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City Election voting sites confirmed Early voting will begin May 26 for Brownsville’s Ward 1 and 3 Al-dermen election, but voting will not be held at the Election Office.

Early voters will be casting their ballots in the band room at Hay-wood High School. The Haywood County Election Commission met

late Thursday, April 23, and decid-ed the location. Early voting hours will be from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Mondays, Wednes-

days, Fridays, and Saturdays and

see VOTING LOCATIONS MOVED A2

Main Street director resigns

Mary Ann Sharpe, Director of Main Street Brownsville, an-nounced on social media Tuesday, April 28, that she has resigned from the position effective May 29. She served as the program’s direc-tor for 5 years. Brownsville became the 28th Tennessee Main Street accredit-ed community in September 2014. Main Street Brownsville’s part-nership with the City led to the construction of new streetscapes, parks, music venues and a new farmers market in the Main Street district, as well as brought in fund-ing from both grants and private investors for façade improvements and infrastructure investments. “It’s been a great opportunity,” commented Sharpe. “I am pleased with the progress that we’ve made.” Last July, the City of Browns-ville approved funding for the Main Street program for the 2019-2020 year, but mandated that “upon the completion of the fiscal year, the Main Street program will be entirely able to operate without further funding from the City

of Brownsville.” It cost the city $56,000 annually and funded one full-time worker. Sharpe’s resignation puts Main Street Brownsville in the same position as the Brownsville/Hay-wood County Chamber of Com-merce, and that’s without a leader. The Chamber has been absent a director since October 2019. City of Brownsville Mayor Bill Rawls said that, like the Chamber, Main Street Brownsville is self-governing with its own board that makes hiring de-cisions. Greg Emery is the chairman of the Main Street Brownsville Execu-tive Board. He told the Brownsville Press that while the board does in-tend to find a replacement, he an-ticipates those decisions waiting until the next fiscal year to figure

out the logistics. In January, Chamber Board Chairman Glenn Stoots said he was hoping the Chamber Execu-tive Board would begin searching for its new director in March. A request last week for an update on that search was not returned. Mayor Rawls said he thinks the answer to saving both programs, which he says perform similar du-ties, might be to combine them. “I think this presents an opportunity where we can maintain both the Chamber and Main Street by merg-ing them together and having one person run them. We could save taxpayers’ money and continue to have both programs continue to function in the community. They’re both valuable parts of our commu-nity and we want to support them.”

Restaurants in Tennessee were allowed to begin opening for dine-in service Monday, April 27, but with contingencies. Governor Bill Lee announced eateries could wel-come back patrons, but do so with reduced seating capacity. But will they? Some say they will, following the governor’s 50 percent seating guideline. Others say they may not, continuing to restrict their service to drive-through, curbside pickup and delivery. Friday, Haywood County Mayor David Livingston, Brownsville May-

or Bill Rawls and Stanton Mayor Al-len Sterbinsky, issued a Joint Proc-lamation supporting the governor’s Order but cautioning residents to be careful, and observe health guide-lines. Brownsville’s government office buildings remain closed, the county courthouse remains open to “foot traffic” an earlier directive by Mayor Livingston. Gov. Lee announced last week that he would not extend his man-datory safer-at-home order, which expires April 30. Along with restau-rants, Lee said retail stores would

be allowed to reopen April 29 if they limit their customer capacity, and gyms and exercise facilities could reopen May 1 as long as they adhere to strict CDC guidelines. Some businesses, however, will have to stay closed. Tuesday, April 28, Gov. Lee issued new executive orders that keep some businesses closed through May. Close-contact personal service

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Restaurants allowed to reopen, salons still closed

Public Safety group unable to advance

agenda; EMA Director

stepping down

see NOWHERE NEARNORMAL A3

The two items on Monday night’s Haywood County Public Safety Committee agenda went unmanaged because committee members did not receive informa-tion required for review prior to the meeting, and Haywood County Sheriff Billy Garrett Jr. did not at-tend to discuss his budget. Mayor David Livingston made a surprise announcement about the resigna-tion of Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director Misty Hai-ley.Ambulance service Mayor Livingston said he sent an e-mail to committee members about expansion plans for the Hay-wood County Ambulance Service.

see EMA DIRECTOR LEAVING A3

No Chamber director, no Main Street director...

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economic vitality?

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3 p.m.-7 p.m. on Tues-days and Thursdays. The Brownsville Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted last

week to give the Hay-wood County Election Commission author-ity to move the early voting location for the 2020 Brownsville Mu-nicipal Election out of the courthouse.

Election Day re-mains Tuesday, June 16. The city board also approved a recommen-dation that will con-solidate Election Day voting from four bal-loting locations to two.

Administrator of Elec-tions Andrea Smoth-ers said there will be one location for Ward 1 and another for Ward 3. Ward 1 voters will cast ballots at Christ Temple Church locat-

ed on E. Cherry Street and Ward 3 at Hay-wood Middle School. “We will be notifying all potential voters by mail that their voting location has changed along with other vot-

ing information,” Smothers said. Ward 1 candidates are Leon King and Antwon Taylor and Ward 3 candidates are Brad Bishop and Chris Lea.

