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IN THIS ISSUE WHERE
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DeRoyal jobs are hot ticket
DeRoyal manufactures surgical devices, unitized delivery systems, orthopedic supports and bracing, wound care dressings and orthopedic implants produced by processes including injection molding, device assembly, metal fabrication, converting, electronics assembly and sterilization services. Locally, this means jobs – stable jobs.
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Recruiting is about relationships. Roots are sometimes relevant. The legendary Jesse Butcher, a long-ago landmark in Gibbs, Halls and at flea markets, a direct link to watermelons, beagles and the trading of pocket knives, was at different times a gentleman farmer, a game and fish officer and an auto salesperson. He was always a Tennessee football fan. Read Marvin West on page 5
In the beginning ... It is sad that young children often remember little about the adults who worked hard to provide them strong foundations for future learning. Often teachers in the earliest grades survive more as impressions than memories. This is true for me of Headstart, my first experience with the Union County Public School System.
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January 25, 2014
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Beulah Warwick harmonizes with the big voice of Claudia Tillman, past performer at the Grand Ole Opry and wife of Chancellor Andy Tillman. The Tillmans were in Maynardville for Warwick’s retirement party. Photo by Libby Morgan
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Many elections on tap for 2014 By Sandra Clark Union County voters will get four shots at selecting their leaders with four unique elections set for 2014. Union County and state/ federal primary: Thursday, Aug. 7 (qualifying deadline noon April 3) City of Maynardville: Tuesday, June 24 (qualifying deadline noon March 20) City of Plainview: Thursday, Sept. 4 (qualifying deadline noon June 19) State and federal: Tuesday, Nov. 4 (qualifying deadline noon Aug. 21) County officeholders whose terms expire in 2014 include: Mayor Micheal Williams, Sheriff Earl Loy Jr., County Clerk Pamela Ailor, Circuit and Sessions Court Clerk Barbara Williams, Trustee Gina Buckner, General Sessions Judge Darryl Edmondson, and Register of Deeds Mary Beth Kitts. All 17 members of the county
commission (running this time for 16 seats because of redistricting); three members of the school board (Billy Sexton, Danny Wayne Collins and Gerald Smith); constables Lynn “Storm” Carpenter, DeWayne Lawson, Jerry Beeler, Randy Flatford, Eddie Duane Simpson, Jeff Hankins and Johnny “Chad” Faulkner; and district road commissioners Paul Hill, Darrel Dyer, Troy Muncey, James Breeding, Harold Brantley, Chester Sturgeon and James DeVault Sr. Maynardville city commissioners whose terms expire are H.E. “Smiley” Richardson, Jeff Chesney and Tim Young Sr. Plainview officials whose terms expire are Mayor Gary Chandler and aldermen Dan Collins and Stacey Sexton. State and federal officials whose districts include Union County and whose terms expire this year are: state Reps. Dennis Powers and Dennis “Coach” Roach; U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann; and U.S.
Sen. Lamar Alexander. Elections Registrar Deborah Viles and Deputy Allison Smith have a comprehensive website at w w w.electionsunioncount y tn. com/. And here’s the fun part. At press time, qualifying petitions for Maynardville jobs had been issued for: Jeff Chesney, H.E. Richardson and Marty Smith. Petitions issued for county candidates: Mary Beth Kitts, who is drawing opposition from Ruth Cooke; Pam Ailor, Barbara Williams, Gina Buckner and Earl Loy Jr., who has drawn two opponents for sheriff – William F. Breeding II and Chad Faulkner. And the ever-efficient Barbara Williams already had turned hers back in. For county commissioner: District 1, Gary England and Stanley Boles; District 3, Billy Cox; District 4, Dennis Nicley and Doyle Welch; District 5, Mike Hale, Kenny Hill and Chris Upton; District 7, Wayne Roach. For school board: District 3,
Calvin Chesney and Gwendolyn Buckner; District 5, Danny Wayne Collins and Jennifer Mills. For constable: District 1, Lynn Carpenter; District 2; DeWayne Lawson; District 4, Randy “Tank” Flatford; District 6, Jeff Hankins and Lukus Bruner. For road commissioner: District 1, Paul Hill; District 4, James Ermal Breeding; District 6, Thomas “Chester” Sturgeon. Petitions filed for state candidates: Circuit Court Judge John D. McAfee, General Sessions Judge Darryl Edmondson, Chancellor, Andy Tillman, Public Defender Mark Eric Blakley and District Attorney General Lori PhillipsJones. A petition for attorney general had been issued to Jared Effler. Note: Shopper-News looks forward to publicizing the views and events of candidates. Send press releases to: News@ShopperNewsNow.com or mail to Shopper-News at P.O. Box 18295, Knoxville 37928.
Read Ronnie Mincey on page 7
Beautiful and strange There’s something mesmerizing about artist Kelly Hider’s work. Her sumptuous mixedmedia pieces incorporate photographs, gilded paint, sequins, rhinestones and handmade jeweled toys. Cherub-cheeked children are often her subjects. And yet there’s something disturbing there, too. Something difficult to put one’s finger on. As the artist herself says, “You’re not sure.”
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A silo story By Dana Simerly What was once 40 feet high, weighed more than 60,000 pounds and was constructed of material manufactured under 1910 United States and 1912 Canadian patents? What was as strong as it had to be to protect its precious cargo from wintery blasts to sustain the farmer’s herd until the market day arrived? While some are of plain concrete gray, others became stained by rusting turnbuckles and stays that will soon give up their role in giving the tower its strength. What appeared abandoned was obviously not, if the number of skins is an indication of the many serpents that shed their coverings during their travels from one level to another. Look closer and you may see a complex of dwellings; some constructed of paper-like cells and others of mud that have hardened in the kiln-like oven walls. Literally, a city that has expanded hun-
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dreds of times to accommodate the many generations of pupae that work, grow old and die in a span of time that comparatively, we would have yet begun to talk. Bats, birds and even little boys if the opportunity arose, could find pleasing accommodations within these walls: Walls that are straight and always silent, with never an audible moan. Even the slightest sound, from a structure so committed to its form, would signify its imminent doom. Some may feel that it’s an item of interest whereas others may speak of an emotional driver somewhere between curiosity and obsession. I see it as both passion and compassion: In one sense, wanting to photograph and admire it for what it once was and how it came to be; on the other hand, feeling some sadness as it becomes a bit of bucolic history and perhaps mentioned in some bicentennial celebration. Battered but
This is the silo that Dana Simerly moved to Union County. not beaten, it could never serve in its original role; but still is a magnificent structure that with a little bit of help could go another hundred years. It is a silo.
gency waste clean-up. He designs, collects and fills his house with odd and interesting things. … Recently, he dismantled a silo, moved it to his property and will be rebuilding it as a lighthouse. I thought he might be of interest to Shopper-News reader Shirlee the paper. Grabko forwarded this story Dana Simerly chairs the Union with a note: “We have an inter- County Local Emergency Planesting and unusual resident in ning Committee. Union County. Dana Simerly retired here many years ago after The story continues on page 4. a career in hazardous and emerSee “What was I thinking!??!”
