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The Coronavirus has halted Brownsville Youth Baseball, and leaders have cancelled the upcom-ing youth soccer season. Baseball played only three weeks and during that time, positive cas-es of COVID-19 spiked in Haywood County. In a social media post, organiz-ers wrote, “Coaches, parents, and players, as you already know due to these current circumstances from COVID-19 we have decided to end baseball season. The Haywood Youth Baseball League wants to thank you the parents/players and coaches for sticking with us and trying to have a baseball season for our youth. Stay safe and healthy. Hope to see you next year.” Youth soccer had not yet started.

Baseball play suspended, soccer cancelled

Drive-by parade keeps families connected

CHRIS MCCAINDr. Jack Pettigrew and his wife, Glenda, drive by in their 1959 Corvette.

The age of coronavirus is hard for everyone but is particularly difficult for loved ones who are unable to visit with family and friends to ensure everyone’s safety. AHC Crestview and Sugar Creek Senior Living have been hard at

work protecting their residents from exposure while also finding creative ways to keep families connected. On Wednesday, July 15, Crestview and Sugar Creek hosted a Community and Family Parade. “We wanted to give our patients an opportunity to safely see fami-ly and friends during this difficult time of isolation,” commented

Melanie Jacocks, an employee of AHC Crestview. Lining up at the former Hay-wood County Park Hospital, doz-ens of cars packed with fami-lies and friends were led by the Brownsville Police Department past eager residents at both facili-ties, giving them a chance to wave and say hello.

Livingston says no to mask mandate In Monday’s report from the state department of health on July 20, Haywood County inched closer

to 200 confirmed cases of corona-virus, and, Monday evening, Hay-wood County Mayor David Liv-ingston confirmed that he will not order the use of masks in Haywood

County.At Monday’s meeting of the Hay-wood County Commission, Mayor

see MASK DEBATE A2

Haywood Election Commission encourages you to vote early

Early voting for the Tennessee State and Federal Primary and County General Election began Friday, July 17, and runs Monday to Saturday until Saturday, August 1. Election Day is Thursday, Au-gust 6. “Our office has been working diligently to ensure a safe and se-cure election for voters,” said An-drea Smothers Haywood County Administrator of Elections. “I en-courage Haywood County voters to take advantage of early voting.”Early voting provides Tennesse-ans the opportunity to avoid Elec-tion Day crowds. Early voting also offers the flexibility of evening and Saturday hours. Hours in Hay-

wood County will be 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday and 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday. Early Voting will be held in the Election Office, located at the rear of the Courthouse. During early voting and on Elec-tion Day, Haywood County voters should expect to see signs with safety instructions at their polling locations. Voters will be encour-aged to adhere to social distancing guidelines. All poll officials will be wearing face coverings and will be trained to take appropriate protec-tive measures, including sanitiz-ing machines and surfaces.Haywood County voters can find

early voting and Election Day poll-ing locations, view and mark sam-ple ballots and much more with

see GO VOTE A2

Says they may be harmful

In the first three days, 154 people vis-ited the polls located downstairs at the County Courthouse. In the primary election, Democrats have slightly outpaced Republican participation. Ninety democrats have visited along with 64 Republicans. No one has yet cast a ballot in the County General Election.

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MASK DEBATE: “Masks orders are illegal”Livingston delivered a four-and-a-half-page memo, Mandate Fa-cial Coverings or Not, stating his belief that masks aren’t helpful, may cause harm and that a mandate is ille-gal. However, the new memo still seems to support a directive is-sued about two weeks ago suggesting that masks be used. Livingston writes, “It has been conceded by most that facial cover-ings provide little or no benefit to the wearer.” In one paragraph, titled “More Harm Than Good,” the mayor writes, “Many of our citizens will not use the necessary hygiene mea-sures to protect them-selves or the public by frequently replacing masks or otherwise.” “If the mask be-comes contaminated with the coronavirus

or other communica-ble diseases, the wearer breaths [sic] the virus in through the mask and likewise discharg-es the virus with each exhale through the contaminated mask to otherwise uninfected persons,” Livingston writes. Livingston supports his theories by citing a paragraph from The British Medical Jour-nal, “There is currently no evidence that wear-ing a mask by health persons in the wider community setting including universal community masking can prevent them from infection with respira-tory viruses including COVID-19.” But the mayor’s med-ical conclusions are in conflict with experts in the United States including the Centers for Disease Control, Mayo Clinic and the American Medical As-sociation. The British

Medical Journal has also published papers supporting the use of protective facial cover-ingMasks orders are illegal, Livingston states In addition to saying that he believes order-ing that citizens wear masks violates the US Constitution and the Tennessee State Con-stitution, he also calls a mandate unenforce-able. “There are not enough law enforce-ment personnel in Haywood County to ad-minister justice to the present law breakers and chase non-compli-ant mask wears [sic].”Governor provides authorization On July 4, Governor Bill Lee issued an Ex-ecutive Order authoriz-ing county mayors to require that masks be worn. In West Tennes-see, Livingston says, Shelby, Madison, Lau-derdale and Dyer Coun-

ty have mask require-ments. About half of state governments have or-dered mask mandates including neighboring Arkansas. In Georgia, however, the governor has filed lawsuits chal-lenging some cities, like Atlanta, where mask wearing laws have been adopted.Mayor says actions cause trouble The mayor claims Haywood Countian’s behavior is part of the problem, saying resi-dents have “ignored the directives” that would help slow the spread of the pandemic. “A por-tion of the population has engaged in coro-navirus parties, large gatherings and person-al conduct without ad-herence to any of the measures designed to decrease or control the spread of the virus.” “In meeting with some local residents, it was suggested that

the government use scare tactics to shock the non-compliant res-idents into conformi-ty. I have and continue to reject the notion of treating our citizens like children.” The mayor’s full memo can be viewed in PDF format on browns-villepress.com.Current data

Monday the Ten-nessee Department of Health reported there are 11 new cases of COVID-19 in Haywood County, bringing the to-tal to 192. According to the same report, there are 119 active cases. Last weekend a fourth Haywood Countian died as a result of the virus.

