worked on his doctorate degree. His father was able to attend and just about popped his buttons with pride at the finale. Computers are amazing when you can’t be there! (Long way from selling papers at the States Graphic!).

Charley and Betty Tindle took a trip to Panama City, Fla., to spend Thanksgiving. They had a splendid time during their holiday with Charley’s sister, brother and families. Of course, the weather was remarkable down there, sun shining and in the mid 70’s! By the time they finished eating their Thanksgiving meal, they felt like the Butterball turkey himself!

Frank and Vicky Fawcett and crew gathered at their Camp House on Wesley Lake for this Thanksgiving holiday! Now that was an awesome time, right there!

Our ‘Fam’ took a mini road trip to see Starry Nights at Shelby Farm. There were lights everywhere! You have to all pack into one vehicle! Little ones loved it…adults were so squished they didn’t know if they

loved it! What a hoot!Our Chamber Board

of Directors invites you to our Holiday Open House on December 8, Thursday, from 11:30 – 1 p.m.! Show Choir will be performing at Noon! We want to say ‘thank you’ to Chamber members and the community of Haywood County! Come and be a part of our Christmas!

Our Christmas at College Hill event is scheduled for December 12, Monday at 6 p.m.! All the grade school choirs will perform in the theater; Santa will be making a visit and Mrs. Claus will MC. There will be face painting, goodie bags from Santa, refreshments, Christmas displays and David Hooper Jr.’s train! It is our FREE Christmas gift from the Arts Council to the community! It will be Santalicious!

Salvation Army bells will ring for the first time in Haywood County! Won’t you help? Call Andy Wynn to schedule your group! 731-234-5754

Mr. Christmas says to tell you ‘The Lights are lit!’ If you drive by 142 Rooks Drive, I think you will get a kick out of the view! If not sure where it is… look for the glow at the top of Rooks Drive and you will find it! The elves and Mr. Christmas await you!

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

Allen NewsBy Gail Barden

By Gail Barden

Allen News

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. I thank God every day for all of my blessings. Our family gathered at Mrs. Barden’s home for a wonderful day together. We have three new babies in the family this year, and everyone was glad to see them and welcome them to the family.

We had a good Sunday

at Allen. Our choir is busily preparing for our Christmas Cantata, which will be presented on December 18.

Happy Birthday to Susan Leath, Johnny Hart and Bettye Powell.

My sweet daddy would have celebrated his 93rd birthday on November 30. He is missed.

On our prayer list are Ray Poole, Pat Stewart, Jim Stephenson, Martha

Crutcher and Carolyn Danley.

Our Bible verse for this week is Psalm 106:1, which states, “Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.”

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

Have a great week.

By Alvis M. Bond

Douglas NewsBy Alvis M. Bond

Douglas News

Thanksgiving Holiday is the most enjoyable time for friends and family to gather and reminisce about the blessings that have been bestowed upon us.

Edward Watkins and family gathered for our traditional Thanksgiving dinner in the absence of Hattie, who is recuperating in Crestview Healthcare Facility. Her daughters Patricia Musgraves, Sarah Turner and Marcha Franklin along with grandchildren and family enjoyed the meal prepared by them.

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Mask traveled to Nashville for a wonderful Thanksgiving with her sisters Alice, Opra, Shelia and families. They had three generations of family helping and they enjoyed each other’s company.

On Sunday morning at Dancyville, Pastor Doris

Lewis continued the blessings of Thanksgiving with a splendid message “Everyday Is A Day of Thanksgiving” for all of God’s blessings.

John Walker from Gary, Ind. was here visiting in the community with relatives and friends. We are always happy to have him visit. Also visiting Douglass Chapel on Sunday morning was Michael “Peanut” Taylor and his wife and son. He expressed that growing up in the community and attending church Mrs. Martha Dancy always encouraged his interest in the youth choir.

Our November birthdays were: Emma Peeples, 11-24; Alice Jones, 11-28 and Rev. E.L. Perry, 11-30.

We have two corrections from last weeks news. Mr. Maurice Douglas fried the fish for us and we give our heartfelt

sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Jones for the loss of their son.

On our prayer list this week includes Hattie Watkins, Betty Douglas, Callie Langford, Callie Brooks, Marie Browning, Gladys Bowles, Pastor Shirley Richmond, Betty Brooks, Willie Douglas, Rev. J.V. Carney, Edward Vaulx Jr., Jimmie L. Turner, Kizzie Boyd, Luvenia Boyd, Ora L. Mann, Shirley Hunter, Jackson Rice, Mary N. Greer and Emma Miller.

By Denise Phillips

Wellwood/Zion NewsBy Denise Phillips

Wellwood/Zion News

By now everyone is stuffed, but hopefully we are still giving thanks! Brother Billy Campbell of East Haywood Church of God reminded us that we should give thanks in everything Tuesday night at the Community Thanksgiving fellowship at Allen.

Thanks to Brother Phil Lovelace, pastor and the many others involved in this service. It was fabulous!

God is still in the business of transforming lives! Dr. Charles Pratt reminded us of this Sunday morning at Zion as he focused on the power of the cross! He used Matthew 27 as his main text.