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2 • JANUARY 25, 2014 • UNION COUNTY Shopper news
DeRoyal president and chief operating officer Bill Pittman (front) in company gym with staff at 2013 American Heart Association kickoff
DeRoyal jobs are hot ticket The LaFollette plant By Betty Bean DeRoyal’s beginnings manufactures surgical progo back to 1973 when Pete cedural trays and has 144 DeBusk invented, manufac- employees. The Tazewell plant specializes in tured and patented an orthopedic WHERE distribution and has 230 emboot. Today, the ployees who the company work in mulhas 2,000 tiple buildemployees ings boxing and 2.5 miland shipping lion square DeRoyal products. feet under roof At the Maynardville with operations in five states, six countries and plant, 61 employees do foam manufacturing assets on fabrication, laminating, rotary die cutting and producthree continents. DeRoyal tion of the adhesive backing m a n u f a c - on medical devices. “We’re very proud to have tures surgical devices, been a major employer in u n i t i z e d Union County for more than d e l i v e r y three decades and have res y s t e m s , cently consolidated both or thopedic our converting and foam s u p p o r t s fabrication operations to a and brac- previously idle facility in Pete DeBusk ing, wound Maynardville and maintain care dressings and ortho- a substantive presence in pedic implants produced our orthopedic fabrication by processes including in- operation in Union County jection molding, device as- as well,” said president and sembly, metal fabrication, chief operating officer Bill converting, electronics as- Pittman. “We are very happy with sembly and sterilization the quality of Union Counservices. Locally, this means jobs ty’s workforce and their ability to adapt to more – stable jobs.
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automated manufacturing processes. Our corporate office is ideally situated in Knox County, which provides us with a highlyeducated sales force and ongoing partnership opportunities with local universities, Oak Ridge and other tech companies.” Michael Smith, DeRoyal brand marketing manager, said job openings in Tazewell, LaFollette and Maynardville get snapped up quickly. “I talked to the recruiter who handles (those plants), and she said she’ll get a tremendous number of applicants when she posts those openings online,” Smith said. (w w w. d e r o y a l . c o m / careers/currentopenings. aspx) DeRoyal’s benefits pack-
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age includes medical, dental and vision coverage, long term and short term disability, group life insurance, a 401(k) plan with company match, paid vacation, holiday and personal time off, an employee assistance program, leaves of absence for marriage, bereavement, family medical leave, medical, personal and military plus convenience benefits including an on-site fitness center, aerobics and nutrition classes, on-site dry cleaning pickup and delivery, cafeteria, car wash service and a hair salon. DeRoyal is headquartered in Knox County, off West Beaver Creek Road – on DeBusk Lane, naturally. This campus is the home of Royal Precision Plastics, a turnkey manufacturer of plastic products, includ-
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Janet Holloway and new stylist Cait Lyn Brown at Janet’s Hair Salon Photo by Libby Morgan Cait Lyn Brown, 2012 Union County High School
DeRoyal employee operates a converting machine.
ing molding and canisters for waste management and DeMedco, a one-stop machine shop that does stateof-the-art welding and metal fabrication. The Powell campus is also home to DeRoyal’s corporate office and some 300 employees. DeRoyal’s slogan, “Improving care. Improving
business” is a shorthand way of saying what the business is all about, Smith said. “It sums up our history and our dedication to the economic health of our customer, and our wanting to help them be problem solvers. We take pride in making good decisions and helping our customers with solutions.”
graduate, is specializing in color and cuts at Janet’s Hair Salon at 3625 Maynardville Hwy. in Maynardville, owned by Janet Holloway since 1990. She received her certification in the UCHS cosmetology vocational program, and previously worked in Halls.
Brown is the mother of 9-month-old Ada Lyn Grac, and she is the daughter of Patty Wagner and John Brown. She is also Holloway’s great niece. She will be working at Janet’s Tuesday through Friday, and welcomes walk-ins. Info: 992-4604.
Come to the water Are you a call screener? You know, the cell phone rings and the caller I.D. Fr. Aaron Wessman shows someone you just don’t want to talk to. So you let it go to voicemail. Or perhaps your phone beeps, indicating a new text. You are excited to see who it is, but your excitement drains fast when it’s someone you don’t want to respond to. So you accidently hit the delete button. Or perhaps there are just a bunch of unanswered emails in your inbox. We all have ways to ignore communication. For some reason it’s part of who we are. But what can be dangerous is when God tries to communicate with us, and we choose to ignore him, too. For God has been communicating with his people since the beginning. And often people have been screening his calls. He tried to get a hold of Adam and Eve, and they screened his call by hiding in the Garden (Gen. 3:8). Jonah heard a call from God and deleted his message by running away to another city (Jonah 1:3). And Jeremiah
left God’s Facebook message in his inbox because he thought he was too young and unable to speak (Jer. 1:6). Thankfully for all of these people, God is patient, and he is persistent. For they all had an important role to play in God’s plan, but they simply needed to answer that call. The same is true for us. Every single person — no exceptions — has a particular role to play in God’s plan. From the addict to the homeless man, to the rich person, to the young and the old, God is calling us all. He cares not what we have done. He cares not for our excuses. But in his unconditional love he calls us to be with him and serve him. And only in serving him do we find fulfillment in our lives. If you have been putting off reading that email from God, perhaps it is time to open it up. For God has tremendous plans for us all, we simply have to be open to receiving them.