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GO VOTE: Beat the line and vote earlythe GoVoteTN app or online at GoVoteTN.com. You can download the GoVoteTN app for free in the App Store or Google Play. Reviewing

your sample ballot and deciding how you will vote will reduce your time at the polls. Voters who have moved within Hay-wood County or have had a name change since the last time they

voted can update their registration online at GoVoteTN.com. By making sure your reg-istration is up to date, you can shorten the time you will need to spend at your polling location.

Tennesseans voting early or on Election Day should remember to bring valid photo identification with them to the polls. A driver’s license or pho-to ID issued by the Ten-nessee Department of

Safety and Homeland Security, by Tennessee state government or by the federal government are acceptable even if they are expired. Col-lege student IDs are not acceptable. More in-formation about what

types of ID are accept-able can be found on GoVoteTN.com. For more informa-tion about early voting in Haywood County visit haywoodvotes.com or call the election office at 731-772-1760.

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“We continue to sell the Megasite…” That mes-sage was delivered Mon-day, July 20, by Tennes-see’s Commissioner of Economic and Communi-ty Development Bob Rolfe to the Memphis Megasite Authority. The group met under mask and social distancing protocol at Southwest Development District’s offices in down-town Jackson. “While it looks like we (ECD) have gone to sleep, I can promise you the team I work with has been just as busy (and) there are about 20 different proj-ects that are slated to be announced over the next couple of months,” Rolfe said. “Hopefully, we will all be able to celebrate a couple of new job an-nouncements – not only in Middle and East Ten-nessee, but West Tennes-see.” Rolfe says nothing has changed, though, about Governor Bill Lee’s sus-pension of Megasite spending. “With respect to what’s going on at the Megasite, I think we all are aware, when the pan-demic hit, maybe actually right before that, the gov-ernor wanted to push the ‘pause’ button on moving forward with the spend-ing on the wastewater pipeline…That is still the case…but we continue to sell the Megasite.” Deputy Commission-

er, Business, Community and Rural Development, Allen Borden, said re-cruiting new business for the state is challenging, but opportunities remain. “Companies all around the world want to get back to commerce,” Bor-den said. “The reason we know this is they contin-ue to contact us by virtual meetings.” Borden said closed bor-ders restrict ECD’s ability to travel and prospects ability to visit. “International travel is just not happening,” Borden said. “Prior to COVID, several projects were in the works, but you can only take these virtu-al meetings so far.” Still, Borden said, there have been “several visits in the last few weeks” by prospects looking at the 4,000-acre tract located in the southwest corner of Haywood County. Borden says “multina-tional” companies remain the best prospects. Prin-cipals from foreign man-ufacturers can’t visit, so they’ve hired “domestic site consultants” to help with searches. But, he says, the actual decision makers want to “walk it…touch it…smell it…” be-fore final resolution, all delayed by COVID-19 fear.No to one prospect Recruiters have been contacted by a company interested in installing

a solar farm that could occupy one-fourth of the Megasite’s 4,000 acres, but it would only create about two-dozen jobs. “One-thousand acres is an enormous amount of acreage,” Rolfe said. “There is so much more for that than taking land and creating a solar farm in this case that would

have limited economic benefit to the communi-ties that are surrounding it.” Board members voted unanimously to reject the offer.Piping still not in Rolfe said ECD’s sales ability isn’t hampered because the wastewater pipeline isn’t installed,

though in earlier meet-ings he said the sewer was necessary to call the site “shovel ready.” It will take 24 months, the commissioner says, to build the piping system, something he believes isn’t a problem because it will take a manufactur-er the same amount of time to build a new plant.

“They take a parallel course,” Rolfe explained. He also said money isn’t a problem. Previously bud-geted money committed to the Megasite is “walled off ” Rolfe told the group. The route for pipeline has been secured. “The easement work is done,” Megasite attorney Mi-chael Banks said.

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The Drug Task Force made arrests in Brownsville last week on July 15, raiding the Rodeway Inn. A social media post on the 28th Judicial Task Force’s Facebook page states, “An investigation showed drug deals and

drug use going on in plain view of the man-agement. The hotel was in disrepair with miss-ing smoke detectors, faulty hand railing and unkempt rooms. The main office was with-out air conditioning and no records were be-

ing kept on rooms rent-ed. Agents seized crack cocaine, meth and mar-ijuana with one male in custody and more arrests expected.” The Rodeway Inn is located at Exit 56 just inside the Brownsville City Limits.

Police raid I-40, Exit 56 Hotel

Interstate Interdic-tion officers stopped a stolen vehicle on I-40 in Haywood County late

last week occupied by three adult males and two juvenile females. The car was reported

stolen in middle Ten-nessee and both juve-niles had been missing from Nashville for 48

hours. Officers say they seized one ounce of crack cocaine. All three

adults were arrested, and the juveniles were released to a parent. The investigation is

continuing, and more charges are expected, according to a social media post.

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Two hurt in overnight gunplay Brownsville Police are investigating multiple shootings that occurred in the predawn hours of Thursday, July 16, and in the following days that po-lice believe may be related. No one has been arrested but two people were in-jured, both seriously. Thursday The shootings spanned a multiple block area stretch-ing from North Mclemore east to North Lafayette and Young Street to the north.First reports were sketchy but police provided more details later in the day. The shootings started a little af-

ter midnight and didn’t end until hours later. Police were first sum-moned to a “shots fired call” about midnight to the Scott Street area in North Brownsville. Bystanders told patrolman they heard shots they believed came from nearby Wilson and Norris Streets. Later, offi-cers were called to the 900 block of North Lafayette where bullets had struck a house. Officers said they found 15 shell casings in the street. No one was hurt and police say they don’t believe the home was the target of the bullets.