After Church, Jimmy and I attended another family luncheon in Bolivar. After leaving there, we traveled to Jackson where we met the Rainey’s one last time before they headed back to Franklin.

Jason and his family came by for a brief visit during the Discipleship training hour, but I did make it back to Worship hour.

Dr. Pratt delivered

another fantastic sermon Sunday night entitled, “Light Bearers”. Taken from Philippians 2, he shared the points of salvation.

No prayer breakfast due to Thanksgiving Holiday, but I’m sure that it will continue. Anyone interested in joining this faithful group of men, come to Zion’s family life center every Thursday morning at six.

Thanks to mama (Alice Elrod) who came over Wednesday and baked the pies and cakes for Thanksgiving. She spent the night with us and helped with all the preparations for a wonderful meal.

Thanks to David Blurton for supplying the turkey for mama that all of us were able to share in. It was amazing.

All of my children and their families were present along with most of my brothers and sisters. Although Charles and his family do their own meal, he spent much of the day with us and Randall and Whitney stopped by on the way home.

I didn’t do the “Black

Friday” shopping, but my brother, Charles Elrod, was able to get me one of those televisions at Wal-Mart. He shopped all night and then played golf with his son, Randall, at noon. When asked how he did it, he replied, “Red Bull and Hershey”.

Don’t forget December dates! Zion’s children’s choir will perform their musical the 11th at 6 p.m. with fellowship following.

Benefit for Stephanie Travis’ family on the 16th at Christ Church beginning at 5:30 p.m. Zion’s adult Christmas cantata will be presented the 18th.

Please continue to remember the Hopper family (Cande Wright and Kim Schwarz-Smith’s father Troy) during their loss. Also, pray for those who are sick, our military personnel and their families, the shut-ins, others who have lost loved ones (Conway’s and Zion Church) 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!

CorrespondentsThursday, December 1, 2011


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By Vicki Williams

Hillville - Eurekaton News

By Vicki Williams

Hillville - Eurekaton NewsThe Joint Thanksgiving

Service held at Good Hope M.B. Church on Wednesday, November 23 with Mt. Pleasant UMC and Harmony Baptist Church was such an awesome evening of praise, worship and fellowship. Bro. Jerry Wilson was the speaker. The Mt. Pleasant UMC Choir sang. Cancer survivors were recognized at the beginning of the service. The Cancer Recognition is a special part of the service for me. I began this four years ago in memory of my childhood friend, Sandra Jones Bond, my grandmother, Odell Elrod and my father-in-law, Sugar Boy Williams, who all lost their battle to cancer. I would like to thank the congregations of Mt. Pleasant UMC, Harmony Baptist Church and Good Hope M.B. Church for supporting me in recognizing the cancer survivors. I have to add that Miss Camryn Dirl, five year old cancer survivor, just really touched everyone’s heart this year. Each year it seems to grow with supporters and I pray it will continue to grow with supporters until a CURE is found. This little girl

should be an inspiration to all. Bro. Robert Whitley and the Good Hope congregation also provided refreshments following the service. Bro. Butch Westover was unable to attend due to illness and we hope all is well with him now. What more could you ask for? Awesome worship service, great fellowship with old and new friends and good food, what a way to start off the holidays!

A benefit is being planned for the family of Stephanie Elrod Travis at Christ Church on Friday, December 16. There will be singing by the Barnetts and soup/sandwiches. For more information or to make a donation, please contact Tammie Staggs, 780-3599 or Deanna Fox, 432-9665.

Birthday wishes this week to Hunter Hayes, Eli Cannon, Mary Jane Cox, Matthew Edmonds, Tommy Holmes and Scott Stoots.

Prayer requests this week include Chilton Martin, Perk Watson, Elizabeth Pace, my mother, Olivia Watson, Steve Milam, David McClanahan, Luther and Edna Austin, Robert Campbell, Anneli Myers,

James Elrod, Rosie Pentz, Sharon Bouillion, Linda Kirkland, Ruth Vestal, William Logan, Sandra Goodman, Leah Scallions, Enid Powell, Darlene Rossen, Fletcher Lewis, Dorothy Bruce, Earline Benard, Shirley Morgan, the military, the nation and the community.

Sympathy to the families of Mr. David Shelton, Mr. Henry Williams and Mr. Troy Hoppers in the loss of their loved ones.

In closing, our Thought for the Week is “Every day is a gift. How can we show gratitude for it today?” as published in the Upper Room Devotional by Flora Fagundes Ruas of Brazil.

God gives us strength when we feel fragile and walks with us through our difficult moments. God’s mercy is the reason we are all alive. We should thank God for giving us courage and strength and for walking with each of us every day. He calls us to work to bring joy to His people by sharing the Gospel that He lives.

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

Until next week...God bless.

By Shirley Tucker, Activity Director

Sugar CreekRetirement Center News

By Shirley Tucker, Activity Director

Sugar CreekRetirement Center News

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving here at Sugar Creek when all our residents got to invite their families to join us for a wonderful turkey and dressing dinner. We had right at 100 folks with lots of good fellowship and we all came away as stuffed as the turkey. We appreciate our wonderful cooks who just go overboard when it comes to the holidays. They topped the dinner off with pecan pie and ice cream. Thanks to Alberta Woods, Rose Lott, Mamie Turner, Helen Mabon and Jerdean Hines for all their fantastic work.

