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Pinner, Renfroe to pledge vows Williams, Mincks plan June nuptials Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Pinner of Covington, Tennessee are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Alisha Michelle, to Jason Allen Renfroe of Parsons, Tennessee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Loy Renfroe of Parsons, Tennessee. Miss Pinner is the granddaughter of the late Ms. Ruby Johnson and Mr. James Lee Johnson, formerly of Covington, Alisha Pinner to wed Tennessee and the late Mr. Jason Renfroe and Mrs. Dewey Pinner, formerly of Burlison, Tennessee. Miss Pinner is a 2000 graduate of Covington High School and a 2005 graduate of Union University where she received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Miss Pinner is also a 2007 graduate of Freed-Hardeman University where she received a Master of Science in Counseling. Miss Pinner is a Children's Therapist with Region IV Mental Health in Corinth, Mississippi. Miss Autumn McDaniel of Covington, Tennessee will be maiden of honor, and Mrs. Kristi Elam Mellen of Cordova, Tennessee will be matron of honor. Mr. Renfroe is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Mays, formerly of Decaturville, Tennessee and the late Mr. and Mrs. William Leslie Renfroe, formerly of Parsons, Tennessee. Mr. Renfroe is a 1999 graduate of Riverside High School and a 2000 graduate of Nashville Auto-Diesel College where he received a diploma in Auto-Diesel Technology. Mr. Renfroe is a Service Manager with Tennessee Tractor in Jackson, Tennessee. Mr. Gary Acred of Michie, Tennessee will serve as best man. The couple will exchange vows at Carahills II in Gallaway, Tennessee on Saturday, June 5, 2010. The ceremony will begin at eleven-thirty in the morning with music beginning at eleven o'clock. Luncheon reception will follow the ceremony.
Guess, Yarbro will unite in marriage Mr. and Mrs. Paul Alan Guess and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Alan Yarbro are pleased to announce the marriage of their children, Holli Laine Holli Guess to Guess and Brian wed Brian Yarbro Maurice Yarbro. The ceremony will take place July 10, 2010, at First Baptist Church of Mason in Mason, Tennessee, at 4 p.m. The reception will follow at the church. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tony E. Coots, Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Guess, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Green, Jr. She is the greatgranddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John “Dink” Morgan, Mrs. Lucille Guess and the late Mr. Richard Guess, Mrs. Dorothy Green and the late Mr. Paul T. Green, Sr. and the late Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Allmon and the late Mr. and Mrs. Moody Sentell. Holli is a graduate of Brighton High School and is attending Dyersburg State Community College in Covington. She is employed at Trust Company Bank in Brighton, Tennessee. The groom-elect is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice “Bud” McClinton, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Roby Yarbro, Sr. and his honorary grandmother, Mrs. Nelli Rickard. He is the great-grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Gray, the late Mr. and Mrs. Neil McClinton, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Austill, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Lenard Yarbro. Brian is a graduate of Brighton High School and has received his Associate Degree from Dyersburg State Community College in Covington. He is now attending University of Tennessee-Martin in Ripley for his Bachelors Degree. He is employed by the Tipton County Board of Education as an assistant teacher and is an assistant football coach at Brighton High School.
Davis, Robinson to exchange vows Mr. and Mrs. Hosea E. Davis of Mason, Tennessee are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Holli Guess to Ronesia Lurett wed Brian Yarbro Davis, to Johnnie Frank Robinson of Summit, Mississippi, son of Mrs. Etta Robinson and of the late Mr. Frank Robinson, Jr. of Summit, Mississippi. Miss Davis is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Albert Elam, Sr. and Peola Elam and of the late Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Davis and Gearldine Davis. Miss Davis is a 1989 graduate of Covington High School and a 1993 graduate of Middle Tennessee State University where she was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Miss Davis is also a 2002 graduate of Bethel College where she received her masters. Miss Davis is a third grade teacher at Northwest Elementary School in the Fayette County school system. Mr. Robinson is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Emmitt and Luella Patrick and the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank, Sr. and Gertrude Robinson. Mr. Robinson is a graduate of McComb High School and is employed with McLane Southern in Brookhaven, Mississippi. The couple will exchange vows at St. Luke M.B. Church in Covington on Saturday, July 3, 2010. The ceremony will begin at 3 p.m. The reception will be held at the VFW Post in Millington. Friends and relatives are invited.
