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i June 8, 2001 The Jackson Colombian army creates country's highest base to protect capital i By ANDREW SELSKY The Associated Press ALTO DE AGUILAS, Colombia In a bold move to protect Colombia's capital and block a strategic rebel corridor, the army has built a new base in a desolate valley. Elite troops at the base the Deaths Lector Bailey, 78 REAGAN Services for Lector Mae Bailey, 78, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Pafford Funeral Home, Scotts Hill ChapBurial will be in the Barren Springs Cemetery in Reagan. Mrs. Bailey, a homemaker, died PAID Obituaries Information Tennessee Sylvia Mae Stinson Memorial services for Sylvia Mae Stinson, 81, will be at 3:00 PM Saturday, June 9, 2001 at the North Chapel of George A.

Smith and Sons with Rev. Eric Barron officiating. Mrs. Stinson died Wednesday at Forest Cove Nursing Center. She was born in Majestic, Kentucky, daughter of the late Leonard and Lucy Hunt Ruley.

She leaves two sons, James R. Stinson of Walls, MS and Donald J. Stinson of Cameron, NC; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Kenneth Stinson, a daughter, Ina Lucille Durbin, a son, Lloyd Kenneth Stinson, a brother, Robert Ruley and a sister, Ina B. Ruley.

Memorials may be directed to Alzheimer's Association, 2600 Poplar Memphis, TN 38112. George A. Smith and Sons North Chapel 2812 N. Highland Ave. 731-427-5555 Memorial Services for Charlie McCory, Charlie McCory, Jr.

59, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday June 9, 2001 from Mt. Moriah Baptist Church with Reverend Willie Rupert and Senator Bobby Carter officiating. Burial will follow in the Clover Chapel Cemetery near Toone, Tennessee with Arrington Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Mr.

McCory died on Tuesday June 5, 2001 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital after a lengthy illness. A native and life-long resident of Jackson and Madison County, he was the son of Charlie McCory, Sr. and the late Geneva Moore McCory. Mr. McCory was a forty year employee of the Jackson Country Club having served in various positions.

He was an original member of the Heaven Bound Junior Gospel Singing Group having been together for forty-two years. Once a month, for the past ten years, he had traveled to the Gardner's Chapel Primitive Baptist Church in East Tennessee to assist in services. He is survived by his father, Charlie McCory, Sr. of Jackson; four sons, Atrell McCory of Chillicothe, OH, Rickey McCory, Donald Wayne McCory and Charlie McCory, IlI, all of Jackson; two daughters, Lori Harris of Henderson, TN and Cotina Epps of Sumter, SC; a brother, Joe Willie McCory of Jackson; a sister, Bobbie Jean Atwater of Jackson and sixteen grandchildren. Mr.

McCory's sons will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends at Arrington Funeral Directors on Friday, June 8, 2001 from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM. Arrington Funeral Directors 148 W. University Parkway Jackson, TN 731-668-1111 Death Notice Policy: The Jackson Sun provides free death notices for families in our area. However, those desiring more than basic information provided in the death notice may purchase a paid obituary through their funeral home or the classified advertisement department of The Sun.

highest in Colombia have of clashed with rebels, who until recently stashed hostages in the or Alto de Aguilas, or Eagles Height, 55 miles south of the capital, Bogota. Seven miles to the south is the border of a safe haven President Andres Pastrana granted the rebels years ago. Built last November on the site Thursday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital of pneumonia. She is survived by her husband, Q.T. Bailey of Reagan; six sons and a daughter, Bill Bailey, Bruce Bailey, Danny Bailey, Paul Bailey, Phillip Bailey and Martha Harmon, all of Reagan, and at ANNOUNCEMENT supplied by West Funeral Directors Doug Haynes Doug Haynes, a retiree of Brown Shoe died June 7, 2001 at Tennessee State Veterans Home in Humboldt.

Visitation will be at Shelton Funeral Home in Trenton, Friday, June 8, from 4 P.M. to 9 P.M. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, June 9, at Follis Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery. Today, June 7, Daddy lost his battle with cancer.

I lost a lifelong friend and mentor. The tears we shed are a mixed lot: Joy, for Dad's troubles are over, and sorrow for our own lose. He told me a few weeks ago, "I wish the Lord would take me home. I want to see my mother, daddy and brother. Then I want to play with some little kids until my grandkids arrive." "Dad" 1 said, "I hope the boys live a long time before that happens." he said "They will always be my little boys." There is no doubt in my mind that this morning Dad heard "Well done my good and faithful servant.

Come in, there are folks waiting to see you." He was preceded in death by his father, Moody Haynes and mother, Lucille Haynes of Humboldt, and brother, Don Haynes of Memphis. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Billy and Evelyn Haynes, and grandsons, Nathan and Tom Haynes of Trenton. Also surviving are his sister-inlaw, Betty Ann Haynes of Memphis and nephews, Donald Keith Haynes and Brian Haynes, both of Memphis. The family request in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Gibson Co. Library.

