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Talking trash: cities see changes Atoka gets new collection service, Covington sees trash day change By ECHO DAY eday@covingtonleader.com
For two cities in Tipton County, trash is the talk of the town. In Atoka, a town-administered trash collection plan comes to fruition Monday, more than a year after it was first proposed to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. “We think it makes sense for our residents and we’re confident it will add value to our town,” said Town Administrator Brian Koral Wednesday. Granted a franchise for the provision of public utilities and services, the Town of Atoka’s
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trash collection reduces the cost of services for residents from $30-35 per month to $15. Additionally, there will be fewer garbage trucks will be on Atoka roadways, which will reduce wear and tear on the roads. Beginning Monday, Jan. 7, curbside collection will be underway for Atoka residents who didn’t opt-out of the plan. Koral said the city currently has approximately 2,000 customers. “That’s right where we ex-
pected to be, and it will increase over time.” Collection will be conducted by Republic Services, the same vendor in use in Covington, which changes collection dates in the county seat. “Basically, if you were on a Monday route, you’re now on a Wednesday route,” said Covington Public Works Director Robert Martin Simpson. Simpson said other residential routes remain unchanged. The City of Covington has used Republic, and its predeces-
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sors, as vendors for waste collection for nearly a decade. “They’ve always done a good job for us,” Simpson said. Customers with concerns about trash collection services can call 901-837-5301 in Atoka and 901-476-7191 in Covington.
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By ECHO DAY eday@covingtonleader.com On Monday, the Tipton County Sheriff’s Office will lead the annual Sea of Blue processional to honor fallen state trooper Calvin Wayne Jenks. Marking the sixth anniversary of Jenks’ death, the sea of blue consists of law enforcement officers from various agencies traveling together from the Justice Complex to the spot on Hwy. 14 where Jenks was killed. “It’s a simple memorial, but it’s very moving each year to see how the community support has grown,” said Tipton County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Trooper Jenks Donna Turner. Jenks was fatally shot on Jan. 6, 2007, during a traffic stop on Hwy. 14 near the Gift community, east of Covington. Orlando Garcia and Alejandro Gauna, both of Austin, Texas, were convicted of his murder in 2007 and 2008. The two, teenagers at the time of the killing, were in Tennessee to sell marijuana. In addition to their murder convictions, both have since been convicted on federal drug trafficking charges and are currently in federal custody. Turner said the procession, which follows the route officers believe Jenks took from the Justice Complex to Hwy. 14, is a reflection on the ultimate sacrifice given. “This is a unique service started the year after Jenks was killed,” she said. “There are different officers from different departments involved; it’s one simple thing that brings officers together.” The sea of blue will begin at the Justice Complex at 5:30 p.m., will proceed to Hwy. 59, then down Hwy. 14 and stopping at the site of Jenks’ memorial, where a lone THP cruiser will be waiting. The procession will gather at the site of the memorial for a brief prayer and moment of silence and will conclude by following the lone THP cruiser
Working on Total Fitness By ECHO DAY eday@covingtonleader.com Jason Glass is expecting you. As the owner of the county's newest 24-hour gym, he knows the beginning of a new year means you'll be more than likely to join a gym now than when he opened Total Fitness in July. "No matter where you go, it's gonna be a bigger crowd, but as you can see, we're a pretty wellsupplied facility," he said. "And even with a bigger crowd, I think we're going to be fine, there won't be any waits." Glass opened the gym this summer and the reception has been fantastic. "Everyone's been very well pleased. People can use the gym at all hours. Some people work at some of the local factories that go 24 hours and they get off at 2 o'clock in the morning, then they come in the gym. People come in through any part of the day and they like the fact that we have 24-
Top, clients use the treadmills at Total Fitness. The gym also offers personal training services (above). Photos by Echo Day
hour products." The beauty of a 24-hour gym, he said, is that you don't have to worry about a big crowd and can work out whenever they want. "People are more likely to stick with their program because they can schedule their exercise time at their convenience. They don't have to worry about trying to squeeze it in before the gym closes. If you're a night owl, come in at 11 o'clock at night if that's your preferred time to work out." Total Fitness, located in the shopping center south of Walmart in Covington, offers clients top of the line fitness equipment, such as Life Fitness and Hammer See fitness, page A2
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Strength, and round-the-clock classes and tanning beds. "Since we’re a 24-hour facility, we want our clients to have access to everything we have all the time." No matter what the clock says, clients have the opportunity to take part in group exercise classes, one-on-one fitness on-demand training and more. "We have any kind of class you can imagine, from cardio kickboxing to step aerobics to ab classes, zumba classes, we’ve even got classes similar to P90X," he said."It’s updated every month with new classes and you have your own private classroom, you can do it alone or with a few friends. You don’t have to be in a class with 15 other strangers." Technology has made it possible to take a Zumba class at 3 a.m., for
instance. "A lot of people are surprised when they come in because they don't realize all of the unique technology that we offer." The gym also offers plenty of other features, such as free weights and core equipment, and the elliptical machines, treadmills and bikes all have flat-screen LCD TVs and Apple docking stations. These are just some of the many comforts Total Fitness provides. Glass, a former physical education teacher at Crestview Elementary, said a lifelong dream was realized when he opened the gym. The biggest hurdle, he said, was securing the lease. "This is probably the ideal location in Covington. We're surrounded by restaurants, we've got Walmart and everybody goes to Walmart. People are coming to the
restaurants and they're going to realize they need to lose weight and here we are." Unlike other gyms, Total Fitness offers transparent pricing. "Ours is one price, all inclusive, at $34.95 per month. That's 24hour tanning, 24-hour group exercises plus all of the live classes, fitness on demand. There's one price point, which is a little higher, but there's no enrollment fee right now. We don't have any annual fees, either." Glass said it's been very rewarding being able to offer the community another fitness solution. "I think that we need this," he said. For more information about Total Fitness, visit www.totalfitness247.com or stop by 1655 Hwy 51 South, Suite L.
CPD makes several drug arrests By ECHO DAY eday@covingtonleader.com December was a busy month for Covington’s drug unit. On Thursday, Dec. 6, drug officers approached several males in the area of Stitt Street, the smell of marijuana allegedly lingered in the air. Eddie Douglas, 36, began to flee but was caught after a brief chase. Police reports indicate Douglas had a Hydrocodone pill and 26 Quetiapine pills in a prescription bottle in his pocket. Additionally, Douglas was carrying a .25 caliber
handgun whose serial numbers had been filed off. He was charged with resisting arrest, possession of legend drugs without a prescription, possession of schedule
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Woman charged with TennCare fraud Writes letter to Leader asking for computer, fence for dogs By ECHO DAY eday@covingtonleader.com Last month a Drummonds woman was charged with TennCare fraud, accused of using state benefits to “doctor shop.” The Office of the Inspector General reports 50-year-old Faith Marie De’Forge was arrested on four counts of fraudulently using TennCare to obtain controlled substances for the painkiller Hydrocodone, using TennCare public healthcare benefits to pay for either the clinical visits or the prescriptions. “Law enforcement, healthcare providers and others are working hard against the abuse of prescrip-
tion drugs in Tennessee,” Inspector General Deborah Faulkner said. “We’re committed to ensuring the TennCare program is used appropriately by the people eligible to receive it – TennCare fraud is against the law.” De’Forge, however, disputes the allegations. “I’m not guilty of it,” she said Wednesday afternoon. “They think I’m selling Lortabs; I’m not. They have no proof of it.” De’Forge, who recently wrote a letter to the editor stating she and her mother were needy and would like a computer and a fence for their two dogs from Santa, said she’s had 17 surgeries and uses her painkillers. “I need my pain pills. Why would I want to sell them?” In her letter to The Leader, De’Forge said she and her 77-year-old “barely make it” and would like someone to help a couple of elderly women.
Faith Marie De'Forge, 50, was recently charged with TennCare fraud for alleged "doctor shopping."
“It is one you might not believe, but it is true,” she said. “With no family helping … we do for each other.” After a call to De’Forge to clarify her wishes and get a comment about her charges, she stated she no longer wanted help from The Leader. Each TennCare fraud charge is a Class E felony and carries a sentence of up to two years in prison. This was De’Forge’s first arrest in Tipton County. District Attorney General Mike Dunavant is prosecuting the case.
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Thief brazenly steals pastor's Christmas gift By JUSTIN HANSON WMC-TV A Covington pastor was sitting down to read the word of God on his iPad, when it was yanked from right out of his hands. At any given time on any given day, Covington McDonald's has a line outside and in. But over the weekend, customers there were treated to a little more than a Big Mac. "We went in, heard the preacher screaming and tried to figure out what was going on with him," said resident DeVante
Hill. free Wi-Fi to Hill was getdownload the ting lunch on Bible onto his Saturday when new iPad. he heard a cusCovington tomer yell out Police quickstop, then saw a ly caught man running out up 21-yearof the door. old Sheldon That customer Moore. was local Baptist Moore is minister Mike charged with MOORE Melton. theft. Melton said the man Police chased him running had just taken down in the Pizza Hut the iPad he'd gotten for parking lot just down Christmas right out of his Highway 51. hands. "Once they recovered Pastor Melton tells it, I helped him download Action News Five he'd the find my iPad app so gone into McDonald's to if this happens again, he eat lunch and use their can go back and track it
down," Hill added. Hill grew up in Covington. He said criminals there are becoming more brazen. "It says they don't care about the law, don't care about their image. They're not hiding it, they're just blatantly breaking the law and something has to be done about it," he continued. Sheldon Moore is out of jail on bond.
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Mother Nature helps catch stowaways By ECHO DAY eday@covingtonleader.com If it wasn’t for the wind, Coleman Adkin and Donald Kinman might have made it to the Big Easy. Sometimes, though, Mother Nature messes with even the best of plans. “The wind was blowing his hair, and that’s when I saw him,” said Mason Police Chief James Paris of the Dec. 20 incident. “They were outside the grain car, just laying on the back side of it.” Stowaways, the two men hitched a ride on a train from Johnson City to Nashville, then boarded in Nashville overnight. Paris said they had plans to go to Memphis and then on to New Orleans. But special agents with CSX had oth-
er plans for the two men. The train was stopped on Main Street and Paris and Lt. John Sommers were waiting. “Both of the subjects were ordered off of the train,” he said. “One complied and the other jumped from the train and tried to walk away, but was apprehended a short distance later. He didn’t think anything was wrong with taking the train.” Adkin, 20, from Johnson City, and Kinman, of Benson, Ariz., were charged with criminal trespassing on a railway train. Paris said people who stow away on trains are prosecuted because they’re in violation of the Homeland Security Act. Each has a $2,000 bond and was still in custody at press time.
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Continued from A2 light violation. Officers reported smelling marijuana as they approached the vehicle and Cleaves admitted to having a bag of marijuana hidden in her bra. The bag contained 1.2 grams of the drug. She was cited into court, charged with the tail light violation and simple possession of marijuana. While serving a search warrant in the 800 block of Craig Street, officers found drug scales and bags in addition to marijuana, Hydrocodone pills and a 380 caliber pistol. Gerald Stott, 49, was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm in the commission of a dangerous felony, possession of schedule III with intent, simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Other search warrant brought in still more arrests. During a search warrant at a Tipton Village apartment, officers found 14 grams of marijuana in the living room, 16.8 grams of loose marijuana on the coffee table and 8.9 grams of marijuana on the couch in addition to digital scales used to measure the drugs. Corey Somerville, 26, was arrested and charged with possession of schedule VI
with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia. Two days later, a search warrant at a Broadmeadow Place apartment netted seven bags of marijuana weighing 6.7 grams and a 22 caliber handgun was located under a mattress. Another .4 grams of marijuana and a set of digital scales were found in the kitchen. Kenneth Gibbs Jr. was charged with possession of schedule VI with intent and possession of drug paraphernalia. Following up on a report of drug activity, officers responded to a residence in the 400 block of West Ripley Ave and could smell marijuana when they knocked on the door. A search of the residence resulted in the discovery of numerous gun rounds throughout the home, along with marijuana, marijuana roaches, plastic bags, sacales and evidence of phone calls relating to narcotics sales. Christopher Purham, 27, and Delance Ivy, 26, were both arrested and charged with simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. The Craig Street and Broadmeadow apartment both had children present when the drugs were found.
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Let’s make the year 2013 rock If you don’t mind me saying, 2012 was a tough year. Last year, on Jan. 5, I was officially diagnosed with Stage 4 throat and neck cancer. A year later I am in remission and it appears we licked this killer. Of course, I will need to be watched carefully for a few years, but I have been at peace through the treatments and at peace now that I am in recovery. Still, I don’t want to go through that again. The year 2012 was also tough as the political change I had hoped for did not take place at the national level. Still, Tennessee and Wyoming, my two home states, did well and I expect good things from the leaders of these states. I am looking forward to 2013, and not because there are guarantees of good health or improved politics coming J im Hardin from Washington, D.C. The nation is in a fiscal crisis, the culture lacks respect for life and responsible liberty, and the world is not a safer place. Still, I know Who is in control of what really matters and trust the sovereign will of our Creator. Though the walls fall all around us, we are in the midst of a raging storm in this nation, and what seems as dear as a culture seems to be slipping through our hand, I know that greatness does not depend on national borders, goodness on the hearts of men, nor gravity on an accident of physics. I forget this sometimes, but none of these depend on me either –thank God! 2012 brought the birth of our newest grandson and first child to carry the family name, Evan James Hardin. Together with Alex, Austin, Jade Ashlee, Jude, Ceajae and Shaw, Debbie and I can focus on what really matters in 2013 and beyond – grandchildren. Ok, we can focus on the kids too, but we all know it is the grandchildren who really matter, at least to the grandparents. My New Year’s wish for these dear ones and all of the dear ones in this wonderful land is that each would grow in faith in God, know the tender love of family and enjoy the blessings of good friends. Just like the years before, 2013 will be mostly what each of us makes of it, so let’s welcome the Year. It doesn’t matter who gets elected, just what we elect to do with our lives. A healthy body is important, but a healthy soul is eternal. Let’s make 2013 rock! Happy New Year. Jim Hardin is a sixth-generation Tennessean and former Republican candidate for the District 81 Tennessee State House of Representatives seat. Retired from the Navy, Hardin writes opinion columns regularly for The Leader.
