(UPDATED) Love Lights Reflect Support for the American Cancer Society

December 23, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

During the holidays many families pay tribute to their friends and loved ones, living and deceased, by making a donation in their name to the American Cancer Society to further cancer research and patient services. It’s called “Love Lights a Tree”.

In reality, it’s a tribute board located on the south grounds of the courthouse where names of honorees are displayed throughout the Christmas and New Year holiday season.

The DeKalb County Unit of the American Cancer Society seeks your support. Donations may be made now and the persons you honor or remember do not necessarily have to have suffered from cancer.

The names are in “honor of” and in “memory of” for a donation of five-dollars per name. Forms may be obtained at the local banks. For more information, contact Ivadell Randolph at 615- 597-5296, Melanie Judkins at 615-464-7664, Renea Cantrell at 615-684-2688, or Gail Taylor 615-597-5936.

The names of 2020 Honorees are as follows:

Billy Adcock, Loretta Adcock, Faye Adkins, Lisa Anderson, Bryna Ashford, Harold Ashford, Tracie Webb Baker, Gentry Barnes,  Charles Cantrell, Nelta Cantrell, Jennifer Chapman, Roger Chapman, Jean Cook, Judy Cook, Earl D. France, Carl Good, Jr., Radley Hendrixson, Edie Hobson, Eddie Hobson, Beverly Jones, Betty Malone, Jo Ann Newbell, Jenelle Pugh, Eunice Ramsey, Ernest Ray, Kenneth Ray, Carolyn Sheets, Margie Smith, Gail Taylor, Lavelle Turner, Willie Turner, Frances Waggoner, Dr. J.C. Wall, Sandra Wall, and Susan L. Young

Those in memory are as follows:

Betty Abernathy, Linda Adcock, Cecil Adkins, John W. Akin, Mai Akin, Angie Allen, Bill Ambrose, Linda Armour,

Tony Bailey, Margie Barrett, Brian Patrick Baylock, Jerry Beckham, Shirley Beckham, Floy Beshearse, Shirley Beshearse, Wayne Beshearse, Alan Bradford, Larry Bratten,

Jack Campbell, Bertha Cantrell, Martha Cathcart, Will Allen Cathcart, Katherine Conger, Bob Cook, James (Buddy) Cook, Pam Baker Cook, Rubye Cook, Eva Crook, Grady Crook, Will Allen Crook, Jimmy Curtis, Ralph Curtis,

Kathie Dailey, Janice Davis, Ronnie Mack Davis, Carol Dawes, Harold Dawes, Ralph Dawes, Jimmy Dodd, Elsie Driver, Emily Durham, Tony Durso,

Ruth Ann Elder, Brien Ellis, Homer L. Ellis, Roberta Ellis, Violet Jo Evans,

Geraldine Fish, L.D. Fish, Alan Eric Foster, Eric Preston Foster, Danny Foutch, Willie Foutch, Billy J. France, James Alvie France, Nettie Franks, Leonard Freeman, Sr., Leonard “Buddy” Freeman, Jr., Margaret Freeman,

James Jarves Goodwin, Royce L. Givens, Jr., Ruth Greer, Mary Ruth Groom, Leonard Gwyn,Jr,

Brownie Haley, Wiley Hancock, Lucille Cook Harris, Bobbye Harrison, Esker Harrison, Eva Harrison , Edward Hobson, Ronnie Hobson, Jimmy Hullett,

Betty Johnson, Brian Johnson, Joyce Johnson, Mike Johnson, Calvin (Casey) Jones, McKinley Jones, Earl Judkins, Len Judkins, Linda Judkins, Marie Judkins,

Lori Ann Kelsey, Jimmy Kimbrell,

Caison Lack, Blue Lockhart, Olene Lockhart, Fay Lohorn, Charles Loring, Mark Loring, Brackett Luna, Nadine Luna, Betsy Lynam

Austin Magness, Christine Magness, Billy Malone, Ida Malone, Kathy Martin, Stevie Mathis, T.C. McMillen, Carlon Melton, Betty Minchey, Maud Lockhart Moody, Janette Moss, Amy Lynn Miller, Cleta Murphy, Michael Murphy,

John Newbell,

Ann Pack, Donald Pack, Harvey Pack, Josie Pack, J.W. Pack, Calysta Pedigo, Everette Pedigo, Roy Nelson Pugh

