Mrs. Kathryn Diane Morris Date of Death – May 5, 2010

Mrs. Kathryn Diane Morris, age 73, passed away at the Haywood Park Community Hos-pital, May 5, 2010, in Brownsville. Funeral services were conduct-ed at 3:30 P.M., Friday, May 7, 2010 in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ron Davis and Rev. Phil Lovelace officiat-ing. Burial followed in Brownsville Memorial Gardens.

Mrs. Morris was pre-ceded in death by her

parents: Herbert & Estel Edgin Blankenship and her husband: Frank Morris.

She is survived by her son: Phil Morris (Debo-rah), Ripley, TN; a daughter: Tammy Emerson, (Terry), Brownsville, TN; three grandchildren: Jus-tin Emerson, Haley Emerson, and Lyle Morris; and two great-grandchildren: Kelsee Etghayi and Berk-leigh Emerson.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 2170 Busi-ness Center Drive, Suite 1, Memphis, TN, 38134

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Infant Olivia Marie Hutchison Date of Death – May 8, 2010

Infant, Olivia Marie Hutchison, passed away in Jackson Madison Co. General Hospital, Jackson, TN, Saturday, May 8, 2010. Funeral services were conducted at 10:30 AM, Monday, May 10, 2010 in Walnut Hill Baptist Church, Bells, TN, with Dr. John Farrar officiating. Burial followed in Walnut Hill Cemetery.

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Mr. James “Sweet Pea” Burks Date of Death – May 7, 2010

Mr. James “Sweet Pea” Burks, 77, died Friday,

May 7, 2010, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.

Services will be Saturday, May 15, 2010, at 1:00 P. M. under the direction of Rawls funeral Home at Browns Creek Baptist Church in Brownsville. In-terment will be in Browns Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. There will be a visitation Saturday from 12:00 Noon until time of service at Browns Creek Baptist Church.

Mr. Burks is survived by four daughters: An-tionette (Marty) Holman, Sheila (Gregory) Waller, Annie Louise (Johnny) Malone and Sonja Burks, all of Memphis; one sister: Mamie Ruth Carter of Brownsville; two brothers: Collins (Doris) Burks of Memphis and John (Aurelia) Burks of Denmark; four grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

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Mr. Joe Lynn CovingtonDate of Death – May 8, 2010

Mr. Joe Lynn Covington, age 60, passed away at his residence in Gates, TN, Saturday, May 8, 2010. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 P.M, Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at the Brownsville- Bells Funeral Home Chapel, Brownsville, TN. Burial fol-lowed in Brownsville Memorial Gardens.

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Mr. James Stanley AustinDate of Death – May 1, 2010

Mr. James Stanley Austin, age 83, passed away in the Inova Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg, Vir-ginia, Saturday, May 1, 2010. Funeral services were conducted at 1 PM Friday, May 7, 2010 in Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tom Owen officiating. Burial followed in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.

James Stanley Austin was born October 5, 1926 in Haywood County to Stanley and Gladys Austin. He was employed for 23 years with the Exxon Cor-poration, working his way up from truck driver to plant manager. He retired in 1985.

Mr. Austin was preceded in death by his par-ents, Stanley & Gladys Hayes Austin; his wife: Jane LeVaughan Austin; his son: James Lesley Austin; a brother: Bobby Austin; four sisters: Katherine Clutts , Marie Kendricks, Vera Doegers and Doro-

thy Ann Austin.He is survived by a daughter: Norma Jean

Perry, Wellington, Mo; two brothers: Don Austin, Oakland, TN; and Jimmy Austin, Byhalia, MS; two sisters: Geneva Barnes, Byhalia, MS; and Ai-leen Durham, Water Valley, MS; two grandsons: James Austin Perry, and his wife, Patrice and Kel-len Thomas Perry, and his wife, Tara; and two great grandchildren: Veronica Perry and Dean Perry. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 2170 Business Center Dr., Suite 1, Memphis, TN 38134 or the American Cancer Society, Att: Sharolett Osteen, c/o Insouth Bank, P.O. Box 879, Brownsville, TN 38012

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Mr. Reed “Ricky” KendrickDate of Death – May 7, 2010

Mr. Reed “Ricky” Kendrick of Brownsville died May 7, 2010 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services were held Wednesday, May 12 at 3:30PM at Woodlawn Missionary Bap-tist Church, Brownsville, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Currie’s Funeral Home had charge of the services.

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AcknowledgementsThe family of Ernest T. Houston would like to thank our friends & loved ones for the flow-ers, cards & whispered prayers. Every deed of kindness ha been a source of strength & comfort. We realize that each tomorrow is not ours to understand & knowing that God never hurts needlessly & never waste our pain for every loss. What he sends to us is followed by rich gains. Today, in our loss, our hurt & our pain we recognize our gain in you.