letter to the editor Cause and effect part two In an opinion letter dated Dec. 13, 2012, I attempted to analyze the reason President Obama received more votes than Gov. Romney in the recent election. For closer examination it was necessary to dissect the ideologies, or motives of the democrat voters into four basic camps. Three of those camps are well known and established. My uncomplimentary, yet accurate assessment of the fourth c amp prompted a response complete with a challenge from a Leader reader. I thank him for the opportunity to expand on my opinion and I congratulate him for his interest in our political system. The challenger questions in which of these groups I place “beautiful women”. Beautiful women, like ugly men have minds of their own. They, and only they, know which camp identifies their ideology or motivation. Demostriches (democrats with their heads in the sand) comprise the fourth group and are basically harmless until they are promised freischidt (items and services over and beyond basic shelter, food, and clothing provided by the government). However, a voting block of demostriches demanding freischidt is a lethal aggregation to our political process and will be the end of our democratic republic if left unchecked. A story about a third grade class will help amplify my concern about this misdirection of political power: The teacher wanted the students to experience the election process so she conducted an election for class president. The nominating procedure produced two finalists: Bubba Eubanks and Ida Claire. Ida Claire was first to deliver her platform. She laid out plans for a better conducted class room including student taking turns being See letter, page A5
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‘What if ?’ is Griffin’s motto for the new year What If...many changes were save the tax payers a lot of money. made to help all of our society, These criminals have broken laws instead of just benefiting a few? against decent folks and yet they What If…Our United States of are treated like nobility. What If... our America stopped sending the lawyers that defend these crimmoney overseas to foreign coun- inals had to go before the judge at tries, supposedly to maintain good sentencing? What If...the convict relations? What If...we sent my and lawyer have to serve the same Southern Country farmers crops amount of time? Do you think this overseas, instead? What If...the would cut down on lawyer advercountries couldn’t use our money tising? we send to buy merchandise from What If...Politicians were held other overseas countries? accountable for what they say they What If...Crop prices increased will do, when elected? If not comin Charleston and instead of send- pleted, chunk ’em out of office. Of ing money, make the U. S Depart- course, politics are just like wood ment of Agriculture ticks, dog ticks, and seed buy my dear farmticks. They are all the ers’ crops. Instead, same...Yep, just plain old send cotton for parasites. clothes, corn and What If...the lawmakbeans for nourishers, who make laws on ment. My farmers how to run a school sysshould get the montem, had to raise curtain ey as deserved. Presclimbers to obtain a first ently, my hardworkhand experience? What ing farmers can’t If...the same law enactin’ make a decent living folks had to teach school and that is why over before their laws were 21,000 farmers gave enacted? What If...after Southern Raisin' up the ghost last teaching experience these Otis G riffin year. The guv’mint, self glorified law makers which is actually us, might be qualified to enact desperately needs to take care of some workable laws. I bet some all the hardworking farmers first changes would be made for the and foremost. better. What If....we didn’t have hospiWhat If...a man that could work, tals filled to the brim with ‘pore’ still would! A woman that could ole sick folks? What If...we could cook, still would! Don’t you know empty the hospitals beds and fill that gullies would be full of microthe church pews? waves. What If...Country music What If...we could take all sounded like it should, and did, the convicts out of the warm, soft many years ago. Not like some feathery beds and make ’em clean hoot owl chasing a squawkin’ out ditches, whack down fence chicken through a blackberry rows and build roads. Sho’ would thicket as it today. What If...a per-
son was judged on talent, whether singin’, movies, art or whatever gift the Good Lord bestowed upon them, instead of looks, politics or connections? There would be some changes immediately, if not yesterday! What If...the school system and the parents agreed there would be no discipline problems. The teacher could teach and the parents would make their little tree benders behave. What If...a good whooping at school, followed by one that afternoon could mean some kids might be reminded how to “ack-rite”. Now it’s SUE everybody, if you ‘touch’ my little angel with pointed horns and a floppin’ cape. What If...hog and cattle prices rose to reasonable rates? What If...the AG. Dept. in Washington guv’mint had to explain how a ‘pore’ farmer can sell hogs for 40 cents a pound, yet we have to pay $5.00 a pound for pork chops at the sto’. Neighbor, these problems have been created by skullduggery and some carpet baggery, greedy individuals. What the world needs now is more compassion, caring and love for our fellowman. Proudly I recommend appointing all Redneck Southerners to run the world as my people have inherited those unique ideals. Now we got a Happy New Year! American By Birth And Southern By The Grace Of God…GLORY! Otis Griffin is the author of the book “Southern Raisin”. He was born in Charleston, Tenn., and attended Rosemark Grammar School and Bolton High School.
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duce nearly 25 percent of all the wealth in the world each year. But a study published this year by the National Research Council, “Research Universities and the Future of America,” highlights the threat to the future of our research universities and to the prosperity and security of our nation. The report finds that state funding for higher education, already eroded over the past two decades, has fallen further in the recent recession. The University of California system, Pennsylvania State University and University of Colorado have each been “pushed to the brink,” according to the report’s authors, by steep losses in
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Make some (financial) New Year’s resolutions for 2013 Once again, it’s time to make But if you’re not investing, you’re some New Year’s resolutions. unquestionably missing out on This year, in addition to promis- opportunities to make progress ing yourself that you’ll hit the gym toward your financial goals. So, more often, learn a new language instead of focusing on the news or take up a musical instrument — of the day, make your investment all worthy goals, of course — why decisions based on the fundamennot set some financial resolutions? tals of those investments you may Consider these suggestions: be considering, along with your • Boost your retiregoals, risk tolerance and ment account contributime horizon. tions. If your income • Keep whittling away will rise this year, conyour debt. Over the past sider putting more monfew years, Americans have ey into your employerdone a good job of lowersponsored retirement ing their debt burdens. Of plan, such as a 401(k), course, the economy is still 403(b) and 457(b). You tough, and it can be chaltypically contribute lenging to avoid taking financial focus pre-tax dollars to your on new debts. But the less Steven J. Jones plan, so, the more you debt you have, the more put in, the lower your taxable in- you can invest for your retirement come. Plus, your money can have and other important objectives. tax-deferred growth potential. • Rebalance your portfolio to • Don’t over-react to the head- accommodate your risk tolerance. lines. Lately, you’ve heard a lot If you spend too much time worabout the “fiscal cliff,” political rying about the ups and downs of paralysis, the debt ceiling and your investments, then your portother Really Scary Topics. These folio’s potential for volatility may issues are not insignificant — but be too great for your individual should they keep you from invest- risk tolerance. On the other hand, ing? After all, in any given year, if you continually see little growth you won’t have to look hard to in your holdings, even when the find warnings and negative news financial markets are going strong, events — and many people do use you may be investing too conserthese ominous-sounding head- vatively — especially if you are lines as a reason to head to the in- willing to take on some calculated vestment “sidelines” for a while. risk to potentially boost your re-
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state funds. According to the National Science Foundation, 43 states have cut their per-student support for major public research universities over the past decade, many by 30 percent or more. States are being forced, primarily by Washington, to spend more of their limited tax dollars on health care, draining the well for public colleges and universities. A 2003 Brookings Institution report by Peter Orszag and Thomas J. Kane concluded that Medicaid is “the biggest challenge casting a shadow on public higher education’s future” as the “rapid growth in state Medicaid obligations over the past few decades has crowded out public higher education expenditures, and … [is] expected to continue to grow rapidly over the coming decade.” Medicaid today accounts for nearly a quarter of state budgets, on average, up from 8 percent 30 years ago. In Tennessee last year, state spending on Medicaid was up 16 percent and funding for higher education was down 15 percent — as a result, the University of Tennessee raised tuition by nearly 14 percent. The NRC report finds that federal regulations and reporting requirements are absorbing university dollars. A former Stanford University president estimated that, even during his tenure, it cost his institution seven cents of each tuition dollar to comply with regulations governing federal student loans and grants. Surely that
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turns. So review your portfolio at least once in 2013 to see if it needs to be “rebalanced” to fit your risk tolerance. • Get some help — Navigating the investment world by yourself is not easy. For one thing, there’s a lot to know — different types of investments, changing tax laws, the effects of inflation, interest rate movements, and much more. Furthermore, when you’re making investment decisions on your own, you may have a hard time being objective — so you might end up investing with your heart, and not your head. The need for knowledge and objectivity point to the advantages of working with an experienced financial professional — someone who understands both the financial markets and your individual needs and goals. These aren’t the only financial resolutions you could make for 2013 — but if you follow through on them, you may well need to make fewer ones when 2014 rolls around. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. Steven Jones is an Edward Jones Financial Advisor in Atoka. Visit him at 360 Atoka McLaughlin Drive or call 901-8379772.
cost has risen. Congress made the problem worse when it reauthorized the Higher Education Act in 2008. At the same time China was working to deregulate its higher-education system, we added 26 new reporting categories and over 100 new reporting requirements. Research university regulations are frequently duplicative and inefficient, diverting money and time away from research toward compliance. The most immediate threat to research universities is the looming fiscal cliff. The federal government provides approximately $30 billion for research and development to colleges and universities. It’s a high-yield investment — our nation’s wealth comes primarily from our technological advances; we invented the automobile, the television set and the Internet. And federally funded research at the university level supports a large number of these advances — giving us the technology behind Google, Cisco and Genentech. A recent analysis by the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation finds that sequestration will shrink federal R&D by nearly 9 percent from 2011 spending levels, reducing gross domestic product by $203 billion to $860 billion over nine years. This is equivalent to “taking away all the new motor vehicles purchased by U.S. consumers over the last six months [or] all their airline travel over the last two years,” according to the report. America must take the necessary steps to meet these challenges. First, Washington must tackle the debt be-
fore it constrains spending on the programs and priorities that drive our economy forward and improve our standard of living. The America COMPETES Act, which passed with huge bipartisan support in the Senate, called for a doubling of federal funding for advanced research — an impossible goal when Washington is borrowing 42 cents of every dollar it spends. Second, state legislatures and Congress need to reduce the regulations and mandates that are strangling college administrators and productivity, and take a hard look at the consequences of dramatic reductions to higher education funds. Finally, universities must continue to look for ways to reduce costs — in their operations and to students and families — without sacrificing quality. Steps might include improving energy efficiency on campus, making better use of campus facilities, offering pathways to three-year degrees and using innovative technologies and teaching methods to improve learning. We still have most of the world’s great universities. They still attract most of the brightest students from everywhere, in-sourcing brainpower and creating wealth. But if we fail to tackle the threats to our research universities, that boast could soon belong to another country. Hunter Rawlings III, president of the Association of American Universities and former president of Cornell University and the University of Iowa, co-wrote this column.
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Obituaries Ernest Paul Craig
January 6, 1942 – December 26, 2012 Ernest Paul Craig, 70, of Covington, died on Wednesday, December 26, 2012. Funeral services took place on Dec. 28 at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home. The Leader (Covington, Tenn.) January 3, 2013
Carlton Edward Max
Date of Death – December 26, 2012 Carlton Edward Max, 54, of Brighton, died on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton. He was a truck driver. Funeral services took place on Friday, Dec. 28 at Munford Funeral Home. He was buried at Helen Crigger Cemetery. Mr. Max is survived by his wife of 33 years, Wilma Max; daughter Kimberly Darlene Max; son Carlton Edward Max Jr.; and three grandchildren, Sadie Max, Jonathan Max and Alyssa Wylie. He was preceeded in death by his parents, Dewitt and Sadie Max. The Leader (Covington, Tenn.) January 3, 2013
Hazel Mildred Cromwell
July 14, 1933 – December 27, 2012 Hazel Mildred Cromwell, 79, of Covington, died on Thursday, December 27, 2012. She was a homemaker, cleaner and a member of Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church. The widow of Royce Cromwell, she was also preceded in death by her parents, Ulyss Taylor and Ella Mae Parker; a daughter, Charline Berryhill; sisters Lucille Fryea and Alice Erwin; and brothers Walter, Robert and Ernest Taylor. She is survived by her daughter, Kathy Shepard (Gayle) of Killeen, Texas; brother Wallace (Dub) Taylor of Brinkley, Ark.; grandchildren Lynette DeGrazia, Shawn Harrison, Sheri Richardson and Corey Harrison; four step-grandchildren, 10 greatgrandchildren, nine step great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held on Sunday, December 30 at the Maley-Yarbrough Chapel and visitation was held from 1-3 p.m. prior to the service. Bro. Craig Batson officiated and interment was at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery. The Leader (Covington, Tenn.) January 3, 2013
Community Events The Community Calendar is a free service offered by The Leader. We make every effort to include all submissions for this section, however these items are printed as space becomes available. To guarantee your event to be in the paper would require paid advertising. A complete list appears in the Community Events section on our web site, www.covingtonleader.com January 8 A Munford and Drummonds area Neighborhood Watch meeting will be held at the Quito/ Drummonds Volunteer Fire Department from 7-8 p.m. For more information call Barbara Borum at 837-3244. January 9 The second annual Exchange Club Fish Fry will be held at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center. The menu will include fried fish, blackened catfish, hush puppies, fries and slaw. Carry-outs will be available at 5:30 p.m. and dine in from 6 to 7 p.m. The cost is $7 per plate. January 17 Barrie Foster will be teaching adult beginning watercolor classes at the Baker Community Center in Millington on Thursdays from 2 to 4 p.m. beginning Jan. 17. The cost is $10 per class. Please call Jule Dunham at the Baker Community Center at 873-5770 to register and for the supply list. For other questions please call Barrie at 2127890. January 19 Brighton AYSO Spring Soccer announces registration for the spring soccer season, which will be held at Old Brighton High School Jan. 19, Jan. 26 and Feb. 2 from 10 a.m. to noon, and on Jan. 22, Jan. 29 and Feb. 5 from 6-8 p.m. Boys and girls from ages 4-18 are invited to learn to play soccer, have
fun and make friends! The cost is $65 which includes the soccer jersey, socks, trophy, and soccer accident insurance. We now accept credit cards. For complete registration information, please call 290-8187, email brightonsoccer@bigriver.net or visit www.ayso1535. d4sportsclub.com. Please note that proof of dateof-birth is required at time of registration for new AYSO players. February 12 A Munford and Drummonds area Neighborhood Watch meeting will be held at the Quito/ Drummonds Volunteer Fire Department from 7-8 p.m. For more information call Barbara Borum at 837-3244. February 19 There will be an irrigation meeting at 11:30 a.m. at Tipton Farmer’s Co-Op, located at 301 Witherington Dr. in Covington. The event will feature speaker Justin Miller on irrigation equipment and scheduling. Lunch will be provided. For more information, call Becky Muller at 752-1207. February 21 There will be a crop market meeting at 11:30 a.m. at Braden Station Restaurant, located at 189 Hwy. 59 in Mason. The event will feature speakers Chuck Danehower on market outlook, and Bungee Marketing on available programs and market outlook. Lunch will be provided. For more information, call Becky Muller at 752-1207. On-going events The Home Plate Café in Munford and the Military Order of the Purple Heart have teamed up to offer free coffee to all veterans, firefighters, law enforcement officers, EMS, and public works personnel every Friday until noon during the holiday season and maybe beyond.
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Dorothy Eugenia “Jean” Cooper Reed Date of Death - December 28, 2012
Dorothy Eugenia “Jean” Cooper Reed, 82, of Quito, died on Friday, December 28, 2012 at Methodist North Hospital in Memphis. She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church where she was a member of the choir, taught the four- and five-year-old Sunday School class and was the church librarian. She also formerly wrote the Quito News for The Leader. The widow of Guy L. Reed, she is survived by daughter LeVon (Don) Womack and son G. Eugene Reed; sisters Joyce Scott and Conne Jo Hall; grandchildren Natalie Womack, Amanda Kiser and Andrew (Morgan) Womack and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services took place on Monday, Dec. 31 at Fellowship Baptist Church. She was buried at Quito Memorial Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Quito Memorial Cemetery. The Leader (Covington, Tenn.) January 3, 2013
William S. “Bill” Bomar
Death of Death – December 29, 2012 William S. “Bill” Bomar, 83, a retired captain for the Memphis Fire Department Station 17, died on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at Methodist North Hospital. He was a member of Shelby Forest Baptist Church, an avid coon hunter and the originator of the Memphis Fire Department Band. Funeral services took place on Tuesday, Jan. 1 at Munford Funeral Home. He was buried at Helen Crigger Cemetery. Mr. Bomar is survived by his wife of 63 years, Sadie Timbs Bomar; daughter Lynn (Paul) Harless; sons Dennie (Carolyn) Bomar and Roger (Kathy) Bomar; sisters Doris Ann Owens and Ailene Whitesides; brothers Robert Bomar and Gerald Bomar; grandchildren Matt (Rachel) Bomar, Amy (Tom) Weatherington, Justin (Jessica) Timberlake, Nick (Misty) Bomar; and great-grandchildren Griffin and Olivia Weatherington and Addison Bomar.
www.covingtonleader.com Thursday, January 3 at the Covington Funeral Home chapel with interment to follow in Covington Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service at the funeral home. She is survived by one daughter, Brenda Waits of Burlison; one son, Gilfred Bradshaw, Jr., of Albany, Ga.; one brother, James “Polk” Kellum of Burlison; three grandchildren, Emily Ellis, Jennifer Newman and Katie Bradshaw; three great grandchildren, Elliott Jolly, Evan Jolly, and Samantha Ellis and one great great grandchild, Dylan Lee Jolly. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gilfred Bradshaw, Sr.; one grandson, Darren Lee Waits; three brothers and one sister. Friends may sign an online guestbook at www. covingtonfuneralhome.com. The Leader (Covington, Tenn.) January 3, 2013
Arlene Flowers Busby
Date of Death – January 1, 2013 Arlene Flowers Busby, 55, died on Tuesday, January 1, 2013. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 4 at Greater St. John Baptist Church in Covington. The funeral will take place at the church at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 5. She will be buried in the Garden of Everlasting Life. She leaves huband Willie Anthony Busby, son Deandre Thomas, three sisters and two brothers. Funeral arrangements were made by Millington Funeral Home. The Leader (Covington, Tenn.) January 3, 2013
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Audie B. Bradshaw
July 1, 1923 – December 31, 2012 Audie B. Bradshaw, 89, of Burlison, passed away on Monday, December 31. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 on
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one paid scholarship to a participant. For more information, call 476-0231 or visit www.tiptoncountymastergardeners.com.
