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THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
LAUDERDALE COUNTY,TENNESSE
GUY N. JORDEN EDITOR AND OWNER (Other owners through the years on this roll also listed.)
(JULY 20,1923 & RIPLEY NEWS 1905 was on the first few pages of Roll 101)
ROLL# 101 JAN 1946–DEC.1948
TENNESSEE STATE ARCHIVES NASHVILLE,TENNESSEE
ABSTRACTED BY:
SARAH M. HUTCHERSON

HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 20,1923
HALLS AND IT’S TRADE TERRITORY..The first residence built on the townsite of Halls was erected
by Mr.G.W.HURT in the year 1880.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 20,1923
F.A.DUNIVANT & COMPAMY..Men’s Wear; born in Newbern,Dyer Co.For a number of years,he was
in the merchantile business at Decaturville,on the Tennessee River,in partnership with his father-in-law,
Judge J.A.ENGLAND.Mr.J.A.MOORE is employed in this house.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 20,1923
JOE L.LEVY,PROP.OF HALLS LEADING DRY GOODS..Born in Fort Wayne,Ind.,reared in New York City.
Associatedwith his father in merchantile business in Shelby,Miss.;coming to Halls in 1916.His sales force
consists of Mr.Elmer RHODES,Miss Cordia CHILDRESS,and Mrs.Ailene RAGLAND.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 20,1923
J.M.RHODES & SONS..Retail Grocery Trade.Mr.J.M.RHODES,senior member of J.M.RHODES and Son,is
perhaps the oldest business in Halls.Born in Cherokee county,Ala.,when five years,moved with his family
to Dyer county,this state,and settled near Fowkles.In 1898,Mr.RHODES established himself in the general
mercantile business,also later the drug business,then City Hardware & Furniture,the present grocery business
was established seven years ago.Mr.W.A.RHODES,son and junior member of this firm.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 20,1923
R.H.CHISHOLM,LAUDERDALE COUNTY TRUSTEE..Mr.CHISHOLM was born on a farm one mile north of
Halls December 4th,1896; his father,Mr.A.M.CHISHOLM,being a well known timberman.The junior Mr.
CHISHOLM finished his education in Halls high school at the head of his class and later taught in the
county public schools at Coal Creek,Pleasant Hill,and Central School Houses.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 20,1923
GUM FLAT..Bud McCLENDON and children and Mrs.Albert FOWLER spent Saturday night and Sunday
afternoon in the TIGRETT home. Johnnie PIERCE and son spent Sunday afternoon in the home of J.B.FERGUSON.
Mrs.Lee DELPH and children spent Sunday morning with Mrs.J.B.FERGUSON. Mr.Harrison CAMPBELL and
family spent Sunday in the home of Fred BIGGERS.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 20,1923
RUTHERFORD NOTES..John OLDS of Nankipoo visited in this community Sunday. Miss Lydia Lee MEEKS
spent the weekend with Misses Bessie BEARD & Lady BEARD of Nankipoo. Homer COOK and Miss Dotsie
HINTON of Nankipoo surprised many relatives and Friends Saturday by driving to Ripley and getting married.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 20,1923
EDITH NEWS..Mrs.W.S.GARRETT and little daughter returned to their home in Memphis after three weeks visit
to parents here. Miss Inez THURMAN from the Bluff spent Sunday with Miss Era HERRON.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 20,1923
DOUBLE BRIDGES..J.T.DUNCAN and wife spent a few days last week with his sister,Mrs.Coy HILLIARD.
Mrs.GRAVES of Brownsville visited her father,W.ADAMS here Sunday.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 20,1923
LOCAL NEWS..Mrs.Gertrude SATTERWHITE of Ripley was visiting Mrs.E.A.FERGUSON Thursday.
Mrs.W.M.MOORE and daughter,Miss Sadie,spent Saturday and Sunday in Ripley. Mrs.R.J.ABERNATHY
is visiting her daughter,Mrs.M.J.WILLIAMS in Memphis this week. Mrs.L.E.SIMPSON of Memphis,is visiting
her parents,Mr.& Mrs.James M.COX this week. James M.COX attended the Retail Jewelers’ Convention in
Memphis last week. Little Harroll FARLEY spent Saturday and Sunday with his grandparents,Mr.& Mrs.S.F.FARLEY
of Gates. Mrs.Pearl HART who has been in Memphis for several months,is the guest of her mother,Mrs.Mary
FARMER. Mrs.W.A.MOORE is visiting her son,Neill at Collierville this week. Miss Wilma HURLEY of Shelby,Miss.,
is the guest of her mother,Mrs.J.B.HURLEY this week.Mrs.Betra MITCHELL spent Tuesday and Wednesday in
Memphis the guest of her father,Mr.J.HURT. Mrs.W.H.HANNA,who has been attending the bedside of her daughter,
Miss Anna Mary,who is in a hospital in Memphis,spent Sunday at home. James MASSENGILL,the seven-year-old
son of Dr.A.P.MASSENGILL,happened to a serious accident Wednesday afternoon while out playing,falling and
breaking his collarbone.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 20,1923
CARD OF THANKS..We disre to extend our thanksand appreciation to our kind friends and neighbors for their
kindness shown us in the illness and death of our beloved babies,Arline,who died on the 10th and Arletta who
died the 13th.Especially we are grateful to Bro.YATES for the funeral services for both,and also for the beautiful
offerings. Mr.& Mrs.W.J.HASS.

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RIPLEY,TENNESSEE
EDITH NOTES..Misses Lena BARBOUR and Maggie COUGHLIN spent Sunday with Misses Maggie STEWART and
Mamie HARRISON. Miss Bertha CARR visited her sister,Miss Vada CARR at Nankipoo Sunday. Mrs.E.B.TALLEY,
who has been visiting her mother,Mrs.Lee AUSTIN,has returned home.

THE RIPLEY NEWS
W.M.SPARKS,CITY EDITOR
RIPLEY,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 25,1905
LOCALETTS..Mr.Will ESCUE,of Forked Deer,was here Wednesday. Mrs.COLEMAN,of Woodville,is the guest of her
daughter,Mrs.NAGLE. Miss COZART,of Newbern,is the guest of her sister,Mrs.U.S.STRADER. Miss Lucille CONNOR
of Ashport,is a guest in the home of Mr.John CONNER. Mrs.A.J.MEADOWS visited her sister,Mrs.T.F.SCOTT in Henning this week.

THE RIPLEY NEWS
W.M.SPARKS,CITY EDITOR
RIPLEY,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 25,1905
MR.WALTER NAILL..belonging to a prominent Haywood Co. family and well known in Ripley,died in Greenville,Miss.,
last week of typhoid fever and was buried in Brownsville.

THE RIPLEY NEWS
W.M.SPARKS,CITY EDITOR
RIPLEY,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 25,1905
CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL DOCKET..J.W.GLIMP vs R.F.MANESS;verdict for the defendant,$235.00,value of property.

THE RIPLEY NEWS
W.M.SPARKS,CITY EDITOR
RIPLEY,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 25,1905
DIVORCE CASES..Tennessee M.RAINEY vs T.M.RAINEY; Divorce Granted. Rosa McLEOD vs W.H.McLEOD; ordered to speed case.

THE RIPLEY NEWS
W.M.SPARKS,CITY EDITOR
RIPLEY,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 25,1905
STATE DOCKETT..E.M.KELTNER,selling liquior;$50 and six months in jail. CHARLEY DUNAVANT & BOB DUNAVANT,
profanity; $5.00 each. Ples BRADEN,carrying a pistol; forfeitures against defendent and bondsman. BART SAVAGE,
carrying a pistol; indictment quashed. W.A.BARFIELD,murder in the 2nd degree; case now on trial with the following
jurors to try case.JURY: J.F.FREEMAN; S.A BRADFORD; C.C.HUTCHERSON; G.F.FERGUSON; C.E.WALDING; BEN
KISSELL; D.B.SMITH; R.L.CANNON; A.F.VINSON; D.C.FIZZELL; E.E.DUGGAN; & J.A.BURGESS.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
J.H.MURCHISON,EDITOR
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 4,1946
NEWS FROM OUR SOLDIER BOYS..T-5 JAMES W.CHIPMAN of Halls,Rt.1,has recently received his discharge from
the army at Fort Knox,Ky. T-5 HAROLD LOVELACE is now at home after receiving his discharge from the Army last week.
Through error we listed PFC EDDIE M.STEELMAN as having received his discharge from the Army last week.This was a
little premature but Eddie is now at home after serving with a Military Police outfit in Europe. SGT.DORRIS JORDAN,of
Crockett county has been discharged at Fort Knox,Ky.,after almost five years service. TEC SGT.JAMES PEERY arrived
home during the weekend after being discharged from the Army after serving in Europe.Just prior to returning home he
was a coach of a service football team at LeHarve,France. PVT.NEIL DYER,JR.,son of Mrs.Neil DYER,of Halls,sailed on
December 8th from Norfolk,Va.,enroute to China.PVT.DYER will go through the Panama Canal and to Tientsin,China,where
he will join a Marine Corps unit.He received his training at Pharris Island.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
J.H.MURCHISON,EDITOR
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 4,1946
WITH THE IST CAVALRY DIVISION IN TOKYO..PFC IOTHA L.CHIPMAN,Halls,Tenn.,of the Eighth Army 1st Cavalry Division
now in Tokyo is among the latest group of men selected to return to the United States for demobilization.Overseas 8
months,CHIPMAN served in “F” Troop,12th Cavalry Regiment as a Rifleman.A veteran of two campaigns,he wears the
Asiatic-Pacific Theatre ribbon with campaign stars for Levte and Luzon,the Combat Infantryman’s Badge and the Phillippine
Liberation ribbon with two stars.A farmer in civilian life,CHIPMAN entered the Army in 1944.His wife Mildred,lives at
137 East Tigrett Street,Halls,Tenn.,and his father,Mr.Paul Chipman,resides in Henning,Tennessee.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
J.H.MURCHISON,EDITOR
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 4,1946
MRS.J.T.GEAN IS BURIED MONDAY..Mrs.J.T.GEAN died at her home in the Poplar Grove Community Sunday at the
age of 83.Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Poplar Grove,
with the Rev.A.D.SALISBURY officiating,assisted by Rev.N.D.SALISBURY.Burial in Poplar Grove Cemetery.She is
survived by two sons,Garland G.GEAN,of Halls and Rev.George W.GEAN of the Poplar Grove Community; three daughters,Mrs.M.T.SORRELL,Mrs.N.L.ARCHER and Mrs.Andrew SCOTT; 18 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
J.H.MURCHISON,EDITOR
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 4,1946
CHILDRESS CHARGED WITH SHOOTING..Elvie CHILDRESS,local taxi stand operator has been released under a
$2500.00 bond following the shooting of I.L.OSBORNE,service station owner and taxi operator,according to Sheriff
Oscar GRIGGS’office.CHILDRESS was arrested at the home of his brother in Fowkles Monday by Sheriff GRIGGS
and Deputy Nat GRAMMER,and Deputy Marvin GRAMMER.OSBORNE is in the Dyersburg hospital,his condition in not serious.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
J.H.MURCHISON,EDITOR
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 4,1946
MISS DONNY HALL IS BURIED THURSDAY..Miss Utilla “Donny” HALL died Wednesday morning at her home in
the Double Bridges Community after a lenghty illness.She was 71.Never married,Miss Donny was a member of
a prominent family of this section.She was a member of Bethesda Methodist Church,funeral services from the
church Thursday morning,burial in the city cemetery.Surviving are a cousin,Dr.W.M.HALL,of Double Bridges;
three neices,Miss Byrdie EDWARDS,with whom she made her home; Mrs.W.T.McDEARMON,of Bonicord; and
Mrs.D.C.CRAWFORD,of Stanton; also five nephews,Tola THOMPSON,Kansas City; Raymond HALL,Union City;
Bob HALL,Forked Dear; E.M.HALL,Covington; and Ralph HALL,of MEMPHIS.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
J.H.MURCHISON,EDITOR
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 4,1946
M-SGT.LIGHTFOOT GETS DISCHARGE..Master Sergeant R.H.LIGHTFOOT,husband of the former Earline MEADOWS
of this place and the father of Marilyn LIGHTFOOT,has recently received his discharge from an Army engineering
outfit after taking part in the European war and then traveling to the Pacific,however his outfit did not reach the
Pacific theatre of operations until after the surrender of Japan.M-Sgt.LIGHTFOOT was a member of the Engineering
outfit which was working on the Ludendoff bridge across the Rhine at the time of its collapse.On the previous day
he had been hit by a truck and had fallen from the bridge,he was released from the hospital,but was not on duty when
the bridge fell.(More on his release.)

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
J.H.MURCHISON,EDITOR
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 4,1946
MRS.MOLLY ROBERTSON..Mrs.Molly ROBERTSON,78,wife of the late Edd ROBERTSON of the Zion Community near
Friendship,died at the home of her daughter,Mrs.C.T.BLACKBURN in Humboldt Saturday,December 29th at 9 a.m.
Funeral services were held Monday at Mt.Zion Baptist Church,burial in Zion Cemetery.(very faded..Mrs.Ina PEARL
of Crockett Mills..rest faded out.)