Patrolmen discovered a car parked in the 600 block of North Mclemore riddled with bullets. No one was in the car, but officers say a man walked up who was suffering bullet wounds to his arm and shoulder. The victim, who police have not identified, said he was driving the car southbound when shots were fired by a passing northbound pick-up. Later, about 3:15 a.m., po-lice were called to gunfire on Young Street where they found a man “sitting in the door” of a home who had wounds to his shoulder and

head. Though he was alert, police said he was seriously wounded. His name is also being withheld. The victim said he was standing in his yard when he was struck by bullets fired from a car trav-elling Young Street.Weekend shootings Police are now investi-gating two more shooting incidents that occurred between Friday and early Sunday morning. Investigators believe a shooting on Robin Street around midnight Saturday may have been related to the Thursday shootings. Police Chief Barry Diebold

said a victim “had a small cut on his arm” but was otherwise uninured. Sourc-es told Brownsville Press that several shots were fired. Like the incident Thursday, police have not identified the victim. Chief Diebold said the shooting victims from Thursday and Sunday have police records. He did not speculate on the reason for the gunplay and there have been no arrests. No one has been arrest-ed. Investigators are expect-ed to release additional de-tails. If you can help police call 772-CASH.

Domestic shots Early Friday morning, July 17, at approximately 1 a.m., police were dispatched to South Washington Street because of gunfire. Officers stopped a ve-hicle that matched the de-scription provided by wit-nesses of a car that might have been involved. They seized a handgun and ar-rested Jamar Owens. Ow-ens is charged with Reck-less Endangerment and felon in possession of a dangerous firearm. There were no injuries and police described the incident as a domestic assault.


HistoryThere are still connections to be made By Dr. Dorothy GranberryGeneva Miller Historical Society

The Geneva Mill-er Historical Society (GMHS) was recently contacted by an Indi-ana family searching for their Haywood County roots. The fam-ily is descended from the union of Ben Eas-ley and Mary Hannah Tibbs Easley. During the 1800s, both Ben and

Hannah lived in old Dis-trict 9, it appears some-where in the vicinity of Lebanon Church. Hannah, born in 1865, was the daughter of Jessie and Virginia Jane Tibbs. She had sisters named Rox-anna, Adeline, Lucy, and Ellen. Lucy Tibbs married Sam Brandon in 1890. Adeline Tibbs married William “Bill” Willis in 1886. Ellen Tibbs married Jorden

Florence in 1879. Ade-line and Ellen spent their entire lives in the Haywood County area. Adeline Willis died in 1939 and Ellen Florence in 1952. Little is presently known about Ben Eas-ley and his family of or-igin. In 1880, although recently married, he is a servant living in the household of T. J. Will-ingham and his sister, Mary Chandler. The

Willingham family had been in that communi-ty since coming to the county sometime be-fore 1850, and in 1860, T. J. Willingham owned a slave the same age as Ben Easley. Therefore, Ben may have been enslaved by the Will-inghams. Ben and Han-nah marry in 1880 and become the parents of 12 children – Jessie, Cornelius, Abraham, Harrison, Jo Ella, Ben,

Laura, Julia, Clinton, Robert, William, and Samuel. Sometime between 1880 and 1900, Ben and Hannah Easley, along with their growing family, move to Gibson County, Tenn. In 1918, Ben dies in Humboldt while on his way from Brownsville to Tren-ton. Ben’s death certif-icate is completed by the undertaker who does not have informa-

tion about Ben’s par-ents. Hannah and the children continue to live in Gibson County. Hannah Easley dies in 1939. Readers who think they might be connect-ed to this family or who know something about any of the persons mentioned above are asked to share this in-formation with GMHS by sending an e-mail to [email protected].

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Haywood Coun-ty’s proposed bud-get for 20/21 is in the hands of county commissioners. The budget committee’s work was distribut-ed Monday, July 20.

Mayor David Living-ston asked commis-sioners to review the work and, if there are questions or comments, to attend a Budget Committee meeting set for Mon-

day, July 27. The mayor said he will call a special meeting of the coun-ty commission to consider passageNew COVID personnel rules

County Commis-sioners adopted, with modification, federal employment laws requiring gov-ernment to provide an additional 80 hours of paid sick

time in certain cir-cumstances related to COVID-19. The federal law specifi-cally excludes first responders and cer-tain other workers who are routinely ex-

posed to the public. County Commission-ers approved the ad-dition to the county’s employee handbook but included those workers excluded by the federal law.

County Commissioners considering 2020/21 budget

The Haywood Coun-ty Health Department is working to reduce deaths and life-threat-ening conditions caused by summer heat. With temperatures reaching into the 90s in much of the state, county resi-dents and visitors are urged to use caution and take preventive steps to avoid heat exhaustion and heat stroke. “While the elder-ly, children and those with existing health issues are most at risk, extreme heat can affect anyone,” said Haywood County Health Depart-ment Director Elise

Powell. “We want to re-mind everyone about ways to prevent heat-re-lated illnesses and how to address them if they do occur. “It’s also important to help protect others who may be especially vulnerable to heat-re-lated health problems,” Elise Powell continued. “Check on friends and neighbors who may be alone, or may be reluc-tant to ask for help. This simple action can help prevent an emergen-cy and save someone’s life.” Here are some ways to stay safe and healthy

in extreme heat:• Drink plenty of fluids. Pay attention to your thirst and drink cool liq-uids before you get very thirsty. Water is good, and sugar-free sports drinks can help replace lost salt and minerals. Avoid drinks with caf-feine, which can cause the body to lose water. Avoid alcohol, which can dehydrate the body and impair your ability to think clearly, prevent-ing recognition of heat distress signals.• Do not leave people or pets in cars for any length of time. Cars can heat to life-threatening

Take precautions to protect health during extreme heat

temperatures in just a few minutes.• Stay cool indoors. If your home has more than one story, the low-est level will usually be cooler. Turn off unnec-essary heat-generating items such as televi-sions and lights, and use fans if you have them. Consider cooking with a microwave instead of heating up the kitchen with the stove or oven. Take cool showers or baths. If your home doesn’t have air condi-tioning, take advantage of air conditioned facil-ities such as shopping venues, restaurants, se-

nior centers, libraries and recreation centers.• Limit time outside. If you must be out-side, wear light colored clothing, a hat and sun-screen, and seek shade whenever possible. Try to run errands early or late in the day when temperatures are cooler. Drink water and sports drinks often; hydration will help prevent heat exhaustion and heat stroke.• Pace yourself if working or exercising outdoors. Try to work during early morning or evening hours to avoid being outside in

the hottest part of the day. If you’re not used to working or exercising in a hot environment, start slowly and gradu-ally increase effort. If your heart is pounding or you gasp for breath, stop the activity and rest in a cool, shady area.-more-• Use the buddy system. Partner with a friend and watch each other for signs of heat-related illness. Senior citizens are more susceptible, so if you know some-one over age 65, check on him or her over the phone twice a day.