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UNION COUNTY Shopper news • JANUARY 25, 2014 • 3 “I’ve been a member at several fitness centers, so I’ve developed some preferences for good equipment. I’m going to change things up and improve everything. Getting a personal trainer is in the works. “New strength training, cardio and cross fit equipment is on its way, and we will be scheduling exercise classes such as Zumba and yoga soon. “We have seven tanning beds now, bronzing and hot beds, all with new bulbs, and a room is almost ready for another one. One of our beds is a stand-up model. “And one far infrared bed for rejuvenation and skin problems. It’s very popular.” The workout area has doubled in size with the addition of another big room, and with a bit more work on security, Darren and Brittney plan to give their fitness members 24-hour access. “Our computer system will allow our customers to schedule their tanning or Darren Relford in the fitness room at Suntyme Photos by Libby Morgan workout time on their smart phone or computer, check So they dove in headfirst. military science and infor“I have customers who their account, and track The couple have two chil- mation systems engineer- come in to tan or work their fitness program,” says dren, Bianca, 7, and Keely, ing, and in a few weeks, will out and they’ll bring me Darren. 6, (and now another due this finish business administra- their computers to work And another small change on while they’re here. Most for the business name: It’s summer) and they thought tion management. the business just might be So the business dovetails of the time I’m done by now going to be Suntyme their future. nicely with his studies. And, the time they’re ready to Fitness and Tanning. Info: leave,” he says. Darren holds degrees in he fi xes computers. 992-8778 and on Facebook.
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Brittney Relford inside the standup tanning bed
should buy it.’ I was just joking,” she says. Brittney Relford says she Darren thought it was a was making a joke with her good idea, with the location husband, Darren, after she just a few feet from Highway visited Suntyme Tanning 33 facing the well-traveled and Fitness last year. Hickory Star Road, good “I saw the business was quality tanning beds, and for sale, and I said, ‘We room to expand.
By Libby Morgan
Crowd gathers for Beulah Warwick’s send-off
A couple of hundred people gathered in the large courtroom in Maynardville to witness the swearing-in of Sandra Edmondson as the clerk and master, and to give the retiring Beulah Warwick a bang-up retirement-slash60th birthday party. And boy howdy did eyebrows go up in surprise and delight when Chancellor Andy Tillman’s wife, Claudia, took the microphone to sing a gospel tune. She didn’t need the microphone. At all. Her voice filled the room, in perfect pitch. “I was lucky enough to perform on both Grand Ole Opry stages during my career,” says Claudia.
Lately, she has acted on the stage of the Cumberland County Playhouse in several productions. Just after singing, her absence in the room was noted by several who wanted to thank her for making their spines tingle. A bit later, this outrageous-looking person began to circulate. She had blacked-out teeth, a huge Claudia Tillman, in costume as Bertha Will, points at William Von Schipmann. snarled dirty blonde wig, a flannel shirt, a stained piece of muslin for a skirt, and Over in the jury box, repur“dirty” face and hands. posed for the “amen corner,” “Who is that?” some were road superintendent David heard to say. Cox, former sheriff (1976-1982) Yep, it was Claudia, and Paul Hill and pastor Burney she stole the show, yukking Hutchison pause to enjoy their it up with everyone in the meal. room.
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Chancellor Andy Tillman roasts Warwick, telling raucous tales at her expense.
Tribute to Willie Hicks Employed 17 years at Flowers by Bob, Willie Hicks passed away Thursday, Jan. 16. Shop owner Bob Sharp says, “We lost him very suddenly and he will be greatly missed by his family and friends, especially those of us here. “Although he lived in Knoxville, he loved Union County, and drove up here to work all those years.” Sharp remembers Mr. Hicks’ frequent saying: “I love the real people Willie Hicks of Union County.”
Doris Seymour, retired longtime clerk and master, chats with public defender Mark Blakley.
Clerk and masters from other counties came with well wishes for Beulah Warwick (center): Frances Cardwell from Claiborne County (left) and Kathryn Taylor from Fentress County.
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What was I thinking!??! By Dana Simerly When I was growing up in East Tennessee, silos were part of the rural landscape along with the big dairy barns and corn cribs. Over the years, many of the old barns began to lean and seemed to kneel down before giving way to the ground. The farmers’ kids took to the city life and the city grew toward the farm. The farms became neighborhoods and the neighborhoods became communities and on and on and on. Amazingly, in spite of the “progress,” hundreds of silos are still standing today. Some have been transformed into offices and living space, while others are decorative and imply that you can really get country barbequed ribs if you eat at their silo. Even the drive on Pellissippi toward the airport takes you by several silos that still stand as subdivision yard art. On Tellico and Cherokee and other area lakes, silos are havens to the fish as well as to ospreys and eagles. I have looked at silos all across the United States and Canada. I’ve read about them and collected pictures and talked to people who still build them for a living. A couple of years ago, I was negotiating a deal for one of two red brick silos at the old Haynes Sterchi farm just off Rifle Range Road in Halls. They were pretty as silos go, but on a backroads trip to my parents’ farm in Bristol one weekend, I spotted the most beautiful silo I had ever seen anywhere. After several trips, I found out that the land was part of the old Briscoe Dairy Farm that closed down in the fifties. One of the Briscoe heirs still owned the property and had used part of the land to build a mobile home park and leased the rest to a local cattle farmer. After a few more trips and countless attempts to coordinate my travel schedule with the owner’s schedule, we finally agreed to meet. The silo was located right up next to the barn and majestically cloaked in rich green mosses and
