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ROGERSVILLE — As the Rogersville Laundry Ministry approaches its third anniversary, it is poised to surpass the number of people served in its first two years combined.
With that great success comes a greater need for volunteers and contributors — preferably volunteers who also contribute funds.
When the RLM was launched on Aug. 11, 2016, it offered one free laundry night per month from 5-7 p.m. at one laundromat.
The program, which provides money for the machines, as well as detergent if needed, eventually grew to two nights per month, then two nights at two laundromats.

JOHNSON CITY — Steve Forbes likes his teams to be versatile, and this one might be his most versatile one yet.
The East Tennessee State men’s basketball coach, whose team just embarked on its European trip, got 10 extra days of practice and he’s especially happy about the many different ways the Bucs can play.
“I think we have all kinds of different parts, different ways to play,” Forbes said. “We have a lot of versatility.”
To find evidence of that versatility, all you have to do is check out what Bo Hodges has been doing this summer.

SURGOINSVILLE - Joyce Stone, 81, of Surgoinsville, TN, went to be with the Lord Friday, August 9, 2018 at her residence.
Her arrangements may be viewed and condolences shared with the family by visiting www.oakhillfh.com

Margie Nell Hayes Gurley Wankel passed away on Friday, August 9th, 2019 surrounded by her family at her home due to complications of a stroke. She was born on September 10th, 1929, in Bristol, Tennessee.
She was preceded in death by husbands, Marvin Mac Gurley, Sr. and Ronald A. Wankel, Sr. Her parents Marion and Belvon Hayes, as well as, sisters, Louise Reynolds, Cleo Blevins, Vivian Hodges, and brother, Norman Hayes.
She is survived by daughter Vickey G. Richmond and husband Toby; and Son, Marvin Mac Gurley, Jr. and wife Kimberlyn.

FT. BLACKMORE, VA - Calvin “Bud” Hunnicutt, 87, Ft. Blackmore, VA passed away, Friday, August 9, 2019 at his residence.
The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m., Monday, August 12, 2019 at the Gate City Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at 7:00 p.m., in the Gene Falin Memorial Chapel of the funeral home.
Graveside services will be conducted at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at Holston View Cemetery, Weber City, VA.
Family and friends are asked to meet at the funeral home at 12:15 p.m., Tuesday to go in procession to the graveside service.

KINGSPORT - Frank Howard Ketron, Sr, 90, passed away Saturday, August 10, 2019 at Indian Path Community Hospital after a brief illness. Frank was a lifelong resident of the Bloomingdale community in Kingsport.
Frank lived a long and beautiful life. He loved God and his family. He was employed as a rural letter carrier with the Kingsport Post Office for 40 years. Frank enjoyed storytelling, family, gardening, farming, and traveling. He was a lifelong member of Kingsley United Methodist Church.

ROGERSVILLE - Lauveda Agnes Goodson, age 87 of Rogersville, passed away, Saturday, August 10, 2019 at Greeneville Community Hospital East.
She was a member of Butchers Valley Primitive Baptist Church. Mrs. Goodson was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Marce A. Goodson; sons, Marce Alan Goodson, Laverne A. Goodson and an infant son; parents, Henry and Vada Wright McLain; sister, Christine Stinson; brother, Jerry McLain.

CROSSVILLE - Lori Ann Pippin Graham, age 49 of Crossville, TN passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2019.
Arrangements will be announced later by COLONIAL FUNERAL HOME

GORDON, KY - Una Lewis Warfield, age 95, formerly of Pine Mountain, KY, went to be with the Lord on 8/6/2019 in Kingsport, Tennessee.
Born in Incline, Kentucky (Pine Mountain) in 1923, she moved to Michigan then returned to Kentucky in 1978, then to Kingsport, TN in 1984. Una was of the Baptist Faith and a member of Glenwood Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Oliver R. Warfield; her daughter, Janet Raney; her parents, Gilbert and Arwillie Creech Lewis; a sister, Eva Lewis Warfield; brothers Herbert Lewis, Owen Lewis, Omer Lewis, Elmer Lewis, Paul D. Lewis.

HENNING, Tenn. — A Tennessee convict suspected of killing a corrections administrator before escaping prison on a tractor was captured Sunday, authorities said.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said on Twitter that 44-year-old Curtis Ray Watson was caught hours after a confirmed sighting of him in the West Tennessee community of Henning, where he escaped from the West Tennessee State Penitentiary on Wednesday.
Details of the capture weren’t immediately released. A news conference was scheduled for Sunday afternoon.