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Edward Lee Donoho, 66

Funeral services for Edward Lee Donoho, age 66 of the Webbtown Community in Lafayette, Tenn. were conducted Tuesday morning, May 27, 2008 at 11 a.m. from the chapel of the Phillip Anderson & Son Funeral Home in Lafayette, Tenn. with Wayne Meador officiating.

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Tony Clower, 47

Tony Clower, 47 years old of 2481 Carter Branch Road, Macon County, Tenn. went to Heaven on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 5:39 a.m. due to complications of heart failure at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

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James Carroll “Jimmy” Brown, 70

Mr. James Carroll "Jimmy" Brown, 70, of Cookeville, formerly of the Arcot Community in Clay Co., Tenn., passed away Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center, in Cookeville, Tenn.

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Virginia Gayle Williams, 49

Virginia Gayle Williams of Westmoreland, Tenn. passed away on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at the age of 49. Funeral services were conducted Sunday May 25 at 12 noon at her residence.

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Carolyn Dean Clark Troutt, 69

Carolyn Dean Clark Troutt, age 69 of Westmoreland passed away Friday, May 23, 2008. Funeral services were conducted Sunday, May 25 at 4 p.m. from Woodard Funeral Home with Bro. Guthrie Thompson and Bro. Harold Linville officiating. Interment followed in the New Hope Cemetery.

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Virginia Ann Quarles McCord, 63

Mrs. Virginia Ann Quarles McCord, 63, and employee of the University of Mississippi Bookstore where she worked in the art department, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at Baptist Memorial Hospital North Mississippi in Oxford, Miss.

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Normal Weather

This year’s spring has been abnormally normal, like the old springs of yesteryear. It didn’t turn hot in March, or dry in April, freeze hard or late, or do anything except be a nice long spring. Maybe we’re making up for the last few lost springs.

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“I Prayed”

Does a lapel button, which reads, “I PRAYED” violate the Constitution? A federal judge seems to think it does. The judge said that Wilson County schools were supporting religious activities by the parents, administrators, and teachers wearing buttons that said “I Prayed”, and that they could no longer wear them in school buildings.

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