ivy. The tiles were different shades of reds and tan with a glazed finish that to me was just like new. I couldn’t even think about getting a different silo. I loved this silo. Made by the JM Preston Company of Lansing, Mich., nearly a century ago, during a time when craftsmen were proud to put their name on their work. This was the one. I was almost afraid to let them know how badly I wanted this silo for fear of a disappointing outcome. Now think about it. What if you wanted a silo in your life but there wasn’t one even close to being on your property? The answer is very simple; find one you like, locate the owner, talk him into giving or selling it to you, and then spend lots of time convincing the owners and their attorneys that you have never lived in a state institution, that you would forever hold them and their heirs harmless from any liability, that you will completely move it from their property, and that you know exactly what you are doing. And then you repeat to yourself over and over, “I know exactly what I’m doing, I know exactly what I’m doing, I know exactly what I’m doing.” In July 2003, the big day arrived and all parties congregated in the shadows of this intimidating, behemoth including Marteen, the resident donkey that kept watch over the herd of cattle that also enjoyed the shady spot. The contracts were in place and everyone agreed with the terms. It was now a done deal. I remembered saying thank you and I think I heard someone say, “Good luck.” Suddenly, a message of numbers arrived at the cortex of my task master control center: “You now own a red and tan, glazed tile silo over 40 feet high and comprised of over 1,000 15-inch by 15inch curved silo blocks 6.25 inches thick that weigh over 50 pounds each. And each block is held in place by a 90-year-old mortar joint that is now harder than the block itself. And contained
within each of the 32 courses of mortar joints are over 36 feet of 5/8-inch twisted steel rebar. And you have 60 days to completely remove the entire silo and transport it to your own property over 120 miles away. “Congratulations.” Suddenly, my chant went from “I know exactly what I’m doing” to “what am I doing, what am I doing?” Let the fun begin. I was excited. I was going to take down a grain silo surrounded by fresh-daily cow poop in the middle of July and August with no electricity or water even remotely accessible and friends even remoter. I began this project just like any other using my own philosophy, “get started” and go from there. With most jobs, you start at the bottom and work your way up. Not this time. I would have to start at the top and work my way down. In other words, if I could get up over 40 feet on the barn side of the silo and dislodge the first block away from the top row without collapsing the whole structure and get it to the ground, theoretically it should get easier from that point forward. At this point, I began to make a plan. Now some people would think that having a plan should have been a pretty hefty undertaking long before now. However, if I had done that, I would have a good collection of silo pictures in a scrapbook while thinking about what I wished I had done if I could do it all over again. Actually, the reason why this whole silo project didn’t even seem like such a big deal to me was because taking down and moving the silo wasn’t even the main goal. The real goal is to build a lighthouse and I needed a good a silo to serve as the primary structure. Now building a lighthouse, that’s a real project. I’ve got some real good ideas on building a lighthouse even though I have never set foot inside one, but I figure it can’t be too different from a silo and I’ve got one of them.
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Union County Lions Club seeks support Ever the givers, Lions in Union County work to raise funds for the largest service organization in the world. Lions Club International not only helps with vision issues in many ways, but it
provides disaster relief and gives to the needy. The local club meets at noon on the second Monday at Hardee’s in Maynardville, and visitors are welcome. Lend a hand to
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Obituaries can be interesting Obituaries can be interesting, especially when written by a college president from Union County.
Bonnie Peters
“Mrs. Hulda Craig Stooksbury was born May 3, 1822, and died Feb. 13, 1907, at age 84 years, 9 months and 17 days. “She professed faith in Christ when about 16 years old, joined and was baptized into the fellowship of Bethel Baptist Church, Anderson County, Tenn. Later on she received her letter from Bethel Church, transferring her membership to Big Spring Church, of which she was a charter member. She lived a devoted member of this church until her death. “She was a daughter of Alvis Craig and was married to Jacob Stooksbury June 18, 1837. As a result of this marriage 11 children were born unto them; five of whom had preceded her to their eternal home, while six, three sons and three daughters, are still left to mourn her loss. “While the lives of brother Jacob and sister Hulda Stooksbury were blessed with much joy and pleasure, they were also checkered with much sadness. Their first child, little Elizabeth, the joy and sunlight of their home, was taken from them
in infancy. “As the years passed, the family increased and was happy until the dark cloud of secession hung over our fair land and threatened the dissolution of the Union; when Samuel, the third son, decided to take up arms in defense of his country marching across the mountains into Kentucky to join the Union Army. “But, alas, he did not remain long in the service until disease seized upon him and on March 22, 1862, he died at Barbourville, Kentucky, where he sleeps today beneath the waving bluegrass and the twining ivy. “On Nov. 10, 1889, Orlena, the third daughter, was taken by the ruthless hand of death. In 1892, Jacob Stooksbury, the husband, died. On March 5, 1905, Alvis, the Baptist minister, while away from home, holding a revival meeting, laid down his burdens here and took up the crown above. November 12, 1901, Reuben, the eldest son, died. “Mrs. Hulda Stooksbury was the grandmother of Dr. J. M. Stooksbury, a prosperous physician of Oklahoma, and Dr. William L. Stooksbury, president of Lincoln Memorial University, Cumberland Gap, Tenn. “All feel very greatly the loss of this relative and Christian friend, but we remember that, “Precious in the sight of God is the death of His saints.” Apparently, a committee was formed to provide and verify information con-
Hulda Craig Stooksbury tained in this obituary. It has an original signature of J. M. Witt, Newton Hill and Matilda Wilson. It is printed on the back of Lincoln Memorial University stationery, which makes me believe that Dr. Stooksbury or his staff prepared the final obituary for publication. By now you, the readers, may be wondering why on earth would or should a 1907 obituary be of interest or use to current readers? First, it contains a valuable and authentic lineage of persons with a Union County heritage. It contains some valuable Civil War documentation that may not otherwise be known. It provides birth and death dates that people sometimes search for years before locating a document such as this. Then it gives us the address of LMU as Cumberland Gap at the time. The present address is, of course, Harrogate, Tenn. Mrs. Stooksbury is the great grandmother of Robert Wilson Johnson, who shared this original obituary with me.