UT Extension Tipton County Master Gardener is now accepting applications for the upcoming 2013 Master Gardener Program. UT Extension trains local members of the community as volunteers to help provide sound, practical researchbased horticulture. The class will begin in January and will span 14 weeks of classes in all things horticultural, including basic botany and plant science, landscaping, trees, flowers, vegetables, fruits, lawns, gardening equipment, insect control and chemicals used in a residential lawn or garden. Classes will also include field trips to identify trees, insects, weeds, and plants. This year the local association will offer
The Tipton County Animal Shelter on Hwy. 51 desperately needs cat food, paper towels and other misc. items. Call 901-837-2219 for more info. Beer Board of the City of Covington meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at City Hall at 5:30 p.m. Dunham Lodge #150 F&AM, 113 East Washington in Covington holds its monthly stated meeting on the third Thursday of every month. Ransomed Riders Chapter of CMA meets the fourth Monday of each month at Heritage Cafe in Munford. Meal at 6 p.m., meeting at 7 p.m. Paid advertisement
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Tipton County and the Civil War Compiled by Russell B. Bailey Tipton County Historian Twenty-one men from Tipton were wounded, captured and later paroled in the action at Lamar, Miss. on Nov. 8: Co. I: 2d Lt. J. R. Alexander, C. G. Fisher, J. W. Flanagan, J. P. Overall, J. D. Smith, R. L. Smith, N. J. Trantham, G. W. Walton, Nat Williams, J. A. Yarbro; Co. B: Lieut. I. N. Stinson, W. H. Strange, John Smith. From Chulahoma, John Somervell of Co. K, wrote to his father on Nov. 21: “George Markham intends sending his boy Tom through with Esquire Black who leaves this evening…Jos. Whitley says the lines are closed between here and Tipton now. He escaped a body of 500 horse by only five miles. “Every man that leaves camp without permission for 12 hours now is considered a deserter and furloughs have long since played out…Tell
Dr. Clement…I am very well satisfied with being a private and fighting for my home and friends... And if I live through the struggle it will be my most proudest recollection that I was a private and did fight for the Confederacy…” The men of Company B, commanded by Captain J. P. Russell, were at Cold Water, Miss. on Nov. 22. The command was at that time designated “Co. B, 1st Tennessee Cavalry.” Lieut. Henry T. Sale submitted a request to the Confederate States Quartermaster for 91 hats or caps, coats, overcoats, pairs of pants, 182 flannel shirts and 182 cotton shirts, 91 blankets and 91 pair shoes, 208 pairs of drawers and 6 frying pans. He received the following: 36 coats, 64 jackets, 24 pair pants, 28 wool shirts, 208 pair drawers, 91 pair shoes and six mess pans. On Nov. 29, the company requested fodder for 79 horses.
Dunlap Retirement Center Kathy Keiter 476-7014
Hello everybody! Hope you’ve all had a wonderful Christmas season and Christ was glorified in your home. Now we have to face the unknown of 2013, but we can do it through the power of Jesus Christ, who never fails us. Man will let us down, but the Lord will never fail us! We have so many things to be thankful for this past year! But some of the sad things are the precious residents we had to say goodbye to in 2012, some of which were Mr. Harold Nelms, Ms. Madelyn Parham, Ms. Jean Wright, Ms. Setsuko Zumwalt, Ms. Norma Faye Goforth, former residents Ms. Katie Lou Cates, Ms. Betty Jean Bowen, Ms. Jane Sherrod, Mr. Fred Svigel and I’m sure there are some I have failed to mention. God rest their souls! But we now have a new year, 2013! 2012 has brought
On Nov. 23, Mrs. Mattie Lynn wrote to her husband about the Federal excursions through Tipton: “The Yankees have made their raids through here. The first was infantry, 60 of them, took breakfast with us, done us no great injury…the last two were cavalry.” Captain David J. Wood, R. C. Dyson and others were helping Captain John U. Green, Robert A. Fields and others to raise companies for Colonel R. V. Richardson’s 1st Tennessee Partisan Rangers. “Capt. Wood raised another company for the Confederate cause which he shortly turned over to Col. Green…(and) came out of the war $5,000 in debt…” On Nov. 27, Colonel Jacob Fry at Trenton, reported: “about 250 of Jackson’s and Faulkner’s (Confederate) cavalry are at or near Bend’s (Bond’s) Ferry, on the Hatchie (east of Gift, north of Charleston), enforcing the conscript act.”
Colonel Richardson had established a recruiting camp southwest of Covington: Tennessee Partisans, Camp Beaver Headquarters, Nov. 29, 1862. “First Lieutenant Robert Hewlett is authorized to enlist men for three years or the war to be enlisted into a company to be attached to my Regiment of Partisan Rangers. He will enroll and swear in all enlistments and report to me. He is authorized to enroll and report to me all free white men between the ages of 18 and 40 as conscripts…” The river steamer New Moon was captured by Captain Owen and the 1st Indiana Cavalry in the Tallahatchie River on Nov. 30, 1862. Captain John Dearing of Covington, master of the boat, lost several bales of cotton “given him by Confederate authorities as payment for his services.”
us some new residents: Ms. Linnie Lord, Mr. James (Jim) Webb, Mr. Vernon Hendrickson, Mr. Bo Skinner, and Ms. Marye Frances Gray. Welcome to all of you! We hope and pray you feel warmed and welcomed here with our Dunlap family. There are so many that I need to say thank you to for doing special things for our folks around the holidays! I’ll start with the South Tipton County Exchange Club, Judy Whetsel and all her friends, the Rosemark Garden Club, Girl Scout Troop #10107 and many more that my feeble mind cannot think of at this particular moment! If you know of anyone that needs a room, I have a very nice suite out here that we would love to move someone in to. Just call me at 476-7014. Until next week, I want to encourage everyone that reads my notes to love each other like Christ loved the church. Give out hugs freely, please continue to pray for the families in Conn., and have a blessed new year!
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Jeff McMillian, Doctor of Optometry 185 Wesley Reed Dr. Suite E • Atoka, TN 38004 (901) 840-EYES (3937) DECEMBER 2012 HAPPENINGS Save the Date: Our Board of Directors invites everyone to come by on Thursday, December 13, 2012 from 6-8:30 pm and join us in celebrating the season. We will be introducing our new director, Kerry Overton, and the staff of TCCA. There will be an Angel Tree from which you may take the name of one of our participants. They have written letters to Santa and told him what they would like to receive for Christmas. We hope you can join us at this festive get together and help us make our “Seniors” wishes come true. Refreshments will be served. TCCA Angel Tree: This Christmas we are asking the community to help us brighten our “Seniors” by taking one of their names from our angel Tree. These are the folks who regularly attend TCCA throughout the year. We would appreciate your help in bringing a smile to their faces. Please call the office to see how you can participate. Their wishes are small but the joy these gifts bring is great! On Friday, December 21 we will be having a participant pot-luck luncheon. This day will be for our seniors who regularly attend the senior center. Santa Claus will be visiting to hand out their Angel Tree gift. If you would like to volunteer to help on this special day, please call the Kerry, Kim or Darlene at 476-3333. TCCA and the Covington Senior Center will be closed on December 24th, 25th and 26th in honor of the Christmas Holiday. Just for Fun Fun stuff- Creative Aging Concert, La Don Jones, December 14; Holiday Cranium Crunches, December 4; Word Search puzzles, December 12; December 19 we are honored to have the Greater Grace Busy Bees at 9:30 and the TCCA Tappers at 10. Craft Club- The craft club meets this month on Tuesday December 11th at 10 a.m. in the dining hall of the CSC. Bible Study- Bible Study will be held at the CSC on Thursday mornings at 10 a.m. This non-denominational class is open to all.
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Bending Needles Quilting Club- Experienced hand stitch quilters are welcome to join the club. The quilters meet each Thursday and Friday morning from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the craft room.
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Bingo- Bingo will be held in the dining hall of the CSC on Fridays December 7 & 28 beginning at 10 a.m. To Your Health Get Fit, Stay Fit- Join other seniors every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:15 a.m. at the CSC for 45 minutes of great stretching and strengthening exercises. This is just right for everyone 55 and older. Tap Dance Class- Kay Catterton, our volunteer instructor always welcomes new students. The tap class meets on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. in the TCCA dance room. The cost is $3 a class. Line Dance Class- Classes meet every Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in the TCCA dance room and at the Munford Senior Center every Monday at 9 a.m. Contributions are welcomed at both sites. Mrs. Juanita Joyner is the instructor.
Above left: On Dec. 11 the Covington Tops Product plant celebrated being accident free for one year. The event was marked with a dinner for all employees and a drawing for a 32" LCD HDTV. Pictured are Joe Jackson (left) winner of the tv and Gregg Hemann, Plant Manager. Above right: Tops Products employees raised funds and collected toys for Toys-for-Tots of Memphis. Shown in the picture are employees Sherry Bader and Felicia Young Brown presenting the toys they collected and a check to Toys-for-Tots volunteers.
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Caregiver Programs “Helen’s House” Adult Day/ Respite Service- Helen’s House currently has openings offering a great opportunity for those with some degree of memory loss or dementia to have a safe and therapeutic experience while their family caregivers enjoy a time for personal business or other activities. Helen’s House is licensed by the State of Tennessee. Helen’s House is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please call Anita for more information or to receive a registration packet. Caregiver Wellness/Support Groups meet across Tipton County… All shared information is confidential--- “what is said here, stays here”- Meal contributions are requested and transportation is available on a limited basis. • South Tipton Caregiver Wellness Group- This group meets the second Tuesday of the month in Munford at the Restoration Church from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. • “…For Men Only” Caregiver Wellness Group- This group meet the second Monday of the month at TCCA meeting room from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The facilitator is Mr. Russell Lindsay. • Lunch Bunch Caregiver Wellness Group- This group meet the third Tuesday of the month at TCCA meeting room from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. The facilitator is Mrs. Darlene Hopper Spaulding. • TCCA Breast Health Wellness Group- Please join facilitator, Sue Wheeler on the second Monday of the month at Covington Senior Center dining room from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Contacts Tipton County Commission on Aging 401 S. College, P.O. Box 631 Covington, TN 38019 901-476-3333/901-476-3398- Fax Kerry W. Overton, Executive Director Helen’s House- Anita Feuring-476-1068 Website- www.tiptonaging.org
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Mt. Carmel Elaine Watkins
It’s a cold Saturday afternoon as I start the early column. It snowed this morning and it stuck, then quit. We got a light dusting. I think we got about three inches Christmas night. It was really pretty, but that wind! Wow! We had a big night of unwrapping and eating on Christmas Eve. Lyla had so many gifts that we let her open a few, we opened a few, then let her go again. She was kind of overwhelmed with what to play with. Maybe we went a little overboard…nah! You're only two once! On the "look back at 2012" in The Leader last week, it's sad that four murder cases involving five victims, embezzlement and statutory rape by an authority figure were half the stories in the 12-month wrap-up! Let's provide happier news at the end of 2013, Tipton County! On Thursday Shelley and I took my dad, Kenneth Weir, to the doctor in Jackson for a head-to-toe rash. It’s possible it’s a reaction to a shot they gave him. He got a steroid shot and started on prednisone so hope he gets better. If not,
Jamestown DarSay Burton
Greetings. I hope all of you have enjoyed family and dear friends last week and I pray that every heart was light all day long on Christmas Day. For that matter, that every day to come will always be merry and bright. As for me, I spent Christmas Day relaxing at the house preparing a lovely meal of barbeque ribs and the fixings. I’m sort of burnt out on turkey and ham. My church, North Star, served a lovely traditional holiday meal after our church service on Sunday morning. Pastor Steven Miller Sr., as always, inspired us, and our praise team filled our hearts with the songs of the season. First Family, The Millers, were presented with several lovely gifts from the members before we dined downstairs. Committee chair-ladies over
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he's seeing a dermatologist in Jackson this Thursday. He’s just glad it doesn't itch too much. We just saw him rub it a few times. We’re watching to make sure it doesn't get in his mouth. There will be a trip to the ER if that happens. Maybe it's under control now. On Saturday we drove to town for a hamburger and were there when someone stole an iPod off a pastor's table and ran out the back door with it, dropping his hat. Thanks to others chasing him they saw him go into another restaurant and the police found him there and recovered the iPod. Good job, Covington Police Force! I'm just glad there were no weapons involved! On Sunday I met Alvis Ferrell and his daughter and got a kitty! I haven't had a pet since Frankie died. She's a little wild cat; she’s scared and hasn't eaten or drank yet. She just hides under things. She will come around. I named her Tipper because she has a white tip on her tail! Maybe I’ll have a better report next week. Sue Bringle was recovering from a fall and fell again, breaking a vertebra this time. She's in a Memphis hospital. Carol "Buddie" McMahan remains in rehab in Covington. We’re very sorry she was there at Christmas. Sue may have been too. Barbara Johnson is recover-
our kitchen staff, Sisters Denise Westbrooks and Joyce Arnold, as always, filled our stomachs and our hearts with glee. Bright Hill M. B. Church and Pastor S. P. Cole featured a lovely service with lots of beautiful holiday songs. Associate pastor Pearl Andrews and the youth department presented a short program. We are still in prayer at this time for Willie Shade Alston in Covington Manor Rehab, Posey Reed, Joseph Heaston Sr., Jennie Stewart, Rufus Garner, Wayne Jerry, George Hooper, Louise Mason, Ruth Alston, Connie and Christine Brown, Jessie Lawson, Flossie Woods, Carlotta Jones, Beaulah Wakefield, Rudolph and Dollie Boykins, Ruby Coe and family, Isaiah Burton Sr., Menola “Knot” Holland, David and Charlene Sneed, Ada Fletcher, Mary Ballard, Eugene and Gigi Baker, Pink Sherrill Jr., Eula Culbreath and family, Percy and Allie
ing from knee surgery and Charlie Click needs prayer for health problems. Barry Brown, son of Thelma Brown, needs prayers also, as well as Jimbo Edmonds. Also remember all our servicemen and women. Happy birthday this week goes to Larry Coughlan on Dec. 30 and to Hunter Dawson on Jan. 1! I fly to San Antonio at the end of January for the National Association of Conversation Districts Convention. I’m looking forward to seeing San Antonio, but flying not so much! I’ve got to get my tree down today! It's the last day. I never wait this long, but I love my tree this year and will miss it! Clopton United Methodist Church will have its community breakfast on Saturday, Jan. 5 from 7 to 9:30 a.m. at the church, located at 5285 Brighton-Clopton Rd. Everyone is welcome! This week's Farmer's Almanac Quote: "As a New Year's resolution, consider devoting more time as a volunteer.” Again, happy New Year to all my readers and their families! I still wonder what people with triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13) going to do this year! Ha! Until next week.