So long, JohnBy Tommy RussellAOK Correspondent

I am greatly sad-dened today at the death of civil rights leader, John Lewis. Ev-ery now and then, sure-ly not often enough, someone rises above the crowd and lives out his/her convictions, as did Congressman John Lewis. Son of share-croppers, beginning in his youth, he had great vision to recognize the inequities and injus-tices that afflicted and oppressed black fami-lies. He was not satisfied to stand back and wait patiently for change to come. He braved the dangers of challenging the cultural norms of

his day by speaking up, standing up, and some-times acting up, to draw attention to the cause of basic human rights. His first challenge to the system was to try to check out a book from the library! How basic was that? He was arrested some 40 times in his career struggling sim-ply for the right to vote. Beaten and bloodied by state troopers (and suffering a fractured skull) in 1965 on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, he would not be de-terred. As a disciple of Rev. Martin Luther King, he kept his eye on the prize. There is a famous civil rights quote, often attributed to Congressman Lewis,

“If not us, then who? If not now, then when?” I am reminded of when the board of directors of our Rotary Club met to consider accepting its first black applicant into its membership. A friend of mine spoke up saying, “It’s just too soon!” I disagreed, as did others, and we wel-comed C.A. Rawls into Rotary. I feel small in the shadow of John Lewis. I do nothing on a grand scale to change the world, but at least I can learn from great people and be inspired to do what little I can do. In this stressful time of COVID-19, what’s a reg-ular guy like me to do? I think of all the “small” kindnesses I “could” do

every day that might make someone’s day lighter or brighter. And you know what? When I am helping someone else, I discover that my anxieties go away. Help-ing others helps me. Go figure! A neighborhood in Milwaukee, WI has it figured out. Get a load of this. June 29th is Theo’s birthday. He was born with spi-na bifida, presenting him with a lifetime of serious physical and social challenges. His mom, Joy Rensberg-er, thought long and hard trying to come up with a unique and spe-cial seventh birthday party for her beautiful first-grader. It finally hit her.

Theo loved dogs, al-though he did not have one. So what about us-ing Facebook to invite any of their neighbors who had a dog to drive by their house with their dog on the after-noon of his birthday? A drive by birthday party! What a great idea! Theo was so excit-ed as he dressed up as Captain America and sat in his front lawn waiting to see who might show up. His mom had her fingers crossed that some kind soul with a dog would take the time to come by. Well, guess what! It didn’t take long for her to forget about her fingers, as dozens of cars began to parade

by with signs, decora-tions, stuffed animals, birthday cards, and you guessed it—lots of dogs of all races and denominations. In fact over one hundred dogs had stopped by before the sun went down on Theo’s very special day.My spirit is always re-newed when goodness, kindness, and love spring up like mush-rooms after a rain. Happy Birthday Theo, and we wish you many more. When darkness and light collide, the light always wins in the end. And so it is with kindness. Wear your masks good people, and be a part of the solution. Choose kindness. Tommy Russell

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By Clayburn Peeples

The names we give our sons What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.William Shakespeare

What’s in a name? What indeed? Does a person’s name have anything to do with his or her destiny? A lot of people think it might. Researchers have long known that teachers are influenced by stu-dents’ names. In one famous study, essays turned in by a student identified to a panel of teachers as “David” were consistently grad-ed higher than similar papers submitted by a student identified only as “Leon.” There is also some-thing known as “al-phabetical neurosis,” a condition said to be caused by having your name begin with one of the latter letters of the alphabet. Some claim that those whose names begin with “T’s” and “S’s” suf-fer medical problems with greater frequen-

cy and intensity and those whose names begin with “A’s” and “B’s.” (All that wait-ing can make one ner-vous.) “Anderson’s” and “Brady’s” also live longer, on average, than “Wilson’s” and “Young’s,” so some re-searchers claim. And I believe those claims. I can still viv-idly remember an inci-dent that happened in first grade. Ms. Provow said she was going to call the roll and have each child recite a Bi-ble verse, each to be different from those called out before it. They used to do stuff like that, you know. John 3:16, – Thou shalt not kill. – Honor thy father and moth-er. – Jesus wept. Those were taken by the first four students, all “A’s” and “B’s,” of course, and after that it be-gan to get tough. By the time she got to the K’s, every verse I ever heard off had been called out, and I knew that when we got to the “P’s” I would be ex-posed for the profligate infidel I was. But then a mira-

cle happened. Just as Ms. Provow called my name, Janice Kelly, who sat behind me, inexplicably whis-pered, Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy. Thus rescued, humiliation fore-stalled, I breathed a sigh of relief and sat back to watch the next kid, whose last name began with an “R,” squirm with agony. He couldn’t think of any-thing at all. His family moved shortly thereafter. I’ve always wondered whatever happened to him. I’ve always been in-trigued by the effect people’s names have on their success in life, whether in poli-tics, business, or the arts. As to first names, if teachers favor “Da-vid’s” over “Leon’s,” is it not logical that oth-ers do too, even though unaware of it? When I was an assistant dis-trict attorney, my boss used to say that more criminals were named “Larry” then any oth-er. He said that so of-ten I decided one after-noon to find out if his

anecdotal observation was correct. I took 100 random cases out of our circuit court files and tallied up their first names. While I never told him, the results were somewhat disappoint-ing. There didn’t ap-pear to be any sort of pattern to defendants’ first names at all. As to the name “Larry,” it only appeared once, as did most of the oth-er names, and there were 77 different first names in the 100 cases I pulled out. Only 15 names appeared more than once. The name “Robert” appeared five times, but also appears much more often in the general population as well. Of course, 100 is a small sample, but there didn’t seem to be any connection be-tween first names and criminality at all. The other day I de-cided to repeat the experiment. Again, I checked the first 100 names on the dock-et, and again, no first name predominated. This time there were 83 unique names, only nine appeared more