Continued from A1

Thursday, April 23, the Brownsville’s Plan-ning Commission ap-proved the site plan for Tractor Supply Compa-

ny. The plan depicts a 19,097 square-feet build-ing on a lot located on Anderson Avenue near I-40.

An ordinance to re-zone the tract, approved earlier this month, paved the way for the new commercial devel-

opment. During February’s planning meeting, Brownsville Building Inspector Jerry McClin-

ton reported that repre-sentatives of Tractor Supply say they could open as early as Black Friday but if there are

delays, it could be as late as February 2021. Mayor Bill Rawls said he’d heard of no delays in the company’s plan.

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Brownsville police have arrested three peo-ple in connection with a shooting incident. No one was hurt. Police answered the call at about 9 p.m. Fri-day, April 24, on Col-lege Street near North Washington.

Police were able to stop a car witnesses described leaving the scene. They discovered three loaded handguns and three young men in the car. Tadarius Holmes, 22, is charged with un-lawful possession of a

weapon. Patrick Shaw Jr., 28, is charged with unlawful possession of a deadly weapon by a convicted felon. Prince Williams, 25, is charged with unlawful posses-sion of a weapon and possession of marijua-na.

A second vehicle was stopped and checked but police found no weapons or damage from gunfire. Walmart fight At about 8:45 Sunday night, April 26, officers were called to Walmart. Several bystanders,

including an off-duty sheriff ’s deputy, tried to break up a fight in-volving three teenage adults. After reviewing store video and interviewing several people, officers charged Malik Comage, 19, Lucas Jaylon, 18, and

Jadia Palmer, 18, with aggravated assault, simple assault and van-dalism. All three have Brownsville addresses. There were minor in-juries to two adults and one teen, and damage to several isles inside Walmart.

Police investigate weekend violence

Tractor Supply one step closer to opening in Brownsville

Subject to approv-al by the Tennes-see Supreme Court, Haywood General Sessions Court will resume in-person pro-ceedings on Tuesday, May 5, with restric-

tions, according to Haywood’s General Sessions Judge Roland Reid. The TN Supreme Court suspended ac-tivities in the court on March 25 in response to COVID-19.

On social media, Judge Reid explained restrictions include “number of persons allowed in at one time, health monitoring at security, no one but persons with a case

allowed in justice cen-ter, social distancing in court with marked seating, separation of victim/witnesses in adjoining courtrooms or meeting rooms, persons must leave

courthouse immedi-ately after their case is finished, no officers or attorneys allowed in except those neces-sary to case being han-dled, the use of hand sanitizer and masks

encouraged, and those waiting in the vesti-bule must maintain social distancing.” Judge Reid said he’s expecting the Su-preme Court’s approv-al sometime this week.

General Sessions Court set to reopen next week

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None of the members received the e-mail so the discussion was ta-bled.Sheriff’s workers The county’s bud-get committee sent a budget-expanding re-quest made by Sheriff Billy Garrett Jr. to the public safety commis-sioners for review. The sheriff wants to add two deputies to his staff. Garrett told the Brownsville Press that he did not attend the meeting because he has

put his plan on hold. “The budget commit-tee agreed to add two jailers…and now have rescinded that action,” Garrett said, so talking about adding deputies seemed “useless.” At a meeting earlier this month, the bud-get committee passed a “continuing budget” for 2020/2021. The ac-tion means that depart-ment heads and elect-ed officials must plan on limiting spending in the next fiscal year as the current, except for mandated pay rais-es for elected officials

and previously agreed upon raises for some rank-and-file workers. The move means the budget committee’s earlier action nullified the sheriff ’s request for two new jailers and, apparently, the request for two new deputies. The budget action comes in the wake of the COVID-19 disaster. The budget-makers can’t accurately fore-cast income. They are especially concerned about sales tax income but say they may mod-ify the budget plan be-fore the beginning of

the fiscal year July 1. But Garrett says he isn’t giving up. “We need at least two more jailers and two more deputies,” he said Tuesday evening. “We are stretched as far as we can go.” The sher-iff says he also under-stands the issue. “I’ll have to work with them … there is too much out of control (COVID crisis) … I’m not going to change my budget (adding the new work-ers),” the sheriff said. “They will eventually be a part of the budget request … It’s on hold

… it’s not going away.” EMA director leaving Mayor Livingston announced that Misty Haley, Director of Brownsville-Haywood County EMA, would be stepping down at the end of April. “I’ve got five people who are in-terested in the job, and I would like to appoint an interim for her po-sition for a 30-day trial due to the COVID-19 situation,” Livingston said. He didn’t name any of the candidates. Haley was appointed by Mayor Livingston

in October 2018. Haley previously worked for Memphis Emergen-cy Management for 10 years and holds 80 cer-tifications related to the job. “My last day will be this Thursday. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as the director for the Brownsville-Haywood County EMA. I have been blessed to work with some of the best men and women here,” Haley told Brownsville Radio and the Browns-ville Press following Mayor Livingston’s an-nouncement.