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Roots and recruiting Recruiting is about rela- are home movies of a trip to tionships. Roots are some- Jacksonville to see Tennessee versus Syracuse in the Gator times relevant. Bowl. Maybe you remember what happened to Floyd Little and Larry Csonka. Allen Butcher was finishMarvin ing up at UT when son Brian was born at UT hospital. The West father became a military man and the family moved all around but the son says The legendary Jesse the link with the Volunteers Butcher, a long-ago land- was never broken. mark in Gibbs, Halls and at “My dad took me to at flea markets, a direct link least one Tennessee game a to watermelons, beagles year during this time, and it and the trading of pocket was bigger than Christmas. knives, was at different I remember the teams from times a gentleman farmer, a the late 1960s and early 70s game and fish officer and an – Steve Kiner, Jackie Walker, auto salesperson. Bobby Scott, Curt Watson, He was always a Tennes- Jamie Rotella, and then, see football fan. It ran in later, Condredge Holloway, the family. Generations of Larry Seivers, Andy Spiva, Butchers were orange. Stanley Morgan and that Allen Butcher, son of group. They were my heroes.” Jesse and Roxine, sold proThis limb off the Butcher grams at the stadium in the tree took root in the Atlanta 1950s. He always wore or- area. After the Air Force, ange socks on game day. the father worked for Delta. “A piece of artificial turf Somewhere in a closet
Kathleen, Andrew and Brian Butcher Photo submitted
from Shields-Watkins Field was in our basement,” said Brian Butcher. “I would lay on it and dream of playing for UT.” John Majors became the new coach. He said he wanted players whose blood ran orange. Brian thought he would be a perfect fit. He was one heck of a football player, 6-5 and 200. “Surely he’d want me, right?”
Roots be damned, Tennessee never sent the first recruiting letter. Other schools offered scholarships. Brian signed with Clemson. Three times the Tigers won ACC titles. He got a national championship ring in ’81. He met and married Kathleen. He was drafted by the Vikings. The Clemson years were magical. Tennessee? “Like the Garth Brooks
Footprints in the snow And when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left, your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” (Isaiah 30: 21) He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6: 8)
Cross Currents
Lynn Pitts
O, be careful, little feet, where you go. (Sunday school song)
to stay straight on my foot. I would tighten it, adjust it, straighten it, but it would This is going to seem like when I was a freshman at be crooked again after a WTMI (Way Too Much In- the University of Tennes- few steps. I soon developed formation), but stay with see. It was summer school, blisters, which turned into me. There is a lesson here. and I was walking to class, calluses. I have calluses on my uphill and down, day after I have walked in the sand right foot. None on my left. day. I was wearing sandals on beaches (which offer a Go figure. (like everyone else), and my natural and gentle pumice The problem started right sandal never seemed stone effect), have used ac-
tual pumice stones, creams, lotions, files, etc. The calluses remain. Then one snowy day, a couple of years ago, I walked out of the church where I was working and down the sidewalk. For some reason, in an excess of responsibility, I turned around and went back to the door to make sure it had locked properly. When I turned again to walk down the sidewalk, I noticed my footprints. I was stunned. My left footprints were absolutely straight. My right footprints were angled out, to the right. I stood there, looking at
song says, sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers.” Fast forward: Brian and Kathleen have a son, Andrew, high school junior in Alpharetta, Ga., defensive end, 6-4 and 230, four-star prospect on his way toward all-world. “For the last 15 years, we have spent our football Saturdays watching Clemson on TV, or going to games there,” said Brian Butcher. “Andrew grew up a Clemson fan. He dreamed of playing at Clemson the way I dreamed of playing at UT.” College football recruiting has intensified. The pace is much quicker. Coaches spot young talent and offer scholarships far in advance of signing time. Prep prospects identify their future school and commit earlier than ever. The Butchers discovered Clemson had offered scholarships to 10 or more future defensive ends but hadn’t said peep to Andrew. Butch Jones, in pursuit of quarterback Josh Dobbs at Alpharetta, couldn’t miss
Butcher. He was impressed. He offered. Andrew visited. He noted there were Butchers all around. Twenty-eight months before he can suit up for the Volunteers, Andrew decided Tennessee was the perfect place for him. He was the second commitment for the class of 2015. “It’s almost surreal how the twists of fate work out sometimes,” said Brian Butcher. “The ties of the Butcher family to Tennessee skipped one generation – mine.” Memories, connections, roots? There are a hundred Jesse Butcher stories. Andrew’s life support system will include Uncle Bud Gilbert, Knoxville attorney, Aunt Vickie and Uncle Buddy in Farragut, Uncle Evan in Maryville, Aunt Betsy and Uncle Charles in Lenoir City and grandpa Allen way over in Murfreesboro. Clemson? It might be appropriate to sing another verse about unanswered prayers.
my path, having learned something new about myself, at this late date. It was only later that I understood. I put two and two together and came up with a hundred and fifty: I walk funny; that is why I have calluses only on one foot. There is, however, a larger lesson here. The way we walk influences who we are. The way we walk shapes us (like my feet), changes us, molds us. Our walk in life is made up of hundreds of footsteps – small decisions, spoken words that are helpful or hurtful, acts of kindness or sins of omission. It was Abraham Lincoln who said that every man over the age of 40 is respon-
sible for his face. His own face was a testament to the truth of his statement: the craggy sadness of his countenance was the product of a difficult marriage, the awful loss of a beloved child, the weight of the presidency and the horror of a Civil War. The same is true of our feet, I think, as well as our souls, our spirits. We are callused or soft; we grow or are stunted; we give or take; we love or hate; we forgive or become the carcass at our own dreadful feast. The prophet Micah got it right, offering perhaps the best advice in all of scripture: “do justice, love kindness and … walk humbly with your God.”
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A little boy has an unusual companion in Kelly Hider’s mixed-media work “Doubting Daisy.”
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Kelly Hider’s “The Flower Sermon” was influenced by Star Trek “transporter room” imagery.