than once, and they were good solid names like “Robert,” “Wil-liam,” “Michael” and “Paul.” What was differ-ent about the new list was that 15 of the first names were those of women. Again, 100 names is only a small sample of our entire docket, but still, that’s 15 percent, illustrative, perhaps, of one of the darker aspects of the women’s movement. At any rate, first names don’t seem to be predictive at all when it comes to criminality, but as to last names – well that’s a different story. We have records in each of our coun-ties, going back to the 1970’s, on as many as three straight gen-erations of criminal defendants in some families. In many in-stances the father’s and the son’s criminal histories sit side-by-side, and we’re seeing more and more cases in which they’re actu-ally charged together. So while it may not be true that a person’s first name determines his or her destiny, the

father, or lack thereof, with whom he or she spends the first few years of life seems to have an enormous amount to do with it, which is even more un-fair. Here’s a personal ob-servation, subjective and anecdotal, just like that of my old boss, but after watching young men, and increasing-ly, young women as well, parade before the court for more than 40 years, it seems to me that while their names may be different, most seem to have this in common – they grew up without father fig-ures living with them, and those who come to court with fathers, are much less likely to ever come back. But everybody knows this; we have for at least half a cen-tury. We know it and decry it, but we only talk around it. Too many people might be offended. But you can’t even hope to fix a problem you can’t talk about. Surely we can do bet-ter than we have. We could hardly do worse.

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It is far past time: We are our brothers’ and sisters’ keepersBy Fred Silverstein

In the telling of the story of the first Bib-lical brothers, Cain murders his brother Abel, and when asked by God, “Where is your brother?” he re-plied, “Am I my broth-er’s keeper?” God said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground.” From Genesis through Rev-elations, God has said yes, yes, yes, hundreds of times. Yes, you are your brother’s (and sister’s) keeper. The Golden Rule says, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Leviticus 19:18 says, “Love thy neighbor as thyself.”

In 40 BC, Hillel, in ref-erence to the central theme of the Torah, said it is “what is hate-ful to you, do not to your fellow.” You see our Judeo-Christian texts, indeed all sacred texts, are replete with the messages that the commandment to love our fellow man is sec-ond only to the one to love God. Today, in a booming voice, God is saying our brothers’ and sis-ters’ blood is crying out from the ground. The blood that is cry-ing out from our soil is the blood which has been shed because of our racism. I am not just referring to physical blood but the spiritual, social and economic blood shed caused by our racism,

from slavery through the Jim Crow laws, redlining, separate but equal, racial profiling, and all other forms of racist expression, both private and public. And it is far, far past time to acknowledge the “blood crying out from the ground.” The evil of racism is not only or just a South-ern expression. It has been a part of every region of our nation. But I am writing as a son of the South to my southern community. I say son of the South because one set of my great, great grandpar-ents immigrated to Brownsville from Ba-varia in the 1850s and a great grandfather was a lieutenant in the LA Militia during the Civil War. You see,

I could belong to the Sons of the Confedera-cy. I am of a Southern family of many gener-ations. I am writing be-cause I love the South. I love its people, food, literature, music, soil and soul. I grew up a southern boy, hunting in Haywood County with friends, driving West Tennessee roads, and, though I strayed for a few years, I chose to come home and live in the South. But I also grew up with the knowledge that the South I love was, and is, in need of some great soul searching. So, let’s act now in the spirit of the ex-pression which is, perhaps, our greatest Southern heritage, our hospitality. Hospital-ity is defined as “the

friendly and generous reception and enter-tainment of guests, visitors and strang-ers.” But I am not ask-ing that we be only generous to guests but to our brothers and sisters who are our neighbors. Let’s act in loving kindness, compassion, respect, and empathy. Let’s re-move the symbol that has stood on the door-post of our County’s courthouse which has caused our brothers and sisters great pain. Let’s remind ourselves that it is to the court-house that we go for justice and justice is simply the institution-alization of love in so-ciety. And what is love for if it isn’t to help heal broken bodies and hearts.

There is much work to do to repair the world, to let justice, and love, roll down like waters. We have much work to do to perfect our nation and our community. In our community, removing the statue is a neces-sary first step. We are hearing from County residents in two petitions now cir-culating. While it is important to hear con-cerns from both sides, it is incumbent on our County leaders to do the right thing. The issue before them is where to put the statue and how to pay for it and not whether or not it should be removed. It is causing too much pain for our sisters and brothers. The time is now.

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The third pandemicBy Lyle Reid

Our country and our county are in the throes of three pan-demics: COVID-19, rac-ism and failure of lead-ership. The failure of re-sponsible leadership by national, state and local officials is the most acute and deter-minative threat to pub-lic health and racial justice. The end of the COVID-19 pandemic and beginning of the end of the pandem-ic of racial injustice could be accomplished almost immediately were it not for the pan-demic of failed leader-ship. Medical science and empirical evi-dence from around the world in the last six months have demon-strated a reliable and simple way to control COVID-19: wear a face mask and stay at least six feet apart. Yet, few in authority have demonstrated the will to disturb the public’s

lethargy of mind and conscience to make that relatively easy solution happen. Na-tional and state lead-ers, and even our coun-ty mayor, have dithered while the number of cases of infection and death keep mounting. Early in the pandem-ic, our county mayor sent a detailed letter to the governor request-ing more authority to control the spread of the virus in our coun-ty. His request was not granted. Weeks later, with the numbers of active cases, hospital-izations and deaths in the state, and in Hay-wood County, increas-ing dramatically, the governor granted to county mayors (but not to city mayors) the au-thority to require the wearing of face masks in public and impose other reasonable re-strictions. The mayor took no action, explain-ing he was busy with other county business, and further, there is no “material evidence” that face masks help