White and their families out in Los Angeles, Dollie Cummings, Thelma Nicoles and family, Rhonda Heaston-McLin and family and Leslie and Marvalene (Burton) Lee of St. Louis, Mo., brother and sister-in-law of Katarene Harber who is always in our prayers as well as in our hearts. Also remember our own Viola Jones. Happy birthday last week to Rev. Pearl Burton Andrews on the 21st. She and I along with sons Xavier, a senior at U. T. Knoxville and Michael, a student at Brighton Elementary, enjoyed her birthday on Friday at Applebee’s in Bartlett. Once again it’s Christmas birthdays for Flossie Woods of Drummonds and Lucille Burton Wright of Wisc. Happy anniversaries to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beard on the 22nd and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Burton on the 28th. That’s all for now. Remember, “God gave the most wonderful gift, Jesus.”
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Hello dear friends. We went to a New Years party last night. We have a group of people that went to former Tula Starr Frayser Hgts. United Methodist church. We meet and eat together once a month. We met at the home of James & Brenda Anderson, who live in Germantown. We followed Faris & Hazel Farris over there (we have forgotten how to find anywhere), so we got there just fine. But coming home it was dark and raining when we left. Well, we got lost on our way out of Germantown. Finally, some person with a GPS led us back to the main street we needed to be on. We finally got home two hours later. What a trip. Elm Grove United Methodist Church - We had a good Christmas Eve communion and candlelight service. It was well attended. It was very impressive! A group from Elm Grove Methodist Church will be going on a mission trip to Guatemala. Donations in memory and honor of loved ones are being collected. Love and prayers to all who read this. Hope you all have a wonderful 2012.
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The Blyue family had a very good Christmas this year. Josh, Erica and daughter Avery, Callie, Brandon Blackmon and son Emery, and Johnny were guests in the home of Troy and Connie Blyue. The family enjoyed a good Christmas dinner and gifts. Connie, Callie and Emery went to West Memphis, Arkansas to Christmas shop and your reporter was very surprised to open a package that was an Arkansas Razorbacks bed set. As for Emery and Avery, their first Christmas was very special and they both were the center of attention. I have really enjoyed the college bowl games this year and with the NFL playoffs beginning this weekend there is plenty of football to watch.
The Gilt Edge Church of Christ will be moving their Sunday night service to 5 p.m. beginning Jan. 6 due to the time change. The service times for Sunday morning are Bible study at 10 a.m., worship at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. and Wednesday night Bible study at 7:30 p.m. The church is located at 10726 Hwy. 59 W., and the phone number is 476-8482. The minister is Daniel Dalton. The church also has a daily radio program on WKBL 1250 AM at 12:45 and 5:30 p.m. on weekdays. On the prayer list, please remember those in the hospital, nursing homes, military and their families, those who are shut-in and the caregivers who assist in the dayto-day needs of those who are afflicted with illnesses. I sure hope 2013 will be better than 2012 and it is truly a blessing to start anew. Happy New Year and God bless.
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The Chargers' run to the state title game tops our list of the top stories of 2012. Photo Jeff Ireland
Local teams made noise on state stage By JEFF IRELAND jireland@covingtonleader.com There were a lot of success stories to be found last year in the world of Tipton County high school sports. Here's a look at what we believe to be the top five stories of the year.
wanted to be a coach 26 years ago at age 12, I began to dream of winning a state championship. I may not ever get that chance again but to see a group of kids go all out and completely trust me and the other coaches ... It’s a feeling I would have to think is as close as winning a state championship could be.”
that was struggling a few years ago. “I feel like we could have easily been in the championship game … And we could be right back here next year.”
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Lady Chargers to sectionals Heading into the 2011-12 season, Covington Lady Charger basketball coach Dion Real knew he had some talent. But state-tournament talent? Few probably believed it, but apparently Real and his players did. Covington beat West Tennessee power Obion County and advanced all the way to the sectionals. A loss there to Manassas left Covington one win shy of making the state tournament for the first time since 1999. "I'm proud of our kids," Real said. "They showed a lot of heart. You can't take anything away from a very good season. We made it to sub-state. They fought all year long and overcame a lot of obstacles.”
Lady Cougars earn first state tourney win No. 1 The Munford Lady Covington football sets records, Cougar softball team advances to title game made some history in Considering the Chargers made it to 2012. the state semifinals in 2011 and returned Munford has had one a slew of talent, expectations were high No. 2 of the best programs in for 2012. Chargers advance to West Tennessee for the But it's doubtful anyone could have Murfreesboro Munford's Paige Barnes better part of two depredicted just how dominant the CharFor the owner of a pair cades, but had failed to gers would be. of state titles, six years is prove itself on the state Covington set a school record with 14 a while to go without advancing to the tournament stage. wins and rewrote the record books in a state tournament. That changed when Munford beat bunch of offensive categories, led by a The Chargers ended that drought in tradition-rich Mt. Juliet No. 5 record-setting season by running back 2012, winning 32 games, getting back to 7-6 in the first round Van Pelt wins Johnston White. Murfreesboro and making some noise of the Class AAA state 200-meter state title Among the school records set: rushonce they got there. tournament for the proCovington's Kameing yards in season Behind a stellar pitch- gram's first state tournasha VanPelt (25.53) won (White, 2,671), extra ing performance from ment win. the Class A-AA 200 mepoints (74, Bobby Van D.J. Max, Covington Although the Lady ter dash and the Lady Cleve), points (578) won its tournament Cougars lost their next Charger 4x100 relay and team rushing yards opener over Spring two (one to eventual team of Tamara Perry, (4,764). Hill before losing a pair state champ Soddy Christina Jones, Briuna The Chargers rolled of down-to-the-wire Daisy), their point was Dean and VanPelt took through the regular games to end the sea- made: Munford can seventh with a time of season undefeated and son. compete with anybody. 50.77. won four playoff games It was quite a season And fans have plenty On the men’s side, Covington's Iesha Carruthers before falling to Knoxhowever. to be excited about for the Covington team ville Fulton in the Class Players like Carlos next season as seven seplaced 20th overall with 4A title game. Williams, Tyler Davis, niors return, including D-I signee Sami 11 points. Head coach Marty Tommy Beasley and Jo Schulz. Trey Wilson, with a toss of 45-4.25, Covington's D.J. Max Wheeler, who took over Max brought home a slew “We're going to have to fight the idea came in fifth in the shot put. Jadarius a program struggling of postseason awards. that we're already going back to state,” Temple was seventh with a toss of 41mightily four years previously, summed “It was just one of those deals where Munford head coach Glenn Goulder 7. up the program's renaissance thusly: the team that makes the least amount of said. “There are several teams capable Tavious Cleaves was fifth in the 200 “I have a feeling like none before. Our mistakes is going to win,” said Coving- of knocking us out. We've got to get meter dash with a time of 22.71 seckids have tried to do everything we ton head coach David Sage, who, like back to work and work on the areas onds. The winner was timed at 21.70. have asked of them. When I knew I Wheeler, helped resuscitate a program that need improvement.” See five, page A16
CHS boys take third By STEVE HOLT sports@covingtonleader.com Braving wind, ice and snow and, at times, blizzard conditions, the Covington Chargers set out on a journey to Harrison, Ark., last Wednesday for a basketball tournament and returned home with a third-place finish. Thursday’s opening round matchup turned into a rout with the Chargers (12-3) posting a 7146 victory over Valley Springs (Ark.) “We played pretty well,” said Covington coach Dion Real. “We were a little sluggish and out of sync and stayed that way for most of the tournament. I don’t know if it was the trip, being in a hotel or the format.” Tournament games were played with two See chs, page A16
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Redeeming Grace Lutheran 1496 Munford Ave. Munford, TN 38058 901-831-3980 The Refuge 749A N. Main St Covington, TN 38019 901-603-3897 River of Life 220 Beaver Rd Munford, TN 38058 901-837-8781 Salem Presbyterian Church 3400 Atoka-Idaville Road Atoka, TN 38004 901-837-8210 Shiloh MB Church 584 John Hill Rd Brighton, TN 38011 901-476-0081 Simonton Assembly of God 4100 Munford Gilt Edge Brighton, TN 38011 901-837-2168 Smyrna Baptist Church 7512 Hwy 59 W Burlison, TN 38015 901-476-6178 South Tipton Assembly of God 538 Simmons Rd. Drummonds, TN 38023 837-2140 St. Alphonsus Catholic Church 1225 Highway 51 S Covington, TN 38019 901-476-8140 St. Luke Baptist Church 632 St. Luke Rd. Covington, TN 38019 901-476-9746 St. Mark AME Church 842 Tipton Road Munford, TN 38058 (901) 837-1456 St. Matthew's Episcopal 303 S. Munford Street Covington, TN 38019 901-476-6577 St. Matthew MB Church 296 Mason-Charleston Rd. Stanton, TN 38069 901-476-5935 St John Missionary Church 2086 Atoka-Idaville Rd Atoka, TN 38004 901-837-2474 St. John Missionary Baptist Church 1602 Highway 59 West Covington, TN 38019 901-4767645 ST. Paul Episcopal Church 2406 Hwy 70 East Mason, TN 38049 901-294-2641 St. Stephens M.B. Church 3827 Hwy 51 North Covington, TN 38019 901-476-1559 Tabernacle United Methodist Church 4258 Highway 179 Covington 901-756-1071 Temple of Praise 8323 Richardson Landing Drummonds, TN 38023 901-835-3462 Tipton Church of God in Christ 470 Watson Rd Munford, TN 38058 901-837-8356 Trinity Baptist Church 5954 Brighton Clopton Rd. Brighton, TN 38011 901-476-8889 Trinity Episcopal Church 11886 Main St. Mason, TN 38049 Victory Baptist Church 5422 Drummonds Rd Drummonds, TN 38023 901-835-2280 Western Valley Baptist 836 Church Rd. Covington, TN 38019 901-475-1255 Westside Assembly Non-Denominational 33 Paulette Circle Covington, TN 38019 Willow Grove Missionary Baptist Church 618 Willow Grove Rd. Covington, TN 38019 901-476-7337
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Let God set your goals in 2013 and chronologically I learned His character, His methods of operation, and I learned more of my Therefore, since we are surrounded sinfulness and why I was getting by such a huge crowd of witnesses to tripped up in this race called life. I the life of faith, let us strip off every began to see things through Spirit weight that slows us down, especially eyes and began to experience the the sin that so easily trips us up. And token phrases and sentiments that let us run with endurance the race I’d heard and repeated most of my God has set before us. Hebrews 12:1 church life. God began to call me A new year usually gets us think- to do things and I began to see His ing about setting goals and reso- power manifested. lutions. For some of us All of this happened that means weight loss because I began faithand exercise plans. For fully reading God’s others of us it may mean word and praying inmore organization and tentionally. When you simplifying life. For all open the Bible and ask of us one thing is sure, God to speak into your we don’t know what life, you will not have 2013 will bring. to make resolutions or God has set a race out goals, God will make before us that He gives them for you. His will us the grace to endure. becomes your desire the cook family When I counted down and He will multiply to New Year’s Day 2012, your “loaves and fishI didn’t expect it would bring the es” for His glory. loss of my Grandmother, FatherWhat is He calling you to do in in-Law, and the deaths of two 2013? family friends, but I was prepared When I was in the lower grades to run this leg of my race well be- of elementary school, I had a cause I was running this race faith- teacher with really thick glasses. fully and daily with Him. I never could tell if he was lookI would make the argument that ing right at me when he called on all of our problems start and end me in class. One day, as I sat on the with our daily intake of God’s word back row with a wall behind me, and our communication with Him he pointed to me to answer a questhrough prayer. In 2008, I made a tion. I turned around, looked over commitment to read through the my shoulder, and saw the wall. Bible in a year and I have never He said, “Yeah, you, I’m talking to been the same. Through reading you.” I pointed at my self, brows His word daily, systematically, furrowed and mouthed in a shy By Emily Peyton Cook Special to The Leader
Church Bulletins Church bulletins, the section where we will share news briefs and church-related events, will run when space is available. To submit something to this section, call Echo Day at 901-4767116 or send an email to eday@covingtonleader.com. ON-GOING A women's Chronological Bible Study will take place at Covington Assembly gym on Tuesday nights January 8 – March 26 at 6:30. Free childcare is available. Great Expectations Ministries, located at 2053 Hwy. 51 S in Covington, is hosting a clothing giveaway on the third Satur-
day of each month from 12-2 p.m. They are giving away clothing for men, women and children. An exercise class meets each Tuesday and Thursday at Central Christian Church, 400 S. Maple, Covington, at 6 p.m. No charge. Everyone welcome. First Baptist Church Covington will host Awana every Sunday evening at 5 p.m. This group is open to children from PreK3 to sixth grade. A community Bible study will be held Wednesdays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Gateway Baptist
whisper, “Me?” I’ve found my walk with the Lord in recent years a similar scenario. I hear God directing me, leading me, calling me, but I look around and don’t see others springing to action, so I often discount it as misunderstanding the Lord. In 2013, I want to stop looking around and start trusting His personal voice to me. Whether He’s telling me to post scripture on facebook or start a ministry on the square, I must learn to follow His leading and stop allowing the world to weigh me down. He’s directing, leading, and calling you, too. Why can’t you hear His voice? Is it a besetting sin? Is it too much noise from the media? Is it your distance from Him? Maybe you hear His voice, but are looking around wondering if He’s talking to you. I encourage you in 2013 to begin a Bible reading plan as a first step and then let Him direct your steps. Speak Lord, your servants are listening. We’ll be reading through the Bible chronologically as a community of women again this year. We hope you’ll join us at Covington Assembly gym on Tuesday nights January 8 – March 26 at 6:30. Free childcare is available. Cook is a Christian blogger and lives with her husband Zach and their two children in Covington.You can read more about her faith on her blog, "Through the Lens of Faith," at www. emilypeytoncook.typepad.com
Church in Atoka. This year's study includes Hebrews, 1st and 2nd Thessalonians and Galatians. Classes are available for children up through five years of age. Registration is $25 per adult, $10 per child and up to $20 for a family. For more information, call 476-5857 or 385-4327. Central Christian Church Sunday school starts at 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning worship 10:45 a.m. and Sunday Evening worship at 6 p.m. Youth and adult Bible Study meets every Wednesday at 6 p.m. at 400 S. Maple Street. Gateway Baptist Church will meet each Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. for Celebrate
Recovery, a program designed to share experience, strength, and hope in overcoming life’s hurts, hang – ups, and habits where anonymity is a requirement. If you have any questions, please call 901-837-8087. Paradise Baptist Church will be hosting a free fitness program for the public every Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. at 520 Simonton St., in Covington. All ages are welcome, and the public is invited. For more details, please email pastor, Minister Shelia Bryant at MinisterSBryant@yahoo. com or call the church at 491-7061.