Beautiful and strange There’s something mesmerizing about artist Kelly Hider’s work. Her sumptuous mixed-media pieces incorporate photographs, gilded paint, sequins, rhinestones and handmade jeweled toys. Cherub-cheeked children are often her subjects. And yet there’s something disturbing there, too. Something difficult to put one’s finger on. As the artist herself says, “You’re not sure.” Hider holds several degrees in painting and drawing, including an MFA from UT’s School of Art and Architecture, but she’s been fascinated with photography and mixed media for about 10 years. Her unique approach is grounded in her childhood, spent in an exceptional house. “Built in the late 1700s, the house I grew up in was haunted,” she says on her website. “As young children my sister and I talked to ghosts unconcerned, yet were tormented by them as older, more aware teenagers. Compounding this fear was the absence of religion
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rounded by unusual, often threatening imagery. One little boy has a twin made of black rhinestones. Another work, “The Flower Sermon,” shows a little girl delighted with a bauble, while a specter of brilliantly colored stones floats to her left. Is it a guardian? Does it mean her harm? Or is it something else entirely? Hider revels in the ambiguity. It’s at the core of her art. She calls her photographic work “constructed imagery.” Her influences range from painter Robert Rauschenberg to paper artist T. Demand to pop culture phenomenon PeeWee Herman. “His house is enchanted,” she says of the latter. “It’s over the top. Everything talks. Some of the elements – like the talking floor – are a bit ominous. But the darker themes are balanced out by humor.” Another new series, “Bury Me in the Garden,” uses 300 old photos that Hider found in a secondhand store. They depict scenes from a couple’s life in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Hider was touched by the fact that the pictures were unwanted. She decided to use them as a way of honoring the people in them. She calls the collection, made for her MFA thesis, an “altered archive.” Hider is judicious with the alterations she makes, and each picture contains only “a couple of moves that are very impactful.” She’s also fond of “canceling out” what’s in the
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photos, often covering up people’s faces or entire bodies with paint and other materials. It’s fitting that her name is “Hider,” because that is often her role. In this kind of work, she’s influenced by John Stezaker and Christian Holstad, both of whom manipulate print media to create their
art. In addition, she is creative with the framing, using three different types: white gallery frames, found thrift store frames, and her own homemade dried-macaroni frames, spray-painted gold. Gluing different pasta shapes onto wood bases, Hider replicates rich gilded “art gallery” frames so well
that the viewer has to get up close to see what’s actually there. “I’m poking fun at high art” she admits with a laugh. You can view the fascinating work of this young artist, and learn of her upcoming exhibitions, at www.kellyhider.com. Send story suggestions to news@ShopperNewsNow.com
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NOTICE OF COMPLETION Notice is hereby given to the public that the project known as the Union County – Hickory Valley Road & Highway 33 Area Waterline Extension Project has been completed. The owner of the project will be City of Maynardville Utility District. The prime contractor on the project was ES&H, Inc., 940 Sanctuary Lane, Knoxville, TN 37932. The date of completion was January 24, 2014, and any person or firm having a claim against the project should notify Mr. Mike Williams, County Mayor, in writing at Union County Courthouse, 901 Main Street, Suite 100, Maynardville, TN 37807 Responses to this Notice must be received prior to end of business day Wednesday, February 5, 2014.
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In the beginning ‌ It is sad that young children often remember little about the adults who worked hard to provide them strong foundations for future learning. Often teachers in the earliest grades survive more as impressions than memories. This is true for me of Horace Maynard Middle School teachers Lisa O’Donnell and Carrie Beeler and principal Melanie Maples conducted the school’s Headstart, my first experiannual spelling bee in the new media center. The winners are: Jacob Mays, second place; Cameron Walker, tied for third; Charlie ence with the Union County Castro, first place; Madison Barnes, fourth place, and Skyla Webb, tied for third place. Photo by Libby Morgan Public School System. The love and concern shown by adults left me with a fond impression of Headstart. I’m not even sure how I became a Headâ– Union County Little League start student, though supervisors Ms. Patricia will have sign ups for the 2014 spring baseball season McKelvey and Mr. Ed Col6-8 p.m. each Thursday in lette probably convinced January and February. Teams my overprotective parents will include Wee Ball for ages to send me. 3-4, Tee-Ball for ages 4-6, I lived on Academy Street Coach Pitch for ages 7-8, Kids in downtown Maynardville, Pitch for ages 9-10 and 11-12 not two miles from where and a senior league has been I attended Headstart at added for ages 13-15. Sign Maynardville Elementary. up fees will be due during I rode in fine style on Leon sign up and will range from Campbell’s big yellow school $30-$60. bus number 10 to and from Headstart. I was impressed by the cap he wore and how the bill pointed in a trianMelanie Dykes visits Bob Sharp at Flowers by gle as he looked forward to Union County seniors Georgia Brantley and Bob to cheer him up with a song on his birthwatch the road, down and to Brandon M. Smith Willie Nicely celebrate January birthdays. Pho- day and thank him for providing seniors with the right to shift gears, and tos submitted has gradubirthday flowers. straight up as he watched us ated from in the mirror, over and over basic miliagain. tary trainOnce at school, I was ing at Joint taught and cared for by Base San two of Union County’s finAntonioest. My teacher for the two Lackland weeks I attended Headstart in San in 1971 was Mrs. Edna Loy, By Dr. Darrell Johnson, DC Antonio. fondly known to generaAir National Guard tions of Union County stuAirman 1st class Smith addressing the cause. And Lower back problems dents as “Miss Edna.â€? completed an intensive, are arguably the most with a chiropractor, there Surely my mother found eight-week program that inwill be no prescription for common source of back it comforting that Miss cluded training in military pain. But the upper back a painkilling, cause-mask- repetitive motion or a Edna had taught both of her long-ago trauma is at the discipline and studies and ing drug. Nor will there can also become troubleother children at Nave Hill. root of your problem. basic warfare principles some. Sitting at a desk all be a recommendation In addition to an adand skills. Smith is the son Miss Edna was assisted by day with bad posture or for surgery. A chiropracMrs. Geneva Lay, who was justment, the chiropracof Mike Smith of Luttrell tor will examine you and sleeping in a bad position “Miss Genevaâ€? to me for the tor may also recommend and a 2010 graduate of are two possible causes question you about liferest of her life. I saw Miss massage and exercises to Gibbs High School. of pain in the upper back. style issues that might be Edna often in the halls for And, of course, any sort of contributing to your upper keep your back muscles the next seven years I was trauma like a car accident back pain. It could be that from pulling vertebrae out of line. Chiropractic treator a fall can also cause a a vertebra has become ment can get you back misaligned – a condition misalignment of one or With several locations in Knoxville... called a subluxation – and firing on all cylinders. more of the vertebrae, We’re right in your neighborhood! Brought to you as a he or she can position it the individual bones that community service by comprise the spine. properly with a manual Union County ChiroWe LOVE to see you SMILE! Chiropractic treatadjustment of the spine. practic; 110 Skyline Or, by talking with you, ment is effective not only $ Drive, Maynardville, your chiropractor may in relieving the pain or 20 i-00, 4&&u &.&3(&/$: &9". conclude that some sort of TN; 992-7000. discomfort but also in
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Singing and Prayer Service, 7 p.m., Fellowship Christian Church, 746 Tazewell Pike, Luttrell. All churches and singers invited to join in prayer for Union County against Drugs. Everyone welcome. Ballroom Dance, 7-9 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crippen Road. Live music provided by the Nigel Boulton Band. Admission: $5 per person. Live country, bluegrass and gospel music, 7:30 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome. Saturday Stories and Songs: Georgi Schmitt, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681. Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Reagen, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Info: 947-6210. Baseball signups for 3U-14U, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Halls Community Park. Also during Saturday basketball games at Halls Elementary, Brickey-McCloud and Halls Middle schools. Continues Saturdays through Feb. 8. Info: hcpark.org or hcpsports@msn.com.
