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LOCALSTATEDEATHS Friday, Dec. 8,1995. Page6AThe Jackson Sun HOW TO HELP State's forests rich for industry trees to cut and when. For small, private timber operations, economics can make a difference. "I've seen situations, not that it always happens, where operators say they just can't take only every fifth tree and survive," Moulton said.

Annual cuttings will hardly touch 7 million acres of forested land in the Rhea County region, said Billy Martin, Huber project manager. "Each year, we'll use only one-half of one percent of the forest within 75 miles of Spring City," Martin said. erything else about the forest," Levi said. The latest focus on Tennessee's rich resources is Rhea County. The J.M.

Huber based in Edison, N.J., hopes to buy as many as 18,000 acres worth annually of pine and soft hardwood trees to fuel a $90 million facility planned at Spring City, near the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. The plant, by reducing trees to fiber, will produce wood panels used in remodeling and industry. The facility, slated to open by mid-1997, The Associated Press CHATTANOOGA Trees are moneymakers for the paper industry, but environmentalists fear Tennessee may cash in too soon without proper laws to protect the forests. "If it's done in the right way, there's nothing wrong with forestry," said Barbara Levi, of Save Our Cumberland Mountains, an environmental watchdog organization. "We know that in today's world there's got to be paper products, but we don't want Tennessee converted to strictly a fiber-producer and forget ev is welcomed by community leaders.

It will create 125 jobs and a new source of income for struggling farmers who have woodlands to sell within a 75-mile radius of the plant. But since Tennessee has no laws governing timbering, good forestry practices by landowners are voluntary. Environmentalists fear too many trees will be cut too quickly. Cutting trees can improve land by thinning hollow or diseased trees, leaving a healthier environment, said Robert Moulton, a U.S. Forest Service economist in North Carolina.

The key is knowing what Proposed tobacco ban could severely cut income 1660 S. Highland and 955-F North Parkway (Lynnwood Place Shopping Center); and Area Relief Ministries, 455 E. Main from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Memorials and gifts may be made to "Lights of Love," which is set up in the West Tower lobby of Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Gifts should be made payable to Brighter Christmas and sent to the Public Relations Department, 708 W.Forest Jackson, TN, 38301. New contributions: Elizabeth and Brooks McLemore, $100; Salvage Grocery, $50; Anonymous, $25; Elizabeth and Jack Springer, $25; Clara M. Abel and Beth Baker, $25; Janice and Phillip Mullins, $20; Murray Guard $250; Yvette and Ray Coats, $50: Triple Club, $25; Mr. and Mrs.

O. Parnell, $25; Ann Faires and Ancil Walker, $25; Ruth S. Murphy, $25; Sudie B. Fullerton. $20; R.

and Elizabeth Azbill. $100; Robert and Sheila Arnold, $50; Raggedy's Ann's, $25. Total contributions to this date: $6,301.92 Story, Page 3A HELP 423-9257 Southwest Community Health Agency Stephanie Morris, 426-0773 WRAP, Margaret Cole, 664-9727 or (800) 273-8712. Southwest Human Resource AgencyElderly Care Management, Barbara Buss, 989-5111. Southwest Human Resource AgencyHeadstart, Carrie Williams, (901) 989- 5111 or (800)372-6013.

The Salvation Army, Bill Craig, 424-1432. Mr. Grant, a retired car dealer, died Thursday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital of congestive heart failure. He was married to Betty Brown Grant He had three children. Ginger Worrell of Alamo and Christy Grant and Jim Grant, both of Trenton.

His mother is Louise Grant of Alamo. For more information, call Ronk Funeral Home at 696-5555. Patrick Kelley, 16, student MILAN Services for Patrick Kelley, 16, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Patrick, a student at Milan High School, died Monday at City of Milan Hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident His parents are Patricia Kelley of Milan and Willie Fair of Eligie, S.C. He had one brother, Willie J. Fair of Eligie, and three sisters, Dorothy Fair, Maranda Fair and Kimichia Fair, all of Eligie. His grandmother is Mary Kelley of Milan. For more information, call Baskerville Funeral Home in Humboldt at 784-1717.

Vernice Woods, 78, homemaker TRENTON Services for Vernice Robinson Woods, 78, formerly of Trenton, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Rock Temple Church of God In Christ Burial will be in Wards Cemetery. Mrs. Woods, a homemaker, died Dec. 1 at University of Chicago Hospital of heart failure.

She lived in Chicago. She was married to the late Lonnie Woods. She had one daughter, Ellawefe Robinson of Chicago. She had one sister, Versia Gray dent of a local chapter of the national Coalition on Smoking Or Health, said banning tobacco exports is a good idea It would be like "the United States saying, 'We don't want to export disease and death to other Carter said. But he said it would probably be very difficult to achieve in Congress, which wants to reduce rather than increase regulations.