prevent the spread of the virus. The mayor’s prior statement has been expanded into a five-page discourse on why he has chosen to take no action to limit the spread of the virus, notwithstanding his previous demand for the authority he now has been given. In a statement di-rected to the public, the mayor debates with himself and then con-cludes, “It has been conceded by most that facial coverings pro-vide little to no benefit to the wearer.” This conclusion totally con-tradicts that reached by the Center for Disease Control, the American Medical Association, Mayo Clinic and every other credible medical and scientific authori-ty, as well as the expe-rience in other states, cities and countries which have mandated the use of masks. The mayor then declares in his state-ment, again on his own authority, that the United States and Ten-

nessee Constitutions “preclude the issuance of a mandate to use face masks.” The may-or fails to acknowledge that the United States Supreme Court for more than one hundred years has recognized that government, un-der its police power, has the authority and duty to issue and en-force reasonable man-dates necessary to protect the health of the public. (Small pox vaccinations, motorcy-cle helmets, seat belts, etc.). Finally, the mayor appears to understand the need and the solu-tion but declines to act. He states, “A portion of the population has engaged in coronavi-rus parties, large gath-erings and personal conduct without ad-herence to any of the measures designed to decrease or control the spread of the virus.” He, nevertheless, de-clares the mandate to wear masks in public unenforceable because there are not enough

law enforcement personnel to “chase non-compliant wears [sic].” So, Mayor, since the police can’t catch all seat belt offenders or drug dealers, does the Chief Magistrate of the county declare those laws unenforce-able? We all appreciate the demands of public service. The tough is-sues don’t come one at a time, but we can’t al-low ourselves to forget other pressing issues, even while focused on imminent danger to our health. Apparent-ly, the mayor has been too busy to meet with the city’s Human Re-lations Council and a group of local pastors to discuss the future of the confederate statute, which is, essentially, a stalking-horse for deal-ing with the underly-ing issues of racism. Racism, like COVID-19, is a frightful, insidious and destruc-tive disease. Left unat-tended, it will continue to smolder, erupt, di-vide, dehumanize, dis-

criminate, and destroy. COVID-19, like racism, is a frightful, insidious and destructive dis-ease. Left unattended, it will continue to ex-pand its attacks against the sick, healthy, young, elderly, rich, poor, white, black, brown, Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, ag-nostic, even those who deny its existence or believe they are pro-tected by divine inter-vention. Neither COVID-19 nor racism “will just go away.” The evidence is “beyond a reasonable doubt.” Responsible, disciplined, coura-geous, even sacrificial action is required, es-pecially by those who have the duty and au-thority to provide lead-ership and discipline. The real and meta-phorical “bite” of failed leadership will contin-ue to be felt in denial, excuses, rationaliza-tion, suffering and, yes, deaths. The pandemic of failed leadership rules supreme even in our county.


“Be the Salt and Light” was the subject of the message. The Bi-ble has the last word. We are warned not to add to or take away from it. We have to base our opinions on what God says in His word. Things that were wrong and immoral back then are wrong today. So, how are we to live in these uncertain times today? Jonah warned the people of Nineveh that God was giving them 40 days to repent, and he knew God would keep his word if they repented. The people

prayed and wept over their sin, and Nineveh was spared. There is al-ways hope when peoplerepent. Matt. 5:13 tells us that we are to be the salt of the earth. Salt penetrates and pre-serves. As Christians, our daily lives are be-ing observed by oth-ers, testing us to see if we are real. As salt, we have the power to affect the culture around us if we live according to God’s Word. About 30 cars were at the drive-in church service at Holly Grove. Brother Ralph Brown led in the singing of hymns, followed by Brother Fred Campbell

bringing the message. The youth meet in the family life center on Sunday afternoons, led by Steve Brown. Remember, “His Voice Trio,” including our own Reece Ferrell, will be singing next Sunday, the 26th, during the ser-vice. Happy birthday to Mary Haak, Celso Lara, Brother Ralph Brown and Sammy Stanley. Happy anniversary to Michael and Amy Spotts. It was a surprise to hear that some people in America actually believe that they can control the weather by eliminating certain

Holly Grove NewsBy Martha H. Jones

things on earth. Most all of us struggle con-trolling ourselves. It is difficult to always control the words that comes forth from our tongues, to control our appetites, our actions and our thoughts. We need to work on our-selves. The only thing we can do about the weather is to pray to the Creator of this uni-verse, the Almighty God, to have mercy on us and protect us and others in the storms that may come our way.Those on the sick list needing our prayers this week are Brenda Simpson, Clayton Pin-ner, Timothy and Ra-

chel Hopper, Ronnie Vanstory, Mikie Dot-son, Gladys McGahey, Betty Barden, Scotts Climer, Lisa Jones, Lisa Smith and Tony Castle-man. Kathy McClinton is doing well following her surgery. We express our heartfelt sympathy to Laverne Haynes and Brenda Crutchfield and their families in the death of their Aunt El-sie Haynes. Dylan and Gunner Byrd spent a couple of days and nights with their grandparents, Alan and Debbie Jones, last week and attend-ed the drive-in church with them Sunday. Rev. Robert Jeffress,

in warning against anger in a person that wants to get even with someone, told a little story about the much-remembered ra-dio show, “Amos and Andy.” This was one of my favorite shows. Amos noticed Andy walking around with a string around his neck and a little bottle hang-ing from it. He asked Andy about the bottle and why he was wear-ing it. Andy explained that the bottle was full of nitroglycerin and that a man had been poking him in the chest and if he did it again, it would blow his finger off.