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
J.H.MURCHISON,EDITOR
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 4,1946
A.O.DURHAM IS DEAD;RIPLEY,TENN.JAN.3..A.O.DURHAM,prominent Ripley insurance agent died st his home here
Thursday night of a heart attack.Services will beSaturday morning at the First Methodist Church by Rev.C.N.JOLLEY
and Dr.Chesley L.BOWDEN,burial will be in Maplewood cemetery.Mr.DURHAM,a church leader,was the son of B.C.
DURHAM,Sr.He was born in Lauderdale County.He leaves his wife,Maude CONNER DURHAM; his stepmother,
Mrs.B.C.DURHAM,Sr.; sister,Mrs.Carey JOHNSON of Natchitoches,La.; daughter,Mrs.Carey SANFORD,Memphis;
three brothers,B.C.DURHAM,Jr.,Ripley,John DURHAM,Cincinnati,and Max DURHAM of Hammond,La.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
J.H.MURCHISON,EDITOR
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 4,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.Howard HOLLAND & son of Coolidge,Ariz.,have been guests of her sister,
Mrs.J.O.THOMPSON and Mr.THOMPSON. Mrs.Annie NALL is at the bedside of her sister,Miss Henrietta HAWKS,
who is a patient in Baptist Hospital,Memphis. Mrs.Robert HINES is in the Baptist Hospital,Memphis for an operation.
Tommy FLYNN and Mike FLYNN of Memphis,spent several days last week with their grandmother,Mrs.Y.S.BROWN.
Miss Jane BROWN returned to Atlanta Monday after spending holidays with her mother,Mrs.Y.S.BROWN. Mr.& Mrs.
Allen FERGUSON and children,Mr.& Mrs.Douglas FERGUSON and Mr.& Mrs.Reginald FERGUSON of Memphis,spent
Friday with their parents,Mr.& Mrs.E.R.FERGUSON. Mr.& Mrs.Fred C.PERMENTER and Lt.Vinson HEATH of Memphis
were guests of Mr.& Mrs.Harry MURCHISON Sunday afternoon. Mr.& Mrs.A.B.TALLEY and Mr.& Mrs.John TALLEY
were dinner guests of Mr.& Mrs.Herbert ROBISON in Ripley Tuesday evening. Mr.& Mrs.W.E.BARBOUR,Memphis,
Mr.& Mrs.Robert G.BARBOUR and son of Dennison,Texas were guests of Mrs.F.M.JORDAN and other relatives Monday.
Mr.& Mrs.Robert Lewis SHACKELTON of Oak Ridge,Tenn.,announce the birth of a daughter on January 1st.Mrs.
SHACKELTON is the former Doerice AVERY of Gates.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 11,1946
BACK IN GATES..Mrs.E.S.CRIHFIELD received a telephone call from her husband,PFC “Junior” CRIHFIELD Wednesday
afternoon stating that he had arrived in the States at New York that morning.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 11,1946
INJURED IN CAR WRECK..Mrs.William PERRY,who is making her home with Mr.& Mrs.W.A.PERRY until her husband is
discharged from the service,was painfully injured Tuesday night when the car in which she was riding was struck by
a truck.Mrs.PERRY and Mrs.Bill LIGHTFOOT,driver of the car,were crossing the intersection of Tigrett St.,and the highway
when the truck alleged ran a stop light and hit the side of the car.Mrs.LIGHTFOOT was bruised,but no broken bones while
Wendell PERRY,small son of Mr.& Mrs.W.A.PERRY was cut about the head.The driver of the truck was place under
arrest and charged with reckless driving.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 11,1946
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS.SUSIE BECTON..Mrs.Susie Elizabeth BECTON died Friday morning of last week at
the home of her daughter,Mrs.Willie BRANDON,in the Poplar Grove Community at the age of 85.Services were Sunday
from Williams Chapel Baptist Church with Rev.Parker Lee HAYS officiating,burial in Halls Cemetery.Surviving are
two other daughters,Mrs.Nora BRIGGANCE,of Peach Orchard,Mo.,and Mrs.Pearl STYERS,of Memphis; two brothers,
William HALLIBURTON & Henry HALLIBURTON,both of Dyer,Tenn.; and two sisters,Mrs.Ellan McCaslin,of Dyer,and
Mrs.Henry SANSON,of Sardis,Miss.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 11,1946
IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM F.FREEMAN..No dates or other info except of memories.Written by his mother,Mrs.A.L.FREEMAN.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 11,1946
JAMES ROBBINS WEDS HUMBOLDT GIRL..In a ceremony in Corinth,Miss.,on December 16th by Rev.BOATMAN,
Miss Betty STALLINGS,daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Frank STALLINGS,of Humboldt,became the bride of HA1-C James
ROBBINS,son of Mrs.Sam THOMAS of Halls.She will live with Mrs.THOMAS and continue her work at Halls High
School,while Mr.ROBBINS will return to duty with the Navy at Norfolk,Va.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 11,1946
PAULINE HARGROVE IS MARRIED..Mr.& Mrs.Jim HARGROVE of Halls announce the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Pauline HARGROVE to Carl H.GUPTON of Lewisburg,Tenn.,son of Mr.& Mrs.J.M.GUPTON,formerly of Fowkles,Tenn.
They will make their home near Lewisburg.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 11,1946
ANNOUNCE MARRIAGE OF NANCY WOODLEY..Mrs.W.H.WOODLEY,Sr.,wishes to announce the marriage of her
daughter,Nancy,to Homer L.FULK of Buckeye Lake,Ohio.The wedding was solemnized at Buckeye Lake November
18th.Mr.FULK has been in the Army Air Force about 3 1/2 years and having served two years in European Threat.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 11,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Lloyd HART of Chicago was the guest of his mother,Mrs.Joe HART,and sister,Mrs.Elbert OZMENT
Saturday and Sunday. Mr.& Mrs.Charlie HILLIARD of Ripley visited her mother,Mrs.J.W.BRIGGS Sunday.
Mrs.Frederick G.CRAIG returned to her home in Florida Tuesday after a visit with her mother,Mrs.M.A.NUNN.
Mrs.H.L.BEECH of Rutherford spent last week with her mother,Mrs.A.N.JONES. Mrs.George BELL of Trenton spent several
days last week with her mother,Mrs.A.B.WITT. Mr.& Mrs.John WHITE of Bonicord are visiting his sister,Mrs.A.N.JONES this week.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 18,1946
MORE BOYS HOME FROM OVERSEAS..Mr.& Mrs.Lester OLDS of the Nankipoo Community met their son,SK3-C Kenneth
OLDS in Memphis.He entered the service November17,1943,has been overseas since May 1944.He is on a 30-day leave.
SGT.Garland HARGETT,son of Mr.& Mrs.John HARGETT,arrived home Tuesday night after receiving his discharge at
Fort George Mead,Maryland Saturday.He has been in the services 45 months.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 18,1946
MRS.LINNIE RICHARDSON BURIED SATURDAY..Mrs.Linnie RICHARDSON,widow of Will RICHARDSON,former Halls
business man,died at the home of her son,Everett RICHARDSON,in the Nankipoo Community,near here Friday morning
of last week Mrs.RICHARSON,who was 85,was born in Dyer County,and had been a resident of Lauderdale county for
65 years.She was a member of Halls Methodist Church Rev.W.F.MAXEDON,pastor,conducted funeral services at Halls
Methodist Church Saturday,burial in Halls cemetery. Her son was her only close survivor.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 18,1946
HELLEN’S BLUFF LOCALS..Mr.& Mrs.Alma LILLY spent the weekend with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.Limile VAUGHN.
Mr.Calvin VANN is seriously ill at this writing.His daughters,Mrs.Adrain VIA and Miss Wilma VANN of Memphis are
home at his bedside.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 18,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.T.G.COOPER,Jr.,of Nashville has been the guest of her parents,Mr.& Mrs.P.W.CRITTENDON.
Mrs.E.M.WHITE of Memphis is spending this week with her daughter,Mrs.D.E.PORTWOOD. T.B.FERGUSON has been ill
at his home on Route 2. Mr.& Mrs.T.B.FERGUSON. Mr.CLINTON has received his discharge from service after 27 months
in Africa & Italy. Chief Warrant Officer Perry DAVIS of Norfolk,Va.,Mrs.George L.JACKSON and Wayne DAVIS of Louisville,
Ky.,Mr.& Mrs.B.F.ESCUE of Orysa spent Sunday here guests of their mother,Mrs.G.P.DAVIS. Elry CATES,who was severely
burned last week at the Western Auto Store,was able to be out a little the first of the week.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 25,1946
MISS ANITA C.RIDDICK..73,died Saturday morning at her home near Maury City.She was a member of Floyd’s Chapel
Methodist Church.Funeral services were conducted Tuesday from Old Field Church,burial in Old Field cemetery.She
leaves two brothers,C.B.RIDDICK,Maury City,and S.M.RIDDICK,of Memphis; sister,Miss Mosie B.RIDDICK of Maury City.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 25,1946
MRS.MINNIE WILLIAMSON PUTMAN..wife of John C.PUTMAN of near Friendship,died at her home there Sunday after
several weeks illness.Services were held Tuesday at Friendship Baptist Church,burial in Sudbury Cemetery.She was
a former teacher in Crockett County Schools.She leaves a son,Staff Sgt.Durwood BUFORD of Trenton,who returned from
Japan last week; a step-daughter,Mrs.Jewell SUMERLIN,Jackson; two brothers,Jim WILLIAMSON and Benoni WILLIAMSON,
both of Maury City; a sister,Mrs.Frank RHODES,Maury City; neice,Mrs.Frank Garner of this place.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 25,1946
MRS.TENNIE M.HUTCHISON..died Monday at the home of her daughter,Mrs.Clyde PRATT of Crockett Mills.She was
65.Services were held Thursday at Providence Baptist Church.She leaves two other daughters,Mrs.Beatrice WINFREY
and Mrs.Lois HUTCHISON,both of Crockett Mills; four sons,Richard HUTCHISON and C.P.HUTCHISON,both of Crockett Mills,
Jack HUTCHISON of Michigan; (4th son not named);two brothers,Fred MALLARD,Dyersburg,and Jim MALLARD,East
St.Louis,Ill.; two sisters,Mrs.Josie TOWNSEND and Miss Camalee HUTCHISON,both of Dyersburg.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 25,1946
CALVIN E.VANN DIED LAST WEEK AFTER LONG ILLNESS..Calvin E.VANN,farmer and former barber here,died at his home
in the Lebanon community Thursday.He was 47.Mr.VANN was born in Pemiscott Co.,Mo.,and moved to Crockett County at
the age of 5.He had also lived in the Double Bridges community in Lauderdale County,TN.Funeral services were Friday
from Lebanon Methodist Church.Rev.C.C.LEWIS officiating,burial in Lebanon cemetery.Mr.VANN leaves his wife,Mrs.Lorrine
GRIFFIN VANN; two daughters,Mrs.Adrian VIA and Miss Wilma VANN,both of Memphis; one brother,Rubin VANN,Bells;
half-brother,Walter FITZHUGH,Memphis.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 25,1946
PROMINENT GATES CITIZEN DIES..R.J.MOORE,86,prominent pioneer resident of Gates died Saturday after long illness.
(Former President of Gates Bank & Trust; Representative Of Lauderdale County for two terms; etc.)Services were held
at his residence Monday by his pastor,Rev.W.O.BEARD.He is survived by his wife,Mrs.Cornelia MOORE; two daughters,
Mrs.Walter R.BROWNE,Memphis and Mrs.H.T.NEELY,Amarilla,Texas.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 25,1946
JOHN BELL HAND..who was the father of 24 children,died at the home of his daughter,Mrs.Ida MACKEY of Fowkles.
He was 90.He leaves his wife; nine other children; 51 grandchildren; and 36 great-grandchildren.He had been married
four times.Arrangements in charge of Sudbury Funeral Home.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 25,1946
SGT.FINIS JORDAN..of Gates,Rt.#1,has received his discharge from the Army at the Fort Knox Separation Center.
He is a former student of Halls High School.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 25,1946
MORE LOCAL BOYS GET DISCHARGES..Col.Carey HUTCHERSON,son of Mrs.A.P.MASSONGILL,was the guest of
his mother and sister for a short time this week in Memphis.He is reporting back for duty. Mrs.Ralph ADKERSON
received a call from her husband,John Ralph ADKERSON,SC3-C Saturday.He landed at Seattle,Washington Friday
January 18th from overseas.He will receive his discharge from the Millington Naval Separation Center this week
.He has been in service 26 months,served in the European Threatre,taking part in the invasion of Southern France.
For the past three months,he has been in Alaska.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 25,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..PFC and Mrs.E.S.CRIHFIELD and son,Stuart,were guests of his parents in Osceola,Ark.,during
the week-end.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 25,1946
HELLEN’S BLUFF NEWS..Mrs.Elgie YOUNG has moved her mother,Mrs.HAND of McMinniville,Tenn.,to her home
and she is very ill at this writing.Her husband,John HAND passed away January 17th.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 1,1946
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS.BUTLER FRIDAY..Mrs.Rosa Bell BUTLER,wife of J.W.BUTLER of Crockett County,
died at the home of her daughter,Mrs.Luther DICKERSON in Crockett County Thursday,January 24th.She was 79
years of age.Funeral services Friday at Maury Chapel with Rev.C.O.FRYE officiating.Burial in Halls Cemetery.
She is survived by two other daughters,Mrs.J.T.BUTLER,Halls,and Mrs.Alva YOUNG,Chestnut Bluff; two sons,
C.O.BUTLER,Chestnut Bluff,and Aubrey BUTLER,Dyersburg.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 1,1946
DISCHARGES COMING HOME..Lt.Col.Hugh NUNN,Ripley,and brother of R.J.NUNN and Mrs.E.T.PALMER,Halls,
has been placed on a four-months terminal leave by the Army Medical Corps and is now in Ripley with his wife
and baby. Mr.& Mrs.E.L.RAINEY have received word from their son,Bernard RAINEY stating he had been promoted
to the rank of Quartermaster 3-C with the U.S.NAVY.The letter,written from Pearl Harbor,told of meeting his first
cousin,Waymond MOORE,of Halls while in Pearl Harbor.They were able to spend three days and nights together.
He will be leaving Pearl Harbor January 23rd. Mr.& Mrs.Frank MOORE have received word from their son,Wayne
MOORE,of the U.S.Maritime Service stating he is being discharged.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 1,1946
ANNOUNCE MARRIAGE OF CAROLYN WILLIAMS TO KENNETH OLDS..Mr.& Mrs.A.W.WILLIAMS announce the
marriage of their daughter,Carolyn Nunn WILLIAMS to Lloyd Kenneth OLDS,SR3C,son of Mr.& Mrs.L.E.OLDS of
Nankipoo.The ceremony was said by Rev.B.P.MARTIN,at Marion,Ark.,Saturday,January 26th.The couple will make
their home with his parents until his return to the Navy at the end of his furlough.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 1,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.John TALLEY,Memphis,visited their parents here during the weekend. Mrs.J.O.COX,
Memphis,spent Wednesday here with her sister,Miss Freddie OLDS.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 1,1946
WEDDING TAKES PLACE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON..In a quietly solemnized ceremony,Miss Jeanne LIGHTFOOT
was married to James T.WILLIAMS Sunday,January 20,1946.The ceremony was at Ashland,Mississippi,Rev.W.R.LIMING,
pastor of the First Methodist Church officiating.Mr.& Mrs.Homer McKENZIE of Michigan City,Miss.,were the only
attendants.The bride wore a softly tailored ice-blie suit with black accessories.Her flowers were Talisman roses.
Mrs.WILLIAMS is the daughter of Mrs.V.T.LIGHTFOOT of Ripley,Tenn.,a graduate of Ripley High School,attended
Memphis School of Commerce,and is employed at Forked Deer Electric Co-Operative of Halls.Mr.WILLIAMS is the
son of Mr.& Mrs.W.T.WILLIAMS,Route #6,Ripley,Tenn.,and a graduate of Ripley High School.He recently received
an honorable discharge from the U.S.Army after 4&1/2 years service.He is a partner in Williams Brothers Service Station,Ripley.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8,1946
MRS.SALLIE KELLY;GATES,TENN.,FEB.6TH..Services for Mrs.Sallie KELLY of Gates,who died Monday night at
Gartley-Ramsey Hospital,Memphis,were held Wednesday at Gates Methodist Church,Rev.W.T.M.JONES,Rev.C.C.LEWIS
and Rev.W.A.BAKER officiating.Burial in Gates cemetery.She has been ill four years and critically ill a week.
She was 64,the widow of John KELLY.She leaves six daughters,Miss Donnie KELLY,assistant superintendent of
nurses at Gartly-Ramsey Hospital, the Misses Jennie,Anna and Addie KELLY,all of Gates,Mrs.D.N.CHANDLER,of
Knoxville,and Mrs.T.E.JAMISON,of Covington; two sons,James KELLY,of Memphis,and Grady KELLY,of Gates; three
brothers,Dr.T.E.MILLER,of Ripley,W.T.MILLER,of Memphis,and Joe MILLER,of Long Beach,Calif.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8,1946
MOTHER OF LOCAL CITIZEN DIED;RUTHERFORD,TENN.,FEB.6TH..Mrs.Martha Ann TOWNSEND,widow of William
Henry TOWNSEND,and daughter of Nancy COOPER and Nathaniel CORLEY,Rutherford settlers,died Monday at her
home in Rutherford.She was 80.She leaves four daughters,Mrs.Hinkle FRANKS of Ft.Worth,Tex.,Mrs.William B.
BRADSHAW of Jackson,Tenn.,Mrs.John GUTH and Mrs.Marion C.GUY of Whitehaven,Tenn.; seven sons,Hubert A.
TOWNSEND of Halls,Roy and Paris TOWNSEND of Rutherford,Wilson TOWNSEND of Encinitos,Calif.,and Jesse
TOWNSEND,Homer TOWNSEND,and Walter TOWNSEND,of Jackson; 13 grandchildren;8 great-grandchildren.Burial
was in the Rutherford cemetery.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8,1946
WITH THE SICK..Mrs.A.G.HARGETT has been ill for the past ten days. Barbara ANDREWS is beter after having
been sick with the flu.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.Bob POINDEXTER and Mrs.S.F.YOUNG attended funeral services for Mr.Ben MOORE
in Dyersburg last Friday afternoon. Mrs.Dora VIAR and W.C.VIAR,Jr.,attended funeral services for Mrs.Sallie
KELLY in Gates Wednesday afternoon. Hubert SUMROW of Klamath Falls,Oregan is the guest of his mother,Mrs.
Cecil SUMROW. Mrs.G.V.DAWS of Blytheville,Ark.,is the guest of her mother,Mrs.A.B.WITT. Mrs.Frank THOMPSON
and son of Memphis were guests of her mother,Mrs.May CHERRY during the weekend. Mr.& Mrs.Austin UTLEY,of
Memphis,and N.C.UTLEY,Ripley,were guests of Miss Sadie UTLEY. Mrs.Arthur PECKENGPAUGH of Unionville is
here with her mother,Mrs.Jett MEADOWS,who has the flu.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8,1946
CROSSROADS NEWS..Clark KIRBY has been discharged from the U.S.Marines and is home with his parents,
Mr.& Mrs.Eric KIRBY. Mr.& Mrs.Carl RIDDICK visited her sister,Mrs.Velma COX in Memphis last week.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8,1946
DOUBLE BRIDGES NEWS..Mrs.Annie Lois SPILLER and son,Marcus,are making their home in Memphis,where
Mrs.SPILLER is working at Kenneday General. Mr.& Mrs.Edgar WEBB and son,James,who has been discharged
from the Army,have moved here in the home of her mother,Mrs.J.L.HILLIARD. Mr.& Mrs.William Elton JONES have
moved in the house with Mr.Arch PITTS. Another newcomer to the community is Mr.Henry COOK who purchased the
place of Joseph WATSON,a colored boy.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15,1946
PROMINENT FOWKLES MERCHANT DIES..George L.VIAR,civic leader and leading merchant of Fowkles from 1901
until 1942,died at his home Friday.He was 82.He leaves a son,Thurmond VIAR,Fowkles; three daughters,Mrs.Ben
Iva JONES,Fowkles,Mrs.Farrow L.KEE,and Mrs.Lloyd J.FOLLIS,both of Memphis; a brother,Jimmy VIAR,Dyersburg;
a sister,Mrs.Mollie CHITWOOD,of Blytheville,Ark.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15,1946
HONOR RECENT BRIDE WITH SHOWER..Mrs.Lawson BRAY and Mrs.L.E.OLDS entertained at the home of Mrs.
BRAY in Nankipoo on Wednesday,February 6th,with a miscellaneous shower in compliment to Mrs.Kenneth OLDS,
recent bride.Some 50 guests called.Punch and cookies were served,Mrs.BRAY presided at the table with Mrs.Coy
HILLIARD and Mrs.Walton HUTCHERSON assisting.The horonee wore a gown of navy blue morie,Mrs.BRAY,a model
of black morie,and Mrs.A.W.WILLIAMS,mother of the bride,wore navy blue crepe.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15,1946
ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON..the Hurricane Hill Club met with Mrs.W.M.PARIS.A very interesting and instructive
meeting was held with Mrs.George DRAKE preciding.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15,1946
ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON..the Central Club met with Mrs.Vasser MILLER.In addition to the regular months’ program,
Project Leaders were appointed.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.J.Meredith HURT have moved to a farm near Essex,Mo. Wilbur AVERY,Jr.,of Gates,
left Wednesday afternoon for an induction center at Fort Ogelthorpe,Ga. Mrs.J.A.HART,Sr.,and Mrs.Charley HART
were in Memphis Wednesday to attend the funeral of MRS.THOMAS HART,Sr.,of 523 McLemore. Little Lewis
CORLEW,son of Mr.& Mrs.Earl CORLEW,Jr.,celebrated his second birthday Sunday,the guest of his grandparents,
Mr.& Mrs.B.L.HILL. Mr.& Mrs.A.W.ESCUE,Mr.& Mrs.Lewis ESCUE,Mr.& Mrs.Joe Clyde ESCUE,Mrs.Lucille BIVENS
and daughter,and Mr.& Mrs.Jack ESCUE were guests of Mr.& Mrs.Roy ESCUE in Ripley Sunday. Mrs.J.L.WHITE
left Monday night to visit her daughter,Mrs.Frank SCOTT,of Gulfport,Miss.,and Mrs.S.M.WILSON at New Orleans,
La.She was accompanied by her son,S.SGT.William A.WHITE. Mrs.Roberta MATTHEWS of Jacksonville,Fla.,is the
guest of her father,Joe CHAMBERS and her aunt,Mrs.Jett MEADOWS. Mr.& Mrs.A.G.STEELMAN spent Tuesday
with Mr.& Mrs.Cecil SUMROW.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15,1946
DOUBLE BRIDGES NEWS..Miss Christine LOVE of Double Bridges and Raymond HINTON,of Nankipoo surprised
their friends by getting married Saturday.She is the daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Tommie LOVE of Double Bridges. Minnie
Janes DAVIS,daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Doyle DAVIS,is ill with pneumonia. Mrs.Emma SUMMERS spent several days
last week at Edith with her son,Millard SUMMERS and wife. Mrs.Mattie GARRETT and two of her granddaughters from
Arkansas,came last week to make their home with her brother,Mr.Henry COOK. Linda HALL,daughter of
Mr.& Mrs.William HALL,Jr.,visited her grandmother,Mrs.Clara MEEKS,near Porter’s Gap last Sunday.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22,1946
LABAN LINCOLN HAISLIP;RIPLEY,TENN.FEB.15..Services for Laban Lincoln HAISLIP,71,who died of a heart attack
at the home of T.J.HAISLIP in the Arp Community Friday after seven weeks’ illness,were held at Mount Pleasant
Methodist Church Saturday,conducted by Rev.C.C.LEWIS of Ripley,burial in church cemetery.He was a lifelong
resident of Lauderdale County.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22,1946
OLIVER W.POSTON..64,Bonicord merchant,died at his home there Monday morning.He leaves his wife,Mrs.Allie
B.STRANGE POSTON; daughter,Joann POSTON,Memphis; brothers,L.A.POSTON and Council POSTON,both of Trenton;
sisters,Mrs.L.A.BOONE,Memphis; Mrs.J.W.HOPKINS,Friendship,and Mrs.Arthur CHESSOR,Trenton.Services in
Bethesda Presbyterian Church.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22,1946
CROSSROADS NEWS..Mr.& Mrs.James LATHAM of Montrey,Tenn.,are visiting his parents,Mr.& Mrs.Lock LATHAM.
Dorance KIRBY of the Merchant Marines and H.L.KIRBY of Halls,visited Mr.& Mrs.J.C.KIRBY recently. Miss Zadie KIRBY
who is employed at the Millington Naval Base spent Sunday with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.R.E.KIRBY.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Miss Lillie FLOWERS spent the weekend with her sister,Mrs.T.H.ROBERTSON at Sorrell’s
Chapel. Mrs.John HARGETT is able to sit up after having been quite ill the past two weeks. T.B.FERGUSON returned
to his home on Halls Route #2 this week,having been seriously ill at Dyersburg Hospital. Bobby Witt BELL of Trenton
spent Sunday with his grandmother,Mrs.A.B.WITT. Gene THURMOND,son of Rev.E.E.THURMOND,Rt.#6,Paducah,Ky.,
has been discharged at Millington Naval Separation Center after 33 months services.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 1,1946
DOUBLE BRIDGES NEWS..On the sick list since our last writing are Mrs.N.E.JENNINGS and daughter,Alice Faye,
Billie WEBB,and Miss Margaret WILKES. Miss Bonnie Sue CHAMBERS of Knoxville spent the weekend with her
parents,Mr.& Mrs.A.L.CHAMBERS.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 1,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Miss Ramona WATSON of Memphis has been a guest of her aunt,Mrs.Roy B.SUDBURY.
Mr.& Mrs.J.W.WARREN announce the birth of a son at Brownsville Hospital Sunday. Mr.& Mrs.T.C.MEEKS of Antioch
spent Saturday night with Mrs.Jett MEADOWS.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 1,1946
WILLIAMS-HEATH..Mr.& Mrs.Elmer HEATH announce the marriage of their daughter,Dolores,to Eugene WILLIAMS
of Kansas City on Feb.22nd.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
4-H CLUB NEWS..James Edward WOOD,a 4-H member at Henning,received from the 4-H club last year a purebred
Duroc gilt pig on the basis he return to the Club the best gilt out of his first litter.James Edward raised 9 out 0f 9
farrowed.On Tuesday,February 26,1946,he returned to the Club a good gilt pig which was placed with Richard DOUGLAS
of Ripley.Richard is in the eight grade at Ripley Grammer School and plans to continue in Club work.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
BURNS FATAL TO YOUTH SUNDAY..George Herbert DANIEL,14,died Sunday morning in the Baird-Brewer General Hospital
of burns he feceived when the DANIEL farm home near Unionville was destroyed by fire Friday night.He was attempting to
rekindle a low fire with kerosene when the container exploded.He is survived by his parents,Mr.& Mrs.Alvin G.DANIEL; brother,
Wesley O’neal DANIEL,Halls; sister,Shirley DANIEL,Halls.Services were held Sunday at Curve Baptist Church,burial in
Crossroads Cem.,Curve.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
MR.& MRS.P.H.HENDERSON..have received word that their son,Paul,Jr.,is now stationed at Schumaker,Calif.,but expects
to be assigned to a ship within the next few days.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
ON WEDNESDAY..The Edith Club recently re-organized,met with Mrs.Ora CRIHFIELD.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
MORE BOYS ARRIVE HOME..Mr.& Mrs.Earl CORLEW received word from their daughter,Rosalee,that her husband,
SGT.MITCHELL has been discharged from the Army Air Force at Colorado Springs,Co.,and they are leaving for their
home in Kalmath Falls,Oregan. Byron F.ESCUE,Jr.,MM 1-C has returned to his ship,the Y.S.S.DIXIE in Portlard,
Oregan after thirty days leave.He is the grandson of Mrs.G.P.DAVIS of Halls.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
MISS LOIS VAUGHN IS WED..Mr.& Mrs.Paul MILLER of Ripley Route #3,announce the marriage of their daughter,
Lois VAUGHN to Vernon REECE of Halls.The ceremony was February 23rd,and the couple are living with his
parents,Mr.& Mrs.John REECE.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
GATES ITEMS..W.A.WITT and family moved to Covington where Mr.Witt is employed by the I.C.Railroad.
Lloyd DAVIS,wife and little daughter,Patricia,arrived from Calif.,where he was discharged from the U.S.Navy.
They are at home with his parents,Mr.& Mrs.O.L.DAVIS.His brother,Eugene DAVIS arrived from Great Lakes,
where he is still in the Navy. Mr.& Mrs.Frederic DANIELS left Gates Monday for Baltimore,Maryland where
they will make their home.She is the daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Virgil JOHNSON of Gates.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
PERRY-ADAMS WEDDING..A wedding of interest took place Sunday at the home of Mr.& Mrs.Graham ADAMS of
Halls Route #4,when their daughter,Miss Vivian ADAMS became the bride of Ralph PERRY of Friendship.They
will make their home in Los Angeles,Calif.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.Harry A.HALL is in Memphis at the bedside of her mother,Mrs.Rena JORDAN,who
fell Tuesday and broke her hip at the home of her daughter,Mrs.V.G.ALEXANDER. Mr.& Mrs.Jim JAYNES,Mr.&
Mrs.T.J.YARBROUGH and Mrs.W.G.NEELY attended the funeral of Earl MEADOWS at Bells,Ark.,last Wednesday.
Mr.& Mrs.Fred C.PERMINTER,of Memphis,were guests of Mrs.J.H.MURCHISON Saturday and Sunday.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
CROSSROAD NEWS..A son was born to Mr.& Mrs.James Henry HAYES on March 4th. We are glad to report that
the baby of Mr.& Mrs.James LATHAM is improving after drinking some kerosene last Monday. Mr.& Mrs.J.N.PHILLIPS
have a new baby. Mr.& Mrs.Ernest RIDDICK and son of Alamo,visited his brother,Carl RIDDICK and wife Sunday.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
DOUBLE BRIDGES NEWS..On the sick list this week are Mrs.Alma WEBB; Mrs.B.F.CHAMBERS; Mrs.J.N.ROBERTS;
Mrs.Frank BRANKLEY; and little Elizabeth Ann YOUNG.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 15,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Bobby WELLS,son of Mr.& Mrs.Dee WELLS,was carried to Dyersburg Hospital Tuesday.
Bobby had a relapse of pneumonia. Mrs.A.B.TALLEY spent Thursday in Dyersburg to visit Lt.Col.J.K.COUGHLAN,wife
and baby.They are en route to Florida.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 15,1946
GATES ITEMS..The young son of Mr.& Mrs.Raymond JACKSON of Dry Hill was very ill last week with pneumonia.
Mrs.John TUCKER and little son,Johnnie,returned to Gates last Friday and are at the home of her parents,Mr.& Mrs.S.B.HILL.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 15,1946
DOUBLE BRIDGES NEWS..The little daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Isaac YOUNG is improving after being very ill several