EMA DIRECTOR LEAVING

businesses, including salons, spas, barber shops, body-art/tattoo services, tanning salons and massage facilities

must remain closed to the public for now. Nursing homes and similar retirement and long-term-care facilities are still closed to visi-tors, except for critical assistance and in end-

of-life situations. Entertainment and recreational gather-ing venues must stay closed, including, but not limited to: bars, night clubs, live perfor-mance venues, bowling

alleys, arcades, concert and sporting event ven-ues, theaters, auditori-ums, performing arts centers, racetracks, indoor children’s play areas, adult entertain-ment venues, amuse-

ment parks, senior cen-ters, and skating rinks. Social gatherings of 10 or more people are still banned, but the order doesn’t mandate the closure of places of worship or prohibit

weddings or funerals, but “strongly encourag-es” places of worship to follow guidelines from the governor’s office to conduct in-person ser-vices safely.

NOWHERE NEAR NORMALContinued from A1

Continued from A1

An Arizona man was killed in a two-car accident on I-40 near the Haywood/Tipton County line Wednesday, April 22, afternoon about 1:30. The victim is Rob-

ert Edward Todd Jr., according to the High-way Patrol. The THP’s report states that Todd was merging west on to I-40 from the rest area at the 44-mile marker

when he struck an-other car driven by a man from Dallas, Tex-as. Todd was alone in his car and the THP states he was not wearing a seatbelt.

The car he struck eventually over-turned. There were three people in that car. One person was hurt, but the report does not say how seri-ously.

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Blooming in Brownsville Renovation of the “Miss Margaret Kizer island” continues by the Town and Country Garden Club. The club broke ground last June on the patch of land lo-cated where West Main and Haralson streets intersect. According to mem-ber Pat Bailey, the is-land will be broken up with various small gardens, each headed by a different member. When it’s completed, the island will feature a rock garden, butterfly garden, shade garden and numerous flower beds. “This time next year, it’ll look really good,”

said Bailey. The club, which was founded by Jane Williams, took on the project last year as a way to contribute to the enhancements happening around Brownsville. “Main Street Brownsville is doing such a beautiful job but it stops [up the road]. This just brings [the renovations] down here.” Bailey said the lo-cation was chosen for its ability to be seen by many, in addition to being a fitting trib-ute to Margaret Kizer who was known for her local beautification ef-forts. “So many cars go by here. Everybody’s going to be able to see it.”

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“What Do You Value Most Today?” was the question called on us to ask ourselves. As a per-son gets older, their val-ues change. Young chil-dren put much value on their toys, for they feel they belong to them, but as they get older, their toys change. Looking back, as adults, we can see that some insignif-icant things were very important to us years ago. What the Apostle

Paul once valued be-came as worthless as trash, compared to his relationship to Jesus Christ. He had been a Pharisee, a persecutor of the church and all those who believed in Je-sus Christ. He declared to the Philippians, “I have discarded every-thing else, counting it all as garbage, so that I may have Christ. I no longer count on my goodness or my ability to obey the law, but I trust Christ to save me.” Some people today have confidence

in their own good deeds to make them right with God. When death comes knocking at our door or Jesus returns, the only thing that will matter is our relationship with the Lord. He is the way and only way to God. The ball is in our court, but who knows how long it will be there! The worship ser-vice from Holly Grove Church, online and Facebook last week, was conducted by our pastor, Brother Fred Campbell, music director, Broth-

Holly Grove NewsBy Martha H. Jones

er Ralph Brown, youth director, Brother Steve Brown, pianist, Nancy Campbell, with Matt Anderson bringing spe-cial music and with Deb-bie Jones collating it. Sunday School teacher, Joann Smith, and her son read Scripture. Hap-py birthday to Brittany Mathias, Laurie Mask and K.J. Young. Congratulations to Taylor and Emily Out-law, who are the happy parents of a baby girl named Avery Grace. The proud grandparents are

Gene and Jan Outlaw. Those on the sick list this week counting on us to carry them to the Great Physician are Mikie Dotson, Joann Castellaw, who fell and is in a Memphis hospital, Russell Hight is home, Ronnie Vanstory, Bet-ty Barden, Lisa Jones, Pete Lott, Leon Staggs, Chuck Brown, Mark Hinsley, Phillip Dorris and little, three-year-old, Lila Pierce. Please pray for Lila and her family. We, on Poplar Corner Road, are so thankful

that they are resurfacing our road. It had gotten in a bad shape in places. Our world may seem out of control today, so let’s keep in touch with God, for he never loses control. His phone num-ber can be found in Jere-miah, chapter 33, verses two and three. The Al-mighty God, Maker of the heavens and earth, tells us this, “Call on Me, and I will answer you and show you mighty things, which you know not.”