Colossians 3:10 - 3:12 10 And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but Christ [is] all, and in all. 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Counselor/Recruiter The Tennessee Technology Center at Ripley, a Tennessee Board of Regents institution, is currently seeking applications for the position of Counselor/Recruiter. This position shall have primary responsibility for multi-campus student recruitment, retention, and placement initiatives. Additional position responsibilities shall include but not be limited to, student record maintenance, counseling, student due process administration, marketing plan formulation, report generation, and the coordination of student life activities. Qualifications: Bachelors Degree in Educational Counseling or a related discipline. Minimum three years experience in career technical education in such fields as teaching, counseling Human Resource Management or like disciplines. Must be amenable to limited travel and evening and weekend work. Knowledge and Abilities: Above average interpersonal skills coupled with an understanding of essential academic and career technical aptitudes necessary for student success. Ability to deal effectively with students, co-workers and outside agency personnel. Some knowledge of Financial Aid administration a plus. Software application skills should include Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Salary: Commensurate with experience and Tennessee Board of Regents guidelines. Review of applications will begin January 16, 2013, and will continue until the position is filled. Interested applicants should submit cover letter, resume, college transcripts, and letters of reference to: Employment Coordinator, Tennessee Technology Center at Ripley, 127 Industrial Drive, Ripley, TN 38063, Or: smcbroom@ttcripley.edu The Tennessee Technology Center at Ripley is an AA/EEO employer.
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Order of Publication IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE LAURA ANN WALKER Plaintiff No.30208 VS. DANNY ELLIS WALKER Defendant It appearing from the sworn Complaint for Absolute Divorce filed in this cause, that the whereabouts of the Defendant, Danny Ellis Walker, are unknown and cannot be ascertained upon diligent inquiry. It is therefore ordered that Defendant, Danny Ellis Walker make his appearance at the Chancery Court of Tipton County Tennessee, 1801 South College, Covington, Tennessee on Monday, 4th day of February 2013, at 9:00 a.m., and answer Plaintiff Complaint for Absolute Divorce or (he same will be taken as confessed as to Defendant and this cause proceeded with ex parte, and that a copy of this order be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in The Leader published in Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee. This 13th day of December, 2012. Chancery Court of Tipton County Judy Billings Richard McFall Attorney for Plaintiff 118 West Pleasant Ave. Covington, TN 38019 (901)475-6735 12/13/2012, 12/20/2012, 12/27/2012, 1/03/2013
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated October 14, 2005, executed by WILLIAM O BECKMAN, conveying certain real property therein described to ROBERT M. WILSON, JR. as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, on November 18, 2005, as Instrument No. 81121, in Book 1244, at Page 317, and rerecorded on February 23, 2006, as Instrument No. 84847, in Book 1260, at Page 261; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR HOLDERS OF THE GSAA HOME EQUITY TRUST 2006-4, who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose (“Notice”) was given in compliance with Tennessee law by the mailing a copy of the Notice to the parties at least sixty (60) days prior to the first publication of the Substitute Trustee’s Sale. WHEREAS, the undersigned, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., having been appointed by as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed for record in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Substitute Trustee or its duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on January 10, 2013, 11:00 AM at the Tipton County courthouse door where the foreclosure sales are customarily held At the Tipton County Courthouse, Covington, TN, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit: LOT 190, BLAYDES ESTATES SUBDIVISION, SECTION J, AS SHOWN ON PLAT OF RECORD IN PLAT CABINET C, SLIDE 180, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH PLAT REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF SAID PROPERTY. PARCEL# 128N A 01600 000 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 555 JE BLAYDES PARKWAY, ATOKA, TN 38004-5131. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): WILLIAM O BECKMAN AKA WILLIAM OREN BECKMAN OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: 1.) THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWHEQ, INC., CHWHEQ REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 200-M 2.) LAURIE L. BECKMAN The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Substitute Trustee 2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407 Richardson, TX 75082 Tel: (800) 281-8219 Fax: (866) 681-5002 Registered Agent: CT Corporation System 800 South Gay Street, Suite 2021 Knoxville, TN 37929 Tel: (865) 342-3522 TS#:12-0055925 FEI#1006.172469 12/20/2012, 12/27/2012, 01/03/2013
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default having been made in
the payment of the debts and obligations secured by a Deed of Trust executed on May 4, 2007, by Shalonda Hill to Larry A. Weissman, Trustee, for the benefit of Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc. acting solely as nominee for SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. and appearing of record in Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, in Book 1340, Page 660; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to Nationstar Mortgage, LLC and WHEREAS, Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, as the holder of the Note for which debt is owed, (“Note Holder”), appointed the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by instrument filed or to be filed for record in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-5-117, not less than sixty (60) days prior to the first publication required by § 35-5-101, the notice of the right to foreclose was properly sent, if so required; and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Note Holder, and that the undersigned, Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, or its duly appointed attorneys or agents, by virtue of the power and authority vested in it, will on Thursday, January 10, 2013, commencing at 10:00 am at the North Door of the Tipton County Courthouse, Covington, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit: Being Lot 5, Block F, McLennan-Pave Addition to the Town of Covington, as recorded at Deed Book 240, Page 378, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which Deed reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property. Being the same property conveyed to Steven W. Smith and wife, Denise A. Smith, by Deed at Book 742, Page 796, on 03/17/1995 at the aforesaid Register’s Office. The following is for the informational purposes only: Property: 525 Edgewood Ave, Covington, TN 38019 Parcel: 41J-G-2.00 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 525 Edgewood Avenue, Covington, TN 38019 CURRENT OWNER(S): Shalonda Hill The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. Substitute Trustee will only convey any interest he/ she may have in the property at the time of sale. Property is sold “as is, where is.” SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDERS: FIA Card Services, NA For every lien or claim of lien of the state identified above, please be advised notice required by § 67-1-1433 (b)(1) was timely given and that any sale of the property herein referenced will be subject to the right of the state to redeem the land as provided for in § 67-1-1433(c)(1). All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. NATIONWIDE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. 400 Northridge Road Suite 700- MC- 7 Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350 404-417-4040 File No.: 1698512 Web Site: www.JFLegal.com Insertion Dates: 12/20/2012, 12/27/2012, 1/3/2013
FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made by failure to comply with the terms and conditions of a certain Deed of Trust dated March 18, 1998, executed by Susan M. Stoker, recorded in Record Book 822, Page 726, Register’s Office for Tipton County, Tennessee, and wherein the said Susan M. Stoker conveyed the property therein described to First American Title Insurance Co., Trustee, to secure the indebtedness therein described, and the entire indebtedness having been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust and note, and payment not having been made as demanded; and the undersigned, Joel E. Jordan, of 3326 Aspen Grove Drive #604, Franklin, Tennessee 37067, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee in the place and stead of First American Title Insurance Co., Trustee, said appointment being set forth in the Register’s Office for Tipton County, Tennessee, notice is hereby given that I, Joel E. Jordan, Substitute Trustee, having been requested so to do by the lawful owner of said indebtedness, will on Friday, January 18, 2013, at 12:00 Noon at the North corner of the Tipton County Courthouse, Covington, Tennessee, sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, free from equity of redemption, homestead and dower, and all other exemptions of every kind, all of which are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, the following described real estate in Tipton County, Tennessee: Lot 8, Simmons Road Subdivision, Section A as recorded at Plat Cabinet D, Slide 194-B of the Tipton County Register’s Office to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property. Being the same property conveyed to Susan M. Stoker, an unmarried, person, by Warranty Deed from Mallard Development, a partnership composed of Wayne Ballard and Mitchell R. Higdon, dated March 18, 1998 and recorded in Record Book 822, Page 724, Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee. Included in this conveyance is a 1997 Buccaneer Challenger mobile home, Serial #ALBUS26525A/B. This is improved property known as Simmons Road, Lot 8, Atoka, Tennessee 38004. The 2012 taxes are currently due and payable. The 2011 taxes are currently past due and delinquent. The following person(s) or entity(ies) hold a Deed of Trust, lien or other encumbrance on the above described property: Discover Bank Judgment Lien Record Book 1565, Page 787 Said sale is subject to any and all unpaid taxes and any other prior claims, liens, easements, set back lines and restrictions. THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO ADJOURN THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLI-
CATION, UPON ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE. THE TRUSTEE/ SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALE. IN THE EVENT THE HIGHEST BIDDER DOES NOT HONOR THE HIGHEST BID WITHIN 24 HOURS, THE NEXT BIDDER AT THE NEXT HIGHEST BID WILL BE DEEMED THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER. THE NOTICE OF RIGHT TO FORECLOSE HAS BEEN SENT AS REQUIRED BY T.C.A. §35-5-117. JOEL E. JORDAN Substitute Trustee STELTEMEIER & WESTBROOK, PLLC 3326 Aspen Grove Drive, #604 Franklin, Tennessee 37067 Insertion Dates: December 20, 2012, December 27, 2012 and January 3, 2013.
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE Tipton County, Tennessee in its own behalf and on behalf of the State of Tennessee, and the City of Covington, Tennessee, the Town of Mason, Tennessee, the City of Munford, Tennessee, the Town of Atoka, Tennessee, and the Town Of Brighton, all municipalities located within Tipton County, Tennessee, PLAINTIFFS NO. 28,636 Vs. THE DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS as shown on the 2009 Real Property Delinquent Tax Records of Tipton County, Tennessee, and the 2009 Personal Property Tax Records of Tipton County, Tennessee, all as set out in Exhibit annexed hereto as Exhibit A for Tipton County, Tennessee, the 2009 Real Property and Personal Property Delinquent Tax Records of the City of Covington, Tennessee, all as set out in Exhibit B, the 2009 Real Property and Personal Property Delinquent Tax Records of the Town of Mason, Tennessee, all as set out in Exhibit C, the 2009 Real Property and Personal Property Delinquent Taxes of the City of Munford as set out in Exhibit D, and the 2009 Real Property and Personal Property Tax Records of the Town of Atoka all as set out in Exhibit E, and the 2009 Real Property and Personal Property Tax Records of the Town of Brighton all as Set out in Exhibit F, all of which Exhibits are attached hereto, Defendants PUBLIC NOTICE OF COMPLAINT FOR COLLECTION OF REAL PROPERTY TAXES Public notice is hereby given to Vanders Culbreath and Virgie Culbreath, Charles Melvin Culbreath, Eula Ray Culbreath, Lawrence Culbreath, Leonard Culbreath, Ester Lee Culbreath and Michael Culbreath and/or their unknown heirs, Pamela Ford, Janice Virginia Roberts, Amos Russell and Edith Russell, Deborah Permenter, John O. Chorley, Jr., Billie Jean Perette, Joyce Curtis, Martha Fletcher, William Harrison, Jr., Jack Baker, Sr., Olivia Baker Barker, Sammie Baker Renaud, Marian Baker Kennedy, Sarah Baker Duncan, Lela Cotton, Almeda Smith, Mazie Bernard, Elisha Whitmore, Ora Teamer, Sandra Ann Smith, Spillmon Gooden, Eddie Lee Gooden aka Goodwin, Robert Earl Goodwin aka Gooden, Joann Goodwin Washington, Palm Goodwin aka Gooden, Glenn Cunningham and Hattie S. Cunningham, Steven Chad Smith, Bobby Stone and Mae Lois Stone, Shameika Thompson, Douglas Allison, Ronald Grimes, Milton Grimes, Betty Traylor, James Elkins, Charles Elkins, and Tommy Lee Elkins, Willie Tipton anc Estella Tipton, Roy Tipton, Wayne Tipton, Yvonne Tipton Irons, Arber Nathaniel Tipon, Evelyn Tipton McAnally, Evelyn Tipton McLemore, Samuel Woodland, Samuel Wright, Willie P. Hodge, Connie Scott Hadley, Eddie Hadley, and Brandy Pruitt and or any unknown heirs of any persons named herein whether the same are residents or non-residents of Tipton County, Tennessee, that they are unknown and their present whereabouts and addresses cannot be ascertained after diligent search and inquiry. That said defendants and/ or their unknown heirs are therefore required to appear on or before Wednesday, February 20, 2013, before the Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court of Tipton County, Tennessee at 1801 South College Street, Covington, Tennessee, and make defense to the Complaint filed against them by Tipton County, Tennessee and its municipalities in said Court. Otherwise, the Complaint will be taken as confessed as to each of them and for this cause proceed ex parte. It is further ordered that this notice be published for four (4) weeks in The Covington Leader, a newspaper published in Covington, Tennessee. This 17th day of December, 2012. JUDY T. BILLINGS CLERK AND MASTER ELIZABETH B. ZIARKO DELINQUENT TAX ATTORNEY
FORECLOSURE SALE
Default having been made by failure to comply with the terms and conditions of a certain Deed of Trust dated April 30, 1999, executed by Tommy R. Barnes, recorded in Record Book 864, Page 958, Register’s Office for Tipton County, Tennessee, and wherein the said Tommy R. Barnes conveyed the property therein described to John McManus, Trustee, to secure the indebtedness therein described, and the entire indebtedness having been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust and note, and payment not having been made as demanded; and the undersigned, Joel E. Jordan, of 3326 Aspen Grove Drive #604, Franklin, Tennessee 37067, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee in the place and stead of John McManus, Trustee, said appointment being set forth in the Register’s Office for Tipton County, Tennessee, notice is hereby given that I, Joel E. Jordan, Substitute Trustee, having been requested so to do by the lawful owner of said indebtedness, will on Friday, January 18, 2013, at 12:15 p.m. at the North corner of the Tipton County Courthouse, Covington, Tennessee, sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, free from equity of redemption, homestead and dower, and all other exemptions of every kind, all of which are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, the following described real estate in Tipton County, Tennessee: LYING IN THE SECOND CIVIL DISTRICT OF TIPTON, COUNTY, TENNESSEE: Beginning at an iron stake the northeast corner of the C. M. Cullum Lot No. 5 of the 1.5 acre of which this survey is a part, the same being the southeast cor-
ner of Michael Roach and in the west line of Charles Kinney; thence with the west line of Charles Kinney S 17 ¾ degrees W 224.2 feet to an iron stake the southeast corner of lot described; thence across the lot, N 80 deg. W 139.6 feet to an iron stake the southwest corner of lot described; said stake being in the east line of Dogwood Lane a 60 foot road; thence with the east line of Dogwood lane N 10 degrees E 168 feet to a stake to the south end of a cul-de-sac having a radius of 50 feet; thence with said cul-desac in a northeasterly direction 46.35 feet to an iron stake the northwest corner of lot described, said stake being a point in the south line of Michael Roach’s lot No. 6; thence with the south line of Lot No. 6, S 85 ½ degrees E 151 feet to the beginning, containing .75 of an acre. Being the same property conveyed to Tommy R. Barnes by Warranty Deed from Hazel M. Harkness dated April 2, 1999 and recorded in Record Book 863, Page 789, Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee. Also being the same property conveyed to Tommy Barnes by Quit Claim Deed from Willie Harkness dated April 23, 1999 and recorded in Record Book 864, Page 126, Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee. Included in this conveyance is a 1999 Southern Homes mobile home, Serial #DSDAL28721A/B. This is improved property known as 806 Dogwood Ln, Brighton, Tennessee 38011. The 2012 taxes are currently due and payable. The 2011 and 2010 taxes are currently past due and delinquent. Said sale is subject to any and all unpaid taxes and any other prior claims, liens, easements, set back lines and restrictions. THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO ADJOURN THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLICATION, UPON ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE. THE TRUSTEE/ SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALE. IN THE EVENT THE HIGHEST BIDDER DOES NOT HONOR THE HIGHEST BID WITHIN 24 HOURS, THE NEXT BIDDER AT THE NEXT HIGHEST BID WILL BE DEEMED THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER. THE NOTICE OF RIGHT TO FORECLOSE HAS BEEN SENT AS REQUIRED BY T.C.A. §35-5-117. JOEL E. JORDAN Substitute Trustee STELTEMEIER & WESTBROOK, PLLC 3326 Aspen Grove Drive, #604 Franklin, Tennessee 37067 Insertion Dates: December 27, 2012, January 3, 2013 and January 10, 2013.