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SUNDAY, JAN. 26 The Mark Trammel Quartet in concert, 6:30 p.m., Ridgeview Baptist Church, 6125 Lacy Road. No admission charge but a love offering will be taken. Info: 688-8822 or www.ridgeviewbaptistchurch.com.
TUESDAY, JAN.28 Fiesta de Santa Fe cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www. avantisavoia.com. Open house guest night hosted by KTown Sound Knoxville Premier A cappella Show Chorus, 6:30-9:30
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pickers and singers welcome. Baseball signups for 3U-14U, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Halls Community Park. Also during Saturday basketball games at Halls Elementary, Brickey-McCloud and Halls Middle schools. Continues Saturdays through Feb. 8. Info: hcpark.org or hcpsports@msn.com. Girls softball registration, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Willow Creek Youth Park, 7530 Quarry Road. Cost: $40, wee ball; $60, 6u-17u. Info: www.facebook.com/ WillowCreekYouthPark. “Hot Chocolate And Cool Crafts,” 2-5 p.m., Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. For all ages. Cost: $10 per person. Registration deadline: Jan. 27. Info: 494-9854 or www. appalachianarts.net. Saturday Stories and Songs: Melissa Mastrogiovanni, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681. Saturday Stories and Songs: Molly Moore, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Recommended for birth to not-yet-walking. Info: 9476210.
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Concert featuring Sarah Morgan on mountain dulcimer and Dan Landrum on hammer dulcimer, 7 p.m., Union County Arts Co-Op, 1009 Main St. Reception at 6:30. Seats: $15 each. Pay at the door, but seats must be reserved. Info/reservations: 278-3975. The World’s Finest Balsamic Vinegars and Extra Virgin Olive Oils tasting, two seatings: 6:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $5. Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com. Deadline to submit items for new member jurying, noon, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris. Info/forms: www. appalachianarts.net, 494-9854.
Bee Friends beekeeping group meeting, 6:30 p.m., Tazewell Campus of Walters State in the auditorium. Coffee and dessert will be served. Info: 617-9013. Pajama-rama Storytime, 6:30 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Stories, music, flannel board activities and a craft. Wear your pajamas and bring your favorite toy or stuffed animal. Info: 947-6210.
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POWELL AUCTION & REALTY, LLC 4306 Maynardville Hwy., Maynardville
Call The Phillips Team • 992-1100
Justin Phillips • 806-7407
Visit online at www.powellauction.com or email missypowellauction@gmail.com
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104 SWAN SEYMOUR, MAYNARDVILLE – Approx 1040 SF. Lake views. Within walking distance to Norris Lake. 3BR/2BA, oak flrs, oak kit cabs, all appl, new int paint, 2-car gar & 1-car det gar. Fruit trees, sloping yard. In need of minor repairs. Lake access around the corner. Sold as is. Priced at only $82,300. Dir: N on Hwy 33 thru Maynardville to R on Hickory Valley, L on Walker Ford, L on Circle, L on Swan Seymour, home on right. 4632 NATHAN DR., KNOXVILLE – All brick rancher. 3BR/2BA. Lots of new upgrades including carpet, vinyl, paint, doors, stainless appliances, garage door/opener, fixtures, etc. This great home is all maintenence-free exterior with great mountain views off back deck. Open kitchen, dining room & living room with cathedral ceilings. Gas heat/central air. Move-in ready and priced to sell! Only $124,750. $119,750
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111 DANTE RD, KNOXVILLE – Very nice 1/2 acre lot Zoned C-3 Commercial. Great loc just off I-75 at Callahan Dr behind Weigel’s. Offered at only $95,000. Call Justin today. Dir: I-75 to Callahan Dr (exit 110), right on Callahan to 111 Dante Rd. on left.
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400 CABBAGE CEMETERY RD, WASHBURN 3.36 ACRES! Spacious, 2-sty Architectural home. Covered porch w/verandas. Very private setting, mostly wooded. Circle drive in front. Over 5000 SF, 6BR/3.5BA, open foyer to FR, gas log FP and wood flooring. Open, spacious kitchen, and eat-at bar. Breakfast room, sunrm with lots of great views currently used as an office. Master on main w/lrg picture windows & gas log FP w/mantle and master BA w/spa tub. Open sitting area in upper foyer w/views of the front grnds. Bsmnt w/lrg rec room & plumbed kit w/cabs (needs finishing), 2BR/1BA. Lots of storage. A MUST SEE home within mins to lake access. Offered at only $279,000. 7509 GIBBS RD, CORRYTON – Very nice rancher on level lot w/fenced backyard. Aprox 1,386 SF w/3BR/1BA. Kit has lots of cabs. Open LR/DR w/ columns. Garage has been enclosed to make Den. Above ground pool with decking & stg shed. This is a foreclosure sold as is. Priced at 78,500.00 Directions: From Halls take East Emory Rd toward Gibbs. At Harbison Crossroads, cross over to continue on Emory. To left on Clapps Chapel Rd to left on Gibbs Rd to house on left. Sign in yard. 371 SWAN SEYMOUR RD, MAYNARDVILLE NOTHING SPARED! Custom Norris Lake front home on main channel of beautiful Norris Lake. A master suite w/BA fit for a king! Gleaming hdwd flrs, lots of ceramic tile, crown molding, granite counters, S/S appliances. Massive great rm w/bar area, + gas FP, wired for flat screens in all rooms except kit, 8 patio doors, skylights, cathedral ceilings, stamped concrete patio, covered decks extending length of home, gently sloping lot w/ boat launch & dock. Truly a must-see home. Offered at $525,000. $479,000.
