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Merl Drue Wiggins, Sr., 92, Gradyville, KY (1923-2015)

He was the patriarch of a distinguished Adair County family. Mr. Wiggins was a member of Columbia Christian Church, a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, serving in World War II, a member of the American Legion and was retired from the oil industry. He was a native of Haynesville, LA, and a resident of Gradyville, KY, at the time of his death. His wife of 70 years, Rita Tullier Wiggins, survives. He leaves 12 direct living descendants spanning four generations.
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Merl Drue Wiggins, Sr., 92, of Gradyville, Kentucky, died December 8, 2015 at 11:41pmCT, at his home.

A memorial service will be held Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 11amCT, at Columbia Christian Church, 206 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY, with Bro. Terry White and Bro. Raymond Martin officiating.


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Merl Drue Wiggins, Sr., 92, Gradyville, KY (1923-2015)



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Bloomington Chapel will have New Year's Eve Watch Service

Bloomington Chapel Church will have a New Year's Eve Night Watch Service, December 31, 2015, starting at 8pmCT. Johnny Jones and The Long Creek Bluegrass Gospel Group will be singing. The Church is located off of Snake Creek Road at 55 Bloomington Church Road. For more information call:270-634-3273 or 270-634-4469. Bro. Ralph Foster and congregation invite you to attend. - Shirley Moss

2015-12-27 14:31:54 | Comments | Printable version

Sad word of the passing of Barbara Riddle

Sad word of the passing of Barbara Riddle, 76, has been received. Complete obituary will be posted when available from McMurtrey Funeral Home, 2232 Summber Shade Road, Summer Shade, KY.

2015-12-27 08:18:08 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Christmas for the Fishes program recycles trees for fish habitat

From KY Department of Fish & Wildlife

FRANKFORT, KY – Help create habitat for fish while disposing of your old Christmas tree this season with Kentucky Fish and Wildlife’s Christmas for the Fishes program.

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is accepting natural Christmas trees through Jan. 15 at 33 locations in 26 counties across the state. Trees must be free of lights, ornaments, tinsel, garland and any other decorations.


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2015-12-27 07:34:55 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports

Gary Hays joins BAFA, Burkesville, KY, as instructor

Burkesville Academy of Fine Arts expands curriculum. Mr. Hays will teach mandolin, violin, and fiddle

by Elise Kieffer

Gary Hays has joined Burkesville Academy of Fine Arts (BAFA) as a guitar instructor. He will begin offering fiddle, violin, and mandolin lessons at BAFA starting January 8, 2016.

Mr. Hays is a Warren Co. KY native, born in Bowling Green. He started guitar at age 10 and fiddle at 12. In 1975 he formed The Hays Brothers Bluegrass Band with his brother Jeff playing Banjo, and they have performed in many venues, including The Lincoln Jamboree, The Old Time School of Folk Music in Chicago, and the artist roster of The Folk Life Program having performed in many KY Folk Life Festivals.


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2015-12-27 02:00:46 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local Arts Scene

ACSO responds to two vehicle wreck

By Deputy Adam Cravens

COLUMBIA, KY (12:51amCT, Sun 27 Dec 2015) - The Adair Sheriff's Office responded to a two vehicle collision on Campbellsville Road/HWY North 55, Saturday December 26, 2015, at around noon.

The accident occurred when Sherrill Chryslee, 21 of Campbellsville was traveling south in her 2012 Chrysler when she came upon a 1999 Chevy pickup truck stopped in the roadwaym according to witnesses.


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Tom Chaney: What Might Have Been

Of Writers And Their Books: What Might Have Been Tom discusses the differences between movies and novels and comments on Brokeback Mountain and the Oscars. This column first appeared 12 March 2006.
The next earlier Tom Chaney column: Manhunt!

By Tom Chaney

What Might Have Been
Brokeback Mountain and the Oscars


I am always leery of a movie based on a piece of fiction. A well-written novel or short story can have such complexities of plot and character that the film maker's choices rarely ever reflect what I would have chosen, so I am easily disappointed.

The vocabulary of film is not the vocabulary of the novel. A lengthy description of character or relationship in a novel may be communicated by a shot of an actor's head, a single tear, or the hint of a smile. The same is true of mood and weather and the intricate relationships of visual imagery as opposed to verbal.


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Pinewood Shopping Center not in Holladay Place, not in City

Comments re article 79756 Pinewood Shopping Center coming to Holladay Place Adair County, KY in 2016.