Some of our folks who have trouble with arthritis had a nice surprise this week when Diane had Donna Churchill, who is a reflexologist, come and massage their hands. The lucky ones who got the treatment were Jottye Newman, Marie Aulridge, Katie McAdams, Hilda Grubbs and Katherine Hooper. They said it felt great.

By the time you read this Sugar Creek will be decorated to the hilt and

ready for you to come see us. It’s that time of year again – to get the Christmas decorations up. Sure does come around quick every year. Seems we just packed all these decorations away and it’s already time to get them out again. It’s worth it all when we get them up because we’re really so beautiful and sparkly, if I do say so myself. Had a couple of new experiences this past week. Got to see the inside of two different courtrooms. Didn’t particularly want to see either of them, but the counties of Tipton and Haywood didn’t give me a choice. I saw the inside of the Tipton Justice Center when I had to go to driving school just because I was a going a teeny bit faster than the speed limit one day. I saw the inside of the Haywood Justice Center because they needed some jurors. Judge Peeples is a lot more fun when he comes to Sugar Creek to see us than when we go to his court to see him. Seems

when he gets that black robe on he gets serious in a hurry. Oh well, I don’t mind if they pick me for jury duty. I watch NCIS, CSI Miami, Murder She Wrote, etc., so I know all about what to do with those murderers and drug dealers.

Susie Tipton came to visit some of our residents this week. She knows every one out here so I’m never quite sure exactly who she came to chit-chat with, not that it matters. She cheers up every one she sees.

MyraJo Hurley’s daughter, Sue, was here yesterday checking on her. Cathy Luna was here checking on her mother, Charlotte Jones as was Nan Darnaby checking on her mother, Arline Boisvert.

Happy birthday to our November birthday folks - “Bo” Pope, Maria Preciado, Patsy Weed and Tamekia Reid. May you have many more.

Words of Wisdom: “Don’t take your vitamins before your meals, you’ll be full before you start eating!”

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue and if there be any praise, think on these things. Those things, which you have both learned, and received, and heard and seen in me, do and the God of peace shall be with you.” Philippians 4:8-9

Our pastor, Rev. Harden, preached a wonderful sermon Sunday and our male chorus were at their absolute best. We also held our Annual Goodwill program Sunday evening; it was a great success.

Willie, Nikita and Wynyatta worshipped with Oakview Baptist Church Sunday. My great-grandchi ldren, Kaeylyn and Kendall, were baptized Sunday

and we are so proud of them. It’s a beautiful thing when children accept Christ at a young age and know the meaning with a relationship with our Holy Father.

The family of the late Annie Cox all fellowshipped and ate Thanksgiving dinner at their family home. I’m certain they had a wonderful time and great food.

Lambert and his father-in-law, James Lewis, of Dover, Delaware came up Wednesday evening and brought us a fried turkey; it was delicious.

My grandchildren, Christian and Dawn Ross, his fiance’ and daughter, Sakara’, all of Memphis came up and had Thanksgiving dinner with us as well. Its always wonderful to be with family. My daughter, Jennifer, grandchildren Kylon, Brayla and Wynyatta were with us as well. A full house means no left overs and that works for me.

Please continue to pray for our sick and shut-ins. Cynthia Bullock-Transou, Pearl Gray, Emma Lue (Goldie) Graves, Rev. J.V. Carney, Pearlie Mae Love, Nannie Sue Perry, Mary Thompson, Stacy Greer, Hattie Gause, Hubert Hines, Sammie Hines, Mosie Mae Fuller, Patricia Thomas, Mattie Mae Boyd, Annie Flora Forrest, Iola Love, Emma Ruth Carter, Mr. and Mrs. L.C.Pirtle, Kizzie Boyd and John Duckworth Sr. Please check on our elderly. It looks as if the winter is finally settling in for a while. “And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God. Now unto him that is able to exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.” Ephesians 3:19-21

By Sylessie Ross

Union NewsBy Sylessie Ross

Union News

Thieves have been busy here in Stanton lately, be sure you lock your vehicles! So far I’ve been told they have even taken gas out of one vehicle. Others have reported losing much more than gas. Also, someone threw a rock (or something) and broke a window to the Stanton Cannery. It’s the season and bad weather doesn’t seem to be an issue, so lock up and beware!

Also, we know it’s time to rake leaves again, but PLEASE don’t rake them off into our drainage ditches! This happens every year, then the ditches get stopped up and water goes everywhere. This is something we can and need to prevent.

There is also a problem with burning your leaves! You must call the Brownsville Fire Department to obtain

permission to burn. If the Stanton Volunteer Fire Department has to make a trip to put out your fire, you will be charged $300. Please get permission first by calling 772-1396 and remember to keep all plastics and other trash out of the fire. Maybe someday we’ll have a better way of dealing with all the leaves.