Tobacco Institute spokesman Thomas Lauria in Washington said the AMA resolution "is so mind-boggling unrealistic and un-American. I would be surprised if they even get a (congressional) hearing on that" He had one son, Norman Henry Buchannon of Fairfax, Va. He had two brothers, Ozell Bailey of Trenton and Excell Bailey of Kalamazoo, Mich. He had four sisters, Pauline Roberson and Gladys Junior, both of Kalamazoo, Vernell Bailey of Cleveland, Ohio, and Mat-tie Ganaway of Trenton. For more information, call H.H.

Hudson Funeral Home in Dyersburg at 285-3070. Jimmie Mathis, 75, retired from car lot DYERSBURG Services for Jimmie Mathis, 75, will be at noon Saturday at Salter Chapel AME Church. Burial will be in the Dyersburg Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Mathis, retired from Moody and Wad ley Car Lot in Dyersburg, died Tuesday at Methodist Hospital in Dyersburg of heart failure.

He was married to Elnora Mathis of Dyersburg. He had two sons, Jimmie Mathis Jr. of Harrisburg, and Raymond Mathis of Las Vegas. For more information, call H.H. Hudson Funeral Home in Dyersburg at 285-3070.

John J. Morrow, 79, retired farmer DYERSBURG Graveside services for John J. Morrow, 79, will be at 10 a.m. today at Reho-both Cemetery. Mr.

Morrow, a retired farmer, died Wednesday at Hillhaven Convalescent Center in German-town of heart failure. He had four sisters and a brother, the late Edna Thrasher, the late Lessie Loines, the late Mabel Glozier, the late Pauline Cording and the late Charlie Morrow. For more information, call Johnson Funeral Home at The Associated Press KNOXVILLE A ban on U.S. tobacco exports proposed by the American Medical Association could cut Tennessee tobacco farm income by a third. "I think it's going to be tough sledding (for the AMA to win an export ban)," said Bill Myers of the Burley Stabilization Corp.

of Knoxville, a tobacco sales organization. In Tennessee, where tobacco is a leading cash crop, about one-third of the state's $248 million in annual tobacco sales would be cut off by an export ban, according to Tennessee Department of Agriculture records. of Robins, 111. For more information, call Baskerville Funeral Home in Humboldt at 784-1717. Frank Tyler, 91, factory employee GIBSON Services for Frank Tyler, 91, will be at 1 p.m.

Saturday at Parkers Chapel CME Church. Burial will be in Gibson Cemetery. Mr. Tyler, a retired factory employee, died Saturday at Humboldt General Hospital of heart failure. For more information, call Baskerville Funeral Home in Humboldt at 784-1717.

Milbern McCartney BRADFORD Milbern McCartney died Thursday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete. For more information, call Hunt Funeral Home at 742-2261. Regina DePriest, 84, retail manager MILAN Services for Regina Lewandowski DePriest, 84, will be at 2 p.m. today at Replogle-Lawrence Funeral Home in Medina.

Burial will be in Hopewell Cemetery in Medina. Mrs. DePriest a retired retail manager, died Wednesday at Ridgewood Nursing Home of heart failure. She was married to J.H. "Jack" DePriest She had one brother, Victor Lewandowski of St Louis.

For more information, call the funeral home at 783-3026. Helen Edmonds, 71 HORNSBY Helen Edmonds, 71, died Thursday at Regional Hospital of Jackson. Arrangements are incomplete. For more information, call Shackelford Funeral Home in Pc. Jenny Lind Grouping By Million Dollar Baby 5 Finishes "51 fin The Brighter Christmas Fund, sponsored by The Jackson Sun, is a non-profit organization that collects money, toys, food and clothes for the needy at Christmas time.

Here's how you can help: Readers may send cash contributions by check or money order made payable to The Brighter Christmas Fund, co Union Planters National Bank. P.O. Box 189, Jackson, TN, 38302. Monetary donations, which are tax-deductible, are held in a trust account at the bank until used to help needy families. Canned goods or other non-perishable food items may be left at Golden Years Service and Activity Center, 125 Allen West Madison Senior Citizens Center.

806 Huntersville-Denmark Road and Sonic Restaurants of Jackson. The food will be put into baskets to be delivered before Christmas. Toys, food and clothes may be left at Kroger, 756 Old Hickory Po Folks Restaurant. 2336 N. Highland Video Showtyme, TO GET Listed below are contact names and telephone numbers of area social service agencies.

Center for Adult Reading and Enrichment Louise Walker, 422-6175. Southwest Human Resource Agency Carolyn Newborn, 427-3055. Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse Janet Grammer, 424-7900 or (800) 273-4747. Area Relief Ministries Mary Tyler of Chanda Freeman, DEATHS Mary Norman, 82, cafeteria worker RUTHERFORD Services for Mary Mozelie Norman, 82, will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Karnes and Son Funeral Home.

Burial will be in Rutherford Cemetery. Mrs. Norman, a retired cafeteria worker, died Thursday at Gibson General Hospital of heart disease. She had two sisters, Audrey Puckett and Mildred Lowrance, both of Rutherford. For more information, call the funeral home at 665-6167.

Mary Armstrong, 87, professor MARTIN Services for Mary Rachel Armstrong, 87, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Macedonia United Methodist Church in Knoxville. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Ms. Armstrong, professor and dean emeritus for The School of Home Economics at The University of Tennessee Martin, died Wednesday at her home of cancer.