Heard around HaywoodNews from the communities

Westside News 10 Things Students Will Not Learn in School:1. Life is not fair. Get used to it.2. If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss.3. The real world will not care as much about your self-esteem as your school does. This may come as a shock.4. You will not make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You will not be a vice-president and you may even have to wear a uniform that does not have a designer

By Mary W. Lewis label.5. Flipping hamburgers is not beneath your dig-nity. Your grandparents had a different word for flipping burgers. They called it opportunity.6. It is not your parents’ fault if you mess up.7. Before you were born, your parents were not boring. They got that way paying bills.8. Life is not divided into semesters. You do not get summers off and you do not get a summer break.9. Vaping does not make you look cool.10. Your school may be “outcome based,” but

life isn’t. -Author unknown, but taken from “House to House – Heart to Heart.” Received month-ly to Westside Church of Christ members or any interested individuals. We extend our sym-pathy to the family of Margaret Rose Stokely Cox of Tallahassee, Fla., who passed away this week. Graveside was conducted with family and memorial will be later. Of course, she was the younger sister of the late Joe Stokely and Bob-by. Frances Belew’s moth-

er, Mrs. Mary Bryant, is a resident of Dogwood As-sisted Living in Milan. The nursing facility as everyone else’s is on lock down and just recently each of them are con-fined to their own room, not allowed in the din-ing area or the hall. Of course, Frances has talk-ed by phone from home, but this week she visit-ed Mrs. Bryant, whose home is Trezevant, by sight at a window off an outside patio to her room. They could view each other through a window and talk to each other on their cell

phones. They formed their own “Skype” in a sense. “Where there’s a will, there’s a way!” is an old-time adage. “Ne-cessity is the mother of invention!” Frances’ brother, Dave Bryant, travels for a pharmaceutical com-pany and during this present time of corona-virus can work at home, but needed a personal call in Bartlett the last few days and stopped by to visit Frances on the way home to Trezevant. While clearing a fence row there at the site of his new home, he fell,

breaking his right ankle in three places. He had surgery that night in a Jackson hospital. When he came out, he was on crutches and unable to drive, but Pam, his wife, drove him to Trenton to make a call. In copying the “10 Things Student Will Not Learn in School”, it was meant to be humor-ous, I want to stress. I seriously am sorry our high school seniors had to have their tradition-al graduation exercis-es disrupted due to the present pandemic. Bum-mer!

This week, our res-idents have enjoyed

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ing and Earth Day Facts; On Thursday-Bingo and Current Events; On Fri-day-Game Time and Bird

these activities: On Mon-day- Butterfly Facts and FaceTime Smiles; On Tuesday- Juice Social and Sit and Stretch; On

Trivia. Our residents also en-joy seeing and talking to their loved ones on the iPad on FaceTime often.

We had several birth-days for April and three for May. Usually, on their birthday, they receive a gift and a Happy Birth-

day balloon. They always enjoy receiving gifts. Thought for the week: Never regret anything that made you smile.

Library Corner Even with all this “new normal” stuff happening for all of us, there is one thing for certain – we miss seeing all our patrons! We will, hopefully, be back to reg-ular business very soon. We hope, wish, and pray that everyone continues to stay safe, maintain proper social distancing,

By Katherine Horn wash/sanitize hands, and surfaces as we all watch out for and pro-tect ourselves, our fami-lies, our friends, and our neighbors. With this be-ing said . . . We here at the library have been enjoying cre-ating our on-line pro-gramming. We are mak-ing and posting three videos each weekday. One video for kids, one

video for tweens/teens, and one video for adults. We hope that you have been enjoying them as well. We will continue to provide daily videos as well as the curb-side checkout of materials. Our WiFi service is available 24 hours per day and is accessible in the parking lot. TEL and READS are available 24 hours per day. When we

hear of a really great on-line resource, we post that as well. In addition, we also post communica-tions from various local resources too. Since this virus will not be out of our com-munity for a while, we here at the library are discussing ways in which we can serve our patrons this summer. Yes, Summer Reading is

almost here. The theme for this year is “A Uni-verse of Stories.” We were going to get infor-mation to each school, but alas, that will not be happening. We normally offer programs begin-ning Thursdays in June through the first few weeks of July. We also of-fered programs for teens and adults as well. These programs will now be of-

fered on-line via the li-brary facebook page. All craft project kits will be made available for pick-up to be completed at home. We are currently working on the reading component (this is sum-mer READING after all) and how books will be logged. As soon as we have specifics, we will of course publicize. Happy reading!

Around town with Marty Whoa! At least the restaurants in our town are allowed to open up again! Maybe things will feel a little more nor-mal! I miss the buzz of our town square, don’t you? I don’t expect to see many of my friends out and about until the salons open back up! I wouldn’t know them if DID see them, because our hair would be in our eyes from lack of care! Sharon Wynn and Andy Stockdale have decided to tie the knot this coming September! I am so excited! Sharon is the daughter of Andy and the late Jan Wynn! I know your mama is sit-ting up in heaven with

By Marty Williams the biggest smile as she looks down on you! On a sad note, please let your thoughts and prayers be with the Mil-lie Richards family. Mil-lie was such a wonder-ful human being. God certainly got himself an exquisite angel! “It is well with her soul.” Chef Russ Casey’s visit and cooking at the Mindfield Grill was a smashing success! The food was exquisite! I’m sure Elise was tickled to death with all the cus-tomers bopping by to pick up their food curb-side! Kudos to you and Russ! Great job! Baby news! A big ap-plause to Kimberly and Saul Briseno on the ar-rival of their adorable