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by a certain Deed of Trust executed December 15, 2003 by James R. Fultz, a single person to Larry Butler, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the office of the Register of Tipton County, Tennessee, in Record Book 1113, page 101, and the undersigned having been appointed Substitute Trustee by instrument recorded in Record Book 1557, Page 339, in the said Register’s Office, and the owner of the debt secured, BancorpSouth Bank, having requested the undersigned to advertise and sell the property described in and conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of said indebtedness having matured by default in the payment of a part thereof, at the option of the owner, this is to give notice that the undersigned will, on Thursday, January 17, 2013 commencing at 10:00 AM, at the Front (North) Door of the Courthouse, Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property, to wit: Situated in County of Tipton, State of Tennessee. Lot 1, Haddad-Beaver Road Minor Subdivision as recorded in Plat Cabinet G, Slide 19-A, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said lot. This conveyance is subject to building lines and easements in Plat Cabinet G, Slide 19-A, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee. Notice of the Right to Foreclose has been given in compliance with T.C.A. § 35-5117. Tax Parcel ID: 06-082-050.03 Property Address: 2575 Beaver Road, Brighton, TN. Other Interested Party: First Citizens National Bank All right and equity of redemption, homestead and dower waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. ARNOLD M. WEISS, Substitute Trustee Weiss Spicer Cash PLLC 208 Adams Avenue Memphis, Tennessee 38l03 90l 526 8296 File # 2162-098191-FC Published: December 27, January 3, January 10 BancorpSouth/James Fultz
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by a certain Deed of Trust executed May 25, 2007 by Fred A. Tucker and Martha J. Tucker, husband and wife to The Law Office of Lincoln Hodges, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the office of the Register of Tipton County, Tennessee, in Record Book 1346, Page 44, and the undersigned having been appointed Substitute Trustee by instrument recorded in the said Register’s Office, and the owner of the debt secured, Midfirst Bank, having requested the undersigned to advertise and sell the property described in and conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of said indebtedness having matured by default in the payment of a part thereof, at the option of the owner, this is to give notice that the undersigned will, on Thursday, January 17, 2013 commencing at 10:00 AM, at the Front (North) Door of the Courthouse, Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described
property, to wit: Situated in County of Tipton, State of Tennessee. Lot 78, Section G, Reeder Place Subdivision, Plat Cabinet C, Slide 116, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property. Notice of the Right to Foreclose has been given in compliance with T.C.A. § 35-5117. Tax Parcel ID: 095L-A-078.00 Property Address: 225 Kathleen Drive, Munford, TN. All right and equity of redemption, homestead and dower waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. ARNOLD M. WEISS, Substitute Trustee Weiss Spicer Cash PLLC 208 Adams Avenue Memphis, Tennessee 38l03 90l 526 8296 File # 1882-097866-FC Published: December 27, January 3, January 10 MidFirst Bank/Fred Tucker
Notice to Creditors Case Number 84CH1-2012-PR-3081
Estate of Linda Pearl Stimpson Ferguson, deceased Notice is hereby given that on December 18 of 2012 letter testamentary (or of administration as the case may be) in respect of the estate of Linda Pearl Stimpson Ferguson, who died November 11, 2012, were issued to the undersigned by the Tipton County Chancery Court of Tipton County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and nonresident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against the estate are required to file the same with the Clerk of the above-named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2) otherwise their claims will be barred: (1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of this notice to creditors at least (60) days before date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the notice to creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (A); or (2) Twelve (12) months from the dependent’s date of death. All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once. This 27th day of December, 2012 John Micheal Ferguson Executor Judy Billings, Clerk and Master 1801 S. College St., Suite 110 Covington, TN 38019 27dec2wp
Notice to Creditors Case Number 84CH1-2012-PR-3080
Estate of Charles E. Glass, deceased Notice is hereby given that on December 17 of 2012 letter testamentary (or of administration as the case may be) in respect of the estate of Charles E. Glass, who died November 26, 2012, were issued to the undersigned by the Tipton County Chancery Court of Tipton County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against the estate are required to file the same with the Clerk of the above-named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2) otherwise their claims will be barred: (1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of this notice to creditors at least (60) days before date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the notice to creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (A); or (2) Twelve (12) months from the dependent’s date of death. All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once. This 27th day of December, 2012 James H. Stock, Jr. Executor Judy Billings, Clerk and Master 1801 S. College St., Suite 110 Covington, TN 38019 27dec2wp
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE’S SALE Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid in a certain Deed of Trust executed on January 5, 2005 by Tyrone D. Salmon to Charlotte Miller, Trustee as same appears of record in the Office of the Register of Tipton County, Tennessee in Book 1187, Page 292, the beneficiary being First South Financial Credit Union (formerly known as First South Credit Union). Subsequently STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C. was appointed successor trustee in Book 1460, Page 585; and the owner of the debt secured having requested the undersigned to advertise and sell the property described in and conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of said indebtedness having matured by default in the payment of a part thereof, at the option of the owner, this is to give notice that Stone, Higgs & Drexler, P.C. will on Friday, January 25, 2013 commencing at 10:00 a.m. at the north door of the Courthouse, Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee, and proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property to wit: Description of a 1.33 acre tract, being the Barry Gene White property as recorded at Deed Book 652, Page 684, said property being situated in the Eighth Civil District of Tipton County, Tennessee and located on the West side of Old Memphis Road. Beginning at a found c.p.s. in the centerline of Old Memphis Road, being the Northeast corner of this 1.33 acre tract, being the Barry Gene White property as recorded at Deed Book 652, Page 684, said being the Southeast corner of the Gary P. Hartwell property (773/624); thence in a Southwestwardly direction, along the centerline of Old Memphis Road and the East line of this tract, the following two courses, South 17 degrees 36 minutes 07 seconds West, a called and measured distance of 146.38 feet to an angle point; thence South 23 degrees 09 minutes 51 seconds West, a called and measured distance of 111.74 feet to a found c.p.s., being the Southeast corner of this tract and an exterior corner of the Mrs. C. E. McCain property (256/251); thence in a Northwestwardly direction, along the South line of this tract and a North line of McCain, North 60 degrees 02 minutes 29 seconds West a called distance of 291.61 feet, but a measured distance of 291.70 feet to a found iron post, being the Southwest corner of this tract and an interior corner of McCain; thence in a Northeastwardly direction along the West line of this tract and an East line of McCain, North 18 degrees 09 minutes 00 seconds East, a called distance of 136.93 feet, but a measured distance of 137.03 feet to a found iron post, being the Northwest corner of this tract and an interior corner of McCain; thence in a Southeastwardly direction, along the North line of this tract and a South line of McCain, South 83 degrees 34 minutes 04 seconds East, passing through a found iron post at 90.09 feet, being an exterior corner of McCain and the Southwest corner of Hartwell and continuing along the North line of White and the South line of Hartwell and passing through a found iron post at 274.68 feet, but in all a called distance of 300.00 feet, but a measured distance of 300.15 feet to the Point of Beginning and containing 1.33 acres, more or less. However, there is excepted out of the above described property all that portion occupied by the Right of Way of Old Memphis Road. Property address: 8113 Old Memphis Road, Brighton, TN 38011 This sale is subject to 2012 county taxes. This sale will erase, as to this property only, the judgment lien of Noland Company, Case No. CH-06-21152 and recorded in Book 1358, Page 885 of the Tipton County Register’s Office. All right and equity of redemption, Statutory and otherwise, homestead and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but Stone, Higgs & Drexler, P.C. will sell and convey only as successor trustee. The sale date and time may be adjourned and rescheduled, without additional newspaper publication, within one year from the originally scheduled date, by announcement at the date, time and place of the new postponement date and time in accordance with T.C.A. 35-5101. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C. Successor Trustee By: Roger A. Stone, President
thence in a Northwestwardly direction, along the South line of this tract and a North line of McCain, North 60 degrees 02 minutes 29 seconds West a called distance of 291.61 feet, but a measured distance of 291.70 feet to a found iron post, being the Southwest corner of this tract and an interior corner of McCain; thence in a Northeastwardly direction along the West line of this tract and an East line of McCain, North 18 degrees 09 minutes 00 seconds East, a called distance of 136.93 feet, but a measured distance of 137.03 feet to a found iron post, being the Northwest corner of this tract and an interior corner of McCain; thence in a Southeastwardly direction, along the North line of this tract and a South line of McCain, South 83 degrees 34 minutes 04 seconds East, passing through a found iron post at 90.09 feet, being an exterior corner of McCain and the Southwest corner of Hartwell and continuing along the North line of White and the South line of Hartwell and passing through a found iron post at 274.68 feet, but in all a called distance of 300.00 feet, but a measured distance of 300.15 feet to the Point of Beginning and containing 1.33 acres, more
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www.covingtonleader.com or less. However, there is excepted out of the above described property all that portion occupied by the Right of Way of Old Memphis Road. Property address: 8113 Old Memphis Road, Brighton, TN 38011 This sale is subject to 2012 county taxes. This sale will erase, as to this property only, the judgment lien of Noland Company, Case No. CH-06-2115-2 and recorded in Book 1358, Page 885 of the Tipton County Register’s Office. All right and equity of redemption, Statutory and otherwise, homestead and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but Stone, Higgs & Drexler, P.C. will sell and convey only as successor trustee. The sale date and time may be adjourned and rescheduled, without additional newspaper publication, within one year from the originally scheduled date, by announcement at the date, time and place of the new postponement date and time in accordance with T.C.A. 35-5-101. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C. Successor Trustee By: Roger A. Stone, President
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTICE Default having been made in payment of the debts and obligations to be paid by JAMES ROBERT LYLES and wife, TERESA DAWN LYLES as shown in a certain Deed of Trust dated the 24th day of September, 2010, to DAVID E. OWEN, as Trustee, as the same appears of record in the Office of the Register of Tipton County, Tennessee, in Book 1492, Pages 412-414; and GLENN D. EVERTON having been appointed Substitute Trustee by Substitution of Trustee recorded at Book 1572, Page 1028 in said Register=s Office; and ROY LEONARD INMAN, JR., the owner of the debt secured, having requested the undersigned to advertise and sell the property described in and conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of said indebtedness having matured by default in the payment of a part thereof, at the option of the owner, this is to give notice that GLENN D. EVERTON will on Friday, January 25, 2013, commencing at 12:00 p.m. at the north door of the Tipton County Courthouse, Covington, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property, to-wit: Situated in the County of Tipton and State of Tennessee: Being Lot No. 1 of the Lyles-Sunnyside Road Subdivision, as shown on final plat in Plat Cabinet H, Slide 517, of the Tipton County Register=s Office, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said lot. Property address: 3203 Sunnyside Road, Brighton, TN 38011 This being the same property conveyed to James Robert Lyles and wife, Teresa Dawn Lyles by Warranty Deed of record at Book 1492, Pages 409-411, in the Register=s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee. Other interested parties: None. All right and equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, homestead and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. Sale made subject to lien for unpaid City and County property taxes; and any rights of existing tenants. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. TRUSTEE GLENN D. EVERTON Publication Dates: 01/03/13, 01/10/13, 01/17/13
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE’S SALE Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid in a certain Deed of Trust executed on November 3, 2008 by Paul K. Stout and Valerie E. Stout, husband and wife, to Danny Goulder, Trustee as same appears of record in the Office of the Register of Tipton County, Tennessee in Book 1416, Page 720, the beneficiary being InSouth Bank. Subsequently STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C. was appointed successor trustee in Book 1567, Page 1104; and the owner of the debt secured having requested the undersigned to advertise and sell the property described in and conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of said indebtedness having matured by default in the payment of a part thereof, at the option of the owner, this is to give notice that Stone, Higgs & Drexler, P.C. will on Friday, January 25, 2013 commencing at 10:00 a.m. at the north door of the Courthouse, Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee, and proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property to wit: Situated in the City of Covington, County of Tipton and State of Tennessee: Lot 43, Hidden Ridge Estates Subdivision, Amended Section C, as shown on plat of record in Plat Cabinet H, Slide 553, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said lot. Property address: 1866 Wooten St., Covington, TN This sale is subject to 2011 and 2012 city and county taxes. All right and equity of redemption, Statutory and otherwise, homestead and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but Stone, Higgs & Drexler, P.C. will sell and convey only as successor trustee. The sale date and time may be adjourned and rescheduled, without additional newspaper publication, within one year from the originally scheduled date, by announcement at the date, time and place of the new postponement date and time in accordance with T.C.A. 35-5-101. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C. Successor Trustee By: Roger A. Stone, President 3jan3w
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE’S SALE Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid in a certain Deed of Trust executed on November 3, 2008 by Paul K. Stout and Valerie E. Stout, husband and wife, to Danny Goulder, Trustee as same appears of record in the Office of the Register of Tipton County, Tennessee in Book 1416, Page 701, the beneficiary being InSouth Bank. Subsequently STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C. was appointed successor trustee in Book 1567, Page 1103; and the owner of the debt secured having requested the undersigned to advertise and sell the property described in and conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of said indebtedness having matured by default in the payment of a part thereof, at the option of the owner, this is to give notice that Stone, Higgs & Drexler, P.C. will on Friday, January 25, 2013 commencing at 10:00 a.m. at the north door of the Courthouse, Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee, and proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property to wit: Situated in the City of Covington, County of Tipton and State of Tennessee: Lot 41, Hidden Ridge Estates Subdivision, Amended Section C, as shown on plat of record in Plat Cabinet H, Slide 553, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said lot. Property address: 1900 Wooten Street, Covington, Tennessee This sale is subject to 2011 and 2012 city and county taxes. All right and equity of redemption, Statutory and otherwise, homestead and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but Stone, Higgs & Drexler, P.C. will sell and convey only as successor trustee. The sale date and time may be adjourned and rescheduled, without additional newspaper publication, within one year from the originally scheduled date, by announcement at the date, time and place of the new postponement date and time in accordance with T.C.A. 35-5-101. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C. Successor Trustee By: Roger A. Stone, President 3jan3w