TATER VALLEY RD, LUTTRELL – Exceeding horse farm. 15 acres. All level/partially fenced. Mostly pasture. Very nice 40x100 barn with concrete 573 MONROE RD, MAYNARDflrs, 13 lined stalls, tack VILLE 3BR/2BA, yard is all rm, wash bath. Also office level, 1 acre. Great loc. Paved in barn. Unrestricted mtn driveway, covered patio area, views. Offered at only lots of kit cabinets, no appl, some oak flooring, sep laundry $115,900. North on Hwy 22 rm w/half BA. The home itself thru Maynardville, right on is in need of repairs.This is a foreclosure home. Sold as is. Priced at Hwy 61E towards Luttrell to left on Tater Valley to property on left. 54,900.00 North on Hwy 33 to Maynardville. To right on Hwy 61 to right on Main Street to left on Monroe to home on right. Sign in yard.
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162 BOWMAN LANE, MAYNARDVILLE – This is a foreclosure sold as is. In need of minor repairs. Great one-level living w/ all fenced level backyard. Concrete patio & parking area. Nice picture frame walls in DR. Open LR/DR/kit. Storage building to remain. Approx 976 SF. North on Hwy 33 to Maynardville. 3rd light turn right on Main St. to right on Prospect Rd to right on Bowman Ln. House on right. Priced to sell at $68,000. LOT 157 HICKORY POINTE, MAYNARDVILLE – This 2.2 acre lot has three different views of Norris Lake. It has gorgeous Mountain views on the top of Hickory Pointe subdivision. This lot offers private club house with access to pool, private boat ramp, plus this corner lot also comes with your very own deeded boat slip. Gated Community. Directions: From the intersection of Hwy. 33 and Hwy 61E. Travel north on Hwy. 33 approx. 3.6 miles to Hwy 170W (Hickory Valley Rd.) Turn left on 170W travel two (2) miles to Hickory Pointe sign turn right. Travel two miles to subdivision at the top of the hill. Lot is first one on left. LOT # 3 AND # 4 REMINGTON DRIVE, MAYNARDVILLE – TWISTED GABLES GATED S/D – Beautiful gated subdivision, close to the center of Maynardville. Gorgeous mountain views. 3 Lots Available. From .81 to .93 of an Acre. All utilities available. Great Mountain views. PRICED AT ONLY 39,900.00 EACH...TAKE YOUR PICK. Directions: North on Hwy 33 towards Maynardville. L on Hickory Star Rd. R on John Deere Drive. Subdivision entrance on Left. Lots on Right with Sign. LOTS 92,103,104 LEONS ROCK S/D – BEAN STATION – Building lots with breathtaking views of Cherokee Lake and Mountains. German Creek Marina nearby and 15 minutes from Morristown shopping and services . Lots Range from 1.12 to 1.54 Acres.YOUR CHOICE LOT FOR 6,000.00 EACH. Directions: Hwy 25 N to Left on Lakeshore Road. Approximately 4 miles to Rocky Springs Road. Right to Leons Rock
LOTS/ACREAGE ROCKY TOP RD, LUTTRELL – All wooded 2.73 acres on outside entrance of SD. Sev home sites. Cnty tax appraisal $31,300. Sign on property. North on Tazewell Pk to Luttrell. R on Hwy 61E. Straight at curve at Water Dept. Cross RR tracks, turn L on Main, L on Wolfenbarger to Rocky Top Rd. Sign on property. Offered at only $19,900. HOLSTON SHORES DR, RUTLEDGE – Lot 18 in River Island. Beautiful .70 acre with frontage on the Holston River. Great for trout fishing. Lot has city water and electric in front of it. Already approved for septic. Lot lays gentle all the way to the river. Offered at only $49,900. MONROE RD, MAYNARDVILLE – Over 4 acres all wooded. Creek through property. Unrestricted. OK for mobile homes. Utility water available, electric. Perk test done. Make offer today. North on Hwy 33 to R on Academy across from Okies Pharmacy to R on Main Street to L on Monroe to property on right. Sign on property. Offered at only $15,500. BEAUTIFUL. GREAT CONV. LAKE LIVING – 2.18 acres. Gently rolling to the water. Views of 33 Bridge. Over 800' lake frontage. Will perk for 3-4BR home. Wooded, private, lightly restricted. Located on Swan Seymour Rd., Maynardville. Offered at only $199,900. COMM PROPERTY W/RENTALS on Rutledge Pk. Mins to interstate. 2 houses, mobile hm, det 3-car gar. All currently rented and sitting on over 5 acres w/frontage on Rutledge Pk. Offered at only $479,000. GREAT WATERFRONT LOT on Holston River. 1.60 acres, semi wooded, corner lot. Great homesites. Utility water, elec. Priced at only $46,900. Located in River Island. Lot 9 NICE CUL-DE-SAC LOT in River Point II S/D. 5.70 acres. Gently sloping w/great views of the Holston River. Public access in devel. Lot 161. Priced at only $64,500. AWESOME MTN VIEWS from this homesite in Lone Mtn Shores. Architecturally restricted comm. Close to Woodlake Golf Club. Lot 614. 2.80 acres. Priced at $17,500. 5.69 ALL WOODED ACRES. Very private. Great for hunters retreat. Located in North Lone Mtn. Shores. Lot 1046. Inside gated area. Priced at $10,000. SEVERAL BEAUTIFUL LOTS in Hidden Ridge S/D. Over ten 1/2 acre lots to choose from. NOW YOUR CHOICE LOT FOR ONLY $15,000! Call Justin today! VERY NICE LEVEL LAKE-VIEW LOT in Mialaquo Point S/D of Tellico Village. Seller says "BRING ALL OFFERS". Great summer-time home or weekend get-away!! 0.28 acres. $12,500. Directions: Tellico Parkway to Mialoquo S/D. Left on Elohi, Right on Noya Way. Just past Lgoti Ln. Lot on left.