Evelyn Ramsey, Clyde Randolph, David Randolph, Harold Randolph, Marion Randolph, Mary Randolph, Dr. Greg Ray, Charles Redmon, Everett Redmon, , Noel Redmon, Odell Redmon, Sabra Redmon, Christine Reeder, Danny Roller, Horace Rosson,

Zona Selby, Billy Shelton, Wayne Shuttleworth, Donald Smith, Jordan Steinbach,

Albert Taylor, Buddy Taylor, Cora Taylor, Ruth Taylor, U.B. Taylor, Winnie Taylor, Shelby Tittsworth, Elizabeth Tramel, Debbie Tuggle,

Green Wall, Jack Wall, Maud Wall, Thwaitt Wall, Jerry W. Walker, Delton Washer, Houston Washer, Dennis Webb, Ruth Webb,

Alfred Young, James Young, Marie Young, Willie Vaughn Young

December 22, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Local physicians were among those who received the COVID-19 vaccine last week at Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford in Murfreesboro.

Frontline Dr. Will Sherwood of DeKalb County got his COVID-19 Dose #1 on Friday morning, December 18.

A total of 74 hospitals across Tennessee received a shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and began administering it Thursday. Ascension Saint Thomas received nearly 3,000 vaccines for their three biggest hospitals, which include Midtown, West, and Rutherford.

Jeff Mason, an infectious disease specialist and Medical Director of Infection Provision for Saint Thomas West, was actually first in line to get the vaccine.

Dr. Sherwood explained for his wife Jen what the experience was like for him.

Jen: “Tell me about your decision to take the Covid-19 vaccine?”

Dr. Will: “At 6 am last Thursday morning, I received word that the vaccine was at Rutherford – St Thomas Hospital. I scheduled the earliest available time slot, 7 am Friday, December 18, 2020. It was without hesitation”.

Jen: “Were you afraid?”

Dr. Will: “No. Emphatically no. Every single day since March, I have walked into rooms to see patients with Covid-19. Each time, I accept the risk of contracting this highly contagious disease. In my age bracket alone, there have been 60,000 cases in Tennessee and over 500 deaths from Covid-19. That means I have close to a 1 in 100 chance of dying every time I treat a patient. That chance of dying goes up the less healthy and the older you are. 80-year-olds have a 1 in 70 chance of dying”.

Jen: “What does the vaccine mean for eradicating Covid-19”?

Dr. Will: “This is a war. A war where over 300,000 Americans have died. In that number are over 1,700 healthcare workers who have died caring for others. This vaccine is just one tool. It doesn’t mean I can’t get the virus. It doesn’t replace an N95 mask. It doesn’t make anyone Superman. A vaccine is like being issued a bullet-proof vest. It’s not 100%, but it’s something. Studies are showing 90-95%. Compared to 0, that is really something”.

Jen: “Do you think I should take the vaccine?”

Dr. Will: “When the vaccine is available to you, you should. If you are unwilling to take the vaccine, you are standing on the sidelines. You become a pawn for the virus because you are doing nothing to stop it from infecting you and continuing to multiply and spread”.

Jen: “Do you think there’s a Bill Gates chip in your arm now?”

Dr. Will: “If there is, it’s going to be really boring for someone. Unless they like fishing, and then they will have hit the jackpot. Look, last Friday in the Covid Clinic at Family Medical Center, I saw 9 patients. Of the 9, 6 tested positive and 3 were negative. Of the 6 who have Covid-19, 4 were really sick. Of those 4, one week later, 2 of them are now very sick and fighting for their lives. Two weeks ago, a man in his 40s who was in the Covid wing at one of our hospitals took a turn for the worse and needed to be transferred into ICU. They had to intubate him and fly him by helicopter to Huntsville because that was the nearest available ICU bed. This vaccine gives us hope, gives us a weapon against Covid-19. But we are all going to have to pull together if we want to win the war. It’s a personal choice, and today I made mine. It doesn’t make me a hero, it prepares me for battle.”

December 22, 2020
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Five members of the DeKalb County Fire Department graduated from the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Training Academy’s Live Burn Firefighter I class held Saturday and Sunday, December 19th and 20th.

Those firefighters are Alyssa Harvey, Cheyenne Phalin, Neal Caldwell,Erick Dodd, and Caleb London.

Captain Brian Williams said this 16-hour course requires students to demonstrate skills needed to extinguish a passenger vehicle fire attack, exterior Class A fire attack, interior structure fire attack, commercial buildings and ground cover fire attack.

“We are extremely proud of these recent graduates. Today, our department stands better prepared to respond to emergencies because of the high standards for training we set for our firefighters,” said Captain Williams.

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