days. Mrs.Nora EISON visited her daughter,Mrs.Ralph ADKERSON and family in Ripley last week. Mr.& Mrs.Walter
CLENDENTON and daughter,Kay of Unionville were guests of her parents,Mr.& Mrs.Edgar WEBB.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 22,1946
MRS.JOE HART DIED MONDAY MORNING..Mrs.Bertha HART died at the home of her daughter,Mrs.Elbert OZMENT
Monday after a long illness.She was 66 and had lived in Lauderdale County since 1919.Services were Tuesday at
Halls Baptist Church,burial in Halls Cemetery.She leaves her husband; daughter,Mrs.OZMENT,of Halls; aon,Loyd
HART,of Chicago; 2 grandchildren.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 22,1946
MISS CARNELL IS WED IN DOUBLE RING CEREMONY..Mr.& Mrs.J.L.CARNELL of Halls announce the marriage of
their daughter,Mary Alice CARNELL,to James A.HAYNES,son of J.H.HAYNES of Dyersburg,Sunday,March 17th in Dyersburg.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 22,1946
NINA SUE THOMAS BECOMES BRIDE OF JOSEPH HAMILTON..daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Sam THOMAS.He the son of J.P.
HAMILTON,both of Halls.Married March 10th at Corinth,Miss.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 22,1946
DOUBLE BRIDGES NEWS..Mr.& Mrs.Joe HILLIARD had guests Wednesday night of last week,Mr.& Mrs.Gus
HOPPERS and daughter,Betty,and Mr.& Mrs.James HOPPERS of Ripley. Mrs.Emma SUMMERS received word
Saturday of the death of her step-son,Ira SUMMERS.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 22,1946
GATES ITEMS..Mrs.EMMETT BRANTLEY who has been very sick,was removed by ambulance last weekend to the
home of her daughter,Mrs.Christine LEE at Winchester,Tenn.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 29,1946
RIPLEY MAYOR IS SUED..Suits asking damages totaling $222,500 have been filed in Lauderdale County Circuit
Court against Mayor Joe TUCKER of Ripley,doing business as City Lumber Co.,and against Vernon GRIFFIN.The
suits were the result of an auto accident on Highway 51 near Ripley on March 19,1945 in which a sailor,Bobby
CALDWELL and his parents,Mr.& Mrs.H.D.CALDWELL were killed.According to reports by officials at the time,young
CALDWELL was enroute to his home on leave prior to going overseas and was met in Memphis by his parents,wife,
child and sister.Just before arriving in Ripley,the auto crashed into a truck stolen earlier from the lumber company
and abandoned on the highway.Young CALDWELL and his parents were killed outright.Mrs.Bobby CALDWELL,her
16-month-old daughter and the sister were seriously injured.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 29,1946
SAVAGE IS VETERANS REPRESENTATIVE..Paul SAVAGE,former Ripley postmaster and state commissioner of public
welfare before entering the service,has been sworn in as stste veterans’employment representative.Mr.SAVAGE is a
native of Lauderdale County and was prominent in Ripley and Lauderdale county political and business affairs before
accepting appointment as welfare commissioner under the former Gov.Prentice COOPER.He had 32 months of
military service being discharged with the rank of Major.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 29,1946
FATHER OF FRANK THOMPSON DIES..Services for Henry G.THOMPSON of Bells,merchant and civic leader
and father of R.Frank THOMPSON of Memphis,and formerly of Halls,were held Saturday afternoon in Bells,burial
in Bells Cemetery.He died of a heart attack Friday at his home in Bells.He was 67.Born in Crockett County,formerly
was operator of the H.E.THOMPSON Dry Goods firm.Retiring in 1929,he re-entered business some ten years ago.
His first wife,the former Eddie Mae NEIL,mother of Frank THOMPSON,died seven years ago.He leaves his second
wife,Mrs.Ruth WELSH THOMPSON,and a daughter,Mrs.Cortez PIERCE of Bells.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 29,1946
HOME AGENT NEWS..The women of the Lightfoot community will meet Thursday,March 28th with Mrs.C.U.ROBERSON.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 29,1946
SISTER OF LOCAL MAN DIED LAST THURSDAY..Mrs.Ella PIERCE WHITE,member of a pioneer Dyersburg family
and sister of M.G.PIERCE,Sr.,of Halls,died Thursday of last week after a brief illness.Mrs.WHITE broke her hip
and pneumonia developed.She was 86.Funeral services were Saturday in Dyersburg.Surviving are two daughters;a
son; two other brothers;grandchildren;and a great-grandchild.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 29,1946
RETIRED PRINTER DIES AT DYERSBURG HOME..Harry DRIFOOS,retired printer and publisher and active Dyer
county political figure,died at his home in dyersburg Sunday following a heart attack.He was 68.Burial in Fairview
Cemetery.Born in Lebanon,Tenn.; resident of Dyersburg since 1903.Leaves three sisters,Miss Ann DRIFOOS,with
whom he lived; Mrs.Edward ELAM and Mrs.John R.STARK of Nashville.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 29,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Miss Freddie OLDS and Mrs.Wilbur AVERY of Gates were guests of Mr.& Mrs.James ORRIS
COX and Mrs.Velma COX in Memphis Wednesday of last week. Mrs.R.E.JORDAN and son Ted,of Jackson,Miss.,are
visiting her parents,Mr.& Mrs.E.B.WILEY. S1-C George Miller left Tuesday night returning to his station at Portsmouth,Va.
,after spending his furlough with his mother,Mrs.Cisley MILLER. Mayor and Mrs.R.H.JORDAN received a call from
their son,Bruce.He is in the States after service in Europe.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MARCH 29,1946
HELLEN-BLUFF LOCALS..Mr.& Mrs.Carter BALLINGER of Ripley,called in the home of Mr.& Mrs.Lyle VAUGHN Sunday.
Mr.& Mrs.Alma LILLEY spent Saturday night with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.Lyle VAUGHN.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 5,1946
PROMINENT PHYSICIAN DIED MONDAY NIGHT..Dr.Clyde T.NASH,extensive landowner and lifelong resident of the
Bonicord community died at his home Monday night.He was 64.Services were Wednesday from Miller’s Chapel.One
of his sons,Clyde Max NASH was to receive his Army discharge Monday at Fort McPherson,Ga.He also leaves his
wife,Mrs.Betty PATE NASH; three daughters,Sue NASH,Mrs.Frances REEL and Marie NASH; another son,Jimmy NASH,
all of Bonicord.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 5,1946
BURIED SUNDAY..Thomas Bennett FERGUSON,planter and lifelong resident of Lauderdale County,died at his home
on Route #2,five milles west of Halls Friday after an illness of some duration.He was 65.Funeral services were in
Halls Baptist Church,burial in Halls cemetery.In addition to his wife,Mrs.Mary MONTGOMERY FERGUSON; he leaves
four daughters,Mrs.E.B.CLINTON,Memphis,Mrs.M.D.PHILLIPS,Pine Bluff,Ark.,Mrs.H.L.DAVIS,Halls,and Miss Doris
FERGUSON,Memphis; a granddaughter,Roselyn PHILLIPS,Pine Bluff.Pall bearers were nephews of Mr.FERGUSON:Allen
FERGUSON,Reginald FERGUSON,Douglas FERGUSON,Don FERGUSON,Memphis,Sam Tom FERGUSON,Union City,and
Neil FERGUSON,Halls; Honorary pallbearers were: L.L.McDEARMAN,J.O.THOMPSON, F.W.HURT, W.S.PERRY,A.W.WILLIAMS,
Paul GRIFFIN,and Paul CRITTENDON.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 5,1946
HAS OPERATION..Mrs.T.E.REED is in Nashville at the bedside of her husband,Dr.REED,who underwent an emergency
operation on his throat Tuesday of last week.Dr.REED is in Vanderbilt Hospital,much improved.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 5,1946
MRS.JOE T.GRANT..Services for Mrs.Ellen TUCKER GRANT,wife of Joe T.GRANT,of near Friendship,were Wednesday
at the Palestine Baptist Church,burial in Palestine cemetery.She was 77,and died Sunday night at her home.She also
leaves two brothers,Frank TUCKER,Jackson,and Rich TUCKER,warm Springs,Ark.;two step-sons,Carl GRANT,Gary,Ind.,
and P.E.GRANT,Friendship; three step-daughters,Mrs.Annie Lee BAILEY,Gary,Ind.,Mrs.Maggie WOODS,Knoxville,and
Miss Luwell GRANT,Gary,Ind.She was the aunt of Mrs.Lon VIAR and Raymond HALE,both of Halls.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 5,1946
LITTLE LARRY JACKSON..son of Mr.& Mrs.Elton JACKSON,of Detroit,Mich.,and grandson of Mr.& Mrs.Earl CORLEW,Sr.,
who has been seriously ill with measles is improving.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 5,1946
UNDERGOES OPERATION..Miss Doris FERGUSON,Memphis,who was here to attend the funeral of her father,Bennett
FERGUSON,Sunday suffered an attack of appendicitis Sunday night and was carried to Baptist Hospital,Memphis for
an appendectomy Tues.morn.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 5,1946
MR.& MRS.FERGUSON MOVE TO MEMPHIS..Mr.& Mrs.E.R.(Tony)FERGUSON,lifelong residents and respected citizens
of Lauderdale County,legt Tuesday to make their home in Memphis.They have made their home on the same farm for
the past forty years.They are the parents of three sons,Allen FERGUSON,Douglas FERGUSON,and Reginald FERGUSON,
all of whom reside in Memphis.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 5,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.Bess JORDAN and Ben JORDAN attended the funeral of Harry DREYFUS in Dyersburg
Tuesday of last week.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 5,1946
MRS.EDNA IRENE COOKE..Services for Mrs.COOKE,who died at her home in Woodville Tuesday night of a heart
ailment were held at the Woodville Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon,conducted by Rev.John SEATON and
Rev.C.E.AZBILL,Jackson,burial in church cemetery.She was 75.She leaves a foster son,Vester VOSS,of Woodville; two brothers,J.D.HENLEY,Brinkley,Ark.,and E.M.HENLEY,Woodville.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 5,1946
GATES ITEMS..Mrs.Bettie RAINEY has been very sick but is resting better. Mr.& Mrs.James Orris COX and young son
have returned to their home in Memphis after spending the past week with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.Wilbur AVERY.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 12,1946
N.A.YANCEY DIED SATURDAY..Nathan A.YANCEY,prominent farm and business man and owner of extensive farm
tracts in Lauderdale and Dyer counties died early Saturday morning at his farm home near Hales Point.He was 75.
Services were Sunday at Curry Funeral Home,burial in Maplewood Cemetery,Ripley.He leaves his wife,Mrs.Bertha
YANCEY,of Ashville,NC; four daughters,Miss Margeurite YANCEY,Washington,D.C.,Mrs.William H.BARKLEY,Ashville,
NC,Mrs.R.L.Bird,Finley,TN,and Miss Sadie YANCEY,Ashville,NC; sister,Mrs.Belle PONDER,Blue Springs,Miss.
Pallbearers were:L.L.McDEARMAN and Lon VIAR of Halls,Sam BRADSHAW and George WEAKLEY of Dyersburg
and George WATKINS of Ripley.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 12,1946
LITTLE SPECKLED HEN GREATLY MOURNED..Death struck Thursday night of last week in the farm yard of Bernice
BRANDON of the Poplar Grove community claiming the queen of the barnyard as his victim,a little eleven years and
six months old mottled Anconia banty hen known as Wimpie. Wimpie had outlived all her children and grandchildren.
There are known survivors except friends from the human family.She had not been on the production line for the past
six years,but her heart has ever been with the cause.On beautiful spring days she was wont to go about the hen house
seeking a suitable nest,singing all the while in her lovely contralto voice.Her many friends mourn her passing.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 12,1946
ENGAGEMENT IS OF WIDE INTEREST HERE..The announcement was made today by Mr.& Mrs.A.G.HARGETT of Halls,
of the engagement of their daughter, Anna Jane HARGETT and Roy C.PATTON,also of Halls.Mr.Patton is the son of Judge
and Mrs.W.C.PATTON.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 12,1946
MISS LEONA HUDSON WEDS..Mr.& Mrs.R.C.HUDSON of Gates announce the marriage of their daughter,Leona,to Hugh
W.WILSON,Jr.,son of Mrs.W.M.BUTLER and Hugh W.WILSON of Jackson.The ceremony was said in Corinth,Miss.,on
March 23rd with Mrs.W.S.MARCOM,sister of the groom,serving as matron of honor and J.R.WARDLOW,brother-in-law
of the bride as best man.Mrs.WARDLOW and Raymond MARCOM were also present.They are making their home in Memphis.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 12,1946
GATES ITEMS..Mr.& Mrs.W.M.SAVAGE,who have been very sick for some time,are improved and are now back at their
store. John TUCKER of Birminghan,Ala.,spent last weekend in Gates with his wife and son.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 12,1946
4-H CLUB NEWS..Billy MAXWELL,a Gaines 4-H Club boy,started a 4-H Club Baby Beef project last week.Billy purchased
a purebred Hereford calf from W.T.YOUNGER,Jr.,local Hereford breeder,etc.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 12,1946
ADULT LEADERSHIP OF 4-H CLUBS IMPORTANT..The value of adult 4-H Club leaders was very effectively demonstrated
Wednesday April 3rd,when Mrs.Henry KLUTTS,Local Adult Leader of the Conner 4-H Club met with that club in its regular
monthly meeting.Mrs.KLUTTS took a very active part in the meeting,aiding the Home Agent in Teaching the girls the
fundementals of serving.She planes for the club to meet in her home during the summer months.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 12,1946
MISS MOORE WEDS RALPH J.FOWLER..Mrs.Pearl MOORE announces the marriage of her daughter,Trucella,to Ralph
J.FOWLER,son of Mrs.Meda FOWLER DeRANEK and the late A.J.FOWLER.The ceremony was performed Wednesday
,April 10th,in the Dyersburg Court House.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 12,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.W.H.HARGETT of Lepanto,Ark.,was the guest of Mr.& Mrs.A.G.HARGETT during the weekend.
Mr.& Mrs.A.G.HARGETT and daughter,Miss Jane HARGETT spent Sunday with Mr.& Mrs.G.W.HARGETT in Memphis.
Mr.& Mrs.John A.MOORE,Sr.,and Mr.& Mrs.Charles MOORE,spent Sunday in Memphis as guests of Mr.& Mrs.John A.
MOORE,Jr. Mr.& Mrs.Marvin JENNINGS and baby of Memphis,were guests during the weekend of his parents,Mr.&
Mrs.J.L.JENNINGS.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 12,1946
HOME AGENT NEWS..On Thursday Mrs.W.L.BARBOUR was hostess to the Central Club.Four new members,Mrs.Scott ANDREWS,Mrs.E.T.CAGLE,Mrs.Lonnie TUCKER,and Mrs.Jim BOYD were present.Mrs.N.N.CALDWELL gave a report on
the Community Dinner held on March 29th.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 19,1946
MRS.PYLAND DIES..The widow of J.D.PYLAND died at the home of her daughter,Mrs.E.D.CLIMER in Maury City Friday,
April 12th at 5 a.m.She was 78 years of age.Funeral services were held Saturday in Floyd’s Chapel with burial in the
church cemetery.Mrs.PYLAND is also survived by another daughter,Mrs.Gus NICHOLS,also of Maury City.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 19,1946
HOME AGENT NEWS..The first meeting of the Double Bridges Home Demonstration Club was held Tuesday,April 9th,
in the home of Mrs.Sidney GOOCH. The Bexar Home Demonstration Club was organized Wednesday,April 10th.Officers
elected were: President,Mrs.W.H.MILLER; vice-president,Mrs.Herman WEBB; Secretary,Mrs.Frank LANGLEY; Ass’t
Secretary,Mrs.Wertie PARKER.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 19,1946
JAMES A.BREAZEAL..Services for James A.BREAZEAL,52,farmer of the Edith community,who died Sunday at his home,
were held Tuesday afternoon at Macedonia Baptist Church with Rev.John SEATON officiating.Burial in church cemetery?
(as far as I know,Macedonia does not have a cem.)He leaves his wife,Mrs.Bulah BREAZEAL; two daughters,Mrs.Mary
PALMQUIAP,Flint,Mich.,and Mrs.Virgil SANDERS of Halls; three stepdaughters,Mrs.J.D.BURROUGHS,Mrs.Fred McCOY
and Mrs.Tom HOGUE,all of near Ripley; a brother,W.S.BREAZEL of Flint,Mich.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 19,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.R.C.(Mike)THURMOND,Jr.,of Dyersburg announce the birth of a son at the Baird-Brewer
Hospital,Dyersburg on Friday April 12th. Mr.& Mrs.Carl GOODWIN of Memphis spent the weekend with his father,A.A.
GOODWIN of Memphis spent the weekend with his father,A.A.GOODWIN.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 19,1946
DOUBLE BRIDGES..Mrs.Nora EISON is visiting her daughter,Mrs.Ralph ADKERSON in Ripley. Bill WEBB of Halls,spent
Monday night with his parents,Mr.& Mrs.Edgar WEBB. Edgar WEBB and son,James WEBB were in Dyersburg Tuesday
on business.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 19,1946
HELLEN-BLUFF LOCALS..Mr.& Mrs.Guy CHRONISTER are the proud parents of a son born April 12th. Mr.& Mrs.Henry
HINES spent Sunday with Mr.& Mrs.Bud HINES near Cross Roads.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 26,1946
MRS.LELA ELLIS..Services for Mrs.Lela ELLIS,who died Tuesday morning at the Brownsville Hospital were held
Wednesday morning at the Woodville Baptist Church by Rev.John W.SEATON,burialin church cemetery.A lifelong
resident of Lauderdale county,Mrs.ELLIS was 66,and a Baptist.She leaves four daughters,Mrs.Delie WILLIAMS,
Memphis,Mrs.Glenora SUMMAR,Woodville,Mrs.Nathalia RUSSELL,Curve,and Mrs.Kathryn CALDWELL,Dyersburg;
brother,Harris STANLEY,Memphis; sister,Mrs.A.C.DAVIS,Woodville.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 26,1946
DIED TUESDAY..Rosco B.ALLEY,prominent farmer of the Halespoint community,and native of Crockett County,died
at his home after a lenghty illness.He was 59 years of age.A member of the Lauderdale County Quarterly Court,he
had served as magistrate of the 9th civil dist until ill health forced him to retire some eight months ago.He was a member
of Zion Hill Baptist Church,Dyer County.Funeral services were held there on Thursday.In addition to his wife,Mrs.Irene
BAKER ALLEY,he is survived by six sons,James ALLEY,Halls,R.B.ALLEY,Jr.,Memphis,J.B.ALLEY,Chicago, Malcolm
ALLEY,Halespoint,Richard ALLEY,Chicago,and Joe M.ALLEY,Halls; two daughters,Mrs.Finis L.GARRETT and Mrs.Herschel
JOHNS; two brothers,Jasper ALLEY,Memphis,and J.O.ALLEY; five sisters,Mrs.George CREWS,Blytheville,Mrs.George
McDONALD,St.Louis,Mrs.Jim GOLDEN,Friendship,Mrs.Robert DAVID,Cleveland,Ohio,and Mrs.Stacy MADISON,Joplin,Mo.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 26,1946
COUPLE WED IN HERNANDO,MISS..An announcement to their many friends of the marriage of Miss Jeannette YEARY to
William REYNOLDS,son of Mr.& Mrs.W.L.REYNOLDS,of Halls.The ceremony was said April 20th in Herando,Miss.She is
the daughter of Mr.& Mrs.D.R.YEARY of Memphis.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 26,1946
BIRTHDAY DINNER..Mr.& Mrs.R.O.ROBERTSON of Friendship surprised their son,Captain Beasley ROBERTSON of Halls
with a birthday dinner at their home Sunday.Other gueasts,Mrs.ROBERTSON and daughter,Dawn; Mr.& Mrs.Wm.M.THOMPSON
and Mr.& Mrs.John W.SCREWS.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 26,1946
HELLEN’S BLUFF NEWS..Mr.C.W.YOUNG was the Sunday guest of his son,Eli YOUNG and family of Cross Roads.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY APRIL 26,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.James F.WILEY of Endicott,New York spent a part of their Easter vacation at the home
of his parents,Rev.& Mrs.E.B.WILEY. John H.WILEY visited his parents,Rev.& Mrs.E.B.WILEY this weekend from U
of T,Knoxville. Mr.& Mrs.Buster CAMPBELL are in Memphis at the bedside of their sister,Mrs.Sewell WILLIAMS,who
is critically ill at the St.Joseph Hospital. Wymond MOORE,son of Mr.& Mrs.Frank MOORE,has received his discharge
from the Naval Base at New Orleans,La.He enlisted in the Navy August 16,1943 and had spent 16 months overseas.
Mrs.W.E.BARBOUR and son,Gene Lewis BARBOUR of Memphis,are guests of Mrs.F.M.JORDAN.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 3,1946
GRANDMOTHER OF LOCAL RESIDENT DIES..Services were held in Dyersburg Friday,April 26th,for Mrs.Lillie COTTON,
member of an early Middle Tennessee family,who died at her home there Thursday after long illness.She was the wife
of the late Harry COTTON,one time Dyer County Circuit Court Clerk,and the grandmother of Mrs.Will CHERRY of Halls.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 3,1946
MRS.G.W.MONTGOMERY..Services for Mrs.Cora Alice MONTGOMERY,Haywood County native and resident of Dyersburg
for several years,who died early Wednesday of last week at her home,were held Thursday in Dyersburg Cumberland
Presbyterian Church,burial in Halls Cemetery.She was 63.She leaves her husband; two daughters,Mrs.Mary JOHNS,
Dyersburg and Mrs.E.G.MILLER,Ripley; brother,W.E.LACKEY,Parsons; three sisters,Mrs.W.L.REYNOLDS and Mrs.J.R.
DAILEY,Halls,and Mrs.W.F.CARLTON,Raleigh,TN.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 3,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.W.T.ANDREWS,Mrs.H.T.ABERNATHY,Mrs.J.F.COLLEY,and Miss Juanita PERRY were in
Memphis last week. Mr.& Mrs.Ralph ADKERSON of Ripley,announce the birth of a son at the Brownsville Hospital
on April 23rd.He will be called Jerry Ralph ADKERSON.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 3,1946
POPLAR GROVE NEWS..Mr.& Mrs.A.P.BURKS had as their guests Sunday Mr.& Mrs.Norris MEADOWS and son,Jack,
of Memphis,Mr.& Mrs.Johnnie MEADOWS of Halls,Mr.H.C.COOK,of Double Bridges and Mr.& Mrs.O.F.HOPPERS.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 3,1946
HELLEN’S BLUFF NEWS..D.A.HARWELL of Cross Roads spent Saturday night and Sunday with his daughter,Mrs.
Henry HINES. Mr.Elmer WRIGHT and Miss Dora BROGLIN drove to Miss.,on Wednesday,April 24th and got married.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 10,1946
MRS.SEWELL WILLIAMS BURIED SUNDAY..Services for Mrs.Frances WILLIAMS,24 year-old employee of
Goldsmith’s,Memphis,were held Sunday in Friendship Baptist Church,burial in Friendship cemetery.Mrs.WILLIAMS,
who was born in Friendship,died Friday morning at St.Joseph Hospital,where she had been a patient since April 15th.
She moved to Memphis two years ago when her husband went overseae with the Army.They were married in March,
1940,at Fort Benning,Ga.Mr.WILLIAMS is now a jewelry repairman at George T.Brodnax,Inc.She leaves her daughter,
Linda Ann WILLIAMS; her parents,Mr.& Mrs.R.L.HUBBARD,of Friendship; 3 sisters,Mrs.Bonita CHILDRESS and Mrs.
Maggie WEBB,Memphis and Miss Rose HUBBARD,Friendship; 3 brothers,James HUBBARD,Erskine HUBBARD,and
Roy HUBBARD,all of Friendship.She was a sister-in-law of Mrs.Buster CAMPBELL of Halls.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 10,1946
CLUBS MEET..A New Home Demonstration Club was organized on Monday,April 29th in the home of Mrs.Nelson
WHITE.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 17,1946
BROTHER OF LOCAL CITIZEN DIED MONDAY..John F.PARMINTER,54,farmer in the Lenox community in Dyer county,
died Monday night of last week at his home there.Funeral services Wednesday in Lenox Methodist Church,burial in
Fairview cemetery.He is survived by his wife,Mrs.Martha Parminter; two sons,Billy PARMINTER and Thomas
PARMINTER; four daughters,Mrs.Flossie JONES,Mrs.Margaret HOLT,Lenox,Mrs.Juanita ESTES,Elbridge,and Mrs.
Bernice MOSER,Dyersburg; three brothers,Walter PARMINTER & Bob PARMINTER,Memphis,and Charlie PARMINTER,Covington.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 17,1946
ANNOUNCE APPROACHING MARRIAGE..Mr.& Mrs.Carl H.TUBBS of Lenox,Tenn.,announce the forthcoming marriage
of their daughter,Evelyn June TUBBS to John Hassell WILEY,son of Rev.& Mrs.E.B.WILEY of Halls.The wedding
will take place on June 2 in the First Baptist Church of Halls.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 17,1946
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED..Mr.& Mrs.W.G.NEELY of Halls announce the engagement of their daughter,Mildred
Marie,to Paul Edwin WILLIAMS,son of Mr.& Mrs.J.M.WILLIAMS of Halls.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 17,1946
POPLAR GROVE NEWS..Mr.& Mrs.Nolan WILLIAMS,Mr.Norris MEADOWS,Memphis,Mrs.Jim MEADOWS,Mr.& Mrs.
Johnnie MEADOWS,Halls,were guests of Mrs.Powell BURKS Sunday. Mrs.Glynn CHAMBERS,Memphis,visited his
brother,J.B.CHAMBERS,and step-mother,Mrs.Lester CHAMBERS,and Mr.& Mrs.A.P.BURKS last week.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 17,1946
HELLEN’S BLUFF NEWS..Mr.& Mrs.Reuben CHRONISTER and son,of St.Louis,Mo.,were here last week,guests of
his mother,Mrs.Emma CHRONISTER,and brothers,Guy CHRONISTER and Russell CHRONISTER. Miss Margaret
GUINN,of this community and Mr.Doyle BEDWELL of Friendship were married in Hernando,Miss.,on Saturday,May 11th.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 17,1946
BEXAR HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB..met Wednesday in the home of Mrs.Wertie PARKER; the president,Mrs.
W.H.MILLER,presided.Mrs.Mary DUNCAN was appointed Home Management Chairman,and Mrs.Herman WEBB
was made Recreation Chairman.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 17,1946
RETURNS PRISONER..City Marshel W.T.SMITH went to Arkansas Thursday of last week to bring back Leon POTTER,
who is charged with house breaking and larceny.He is alleged to have entered the Elvie CHILDRESS apartment last February.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 17,1946
MARRIED MAY FIFTH..Mr.& Mrs.Ivy Lee OSBORNE of Halls announce the marriage of their daughter,Betty Jo
OSBORNE to Phillip W.GOLDEN,son of Mr.& Mrs.V.B.GOLDEN of Dyersburg on May 5th in the presence of Mr.&
Mrs.Burk GOLDEN,Trenton.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 17,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.Oscar HILLIARD and Mrs.Odell HILLIARD attended the funeral of the latter’s
grandmother,Mrs.E.W.ARWOOD in Ripley Sunday.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 24,1946
MRS.H.R.BRANCH BURIED MONDAY..Services for Mrs.Humphrey R.BRANCH,who died of a heart attack at her
home in Maury City Saturday afternoon were held at the home of her daughter,Mrs.J.B.LEE Monday afternoon,
burial in Gates Cemetery.She was 78.A lifelong resident of Crockett County,Mrs.BRANCH was the daughter of
the late J.B.& Mrs.Cornelia PARKER.She leaves two daughters,Mrs.J.B.LEE and Mrs.M.N.THOMPSON,Jackson;
a son,James H.BRANCH,Memphis; four sisters,Mrs.Mollie FERGUSON,Gates,Mrs.R.J.MOORE,Gates,Mrs.Laura
McPHERSON,Memphis,and Mrs.S.A.LUCAS,Canton,Miss.; two brothers,W.D.PARKER,Gates,E.G.PARKER,Sr.,
Gates. She was an aunt of Emmett PARKER,Jr.,Halls.Three grandchildren also survive,Mrs.Wallace WEATHERS,
Pittsburg,Pa.,Miss Janie BRANCH,Memphis,and Lt.Wade THOMSON,with the U.S.Army in Toyko.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 24,1946
GIVEN DISCHARGE FROM NAVY..Donald H.CHAMBERS,Seaman First Class,has arrived home after receiving an
honorable discharge from the Navy at Millington.His parents,Mr.& Mrs.Freddie B.CHAMBERS,Halls,Rt.#1.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 24,1946
FORMER SHERIFF DIED SUNDAY..Ripley,Tenn.,Andrew Herron CRAIG,prominent Ripley politician and member
of the Lauderdale County Court for 15 years,died of a heart attack Sunday at his home here.He was 74.Services
were Tuesday at Mary’s Chapel Baptist Church,Rev.M.F.SAVAGE and Dr.Chesley L.BOWDEN officiating,burial in
church cemetery.Mr.CRAIG,lifelong resident of Lauderdale County was the son of Mr.& Mrs.Charles CRAIG.He
leaves five daughters,Mrs.Walter LUNSFORD,Blytheville,Ark.,Mrs.N.A.KIRK,Potts Camp,Miss.,Mrs.Fay PORTER,
Marianna,Ark.,Mrs.T.Eddie GRAY,Ripley,Mrs.Shirley ROSS,Ripley; three sons,L.A.CRAIG,Washington, City Marshall
Jerome CRAIG,Ripley,and O.D.CRAIG,Ripley.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 24,1946
DIED LAST THURSDAY..Services for Mrs.Mary Jane WEBB,prominent church worker,who died at the home of her
daughter,Mrs.Phelan THOMPSON,near Ripley,were held Friday morning with Rev.C.N.Jolley officiating.Burial was
in Maplewood Cemetery.She was 78,and a member of the Baptist Church.She leaves another daughter,Mrs.Walker
RODGERS,Ripley; two sons,R.Lee WEBB,Dyersburg and Louis WEBB,Memphis.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 24,1946
ARM INJURY..Mrs.W.A.PERRY was painfully injured Sunday night when she was gored on the left arm by a bull.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 24,1946
MRS.MARY BULA PENNINGTON..Memphis resident,died Saturday at the home of her son,T.J.YANCEY in Memphis.
She was born at Friendship and made her home near Gates for a number of years.She also leaves her daughter,
Mrs.Eugenia YANCEY COFER,Kennett,Mo.; another son,Fred YANCEY,Broderick,Calif.Services were Sunday with
burial in Mt.Zion Cemetery near Friendship.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 24,1946
DIED THURSDAY..P.C.(Pete)THURMOND,prominent Halls and Dyersburg business man and resident of Dyersburg,
died Thursday of last week in the Baptist Hospital,Memphis.Mr.THURMOND had been seriously ill prior to his death.
His wife and daughter,Miss Frances Ann THURMOND,were at his bedside.Rites were held Friday from Curry Funeral
Home,burial in Fairview Cemetery.Mr.THURMOND was a native of Lauderdale County.He was a WWI vet and a
member of the dyersburg Post of the American Legion.In the early twenties he operated a bakery in Dyersburg.Later
he engaged with his father,A.P.THURMOND and brother,Clarence THURMOND.In addition to his wife and daughter,
he leaves a son,William THURMOND,who is a vet of WWII; his father,A.P.THURMOND; three sisters,Carrie THURMOND,