OK this is probably a first, lol, but I learned last weekend we have a King and Queen of sweet potatoes in Stanton. These two people ended up with more sweet potatoes than anyone needed over the Thanksgiving holiday, and quite by their own choice. I’m proud to announce the Queen of sweet potatoes (carefully choosing each of the many she ended up with) is Ms. Rachel Owens. Your King of sweet potatoes is your own Mayor, Allan Sterbinsky. I can attest that I’ve never seen so many sweet potatoes at one time! Most of ours were canned, not sure what Ms. Rachel did with all hers!

Now for some great news! The Stanton Welcome Center/Library has been awarded over 8,000 books from a promotion between First Books and Disney. We applied for plenty so that

each child in Haywood County would be able to receive a book. We are very happy!

I know some of you have heard about the Stanton Cemetery Team. We have several professionals on our team and they are not all from the Stanton area. Therefore we have expanded on our name to West Tennessee Cemetery Research Team. You may view our photos and team members on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stanton-T N - A re a - C e m e t e r y -Research-TeamWest -TN-Cemetery-Research-Team/140320059371952. It’s cemetery weather! We have so many cemeteries which have been reported to us that we have a long list, but feel free to contact us and see if we have one you may know about listed. You may email us at: [email protected].

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 Debbie Sterbinsky

Stanton NewsBy Debbie Sterbinsky

Stanton News

Letters to Santa ClausDEADLINE: 5pm Dec. 16th

Can be emailed to [email protected]

or dropped off at 42 South Washington

or mailed to P.O. Box 59 Brownsville 38012

Public oticesNRight To Know

Thursday, December 1,2011


page9SubStitute truStee’S Notice of Sale of

real eState

Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid in a certain Deed of Trust, executed the 1st day of July, 2005, by M. Lance Huff, a single per-son, to H. McCall Wilson, Jr., as Trustee as the same appears of record in the Office of the Register of Haywood County, Tennessee, at Record Book 9, Page 468. Said Deed of Trust was thereafter modified by Modifications of Deed of Trust of record at Record Book 17, Page 44, Record Book 72, Page 463 and Record Book 81, Page 427 in said Register’s Office. David L. Douglas was thereafter appointed Substitute Trustee of record at Record Book 93, Page 482 in the said Register’s Office of Haywood County, Tennessee.

Whereas, The Bank of Fayette County, being the owners of the debt secured by said Deed of Trust, having requested the undersigned to adver-tise and sell the property described in and conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of said indebtedness having matured by a default in the payment of the debt and obligations secured, at the option of the Owner, after being authorized to proceed with a sale under the aforesaid Deed of Trust in the event of a default there under, this is to give notice that the undersigned will on the 14th day of December, 2011, commencing at 12:00 noon, at the front door of the Courthouse in Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Haywood County, Tennessee, to wit:

Beginning at a set ½ inch rebar with plastic cap in the south line of Tennessee State Highway No. 19 (30 feet from centerline), said point being located in the west line of the Lois Thornton Young and husband, James E. Young, property recorded in Deed Book 138, Page 660; thence south 07 degrees 40 minutes 11 seconds west with the west line of said property recorded in Deed Book 138, Page 660, 2271.15 feet to a set ½ inch rebar with plastic cap; thence south 08 degrees 19 minutes 45 seconds east continuing with the west line of said property recorded in Deed Book 138, page 660, 196.31 feet to a set ½ inch rebar with plastic cap; thence across the Robert D. Morton property recorded in Deed Book 212, Page 19 the following calls: South 69 degrees 11 minutes 08 seconds west 170.26 feet to a set ½ inch rebar with plastic cap; south 58 degrees 11 minutes 33 seconds west 86.64 feet to a set ½ inch rebar with plastic cap; south 42 degrees 32 minutes 39 seconds west, 158.28 feet to a set ½ inch rebar with plastic cap in the east line of the Gordon Perry and wife, Carolyn Perry, property recorded in Deed Book 201, Page 231; thence north 01 degree 08 minutes 42 seconds west with the east line of said property recorded in Deed Book

201, Page 231, 1805.06 feet to a set ½ inch rebar with plastic cap; thence north 80 degrees 24 minutes 34 seconds west with the north line of said property recorded in Deed Book 201, Page 231, 279.51 feet to a set ½ inch rebar with plastic cap in the east line of Country Lane Subdivision recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 115; thence north 06 degrees

44 minutes 30 seconds east with the east line of said property recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 115, 802.58 feet to a found rebar in the south line of Summer Hills Subdivision recorded in Plat Book 2, page 222; thence north 03 degrees 35 minutes 30 seconds east with the east line of said property recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 222, 705.71 feet to a found rebar in the south line of said Tennessee State Highway No. 19; thence south 49 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds east with the south line of said Tennessee State Highway No. 19, 1043.75 feet to the point of begin-ning, and containing 38.428 acres, more or less, according to survey made by William S. Oller, RLS #314, of Oller Surveying Company on May 16, 2000.