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE’S SALE Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid in a certain Deed of Trust executed on May 27, 2009 by Paul K. Stout and Valerie E. Stout, husband and wife, to John Weedman, Trustee as same appears of record in the Office of the Register of Tipton County, Tennessee in Book 1439, Page 675, the beneficiary being InSouth Bank. Subsequently STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C. was appointed successor trustee in Book 1567, Page 1106; and the owner of the debt secured having requested the undersigned to advertise and sell the property described in and conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of said indebtedness having matured by default in the payment of a part thereof, at the option of the owner, this is to give notice that Stone, Higgs & Drexler, P.C. will on Friday, January 25, 2013 commencing at 10:00 a.m. at the north door of the Courthouse, Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee, and proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property to wit: Situated in the City of Covington, County of Tipton and State of Tennessee: Lot 44, Hidden Ridge Estates Subdivision, Amended Section C, as shown on plat of record in Plat Cabinet H, Slide 553 in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said lot. Property address: 1877 Wooten, Covington, TN This sale is subject to 2011 and 2012 city and county taxes. All right and equity of redemption, Statutory and otherwise, homestead and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but Stone, Higgs & Drexler, P.C. will sell and convey only as successor trustee. The sale date and time may be adjourned and rescheduled, without additional newspaper publication, within one year from the originally scheduled date, by announcement at the date, time and place of the new postponement date and time in accordance with T.C.A. 35-5-101. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C. Successor Trustee By: Roger A. Stone, President 3jan3w
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE’S SALE Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid in a certain Deed of Trust executed on May 27, 2009 by Paul K. Stout and Valerie E. Stout, husband and wife, to John Weedman, Trustee as same appears of record in the Office of the Register of Tipton County, Tennessee in Book 1439, Page 651, the beneficiary being InSouth Bank. Subsequently STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C. was appointed successor trustee in Book 1567, Page 1105; and the owner of the debt secured having requested the undersigned to advertise and sell the property described in and conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of said indebtedness having matured by default in the payment of a part thereof, at the option of the owner, this is to give notice that Stone, Higgs & Drexler, P.C. will on Friday, January 25, 2013 commencing at 10:00 a.m. at the north door of the Courthouse, Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee, and proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property to wit: Situated in the City of Covington, County of Tipton and State of Tennessee: Lot 39, Hidden Ridge Est., Section C Amended as recorded in Plat Cabinet H, Slide 553 in the Tipton County Register’s
Office to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said lot. Property address: 1928 Wooten, Covington, TN This sale is subject to 2011 and 2012 city and county taxes. All right and equity of redemption, Statutory and otherwise, homestead and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but Stone, Higgs & Drexler, P.C. will sell and convey only as successor trustee. The sale date and time may be adjourned and rescheduled, without additional newspaper publication, within one year from the originally scheduled date, by announcement at the date, time and place of the new postponement date and time in accordance with T.C.A. 35-5-101. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C. Successor Trustee By: Roger A. Stone, President 3jan3w
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE’S SALE Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid in a certain Deed of Trust executed on September 10, 2008 by Pugh Enterprises LLC to David E. Owen, Trustee as same appears of record in the Office of the Register of Tipton County, Tennessee in Book 1411, Page 461, the beneficiary being InSouth Bank. Subsequently STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C. was appointed successor trustee in Book 1551, Page 551; and an Affidavit of Scrivener’s Error recorded in Book 1567, Page 529; and the owner of the debt secured having requested the undersigned to advertise and sell the property described in and conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of said indebtedness having matured by default in the payment of a part thereof, at the option of the owner, this is to give notice that Stone, Higgs & Drexler, P.C. will on Friday, January 25, 2013 commencing at 10:00 a.m. at the north door of the Courthouse, Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee, and proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described properties, to wit: 415-417 and 421 Valley Avenue Parcel No. 041B-G-005.00 Beginning at a stake in the south line of Valley Avenue 151 feet east of the intersection of the east line of Elm Street with the south line of Valley Avenue, Mrs. C. L. Shoaf’s northeast corner; thence south 50 feet to an iron pin; thence east 40 feet to an iron pin; thence south 12.50 feet to an iron pin and Anderson’s northwest corner; thence east 111.50 feet to a stake; thence north 62.5 feet to a stake, corner with Anderson in the south line of Valley Avenue; thence with the same west 150 feet to the beginning. 602 Junior Drive, Parcel No. 051M-A019.00 Lot 16, Section B, Baskin Subdivision as shown on plat of record in Plat Cabinet B, Slide 85, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property. 213 Gillespie, 219 Gillespie and 223 Gillespie, Parcel Nos. 041O-D-010.00, 041O-D-011.00, 041O-D-012.00 Lots 14, 15, and 16 located and bounded as indicated as shown on the map or plat of the Hyde Park Mills, Inc. Subdivision No. 2 of record in the Office of the Register of Tipton County, Tennessee, in Book 227, Page 510 to which reference is hereby made for a more particular description. 202 Rogers Avenue, Parcel No. 041O-D014.00 Lot No. 11, Hyde Park Mills, Inc. Subdivision No. 2 as shown on plat in Deed Book 227, Page 510 of the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, and thus described: Beginning at a stake in the southwest corner of Lot No. 11, the intersection of the north line of Rogers Street with the east line of Brumley Street; thence with the east line of Brumley Street north 13 west 81.8 feet to a stake the southwest corner of Lot No. 12; thence north 89 degrees 40 minutes east 125.9 feet to an iron pin the southeast corner of Lot No. 13, the northwest corner of Lot No. 16; thence south 17 degrees 35 minutes west 109 feet to a stake the southwest corner of Lot No. 17 in the north line of Rogers Street; thence with the same north 76 ½ west 78 feet to the beginning. 422 Valley, Parcel No. 041B-F-021.01 Beginning at a stake in the north of Valley Avenue, Dyson’s southwest corner, Mrs. A. D. Fortner’s southeast corner; thence with Dyson’s west line north 65 ½ feet to a stake, Fortner’s northeast corner, Hadley’s southeast corner; thence west 84 feet to a stake; thence south 65 ½ feet to a stake in the north line of Valley Avenue; thence with the north line of Valley Avenue east 86 feet to the beginning. 316 Eaton St., Parcel No. 041C-J-016.00 Tract 1 - Beginning at a stake in the east line of Eaton Street, the same being the northwest corner of the original lot of which this is a part; thence East along the north line of said original lot about 190 feet to a stake, the northeast corner of said lot; thence South along the east line of said lot about 42 feet to a stake, the southeast corner of said lot; thence West along the south line of said lot about 100 feet to a stake; thence North and parallel with Eaton Street about 32 feet to a stake; thence West and parallel with the north line of said lot about 90 feet to a stake; thence North along the east line of said street 10 feet to a stake, and being the eastern portion of Lot No. 1 conveyed to Richard Wright and wife by Garnett Parker and wife by deed bearing date of October 18, 1951. Tract 2 – Beginning at a stake in the east boundary of Eaton Street, the same being the southwest corner of Lot No. 2 conveyed to us by Garnett Parker and wife; thence East along the south boundary of said lot about 90 feet to a stake, the southeast corner of said lot; thence North along the east boundary line of said lot 30 feet to the northeast corner of said lot and continuing thereafter about 32 feet and parallel with the east line of Eaton Street to a stake; thence West about 90 feet to a stake in the east line of Eaton Street, the same being 10 feet from the southwest corner of a lot conveyed to G. A. Girdner and being all of Lot No. 2 and the southwest portion of Lot No. 1 conveyed to Richard Wright and wife by Garnett Parker and wife by deed bearing date of October 18, 1951. 102 Shelton St. & 117 Shelton St., Parcel No. 041B-B-021.00 Lot 74, Summit Addition to Covington fronting 100 feet on the west side of Shelton Street in said Town and running back west a distance of 250 feet, more or less, and being bounded on the north by the property of Nevils; on the South by the property of Ralph et al, on the East by Shelton; and on the west by the property of Dumas et al. However, excepted out of the above and not included herein is the following tract: Beginning at a stake at the original northwest corner of Lot 74 owned by Thelma L. Smith of which this survey is a a part; runs thence with the west line of Smith
and the east line of Joe Naifeh, South 26 degrees East 111.00 feet to a stake at the southwest corner of Smith and the northwest corner of E. K. Williams, Jr.; thence with the north line of Williams, East 137.70 feet to a stake at a 48 inch Pecan Tree; thence North 6 ½ degrees East 100.64 feet to a stake in the north line of Smith and the south line of a lot owned by William Miles; thence with their lines, West 196.80 feet to the beginning. The grantor also reserves the following perpetual easement for Ingress and Egress purposes: Beginning at a stake in the west right of way of Shelton Street, said stake being the northeast corner of the Thelma L. Smith lot, of which this survey is a part, also being the southeast corner of Williams Miles; thence leaving the street and running with the south line of William Miles, West 120.00 feet to a stake; thence South 6 ½ degrees West 15.20 feet to a stake; thence East 120.84 feet to a stake in the west line of Shelton Street; thence with the same, North 15.00 feet to the beginning. Beginning at a stake on the east side of Shelton Street and the southwest corner of Lot No. 71; thence south 100 feet to a stake the intersection of Shelton Street and Randolph Road; thence east 150 east to a stake; thence north 100 feet to a stake, the northwest corner of Charlie R. Gray lot; thence west 150 feet to the beginning. 506, 518, and 522 W. Pleasant Avenue, Parcel Nos. 041B-I-011.00, 041B-I014.00, and 041B-I-014.01 Beginning at a stake at the intersection of the north line of West Pleasant Street with the east line of High Street; thence north with the east line of High Street, 189 feet, more or less, to the center of a ditch, being B. L. Overall’s southwest corner; thence east with the center of said ditch and Overall’s south line 55 feet to the northwest corner of the Devon Lewis lot; thence south with the west line of the Devon Lewis lot 189 feet, more or less, to the north line of West Pleasant Street; thence west with the north line of said West Pleasant Street 55 feet to the point of beginning. Beginning at a stake in the north line of West Pleasant Avenue at the southwest corner of the A. F. Whitley lot; thence north with the west line of said lot, 189 feet to a stake in the creek, being the northwest corner of said Whitley lot; thence west with said creek or ditch, 60 feet to a stake in same; thence south and parallel with the west line of Whitley lot, 189 feet to the north line of West Pleasant Avenue; thence east with the north line of said street, 60 feet to the point of beginning. Beginning at a stake on West Pleasant Street, the southwest corner of L. J. Lindsey’s garden; thence west with West Pleasant Street 55 feet to a stake; thence North 86 feet and parallel with South High Street to a stake; thence East 55 feet and parallel with West Pleasant Street to a stake; thence South 86 feet to the beginning. 521 Simonton St., Parcel No. 025O-A003.00 Description of a 0.13 acre parcel being a part of the S.J. Baskin property as recorded at Deed Book 378, Page 362 (First Lot) and Deed Book 486, Page 144 (Second Lot), said property being situated in the First Civil District of Tipton County, and located on the West side of Simonton Street in Covington, Tennessee. Beginning at a found ½ inch rebar with cap being the Northwest corner of the S.J. Baskin property as recorded at Deed Book 486, Page 144 (Second Lot), which a part of this parcel is a part, also being an angle point in the South line of the S. J. Baskin property as recorded at Deed Book 378, Page 362 (First Lot), which a part of this parcel is a part, also being the Northeast corner of the Olean Anderson property (486/185), also being an interior corner of this 0.13 acre parcel; thence in a Northwestwardly direction, along the South line of the Baskin property (378/362 First Lot) and this parcel, also being the North line of the Anderson property, North 69° 33 minutes 02 seconds West, a distance of 43.81 feet to a found 1 inch pipe being the Southwest corner of the Baskin property (378/362 First Lot), and this parcel, also being the Northwest corner of the Anderson property; thence in a Northwestwardly direction, along a West line of the Baskin property and this parcel, North 02° 03 minutes 27 seconds East, a distance of 37.14 feet to a set ½ inch rebar with a cap being the Northwest corner of this parcel; thence in a Northeastwardly direction, along the North line of this parcel, North 69° 46 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance of 79.60 feet to a set ½ inch rebar with a cap in the West Right of Way line of Simonton Street being the Northeast corner of this parcel; thence in a Southeastwardly direction along the West Right of Way line of Simonton Street and the East line of this parcel, South 22° 32 minutes 56 seconds East, a distance of 65.25 feet to a found ½ inch rebar with a cap being the Southeast corner of this parcel; thence in a Southwestwardly direction, along a South line of this parcel, South 67° 11 minutes 38 seconds West, a distance of 64.24 feet to a found ½ inch rebar with a cap being an exterior corner of this parcel, also being in the West line of the Baskin property (486/144 Second Lot), also being in the East line of the Anderson property; thence in a Northwestwardly direction, along a West line of the Baskin property 486/144 Second Lot) and this parcel, also being the East line of the Anderson property, North 08° 33 minutes 11 seconds West, a distance of 5.28 feet to the Point of Beginning and containing 0.13 acres, more or less. 1508 S. College St., Parcel No. 041O-D021.00 Beginning at a stake 95 feet east of the Mt. Carmel and Covington Road, said stake being 15 feet west of the southwest corner of the parcel of land conveyed to Mrs. Sallie Scofield by C. A. Pearson by deed recorded in Deed Book 170, Page 233, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee; thence west 95 feet to a stake in Mr. Carmel Covington Road,
being also the southwest corner of the 1.02 acres tract conveyed to C. A. Pearson and wife, by W. A. Smith and wife, by deed recorded in Deed Book 145, Page 101, of which this is a part; thence north 3 deg. West with the east line of the Covington-Mt. Carmel Road, 125.4 feet to a stake in the north side of the ditch, J. E. Dew’s (now Porter Bailey’s) southwest corner; thence with the north side of the ditch south 85 deg., east 95 feet to a stake, said stake being 17 feet west of the northwest corner of the lot conveyed to Sallie Scofield by C. A. Pearson by deed recorded in Deed Book 170, Page 233; thence south and parallel with the west line of Scofield lot and east line of Mt. Carmel-Covington Road to the point of beginning. 116 Maley Circle and 118 Maley Circle, Parcel Nos. 025N-E-017.01 and 025N-E017.01 S/I 001 Beginning at a stake in Melvin Beasley’s south line south 87 degrees west 139 feet from the west line of North Maple Street; thence south 0 degrees 15 minutes east 104 feet to a stake in Hamil’s north line; thence south 87 degrees west 100 feet to a stake in the east line of the alley; thence north 3 degrees 15 minutes west 104 feet to a stake in Clarence Rose South line; thence north 87 degrees east 105 feet to the beginning. 1510 S. College St., Parcel No. 041O-D020.00 Lot No. 11 Hyde Park Mills, Inc. Subdivision No. 2 as shown on plat in Deed Book 227, Page 510, of the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, and thus described: Beginning at a stake in the southwest corner of Lot No. 11, the intersection of the north line of Rogers Street with the east line of Brumley Street; thence with the east line of Brumley Street north 13 west 81.8 feet to a stake the southwest corner of Lot No. 12; thence north 89 degrees 40 minutes east 125.9 feet to an iron pin the southeast corner of Lot No. 13, the northwest corner of Lot No. 16; thence south 17 degrees 35 minutes west 109 feet to a stake the southwest corner of Lot No. 17 in the north line of Rogers Street; thence with the same north 76 ½ west 78 feet to the beginning. This sale is subject to 2009 - 2012 city and county taxes. All right and equity of redemption, Statutory and otherwise, homestead and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but Stone, Higgs & Drexler, P.C. will sell and convey only as successor trustee. The sale date and time may be adjourned and rescheduled, without additional newspaper publication, within one year from the originally scheduled date, by announcement at the date, time and place of the new postponement date and time in accordance with T.C.A. 35-5-101. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. STONE, HIGGS & DREXLER, P.C. Successor Trustee By: Roger A. Stone, President