Victoria Pike writes:
Inquiring minds want to know exactly where in Holladay Place The Pinewood Shopping Center will be located. Is it adjoining the Walmart property or where? Heavy earth moving equipment appears to be located on the other side of Burkesville Road as of today. I am sure it is there for a purpose. Do tell, since you have piqued our curiosity. As Greater Bliss bureau chief, I feel it my duty to get to the bottom of this mystery. Miss Victoria, CEO at Miss Victoria's Pampered Angus Ranch - Victoria Pike
Miss Victoria - We misunderstood in two interviews the exact location of the center. It is not only not in Holladay Place, it is also not within the city limits of Columbia. This means it is not subject to City of Columbia property, payroll, and insurance taxes, but will have CAUD water and sewer available and, maybe, city gas. We haven't been able to find that out in the middle of the night, though the exact location was confirmed with Mike Stephens during the day, Saturday. Pinewood Shopping Center is on property purchased from Richard Walker.


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Today, SUNDAY with CM, 27 Dec 2015

Haiku by Robert Stone for December 27, 2015:
Uncertain may think
that you would not laugh outside
but you might inside.
--Robert Stone, Sunday, 27 December 2015.
-1000 haiku countdown finished, now for some more days, Day 1566



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Birthdays and Anniversaries for December 27
Happy Anniversary, Robert and Robin Smith (1974) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversrary, Daryl and Lois Wilson (2008) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Alisha Stotts (1980) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Angie Janes Adams | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Chloe Summer Lanz (2008) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Crystal Caldwell | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, David Gougen | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Emmalee Baker (1994) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kayla Rae Duff (1993) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sam Burton | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Steve Burris | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Travis Giles | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tyler Kimbler (1996) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Vera Couch (1949) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday Phyllis Gary Allen, 60 Casey Co., KY (1948) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jewell Hutchison Smith Sayre, Adair County native (1935-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mabel M. Passmore, Russell Co., KY (1944) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bobby Joe Elmore , Casey Co., KY (1944) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Veotra Ruth Warf, Green Co., KY (1919) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Pauline Burton Harding, Adair Co., KY native, (1927-2011) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Donnie Miller, Adair County, KY (1959) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wayne Moore, Adair County, KY (1930) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ida Bell Corbin, Taylor Co., KY (1922) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cleo Shively, Columbia, KY (1942-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lucille W. Sparks, Adair County, KY (1928-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alice Elaine Converse, Casey Co., KY (1938-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Branham, 83, Cumberland Co., KY (1930-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Van R. Robertson, Russell County, KY (1949-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rollin Clifton (Jimmy) Antle, Adair Co., KY (1927-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Phyllis Williams, 96, Adair County, KY (1918-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lyndon Benningfield , Taylor County, KY (1928-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Earl Thomas Loyal, 91, Green Co., KY (1923-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ronnie Pollard, 67, Adair County, KY (1948-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lowell Thomas Lee, 82, Knob Lick, KY (1934-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Suzie Whitman Ford, 52, Green Co., KY (1965-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Grover Pierce, 87, Green County, KY (1930-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Catherine Kirkpatrick, Cumberland County, KY (1951-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Audrey Casey, 85, Campbellsville, KY (1935-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Becky Cox, 81, Campbellsville, KY (1938-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bernard (R.B.) Janes, 96, Columbia, KY (1924-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Farmer, 82, Adair Co., KY native (1939-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Brittany N. Turner, 34, Campbellsville, KY native (1988-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Duel Sneed (Dec. 27, 1923 - Nov. 30, 1991) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Freddie Ray Denton, 66, Columbia, KY (1955-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kathy Jo Paxton Dewees, 68, Green Co., KY native (1953-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Frances May, 94, Columbia, KY (1926-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Geneieve (Ginny) Murphy, 65, Taylor Co., KY (1944-2010) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Naomi Laverne Byrd, 73, Metcalfe County, KY (1946-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Raymond Jeffrey Vest, 60, Casey County, KY native Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ronnie Dwayne Bell, 74, Greensburg, KY (1946-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Susie Della Sapp, 99, Taylor Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Sunday, December 27, 2015
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
6:00amCTTime to check CM Directory of Churches for Sunday worship service schedules. | (ID:38367, Comment)
NoonCTPause for Chimes at Noon, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:38368, Comment)
1:00pmCTServices, Campbellsville, KY for Pauline Mann Mardis, Taylor Co., KY (1927-2015) | (ID:38356, Comment)
Services, Russell Springs, KY, for C.V. Aldrey Tucker, 86, Russell Co., KY, (1929-2015) | (ID:38359, Comment)
2:00pmCTServices, Jamestown, KY, for Roger B. Bernard, 49, Jamestown, KY (1966-2015) | (ID:38358, Comment)
Services, Greensburg, KY, for Mr. Richard Clark, 87, Green County, KY (1928-2015) | (ID:38364, Comment)
4:00pmCTTime to check CM Directory of Churches for Sunday evening worship service schedules. | (ID:38369, Comment)
5:00pmCT Chimes in the Evening, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:38370, Comment)

 
































 
 
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