little boy John Campbell Briseno! He popped into this world weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces and 20 inches long! I can tell you both sides of the family are dying to meet this beautiful little guy! His brother, Jackson, is already in love with his baby brother! He is pre-cious! Welcome to the world, John Campbell! Congratulations to Mr. Anthony Turner on his retirement! He will not be barbering any more, but he still has his one-of-a-kind barber-shop for tourists and lo-cals to come and view! It is awesome! Thank you for all you have done for our community, Antho-ny! It’s been a pleasure working with you here

at the Chamber! I’m liking the new items the construction workers are putting in front of the Chamber. The construction will go all the way to Simmons Bank. They dug holes for the new lampposts out front today and I think it’s awesome! I love our lampposts in our town! I love our Town Square! Keep in mind that the Chamber and City are still on lockdown due to the city mayor, county Mayor and Governor’s safety precautions. We’re working, but our doors are locked. 772-2193. Happy birthday: Bu-ford Mathias, Cole Rich-ardson, Vicki DeBerry,

Karter Boyd, Jennifer Friedman, Patricia Gai-etto, Donald Spencer, Harper Mia Allen, Luke Pittman, Kylah John-son, Austin Crawford, Martha Jones, Denise Conner, Molly Parker Smith, Sharon Wynn, John Evans, Peyton Wright Combs, Billy Austin, Mikey Williams, Dustin Sorrell, Joan Wallis, Brad Tinsley Courtney Maddux and Judy Lewis. Happy 5th anniversa-ry Brannon and Terri Lynn Williams! Happy anniversary to Allyson and Keith Zaleski! Hap-py 14th anniversary to Joey and Sue Geter! Happy 42nd anniversary to Gail and W.A. Barden! Happy 70th anniversary

to Roland and Ann Reid! Happy anniversary to Sharolett and Tim Al-len! Happy 27th anniver-sary to Debbie and Alan Jones! Happy 22nd anni-versary to Kimberly and Robin Hood! Keep our Animal Shel-ter in mind! So many of us have extra time right now, please think about fostering a pet from our shelter. They are always in need! Thursdays are half price day! Don’t for-get to get them spayed and neutered! (Spay Haywood). Check their wish list on Amazon! If you have scoop, email me or call me or 780-4111 In a world where you can be anything you want…be kind!

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NOTICE TO CREDITORSas required by TCA §30-2-306Laura J. Baker, Deceased

Case Number 2020-PR-22 Notice is hereby given that on April 17, 2020 letters testamen-tary, in respect to the estate of Laura J. Baker, who died March 22, 2020, were issued to the undersigned by the Haywood Coun-ty Chancery Court. All persons, resident and non-resident, hav-ing claims, matured or unmatured, against the estate are required to file the same with the Clerk of the above-named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2); otherwise, their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the first publication of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of this notice to creditors at least sixty (60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication; or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the notice to creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication as described in (1)(A); or (2) Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death.All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once.

Sarah Levy, Clerk & MasterHaywood Chancery CourtJustice Complex100 S. DupreeBrownsville, TN 38012(731) 772-0122 Charles William Baker, Jr., Executor Larry S. Banks, Attorney

NOTICE TO CREDITORSas required by TCA §30-2-306

Estate of Erna Louise Barcroft, DeceasedCase Number 2020-PR-23

Notice is hereby given that on April 20, 2020 letters testa-mentary, in respect to the estate of Erna Louise Barcroft, who died February 29, 2020, were issued to the undersigned by the Haywood County Chancery Court. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against the estate are required to file the same with the Clerk of the above-named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2); otherwise, their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the first publication of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of this notice to creditors at least sixty (60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication; or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the notice to creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication as described in (1)(A); or (2) Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death.All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once.

Sarah Levy, Clerk & MasterHaywood Chancery CourtJustice Complex100 S. DupreeBrownsville, TN 38012(731) 772-0122 Joyce English, Executrix James S. Haywood, Jr., Attorney

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Records courtesy of Steve Smith, Register of DeedsProperty Transfers 4/20/2020 Candice Dean Porter to Daniel A. Ballinger et ux; 6450 Dr. Hess Road. $145,000. 4/22/2020 Warranty Deed Adam Vandiver et ux to Daniel E. Miller et ux; acreage. $630,000. 4/23/2020 Warranty Deed David Beck et ux to

Patricia Darham; 1377 W. Main Street. $90,000. 4/24/2020 Warranty Deed Kenny Creed et ux to Hannah R. Horch et vir; 3515 Shaw’s Chapel Road. $180,000. 4/24/2020 Warranty Deed Branon Fergie et ux to James J. Hathcock et ux; lots.

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Felons being held 1 year or more for DOC contract - 15Convicted Misdemeanor - 5

Pretrial Felons (people being held awaiting trial) - 53Pretrial misdemeanor - 7

Other/Hold for other agency - 6

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CDBG HOUSING CLOSEOUT

The City of Brownsville will hold a Public Meeting on May 18, 2020 at 12:00 p.m., at the Brownsville City Hall. The purpose of this meeting is to present information on the completion of the City of Brownsville 2017 CDBG Housing Project. Persons with disabilities requiring special accommodations should contact Mayor William Rawls, Jr. at (731) 772-1212. The City of Brownsville ensures compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; related statutes and regulations that no person shall be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance on the grounds or race, color, sex, or national origin.