Donie THURMOND,and Mrs.Pauline CALDWELL; brother,Clarence THURMOND,all of Dyersburg.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 24,1946
UNDERGOES OPERATION..Mr.Edd PERRY was carried to Dyersburg Hospital Monday afternoon where he underwent
an appendectomy Tuesday morning.His son,Earl PERRY,who had returned to his home in Detroit,Michigan Sunday
night after a visit here,returned Tuesday to be at the bedside of his father.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 24,1946
WED IN JACKSON..In a lovely ceremony at the First Baptist Church in Jackson,Tenn.,Miss June Ruth SIMMONS,
daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Richard Henry SIMMONS of Jackson,became the bride of Stewart Warren McSWAIN of Paris,
Tenn.,son of Mrs.Dale McSWAIN and the late Mr.McSWAIN of that city.The double ring ceremony was solemnized
Thursday May 23rd.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 24,1946
ATTEND FUNERAL..Funeral services were held in Jackson,Tenn.,Wednesday for Claud SAVAGE,official of the
BM&O Railroad,who died in El Paso,Texas.He was the son of the late George & Mattie SAVAGE,who formerly
lived in Halls.His only close survivors are a sister,Mrs.Rufus DOUGLAS,Mobile,Ala.; an aunt,Mrs.J.T.MEADOWS,
Unionville,Tenn. Mr.SAVAGE had made Paducah,Ky.his home for most of his life.Attending the funeral were Mr.&
Mrs.J.T.MEADOWS,Unionville,Mr.& Mrs.Roy MEADOWS,Unionville,& Mr.& Mrs.Chesley MEADOWS,Unionville,
Mrs.W.A.PERRY,Halls,Mrs.William LIGHTFOOT,Halls,and Mr.& Mrs.T.G.AVERY,Halls.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 31,1946
WITH THE SICK..Mrs.Josie DUNAVANT is quite ill at the home of her son,E.V.DUNAVANT,Gates,Rt.#1,where she
is making her home.Mrs.DUNAVANT,who is the mother of Mrs.Mina ADAMS and grandmother of Mrs.M.P.JORDAN,
Memphis,made her home in Halls with them for nine or ten years.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 31,1946
LOCAL BLIND BOY DIES..Paul W.CLEEK,34,local blind boy,died early Saturday morning at his home here of
heart failure.Burial Sunday in Halls Cemetery.Surviving are his wife and several brothers and sisters.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 31,1946
MOTHER OF LOCAL RESIDENT DIES..Services were held in Sudbury Funeral Home Tuesday for Mrs.Marriah
Malviana PEAL,mother of Albert PEAL of this place,who died early Monday morning at the home of another son,
Lawrence PEAL,near Maury City.Burial was in Floyd’s Chapel cemetery.Mrs.PEAL was 91,a lifelong resident of
Crockett County.She also leaves three other sons,Grover PEAL,Dyersburg,John PEAL,Ridgely,and Carl PEAL,
Memphis.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 31,1946
OUTSTANDING 4-H CLUB MEMBER..Among 4-h Club boys in Lauderdale County who are doing an excellant work
this year,we list David FITZGERALD,a member of the Arp 4-H Club.This is David’s first year in 4-H work and he is
doing an exceptional job with his purebreed Hereford steer.When David purchased his first calf two months ago
from W.T.YOUNGER,it weighed 425 pounds.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 31,1946
ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR WEDDING..Miss Annie Mae PARKER of Gates,whose marriage to W.P.ALEXANDER,Jr.,of
Dyersburg,will take place Wednesday,June 5th at the First Methodist Church,Gates.Miss Cornelia PARKER will
serve her sister as maid of honor and Mrs.E.G.PARKER,Jr.,of Halls,will be matron of honor.Bridesmaids will be
Miss Margaret HAYNES,Tiptonville,Dorothy TURNER,Tunica,Miss.,Doris DANIELS,Ripley.Annella HUMPHREYS,
Blytheville,will serve her cousin as junior bridesmaid.Mr.ALEXANDER has asked George CRUMPLER,Dyersburg,
to be his best man.R.C.THURMOND,Jr.,King ROGERS,Jr.,Ted WELLS,all of Dyersburg,and Harry STANSBURY,
St.Louis,will be ushers.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY MAY 31,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.J.L.WHITE was called to Jackson Monday of last week due to the sudden death of her
sister,Mrs.Kate MIDYETT. Announcement is made of a son born to Mr.& Mrs.Judson HOLDERFIELD,Renton,
Washington,May 7th.The baby has been named Joseph Leon HOLDERFIELD.Mrs.HOLDERFIELD is the former
Miss Lurline NEARN. Mr.& Mrs.James WHITE,Nashville,announces the birth of a daughter on May 15th.She was
named Jo Marilyn WHITE.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 7,1946
MRS.CORA MOORE BURIED MONDAY..The death of Mrs.Cora MOORE occurred at her home after three weeks
illness,Saturday evening brought great grief to the hearts of many who knew her.She was born in Lauderdale
County,Tenn.,January 13th,1867,and from her home in Halls,Tenn.,June 1st,1946,she departed this life for her
eternal home in the City of God.Mrs.MOORE was converted in early life and joined the Methodist Church where
she has been a member for more than 65 years.(Lots of praise & a prayer).She is the widow of the late William
Munn MOORE,prominent land owner,who preceded her in death January 21st,1929.Remaining to mourn her death
are eleven children who are still living; Rev.J.W.MOORE,Joiner,Ark.,Schaffer C.MOORE,Inglewood,Calif.,Mrs.P.Lester BULT,Chicago,Ill.,Mrs.E.E.JOHNSON,Gates,Tenn.,Mrs.F.J.THURMOND,Halls,Tenn.,Mrs.A.F.GARRETT,Halls,Tenn.,
Mrs.E.L.RAINEY,Halls,Tenn.,Miss Effie MOORE,Halls,Tenn.,John MOORE,Halls,Tenn.,Frank MOORE,Halls,Tenn.,
and Albert MOORE,Halls,Tenn.One daughter,Mrs.Rebecca JOHNSON has preceded her in death.Twenty-three
grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.Services in First Methodist Church,burial in Halls,Cemetery.Pallbearers
included her grandsons,Fred P.MOORE,Jonesboro,Ark.,Joe Allen JOHNSON,Durant,Miss.,John MOORE,Jr.,Memphis,
Hannah L.HUTCHERSON,Memphis,Hollis C.JOHNSON,Gates,Tenn.,Bernard RAINEY,Halls,Tenn.,Charles MOORE,
Halls,Tenn.,and Wymond MOORE,Halls,Tenn.Two grandsons,James ESCUE and Wayne MOORE were unable to attend
because they are serving our country.Flower girls included Doris MOORE,Carol JOHNSON,and Doris WHITE.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 7,1946
IN RIPLEY..Mr.& Mrs.William LIGHTFOOT and daughter,Marilyn,are spending the next four weeks with their aunt,Mrs.
FORTNER,at the Fortner Hotel,while her son is on vacation.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 7,1946
IN HOSPITAL..Mr.J.B.LUCAS of Gates,Rt.#1,is in Brownsville Hospital where he is receiving treatment after a fall.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 7,1946
HOME FROM PUERTO RICO..William EISON of the U.S.Navy and his wife,of Puerto Rico,arrived in Memphis by plane
on Tuesday morning for a thirty day visit with his mother,Mrs.Nora EISON at Double Bridges.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 7,1946
RESPECTED NEGRO DIED LAST WEEK..Curtis LOVE,well-known and respected negro minister,and son of John W.LOVE
of Halls,died Monday May 27th at his home here of pneumonia.Services were held Thursday with burial in family
cemetery.Surviving is his wife and six children; his father; and three sisters.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 7,1946
WILL MARRY TONIGHT..Mr.& Mrs.George Wesley CLAYTON,of Memphis,announce the engagement of their daughter
,Mary Lillie CLAYTON to Friel MULLINS,son of Mr.& Mrs.C.R.MULLINS,of Newbern,Tenn.The wedding will be
solemnized tonight,June 7th.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 7,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Dr.& Mrs.Wilks POTTER and daughter of Amarillo,Texas,and Mr.Earl PACE and children,
Memphis,were dinner guests of Mr.& Mrs.J.T.MEADOWS in the Unionville community Sunday.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 14,1946
FOWKLES CITIZEN BURIED MONDAY..Services were held at Fowkles Methodist Church Monday for Thomas
WOODS,retired merchant of Fowkles,who died at his home there Sunday Midnight,burial in Bethesda Cemetery.
Mr.WOODS,who was 91,was born in Crockett county had lived in Dyer county since 1916.He leaves his wife,Mrs.
Mollie MITCHELL WOODS; three sons,Everett WOODS,Halls,Carl WOODS,Fowkles,and John WOODS,Murfreesboro;
two daughters,Mrs.Lula CHILDRESS,Fowkles,and Mrs.Alta SMITH,Fowkles; two brothers,Jim WOODS,Dyersburg,and
Will WOODS,Dyersburg.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 14,1946
IS CANDIDATE FOR TRUSTEE..Lauren CHISM,a WWII vet,is announcing his candidacy for the office of Trustee
of Lauderdale County.He was born October 29,1917 at Lightfoot,son of Mr.& Mrs.Willie CHISM; a graduate of
Ripley High School; four years assistant manager of Bostonian Men’s Shop,Memphis.On February 17,1941,he
joined the U.S.Army,commissioned a Lieutenant and sailed for England as a member of a Tank Destroyer
Battalion.He took part in the invasion landing in Normany on D-4 Day and participated in all five European
campaigns.While in France he met his brother,Wilbur CHISM,and after a few hours together,they separated
each going with his battalion.Wilbur CHISM was killed in action on August 17,1944,and Lauren CHISM was
wounded on August 23,1944.He was discharged on November 13,1945.He holds the following: Bronze Star,
Purple Heart,Presidental Unit Citation,Pre-Pearl Harbor ribbon,European Theatre Ribbon with five campaign
stars.In 1942,he married Miss Hortense GRAMMER.They have one child,Patty Lea CHISM,2 years old.At Present
he is a traveling representative in West Tennessee for Mechanics Tool and Forge Co. of Sabina,Ohio.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 14,1946
WILL BE MARRIED..Mr.& Mrs.T.W.COVINGTON,of Ripley,announce the engagement of their daughter,Sarah
COVINGTON,to Charles Curtis HAYSLETT,son of Mrs.Margaret HAYSLETT,of Martinsburg,W.Va.The wedding
will be at the Methodist Church June 21st,1946.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 14,1946
GIFT SHOWER HONORS..Mrs.Odell HILLIARD and Mrs.Roy HILLIARD,Jr.,entertained in the home of Mrs.Oscar
HILLIARD with a lovely gift shower complimenting Mrs.Johnnie LEE.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 14,1946
SUPRISE PARTY..Mr.& Mrs.L.E.OLDS were hosts at a surprise birthday dinner on Sunday,June 9th,for his
mother,Mrs.J.E.OLDS.It was also a homecoming for their son,Kenneth OLDS,who received his discharge
June 4th.There were sixty-eight present.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 14,1946
HELLEN’S BLUFF NEWS..Bobbie GILLILAND,of Frog Jump,spent a few days here with his grandparents,
Mr.& Mrs.Rob LOVE.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 14,1946
CLUBS MEET..On Thursday the Central Club met in the home of Mrs.Ellen HARGETT.Mrs.Howell CALDWELL,
the president,presided.Mrs.Lynn HARGETT,clothing chairman,gave a report on children’s clothes.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 21,1946
INJURED BY FALL..H.T.ABERNATHY is able to be back at work at his job as rural mail carrier after falling
Friday morning of last week at his home just after arising and breaking his nose.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 21,1946
CLUBS MEET..Mrs.Lena WEBB was hostess to the Bexar Club on Wednesday,June 12th.Mrs.WEBB
showed the club a bedspread she had made from feed sacks and candlewick thread.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 21,1946
MARRIED AT PEABODY HOTEL..Coming as a surprise to her many friends here and in Crockett County is
the announcement of marriage Dr.Sarah YORK,of Halls and John Isaac MURRAY,of Dallas,Texas.The
ceremony was performed Monday morning at 10 o’clock at Hotel Peabody.Attending were Mr.MURRAY’s
two sons and daughter; his brother,Owen MURRAY,of Dallas,Texas,Mrs.Paul COOPER,Birminghan,Ala.,
Mrs.Faye COFFMAN,Memphis,Mrs.R.O.STEWART,Memphis,and Dr.Asa DEAN,Tampa,Fla.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 21,1946
DOUBLE BRIDGES NOTES..Mrs.Bo JENNINGS and children are spending the week with Mr.& Mrs.W.G.
JENNINGS,Sr.,in Ripley. Mr.& Mrs.Joe HILLIARD had as their guests Monday night for dinner,Mr.& Mrs.
William EISON,of Puerto Rico,and his mother,Mrs.Carl EISON,and Mr.& Mrs.Ralph ADKERSON,of Ripley.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 21,1946
POPLAR GROVE NEWS..Miss Evelyn GEAN was married in Memphis on June 8th to Mr.CAMPBELL.They
visited here Sunday along with Miss Maida GEAN,also of Memphis. Mr.& Mrs.A.P.BURKS had as their
guests Sunday Mr.& Mrs.Charlie PRIVETT,of Newbern,Mr.& Mrs.Dan POPE,of Memphis,and Mr.& Mrs.
Johnnie MEADOWS,of Halls.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
RIPLEY PHYSICIAN DIES..Dr.Joe B.LACKEY died of a heart attack early Monday at Baptist Hospital,Memphis,
where he became a patient June 23rd.He was 62.A son of the late Dr.William K. and Eddie L.WARDLAW
LACKEY,he was born in Ripley and spent his entire life here.He attended Medical School at Vanderbilt,
spent two years as an intern in Bellevue Hospital,New York City.Returning to Ripley,he began the practice
of medicine with his father.After the death of his father in 1922,he opened his own office.He leaves a
brother,William K.LACKEY,a money order clerk at the Ripley Post Office; a sister,Mrs.Lucillus KIRKPATRICK.
Services in the First Methodist Church,burial in Maplewood cemetery.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
DIED MONDAY..Elbert Ezell FERGUSON,49,died Monday morning at his home in Fowkles.He had been
an invalid a greater part of his life.Funeral services were held at the residence Tuesday,burial in City
Cemetery,Halls.He is survived by his parents,Mr.& Mrs.S.B.FERGUSON,Fowkles; three brothers,S.T.
FERGUSON,Jackson,Neil FERGUSON,Halls,and J.M.FERGUSON,Salem,Oregan; two sisters,Mrs.R.J.AKIN,
Tatumville,and Mrs.Clyde McCLURE,Miston.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
NAT GRAMMER IN SHERIFF’S RACE..After a full discussion with my friends of the general conditions
which exists over our county of the Sheriff’s election to be held August 1st of this year,I have decided
to enter the race as a candidate for Sheriff of Lauderdale Couty,Tenn.Accordingly I have tendered to
Sheriff GRIGGS my resignation as a Deputy Sheriff and herewith announce my candidacy for said
office.The majority of you know me and my life’s history;I am a native of Lauderdale County,42 years
of age,have a wife and one child; for the past twenty years and more,I have been engaged in the bus
and transportation business of Lauderdale County.In the course of all my dealings with the public
I have tried always to give the very best service to my customers as possible.I have served as a
deputy sheriff of Laud.Co. for approx.ten years; two years under Sheriff HAMIL; four years under
Sheriff SHOAF; and four years under Sheriff GRIGGS.,etc.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
BOB VAUGHN DIED MONDAY..George Robert VAUGHN,Crockett County merchant and planter and a
veteran of WWI,died Monday night at the Veteran Hospital,Memphis,where he had been a patient
since May 30th.He was 56.Services were held Wednesday afternoon from Lebanon Methodist Church
with Rev.C.C.LEWIS officiating,burial in Lebanon Cemetery.Born and reared in Crockett County on Halls
Route #4,Mr.VAUGHN operated a store and large farming interests in the Vaughn Store Community.During
WWI he served as a private in Company M,46th Infantry.He leaves his wife,Mrs.Lera VAUGHN; his parents,
Mr.& Mrs.Joe S.VAUGHN,Halls; a sister,Miss Ada VAUGHN,Halls; and three brothers,Lyle VAUGHN,Crockett
Co.,Bernard VAUGHN,Shreveport,La.,and Asa VAUGHN,local city mail carrier.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
DIED IN MISSOURI..Roy HILLIARD,Sr.,received word Thursday of the death of his nephew,Glynn DUNCAN,
at a government hospital at Excelsoir Springs,Mo.His body was expected to arrive by train Thursday night
and funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time.It is expected that the funeral will be held at Enon
Church either Saturday or Sunday.Mr.DUNCAN had been ill some time,having been wounded overseas.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
ENTERTAINS WEDNESDAY CLUB..Mrs.A.G.HARGETT entertained members of the Wednesday Afternoon
Bridge Club and several extra guests at her home on College Street at two tables of bridge.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
DOUBLE BRIDGES ITEMS..Annie Lois SPILLER,of Memphis,spent the weekend with her parents and little
son,Marcus. Will CHIPMAN,of Ashport,visited in the W.M.KENLEY home Monday. Mr.& Mrs.Edgar WEBB
had as their guests Sunday their two daughters,Mrs.CLENDEN,of Unionville,and Mrs.Odell POTTER,of
Gold Dust. Little Brenda JENNINGS,daughter of Mrs.Bo JENNINGS,has been ill with mumps.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Miss Geraldine GOODWIN,Memphis,is spending the week with her aunt and uncle,
Mr.& Mrs.A.A.GOODWIN. Mr.& Mrs.Raymond BELTON announce the birth of a son on June 21st at the
home of Mr.& Mrs.B.J.PAIGE. Mrs.Tom MURRAY has returned to her home in Crossville,Tenn.,after
visiting her parents,Mr.& Mrs.H.T.ABERNATHY. Mr.& Mrs.Clayton LOVELACE have returned to their
home in Eufola,Ala.,after spending two weeks with his mother,Mrs.A.A.GOODWIN. Mr.& Mrs.J.T.MOORE
attended a birthday dinner for their son,Foster MOORE,in Dyersburg Tuesday night. Mrs.Jett MEADOWS
and brother,Joe CHAMBERS,attended a birthday dinner for Mrs.MEADOWS’ grandchildren,James MEEKS
and Geneva MEEKS Sunday in the home of Mr.& Mrs.T.C.MEEKS. Mrs.B.F.CHAMBERS and Miss Mary
Lee WRIGHT visited their sister,Mrs.Rena JORDAN in Memphis. Mrs.R.E.BROCK and daughter of Vista,
Calif.,spent Thursday with her aunt,Mrs.Jett MEADOWS. Rev.& Mrs.E.E.THURMOND and sons of Loneoak,
Ky.,visited his mother,Mrs.Jim THURMOND at the home of Mr.& Mrs.B.J.PAIGE last week. Mr.& Mrs.Woodrow
LAWRENCE are parents of a new baby boy.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
ON WAY HOME..Mrs.Jesse MOORE,of Halls Route #2,has received a letter from her son,PFC Paul MOORE,
who is with the Regt.Weapon Co.,5th Marines,stating he is on his way home.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
RECEIVES DISCHARGE..James N.MEEKS,SM3C,son of Mr.& Mrs.T.C.MEEKS,Halls Route #2,is receiving
his discharge after 21 months service.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
AUNTS OF LOCAL RESIDENT DIES..Mrs.T.H.SIMMONS,during the past week has lost by death,two of
her aunts.Miss Betty BOYD,who died at the home of her sister,Mrs.Sue CALDWELL,in Ripley Thursday,
was buried Friday in Bethlehem cemetery near Henning.Mrs.Lenora BOYD MASON died at the home of
her son,Montee MASON near Henning Monday.She also was buried in Bethlehem cemetery.The two
women,sisters,had spent their entire lives in Lauderdale County.In addition to Mrs.SIMMONS,those
attending the BOYD funeral were Mrs.J.A.HART,Mrs.A.B.WHITE, Mrs.W.H.BAILEY,and Mrs.A.S.KENLEY.T
hose attending Mrs.MASON’s services were:Mrs.J.W.SIMMONS,Mrs.J.A.HART,and Mrs.A.B.WITT.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 5,1946
HONOR ROLL OF WAR DEAD..KIA:killed in action. DOW:died of wounds. DOI:died of injuries. DNB:
died of non-battle causes. FOD:finding of death under public law 490. M.missing. S-SGT.Joseph M.BAKER,
DOW. 2ND LT.Aubrey L.BLACK,KIA. PVT.James M.CLEMENT,KIA. PVT.Wm.E.CURRIN,DNB. PFC Thomas B.
(Brown)DILLINGHAM,FOD. PFC Daniel W.FERNSTROM,KIA. PVT.George F.GLOVER,KIA. S-SGT.Arbon C.HALE,
KIA. T-5 Albert HELM,DNB. CAPT.Fred R.HURT,Jr.DNB. CPL.Wm.N.JARRETT,DNB. PFC Vernon JONES,KIA. PVT.
Clyde O.LEABOLD,DNB. SGT.Wilburn LEWIS,KIA. PFC James W.MURLEY,KIA. PVT.W.B.RAY,KIA. T-SGT.Charles
R.ROBISON,KIA. MAJ.Wm.V.SANFORD,DNB. 2ND LT Wm.N.SELLERS,DNB. PFC Guy T.STATUM,KIA. PFC
Herman T.TIBBS,KIA. PFC Paul H.WOODARD,KIA. 2ND LT.William T.ANTHONY,DNB. PFC Eddie L.BURNS,KIA.
PFC Thomas H.COTTON,KIA. PFC Dan O.DANIELS,KIA. S-SGT Bruce ELMORE,KIA. PFC Wm.B.FREEMAN,KIA.
PVT.Doyle R.GRADY,DOW. CPL James S.HALL,DNB. PFC JAMES M.HIPP,KIA. PVT.Harry T.INGRAM,DOW. PVT
Rayborn JENKINS,DOW. PFC Ivan D.LAND,KIA. PFC Howard E.LEE,DOW. PVT Jake MORGAN,DNB. T-5 Elmer
I.PRATER,KIA. PVT LaFayette F.ROBBINS,KIA. PFC Carl RODGERS,KIA. PVT Thomas T.SMITH,KIA. PFC Weslie
L.SMITH,KIA. PVT Jo– W.THOMPSON,KIA. PVT James F.WOOD,KIA.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 5,1946
POPLAR GROVE..Mrs.Johnnie MEADOWS,Halls,was the guest of Mr.& Mrs.A.P.BURKS Monday through
Wednesday.On Wednesday she was joined by Mr.MEADOWS,W.N.BEASLEY,and H.C.COOK,who enjoyed
a fish dinner at the BURKS home. Mr.& Mrs.John POPE and little Jack Norris MEADOWS,of Memphis,Mr.&
Mrs.A.P.BURKS and Mr.& Mrs.Johnnie MEADOWS,of Halls,had a fish dinner at Reelfoot Lake Sunday.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 12,1946
MRS.R.D.BECTON DIED WEDNESDAY NIGHT..Mrs.Carrie BECTON,civic and church leader of the Poplar
Grove community,died at her home Wednesday night.She was 65.The wife of R.D.(Bob) BECTON,farmer
and landowner,she was born in Lauderdale County and spent her life here.She was a member of the Poplar
Grove Baptist Church.She leaves her husband; a daughter,Mrs.Ellis SASSER,Halls; a sister,Mrs.Ellie
BALLINGER,Maury City.Funeral services were Thursday at Poplar Grove Baptist Church.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 12,1946
DIED AT EXCELSIOR SPRINGS..Glynn A.DUNCAN died at the Veterans Hospital,Excelsior Springs,Mo.,
June 25th.He was 24.Funeral services were held at Enon Baptist Church Saturday,June 29th,burial in
Halls Cemetery.Mr.DUNCAN served more than three years in the Army with eleven months combat duty
in Germany.He returned from Overseas duty July 12,1945.After a 30 day furlough at home,he was discharged
on October 4th,1945.He became ill and was sent to Obispo,Calif.,and later returned to Excelsior Springs.He
was the son of Mr.& Mrs.I.A.DUNCAN,St.Louis,former residents of Halls.He leaves one brother,Lloyd A.DUNCAN;
one sister,Betty DUNCAN.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 12,1946
BURIED WEDNESDAY..Services for Mrs.Martha Annie ACKLIN,of the Chestnut Bluff Community,who died
Tuesday afternoon at her home,were held at Archer’s Chapel Methodist Church Wednesday,burial in the church
cemetery.Mrs.ACKLIN,who was born in Crockett County,was 58.She leaves her husband,W.C.ACKLIN; two sons,
Cleveland ACKLIN and Clarence ACKLIN,both of Friendship,Tenn.; a daughter,Mrs.Marion ADCOCK,of Friendship;
and two brothers,John GILLILAND and Joah GILLILAND,both of Friendship.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 12,1946
FUNERAL SERVICES..For David G.HARBER,farmer of the Elizabeth Community,who died July 3rd at his home,
were held Thursday afternoon at the Elizabeth Methodist Church,burial in Friendship cemetery.Mr.HARBER,who
was 76,was born in Crockett County,and spent his life there.He leaves his wife,Mrs.Lida VERNON HARBER; three
sons,Jessie HARBER,Dyersburg,Tenn.,Marion HARBER,Memphis,and Johnnie HARBER,Dyersburg; two
daughters,Mrs.Bettie Lou McCALEB,Friendship and Mrs.J.A.McDOWELL,Memphis; two brothers,B.A.HARBER,
Friendship,and W.H.HARBER,Memphis; a sister,Mrs.Fannie CHILDRESS,Friendship.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 12,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.William LIGHTFOOT and daughter,Marilyn,have moved to their home on
Highway 51,north of Curve,which they recently purchased. Mrs.Helen KLUTTS,society editor of the Lauderdale
County Enterprise,Ripley,was the guest of Mrs.Birdie SHELTON Sunday. Mrs.J.A.ESCUE and Mrs.Bill ESCUE
spent Tuesday with relatives at Edith.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 12,1946
POPLAR GROVE NEWS..Mrs.A.P.BURKS had as her dinner guests Wednesday Mrs.W.A.PERRY & son,Ted,
Mrs.T.G.AVERY,Mrs.William LIGHTFOOT,Mrs.Johnnie MEADOWS,of Halls.Supper guests Wednesday evening
were Mr.& Mrs.Oma HOPPERS and Mr.H.C.COOK.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 12,1946
DIED SUNDAY-BELLS,TENN.,JULY 7..Services for Mrs.Ollie CARTER,widow of Will CARTER,former Maury City,
Tenn. merchant,were held at Bells Methodist Church,burial in Bellevue Cemetery here.She died at the home of
her daughter,Mrs.Guy W.MOBLEY,of Bells Sunday morning.A lifelong resident of Crockett County,she leaves no
other immediate survivors.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 19,1946
TONSILS REMOVED..Mrs.Robert HINES and daughter,Janet HINES,were in Memphis Monday where Janet
underwent a tonsilectomy at the Baptist Hospital.Janet was able to return to her home here Tuesday.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 19,1946
POPLAR GROVE NEWS..Mr.& Mrs.A.P.BURKS and H.C.COOK were dinner guests of Mr.& Mrs.Eutran
COOK of Ripley Sunday.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 19,1946
HOSTESS TO CLUB..The home of Mrs.E.S.CRIHFIELD was the attractive setting for a delightful social
event Thursday evening when she entertained the Thursday Night Bridge Club.Members present were:
Mrs.W.C.VIAR,Jr.,Mrs.F.E.PUGH, Mrs.Clyde YOUNGER,Mrs.W.O.SUGG, Mrs.David NUNN, Mrs.Will CHERRY,
and Mrs.Charles ALSOBROOKS.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 19,1946
AFTERNOON PARTY..Mrs.W.P.ALEXANDER,Jr.,of Dyersburg,formerly Miss Annie Mae PARKER,of Gates,
was again complimented when Mrs.Frank SHEPARD and Mrs.John M.TARRANT entertained at Mrs.TARRANT’s
home with an afternoon party and kitchen shower.Mrs.E.G.PARKER,Sr.,Miss Cornelia PARKER and Mrs.A.T.
McKINNON,of Gates were out of town guests.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 19,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.Lloyd AYERS,of Jackson,visited her aunt,Mrs.J.L.JENNINGS Friday of last week.
Mr.& Mrs.H.N.ALLIERSON,Mason,Tenn.,Lor-ie ALLIERSON,Memphis,Miss CHAPMAN,Memphis,Mr.& Mrs.Marvin
JENNINGS and daughter,Memphis,visited in the J.L.JENNINGS home Saturday.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 26,1946
BURIED LAST THURSDAY..Services for Dudley T.BIVENS,merchant of Hellen’s Bluff Community,who died
Wednesday,July 17th at his home,were held Thursday.He was 61.He had been a merchant at Bruceville,
Tenn. before moving to Hellen’s Bluff.He leaves his wife,Mrs.Josephine NEWMAN BIVENS; four sons,Rev.
R.A.BIVENS,Grand Junction,Tenn.,Elmer BIVENS,Friendship,Neil BIVENS,Friendship,and Eugene BIVENS,
Fort Knox,Ky.; two daughters,Miss Sue BIVENS,Memphis,and Mrs.J.N.PHILLIPS,Dyersburg.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 26,1946
PASSES AWAY..Friends and relatives of Al Couin AMITH,age 75 years,were greived last Thursday afternoon,
July 18th,when they learned of his death at Baptist Hospital,Memphis.Mr.SMITH and Miss Minnie QUINN were
married 52 years ago and had made their home in Halls the greater part of that time.Funeral services were in
Halls Baptist church July 19th,burial in Halls Cemetery. Surviving are his wife; daughters,Mrs.J.C.DODSON,
Macon,Ga.,and Mrs.J.E.PEERY,Halls; sisters,Mrs.Joe STANLEY,Halls,Mrs.W.N.BEARD,Henning,Mrs.Nannie
NORMAN,Jonesboro,Ark.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 26,1946
HUSBAND DIES IN PLANE CRASH..Word has been received here of the death of Pete GUTHRIE,of Harlan,Ky.,
husband of the former Bitsey FERGUSON,in a plane crash Tuesday morning.Mrs.GUTHRIE and their son,Petie,
were visiting her parents,Mr.& Mrs.E.A.FERGUSON near Dyersburg when word of the crash came.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 26,1946
BURIED MONDAY..Funeral services were held Monday at four at Garner Funeral Home for Kenneth LeRoy
McBRIDE,who died in a Memphis Hospital Sunday afternoon.He was 13.Burial was in Halls Cemetery.He
leaves his parents,Mr.& Mrs.J.D.McBRIDE,Halespoint; sisters,Mrs.James HEAD,Nashville,Miss Mildred
McBRIDE,Nashville,Martha Jane McBRIDE,Halespoint; brothers,John McBRIDE,George McBRIDE,Frank
McBRIDE and Alvin Gean McBRIDE,all of Halespoint; his grandparents,Mr.& Mrs.J.M.ESKRIDGE.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 26,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.R.J.NUNN spent Sunday night in Alamo as guest of Mrs.Herbert COX. Miss Helen
TOMLINSON is now employed at Sears,Roebuck & Co.in Memphis. Mr.& Mrs.Gailon SMITH announce the
birth of a son at the Dyersburg Hospital Saturday.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 26,1946
BIRTH..Mr.& Mrs.Neil THURMOND,of Gates,announce the birth of a son on Tuesday,July 23rd.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY JULY 26,1946
POPLAR GROVE NEWS..Mrs.A.P.BURKS had as her guests Friday Mrs.Nolan WILLIAMS,Memphis,Mrs.Dan
POPE,Memphis,Jack Norris MEADOWS,Memphis,and Mrs.J.T.MEADOWS,Unionville.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 2,1946
DIED SUNDAY..Alvin D.HALLMAN,widely traveled newspaperman,and husband of the former Miss Ruth
NUNN,Halls,died at his home in Miami Sunday night.He was 41.Burial was in Halls Cemetery.He leaves
his wife; a daughter,Alix HALLMAN; and a son,David HALLMAN,all of Miami.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 2,1946
NOT ENOUGH WEEDS..Lester OLDS was said to have been burning last week.It seems that his grandson
from Memphis had been visiting with Mr.& Mrs.OLDS and the boy and Mr.OLDS had gone down in the
Mississippi bottom and were walking through a field of corn.The grandson asked,”Is this your field of corn?”
Mr.OLDS answered no,that it belonged to Mr.L.L.McDEARMAN,and the youngster replied,”didn’t think so,
isn’t enough grass and weeds in it.”