Shelton Funeral Home Trenton, Tn. (731) 855-1621 of a former rebel camp, the base straddles the Paseo del Secuestro, or Kidnapping Promenade a route the guerrillas have used to transport hostages, kidnapped for ransom in Bogota, to their safe haven. The pitted two-lane dirt track running toward the base is littered with the gutted shells of Vaughn Bailey of Henderson; and a sister, Bessie Tomlin of Lexington. For more information, call the funeral home at (731) 968-2544. Helon Bell, 86 COLUMBUS, Miss.

Graveside services for Helon Wintter Bell, 86, will be at 1 p.m. today in Oak Hill Cemetery in Selmer. Mrs. Bell, a homemaker, died Wednesday at Huntsville Rehab Health Center in 1 Huntsville, of heart failure. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Hugh Bell.

She is survived by a daughter and two sons, Rebecca Wilkerson of Selmer, Dr. W.H. Bell of Huntsville, and Terry Bell of Garland, Texas. For more information, call Shackelford Funeral Home in Selmer at (731) 645-3481. Charles Darden, 66 DRESDEN Services for Charles Darden, 66, will be at 1 p.m.

Saturday at Murphy Funeral Home in Martin. Burial will be in the Unity Cemetery in Dresden. Mr. Darden, retired from General Motors, died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare Volunteer Hospital of heart disease. He was preceded in death by his wife, Phyllis Hammonds Darden.

He is survived by three sons, Warren Darden, Charles Darden Jr. and Brian Darden, all of Dresden; and three sisters, Ruth Scott of Dresden, Barbara Rutledge and Romona Holbrook, both of Lansing, Mich. For more information, call the funeral home at (731) 587-3121. Odie Franks, 33 SAVANNAH Services for Odie Aaron Franks, 33, will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Old Country Church.

Burial will be in the Mount Hermon Cemetery in Hardin County. Mr. Franks, self-employed at various jobs, died Tuesday at Hardin County General Hospital in Savannah of undetermined causes, pending autopsy. He is survived by three daughters, Sarah Reeves of Crump, Schylar Franks of Savannah and Patricia Wagner of his mother, Brenda Gean Blocker Savannah; his father, Odie C. Franks of Savannah; a sister and a brother, Brenda Franks and Jeremy Franks, both of Savannah.

For more information, call Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah at (731) 925-4000. Sammye Glasgow, 74 DRESDEN Services for Sammye Williams Glasgow, 74, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bowlin Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Sunset Cemetery. Mrs.

Glasgow, retired from General Telephone died Thursday at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville of pancreatitis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas A. Glasgow. She is automobiles. The owners were presumably kidnapped in their cars, driven toward the stronghold, then forced to walk when their vehicles gave out.

Troops of the army's 1st High Mountain Battalion hunker behind sandbagged machine emplacements, protected by minefields and three barbed-wire fences. The survived by two daughters, Beth Adams and Cathy Glasgow, both of Dresden; and a sister, Bettie McAlister of Fulton, Ky. For more information, call the funeral home at (731) 364-3101. Melvin Greene, 64 MORRISTOWN Services for Melvin D. Greene, 64, will be at 10 a.m.

Saturday at North Chapel of George A. Smith and Sons Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Highland Memorial Gardens. Mr. Greene, a retail manager, died Tuesday at his residence in Morristown of heart failure.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Turner Greene. He is survived by a daughter and a son, Sherry Dugan of New Iberia, and Danny Dugan of Jackson, a sister and two brothers, Estelle Stephenson and Bernard Green, both of Bells, and Arliss Green of Panama City, Fla. For more information, call the funeral home at (731) 427-5555. Doug Haynes, 68 TRENTON Graveside services for Doug Haynes, 68, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Follis Chapel Church Cemetery.

Mr. Haynes, retired Brown Shoe died Thursday at West Tennessee Veterans Home in Humboldt of cancer. He is survived by a son, Billy Haynes of Trenton. For more information, call Shelton Funeral Home at (731) 855-1621. Fred Moffitt, 72 LEXINGTON Fred Moffitt, 72, died Wednesday at Methodist Hospital of Lexington.

Arrangements are incomplete. For more information, call Mercer Brothers Funeral Home at (731) 423- 4922. Gwendolyn Moore, 84 DRESDEN Services for Gwendolyn Boling Moore, 84, will be at 5 p.m. today at Dresden First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Sunset Cemetery.

Mrs. Moore, a retired teacher from Weakley County Schools, Dresden, died Thursday at Martin Health Care of heart failure. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas L. Moore Sr. She is survived by a daughter and a son, Sara Lee Preston of Rolla, and Thomas L.

Moore Jr. of Dresden; and a sister, Betty Sue Carter of Maury City. For more information, call Bowlin Funeral Home at (731) 364-3101. Naomi Platt, 79 BRUCETON Services for Naomi Jordan Platt, 79, will be at 2 p.m. today at Bruceton Funeral Home.

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She is survived by a stepdaughter and a son, Pam Brewer of Norman, and Terrill Johnson of Memphis; and a brother, Wilburn Jordan of Bruceton. For more information, call the funeral home at (731) 586-2512. Ernest Preece, 93 SELMER Services for Ernest E. Preece, 93, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Wilson Funeral Home in Louisa, Ky.