She had two sisters, Margaret Ellen Armstrong and Elinor Shaver, both of Knoxville. For more information, call Murphy Funeral Home at 587-3121. Annie Shivers, 61, homemaker HUMBOLDT Services for Annie Mae Barnett Shivers, 61, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at New Pentecostal Church of The Living God. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Shivers, a homemaker, died Sunday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital of a heart attack. She was married to the late Robert Shivers. She had seven children, Carrie D. Broyles, Beatrice Champion and Noel Shivers, all of Jackson, Joel Shiver and Mary Alice Epperson, both of Humboldt, Linda Ann Wiesel of Indianapolis and Robert Shivers Jr.

of Elkhart, Ind. She had one brother, Joseph Barnett of Indianapolis and one sister, Dell Gentry of Humboldt. For more information, call Gibson County Funeral Home at 784-1797. Dorothy Holloway, 75, landowner NEWBERN Services for Dorothy Ditmore Holloway, 75, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Johnson Funeral Home.

Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Mrs. Holloway, a landowner, died Wednesday at Methodist Hospital of Dyersburg of heart failure. She had two children, Dinah W. Upton of Memphis and John F.

Holloway of Wylie, Texas. For more information, call the funeral home at 627-3236. Jessie Spain, 76 SCOTTS HILL Jessie E. Spain, 76, died Wednesday at Regional Hospital of Jackson. Arrangements are Incomplete.

For more information, call Boyd- Scotts Hill Funeral Home at 852- 3150. James Noble Grant, 62, car salesman ALAMO Services for James Noble Grant, 62, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Alamo First United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Oakview Memorial Park. The AMA's policy board, meeting in Washington, voted Wednesday for the new attack on tobacco as a way to seek reductions in smoking-related deaths, which officials claim to be 3 million a year worldwide.

"Banning tobacco exports is the right thing to do for the country and the globe," said Dr. Nancy Dickey, chairperson of the AMA policy board. She said the board refrained from seeking to ban growth or sale of tobacco in the United States, saying winning congressional support for such proposals would be "nigh to impossible." Dr. Peter Carter of Knoxville, a cancer specialist and presi Bolivar at 658-5277. George McAllister, 73 George McAllister, 73, died Thursday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.

Arrangements are incomplete. For more information, call George A Smith and Sons' Main Street Chapel at 427-5555. Corneilus Crisp, 65, timber employee MIDDLETON Services for Corneilus Crisp, 65, will be at 1 p.m., Saturday at Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will be in Jordan Cemetery. Mr.

Crisp, a timber worker, died Dec. 1 at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis of a heart attack. He had six children, Bridgette Crisp of Middleton, Maxine Pugh and Ricky Crisp, both of Bolivar, Earlene Pugh and Pauline Crisp, both of Louisville, and Darnell Crisp of Chillothe, Ohio. He had four brothers, Raymond Crisp of Bolivar, Donnell Crisp of Middleton, Austin Crisp of Oak Park, 111., and Leslie Crisp of Chicago, and five sisters, Co-rina Murphy of Bolivar, Ruth Smith, Etta Jones and Margie Smith, all of Middleton, and Dorothy Oliver of Memphis. For more information, call Dixie Funeral Home at 658-3026.

Norman Buchannon, 78, retired factory worker TRENTON Services for Norman Buchannon, 78, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Springhill Missionary Baptist Church in Trenton. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Buchannon, a retired employee of Kellwood Manufacturing in Trenton, died Wednesday at Gibson County General Hospital in Trenton of heart failure.

He was married to Lois Buchannon of Trenton. Call your American Cellular office today for the brightest Ideas In holiday giving! JACKSON 480 Wiley Parker Rd. Kim Plaza 668-2355 HUMBOLDT 1401 Main St. oee.1SthN. NO 1 PAID ANNOUNCEMENT Information supplied by West Tennessee Funeral Directors James Grant Funeral services for Mr.

James Grant, 62, will be Saturday, December 9, 1995 at 11 am in First United Methodist Church of Alamo. Ronk Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements. Mr. Grant died Thursday morning, December 7, 1995 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital of congestive heart failure. Mr.

Grant, a retired automotive dealer, was involved in the auto industry for more than thirty-eight years. He had business interests in Alamo, Trenton and Jackson. He served on the Executive Board and was Past President of The Tennessee Automotive Association. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Alamo. He has served in numerous boards and Chairman of the Administrative Council, Board of Trustees and Finance Committee.

He was a graduate of Union Univeristy in business administration. In earlier years he was an active civic leader. He served on the City of Alamo Board of Alderman and was a County Commissioner. He is survived by his wife of forty-three years, Betty Brown Grant; mother, Sarah Louise Grant; two daughters, Ginger Grant Worrell of Alamo and Christy Marie Grant of Trenton; one son, Jim Grant of Trenton; four grandchildren, Christan Pal Worrell, James Noble Grant III, Jordan Leigh Grant and Emily English Worrell. Visitation will be Friday, December 8, 1995 from 5pm until 9pm at the funeral home.

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