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Jack and Nell Fox became great-grand-parents again, adding to their already large family. Little Enoch James Holt of Mem-phis came in weigh-ing 8 pounds, 1 ounce, born Thursday, July 16, to Megan Fox Holt and her husband, Grayson Holt. Enoch’s grandparents are Jef-frey and Mandy Fox of Crockett County. This

By Mary W. Lewis little newborn is also the Jack Foxes fourth great-grandson. The other three live in Cali-fornia. The entire clan gets together often for special occasions. I was very sorry to hear of the pass-ing of Elsie Watkins Haynes, the widow of Zell Haynes, known as “Bud.” We worked at Southern (later South Central Bell), she and I, along with her sister-in-law, Flo-ra Haynes Escue, wife

of Clarence Escue, Jr. After dial conversion, Elsie became a secre-tary at Haywood High for 26 years. Flora and I transferred to Hum-boldt and later to the Jackson office for more years of service. Mine was a total of 13 years, but Flora’s was much more. An outstanding trait of Elsie’s I’ve al-ways remembered was when my mother, who lived in Ripley, was ill for a long while, she received her first get

well card from Elsie, someone really not fa-miliar, but she and I appreciated it. Little things mean a lot. Ripley Church of Christ commenced their scheduled gos-pel meeting Sunday, July 19, through July 22 as planned though COVID-19 continues. Westside cancelled its Homecoming on July 19 until Novem-ber with Bro. Josh Barnett of Nashville, who is available at that

date also. We all every-where optimistically keep on planning, but common sense has to tell us, “We’ll see.” We need to all be praying fervently for this pan-demic to end and also the scientific commu-nity to locate a suitable preventive vaccine. We’ve been through several of these out-breaks such as yellow fever. Oakwood has several sections denot-ed for this. Everyone remembers hearing

of the influenza of the early 1900 teens. Also, more recently, infan-tile paralysis (polio) in, I guess, the 1940s or 1950s. Remember Clay-ton Pinner in your prayers (as the yard signs remind), Carolyn Freeman, Crestview Healthcare, Sue Ward, Christy Brummett, and others including Nell Fox who has suf-fered a bad sprained ankle at least three weeks.

Our residents have had a great week. They enjoyed the fol-lowing activities this week: Horse facts and a match game on Mon-

Crestview NewsBy Donna Lovell Did it Cost? game and

bear trivia on Friday. Our residents had a great time Wednesday morning as their fam-ilies drove through in their vehicles seeing their loved ones in a

day; a juice social, nail polishing and sit and stretch time on Tues-day; a family parade and FaceTime Smiles on Wednesday; BINGO and snake day trivia on Thursday; and What

family parade. It turned out great and our resi-dents loved it. We would like to thank everyone involved in making this a great event. Thank you to the Brownsville Police Department for

directing this event and also thank you to all the families for their help and support. It was a little hot, but our resi-dents did not mind the heat. They loved see-ing everyone! It was so

much fun with smiles and laughter from ev-eryone. Thought for the week: Happiness is like a jam; you can’t spread even a little without getting some on yourself.

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

Barney R. Garrett, DeceasedCase Number 2020-PR-39

Notice is hereby given that on July 15, 2020, letters of testa-mentary in respect to the estate of Barney R. Garrett, who died July 6, 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 re-quired 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), other-wise 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.

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When they rode into town Saturday, their arrival was anything but quiet – a fitting en-trance for a club help-ing defeat a disease that’s just as loud. The Living Legends Motor-cycle Club held their 4th Annual Cancer Ride on July 18 to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Approximate-ly 60 bikers and around 10 corvettes filled the streets as the organiza-

tion came into Browns-ville. According to Pete Bond, vice president of the club, this annual event is typically held in Jackson. With re-strictions put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year the club decided to begin their ride in Jackson but end in Brownsville. Bond said the event was started four years ago as a way to help the club’s president, Dar-rell Sanderlin, as he battled pancreatic can-cer. “The first year we

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Troop 68 lends helping hand

Brownsville church shows thanks to law enforcement Members of a local church took time to show their apprecia-tion for local law en-forcement recently by

giving them a gift that would warm anyone’s heart – that of a free meal. Poplar Corner Baptist Church pastor Eddie Mallonee said his congregation delivered 83 ZZs restaurant gift

cards to officers at the Brownsville Police De-partment and Haywood County Sheriff ’s Office on Wednesday, July 15. “We wanted to do something positive in a day of so much negativ-

ity,” commented Mal-lonee. Along with the gift cards, each valued at $30, was a note from the church. In part it read, “We at Poplar Corner Baptist Church

understand that these are very difficult and stressful days for law enforcement…Please know that we as a church and the commu-nity stand behind you and we pray for you…

We value and appreci-ate all that you do in serving our community in such a professional way. May you enjoy a good meal and may you know how grateful we are for all you do.”


In early May when the flag pole outside of the Haywood Coun-ty Carl Perkins Center was run over by a car, it was left destroyed. The driver left the scene and the Center was left with the responsibili-ty of getting the dam-aged pole replaced, an expense they were not prepared for.Graciously, two lo-cal residents, Larry and Joan Banks, paid for the new flag and flag pole, but the Cen-ter needed someone to erect it. Enter Boy Scout Troop 68.Given a lead by a friend, the Center heard that the troops were often seeking community service projects to earn

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Large Office/Shop/ Storage

Building for leaseThere is available for lease a 6,000

square foot office/ shop storage building located at 1287 Anderson Avenue, Brownsville, Tennessee. There is an 800 square foot office/

storage pace that is heated and cooled, and 5,200 square feet of heated shop/ storage space with

approximately 25-foot-high ceilings. Said building has two 14 x 14-foot

overhead doors and one 16x 14-foot overhead door. Said property will be available for rent effective November

1, 2020. You may contact Larry Banks at 108 South Washington Avenue, Brownsville, TN, or by

telephone at (731) 780-4900.

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obituaries

Brownsville Press publishes the records of only those cases that have been decided by the court and cases which the person charged waived a hearing. Haywood County General Sessions Court, Judge J. Roland Reid • Records courtesy of Mary B. Lonon, ClerkGeneral Sessions Court

Troy Alexander Bacon—Driving while license suspended; fined $100 plus costs, 6-months jail suspended to supervised pro-bation. Doris Cockrell—Possession unlawful drug paraphernalia uses and activities; fined $150 plus costs, 11/29 suspended to

6-months supervised probation. Jeffery Pope Cozart—Sim-ple possession/casual exchange; fined $750 plus costs, 11/29 sus-pended to 1-year supervised pro-bation. Christian Delk—Probation violation; probation revoked, sen-tence reinstated.