EXCLUSION: Beginning at the point of intersection between west property line and present south right of way of SR19 28.61’ right of SR 19 centerline station 108+02.14; thence along said present right of way S 46 degrees 07 minutes 18 seconds E 1049.53’ (cross-ing relocated SR 19 centerline) to the point of intersection with east property line 73.20’ left of relocated SR 19 cen-terline station 118+46.77; thence along said property line S 10 degrees 20 min-utes 57 seconds W 329.13’ (crossing relocated SR 19 centerline) to the point of intersection with proposed south right of way of SR 19 (controlled access with fence) 153.90’ right of relocated SR 19 centerline station 120+87.01; thence along said proposed right of way (controlled access with fence) as follows: N 33 degrees 08 minutes 11 seconds W 84.33’ to a right of way marker 155.00’ right of relocated SR 19 centerline sta-tion 120+00.00; thence N 34 degrees 02 minutes 01 second W 193.79’ to a right of way marker 155.00’ right of relocated SR 19 centerline station 118+00.00; thence N 34 degrees 43 minutes 21 seconds W 242.56’ to a right of way marker 147.00’ right of relocat-ed SR 19 centerline station 115+50.00; thence N 31 degrees 34 minutes 42 seconds W 97.92’ to a right of way marker 135.00’ right of relocated SR 19 centerline station 114+50.00; thence N 28 degrees 12 minutes 34 seconds W 199.89’ to a right of way marker 93.00’ right of relocated SR 19 centerline sta-tion 112+50.00; thence N 40 degrees 20 minutes 53 seconds W 129.75’ right of relocated SR 19 centerline station 111+17.92 (controlled access fence); thence along proposed south right of way of SR 19 (controlled access) N 40 degrees 20 minutes 53 seconds W 68.68’ to a point 85.07’ right of relocat

ed SR 19 centerline station 110+48.12 (join controlled access fence); thence along proposed south right of way of SR 19 (controlled access with fence) as follows: N 40 degrees 20 minutes 53 seconds W 136.35’ to a right of way marker 75.00’ right of relocated SR 19 centerline station 109+10.00 (end controlled access fence); thence along proposed south right of way of SR 19 N 41 degrees 31 minutes 10 seconds W 80.15’ to the point of intersection with west property line 69.37’ right of relocated SR 19 centerline station 108+29.06; thence along said prop-erty line N 10 degrees 20 minutes 57 seconds E 48.84’ to the point of begin-ning and containing 3.398 acres more or less. This being the same property conveyed to the State of Tennessee by Warranty Deed of record at Record Book 86, Page 655 in the Register’s Office of Haywood County, Tennessee.

This being the same property out of what has been designated in the Tax Assessor’s Office of Haywood County, Tennessee as Parcel No. 36.00, on Tax Map 66.

THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO M. LANCE HUFF BY WARRANTY DEED FROM BOBBY MORTON AND WIFE, FAYE MORTON OF RECORD AT DEED BOOK 237, PAGE 594 IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF HAYWOOD COUNTY, TENNESSEE.

Property Address: Vacant Land, Hwy 19, Brownsville, TN

Owner of Property: M. Lance Huff

The sale of the above described property shall be subject to unpaid property taxes, assessments, subdivi-sion restrictions, building lines, ease-ments and all other prior liens and encumbrances of record superior in right to the Deed of Trust. In addi-tion, the following parties may claim an interest in the above referenced property: NONE

All rights and equities of redemp-tion, statutory right of redemption, homestead and dower and all other rights or exemptions of every kind are expressly waived and title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The sale held pursuant to this notice may be rescinded at the Substitute Trustee’s option at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day certain without further publication, upon announce-ment of the time and place for the sale set forth herein.WITNESS MY HAND, this the 9th day of November 2011.DaviD l. DouglaS

SubStitute truStee

MiNor DouglaS, PllcattorNeyS for SubStitute truStee

124 eaSt Market Street

SoMerville, tN 38068(901) 465-3117Publication Dates: November 17, 2011, November 24, 2011 & December 1, 2011

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEEíS SALE

WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated October 11, 2007, exe-cuted by MICHELLE M RUSSELL, A SINGLE WOMAN, conveying certain real property therein described to ROBERT M WILSON as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Haywood County, on October 16, 2007 , as Instrument No. 11202, in Book 45, at Page 471; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, NA, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB, who is now the owner of said debt; and

WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose (ìNoticeî) was given in com-pliance with Tennessee law by the mailing a copy of the Notice to the parties at least sixty (60) days prior to the first publication of the Substitute Trusteeís Sale.

WHEREAS, the undersigned, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., hav-ing been appointed by as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register’s Office of Haywood County, Tennessee.

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Substitute Trustee or its duly appointed agent, by vir-tue of the power, duty and author-ity vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on December 16, 2011 , 11:00 AM at the Haywood County courthouse door where the foreclosure sales are customarily held At the Haywood County Courthouse, Brownsville, TN, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Haywood County, Tennessee, to wit: Lying and being in the 7th Civil District of Haywood County, Tennessee and more particu-larly described as follows: Beginning at an iron pin (set) in the west margin of Kenny Haynes Road, 20.0 feet from center, the northeast corner of Cleek, the southeast corner of this described lot; thence west with the north line of Cleek, in line with a row of pine trees, 192.0 feet to a corner post (found); thence north along a fence and east line of Haynes, also a row of pine trees east of the line, 200.0 feet to an iron pin (set); thence east along the south line of Haynes and with a row of pine trees 192.0 feet to an iron pin (set) in the west margin of Kenny Haynes Road, 20.0 feet from center; thence south along the west margin of said road 200.0 feet to the beginning, containing 0.88 acres, more or less, according to survey made by Jerry Stoots, Registered Land Surveyor, on August 26, 1992 PARCEL NO: 031 02102 000 PROPERTY ADDRESS:

The street address of the property is believed to be 357 KENNY HAYNES ROAD, BROWNSVILLE, TN 38012. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): MICHELLE M. RUSSELL OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: N/A

The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all mat-ters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encum-brances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place cer-tain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower 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 Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose.

RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Substitute Trustee 2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082Tel: (800) 281-8219 Fax: (866) 681-5002 TS#: 09-0116746 FEI # 1006.104282 11/24/2011, 12/01/2011, 12/08/2011

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALEWHEREAS, default has occurred

in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated August 1, 2007, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded August 17, 2007, at Book 42, Page 885 in Office of the Register of Deeds for Haywood County, Tennessee, executed by Rodney Andrew Coulston, conveying certain property therein described to Samuel I. White, P.C. as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Rgistration Systems, Inc as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.; and the undersigned, Shellie Wallace of 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 Shellie Wallace 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 December 28, 2011 on or about 11:00 A.M., at the Haywood County Courthouse, Brownsville, Tennessee, offer for sale certain property hereinaf-ter described to the highest bidder FOR CASH, free from the statutory right of redemption, homestead, dower, and all other exemptions which are express-ly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Haywood County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

The following described real prop-erty situate in the county of Haywood, and state of Tennessee, to wit: com-mencing at a point in the northwest side line of U.S. Highway 70 and 79, 60 inch right of way, at a common southwest corner of Coulston’s 7.25 acres tract, 173/280, and Coulston’s 0.56 acre tract, 150/289; thence north 48 degrees 09 minutes west a distance of 434.46 feet to the point of begin-ning; thence north 48 degrees 09 minutes west a distance of 308.22 feet to a point in the easterly sideline of a gravel public road, 40 inch right of way; thence north 08 degrees 42 minutes east along said sideline a distance of 103.96 feet to a point; thence south 60 degrees 54 minutes 54 seconds east a distance of 2500.18 feet to a point; thence south 52 degrees 29 minutes 53 seconds east a distance of 190.91 feet to a point; thence south 49 degrees 22 minutes 54 seconds west a distance of 150.44 feet to a point of beginning con-taining an area of 44.623 square feet or 1.02 acres. The instrument constituting the source of the borrower’s interest in the foregoing described property was warranty deed recorded in book 245. Pages 512, Registers Office of Haywood County, Tennessee.

ALSO KNOWN AS: 160 Coulston Road, 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 inter-est in the above-referenced property: Rodney Andrew Coulston; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans Inc; Countrywide Home Loans Inc; Bank of America, N.A.

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. 726-207882DATED November 22, 2011INSERTION DATES: December 1, 2011, December 8, 2011 & December 15, 2011WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C.,Successor TrusteeBy: Shellie WallaceDSaleNoticeTN-Shellie_bsims_111122_ 800FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW.MYFIR.COMand WWW.REALTYTRAC.COM

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALEDefault having been made in the

payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by a certain Deed of Trust executed October 30, 2007 by Lasonda Lloyd & Marcus Lloyd, wife and husband to Larry A. Weissman, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the office of the Register of Haywood County, Tennessee, in Record Book 46, Page 316, and the undersigned hav-ing been appointed Substitute Trustee by instrument recorded in the said Register’s Office, and the owner of the debt secured, Green Tree Servicing LLC, having requested the undersigned to advertise and sell the property described in and conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of said indebtedness having matured by default in the payment of a part thereof, at the option of the owner, this is to give notice that the undersigned will, on Thursday, December 29, 2011 commencing at 10:00 AM, at the Front Door of the Courthouse, Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property, to-wit:

Situated in County of Haywood, State of Tennessee.

The following described lot or par-cel of real estate lying and being in the Seventh Civil District of Haywood County, Tennessee, and more particular-ly described as follows: Being Lot No. 91 of Walnut Hill Acres Subdivision, a plat of said subdivision being of record in Plat Book 1, Page 104, in the Register’s Office of Haywood County, Tennessee. Beginning at a stake in the south margin of East Cooper Street, this point being the northwest corner of Lot No. 90 of Walnut Hill Acre Subdivision, from said point of beginning south 2 degrees east 135.0 feet to a stake, the southwest corner of said Lot No. 90, the northwest corner of Lot No. 89 and the northeast corner of Lot No. 92; thence south 88 degrees west 80.0 feet to a stake in the east margin of Burford Lane, the northwest corner of said Lot No. 92; thence North 2 degrees west, along the east margin of said Burford Lane, 110.0 feet to a stake, thence around a curve to the right of the street margin, 39.27 feet to a stake in the south margin of said East Cooper Street; thence North 88 degrees east, along the South margin of said East Cooper Street; 55.0 feet to the point of beginning.

Notice of the Right to Foreclose has been given in compliance with T.C.A. § 35-5-117.