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 2,1946
POPLAR GROVE NEWS..Mr.Doyle DAVIS has purchased a new Farmall tractor. Little David MOORE had
a painful accident when he stuck the scissors in his foot and is now going on crutches.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 2,1946
VIAR-HURT..Mr.& Mrs.R.E.BAILEY,of Maury City,announce the marriage of their daughter,Mrs.Annie Laura
HURT to James Elbert VIAR,son of Mrs.W.C.VIAR,Sr.The marriage was solemnized at Hernando,Miss.,on July 25th.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 2,1946
WILL BE MARRIED..Miss Dorothy MARTIN,daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Thomas Oneil MARTIN,Halls,Tenn.,will
become the bride of Paul H.HENDERSON August 9th at First Christian Church,Halls.He is the son of Mr.&
Mrs.Paul H.HENDERSON,Sr.,Halls.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 2,1946
WILLIAMS-GILLILAND VOWS..The wedding of Miss Minnie Zell GILLILAND,daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Austin
GILLILAND,Maury City,and Roy Hayden WILLIAMS,son of Mr.& Mrs.R.H.WILLIAMS,Gates,was performed
July 13th in Maury City.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 2,1946
MARRIED JULY 26TH..In a lovely ceremony at Highland Heights Methodist Church,Memphis,Friday,July
26th,Miss Anne GREEN,daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Allen Burney GREEN,of 648 Hillcrest,became the bride of
Juliun T.MULLINS,son of Mr.& Mrs.W.G.MULLINS,of 818 North Holmes,Memphis.Lewis F.MILLS officiated
with the vows being said at 8 o’clock.Among the five attendants of Miss GREEN were her sister,Miss Betty
GREEN,maid of honor; and her cousin,Miss Patricia AVERY,Gates,bridesmaid.It being a formal wedding,
all the feminine attendants wore lovely flocks with floor length skirts and carried colonial bouquets of roses.
Paul AVERY,uncle of the bride,was soloist for the occasion and sang “Because” and “I Love You Truly.”
Mr.MULLINS has been discharged from the Marine Corps after serving four and a half years,three years
of which were spent overseas.He is now a student at Memphis State College.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 2,1946
MISS PYBAS WED TO JAMES McFARLAND..In an impressive ceremony at the home of her parents,Mr.&
Mrs.H.G.PYBAS,Trenton,Miss Martha Mai PYBAS became the bride of James William McFARLAND,Dyersburg,
son of Mrs.Grace McFARLAND,Fowkles and the late William McFARLAND.Nuptial music by Miss Marsaline
HARWARD and Miss Mary Martha HAMBY.The bride wore pink jersy.Maid of honor was Miss Ozelle
SHOEMAKER,Athens,Tenn.,in blue jersy.James W.WALKER,Dyersburg,was best man.A reception following
the ceremony with Mrs.A.G.FITZGERALD,of Oak Grove,La.,and Mrs.J.C.ANDERSON,aunts of the bride,and
Mrs.D.R.BLANKENSHIP,Humboldt,presiding at the table.Attending from Halls were Mrs.W.A.SMITH,Jr.,Mrs.
Roy C.PATTON, Mrs.N.S.DAWS, Miss HARWARD and Miss HAMBY.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 2,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Miss Eleanor BAKER left Sunday afternoon to make her home in Memphis where she
accepted a position at York Arms Co. Mrs.Shelton SPENCE and brother,Ed CHANEY,of Calif.,spent Sunday in
Ripley with Mr.& Mrs.E.L.PIERSON. Mr.& Mrs.H.G.McCORKLE and children,Hutson and Carolyn,have been
guests of her mother,Mrs.H.S.GREEN,in Dexter,Mo. Mr.& Mrs.Johnnie LEE announce the birth of a daughter
at Dyersburg Hospital Monday night. Arthur PECKINGPAUGH,Jr., has arrived home receiving his discharge
from the Army.He is the son of Mr.& Mrs.Arthur PECKINGPAUGH,of Unionville. Mr.& Mrs.Raymond WILLIAMS
announce the birth of a daughter on Tuesday,July 20th. Edd CHANEY,of Oresi,Calif.,has arrived here for a
month’s visit with his brother and sister,Jim CHANEY and Mrs.Shelton SPENCE.This is his first vist back to
Tennessee in 26 years.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
CROCKETT,GRIGGS,GARRETT ELECTED..Sheriff Oscar GRIGGS will serve Lauderdale County in that office
for another two years; J.B.CROCKETT is again Trustee; D.M.GARRETT will succeed Monroe CARNEY as
Register.Sheriff GRIGGS defeated with a total of 2629 votes,three other candidates; W.M.CHIPMAN,1061;
Nat GRAMMER with 468; and Sam KELLY with less than 200.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
MRS.RICHARD W.GHOLSON BURIED SUNDAY..Services for Mrs.Mattie Estella GHOLSON,who died at
her home in Gates Saturday after a six-week illness were held Sunday at 2 o’clock in the Church of Christ
in Gates.The Rev.R.E.BLACK,Maury City,officiated.Mrs.GHOLSON was born in Maury City,Cockett County,
Tenn.,moving to Lauderdale County 50 years ago.She was 72 and amember of the Church of Christ,burial
in Gates cemetery.She leaves her husband,R.W.GHOLSON; sister,Mrs.Lula ROUTT,Columbus,Ohio.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
WELDING CONCERN CHANGES NAME..The Hallscraft Sheet Metal Works announces the change of name
to The Hallscraft Welding Service.This fully equipped Arc-Acetelyne Welding Shop is located on the Nankipoo
Road,three miles west of Halls,owned and operated by Harrell E.CLEMENT,recently discharged WWII veteran.
Mr.CLEMENT saw duty as a machine gunner with the 310th Infantry Reg.of the 78th Division active in the European
Theatre of Operations.Mr.CLEMENT holds certified Welding Cards of the American Bureau of Shipbuilding and
Hartford Insurance Co.,for x-ray welding.He and his family at present are making their home with Mr.& Mrs.Richard
E.CLEMENT,of Nankipoo.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
RECALLED TO ACTIVE ARMY DUTY..James McFARLAND,former Captain in the United States Army,has been
recalled to active duty and left Tuesday of this week for assignment at Fort McCellan.He will return to service
with his former rank.His wife,the former Martha PYBAS,will join him if he is assigned to a permanent station.
She is the Home Economics teacher here and will resign if she can join Captain McFARLAND.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
MRS.CAMPBELL BURNED..Mrs.Lawrence CAMPBELL was severly burned late Saturday afternoon when
it is said a can of coal oil with which she was trying to start a fire in a stove exploded and set fire to the
house.Mr.& Mrs.CAMPBELL lived on the C.W.GRAY farm east of Halls.The house was completely
destroyed by the fire.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
NEWS..Mr.& Mrs.Millo HURT and Miss Martha FARMER were guests of Mr.& Mrs.Meredith HURT at
Essex,Mo.,over the weekend.They were joined by Miss Elaine HURT,Onley,Ill.,for the weekend. Mrs.
Jack WATERFIELD,of Atlanta,Ga.,is spending her vacation with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.C.W.DYER.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
WEINER ROAST HONORS KENTUCKY VISITORS..Marilyn LIGHTFOOT entertained with a delightfully
planned Weiner Roast at her country home Wednesday evening complimenting her visitors,Jeanette
WINCHESTER and Mary HUBBS,of Lone Oak,Ky.Guests for the evening were Margaret Jo BENEFIELD,
Ann STALLINGS,Marian NORMAN,Myra HOFFUS,Betty EDENS,and Joan HOGGARD,all of Halls,Pat AVERY,
Gates,Ted PETTY,Billy MILAM,Bobby HALE,Larry HOFFUS,Jimmy MOSELY,Clyde SIMMONS,Cecil SIMMONS,
and Buddy LOVE,all of Halls.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
YARBROUGHS LEFT THURSDAY FOR TEXAS..Mr.& Mrs.T.J.YARBROUGH and son,Theron,and daughter,
Grace,and J.N.SORRELL left Thursday morning for Livingston,Texas,where they will visit her uncle,Dr.
W.W.FLOWERS and Mrs.FLOWERS.En route they will stop at Many,La.,for a visit with Mr.& Mrs.Herbert
CRYER and children,who lived in Halls while Mr.CRYER was stationed at the Army Air Field here.They
also plan to stop in Houston,Texas to visit Mr.Bud HALL,who is was also stationed at the Air Field here.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
GATES ITEMS..Norman SLOAN,Jr.,is at home from Tampa,Fla.,where he has been attending the University
of Tampa. Mrs.Ewell DOERR and children have returned to their home in Cabot,Ark.,after being the guests
of Mr.& Mrs.Wilbur AVERY.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
POPLAR GROVE NEWS..Robert SASSER has a new Ford car. Mrs.Ben CHIPMAN has been in the home of
her son in Halls with his children while their mother was in a Memphis hospital. James CHIPMAN,Memphis,
is visiting his brother,Sloan CHIPMAN,this week. Grandfather BURROUGH,who is nearing 100 years,is
visiting his son,Elbert BURROUGH,at the Barr this week. Mr.& Mrs.Johnnie MEADOWS,Mr.& Mrs.Dan POPE,
Memphis,& Mr.& Mrs.O.F.HOPPERS were visitors in the A.P.BURKS home Sunday.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Miss Eleanor BAKER,Memphis,spent the weekend with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.Robert
BAKER. Mrs.Tom CANADA and daughter of Dyersburg spent Wednesday with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.Lon
VIAR. Joe Clyde ESCUE and Warren KIRBY returned the first of the week after spending a few days in
Armarilla,Texas. Mrs.Ona CARTER left Wednesday afternoon for Alanta,Ga.,where she will be a guest of
her daughter,Mrs.Richard UHL.She was accompanied by her grandson,Nicki UHL,who spent the summer
here with her. Mrs.Dora HASTE and son,Haste,Jr.,Memphis,were guests of Mr.& Mrs.J.A.HART,Sr.,Thursday
of last week. Dawn ROBERTSON,of the Henning Farm,spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mrs.Raymond
HALE. Mr.& Mrs.George SMERCHEK and Linnie HURT returned Tuesday after two weeks visit in Clayton,
Kansas. Harry HALL,of Little Rock,Ark.,spent a few days last week with his parents,Mr.& Mrs.Harry A.HALL.
Mrs.A.N.JONES and Miss Reba JONES attended funeral services for their cousin,Mrs.Annie TOWNS,at
Newbern Tuesday. Mrs.S.A.DOSS is spending a few days in Memphis with her granddaughter,Mrs.W.L.
JOHNSON. Mrs.Vernon SISCO and daughters,Dorothy Nell and Mary Margaret,spent this week in Jackson
with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.J.L.MARLOWE. Mr.& Mrs.John (Jack) PENNINGTON of Monroe,La.,announce the
arrival of a daughter,born August 4th,who has been named Cheryl Kay PENNINGTON.The grandparents are
Mr.& Mrs.Marvin PENNINGTON,of Nankipoo.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 16,1946
INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY TAXI FRIDAY..Neal DAVIS,Jr.,12 year-old-son of Mr.& Mrs.Neal DAVIS,Sr.,was
painfully injured Friday afternoon of last week when he was struck by a taxi driven by Verlin CHAPMAN at
the intersection of Main and Church streets.It is understood that the child jumped off the curb into the side
of the taxie.He was rushed to a Dyersburg hospital where he was found to have broken his right wrist and
other injuried and bruises.He was able to be out the first of the week.CHAPMAN was placed under technical
arrest,but no charges were made as witnesses testified he was not at fault.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 16,1946
W.H.PARKS DIES AFTER STROKE..W.H.PARKS,66,resident of dyersburg,passed away at the home of his son,
Richard H.PARKS in Dyersburg Tuesday morning following a stroke.He was born in Dyersburg and moved to
Halls where he lived for awhile.Upon his return to Dyersburg he became a well-known well-driller until he was
unable to work.He served in and out of West Tennessee in this capacity for 40 years.Survivors other than his
son are two daughters,Mrs.Edmond RHODES,Huntsville,Ala.,and Miss Deloise PARKS,Dyersburg.He was a
brother-in-law of Mrs.I.A.PALMORE,Halls.Funeral services were conducted from Curry Funeral Home,Dyersburg
Wednesday,burial in Halls Cemetery.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 16,1946
HINES PURCHASES HARDWARE STORE..Louis R.HINES,Memphis,has purchased the Castleman Hardware
and is now operating under the firm name of Hines Hardware & Supply Co.Mr.Austin M.HINES,formerly of
Memphis,has assumed management of the business and is making his home in Halls.He is the brother of the
owner.Both are natives of the Cross Roads community in the corner of Dyer County and are known here.
They are brothers of Virgil HINES,Halls,Mrs.R.H.KIRBY,Halls,A.R.HINES,Cross Roads Community,and B.F
.HINES,Cross Roads Community.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 16,1946
ARCH DEW IS NIGHT MARSHEL..Arch DEW was elected night marshel by the City Board of Mayor and
Alderman at their regular meeting Monday night of last week to succeed J.S.WALPOLE who resigned.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 16,1946
RETURN FROM VACATION TOUR..Mr.& Mrs.Sumrow STEELMAN and daughter,Anella,returned this week from
a vacation tour which included places of interest in Ark.,Tex.,La.,and Miss.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 16,1946
MRS.PUGH ENTERTAINS BRIDGE CLUB..The hospitality of Mrs.F.E.PUGH was extended to the Thursday
Night Bridge Club and two guests,Mrs.J.O.THOMPSON and Mrs.Ross DYER at her lovely home on Tigrett.
Playing members were:Mrs.E.S.CRIHFIELD,Mrs.Clyde YOUNGER,Mrs.David R.NUNN,Mrs.Neil FERGUSON,
Mrs.W.C.VIAR,Jr.,and Mrs.Charles ALSOBROOK.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 16,1946
DINNER HONORS MRS.DOSS ON 90TH BIRTHDAY..Congratulations are extended to Mrs.S.A.DOSS,who was
the honored guest at a birthday dinner given in her honor on Sunday at the home of her daughter,Mrs.R.S.
BELL on her 90th birthday.Mrs.DOSS was 90 years old on Monday,August 12th.Attending were Mr.& Mrs.W.
L.JOHNSON,Memphis,Mr.& Mrs.P.A.MEACHUM,Jr.,Ripley,and Mrs.P.A.MEACHAM,Ripley.Mrs.JOHNSON and
Mrs.MEACHAM,Jr.,are granddaughters of Mrs.DOSS.Another granddaughter,Mrs.John TALLEY,and grandson,
James LACEY were unable to attend.Calling during that afternoon to Mrs.DOSS were Mr.& Mrs.John TALLEY.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 16,1946
RECENT BRIDE IS ENTERTAINED FRIDAY..On Friday afternoon,August 9th,Mrs.Perry WILLIAMS and Mrs.
Charles CAMPBELL honored Mrs.Roy Haden WILLIAMS,Jr.,with a misc.shower.For the occasion the bride
wore a blue sheer.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 16,1946
JERRE JORDAN CELEBRATES 4TH BIRTHDAY..Jerre JORDAN celebrated his 4th birthday with a party at
the home of his grandmother,Mrs.R.H.JORDAN.Attending: Barbara VADEN,Lynn Scott VADEN,Betty Ann
VADEN, Marietta GRIFFIN,Ted CATES,Tommy DYER,Edd PALMER,Elizabeth Ann ALSOBROOK,Carey
ALSOBROOK,Pamela RHODES,Alex HALLMAN,Anne YOUNGER,Dennis PORTWOOD,Robbie PORTWOOD,
Eugene PUGH,Phillip HURT,Alice Fern PARRISH,Ann MOORE,Alice Ann GARNER,Tommy GARNER,Lynn
STALLINGS,and David HURT,Jr.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 16,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.Harold SUMROW and sons,Harold SUMROW,Jr.,& Joe SUMROW,
returned to their home in Gloster,Miss.,after being the guests of Mr.& Mrs.Joe SUMROW and other
relatives. Mrs.Alvin HALLMAN and children,Alix and David,are making their home at the Massengill
Hotel. Clemmie MAXEY,of Portland,Oregan,has been guest of her aunt and uncle,Mr.& Mrs.E.T.PALMER.
Mr.& Mrs.E.T.PALMER and son,Edd,were guests of his mother,Mrs.Ola PALMER,near Dyersburg Sunday.
Mrs.C.H.TUBBS,of Lenox,spent the weekend with her mother,Mrs.J.C.PEERY. Mrs.Clarence EDWARDS,
of Whitehaven has been the guest of her parents,Mr.& Mrs.C.W.DYER. Mark MITCHELL,of Caruthersville,
Mo.,is visiting his daughter,Mrs.Bernard HIGDON. Mr.& Mrs.Wesley SWIFT have left for Winchester,Tenn.,
where they will make their home after being the guests of her mother,Mrs.R.L.SILER. Mrs.Beulah
CARDOUGH has returned after spending the weekend in Memphis at the bedside of her brother,C.L.STEPHENS
,Sr.,who underwent an operation at Baptist Hospital Friday. Mrs.Richard BOEKELOO and children, of
Chicago,are visiting her mother,Mrs.Mollie JORDAN. Mrs.A.S.KENLEY spent Tuesday in Dyersburg with
her daughter,Mrs.Tom NORTON.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 23,1946
VISITS SMOKIES..Mr.& Mrs.Charles ALSOBROOK and children are enjoying a trip through the Smokey
Mountains this week.They were accompanied by her brother,William SPENCE,who had been their guest
for several days.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 23,1946
MR.& MRS.EDD PERRY ILL IN MEMPHIS..Mrs.Edd PERRY entered the Methodist Hospital in
Memphis late Tuesday afternoon where she continues to be seriously ill.Mr.PERRY,who is at
the home of relatives in Memphis is also in serious condition.Mr.& Mrs.Nelson WHITAKER and
Mr.& Mrs.Earl PERRY,of Detroit,arrived Wednesday to be at the bedside of their parents.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 23,1946
MRS.A.J.ANDERSON BURIED MONDAY..Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at four
o’clock from the Halls Methodist Church for Mrs.Tommy ANDERSON,wife of A.J.ANDERSON,who
died at her home in Benton,Tennessee Friday night after lenghty illness.Burial in the City Cemetery,
Garner Funeral Home in charge.A former resident of Halls,she had made her home in Benton for 20
years where her husband is superintendent of Pope County Schools.In addition to her husband,she
leaves one brother,C.W.DYER of Halls,and several neices and nephews.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 23,1946
WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY TO VISIT PARENTS..Mr.& Mrs.John TALLEY,who have been attending the
University of Tennessee,Knoxville will arrive Friday to be guests of their parents,Mr.& Mrs.A.B.TALLEY
and Mr.& Mrs.R.S.BELL,until the middle of September.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 23,1946
SHOWER HONORS RECENT BRIDE..Mrs.A.W.ESCUE and Mrs.Dee WELLS were hostesses at a
miscellaneous shower on Friday afternoon honoring Mrs.Morris BARCROFT,recent bride.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 23,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.W.E.BARBOUR,Memphis,spent the weekend with Mrs.F.M.JORDAN
and other relatives. Mrs.Frank THOMPSON,Memphis,spent Tuesday with her mother,Mrs.May
CHERRY. Johnnie THOMPSON returned Tuesday after spending five weeks in Penn Grove,Pa.,
with her aunt and uncle,Mr.& Mrs.C.V.HATHAWAY.She was met in Memphis by her mother,Mrs.
J.O.THOMPSON,and sister,Sylvia. Angelia HURT,Memphis,is visiting her father,Clayton HURT,
and grandparents,Mr.& Mrs.Floyd HURT.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 30,1946
MRS.GUS JACKSON DIED TUESDAY..Services for Mrs.Dove JACKSON,wife of Gus JACKSON,who
died at her home near Gates Tuesday morning,were conducted Wednesday at Antioch Church of
Christ,near Halls.She was born in Hardeman County.She is survived by her husband; seven sons,
Robert JACKSON,Covington,Luke JACKSON,Covington,John JACKSON,Covington,Woodrow JACKSON,
Covington,Will JACKSON,Henning,Alfred JACKSON,Ripley,and Tom JACKSON,of the Army at Camp
Polk,La.; three daughters,Mrs.Will HENSON,Covington,Mrs.W.E.WYRICH,Covington,and Mrs.O.F.
HENSON,Ripley; a brother,J.B.BUCKNER,Ripley.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 30,1946
DR.T.E.REED BURIED SUNDAY..Services for Dr.Thomas E.REED,who died at his home here
Friday night,were held at Prospect Church near Pulaski in Giles County,Tenn.,Sunday.He was 51.
A registered pharmacist,Dr.REED owned and operated a drug store in Dyersburg until some years
ago when he came to Halls.A native of Giles County,he came to West Tennessee about 30 years
ago.He leaves his wife,Mrs.Ruth HARGETT REED; a daughter,Mrs.Kenneth H.PATTON; a grandson,
Tommy PATTON,of Pasedena,Calif.;two brothers,C.E.REED,Pulaski,Tenn.,and L.E.REED,of Pulaski,Tenn.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 30,1946
MRS.W.BEN CAMPBELL DIED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT HER RIPLEY HOME..Services for Mrs.W.Ben
CAMPBELL,who died of a heart ailment at her home in Ripley August 23rd at 11:50,after an illness of
two weeks,were held at the CAMPBELL home Friday morning,burial in Maplewood Cemetery.Mrs.
CAMPBELL,a member of a prominent West Tennessee family was born in Crockett County near
Friendship,moving to Lauderdale County 55 years ago.She was 78,and a member of the Baptist
Church.She leaves three sons,Ed CAMPBELL,Memphis,Ben CAMPBELL,Memphis,and Joe A.
CAMPBELL,Greenville,Tenn.;five daughters,Mrs.C.L.STEHLE,Memphis,Mrs.S.J.WALTON,Memphis,
Mrs.Dan HENDERSON,Memphis,Miss Lois CAMPBELL,Ripley,and Miss Ruth CAMPBELL,Ripley.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 30,1946
COL.HUTCHERSON AND FAMILY VISIT HERE..Col.and Mrs.Carey HUTCHERSON and son and daughter
of Seattle,Washington,spent several days last week with his mother,Mrs.A.P.MASSENGILL.Col.HUTCHERSON
is attached to the War Assets Administration in Seattle.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 30,1946
SUDBURY-GARNER MAKE TRADE..Roy B.SUDBURY,of Sudbury Funeral Home and T.F.GARNER,of
Garner Funeral Home,traded the Halls and Ripley burial associations.Mr.SUDBURY took over the Garner
interests in Halls,including the funeral home on S.College Street,the Garner residence,and the Garner
Burial Association,while Mr.GARNER took over the Sudbury interests in Ripley,including the Sudbury Funeral
Home,the former Tucker residence,and the Sudbury Burial Association in Ripley,which was formerly
Burgess & Peters Burial Association.Mr.& Mrs.GARNER and two children will make their home in the funeral home.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 30,1946
WILL UNDERGO OPERATION..Mrs.C.M.KIMBROUGH left Wednesday for Memphis where she will undergo
an operation at a hospital there.She was accompanied by Mr.KIMBROUGH and her daughter,Mrs.Simpson WILLIAMS.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AUGUST 30,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.R.W.WELLINGTON,of Starksville,Miss.,are the guests of their daughter,
Mrs.Ora E.BEASLEY.They were accompanied here by Carolyn BEASLEY,who had been a guest of her
grandparents for the past two weeks. Mr.& Mrs.William PERRY,of Nashville,spent Sunday with his
parents,Mr.& Mrs.W.A.PERRY. Mr.& Mrs.Tom MURRAY,of Crossville,Tenn.,spent a few days this week
with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.H.T.ABERNATHY. Mr.& Mrs.E.S.CRICHFIELD and son,Stuart,spent the weekend
in Osceola,Ark.They were accompanied home by his father,Edgar CRICHFIELD. Mrs.F.E.WILSON and
daughter,of Dallas,Texas,have been guests of her parents,Mr.& Mrs.A.W.WILLIAMS,and sister,Mrs.J.M.
CURRIE. Mr.& Mrs.Tom ARMSTRONG,and son,Cecil MEADOWS,returned to their home in Detroit,Michigan
Tuesday after visiting Mr.& Mrs.W.A.PERRY and Mr.& Mrs.T.G.AVERY. Mr.& Mrs.Harold HART,of Attalla,Ala.,
announce the birth of a daughter on Wednesday,August 28th.She has been named Elizabeth Ann HART.
Miss Joy BARBOUR and brother,Tennie BARBOUR,of Memphis,spent a few days last week with their
grandmother,Mrs.F.M.JORDAN. Mrs.Guy DAWS and daughter,Willogene,of Blytheville,Ark.,are guests of
her mother,Mrs.A.B.WITT. Mrs.Judson HOLDERFIELD and baby of Washington are guests of her mother,
Mrs.C.C.NEARN.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6,1946
TWO LOSE LIVES IN CAR WRECK..Funeral rites for C.M.WALKER were held Thursday afternoon in Dyersburg.
Clarence M.WALKER,76,retired Dyersburg educator and prominent citizen,was instantly killed about 7 o’clock
Monday night when the auto occupied by him and Mrs.WALKER was struck by another at the highway intersection
at Four Points.In addition to his wife,he leaves two sons,Charles WALKER,a civil engineer,and Thomas WALKER,
who lives on the old homeplace; a daughter,Mrs.Lucy WILLIAMS,Knoxville; and five grandchildren. MRS.ROSA
REVIERE LEWIS,57,wife of Dr.J.R.LEWIS,Ripley,and Judge of the Lauderdale County Court,an occupant of the
other car,also was killed in the collision.In addition to her husband,she leaves three sons,J.Rhea LEWIS,Jr.,Ripley,
Mont L.LEWIS,Ripley,and H.H.LEWIS,Friendship; a daughter,Mrs.Stewart NUNN,Ripley; two brothers,Richard
REVIERE,Ripley,and Biggie REVIERE,Ripley; and a sister,Mrs.L.R.EDDLEMAN,Calif. MRS.WALKER & STUART
NUNN,JR.,of Ripley,grandson of Mrs.LEWIS,suffered injuries in the accident and were removed from the crash scene
to the Baird-Brewer Hospital for treatment.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6,1946
GATES ITEMS..Mr.& Mrs.S.B.HILL have returned from Birmingham,Ala.,where they visited for several days with
their daughter,Mrs.John TUCKER & family. Mr.& Mrs.Marvin W.JONES,who made their home in Greenville,Miss.,
since August 1945,are at present with their parents,Rev.& Mrs.W.T.M.JONES on their way to Jackson,Tenn.,where
they plan to enter Lambuth College this fall.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6,1946
HALLS ROUTE FOUR..Mrs.Lillian MORRIS and daughter,Carolyn,and grandson,Billy Hugh LOONEY,returned to
Little Rock,Ark.,Tuesday after three weeks visit with her father,R.L.JONES and other relatives.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.Dora HASTE,Memphis,has been the guest of her sister,Mrs.J.A.HART. Miss Jo Ann
SCOTT,Memphis,spent last week with her grandparents,Mr.& Mrs.C.W.SCOTT. Mr.& Mrs.Milton EDGERTON of
Michigan are the guests of her parents,Mr.& Mrs.R.C.JORDAN. Eddie H.ABERNETHY of UT,Knoxville,who has
been visiting his mother,Mrs.George CREWS,of Ripley,left Friday for Chicago,Ill.,to spend several days with
his brother,Sterling ABERNATHY,Jr.,before returning to school. Mrs.J.W.McCLENDON attended the funeral of
her nephew,Albert PATTON in Dyersburg Wednesday. Mr.& Mrs.Marion CAMPBELL were guests of her parents,
Mr.& Mrs.A.R.GEANS during the weekend. Mr.& Mrs.Fred WARD,of Mariana,Ark.,spent the weekend with his
parents,Mr.& Mrs.T.M.BELTON. Mr.& Mrs.Joe SUMROW were guests of her parents,Mr.& Mrs.F.M.LUCAS at
Tennessee City. Mr.& Mrs.James T.WHITE announce the birth of a son on September 1st. Mr.& Mrs.Marvin
HANSFORD announce the birth of a son at the Baird-Brewer Hospital,Dyersburg,Sunday,September 1st.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6,1946
MANUEL-OLDS VOWS SAID SEPTEMBER 4TH..Mrs.Margaret OLDS became the bride of William T.MANUEL,
son of Mr.& Mrs.Troy MANUEL,of Halls,Route #2,on Wednesday morning at 8 o’clock at the Methodist parsonage in Gates.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13,1946
RETURNS HOME FROM PUERTO RICO VISIT..Mrs.Nora EISON returned home Friday of last week after having
spent the past three months in San Juan,Puerto Rico as the guest of her son,William EISON and Mrs.EISON.
She had flown home with Mr.& Mrs.EISON,and also returned by plane.Mr.EISON was a radio technician with
the Navy during the was at San Juan Naval Base and is at present a civilian employee there.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13,1946
VISITING PARENTS..Mr.& Mrs.Marion RAGLAND and children of Milan spent Tuesday with his parents,Mr.&
Mrs.F.B.RAGLAND.Their oldest son,David RAGLAND,remained for a longer visit with his grandparents.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13,1946
MRS.MATTIE SWEENEY DIED MONDAY A.M…Mrs.Mattie SWEENEY died at her home in Paragould,Ark.,
Monday morning after an illness of a year.A former resident of Halls,she had been away for about 25 years,
living the past 15 years in Ark.Funeral services were conducted at the home Tuesday,burial in Kennett,Mo.
She leaves two brothers,D.I.PALMORE,of this place and Edgar PALMORE,of Chestnut Bluff; four sisters,Mrs.Sam TUCKER,Cardwell,Mo.,Mrs.S.A.CARTER,Caruthersville,Mo.,Mrs.Ashley HARBER,Maury City,and Mrs.Frank
BROOKS,Chestnut Bluff.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.F.J.THURMOND,Miss Dorothy THURMOND,and Mr.& Mrs.E.L.RAINEY and
daughters spent Sunday in Memphis with Miss Jeanie THURMOND. Mr.& Mrs.Fred LAWRENCE and children
,of Jackson,spent several days last week with his parents,Mr.& Mrs.J.B.LAWRENCE,Sr. Harry Lee RHODES
was in Memphis Wednesday to see his father,J.L.RHODES at the Baptist Hospital. Mrs.T.T.FLYNN and
children returned to their home in Memphis Sunday after spending several weeks with her mother,Mrs.
Y.S.BROWN. Mrs.Dick BRISTER and son of Memphis are visiting her parents,Mr.& Mrs.C.W.SCOTT.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20,1946
BROTHER OF POSTMASTER SHANNON WAS KILLED..Dresden,Tenn.Services for Bennett SHANNON
were held Tuesday afternoon at First Baptist Church,Greenfield,Tenn.Mr.SHANNON died Monday
morning at Weakley County Hospital of a head injury suffered the previous Thursday when a large
piece of timber he was sawing at the Shannon Stave Mill in Greenfield struck him in the back of the head.
He leaves his wife and three children; three brothers,Lawton SHANNON,Greenfield,Jack SHANNON,
postmaster at Halls,and Conner SHANNON,Dresden; two sisters,Mrs.Georgia THOMAS,Greenfield,
and Mrs.Anna ELDER,Greenfield; and his parents,Mr.& Mrs.W.B.SHANNON,Dresden.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.R.W.WELLINGTON of Miss.are guests of their daughter,Mrs.Ora
E.BEASLEY and family.Mr.& Mrs.WELLINGTON spent last week in Concord,N.C. as guests of their son.
Mr.& Mrs.James Orris COX,Memphis,announce the birth of a son at the Methodist Hospital Wednesday,
September 18th. Mrs.C.C.NEARN spent the weekend in Memphis and attended the marriage of her
granddaughter,Mary Jo NEARN Saturday evening. Mrs.Paul SIMS is the guest of her parents,Mr.& Mrs.Harry
A.HALL. Mrs.Rena JORDAN,Memphis,is visiting her daughter,Mrs.Harry A.HALL. Mrs.Alice FITZHUGH is
again a proud great-grandmother with the appearance of Jimmy McDonald MALONE on September 3rd.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27,1946
HALL-GLISSON..Miss Margaret GLISSON,daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Y.L.GLISSON,Halls,Route #2 was married
to Keith HALL,son of Mr.& Mrs.Thelma (?)HALL,Double Bridges in a ceremony September 21st at Ripley,
Tennessee,with the Rev.Wm.O.BEARD officiating.The couple will make their home with the bridegroom’s
parents for awhile.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27,1946
LOCALS..Charles MOORE was able to return home from the Baptist Hospital,Memphis on Tuesday.
Mr.& Mrs.R.V.AGEE,Sr.,spent Monday in Fowkles with Mr.& Mrs.Jack BROWDER.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27,1946
ANNOUNCING APPROACHING MARRIAGE..Mrs.Youra Spence BROWN announces the engagement and
approaching marriage of her daughter,Erin Jane BROWN to Mr.Cormer ORTASIC,of New York City and
Washington,D.C.Miss BROWN,who is the daughter of the late Dr.Y.S.BROWN,was graduated from Halls
High School and attended Memphis State College.She later attended a Training School of Remington Rand
Inc.,in New York City and was assigned positions in Pittsburg,Nashville,Memphis,and Atlanta Offices.
Mr.ORTASIC is director of Remington Rand Service Bureau in Washington,D.C. Complete plans will be
announced later.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27,1946
OBSERVES 80TH BIRTHDAY..Mr.& Mrs.C.W.SCOTT were the guests of their children in Memphis Tuesday
of last week as Mr.SCOTT was honored with a dinner on his 80th birthday.The dinner was given at the home
of Mr.& Mrs.Leon SCOTT.Attending: Mr.& Mrs.G.L.BRISTER & Baby,Mr.& Mrs.Raymond SCOTT & Children,
Mrs.Reginald SCOTT and Son of Memphis and John SCOTT & Frank PEROT,of Halls.Family member,Reginald
SCOTT,with the Navy called from Indian Head,Maryland to wish Mr.SCOTT Happy Returns.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27,1946
HONORED ON BIRTHDAY..Mr.& Mrs.Dan HAMILTON honored their son,Guy HAMILTON of Jonesboro,Ark.,
with a birthday dinner on Sunday past.Attending were Mrs.Guy HAMILTON,Mr.& Mrs.William SCHRAM,Memphis
,and Mr.& Mrs.R.V.AGEE,Jr.,& son,Everett AGEE,Halls.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27,1946
POPLAR GROVE NEWS..Wedding bells rang in our community last week.Mr.Junior ROGERS and Miss Coris
CLARK of Friendship were married. Mrs.Dora CHIPMAN,Memphis,sold her farm in Poplar Grove to Mr.Paul
CHIPMAN of Henning last week. Mrs.A.P.BURKS had a letter from Mrs.Johnie MEADOWS in Memphis saying
that Mr.& Mrs.Norris MEADOWS were the proud parents of a little daughter and she was a proud grandmother,
all doing well.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27,1946
RESOLUTION OF RESPECT..Whereas:A.M.SMITH,a fellow member of the Men’s Bible Class of the Halls
Baptist Church,has been called into the great beyond by his father,the Almighty God,and Whereas: his presence
is greatly missed,and Whereas: he has left his loving wife and two daughters,we wish to express our deep
regret and condolences to his bereaved ones.Respectfully submitted; L.L.McDEARMAN & A.W.WILLIAMS.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27,1946
TO TEACH..Mrs.M.E.McDEARMAN,Jr.will assume the duties of third grade teacher in Halls Elmentary School
Monday of next week.She is replacing Mrs.W.C.VIAR,Jr.,who tendered her resignation for that date.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.W.H.BAILEY is visiting her daughter,Mrs.Bob WESTMORELAND and Mr.
WESTMORELAND in Washington. Miss Alma Dean HART of Memphis spent the weekend with her
parents,Mr.& Mrs.J.A.HART. Miss Eleanor Faye BAKER of Memphis,spent the weekend with her
parents,Mr.& Mrs.Robert BAKER. Mr.& Mrs.Mac HANSBROUGH announce the birth of a daughter.
Master Noah Braden KIMBALL is spending a few days in Memphis as the guest of his aunts,Mrs.
Ed KINNY,Sr.,and Mrs.Sterling DUNCAN. Miss PAT BURROUGHS left for New York City Friday night
of last week where she will visit her sister,Mrs.M.A.MARTIN. Mrs.A.B.WITT returned home Tuesday
after having spent the past several days in Trenton with her daughter,Mrs.George BELL.While in
Trenton,she and Mrs.BELL drove to Murray,Ky.,where Bobby Witt BELL went to enter college,another
son,Sammy BELL accompanied them.She was accompanied to Halls Tuesday by Rev.& Mrs.BELL,
who remained for the day.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 4,1946
FARM AGENT;F.H.PASCHEL..Mrs.E.B.CRIHFIELD of the Edith Community was selected Thursday
night to represent Lauderdale County Farm Bureau in the State Public Speaking Contest.Miss Martha
Nell MORRIS,of the Arp Community and Mrs.CRIHFIELD both delivered addresses on the subject
“Stepping Stone on the Path to Peace.” The contest was judged by Messers R.L.BIRD,Fred CHILDRESS
and Mr.JERIGAN. Boll Rot is a disease:J.F.BOOKOUT of the Luckett Community recently sent soil
samples to the Lab for testing.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 4,1946
EMPLOYED BY SUDBURY FUNERAL HOME..R.V.AGEE,Sr.,who was employed by Garner Funeral
Home prior to its removel to Ripley,has accepted employment with the Sudbury Funeral Home here.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 4,1946
MRS.J.F.HAWKINS;FRIENDSHIP,TENN.SEPTEMBER 28..Mrs.Crickett Levira HAWKINS,Crockett County
farmer and landowner,died at her home near here Friday afternoon.She was 60.Services at Sudbury
Funeral Home,burial in Sudbury Cemetery here.Mrs.HAWKINS was born in Dyer County and moved to
Crockett County 43 years ago after her marriage to Mr.HAWKINS.She leaves her husband; sons,Roy
HAWKINS,Memphis,Lowell HAWKINS,Friendship,Hollis HAWKINS,Friendship,and Lt.Victor HAWKINS,
Everett,Washington; a sister,Mrs.Julia HAWKINS,Halls,Tenn.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 4,1946
POPLAR GROVE NEWS..The wedding bells are still ringing in Poplar Grove; Mr.Robert Lee HOGUE
got married last week to a young lady of Tennemo. Mr.& Mrs.Robert CONRAD have a child with diptheria.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 4,1946
VISITS RELATIVES AND FRIENDS HERE..Mr.& Mrs.R.E.PARRISH of Fort Worth,Texas have been
spending several days here,the guests of Mr.& Mrs.M.M.HURT and Mr.& Mrs.N.G.PARRISH.Mr.PARRISH
is a manufacturing and retail druggist in Fort Worth.He is a former resident of Halls,and a nephew of
Mr.N.G.PARRISH.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 4,1946
MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER HONORING RECENTLY MARRIED..On Tuesday friends of Mr.& Mrs.William
MANUEL gave them a shower at the home of the groom’s parents,Mr.& Mrs.Troy E.MANUEL near Bethesda
Church.Those present and bringing gifts were: Mrs.Joe DUNAWAY,Mrs.H.M.LEGGETT,Mrs.Donald LAYNE,
and son,Roger LAYNE,Sharon OLDS,Mrs.Flossie WOODARD,Mrs.Finis McGARRITY,Mrs.Effie SMITH,Janet SMITH,Mrs.A.V.ROBERTS,Mrs.E.B.WILEY,Mrs.M.E.WOODS,Mrs.Jim ALLEY,Mrs.Chester A.TUCKER,Mrs.
B.F.CHAMBERS,Miss Mary Lee WRIGHT,Mrs.L.J.ROGERS,Mrs.G.T.COTHAM,Mrs.J.L.JENNINGS,Mrs.Ida
FRANCES,Mrs.Betty WILEY 7 son,Mrs.Katherine HALL,Miss Byrd EDWARDS,Mrs.Pauline DUNAWAY,Mrs
.Fay PATTON & daughter,and Rev.& Mrs.W.T.M.JONES.Those not present,but sending gifts were: Mrs.Joe
SMITH & daughter,Mrs.Anne ESKRIDGE,Mrs.J.M.ESKRIDGE,Mrs.Ruby Mai DAVIS,Mrs.Sarah WOODARD,
Mrs.E.T.DUNAWAY,Mrs.Carrie SINCLAIR Mrs.M.E.WALDROP,Mrs.R.T.McGARRITY,and others.Mrs.MANUEL,
Mrs.JONES,and Mrs.LEGGETT served cake & ice cream.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 4,1946
MRS.McFARLAND IS HONORED WITH DINNER,THEATRE PARTY..Mrs.W.A.SMITH,Jr.and Mrs.Roy C.PATTON
were hostesses at a dinner and theatre party Tuesday evening honoring Mrs.James McFARLAND,recent bride.
The setting for the dinner was the Cordell Hull Hotel,Dyersburg,where places for 12 were laid,the honoree’s
place being marked with a gardenia corsage.Mrs.PYBAS,mother of the bride found her place marked with a
corsage of pink roses.Mrs.McFARLAND was presented blue & crystal ash trays and holder in the Cambridge
pattern.Those present were the honoree,Mrs.PYBAS,Miss Fern PARRISH,Miss Marsaline HARWARD,Mrs.
Kenneth PATTON,Mrs.David R.NUNN,Mrs.Ruth HALLMAN,Mrs.N.S.DAWS,and Mrs.A.G.HARGETT.The group
attended the theatre in Dyersburg.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 4,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.D.I.PALMORE is visiting her daughter,Mrs.Fletcher SMITH at Little Rock,Ark.
Mrs.J.L.WHITE has returned home after spending the past two weeks in Nashville with her son,James
WHITE & Mrs.WHITE. Mr.& Mrs.E.B.PERRY have gone to Detroit,Michigan to visit their son and daughter
this winter. Mr.& Mrs.Ralph COLLEY announce the birth of a daughter on Saturday,September 28th at the
Methodist Hospital,Memphis.The young lady has been named Patricia Leigh COLLEY.Their son,Jimmy
COLLEY has been the guests of his grandparents,Mr.& Mrs.J.F.COLLEY here. Mrs.T.T.FLYNN and son of
Memphis are visiting her mother,Mrs.Y.S.BROWN. Miss Juanita PERRY of Memphis spent the weekend
with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.W.A.PERRY. Bobby MOORE of Memphis spent last weekend with his grandparents,
Mr.& Mrs.John Moore. Mr.& Mrs.M.H.STALLINGS attended the funeral of Mrs.STALLINGS’ aunt,Mrs.Susie
AKIN at Forked Deer Monday afternoon.Also attending were Mr.& Mrs.A.B.WITT and Mrs.K.T.EDENS.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 11,1946
MRS.CLYDE COBB IS VICTIM OF POLIO..Mrs.Rebecca JACKSON COBB,wife of the Rev.William Clyde COBB,
Missionary Baptist minister of Dyersburg,Tenn.,fied of infantile paralysis at Isolation Hospital,Memphis
Sunday morning.Her death was the ninth from polio in Memphis this year.Services conducted by Dr.Forrest
FEESOR and Dr.W.L.HOWSE were held at University Baptist Church in Fort Worth Sunday.Burial was in
the Cleburne,Texas Cemetery.Mrs.COBB was stricken August 8th and entered Isolation Hospital the following
day.She was 24.Born in Cleburne,Mrs.COBB had lived in Fort Worth before moving to Dyersburg two years
ago.She was a graduate of Baylor University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.Besides her
husband she leaves her father,B.Jay JACKSON,Granbury,Texas; her mother,Mrs.Elltn LACKSON,Cleburne; three
sisters,Mrs.Carl D.FERGUSON,Fort Worth,Mrs.J.W.PATTERSON,Cleburne,and Mrs.A.E.BRUNER,Cleburne; three
brothers,Penn J.JACKSON,Cleburne,B.J.JACKSON,Cleburne,and Riggs S.JACKSON,of Fort Worth.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 11,1946
COURT INCREASES SCHOOL BUDGET..Ripley,Tenn.The Quarterly Court of laud.Co.,authorized the school
board to increase the budget by $16,000.A.V.JOHNSON was elected coroner,filling the vacancy made by the
death of N.W.BARBOUR.James T.HAYNES was appointed member of the Poor House Committee to fill a
vacancy caused by the death of N.W.BARBOUR.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 11,1946
MRS.JOSIE DUNAVANT..Mrs.Josie DUNAVANT,widow of W.A.DUNAVANT,planter and merchant of Woodville,
Tenn.,died Wednesday at the home of her son,E.V.DUNAVANT in Woodville.She was 85.She lived at Halls
for 10 years but spent most of her life in Woodville.She leaves two other sons,H.M.DUNAVANT,Millington
and A.L.DUNAVANT,Covington; her daughter,Mrs.Mina ADAMS,Memphis; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.
Services & burial were held Thursday in Woodville.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 11,1946
RETURN AFTER VISIT TO WEST COAST..Mrs.Bess JORDAN has just returned home from an extensive
tour of the Western states.Arriving in Richland,Washington for a visit with her daughter,Mrs.Samuel WILSON,
then toured Portland Oregan,on the coast of Calif.,to visit her daughter,Mrs.Julia WOODY of San Diego.Later to
join her son in Shreveport,La.Mrs.JORDAN was accompanied home by Mr.& Mrs.Steve ATKINSON,and little
grandson,Ronald STONE of Memphis.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 11,1946
SERVICES THURSDAY FOR DROWNING VICTIM..the body of Johnny Alonzo FITZHUGH,ferry boat operator
who drowned Sunday night when he attempted to step from the ferry to a barge,was recovered late Wednesday
afternoon at Midway,Tenn.Mr.FITZHUGH,who was 27 and a veteran of WWII,operated a ferry between Island 21
and the Tennessee side of the Mississippi River.He served three years in the Army,including two in Europe.
He wore five battle stars.He was a member of the Church of Christ.He leaves his brother,J.L.FITZHUGH,Halls;
two half-brothers,James FITZHUGH and Leonard FITZHUGH,both of Halls; two step-sisters,Mrs.Evelyn HEATH,
Halls,and Miss Ruby Mai PRATER,Nashville; and a step-brother,John W.DAVIS of the Army.Services were in
Sudbury Funeral Home,burial in Antioch Cemetery near Friendship.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 11,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Miss Reba JONES attended funeral services for Mrs.Josie DUNAVANT at Woodville
Thursday. Mr.& Mrs.Ira HAMILTON of Seattle,Washington,visited their cousins,Mrs.A.N.JONES and Mrs.Betra
MITCHELL Wednesday afternoon. Mrs.B.F.HAYNIE,Jr.of Ripley,nursed Mrs.L.B.JONES the past week.Mrs.
JONES has been ill with pneumonia. Mrs.E.B.WILEY left Wednesday morning for Jackson,Miss.,where she
will visit her daughter,Mrs.R.E.JORDAN and Mr.JORDAN.They will go to Vernon,Texas where they will visit
Mrs.WILEY’s brother,Noble BASS & Mrs.BASS. Mrs.Frank THOMPSON and son of Memphis spent the weekend
with her mother,Mrs.May CHERRY.They were joined by Mr.THOMPSON. Mr.& Mrs.A.L.McKINSTRY and
daughters,Miss Mary Ann and Miss Bonnie Jean,and Bonnie Jean’s fiance,Gene TAYLOR of Somerville,spent
Sunday with Mr.& Mrs.H.G.McCORKLE. Mrs.L.E.JONES of Calif.,and daughter,Mrs.Joyce ANDERSON,Memphis,
and Mr.& Mrs.John BROWDER of Fowkles,were guests of Mr.& Mrs.R.V.AGEE,Sr.Sunday.Mrs.A.Simpson
WILLIAMS,Jr.,has returned to her home at Charlottesville,Va.,after an extended visit with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.
C.M.KIMBROUGH. Mr.& Mrs.M.H.STALLINGS and daughters,Ann and Lynn,visited relatives in Blytheville,Ark.Sunday.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 11,1946
POPLAR GROVE NEWS..Mr.Ellis SASSER and Robert SASSER have bought a new tractor. Mr.& Mrs.Clyde WATTS
have bought Mrs.Alice FREEMAN’s little farm and are planning on building them a new home.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 18,1946
(MISSING ISSUE)