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Notice of Brownsville Utility Board Meeting

To all interested persons: Notice is given that The Brownsville Utility Department Board of The City of Brownsville and Haywood County, Tennessee, (the “Board”) will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on May 5th, 2020 at 5:00P.M. at the utility offices located at 25 North Lafayette Avenue to consider such matters as may come before the Board. In light of Governor Bill Lee’s Executive Orders No. 16 and No. 23 pertaining to the COVID-19 outbreak, Board members will be permitted to participate by electronic or other means.

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CommuNityCensus 2020: your response matters By now, you should’ve received at least one invitation to respond to the 2020 Census. Most house-holds across the na-tion have. But as we’ve all been forced to deal with the COVID-19 pan-demic, there’s a possi-bility you ignored the census invite. Please don’t. Every 10 years, the United States Census Bureau conducts a pop-ulation count of every-one living in the Unit-ed States. Responses to the census determine how billions of dollars of federal funds are allocated to states and local communities for essential services such as schools, hospitals, roads, public works and more than 100 vital programs, including Medicaid, Head Start,

block grants for com-munity mental health services, and the Sup-plemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Businesses use census data to de-cide where to build factories, offices and stores, and this creates jobs. Your response mat-ters. When responding to the census, people should include every-one who usually lives and sleeps in their home as of April 1, 2020. This includes rel-atives, friends, room-mates, children, ba-bies born on or before April 1, and any oth-ers. If college students have moved home due to campus closures, they should be count-ed where they usually live during the school

year. All responses to the census are kept confi-dential and are used only to produce statis-

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Verses from the chimney corner I can’t find it in the Bible, but I quote it all the time.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Indeed she does. Eleven times Speaker Pelosi has placed into The Congressional Re-cord the following Bible verse: “To minister to the needs of God’s cre-ation is an act of wor-ship. To ignore those needs is to dishonor the God who made us.” A noble thought in-deed, and certainly in keeping with prevail-ing Christian Theology, but those words do not appear anywhere, in any version, of the Bi-ble. “I keep reading the Bible – I know it’s in there somewhere,” she said when confronted with her misrepresen-tation. “It’s supposed to be in Isaiah.” Maybe it should be, but it’s not. Perhaps she is thinking of Prov-erbs 14:31, which says, “Whoever oppresses the poor shows con-tempt for their Maker,

but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.” Similar idea, but not what she said. But Miss Pelosi is not alone among poli-ticians who misquote, or misconstrue, Bible verses. Quoting Bible verses is a favorite card in many politicians’ decks of tricks, and of-ficeholders and seekers of all political stripes use and misuse them in an effort to make their Christian constituents believe that the Bible quoting politicians “know their Bible” and rely upon it for guid-ance, as many believ-ing voters do. But when politicians misquote the Bible, they often give away their game. President Trump, in a speech at Liberty University, quoted a Bible verse from “Two” Corin-thians 3:17: “Now the Lord is that Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” Again, a great quote, but of course the verse is from Second Corinthians, not Two Corinthians. Barack Obama, in

a speech in Nashville said, “The Good Book says “don’t throw stones at glass houses”, but the Bible says noth-ing about glass hous-es. There is a verse in John about not casting stones against a wom-an who has committed adultery, but it says nothing about glass houses. I was reminded of these examples by a comment a man made to me last week about a previous column men-tioning that the phrase, “This too shall pass,” was not in the Bible. He had thought it was all his life, he said. Most of the rest of us, as well, regardless of our faiths, may have “chim-ney corner scriptures” in our heads that we think are from the Bi-ble, but which actually come from some other place entirely. For most of my life, for example, I thought the passage, “The devil can cite scriptures for his pur-pose,” was Biblical, but it’s not. It’s from the Shakespearean play The Merchant of Ven-ice. I knew the phrase

was in the play, but I thought Shakespeare was having Antonio quote the Bible when he uttered that line. “Money is the root of all evil.” How many times have you heard that, the person say-ing it often claiming to quote Jesus? What the Bible actually says is that “the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.” Quite a different concept entirely. “God works in mys-terious ways.” May be true, but the Bible doesn’t say that. The closest it gets is in Isaiah 55:8 – ‘‘‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,’ declares the Lord.” A similar idea is ex-pressed in Job, but the phrase “God works (or moves) in mysterious ways,” is from an eigh-teenth-century hymn, not the Bible. What about, “Clean-liness is next to Godli-ness?” Easy to see why people think this is in the Bible; Mosaic law is full of references to cleanliness to remind the Children of Israel

that they should stay clean and pure as a sign of separation from surrounding peoples, and the New Testament emphasizes the need to cleanse our souls, but the idea of equating physical cleanliness to Godliness is thought to have come from a second century rabbi, not the Bible, thence to Francis Bacon, then to John Wesley, the found-er of Methodism, who popularized the term, but he did not claim it came from the Bible. Finally, that old chestnut, “To thine own self be true.” First of all, that entire idea is antithetical to Christian and Judaic teaching. Humans, be-ing highly prone to sin, are also highly likely to make sinful decisions when trusting their own desires. Proverbs 28:26, as a matter of fact, tells us that “He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool; but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be de-livered.” It was Shake-speare who first came up with the idea of be-ing true to oneself, this

