Mayoral Breakfast
Sikes looks back on 2017, makes projections for 2018 by Kim Forbes The third annual Mayor’s Business Breakfast held last Thursday was another success. Over 100 businessmen and women gathered for this meeting sponsored by the Humboldt Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Marvin Sikes gave a 30-minute speech recounting the accomplishments of 2017 and what the…
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BOYTE HONORED – The Humboldt Rotary Club honored their eldest member last Friday, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Griffin Boyte (left) serving as club president. Club member, Mayor Marvin Sikes, told some history about Boyte’s time in the U.S. Marines before reading a proclamation proclaiming January 19, 2018 as Griffin Boyte Day in Humboldt. Mayor…
Read MoreJoyce Ward
Graveside services for Ms. Joyce Ward were held at 2 p.m., Friday, January 19, 2018 at Rose Hill Cemetery. Ms. Ward, 66, passed away Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at Tennova Regional Hospital of Jackson. She was born in Rutherford, Tenn. to the late Gilbert Wiles and Mary Frances Johns Wiles. Ms. Joyce was employed at…
Read MoreSchool board members to be sworn in
by Danny Wade The Humboldt School Board will hold their first meeting of the year Thursday evening. The meeting had been scheduled for last Thursday but inclement weather caused the meeting to be postponed for a week. School board meetings are held in the Humboldt Junior/Senior High School library at 6:30 p.m. The school board…
Read MoreAnnie Ruth Johnson
Annie Ruth Johnson, 89, passed away on January 14, 2018 in Round Rock, Tex. Annie Ruth, as she was called growing up, was born in Westover, Tenn. on July 17, 1928 to John and Lessie Hinton. Mrs. Johnson was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Chester Carl Johnson. She is lovingly remembered…
Read MoreSandra Monette Buckingham
Memorial services for Mrs. Sandra Monette Buckingham, 59, will were held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 20, 2018 in the Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home chapel. Mrs. Buckingham, a homemaker, passed away on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at the Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Buckingham; father, Gerald…
Read MoreJohn David Johnson
John David Johnson, age 65, of Dyer, Tenn. was in the care of Medina Funeral Home. The funeral service will take place 11 a.m. Monday, January 15, 2018 at Beech Grove Baptist Church in Dyer followed by burial at Oak Grove Cemetery in Humboldt, Tenn. Visitation was held 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the…
Read MoreHerschel Lee Raines
Herschel Lee Raines passed away peacefully on December 30 at his home in Humboldt, Tenn. He was 94 years old. Mr. Raines was born on September 20, 1923 in Gadsden, Tenn., the son of the late Elijah Columbus Raines and Maggie Bee Hunter Raines. An older brother, William Hunter Raines, also preceded him in death.…
Read MoreBlankenship named new Gibson County historian
by Steve Short John Blankenship, Humboldt resident and current curator of the West Tennessee Strawberry Festival Museum in Humboldt, was appointed by the Gibson County Commission Monday morning January 8 as the new historian for Gibson County. Blankenship succeeds the late Fred Culp, who served in the position for many decades. Gibson County Mayor Tom…
Read MoreCharlie F. Jones
Mr. Charlie F. Jones was born to the late Willie M. and Jennie M. Jones on April 22, 1930, in Humboldt, Tenn. He departed this life on January 4, 2017. In addition to his wife, his parents, brother and sister-in-law, Wallace and Ann Jones, and a sister, Dorothy Jones, preceded him in death. He leaves…
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