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Tuesday, November 22, 2005
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Roger Carl Tackett, 62, dies Tuesday

Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 24, 2005 at 10 a.m. at Grissom Funeral Home for Roger Carl Tackett. He leaves family in Columbia and in Edmonton. Additional services will be held on Friday at 1 p.m. (est) at Long Fork Old Regular Baptist Church in Virgie with burial in the Frank Tackett Cemetery in Pike County.

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2005-11-22 20:41:54 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

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Lindsey Wilson Expands: Gift of Joe and Annabelle Pyles and Danny and Sandy Pyles



2005-11-22 - Columbia, KY 42728 - Photo Duane Bonifer. This is a view from the Louie B. Nunn Parkway of the 19 acres of land given to Lindsey Wilson College by Joe and Annabelle Pyles and Danny and Sandy Pyles.. The land is located between Gaston Avene and Russell Road. To the left in the photo is the radio tower at Kentucky State Police Post 15 at Exit 49 on the Parkway.
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19 Acres of land given to Lindsey Wilson expands campus 36%

. . . without doubt the most significant gift that has been made since Lindsey Wilson founder Catherine Wilson provided $6,000 in her will to found our school
- President William T. Luckey
Land is a gift from Joe and Annabelle Pyles
and Danny and Sandy Pyles


By Duane Bonifer
Director, Public Relations, Lindsey Wilson College
COLUMBIA, KY.(NOVEMBER 22, 2005)--Lindsey Wilson College has received the most significant gift in the colleges 102-year history, college officials announced today.

The college has received 19 acres of land, Lindsey Wilson President William T. Luckey Jr. announced. The total value of the gift is about $370,000, and it is the largest piece of land that has been given to the college since it was founded in 1903.

The land is from Adair County businessmen Joe and Annabelle Pyles and Danny and Sandy Pyles. The land expands the colleges Columbia campus to more than 78 acres, a 36 percent increase.


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LWC Flag Football team: Another Columbia group National title contenders

Playing in the big leagues, Lindsey Wilson's Boys of Summer was the only member of the NAIA represented in the Regional Tournament in Bowling Green, KY. But Lindsey Wilson won!
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COLUMBIA, KY. (November 21, 2005)-- An intramural flag football team from Lindsey Wilson College won the 4th-annual American Collegiate Intramural Sports Flag Football 4th Annual "Battle of the Bluegrass" Regional Tournament, held last weekend in Bowling Green, KY.

Lindsey Wilson's The Boys of Summer intramural flag football team beat Indiana State University, 26-20, in the championship game, held Sunday afternoon at Hattie L. Preston Intramural Sports Complex at Western Kentucky University.


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ELECTION 2006: Nickel Tax absentee voting is very light

Voting house will be in Gradyville this morning. Independent candidacy deadlines detailed; potentential candidates have until December 31, 2005, to register as Independent if they wish to run in 06 General Election as Independent
Absentee voting on the Nickel Tax by machine is underway in the office of County Court Clerk Ann Melton. As of mid-day Monday, November 21, only 10 people had voted. "Interest is low," Mrs. Melton said. "in most elections, there would have been 100 votes by now."

Interest in absentee paper ballots is not too keen, either. So far, the county court clerk's office has received only about 25 requests to vote by mail in the December 6, 2005.


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CYRUS: Six room house in Columbia sold for $4,835 in 1944

What a deal!

The following quarter-page ad appeared in the November 22, 1944 edition of the Adair County News.
ABSOLUTE AUCTION

Mrs. A. A. Dudley's Residence and 4 Acres of Land in Columbia, on Greensburg Street


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Birthdays and Anniversaries for November 22
Happy Anniversary, Dale and Rhonda Burton (1984) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Derek and Lindsey Cundiff (2008) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Mike and Debbie Bennett (1986) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Allen McClister | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Alterine Hadley | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ann Parson (1996) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Brian Hargrove | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Brooke Burris (1998) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Cindy Richards | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Daniel Nissley | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Dean Hayes | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Devon Mason | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Dwayne Loy | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Fred Corbin | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Gloria Richardson | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Gloria Robertson | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jackson Cade Todd (2008) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jayden Kennedy Padilla (2001) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jerrod Phelps | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Joshua Baird | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lillian Roland | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Pat Franklin | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Phillip Setter | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ryan McQueary (1975) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ryan Montgomery | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Shelbie Ann-Marie Pierce (2004) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sidney Foster (1947) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sue Coomer | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tabitha F. Denton | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gregory Davis Taylor, 54, Adair County, KY (1961-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Harland G. Wright, Campbellsville, KY (1934-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jimmie Lovett, Liberty, KY (1944-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Louise Bailey, 79, Adair Co., KY (1930) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Roy Elwood Porter Finley, KY (1945) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Edith Ann Perkins Taylor Co., KY (1920) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Vernison Roy, Dunnville, KY (1926) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alice Gaye Wilson, Russell Co., KY (1949) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charles Henry White, Columbia, KY (1932) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Shelly Nichole Thrasher, formerly of Burkesville, KY (1981) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jane McKinley, Russell Co., KY (1927-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jimmy Hodge, Campbellsville, KY (1940-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Paul Webb, 87, Adair County, KY (1926-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mackenzie P. Bryant, Russell Co., KY (1996-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Elsie Norene Judd, Green County, KY (1929-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Milby Smith, , Green County, KY (1943-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Daniel R. Russell, 42, Russell County, KY (1973-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Logan Foley, 85, Russell County, KY (1930-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Milburn (Pete) Stephens, 85, Russell County, KY (1930-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Doris Hickerson, 81, Green Co., KY (1934-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wilbur David Phillips, Taylor Co., KY (1944-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gertrude A. Burton, Adair Co., KY native (1937-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sally Arnett, Green County, KY (1944-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Shawnda Tabor, 46, Adair County, KY (1970-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Louise Shuffett Sullivan, 100, Green Co., KY (1916-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Frances White Carlton, 103, Adair Co., KY native (1914-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Matthew Franklin Northcutt, 30, Green Co., KY/Sandwich, IL native(1987-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Earl (Cuz) Holt, Russell Co., KY (1949-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cora Orlena Fraser, 88, Metcalfe County, KY (1929-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Shirley Fancher (Ferguson) Erwin, Metcalfe Co., KY (1937-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Brendan Michael Hill, Casey County, KY (1978-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ann Anderson, 92, Longwood, FL (1931-2024) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cellie Green (1894-1984) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Diane LaVine Hyde, 78, Campbellsville, KY (1957-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ella Mae Johnson, 70, Russell Springs, KY (1951-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Fred Raffety, 83, Campbellsville, KY (1936-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ina Allen Vaught, 92, Liberty, KY (1928-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marshall "Roscoe" Squires | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Katherine Riddle, 92, Indianapolis, IN (1929-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rebecca Sue Parnell, 73, Columbia, KY (1948-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ruth Hayes | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sidney Austin Foster (1947) | (Updates/Corrections)

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