We are eternally grateful. God Bless you all.The Houston Family

Church NewsBrownsville Community Baptist Church

Friends and Family Day

Pastor Rev. Henderson Frazier and the Brownsville Community Baptist Church will host a Friends and Family Day Sunday, May 23 at 2PM. Don Williams will speak. Brownsville Community Baptist Church is located at Tibbs Road and McLemore. For more information call 731-772-0717.

Dancyville Assembly of God Pentecost Sunday

Come and celebrate Pentecost Sunday at the Dan-cyville Assembly of God Church May 23 at 11AM. Experience the power of Pentecost. Rev. Terry Bailey, Nashville, will be the guest speaker. The church is lo-cated at 13925 Highway 76 North. Call: 901-383-9200 for more information.

May 16, 1980

City making plans to eliminate nuisance of

stray dogs in town

The Mayor and Alder-men voted to start an all out drive to eliminate the stray dogs of the commu-nity.By a unanimous vote, additional funds will be provided for dog catch-ing personnel and mech-anism will be formulated to work with the Health Department.In other recent action, Norris Bernard of the Fire Department was promoted to lieuten-ant and a contract was awarded to Brownsville Concrete Co. for six months for concrete to be used by the city at a price of $40.50 per yard.

Local group buys sta-tion

Financial negotiations were completed this week with B & P Prop-erties being purchased by Brownsville Wireless Corp. The group pur-chased the local radio station, WBHT and WT-BG-FM.The B & P firm with Bill Pope as president sold out to the new firm,

which lists J. Lyle Reid, James T. Haynes Jr. and Carlton Veirs as owners.Negotiations have been in progress for sometime but FCC approved the sale only last week.Mr. Veirs has been station manager since June, 1978 and will continue in this capacity.

Local beauty crowned queen at Strawberry

Festival

Sally Simmons was crowned Queen at the West Tennessee Straw-berry Festival in Hum-boldt. Lots of her family and friends were there to share her happiness.Miss. T.A. was crowned queen, joining a legacy of former Queens from Brownsville, Mrs. J.W. Veirs, Mrs. T.C. Chapman Jr. and Mrs. Frank Bryan Jr. of Jackson Miss.

May 17, 1990

Hardin named 1990 most outstanding advo-

cate for children

Haywood County Mul-tihandicapped Center teacher Sandy Hardin was named the South-west Tennessee Most Outstanding Advocate For Children last Thurs-

day at a ceremony in Jackson. The Southwest Tennessee Council on Children and Youth gave the award.Hardin, who has been teaching the class for multiple handicapped children since its begin-ning six years ago, was chosen for the award from a field of nominees across West Tennessee.Judy Renshaw, district coordinator of the South-west Council on Chil-dren and Youth, said the selection had been dif-ficult for the committee but that Mrs. Hardin was chosen because her level of advocacy of students set her apart.

Sheriff says thefts tied to Fayette Juveniles

No one had been arrest-ed late Tuesday when Sheriff Raymond Russell said he believes several juveniles are responsible for at least six car thefts in the southern part of Haywood County. The sheriff said another auto theft, from a Brownsville used car lot, may also be linked to the youths.The car thefts began in early March and contin-ued until last Thursday when a Stanton deputy made a routine traffic stop that may end the in-

vestigation.Deputy Melvin Bond Jr. stopped a car late Thurs-day night whose occu-pants may be linked to the stolen near the time Bonds stopped the car, the sheriff would not elaborate on the investi-gation.Criminal investigators from the sheriff’s depart-ment have spent several days since last Thursday working with Fayette County deputies ques-tioning high school stu-dents there.

Lengthy Agenda Focus on Monday

A pay benefit for county employees and a 60 per-cent hike in litigation tax-es will be among items discussed by the county commission when it meets.Officially, 18 items are on the agenda, which makes it unusually lengthy. “It’s the longest agenda I’ve had,” County Execu-tive Franklin Smith said Tuesday.Smith said commission-ers would be asked to consider two separate resolutions, which will both raise the litigation tax. Commonly known as “court costs,” the tax will be paid by crimi-nal defendants involved

with general sessions and circuit court. Both will be raised from $20 to $32.

May 18, 2000

Brownsville police help community “put a lock

on it”

Brownsville police gave away an estimated 200 trigger locks Saturday in an effort to help prevent gun accidents. Smith and Wesson firearms, a sister of Lasco Industries, pro-vided 75 of the locks.

Legislature back this week to face Tennes-

see’s budget woes

Tennessee State legisla-tors will be using a “very sharp pen” this week to balance the state’s bud-get, House District 82 Rep. Craig Fitzhugh said Monday. Lawmakers re-turned to the state capi-tol Tuesday to continue the debate over Gov. Don Sundquist’s controversial

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