Burial will be in the Yatesville Cemetery in Louisa, Ky. Mr. Preece, a retired fork lift operator for Rayovac Battery died Wednesday at his residence in Selmer of a selfinflicted gunshot wound. He was preceded in death by his wife, Nona Bradley Preece. He is survived by three daughters and a son, Laura J.

Prince of Selmer, Lorraine Liesegang of Beattyville, Frances Faye Miller of Aloha, and James Preece of Greenwich, Ohio. For more information, call Shackelford Funeral Home at (731) 645-3481. Pearl Reynolds, 92 McKENZIE Services for Pearl Reynolds, 92, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Henry. Burial will be in the Bethlehem Cemetery in Henry.

Reynolds, a homemaker, died Thursday at Methodist Hospital in McKenzie of heart failure. She was preceded in death by her husband, Major Reynolds. She is survived by two daughters, Barbara Slaughter of McKenzie and Shirley Wright of Sunset, Texas; a sister and two brothers, Ruth Cozart of McKenzie, Robert Horn of Henderson and Roy Horn of Paris. For more information, call Dilday Funeral Home at (731) 986-8281. Troy White, 91 LEXINGTON Services for Troy Newton White, 91, will be at 4 p.m.

today at Pafford Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Independence Cemetery. Mr. White, a retired carpenter, died Wednesday at Lexington Methodist Hospital of heart failure. He was preceded in death by his wife, Addie White.

He is survived by a son, Dennis White of Lexington. For more information, call the funeral home at (731) 968-2544. Bobby Willoughby, 64 SAVANNAH Services for Bobby Frank Willoughby, 64, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Shackelford Funeral Home thick fog can quickly develop, and the air is so thin that helicopters struggle to achieve lift. On Jan.

4, a helicopter carrying troops crashed because of crosswinds, killing one soldier and injuring 13. Last month, the weather forced Pastrana to postpone his scheduled inauguration of the base. He was to have come by helicopter. in Savannah. Burial will be in the Mount Hermon Cemetery in Hardin County.

Mr. Willoughby, an employee of the Hardin County Highway Department, died Wednesday at Methodist Healthcare in Selmer of undetermined causes, pending autopsy. He is survived by a sister and two brothers, Jane Frazier of Nashville, Jimmy Willoughby and David Willoughby, both of Savannah. For more information, call the funeral home at (731) 925-4000. Carl Yost, 86 DRESDEN Memorial graveside services for Carl William Yost, 86, will be at 11 a.m.

today in Sunset Cemetery. Mr. Yost, a retired inspector for Ford Motor Detroit, died Monday at Weakley County Nursing Home in Dresden of heart failure. He is survived by his wife, Wilma Horner Yost of Dresden; and two daughters, Pat Rogers of Dresden and Virginia Harper of Marine City, Mich. For more information, call Bowlin Funeral Home at (731) 364-3101.

Deaths Elsewhere Steve Ettleson, 56 LOS ANGELES Drummer Steve Ettleson, who played for Mel Torme, Ella Fitzgerald, Pearl Bailey and Juliet Prowse, died Friday of injuries sustained when he was struck by a car. He was 56. Ettleson, who also was an artists' liaison with drum manufacturers, played in the house band for the popular television show "Name That Tune." He was also the drummer for the original Los Angeles production of "Hair." Richard H. Grant 88 PALM BEACH, Fla. Richard H.

Grant former president and chairman of the Reynolds and Reynolds died Tuesday after a brief illness. He was 88. Grant maintained a residence in Florida and had homes in Dayton, Ohio, and in Essex, Conn. His family bought Reynolds and Reynolds in 1939 and maintained controlling interest in the company until 1992. Grant led the company's transition from a producer of business forms to an information management company with annual sales of more than $1 billion, company officials said.

The Associated Press Personalized, customized services to fit any and every family's budget. Monthly payment plans available. George A. Smith and Sons Funeral Home, Cemetery Cremation Services 2812 North Highland 901-427-5555 1544 South Highland FREE CASINO TRIPS: To Grand Casino Tunica 5 Weekly Departures from Jackson and Humboldt For information on schedules and pick up locations call: must be 21 yrs. or older 1-800-477-4923: You Are Invited To A Gospel Meeting At The Denmark Road Church of Christ 613 Denmark Jackson Rd.

June 10-15, 2001 Sunday, June 10th Services Bible Study 10:00 A.M. Worship 11:00 A.M. 3:00 P.M. Lunch at West Middle School Cafeteria 1:30 P.M. Services June 11th thru 15th Nelson Luster Each Evening at 7:30 p.m.

Come hear our outstanding Evangelist, Brother Nelson Luster, of Memphis, TN. Bro. Luster has been preaching for over twenty years and currently preaches for the Church of Christ in Covington, TN. Come and bring a friend; you will be glad you did. A warm and friendly welcome awaits you! Bro.

James Adkisson, Local Minister.