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County commission appointments made Open house for new DSCC building set for Sept. 30
By JEFF IRELAND jireland@covingtonleader.com The Tipton County Legislature took care of some housekeeping matters during a brief meeting Monday night. As they always do, the commissioners named County Executive Jeff Huffman to be the commission's chairman. Commissioner Harold “Poochie” Twisdale made a motion to name Huffman to the post by acclamation. Commissioner Bob Wilson
was once again voted in as chairman pro tem. Quincy Barlow, Mike Sterling, Tommy Dunavant and Johnnie Jones were named to serve on the rules committee. Russell Bailey was appointed to continue serving as Tipton County's historian. Huffman welcomed Carl Knight to his first meeting as a commissioner. He replaces Teri Colin, who resigned earlier this year. In other matters: • Huffman announced there
will be an open house for the 54,000-square-foot, $9.8 million learning center at Dyersburg State's Covington campus on Sept. 30 at 1:30 p.m. The new Tipton County Library, which is not complete yet, will be located in the building. The commission appropriated $3 million for the project. An open house for the library is expected to be held in October. • Matt McDaniel, who became the director of the health departments in Tipton, Haywood and Lauderdale
counties in July, introduced himself to the commissioners. • The commissioners passed a resolution designating September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. • Wilson said the general welfare committee has taken a proposal to build soccer fields on property adjacent to the landfill under advisement. The county commission meets at 7 p.m. on the second Monday of each month at Tipton County Justice Compex. The public is invited to attend.
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Barlow funeral to be held Sunday By ECHO DAY eday@covingtonleader.com
as stubborn as a mule The Town of Brighton hosted its first Founders Day event last weekend, with a donkey basketball game culminating the celebration. Alderman Melissa Sartain is pictured during the game, attempting to get her donkey to cooperate. Photo by France Gasquet
childhood cancer awareness month
Five-year-old continues fight against cancer By FRANCE GASQUET fgasquet@covingtonleader.com “One of my friends came home and told their mama that when my hair grows back, I’m gonna be like Rapunzel,” said the happy little girl, smiling a huge, yet shy smile. Lillie Mae Glass is five years old. The sprite-like child bounced through the door, welcoming the stranger in. She is thin and tiny, and like most children battling cancer, has no hair. But the thing you notice about her is an innocence and pure joy. Once inside the house, Lillie Mae gives a bracelet to the visitor, which says, “Pray for Lillie Mae.” The bracelet is orange and yellow, Lillie Mae’s colors. Lillie Mae’s mother, Jessica, speaks in a monotone voice, reciting dates, diagnosis and procedures by memory, her husband Brad sits on the couch across from her, listening to
Lillie Mae Glass was in pre-kindergarten when an eight-pound tumor was removed from her abdomen. After chemotherapy and radiation, more tumors and adhesions were recently found, prompting more treatment for the five-year-old. Photo by France Gasquet
her yet also playing with the beautiful child who is on the floor in front of him. It’s difficult for a visitor to
keep up with all the dates and, to be honest, the names of procedures and things having to do with the body is scary.
One realizes that this must feel similar to an out-of-body experience and there must be a need to emotionally distance see glass, page A3
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On Sunday, Barlow Funeral Home will bury its longtime owner, Marjorie, who died Monday night. The 89-year-old, who spent her entire life in Covington, will be remembered as a strong woman who loved her family and her church. "I was going through some photos last night and found a photo of her on the steps next door," her son, Quincy, said Wednesday of the church next door to the family's funeral home. "She's been a member since she was seven years old." Mrs. Barlow was known as a philanthropist in the community, Covington alderman Minnie Barlow Bommer told The Leader during a 2005 interview. "She does so many things that nobody knows about … everybody knows Miss Marjorie, but she does so many things that nobody knows about." In 1968, her husband, V.B., died following a minor surgery and she was left with a business to run and two sons to raise. Quincy, who now operates the business with his daughter Brittney, said at the time of his father's death, his mother was styling hair and applying makeup at the funeral home, which was started by his great uncle Major Barlow. "Then it was just the three of us," he said. Majorie became a licensed funeral director in 1970 and ran the business up until a few years ago. At the time of her death, she was still licensed, Quincy said, for sentimental reasons. Though a single mother and an African-American business owner in the South during a time that was marred by racial tensions, Mrs. Barlow was able see barlow, page A3
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