Tax Parcel ID: 075M-D-013.00 Property Address: 702 East Cooper

Street, Brownsville, TN.All right and equity of redemption,

homestead and dower 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.ARNOLD M. WEISS, Substitute TrusteeWeiss Spicer Cash PLLC208 Adams AvenueMemphis, Tennessee 38l0390l-526-8296File # 7135-091588-FCPublished: December 1, December 8 & December 15Green Tree Servicing LLC/Region 11/Lasonda Lloyd

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Failure to Appear - $011-21-11Michael Jones – Violation Light Law, Driving on Revoked/Suspended License 2nd Offense - $2500Bethany April Kennon – Criminal Respond to Falicitation of Felony - $011-22-11Phillip Boone – Driving on Revoked/Suspended License 2nd Offense - $5000Barry Walker – Failure to Appear - $150011-23-11Delnicea Clark – Driving Under the Influence, Violation Implied Consent Law, Open Alcohol in City Limits - $3500Jose Garcia – No Driver’s License, Leaving Scene of Accident, Failure to Give Immed Notice on Accident - $3000Demetrius Rudell Hawthorne – Shoplifting – Theft of Property, Contributing to a Minor - $0Lawrence E. Matthes – Driving on Revoked/Suspended License - $3000Xavier Martez Morris – Criminal Impersonation, Failure to Appear - $011-24-11Johnny Balenzo Baltimore – Contempt of Court X Seven, Resisting Stop, Arrest - $1750Carolyn Denise Bonds – Driving on Revoked/Suspended License 3rd Offense, Failure to Yield, Financial Responsibility – Insurance - $0Bethany Dawn Johnson – Criminal Conspiracy - $3000Artemas Lewis – Conspiracy Criminal (Felony) - $3000Eric Oldham – Fraudulent Use of Credit Card, Identity Theft - $0Cedric Lavon Phillips – Drug, MFG/DEL/SALE/POSS Schedule VI, Identity Theft, Fraudulent Use of Credit Card - $011-25-11Robert Ihekwoaba – Driving on Revoked/Suspended License, Possession of Alcohol in a Commercial Vehicle - $3000Carl Pierre Robertson – Driving on Revoked/Suspended License 4th Offense, Driving Under the Influence 4th Offense, Speeding - $20,00011-26-11Jaime Alcala – Driving on Revoked/Suspended License - $3000Xavier Darnay Rayner – Simple Assault - $2500Tony Ricardo Shaw – Simple Assault - $2500Derek Jermaine Taylor – Simple Assault - $2500Tyrone White – Driving on Revoked/Suspended License - $300011-27-11Ricky Durrell Ford – Driving on Revoked/Suspended License, Financial Responsibility – Insurance - $3000

NOTICE TO FURNISHERSOF LABOR

AND MATERIALS TO:Thomson & Thomson, Inc.

PROJECT NO.:38002-4214-04

CONTRACT NO.: CNH041COUNTY: Haywood

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is about to make nal settlement with the contractor for construction of the above numbered project. All persons wishing to le claims pursuant to Section 54-5-122, T.C.A. must le same with the Director of Construction, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Suite 700 James K. Polk Bldg., Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0326, on or before 01/06/12.

PURSUANT TO T.C.A. 66-31-105 ENFORCEMENT

OF SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACIL-

ITY LIENS

Notification is given this date that the contents of the following ware-houses will be sold to

satisfy the owner’s lien at Brownsville Mini-Ware-house; 1101 Tambell

St.; Brownsville, Tennes-see 38012. To be sold at public auction to the highest bidder at 6:30

AM, December 6, 2011.

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Let’s get together to REMEMBER

You, your family and your friends are invited to attend a Christmas Memorial Service in Memory of your loved one.

Not everyone feels like celebrating at Christ-mastime; no one understands this more than we do. That’s why we have a gathering every year to remember those we’ve lost.

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We hope you will come and join us for this service of remembrance and a opportunity to meet and share with others who have suffered loss.

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By JEFF [email protected]

There were a few ner-vous Haywood fans for sure Friday night in Brownsville down the stretch of the Tomcats' District 13-AA basketball opener against Coving-ton.

The Chargers trimmed an 18-point fourth quar-ter defi cit to one point, but the Tomcats never al-lowed Covington to com-plete the comeback and pulled out a dramatic 74-71 win.

When Haywood soph-omore Jeffrey Starks hit a free throw in the open-ing seconds of the fourth

quarter, the Tomcats' lead peaked at 62-44 and the game appeared to be all but over.

With 3:25 left in the game, Haywood fresh-man Kyler Douglas scored to push his team's lead to 11.

But a 10-1 Covington run followed, highlighted by 3-pointers from Mon-tell Williams and Jawon Alston.

Adrian Frost scored for Covington with 19 sec-onds left to trim the lead to one point.

But Haywood's defense was able to hold on down the stretch and Starks scored on a layup with four seconds left to secure

the win. “We've got a young

team and they've got some veterans over there,” said fi rst-year Haywood coach Kendall Dancy, who fi elds a roster with eight sopho-mores, two freshmen and just one senior. “I was happy we were able to stay together as a team.”

Haywood (4-2) led 40-34 at the half and ap-peared to be pulling away late in the third quarter.

Starks, who fi nished with 12 points, hit two 3-pointers in a row and assisted on a Chevia Hughes bucket to spark a 8-2 run that put the Tom-cats ahead 56-42 with 1:13 left in the third quarter.