time in Hamlet. The fact is, the de-cline of Biblical litera-cy in America has been so great over the last 75 years that according to a 2007 TIME Magazine article, half of Ameri-can adults can’t name even one of the four Gospels. Even fewer can name Genesis as the first book of the Bi-ble, and this in spite of the fact that the average American owns at least three Bibles. We are ob-viously still extremely fond of the Book, but most of what we know about it comes from the morsels of scripture that have been repeat-ed, and mis repeated, to the point they have be-come part of our every-day English language. So when we actually do try to read our Bi-bles, we find much of what we encounter in-comprehensible. But Mark Twain had an answer to that com-plaint. He said, sup-posedly, “It ain’t those parts of the Bible I can’t understand that bother me, it’s the parts that I do understand.” Amen.

Oxygen?By Tommy RussellAOK Correspondent

I think animal lov-ers are some of the best folks around. This COVID-19 experience has highlighted the importance of animals in our lives. We have heard heart-warming stories about pet adop-tion all over the coun-try. We usually think of how much we receive in love from our pets. I am remembering that prayer, “Lord, make me half the man my dog thinks I am.” However, I believe the giving of love to animals is even more beneficial to our humanity. So, let me tell you about our cat, Lucy. Ev-eryday she comes into the house, gets a bite to eat, then heads for the

door to go back outside. She may linger a bit for an afternoon nap or for an evening’s slumber, but otherwise it’s in one door and out the other. It is an everyday routine. She is an affec-tionate cat that loves to give and receive affec-tion, but only on her own timing and terms. One minute she can be purring and docile, and the next she’s taking off for the “wild blue yonder.” Lucy recently went missing for two days and nights in a row. OK, I heard what you’re thinking! Now, we too once had a tom-cat, named Sugar, who would on occasion take off for days looking for a good fight or a hot date. Not Lucy. She’s as predictable as a letter from the Easter Seal

Society. Every Thursday, a lovely couple, Jerry and Debra Sills, help us around our house. On the third day of Lucy’s absence, I was greeting Jerry on our back driveway. We were doing the usual “how y’all are?” when I in-terjected that Lucy was missing. Now Jerry is an even bigger animal lover than I am. I had barely gotten the words out of my mouth when Jerry cocked his head to the side and said, “Do you hear that?” I said, “Hear what?” I had just bought a pair of hearing aids that set me back more than did my first automo-bile purchased after graduating from dental school, but of course, I wasn’t wearing them. “Listen,” he said, “I

hear a cat calling.” He immediately took off across our soggy backyard following the sound that I nev-er heard. Through the muck, through the large hedge, he tromped and disappeared for several minutes. Then to my amazement and delight, back through the hedge he climbed, Lucy in hand. Jerry has grown to love both of our pets, Lucy and Beau, so he was just as happy as I, and almost as excited as our cat! It seems somehow Lucy had been locked inside an abandoned dog pen in our neigh-bor’s back yard. We have no idea just how that happened. I sus-pect it was a juvenile prank turned ugly. Jer-ry said Lucy jumped into his welcoming

arms as he unlatched the gate for the unjust-ly incarcerated feline. Let me just say that I believe in Angels. “Love is Alive” is a country song sung by the Judds in 1985 as a Billboard Top 40 hit. It was their fourth num-ber one song on the charts and remained a Top 40 hit for 14 straight weeks. Special to me is the fact that this song was written by my best friend and constant companion at Vanderbilt, Kent Robbins. Kent died in a tragic automobile accident on December 27, 1997, at the age of 50. Because of my love for him, a piece of my heart died on that day as well. Love IS alive. It is life itself. Love is a “vital sign” just like

your blood pressure or your heart rate. Just as physical exercise en-hances physical health, love expressed through kindness enhances and recharges our reason to stay alive, our emotion-al and spiritual health. That’s why pets, so lov-ing and forgiving, are so valuable. Kindness, which is simply love in action, brings life meaning and joy to all who ex-perience it. We see it now with COVID-19 as a “cure” for isolation, separation and loneli-ness. Acts of Kindness and compassion are be-ing expressed now, per-haps as never before, because life is not just about oxygen. Six feet between and hands that are clean. Choose kindness. Tommy Russell

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Both Daniel and Christiana were born enslaved, he in Vir-ginia during 1824 and Christiana in North Carolina during 1832. In January 1861, when they were among the enslaved property of the deceased Fannie Bailey Shapard, Daniel was known as Daniel Tucker and Christia-na was the mother of

four or five children. According to Hay-wood County Court records, their family was divided among the heirs of Fannie Bailey Shapard. During early Sep-tember 1865, Daniel Tucker, his wife and five children are all in Memphis, Tenn. How they came to be there is unknown. Perhaps the Shapard family agreed to let the couple and some of their children join their children who

had been allocated to Ariana Shapard Webb who lived in Memphis. Perhaps the family had joined up with an army unit that came through Haywood County and went with the unit to Memphis. Or maybe the family had run away to Memphis amidst the chaos of the defeat of the Confeder-acy. Whatever the means by which they came to Memphis, the fam-ily enters into the fol-

lowing contract with Thomas Shapard as recorded in the Shelby County, Tenn., Freed-men’s Bureau. Daniel Tucker, his wife and five children, people of color who formerly belonged to the family of Thomas Shapard of Haywood County Tennessee and who are now at Memphis propose and desire to go to said Shapard’s place and to be and continue in his service till 25th