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Mr. Alvin Williams of Burlison, Tennessee and Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Robin Durrant of Drummonds, Tennessee are pleased to Karli Williams to announce the wed Charles Mincks engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Karli Nicole Williams of Covington, to Charles Joseph Mincks of Covington, son of Mr. and Mrs. Todd and Teresa Mincks, of Brighton. Miss Williams is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin and Charlene Williams of Burlison and of Mr. and Mrs. Dale and Glenda Ward of Chelsea, Oklahoma. Miss Williams is a 2006 graduate of Covington High School and a 2010 graduate of Baptist College of Health Sciences where she received her Bachelors Degree in Medical Radiology. Mr. Mincks is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Fran Byrd of Covington and of Mr. Jay Mincks of Boliver, Missouri and the late Mrs. Margaret Mincks. Mr. Robinson is a 2006 graduate of Covington High School. The couple will exchange vows at Mr. and Mrs. Williams residence at 234 Lavelle Road in Burlison on Saturday, June 5, 2010. The ceremony will begin at 5 p.m. The reception will follow shortly after. Friends and relatives are invited.
Simonton, Avis announce marriage Mr. Robert Hunt Simonton and Mrs. Mary Ann Simonton are pleased to announce the recent marriage of their daughter, Kristan, to Matthew Avis, son of Kristan Simonton Mr. and Mrs. married Matthew Avis Joseph Avis. On the twenty third of May, family and friends traveled to Jekyll Island of the coast of Georgia for a Sunday morning ceremony that took place on the Riverfront lawn of the Jekyll Island Club Hotel. After celebrating the union at the following reception on the hotel’s veranda, Kristan and Matt departed on a five-day honeymoon cruise to the Bahamas.
Burlison Eddie Kellum • 476-2683 Hello from Burlison. I have an announcement to include in this week’s article, Happy 18th Birthday to Cody Knight on June 3rd from his Mom, Dad and Brandy. We from the Kellum household would also like to wish Cody a Happy Birthday. My birthday and Cody’s is almost on the same day. Mine is on June 2nd and boy I wish I was turning 18 again. The year I turned 18, gasoline was around 45 cents per gallon, a brand new automobile cost about $4000.00 and we only had 4 channels on our television sets. There were no cell phones, very few home computers and minimum wage was $2 and some odd cents per hour. I can’t even imagine the changes that Cody will see by the time he’s my age. Has anyone noticed the new church sign at the corner of Garland and Highway 59? The sign announces the name location of a couple of churches in the Garland area. I don’t know if the churches or the city of Garland erected the signs, but it is well done. I went to Klamath, CA once while on a hunting trip with some friends. Klamath is home to the Giant Redwoods and the famous drive through Redwood tree. Those trees are so big around, but what amazed me the most was their height. Redwoods measure around the 370 ft. mark in height. That started me to wondering about the trees that grow in TN. I found out that TN’s tallest tree is the white pine and it tops out at approximately 175 ft. Currently there are 316 champion and co-champion trees in 91 different varieties within our state, of which 31 of these are national record holders. There may not be many people that know this but in 1997 a program was designed to recognize not only the largest trees but also those that have historical value. In McMinnville TN
stands the “Birthing Tree”. It’s called that because early settlers of TN and even the Native Americans believed that if a child were born under the tree he/she would be destined for a life of good fortune. In Pall Mall, TN there’s the Alvin C. York tree where this National Hero married his childhood sweetheart. In Bristol, TN there was the King Oak where Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers rested in the shade of this tree. Most of the grove of trees was cut down to build the city of Bristol and King College. Of course, that is very interesting to me because my daughter Shanna just graduated from King. In Nashville, TN there’s an oak tree that received injuries during the Civil War battle there in 1864. This tree now stands over the monuments that are dedicated to this battle in Monument Park. In Dayton, TN the Scopes Trial Grove is where observers were shaded from the hot June sun in 1925 in one of the most famous legal trials in American history. Nine of the original trees still stand. For anyone who remembers that famous trial it concerned the teaching of Darwin’s theory in a classroom by John Scopes. That however would take up more than one Burlison article to discuss so I’ll leave it at that. I’ve saved the best for last at least in my opinion. In Jackson, TN, the little known Daniel Boone beech tree stands. It bears the signature of Daniel Boone and his friends who were on a hunting party in 1776. It blows my mind to think that there is a tree standing that has Daniel Boone’s name carved in it. It’s also hard to believe that it’s so close and I’d never heard of it until recently. If you’d like information included in future articles, please call 901476-2683 or email me @ kellumeddie@yahoo. com. Thanks for reading and I hope everyone has a blessed week.