Theresa Michelle Ferrell—2-counts theft of merchan-dise-shoplifting; fined $25 plus costs and 6-months supervised probation. Kriston Glasgow—Hindering secured creditor; Bound Over to Grand Jury. Paula Johnson—Aggravat-

ed child abuse/neglect/endan-germent; fined $100 plus costs, 11/29 suspended to time served and 1-year supervised probation. Anthony W. McBride—Theft under $1,000; fined $100 plus costs, 11/29 suspended to time served. Xavier Marquis Mccon-

naughay—Aggravated assault; Bound Over to Grand Jury. Barry Walker—Simple pos-session/casual exchange; fined $250 plus costs, 11/29 suspended to 1-year supervised probation. Martravius L. Washing-ton—Simple possession/casual exchange; fined $250 plus costs,

11/29 suspended to supervised probation. Asia Deneen Leshea Sav-age—Financial responsibility law; fined $25 plus costs. James Williams—Probation violation; probation revoked, sen-tence reinstated with supervised probation extended 6-months.

Records courtesy of Steve Smith, Register of DeedsProperty Transfers 7/14/2020 Quit-Claim Deed Secretary of HUD to Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC; 184 Leggett Road. (Ripley, TN). No Consideration. 7/15/2020 Warranty Deed Hunter Howell to Shannon Tull; Hatchie River. $4,500. 7/15/2020 Quit-Claim Deed Reginald K. Castellaw et

ux to Rita Kay Mann Dryman et vir; Dr. Hess Road. $2,278. 7/16/2020 Administration Deed Estate of Glenn R. Bon-ifield Jr. to Patricia Lynn Walls; HWY 54 North. No Consider-ation. 7/16/2020 Warranty Deed David L. Smith et al to Erick Henry Clemmson; 960 Mead-

ow Street. $162,000. 7/16/2020 Warranty Deed Anita Porch Bailey et vir to De-nise Harris; 464 Cottonwood Drive. $115,000. 7/17/2020 Quit-Claim Deed Eva S. Miller to Eva S. Miller et al; Lots 1 and 2 Eva Miller S-D. No Consideration. 7/17/2020 Quit-Claim

Felons less/split or periodic time - 0Felons being held 1 year or more for DOC contract - 16

Convicted Misdemeanor - 4Pretrial Felons (people being held awaiting trial) - 51

Pretrial misdemeanor - 16Other/Hold for other agency - 8

Total - 95 (74 men, 17 women)

Jail Statistics

public records

Deed Eva S. Miller to Derrick C. Hellams et ux; Lot 3 Eva Miller S-D. No Consideration. 7/17/2020 Avis Davis to Derek Davis; Bonds Ferry Road. No Consideration. 7/17/2020 Warranty Deed Joey Conner to Shatophie Anderson; 308 Cedar Street. $100,000.

Courtesy of Sonya Castellaw, County ClerkMarriage LicensesBooker Tareyton Hunt to Brianna Jaffaria Rhodes


William “Bill” David Himschoot, 66, passed away July 2020 in the Jack-son-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tenn. There was a pri-vate family viewing at Lea and Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville. Services were under the direction of Lea and Simmons Funeral Home.

William “Bill” David HimschootJuly 2020 • Lea & Simmons Funeral Home

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iron pots, filling them with oil, and using propane burners. One pot for fish, another for hush-puppies and French fries. Homemade desserts consisted of rich chocolate brown-ies, lemon pie, choco-late-chip cookies and other sweets. “About 50 people from the sheriff ’s department and staff from the jail were the first group in-vited,” add Porch. “Our goal is to feed all First Responders: Police De-partment, Ambulance, Highway Patrol and the Fire Department. We want them to know we support them during good… as well as bad times. In the future, an-other group will be invit-ed.” “We appreciate Wood-land Baptist feeding our department,” said Sher-iff Billy Garrett. “Our people work hard to serve Haywood County.” Grover Westover, a lo-cal musician and pastor of Harmony Baptist in Haywood County, provid-ed guitar music during the event. Randy Kellough, pas-tor of Woodland Baptist Church, says, “Ministry is an essential element of being the church. This is

Friday, July 17, start-ed out like any other hot summer day. Tempera-tures soared into the high 90s. The heat index climbed to the triple dig-its. Regardless of the temperature, it’s never too hot to have a fish fry. This afternoon, Wood-land Baptist Church was feeding some of Hay-wood County’s First Re-sponders at the Criminal Justice Complex. Don Vailes and Butch Porch, both seasoned fishermen, had cast their lines in the Tennessee River near Pickwick for

the last several weeks. Using night-crawlers and chicken or turkey liver, they pulled in numerous catfish and crappie. Wanting to show their support for Haywood County First Responders, Vailes and Porch, along with others from Woodland Baptist Church, decided to plan a fish fry. “These men and women put their lives on the line every day,” says Porch. “It’s a small thing, but our church wanted to let them know we appreciate their ser-vice.” Frying the fish meant bringing in large black


Woodland Baptist feeds first responders

especially true for com-munity impact. One of the best ways to cultivate ministry is supporting those who are called first responders. The church benefits by ministering to those who serve in law enforcement, emergen-cy medical services, and fire fighters. They are part of God’s ministers to the community and churches who support first responders create an alliance that impacts the lives of people who live there. Also, gospel opportunities may sur-

face for residents in the community and first responders along with their families. They need the ministry of the church!” Among those who participated were sev-eral children. Brooke Evans brought her three youngsters who were in-volved in serving cold drinks and other duties. “Children naturally love to help others, at home, with their teacher at school, or just holding the door for someone,” says Evens. “As a par-

ent, I want to encour-age them to help others. Opportunities, such as the fish fry, let them be actively involved in ser-vice. I am grateful for a church family that en-courages and supports children in this way.” Hopefully, other churches will become involved in showing ap-preciation for our first responders.

Tomlin writes for the magazine and newspa-per market and teaching writing workshops.

SUBMITTED PHOTOSDon Vailes and Larry Stanley cooked over 200 pieces of catfish and crappie for first responders.

Jerry Elston, Grover Westover and Haywood County Sheriff Billy Garrett participated in the fish fry.


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