Dec. next, to work for him, to obey orders and do all such ser-vice as hired servants. The said Shapard to furnish house room, fuel, medicine and one suit of clothes for each of said Negroes and to pay and do noth-ing more for said services and no oth-er wages to be given to which proposition the said Shapard as-sents but the housing as above to close on the 25th Dec. next

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Willie Joe Taylor, 75, passed away Tuesday, April 21, in Jackson-General Hospital. Graveside services were Saturday, April 25, at 12 p.m. at Magno-lia Cemetery in Brownsville with Rev. Ricky Taylor officiating.

Willie Joe TaylorApril 21, 2020 • Thompson’s Mortuary

James Albert Flagg, 83, died Friday, April 10, in Sacramento, Calif. Pri-vate services were Monday, April 27, at 11 a.m., graveside at Woodlawn Baptist Church Cemetery in Brownsville.

James Albert FlaggApril 10, 2020 • Rawls Funeral Home

Charles Edward Jones, 65, died Thursday, April 23, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Private services will be Saturday, May 2, at Willow Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Brownsville.

Charles Edward JonesApril 23, 2020 • Rawls Funeral Home

Margaret Rose Cox, 76, of Tallahassee, went home to her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the early hours of Wednesday, April 22, in Melbourne,

Fla., while surrounded by her loving family. A daughter of the late Lee and Hess Thomas

Stokely, she was born in Brownsville, Tenn., on Au-gust 15, 1943. In addition to her parents, she is preced-

ed in death by her husband of 54 years, Joe Earl Cox; and a brother, Joe Stokely. She was a retired Human Resources Manager at Economic Research Services, Inc. A faithful member at Chapel Hill Baptist Church, she en-joyed spending time with her family and friends. She loved playing cards, being involved in various women’s groups and Bible study. Survivors include her children, Carrie Grantham (husband, Jeff) and Cathy Gwartney (husband, Scott); grandchildren, Jeffrey Grantham, Jr., Seth Grantham, Christy Gwartney Candelario (husband, James), Casey Gwartney Grambusch (husband, Nolan) and Chandler Gwartney; brother, Bobby Stokely (wife, Mary Helen); and sister-in-law, Sue Stokely. Also sur-viving are several nieces and nephews. Due to the continuing COVID-19 guidelines, a private graveside will be held at Tallahassee Memory Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorial dona-tions may be made to Chapel Hill Baptist Church, 3413 Old Bainbridge Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32303 or Community Cares of Havana, PO Box 177, Havana, Florida 32333 or Courage Through Cancer, PO Box 4067, Tal-lahassee, Florida 32315. Online condolences may be expressed at www.ab-beyfh.com.

Margaret RoseCox

April 22, 2020


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Rebuilding history brick by brick Restoring a historic home is not your aver-age home remodeling project. Working with decades-old materials calls for special care and particular know-how. When Beth Tripp, Haywood County Histo-rian, needed two chim-neys to be rebuilt on her Greek Revival 1850s property, there was re-ally only one man in Haywood County that she could call – Fred Powell. Powell has worked in

the masonry trade for 48 years. He explained he was introduced to the work when he was a student at Haywood High by former mayor and Douglass School principal, Joe Taylor. “He talked me into tak-ing this trade and I’m glad to this day that I did because it’s been a great resource for me.” For Tripp’s project, Powell has been tasked with rebuilding two chimneys using orig-inal brick from the 1850s. Tripp believes Powell is the last mason in Haywood who has

the skillset to do it. “We’re using hand-made brick, most-ly the original brick that came off of this house,” said Tripp. “To

use those, you have to use lime mortar. Lime mortar dates back to the Romans. It was used before Portland cement came in the 1930s or so.” “Old brick is differ-ent from the bricks we use now,” agreed Pow-ell. “The lime mortar is key on old bricks be-cause of how soft they are. Mortar we use now will crack them. So, it takes a lot more time to do them.” Tripp explained that

when new mortar is used on old bricks, the new mortar is harder than the brick, so when it gets wet, moisture can’t escape through the mortar. Instead, it will try coming through the brick, destroying it in the process. In addition to under-standing how to proper-ly work with the brick, Tripp said there are other obstacles Powell has faced when rebuild-ing the chimneys, but he’s been able to over-

come them all despite not having a blueprint to work from. “He’s built these things from scratch with no plans. It’s just incredible. He’s really a craftsman.” As historic struc-tures continue to age, finding people like Powell who know how to take care of them is going to become more difficult, and even more important. “I take a lot of pride in it,” said Pow-ell. “I enjoy it. There’s a lot of my heart in it.”


Fred Powell scrapes off old lime mortar, showing how easily it disintegrates. PHOTOS BY CHRIS MCCAIN

Brick mason Fred Powell is almost finished with the second chimney of Beth Tripp’s 1850s Greek Revival home.

Pictured L-R: Fred Powell, Michael Clark, and Antwion Powell

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