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 25,1946
VISITS WIFE AND FATHER..Chief Petty Officer Thompson BRANDON arrived Thursday of last week to spend some
time with his wife,the former Mary PETTY,and his father,Lee BRANDON.CPO BRANDON has re-enlisted in the
Navy and will be stationed on shore duty on the West Coast for the next two years.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 25,1946
E.M.BROWNING,of the Nankipoo community,who has been in a Memphis hospital for several days,quite ill,was
able to return home Saturday and is said to be greatly improved.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 25,1946
STATIONED AT FORT BRAGG..Two boys who have recently gone into the Army from Halls have been stationed
at Fort Bragg,North Carolina for their basic training according to letters which they have written home.They are
Odell KINNEMOUTH,son of Mr.& Mrs.Robert KINNEMOUTH,Halls Route #1; and Curtis HOGGARD,son of Mrs.Curtis
HOGGARD,Sr.,of Halls.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 25,1946
AT HER DAUGHTER’S BEDSIDE..Mrs.A.P.MASSENGILL left Monday night by train for Rochester,Minnesota
where she will go to the bedside of her daughter,Mrs.H.F.MIDDLECOFF of Memphis,at Mayo’s Clinic there.Mrs.
MIDDLECOFF underwent an operation Monday and is in critical condition at the clinic.Also at her bedside are
her brothers,Col.Carey HUTCHERSON,of Seattle,Washington,Dr.James B.MASSENGILL,of California,and her
husband and son,Dr.MIDDLECOFF and Carey MIDDLECOFF.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 25,1946
MRS.BROWN HOLDS OPEN HOUSE FOR VISITING SISTER..Mrs.Y.S.BROWN entertained Monday afternoon
at 5 0’clock with Open House complimenting her sister,Mrs.J.C.ALEXANDER of Cabot,Ark.,who came especially
to attend the wedding of her neice,Miss Jane BROWN.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 25,1946
HONOR FATHER ON NINETHIETH BIRTHDAY..Sons and daughters of W.G.BARBOUR of Ripley and Halls
honored him on the occasion of his 90th birthday Wednesday of this week at the home of Mr.& Mrs.Leonard
ANDREWS of Halls.Those taking part in the festivities included.Mr.& Mrs.Preston BARBOUR,Memphis; Mr.&
Mrs.W.L. BARBOUR,Ripley; and Mr.& Mrs.Luther UNDERWOOD,Ripley.Also attending were two granddaughters,
Barbara ANDREWS and Mrs.Marvin GRAMMER,Mr.GRAMMER and their son,a great-grandson.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 25,1946
POPLAR GROVE NEWS..There was quite a lot of excitment here over Mr.& Mrs.Lloyd DODSON hot water tank
exploding and tearing up their home Friday. Mr.& Mrs.Pete COOK’s home was saddened by the passing of their
cousin and sister-in-law,Mrs.Will TWISDLE of Brownsville.She died in the Baptist Hospital in Memphis.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY OCTOBER 25,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Ira Lee GOODWIN of Tylertown,Miss.and Grant CHASTAIN of Columbia,Miss.,were
guests of Mr.GOODWIN’s mother and sister,Mrs.Roxie GOODWIN and Miss Maxine GOODWIN during
last week. Mr.James R.VANCE of san Antonio,Texas has returned after a visit with his uncle,E.B.WILEY
and Mrs.WILEY,of the Bethesda community. Mrs.W.E.BARBOUR,Chauncey BARBOUR and Mrs.J.McQUIRTER
of Memphis were guests of the former’s mother,Mrs.F.M.JORDAN Friday night. Mrs.Ruby McLAIN of Navoo
spent last week with her neice,Mrs.Bernard HIGDON. Mrs.Gordon GRIFFIN of Texas visited her sister,Mrs.Bess
JORDAN.She left Wednesday to visit her brother in Jackson before returning home. Mr.& Mrs.W.B.SHANNON
of Dresden were guests of their son,Postmaster E.J.SHANNON and Mrs.SHANNON Sunday.Also visiting the
SHANNONs were a brother,J.L.SHANNON and Mrs.SHANNON of Dresden,and a sister,Mrs.H.P.ELDER and Mr.ELDER
of Greenfield. Mrs.Vera HILLIARD,Mrs.Mollie JORDAN and Mrs.Odell HILLIARD were in Martin Tuesday to attend
the funeral of a cousin,Mrs.Jessie TICE. Mr.& Mrs.T.F.GARNER of Ripley announce the birth of a daughter in Brownsville
Hospital on Friday night,October 18th. Mrs.Bess JORDAN and son,Ernest have returned from a visit in Memphis.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1,1946
INJURED BY CAR..Jimmy JONES,5-year-old son of Mr.& Mrs.Bob JONES was injured late Monday afternoon when
he ran into the side of a car driven by E.O.DEW of this place.The boy was found to have suffered a broken right collar bone.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1,1946
MRS.ADDIE COOK DIED THURSDAY..Mrs.Addie L.COOK,resident of the Double Bridges Community died
suddenly of a heart attack at her home on Thursday night.She was 67.Mrs.COOK was the widow of Thomas L.COOK,
prosperious Lauderdale County landowner and former president of Planters Gin Co.here.She was a member of
the Church of Christ.She leaves a son,Roy M.COOK; a daughter,Mrs.Aquilla KENLEY,all of Memphis. Funeral services
were Saturday morning,burial in Halls Cemetery.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1,1946
FATHER OF LOCAL CITIZEN DIES..Friendship,Tenn.October 29.Services for W.J.BURROW,retired farmer of Crockett
County,who died Tuesday night at his home here,probably will be held Wednesday afternoon,burial in Sudbury Cemetery.
He was 75,was born in Crockett County,was a member of the Church of Christ.He leaves sons,John Henry BURROW
and Ruben BURROW of Maury City; six daughters,Mrs.E.D.NORMAN,Halls,Mrs.W.C.HAWKINS,Friendship,Mrs.Irma
HARDIN,Stanton,Mrs.Rubert AGEE,Maury City,Mrs.Gladys SILER,Eaton,and Margaret Sue BURROW,Friendship; brothers,
Jim BURROW,Friendship and Sol BURROW,Lenox; sisters,Mrs.Mary WHITE,Milan and Mrs.Laura HAMMOND,Maury City.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1,1946
UNDERGOES OPERATION..L.E.OLDS is reported as resting comfortable after having undergone an operation at the
Baptist Hospital,Memphis the early part of the week.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.Raynor CHISHOLM of Ripley,visited his mother,Mrs.Bess CHISHOLM Sunday.
Mrs.G.P.DAVIS visited her daughter,Mrs.Byron ESCUE at Orysa recently. Mrs.T.G.COOPER,Jr.of Nashville is
spending this week with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.P.W.CRITTENDON. Mrs.Dick BRISTER and son of Memphis are
spending a few days with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.C.W.SCOTT. Mr.& Mrs.E.F.RAWLES spent the weekend in Memphis
with Mr.& Mrs.M.S.MEDLOCK.They were accompanied by their grandson,Eddie Scott MEDLOCK,who had been visiting
them. Mr.& Mrs.Bruce JORDAN of Memphis spent the weekend with his parents,Mr.& Mrs.R.H.JORDAN. E.C.BURROUGHS,Jr.
of Haslington,Texas is the guest of his parents,Mr.& Mrs.E.C.BURROUGHS.He arrived to take part in honoring his
grandfather,J.H.BURROUGHS on the occasion of his 84th birthday. B.F.CHAMBERS visited his grandson,Wymond
TAYLOR and Mrs.TAYLOR at Paducah,Ky during the weekend. Mrs.James CARNELL of Newbern is spending this week
with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.D.E.WALKER.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1,1946
POPLAR GROVE NEWS..Mr.& Mrs.A.P.BURKS attended the funeral of their cousin,Mrs.Addie COOK at Antioch
Saturday. Mrs.Lillie SUMMERS of Brownsville is making her home now with her neice,Mrs.Junior HARRIS.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8,1946
I.L.OSBORNE SHOT MONDAY NIGHT..Ivory Lee OSBORNE,operator of a local taxie firm and service station,was
shot and killed on the east end of Main Street Monday night.Sheriff Oscar GRIGGS and Police Chief W.T.SMITH
said the shooting was done by J.C.BRASFIELD,28,local painter,and father of four small children.The Sheriff was
holding BRASFIELD at Ripley for questioning Monday night along with Wilburn NICHOLS,28,of Friendship,and
Marshall SCARBROUGH,24,of Maury City.He said no charges had been filed and the investigation was not
complete.BRASFIELD,NICHOLS,and SCARBROUGH were passengers in one of OSBORNE’s taxis which broke
down at Chestnut Bluff about four miles out of Halls.The driver,Joe SHERIDAN,telephoned for help,and OSBORNE
and another driver drove a second cab to Chestnut Bluff to push the first one to town.Chief SMITH said when the
cabs reached town and let one of the passengers out,the second cab rammed into the back of the first,an argument
followed he said,in which BRASFIELD shot OSBORNE once with a 25 caliber automatic.Mr.OSBORNE,taken to
Baird-Brewer Hospital,Dyersburg,died at 9:15.Mr.OSBORNE,42,was the brother of the late Ernie B.OSBORNE of
Halls,who also was shot and killed on a Halls street about 8 years ago.Mr.OSBORNE leaves his wife,Mrs.Mellie
OSBORNE; three children,Pvt.LaVon OSBORNE of the U.S.Army at Ft.Sheridan,Illinois,Mrs.Phillip GOLDEN of
Union City,Tenn.,Harold OSBORNE of Halls; and his step-mother,Mrs.Lena PARKS of Memphis.Burial in Halls
Cemetery.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8,1946
MRS.MAZIE HILLIARD BURIED SATURDAY..Services for Mrs.Mazie J.HILLIARD,widow of paul W.HILLIARD,who
died Friday morning at her home were held at Bethesda Methodist Church Saturday morning,burial in Halls Cemetery.
Mrs.HILLIARD,who was 48,was born in Lauderdale County.She was a member of Bethesda Methodist Church.She
leaves a son,Norris HILLIARD,Halls; two brothers,Harry HALL & F.H.HALL,both of Halls; two sisters,Mrs.Myrtle
CHAMBERS,Dyersburg and Mrs.Clyde WATTS,Halls.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8,1946
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR LAWSON ELMORE..Services for Lawson Currie ELMORE,retired merchant and farmer,of
Chestnut Bluff Community were held Sunday afternoon at Lebanon Methodist Church,burial in Halls Cemetery.He was
58,he died Friday night,at his home,he had been ill for three weeks.He was born in Crockett County and was a member
of the Lebanon Methodist Church. He leaves his wife,the former Irma JONES; two brothers,Ewell ELMORE,Halls,and
Ivan ELMORE,Dyersburg; two sisters,Mrs.Cordie BETTIS,Dyersburg and Mrs.Ester ALLEN,Dyersburg.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8,1946
E.R.SUMROW HONORED ON 92ND BIRTHDAY..Mr.& Mrs.C.C.SUMROW were hosts at a dinner Sunday honoring his
father,E.r.SUMROW on his 92nd birthday.A delicious meal was served to the guest of honor; Mr.& Mrs.A.B.STEELMAN;
Homer STEELMAN; Mrs.W.V.HARDY; and Will Ira HARDY.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.Rena JORDAN is spending the week with her sister,Mrs.B.F.CHAMBERS and Miss Mary
Lee WRIGHT. Mr.& Mrs.Winston DAWS announce the birth of a daughter at Dyersburg Hospital Monday. Mr.& Mrs.
K.A.RANDLE of Millington announce the birth of a 5lb8oz daughter November 1st at St.Joseph Hospital,Memphis,
named Janine RANDLE,the granddaughter of Mr.& Mrs.Jim JAYNES,Halls. Mr.& Mrs.J.T.STUTTS spent the weekend
here with her mother,Mrs.Nell PUGH. Mr.& Mrs.Billy LOONEY,Mr.& Mrs.Frank WELLS,Mr.& Mrs.James MORRIS,all
of Little Rock,Ark.returned home Monday after attending the funeral of their uncle,Lawson C.ELMORE. Mr.& Mrs.F.G.
CRAIG announce the birth of a daughter at a Memphis hospital Monday,named Susan McVeigh CRAIG.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8,1946
MURDER;SUICIDE..The people of Halls were shocked during the weekend to learn that Horace HOWELL had
shot and killed his wife and then committed suicide at their home in Memphis on Friday of last week.Mr.HOWELL
resided in Halls for a number of years and was well known here.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8,1946
PURCHASE GARAGE..Earl CRIHFIELD and Sam THOMAS announce the purchase of Cates Garage & Parts Co.
from Elry CATES Tuesday of this week.They will operate under the firm name of Halls Motor & Parts Co.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16,1946
WILLIAM BOLIN FISHER..Ripley,Tenn.William Bolin FISHER,leading planter of the Duehamville community
died at his home Monday morning after a short illness.A member of one of Lauderdale County’s prominent
families,he was 76 and a member of the Methodist Church.Services were held at St.Paul Methodist Church
,burial in church cemetery.He leaves two sons,Allen FISHER and Tom FISHER,both of Ripley;a daughter,Mrs.
P.M.PARKER of Ripley; a sister,Mrs.Thomas STEELE,Jr.of Ripley.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16,1946
MUCH IMPROVED..Mrs.A.P.MASSENGILL has written friends here that her daughter,Mrs.Lucille MIDDLECOFF
,who has been critically ill at Mayo’s Clinic is much improved and able to be in a wheelchair.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16,1946
ENTERS MAYO’S..H.A.TOWNSEND,president of Townsend-Daws Co.Inc.,local Ford dealers,left Tuesday night
of this week for Mayo’s Clinic in Rochester,Minnesota,where he will undergo examination and treatment.He was
accompanied by Mrs.TOWNSEND.He has been in poor health for some time.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16,1946
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR L.J. RHODES TUESDAY..L.J.RHODES,one of Halls leading merchants for 55 years,
died Sunday morning at Baptist Hospital after an illness of about a year.He was 75.Services were held Tuesday
at Halls Methodist Church,burial in Halls Cemetery.He was a lifelong resident of Lauderdale County and for
many years prior to his retirement four years ago,operated Rhodes Feed & Seed Co here.He leaves a son,
Harry Lee RHODES,Halls druggist; and a step-son,B.D.YARBROUGH of Brookville,Miss.Pallbearers were:
F.W.HURT,L.L.McDEARMAN,Bob BURNETT,W.A.SMITH,Jr.,P.H.HENDERSON,W.C.PATTON and George HURT.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16,1946
BRASFIELD WAIVES PRELIMINARY HEARING..J.C.BRASFIELD,Halls painter,who is charged with the fatal
shooting of Ivory L.OSBORNE on the streets of Halls Monday night of last week,waived a preliminary hearing
Monday and is being held for the action of the Grand Jury.He is being held in the county jail in Ripley.BRASFIELD
is said to have admitted shooting OSBORNE after a short argument on the east end of Main street.OSBORNE
was the operator of a service station and taxi service here.Wilburn NICHOLS of Friendship and Marshall
SCARBOROUGH of Maury City,who were with BRASFIELD were released last week after paying fines.Neither
is believed to have been implicated in the shooting.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16,1946
FARM BUREAU MEMBERSHIP REACHES ALL TIME HIGH..Col.Tom SCOTT,President and N.N,CALDWELL &
W.L.BARBOUR,Co-Chairman of the Membership Committee of Lauderdale County Farm Bureau have exceeded
their Membership Goal and having 820 members,an all time high.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16,1946
GUESTS OF PATTONS..Mr.& Mrs.G.E.PATTON and daughter,Miss Frances PATTON and Mr.Elby
JENNINGS Jr.,of Watertown,Tenn.spent Sat.& Sun.with his brother,W.C.PATTON & Mrs.PATTON
at their home on South College.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16,1946
LEONARD-CRUM CEREMONY SAID ON OCTOBER 31ST..In a double ring ceremony at Tunica,Miss.,
on Thursday,October 31st,Miss Semetra CRUM,daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Ernest CRUM,Halls Route #1,
became the bride of Odis LEONARD,son of Mr.& Mrs.J.T.LEONARD,Halls Route #1.Attendants were
Dorothy LEONARD and Odell LEONARD,brother & sister of the groom.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16,1946
EUZELIAN CLASS HONORS TEACHER ON BIRTHDAY..Mrs.D.C.WARREN was the honoree at a surprise
birthday party Saturday evening,November 9th,in the home of Mrs.Paul GRIFFIN when members of the
Euzelian Sunday School Class of the Baptist Church entertained in her honor.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Miss Fern PARRISH spent the weekend in Memphis with her aunt,Mrs.W.E.
BARBOUR.She was accompanied home by Mrs.BARBOUR & Chauncey BARBOUR. Mrs.Tom NORTON
of Dyersburg spent Thursday with her mother,Mrs.A.S.KENLEY. Mr.& Mrs.Austin RHODES,Mr.& Mrs.
Herman RHODES,and Elmer RHODES,of Memphis,attended the funeral of their uncle,L.J.RHODES,
Tuesday. B.W.MOORE,of Oil City,Penn.,and Miss Nancy ROSSON of Nashville,arrived Saturday to visit
their sister and aunt,Mrs.C.F.HARWARD & family. Mrs.McDEARMAN returned to her home Wednesday
and was accompanied by her brother,Mr.MOORE. Mr.& Mrs.Theuna JAYNES of Filmore,Calif.,announce
the birth of a 6lb8oz daughter on November 10th.She has been named Kathleen Gale JAYNES.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22,1946
NEW SON..Mr.& Mrs.Judson L.VADEN announce the birth of a son on Tuesday,November 19th,at
Baird-Brewer General Hospital,Dyersburg.Mr.& Mrs.VADEN are parents of another son & daughter.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22,1946
PERRYS IMPROVING..Friends here recently received a letter from Mrs.Nelson WHITTAKER of Detroit,
Mich.stating that her parents,Mr.& Mrs.Ed PERRY are steadily improving.Mr.& Mrs.PERRY,Halls
residents,have been in ill health for some time and left a few weeks ago to be with Mrs.WHITAKER a
nd a son,Earl PERRY.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22,1946
ILL WITH PNEUMONIA..Mrs.W.A.SMITH,Sr.of Curve,mother of Dr.W.A.SMITH,Jr.Halls,has been
critically ill with pneumonia for the past three days.She was reported Wednesday as slightly improved.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22,1946
HERBERT LEE LOWRANCE..Trenton,Tenn.Services were held Tuesday afternoon at First Baptist
Church for Herbert Lee LOWRANCE,mechanic and carpenter,who died at his home Sunday night
f a heart attack.Burial was in Oakland Cemetery.He was 37.Mr.LOWRANCE was born near Middleton,
Tenn.,the son of J.F.& Frances Mellissa MAJORS LOWRANCE.He lived in Dyersburg,Halls,and Humboldt
before moving to Trenton 15 years ago.He leaves his wife,Mrs.Archie Fay NOWELL LOWRANCE; a daughter,
Rosemary LOWRANCE; a son,John Lee LOWRANCE; his parents,who live in Bethel Springs,Tenn.; & a brother,
James Marlin LOWRANCE,Phoenix,Ariz.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22,1946
MRS.MARTHA WALDROP;GATES,TENN..Services for Mrs.Martha E.WALDROP,who died of a heart attack
early Monday at the home of her daughter,Mrs.W.M.T.JONES were held Tuesday morning at Gates Methodist
Church.Additional services were held at Mayfield (KY)Cemetery.Mrs.WALDROP,who was 90,was born near
Kirksy,KY and spent most of her life in that state.In addition to her daughter,she leaves a step-son,N.S.
WALDROP of Mayfield,Ky.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22,1946
HONORS FATHER ON 84TH BIRTHDAY..On Sunday,November 17th,Mr.& Mrs.G.C.HARTMAN gave a
surprise birthday dinner at their home honoring the 84th birthday of her father,N.J.HARWARD.Among those
who enjoyed the feast were: Mr.& Mrs.N.J.HARWARD,of Curve,Mr.& Mrs.Jimmy HARTMAN and daughters,
Dolly & Carolyn HARTMAN,of Covington, Mr.& Mrs.Roy SUDBURY,of Halls,Mr.Fred HARWARD of Halls,Mrs.
Emma WILLIAMS,Mrs.Gertrude STRAIN,Mrs.W.D.WELLS,& Mr.& Mrs.G.C.HARTMAN.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22,1946
MAXINE GOODWIN WEDS RAYLIEN KIRBY..Mrs.Roxie GOODWIN of East Main Street announces the
marriage of her daughter,Maxine to Raylien KIRBY,son of Mr.& Mrs.H.L.KIRBY of West Tigrett Street on
November 16th in Hernando,Miss.Miss Alma Dean HURT was maid of honor.Mrs.KIRBY is employed by
John Scott,Jeweler and Mr.KIRBY is connected with Townsend-Daws Co.Inc.He saw service in the Navy during the war.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.Fred FITZHUGH has returned after a weeks’visit with her son,T-Sgt.Harold
FITZHUGH,Mrs.FITZHUGH,and new grandson,Ronald Harold FITZHUGH. Mrs.J.H.COUGHLAN of Dyersburg
spent last week with her sister,Mrs.A.B.TALLEY. Mrs.Roy PATTON and Mrs.W.C.PATTON attended the
wedding of Laura Winston STEELE of Ripley to Steven McCLURE at the Church of the Holy Angel in Dyersburg
Wednesday of last week. Mrs.Arthur RALL & children of Dyersburg,spent Sunday afternoon with his aunt,Mrs.A.B.TALLEY.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22,1946
POPLAR GROVE NEWS..Mr.Terry LEONARD has had a lot of bad luck during the past week.Last
Wednesday his wagon was struck by a car on the highway between Lake Lauderdale and Halls,
tearing up the wagon and injuring his back.On Thesday he received word that a car had struck and killed
his brother,Neal LEONARD,at his home in Selmer,Tenn. Mr.& Mrs.LeRoy BECTON had the misfortune to
lose their home to fire. Mr.& Mrs.A.P.BURKS had a birthday dinner with her little neice,Patsy COOK on
November 11th.She was 14.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29,1946
RE-ENLISTS IN ARMY..Sgt.George PETTY,son of Mr.& Mrs.L.M.PETTY of Halls,has re-enlisted in the Army
for an 18-month period.He is now stationed in Cairo,Egypt and will remain there for the present.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29,1946
PURCHASE STATION..J.T.(Jake)WHITE and Lynn VADEN this week announce the purchase of Halls Service
Station effective Monday,Dec.2nd.The station handles Gulf products.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29,1946
ENGLISH GIRL TO MARRY RALPH WILLIAMS..Miss Monica TIPTON of Northampton,England,arrived in
Halls last Thursday and is the guest in the home of Mr.& Mrs.R.D.AKIN.Miss TIPTON will be married to
Rolon Ralph WILLIAMS,Mrs.AKIN’s son,in a simple ceremony at 5 o’clock on Sunday December 1st at the
Eureka Methodist Church,Forked Deer.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29,1946
TELEPHONE CALL GAVE HIS PARENTS & WIFE THRILL..Wnen Sgt.Odell HILLIARD,who is with the Army
in Italy,telephoned his parents,Mr.& Mrs.Oscar HILLIARD from Bern,Switzerland where he is on a ten day
tour,it was a thrill to hear his voice so plain was almost to good to be true.Sgt.HILLIARD has been with
the Medical Det.,near Trieste,Italy since January 8th,1946.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29,1946
MRS.AUGUST JACKSON..Services for Mrs.Ollie JACKSON,who died Friday night at her home in the Forked
Deer community,were held st New Hope Cemetery at Pollard,Ark.,Sunday afternoon.She leaves her husband,
August JACKSON; a son,Albert A.JACKSON; her parents,Mr.& Mrs.Lynn BLACKWELL of Fagus,Mo.;brothers,
Walter BLACKWELL of Poplar Bluff,Mo.,Roy BLACKWELL of Fagus,Mo.,and Newton BLACKWELL of Pollard,
Ark.;siaters,Mrs.Mamie A—-Y,Thayer,Mo.,Mrs.Auddie CRAFT of Kulian,Mo.,and Mrs.Bessie POLLARD of Pollard,Ark.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.C.F.HARWARD and Miss Marsaline HARWARD were called to Nashville Tuesday of
this week by the death of Mrs.HARWARD’s sister there. Miss Freddie OLDS has her sister,Mrs.Velma COX of
Memphis as her guest this week.They spent Thanksgiving in Friendship with Mr.& Mrs.R.A.PUGH. Mrs.Ike
PALMORE has returned after two weeks visit with her daughter,Mrs.Fletcher SMITH of Little Rock,Ark.She was
accompanied home by her granddaughter,Marilyn Kay SMITH.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 6,1946
TOWNSENDS RETURN FROM MAYO’S..Mr.& Mrs.H.A.TOWNSEND have returned to their home here Monday
after spending the past three weeks at Mayo’s Clinic,Rochester,Minn.Mr.TOWNSEND’s eyes which were giving
him trouble are improving and he has resumed his duties at his firm this week.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 6,1946
PETTY PURCHASES MISSISSIPPI FARM..L.M.PETTY,who recently purchased a farm in the Mississippi Delta
near Hollindale,Miss.,left this week where he will supervise operation of the farm.He was accompanied by his son,
James PETTY,who will assist him.James recently sold his auto parts & repair shop and will spend his time on the
plantation.They will continue to make their home in Halls at the present.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 6,1946
TONSILS REMOVED..Claudette & Lorelle RAINEY had their tonsils removed at the Dyersburg Hospital
Monday.Both are doing nicely.They are the daughters of Mr.& Mrs.E.L.RAINEY.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 6,1946
IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM FREEMAN..He gave his life in the Battle of Leyte two years ago,December
1st,1944.A place in our home is vacant that can never be filled.We miss you so much,dear William.I
cannot say he is dead,he is just away.etc.Written by his mother,Mrs.A.L.FREEMAN.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 6,1946
ENTERTAINS VISITORS..Mr.& Mrs.M.W.TUBBYFIELD and daughter,Betty,of Nashville spent Thanksgiving
holidays with her sister,Mrs.C.M.KIMBROUGH & Mr.KIMBROUGH.After dinner Thanksgiving Day they
motored to Reelfoot where they enjoyed a fish supper.The group spent Friday in Memphis.Saturday
Mr.& Mrs.KIMBROUGH entertained with a lovely luncheon for the house guests and Mrs.Birdie SHELTON,
who left Sunday for Marion,Ill.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 6,1946
ENGLISH GIRL WEDS LOCAL BOY SUNDAY..In a simple ceremony carrying out many of the traditional
customs of her native land,Miss Monica TIPTON,daughter of Mrs.Ivy TIPTON,of East Maudit,Honamps,
England,was married to Rolon Ralph WILLIAMS,son of Mr.& Mrs.Russell D.AKIN of Halls,at Eureka Methodist
Church at Forked Deer on Sunday afternoon,December the first at five o’clock.The Rev.C.C.LEWIS of Ripley,
assisted by Rev.W.T.M.JONES of Gates,read the vows before an alter decorated with greenery and white
chrysanthemums.Before the ceremony Mrs.Wymond HURT of Halls and Mrs.Lonnie PEARSON of Forked
Deer presented nuptial music.The bride entered the church with Mr.AKIN,who gave her in marriage.Poised
over white satin,her dress of silk handmade lace,which came from Nottingham in England,was made with a
softly sheared waist and a full skirt which ended in a train at the back.The veil of embroidered white net fell
in graceful folds fron a tiara of net outlined with pearls.She carried a bouquet of white carnations and gladioli
and had as her only ornament a single strand of pearls.As the bridal couple left the church,Floyd Bernice AKIN,
carrying out a typical English custom,presented the bride a silver horse shoe,which her grandfather had sent to
the U.S.to wish her luck in her new home.Miss Ruby AKIN,of Memphis,the groom’s sister was maid of honor,she
wore a pink taffeta formal with an overskirt of blue net and carried an arm bouquet of pink carnations.Miss
Elizabeth AKIN,yoyngest sister of the groom,wearing a blue net formal with a pink satin sash was junior bridesmaid.
Her flowers were pink carnations.Roe MILAM was best man.Ushers were John Welch BAIN and R.W.TURNER.Wilder
PEARSON was junior groomsman.The couple are at home in Halls.They met while he was stationed two years with
the 8th Air Force at Northampton,England.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 6,1946
POPLAR GROVE NEWS..Mrs.Dave WATTS and Paul HOGUE were both painfully injured in recent accidents.Mrs.
WATTS was kicked by a mule.Paul broke an arm when he fell over a pig which he was chasing. Mr.& Mrs.Neely
HOGUE had as their guests last Sunday,Mrs.HOGUE’s mother,Mrs.Rosa HUNT,and their two daughters,Mrs.WHITE
& family of Tenemo and Mr.& Mrs.James SERRETT.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 6,1946
MRS.NORA M.BIVENS IS TAKEN BY DEATH..Mrs.Nora M.BIVENS,78,of 610 Belmont Avenue ,died Monday afternoon,
November at her home following long illness.Funeral arrangements had not been announced Monday,but they
include a short service in Tipton with interment in Murfreesboro,Tenn.Mrs.BIVENS was born at Milan,Tenn.,November
25th,1868 and died on her birth anniversary.Her parents were Robert Yancey & Sara Elizabeth MOORE,of Milan.Mrs.
BIVENS came to Tipton from Nashville,Tenn.six years ago to make her home.She married William F.BIVENS on April
24th,1889 and he survives her with one daughter,Mrs.R.R.MOORE of Tipton and one son,Harry Wright BIVENS of
Greenwood,Miss.Surviving also:a brother,Ben MOORE of Oil City,Pa.;three sisters,Mrs.Sallie McDEARMAN,Memphis,
Mrs.Lula HARWARD,Halls,& Mrs.Virginia ROSSON,Nashville; a number of grandchildren,including Mrs.Paul CHIVINGTON
and Mac MOORE of Atlanta; two great-grandchildren,Emerson Paul CHIVINGTON,Jr.,& Sue Ann MOORE of Atlanta.{Tipton Gazette}