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the terms, conditions, and payments provided in a certain Deed of Trust dated JANUARY 5, 2007, executed by TERRY D. COPLAND AND BETTY COPLAND, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to EMMETT JAMES HOUSE OR BILL R. MCLAUGHLIN, Trustee, of record in RECORD BOOK 1319, PAGE 741, for the benefit of REGIONS BANK D/B/A REGIONS MORTGAGE, in the Register’s Office for TIPTON County, Tennessee and to J. PHILLIP JONES AND JESSICA D. BINKLEY, either of whom may act, appointed as Substitute Trustee in an instrument of record in the Register’s Office for TIPTON County, Tennessee, to secure the indebtedness described, the entire indebtedness having been declared due and payable by REGIONS BANK D/B/A REGIONS MORTGAGE, being the present owner/ holder or authorized agent, designee or servicer of the holder/owner of said indebtedness, has requested foreclosure proceedings to be instituted; and as provided in said Deed of Trust, I, J. PHILLIP JONES/ JESSICA D. BINKLEY, will by virtue of the power and authority vested in me as Substitute Trustee, on TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2013 AT 12:00 P.M. (NOON), AT THE NORTH DOOR OF THE TIPTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN COVINGTON, TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, sell to the highest bidder for cash, free from the equity of redemption, homestead, and dower, and all other exemptions which are expressly waived, and subject to any unpaid taxes, if any, the following described property in TIPTON County, Tennessee, to wit: PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF TIPTON, TENNESSEE: DESCRIPTION OF LOT 135 OF THE HIGHLANDS, SECTION G, AS RECORDED AT PLAT CABINET C, SLIDE 147, SAID PROPERTY BEING SITUATED IN THE SIXTH CIVIL DISTRICT OF TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE AND BEING LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF ABERDEEN DRIVE. BEGINNING AT A FOUND ½ INCH REBAR WITH A CAP BEGINNING IN THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF ABERDEEN DRIVE (60 FOOT TOTAL RIGHT OF WAY) BEING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 135 OF THE HIGHLANDS, SECTION G, AS RECORDED AT PLAT CABINET C, SLIDE 147, ALSO BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 136 OF SAID SUBDIVISION; THENCE IN A NORTHEASTWARDLY DIRECTION, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 135 AND THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 136, NORTH 83 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 14 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 202.14 FEET TO A FOUND ½ INCH REBAR WITH A CAP
BEING THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 135 AND THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 136; THENCE IN A SOUTHEASTWARDLY DIRECTION, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF LOT 135, SOUTH 22 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 09 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE 69.08 FEET TO A FOUND ½ INCH REBAR WITH A CAP BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 135, ALSO BEING THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 134 OF SAID SUBDIVISION; THENCE IN A SOUTHWESTWARDLY DIRECTION, ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 135 AND THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 134, SOUTH 67 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 205.02 FEET TO A FOUND ½ INCH REBAR WITH A CAP IN THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF ABERDEEN DRIVE BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 135 AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 134; THENCE IN A NORTHWESTWARDLY DIRECTION, ALONG THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF ABERDEEN DRIVE AND THE WEST LINE OF LOT 135, THE FOLLOWING TWO (2) COURSES, NORTH 22 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 47.05 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; THENCE FOLLOWING A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 270.00 FEET A DELTA ANGLE OF 16 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 30 SECONDS, AN ARC LENGTH OF 78.66 FEET, A TANGENT LENGTH OF 39.61 FEET, A CHORD BEARING NORTH 14 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 31 SECONDS WEST, AND A CHORD LENGTH OF 78.38 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 0.46 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. HOWEVER, THERE EXISTS ON THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY A 5 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT RUNNING ADJACENT TO AND PARALLEL WITH THE WEST PROPERTY LINE AS SHOWN ON PLAT OF SURVEY. SUBJECT TO SUBDIVISION RESTRICTIONS AT BOOK 719, PAGE 200 AND BUILDING LINES AND EASEMENTS AS RECORDED AT PLAT CABINET C, SLIDE 147 OF THE AFORESAID REGISTER’S OFFICE. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO TERRY COPLAND AND BETTY COPLAND, HUSBAND AND WIFE, TENANTS BY THE ENTIRETIES, BY WARRANTY DEED DATED APRIL 27, 2000 OF RECORD IN RECORD BOOK 899, PAGE 926, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. SEE ALSO WAIVER OF PRIORITY DATED JANUARY 8, 2007 OF RECORD IN RECORD BOOK 1320, PAGE 781, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE; WHEREIN UCC FINANCING STATEMENT OF RECORD IN RECORD BOOK 1004, PAGE 605 AND CONTINUATION OF SAID UCC OF RECORD IN RECORD BOOK 1429, PAGE 34, ARE SUBORDINATED TO SAID DEED OF TRUST. THIS IS IMPROVED PROPERTY KNOWN AS 278 N. ABERDEEN DRIVE, MUNFORD, TENNESSEE 38058. MAP 096O GROUP D CTRL MAP 111B PARCEL 037.00 THE SALE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND IS FURTHER SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF ANY TENANT(S) OR OTHER PARTIES OR ENTITIES IN POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ANY UNPAID TAXES, IF ANY, ANY PRIOR LIENS OR ENCUMBRANCES LEASES, EASEMENTS AND ALL OTHER MATTERS WHICH TAKE PRIORITY OVER THE DEED OF TRUST UNDER WHICH THIS FORECLOSURE SALE IS CONDUCTED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PRIORITY OF ANY FIXTURE FILING. IF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY/ INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, THE STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, OR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT ARE LISTED AS INTERESTED PARTIES IN THE ADVERTISEMENT, THEN THE NOTICE OF THIS FORECLOSURE IS BEING GIVEN TO THEM, AND THE SALE WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPLICABLE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES RIGHT TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY, ALL AS REQUIRED BY 26 U.S.C. 7425 AND T.C.A. 67-1-1433. IF APPLICABLE, THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS OF T.C.A. 35-5-117 HAVE BEEN MET. THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO ADJOURN THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLICATION, UPON ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE. THE TRUSTEE/SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALE IN THE EVENT THE HIGHEST BIDDER DOES NOT HONOR THE HIGHEST BID WITHIN 24 HOURS, THE NEXT HIGHEST BIDDER AT THE NEXT HIGHEST BID WILL BE DEEMED THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER. OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE EMC THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. This day, December 28, 2012. This is improved property known as 278 N. ABERDEEN DRIVE, MUNFORD, TENNESSEE 38058. J. PHILLIP JONES/ JESSICA D. BINKLEY, SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE 1800 HAYES STREET NASHVILLE, TN 37203 (615) 254-4430 www.phillipjoneslaw.com F12-1354
PUBLIC NOTICE Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to build a 290‐foot self-support lattice Communications Tower. Anticipated lighting application is medium intensity dual red/white strobes. The Site location is Dolan Road north of Drummonds Road, Drummonds, Tipton County, TN 38023, N 35˚ 28’ 0.45”, W 89˚ 54’ 17.85”. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Antenna Structure Registration (ASR, Form 854) filing number is A0807716. ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS – Interested persons may review the application (www.fcc.gov/asr/applications) by entering the filing number. Environmental concerns may be raised by filing a Request for Environmental Review (www. fcc.gov/asr/environmentalrequest) and online filings are strongly encouraged. The mailing address to file a paper copy is: FCC Requests for Environmental Review, Attn: Ramon Williams, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. HISTORIC PROPERTIES EFFECTS ‐ Public comments regarding potential effects on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Kathryn Emmitt Kay, 6876 Susquehanna Trail South, York, PA 17403, 781-273-2500, kemmittkay@ebiconsulting.com. 3jan1w
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Revisting firearm safety's ten commandments This is a column that I have done don’t shoot at a flat, hard surface many times before: the TWRA Ten or water. Commandments of Firearm Safety. 4. Keep your finger outside the The reason for this column is that trigger guard until ready to shoot. so many young boys and This is the best way to girls are receiving a fireprevent an accidental disarm for a Christmas prescharge. ent and the hope is that 5. Check your barrel this firearm safety column and ammunition. Make will make a difference. sure the barrel and action So here goes the TWRA’s are clear of obstructions Ten Commandments of Wildlife Chatter and carry only the proper Firearm Safety: ammunition for your fireBy Arnold Bull 1. Watch that muzzle! arm. Keep it pointed in a safe direction 6. Unload firearms when not in at all times. use. Leave actions open; carry fire2. Treat every firearm as if it arms in cases and unloaded to and were loaded. It might be, even if from the shooting area. you think it isn’t. 7. Point a firearm only at some3. Be sure of the target and what thing you intend to shoot. Avoid is in front of it and beyond it. all horseplay with a gun. Know the identifying features of 8. Don’t run, jump or climb with the game you hunt. Make sure you a loaded firearm. Unload a firearm have an adequate backstop and before you climb a fence or tree, or
jump a ditch. Pull a firearm toward you by the butt, not the muzzle. 9. Store firearms and ammunition separately and safely. Store each in secured locations beyond the reach of children and carless adults. 10. Avoid alcoholic beverages before or during shooting. Also avoid mind- or behavior-altering medicines or drugs. Practice these commandments and encourage others around you to do the same and you will always have a safe and enjoyable time in the outdoors. Arnold Bull hosts “Wildlife Chatter” on WKBJ and has won numerous awards for his writing and television work. He can be reached at 476-4601 or arnold@bullinsurance.com.
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Continued from A9 Brighton junior Malcolm Terry took sixth in the Class AAA long jump with a 21-09 and 14th in the high jump with a 6-00. Munford's Sidtavious Mennis took ninth in the Class AAA long jump
with a 21-01. Cougar Cedric Williams was 10th in the triple jump with a 43-03.25 and classmate Tyler Gray was ninth in the shotput with a 48-00.25. Munford junior Taylor Patterson made it to the tennis state tournament.
City of Covington Planning Commission Meeting Notice January 8, 2013 4:30 p.m. Lower Level Conference Room 200 West Washington Ave
1. Greg Ford- Grand Oaks Estates on Solo Road- Final Plat, Consolidation of Lots 2, 3, 6-15 2. Brighton Bank- 1500 Hwy 51 S- Map 0410 Group A Parcel 011.00 Rezoning request from R-1 to B-2 All interested parties should attend the meeting. For additional information call Covington Public Works, Planning and Building Division at 901-476-7191. 3jan1w
Friday Munford @ Hardin Co. Crockett @ Covington Saturday Milan @ Covington JCM @ Brighton
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Continued from A9 16-minute halves rather than quarters. Three Chargers players reached double figures. Bobby Shanks led with 17 points, Tarecus Hughes added 15 and Demetrius Dyson 10. The semifinal round was not as easy as the Chargers dropped a fourpoint decision to Coweta (Okla.), the fourth-ranked 5A team in Oklahoma. “We did not play very hard,” said Real. “Again, we started slow. They ran out 9-0 and it was catch up the rest of the way. We
PUBLIC NOTICE The Tipton County Legislative meeting will be held on Monday January 14, 2013 at 7:00 pm. This meeting will take place at the Justice Center. 3jan1w
TRA @ Rossville Tuesday Bartlett @ Munford Covington @ Obion Brighton @ Arlington TRA @ St. George's
Town of ATokA Curb side Christmas tree pickup on Saturday January 5, 2013. All trees need to be at the curb by 8 a.m. First day of residential trash collection is Monday, January 7, 2013. Cans need to be at the curb by 6 a.m.
never played Covington basketball.” Demetrius Dyson paced the Chargers with 20 points. Jaylin Dyson had 10 for CHS. Covington bounced back in the consolation with a 70-50 win over J.A. Fair from Little Rock. “We were out of sync early,” Real said, “but got better as it went along.” The Dysons led CHS in scoring with Demetrius dropping in 24 points and Jaylin 16 in the win. NOTICE TO FURNISHERS OF LABOR AND MATERIALS TO: Law Signs, LLC PROJECT NO.: 98047-4185-04 CONTRACT NO.: CNK159 COUNTY: Tipton The Tennessee Department of Transportation is about to make nal settlement with the contractor for construction of the above numbered project. All persons wishing to le claims pursuant to Section 54-5-122, T.C.A. must le same with the Director of Construction, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Suite 700 James K. Polk Bldg., Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0326, on or before 02/01/13.
AGENDA HTL Advantage
The Board of Directors of HTL Advantage will meet on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 9:00am at the Lauderdale County Chamber of Commerce in Ripley, TN 38063. 1. Call to Order – Jeff Huffman, Chairman 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Approve Minutes from August 14th, 2012 HTL Advantage Board Meeting – Jeff Huffman 4. Discuss and Consider HTL Advantage Financials – Duane Lavery 5. Discuss Tennessee Economic Partnership Membership 6. Discuss Select TN Site Certification Program Update 7. Other Business 8. Adjourn 3jan1w
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Blankets, gifts given to children By KATI DONALDSON Miss Tipton County With LeBonheur being my platform for the Miss America Organization, I spent my holiday season focusing on the children at LeBonheur. I got in touch with the volunteer services and found that they hold a Christmas Basket give away on Christmas Day to all the children in the hospital at that time. I focused on making my goal 100 blankets to donate to the 0-12 month-old-babies. These blankets were each placed in the baskets along with other goodies and given to the children on Christ-
mas morning. With the help of my Miss Tipton County Board of Directors and many wonderful volunteers throughout Tipton County I was able to reach this goal and help put a smile on many faces that morning. I want to thank everyone that donated a blanket or money to help purchase blankets that allowed me reach my goal. I am blessed to live in such a caring and helpful community that strives to push me as far as I have come. I also want to thank LeBonheur Children’s Hospital for giving me the opportunity to help out in a time for the holidays and allowing me to give to the precious children staying there.
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Applications for quota turkey hunt accepted Applications for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency 2013 Spring Turkey Quota Hunts will be accepted until Feb. 6, 2013. The areas available for the hunts are listed on the instruction sheets. Hunters have up to 12 choices, but will be drawn for only one. Applicants may not use the same hunt code more than once. There are a total of 19 hunts listed. No person may apply more than once. A permit fee will not be charged to Annual Sportsman (Type 004), Life-
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Pastor Keithel Boothe invites everyone to come hear Ronny Hinson, known for writing the award-winning gospel standard “The Lighthouse,” will be preforming during a special service on January 6th. He has traveled for more than 40 years, singing to some of the largest gospel crowds, and will be on-stage in Brighton from 10 a.m. - Noon.
Malcolm Terry Sr., right, is promoting a fight that will include Malcom Terry Jr., left, and former world champ Roy Jones Jr. courtesy photo
Terry promoting fight with former world champion By JEFF IRELAND jireland@covingtonleader.com Covington resident Malcolm Terry has been a boxing promoter for years, trying to find that local boxer to hit it big nationally. Three months from now, thanks to some help from one of the most famous boxers of all time, he's promoting a show in Memphis that he hopes will shine a light on some local talent. Though the details have not been finalized, Terry said he will promote a boxing event on April 5 at the Cook Convention Center that will feature Roy Jones Jr., a former world champion and one of the best pound-of-pound boxers of all time. Malcom Terry Jr., a senior at Brighton High School and Terry's son, will be on the card as well. Terry said that his son is the only high school student in the country box-
ing professionally. Covington's Donnell Wiggins is a possible opponent for Jones, who is 43 and has been fighting in Europe the past few months and is 55-8 in 23 years of professional bouts. Last week Jones was in town as part of a national anti-bullying campaign. Terry and Jones, along with members of the Memphis Grizzlies, visited several community centers in Memphis. “We're trying to get a good message across,” said Terry. “The program is really growing. We've putting a bunch of emphasis on it.” Another local boxer, Ira Terry, is expected to be on the April card too. Ira Terry and Malcolm Terry Jr. will fight at Daisy Theatre in Memphis on Jan. 19 to tune up for the April event. “This is a really big deal,” Terry Sr. said. “I think it's great that we have some local guys who are going to get some attention that they deserve.”
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TWRA will be sponsoring wildlife photo contest The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is now accepting entries for its 2013-14 photo contest for publication in the Tennessee Wildlife Magazine’s popular annual calendar issue. All interested photographers are invited to submit their best photos on fishing and wildlife species native to Tennessee, and fishing and hunting scenes in Tennessee. Interested photographers must submit their photo entries by the March 7, 2013 deadline. The photos will be reviewed for publication in the annual calendar edition of Tennessee Wildlife Magazine. If a photo is selected for the calendar edition, the photographer will receive a cash stipend of $60. The format is horizontal digital images on disk. Only digital images in JPEG format and of high resolution (300 dpi) sized as an 8 1/2x11 will be accepted. Each disk submitted must have the name of the photographer stamped or written on it. No prints can be accepted. (Sorry, disks cannot be returned). Entries can be mailed to: Tennessee Wildlife Magazine Calendar Issue P.O. Box 40747 Nashville, TN 37204
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