New arrivals April 30, 2010 John and Kate Cook are proud to announce the birth of their son, MacConnell Erwin Cook. MacConnell was born on April 30, 2010 MacConnell Erwin Cook at Methodist Healthcare in Germantown. He weighed eight pounds and five ounces and measured 21 inches long. MacConnell is also welcomed by his big brother, Drew, who is two years old. Grandparents are Rickey and Nan Lindsey of Covington and Frank and Linda Cook of Bartlett. Great-grandparents are Helen Lindsey of Brighton and Frank Cook, Sr. of Memphis.
May 6, 2010 B r a d e n A r n o n Johnson was born on May 6, 2010 at Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women to Carley Glass and John Braden Arnon Johnson Johnson. He was six pounds and twelve ounces and measured 20 ¾ inches long. He is their first child. The proud grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Willie and Carla Glass of Covington and Mr. and Mrs. Rusty and Debbie Johnson of Covington.
Munford/Atoka Mabel Smith • 837-8017 Dear Readers, Now it is really June and it is hard to believe. But time does pass faster and faster. So here are June birthdays: Happy Birthday to all of you! Clay Forbess, Pearl Forbess, Chris Stroud, Elaine Brantley, Jonathan Walker, Jason Lavelle, Brenda Bryant, Micky Elam, Will Chapman, April Glover, Stan Brewer, Bradley Campbell, Alice Rodgers, Debbie Barkelew, Ashley Billings, Keith McKee, Susan McKee, Ashton Ayers, Charlene Pittman, Tony Ayers, Angela Dickinson, Sandra Lloyd Woodall, Kathy Pierson, Steve Pinner, Marnie Taylor, Aaron Howell, Janet Maz, A.J. Timbs, Angela Hardy, Phyllis Curtis, Emery Christian, Renee Blackard, Shanie Chirstian, Pennie Cross, Seth Rowland, Ashley Lions, Laurie Nichols and Robin Booth. Bible schools are all around. First Baptist Church stays bust with all sorts of things. Munford Baptist Church is having Bible School June 6 through that Friday. Atoka Methodist and Presbyterian Church will have VBS June 14 through June 18. Watch the news for other dates. Robert Smith, Carol Floyd and I went to Osceola, Ark, last Tuesday to attend the funeral of my brotherin-law, Fred Herold Smith. He had been quite ill for several years and was ready to go. We saw many family and friends from the island days. The Roberts family has gone on two trips recently. First to North Carolina and then to Dixon, TN to visit some kinfolks. Andy Max was at home from Florida this past weekend. The Watkins welcomed a baby girl this part week. Makes three boys and finally a girl. I will tell you more about her next week. And now to the prayer list: Martha Hutson, Rodney Waits, Brice Fite, Kathy Zimmerman, Carolyn Max, Pat Lloyd, Jewell Forbess, Zack Bernard, Casey Crow, Courtney Hendley, Michelle Sweat, Karen Ellen, Ron Miller, Rena England, Kay Regis, Clyde Currie, Lib Slough, Bey Pylant, Bill Parker, Doug Carter, Amy Novac, June Glass, David Kemp, Teresa Call, Katie Duncan, Trent Joyner, Dorothy Peel, Paul Sutton, Jack Adkings, Neal Wright, Willie Hardin, Alyshia Allison and Frances Starnes. Sympathy of all of us goes out to the families of Brandon Paudert and Bill Evans from the terrible shoot out in West Memphis last week. And to the family of Bruce Gray, Jr. who died in an accident.
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