Montravious Maclin led a balanced Haywood attack with 13 points, in-cluding eight in the fi rst half.

Dyson led Covington with 22 points and Wil-liams added 14.

Dancy said he expects his team to benefi t from a down-to-the-wire district game played in front of a packed house.

“I'm glad our guys were able to get some ex-perience tonight,” Dancy said.

In girls action, the Lady Chargers took control of things early in the fourth quarter en route to a 58-41 district win.

With 3:28 left in the

third quarter, the Lady Tomcats (3-2) trailed just 32-28.

But Covington put to-gether a 15-4 run over the next fi ve minutes to put the game away.

Both teams struggled early with poor shooting and turnovers. Two min-utes into the second quar-ter the game was tied at 5-5.

“I think the way we started, lack of focus and turnovers, that kind of carried over to the sec-ond half,” said Haywood coach Zandra Jones. “We never got going after that … We've got to get back to practice. It's not going to get any easier.”

Haywood senior Chelsey Owens led the way for the home team with 18 points, 11 of which came after halftime.

Senior Alexis Peeples added nine and senior Jalise Bell fi nished with eight.

Covington, which led 27-22 at the half, was led by Kamesha Van Pelt's 15 points, all of which came in the second half. Ty-sheana Adams added 14 for Covington.

The Haywood boys and girls teams will hit the road next for district games at Obion County Central on Friday and Westview next Tuesday.

Trinity Jackson gets fouled from behind during action Tuesday night against Covington at home. The Lady Chargers won 58-41 in the district opener for both teams. Photos by Jeff Ireland

Montravious Maclin rises up for a shot in the paint during action against Covington on Tuesday night. Maclin led the Tomcats with 13 points and Haywood won its District 13-AA opener 74-71.

Haywood holds off Covington in league opener

Juniors Front Row (L-R)

Trevor Cunningham #27, Trotavious Green #2, Tyler Hudson #22, Trondarius Rutherford #41, Cortlin Herron #3, Jakobe Swift #7, Bishop Bell #15, Dontay Lucas #5, Dontavious Bell #14, Will Voss #16, Bryan Taylor Jr. #26

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Tucker Worrell #90, Jonathan Brooks #85, Deandre Harrison #52, Mason Coulston #40, Adam Currie #24, Kentavius Musgrave #1, Campbell Puckett

#28, Robert Shaw #72, Khylan Clark #80

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Dante Harris #51, DeQuortae Seaberry #66, Derrion Bell #42, Michael Turner #48, Alex Taylor #11, Deyondrius Hines #36, Forrest Morris #10, Jerwin Young #99, Kylan Shaw #33, Taylor Shields #21

Coaches: Tony Peet, Aubrey Williams, Harrison Jones, Terry Walker (Head Coach), Desmond Hay (Not Pictured)

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The Carl Perkins Center hosted its 2nd Annual Festival of Trees at College Hill November 15th – November 19th. It was a spectacular event and visited by people from Brownsville and neighboring counties. A Gala was held to kick off the event with the musical talents of none other than Haywood Companies choir, “Inspired Voices”, singing Christmas carols. Included in the nights festivities were hors d’oeuvres donated by the Center’s Board Members and a live auction of select, completely decorated Christmas trees. One of which will be proudly displayed in the lobby of

Haywood’s new Justice Complex.

At the end of the event awards went to the top three trees collecting the most donations. First place went to Parks and Recreation. Their green tree was uniquely decorated with healthy fruits, ornaments hand made to look like weights from a gym, hula-hoops and other sports equipment along with a small child’s bicycle. Second place went to a tree decorated by the Jefferson Street Church of Christ Dare-to-be-Different group. This group was made up of young people between the ages of 7 and 18.

The tree was crisp white with colorful lights and hand made ornaments. Third place went to Linda Mann’s Eastside Elementary Class. Their green tree was beautifully decorated with the Wizard of Oz Characters and a yellow brick road made of mesh ribbon wrapping its way around the tree from the base to the top where it ended at a hand made castle and organ pipes. The base of the tree was surrounded by nutcracker’s displaying each main character from the movie.

The Center would like to thank the Retired Teachers Association/volunteers who helped

host the event and everyone else who donated their time to enter a tree, purchase a

tree, vote on a tree, spend countless hours making ballot boxes and attending. We hope this year’s event

will encourage you to join us next year for another spectacular Festival of Trees.

Second Annual Festival of Trees Winners

The Wizard of Oz tree was done by Linda Mann of East Side Elementary.

Jefferson Street Church of Christ’s “Dare to Be Different” group of young people won Second Place. Coordinators of the large group of young people from ages 7 to 18 are Annette Hawkins, Sandra McNeal, and Mattie Tyus with Senior Mentor Joyce Finnan.

The Brownsville Haywood County Parks and Recreation Department’s tree “Keeping Fit for the Holidays” was the first place winner of this year’s event. Pictured are Betty Delaney and Richard Henderson who decorated the tree with Nancy Cates holding the First Place plaque.

FIRST PLACE SECOND PLACE THIRD PLACE

Documents

The Brownsville States-Graphic December 1, 2011