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 6,1946
MYRTLE MILLER WEDS G.A.WILLIAMS..In a quietly solemnized ceremony,Miss Myrtle MILLER was married
to G.A.WILLIAMS Sunday,December 1st,1946.The double ring ceremony took place in the afternoon in the
auditorium of the Baptist Church in Lone Oak,Ky.Miss Frances MILLER,sister of the bride and Mrs.J.P.SMITH
were the only attendants.Those attending the wedding were:Mrs.B.R.WINCHESTER & Jean WINCHESTER,wife
and daughter of the officiating minister.The bride wore a sky blue woolen dress with black accesseries.Her flowers
were shaded roses and pink carnations.She is the daughter of Mrs.E.G.MILLER.Mr.WILLIAMS is the son of Mr.
& Mrs.A.E.WILLIAMS of Route #2 Friendship,Tenn.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 6,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..William SUGG III,underwent an appendictomey at Baptist Hospital,Memphis.He is reported
doing nicely. Mrs.Elliot STINSON and son,Jimmy,of Louisville,Ky.,spent Thanksgiving with her parents,Mr.&
Mrs.L.M.PETTY. Mrs.Elton JACKSON and Mrs.Frederick HULL of Detroit have returned home after being here
at the bedside of their sister,Mrs.R.E.PETTY of Miami,Fla.Mrs.PETTY came home Monday.Mrs.PETTY,Mrs.
JACKSON and Mrs.HULL,are daughters of Mr.& Mrs.Earl CORLEW. Mr.& Mrs.James CARNELL of Memphis,
spent the weekend with his parents,Mr.& Mrs.J.L.CARNELL. Mr.& Mrs.C.W.SCOTT spent Thanksgiving with
her mother,Mrs.N.D.SALISBURY. Miss Jeanie THURMOND of Memphis has been spending time with her
parents,Mr.& Mrs.F.J.THURMOND,while recovering from a broken arm. Mr.& Mrs.Carlton VADEN and baby
spent Thanksgiving with his parents,Mr.& Mrs.J.M.VADEN.Mr.VADEN is an instructor at the University of
Alabama at Tuscaloosa. Pvts.Curtis HOGGARD and Odell KINNEMOUTH have recently completed basic
training at Fort Bragg,N.C.Curtis expects to be sent to Korea. Miss Marjorie HERRING spent a few days
with her sister,Mrs.Bill WEAVER & Mr.WEAVER in Griffin,Ga. Mr.& Mrs.WEAVER are proud parents of a baby girl.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 13,1946
FRIENDSHIP MAN DIED IN ATLANTA FIRE..Services for Willard Franklin JONES,21-year-old son of Mrs.Edna
YORK JONES,of Friendship,who,according to reports received by relatives,perished following a leap from an
eighth floor window during the Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlanta Saturday morning,were at the Methodist Church in
Friendship Monday afternoon.JONES leaped as the heat became unbearable.His companion,James LITTLE of
Elizabethton,who had accompanied him to Atlanta for the weekend,remained in the room until he was rescued
by fireman.An ambulance from Evans & Lassiter Funeral brought JONES’ body from Atlanta.T.R.SANDERS,cousin
of the victim accompanied the ambulance.He was employed at Oak Ridge,JONES was the son of the late Dr.H.
JONES and grandson of Dr.J.B.JONES.Other survivors are Miss Carrie Mae JONES of Friendship and Mrs.Leon
BYASSE,sisters.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 13,1946
NEW GRANDSON..Mrs.W.C.VIAR,Sr. of Halls received word Tuesday that she has a new grandson,born Monday
night to Mr.& Mrs.Dewitt VIAR of Columbia,Tenn.He weighed 10lbs4ozs and is named James Dewitt VIAR.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 13,1946
PATSY DAWS,NEIL DYER INJURED IN CAR WRECK..Patsy DAWS,daughter of Mrs.N.S.DAWS and member of
Halls High School,and Neil DYER,Jr.,son of Mrs.T.N.DYER,were seriously injured about 10:30 Tuesday night
when the car they were riding in crashed into the rear of a stalled truck just south of the Forked Deer river
bridge on Highway 51.Both were carried to Baird-Brewer General Hospital,Dyersburg.Miss DAWS suffered a
compound fracture of her left arm,serious cuts under one eye and on her nose and numerous other cuts and
bruises.Mr.DYER suffered a slight brain concussion and many cuts.Frank BALDRIDGE,who was also in the car
suffered only slight cuts.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 13,1946
NEW SON..Mr.& Mrs.Auford PICKINS announce the birth of a son at Baird-Brewer General Hospital,Dyersburg
Sunday night.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 13,1946
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP..This is to notify the public that Bernard BAKER and Harold BAKER
purchased the grocery store owned by Mrs.Florence JACKSON on December 4th,1946.All unpaid bills on
this firm prior to that date should be presented to Mrs.JACKSON within 30 days.This 12th day of December
1946.Bernard BAKER & Harold BAKER.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 13,1946
LOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.Tom MURRAY of Crossville,Tenn.,arrived Monday for a visit with her parents,Mr.
& Mrs.H.T.ABERNATHY. Mr.& Mrs.T.G.AVERY attended funeral services for Franklin JONES at Friendship
Monday. Mr.& Mrs.L.R.VIAR of the Henning Farm announce the birth of a daughter at Baptist Hospital,Memphis
Sunday.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 13,1946
DOUBLE BRIDGES NEWS..Mr.& Mrs.Tommie LOVE and daughter,Carolyn,were guests of Mr.& Mrs.Raymond
HINTON Sunday. Mr.& Mrs.Robert GABA of Nankipoo were Sunday guests of his mother,Mrs.Lillian LOVE.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 13,1946
PROMOTED TO CORPORAL..Mr.& Mrs.Roosevelt JONES have just received word that their son,Vernon JONES,
has recently been promoted to the rank of corporal.Cpl.JONES is stationed with the Army of Occupation at
Darmstadt,Germany.He is with a QM outfit in the Army Air Force.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 20,1946
MISS NEELY TO WED PAUL WILLIAMS..Miss Mildred Marie NEELY,daughter of Mr.& Mrs.W.G.NEELY
will become the bride of Paul WILLIAMS,son of Mr.& Mrs.J.M.WILLIAMS,in a beautiful ceremony at Halls
Baptist Church December 25th.Rev.Vernon SISCO will perform the ceremony.Mrs.Wymond HURT will
render the music at the organ.Miss Jane STALLINGS will be maid of honor and Miss Virginia LEGGETT
will be bridesmaid.Mr.WILLIAMS’best man will be Raymond HALE,Jr.;usher will be N.A.SLOAN,Jr.

THE HALLS GRAPHIC
HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 20,1946
GATES LANDMARK BURNED SATURDAY..The old John PENNINGTON two story house about two miles west
of Gates was destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon.The house was occupied by Mr.& Mrs.F.T.BEARD.Most
of their household furnishings were destroyed.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 20,1946
MISS FULLER WEDS J.W.ESKRIDGE..Miss Eula May FULLER of Jackson,Miss.and Memphis,Tenn.,became
the bride of J.W.ESKRIDGE,son of Mr.& Mrs.Horace ESKRIDGE on Wednesday December 4th,at a ceremony
performed in Hernando,Miss.Attending the ceremony were:Miss Virginia SWEENEY,Memphis,Miss Maxine
ESKRIDGE & Joffre HERRING of Halls.Mr.ESKRIDGE is a veteran of WWII having served as a gunner and
radio operator on a B-24 bomber.He is a graduate of Halls High School and is employed by Vaden Furniture
Co.Mrs.ESKRIDGE attended Jackson,Miss.schools and was employed by First National Bank,Memphis at
the time of her marriage.

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HALLS,TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 20,1946
FRANK McWILLIAMS DROWNED SUNDAY..Dragging crews were working the Old River bottoms west of here
Sunday night in search of the body of Frank McWILLIAMS,38-year-old Curve farmer,who is believed to have
drowned when his boat capsized Sunday afternoon.Mr.McWILLIAMS and two neighbors,Arthur CARMACK and
Herman WEBB were duck-hunting in the skiff when it overturned.CARMACK & WEBB managed to swim to safety
but were unable to rescue their companion they said.Born in Hardeman County,he moved to Lauderdale County
20 years ago.He saw overseas service in the war.He is the son of Mr.& Mrs.J.F.McWILLIAMS of Curve and
husband of the former Miss Lucille PARKER.

THE 1946 HALLS GRAPHIC ENDS WITH THE DECEMBER 20TH ISSUE.