December 24, 2023
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 615-464-8129, Nancy Young at 615-785-3496, Melanie Judkins at 615-464-7664, Renea Cantrell at 615-684-2688, or Gail Taylor 615-597-5936.
The names of 2023 Honorees are as follows:
Billy Adcock, Lisa Anderson, Diana Atnip, Tracie Webb Baker, Kim Banks, Era Mai Billings, Dorothy Bratcher, Harold Bratcher, Jean Cook, Andrew Jackson Dakas, Debi Depriest, Jennifer Carter Dunn, Earl D. France, Phyllis Hallum, Radley Hendrixson, Connie Herrick, Edie Hobson, Eddie Hobson, Jo Doris Johnson, Walter Johnson, Beverly Jones, Donald Knowles, Evelyn Martin, James Martin, Nate Martin, Britney Miller, Cameron Miller, Lisa Taylor Moore, Jo Ann Newbell, Steve Officer, Walteen Parker, Ernest Ray, Ronnie Redmon, Sr., Ann Rowland, Carolyn Sheets, Margie Smith, Renee Songer, Gail Taylor, George Taylor, Frances Waggoner, Sandra Wall, Phillip Washer, Richard Widener, Nancy Napier Vafeas, Brad Vaughn, and Susan L. Young,
Those in memory are as follows:
Jordan Thomas Adams, Linda Adcock, Grady Agee, B. Akin, Frances Malone Akin, John D. Akin, Mai Akin, Angie Malone Allen, Bill Ambrose, Cindy Armour, Linda Armour, Jared Atnip,
Marie Barrett, Alan Bradford, Delynn Burgess
Wallace Caldwell, Bertha Cantrell, David Cantrell, Donald Cantrell, Ernest P. Cantrell, Mattie Adcock Cantrell, Nelta Cantrell, Martha Cathcart, W.A. Cathcart, Ellen Clayton, Barry Cook, Billy J. Cook, Bob Cook, Carolyn Parker Cook, Charles D. Cook, James Buddy Cook, Jessie Cook, Norman Cook, Pam Baker Cook, Rubye Cook, Eva Crook, Grady Crook, Bobbie Don Curtis, Jimmy Curtis, Roy Pig Curtis, Ralph Curtis,
Harold Dawes, Elsie Driver, Irene Cook Durso, Tony Durso,
Homer Lee Ellis, Roberta Ellis,
Billy J. France, Danny Foutch, Willie Foutch,
Royce L. Givens, Jr., James Goodwin, Timothy Grandstaff, John Paul Grubbs, Larry Gwyn, Leonard Gwyn, Jr.,
Macon Haas, Donna Hafey, Brownie Haley, Frances Haley, Wiley Hancock, Lucille Cook Harris, Barry Hayes, Bobbye Harrison, Esker Harrison, Eva Harrison, Earl Herrick, Greg Herron, Sr., Letita Herron, Edward Hobson, Ronnie Hobson, Jimmy Hullett,
Jonathon Ivey
Amy Johnson, Annie Rhea Johnson, Calvin Jones, Earl Judkins, Len Judkins, Linda Judkins, Marie Judkins,
Lori Ann Kelsey, Edsel Kilgore, Donna Kay Knowles,
C.H. Lockhart, Jr., Donnie Lohorn, Faye Lohorn, Charles Loring, Mark Loring, Lynda Luna,
Betty Malone, Billy Malone, Ida Adkin Malone, Betty McMillen, T.C. McMillen, Amy Lynn Miller, Jessie Mai Miller, Cleta Murphy, Michael Murphy,
John Newbell,
J.W. Pack, Calysta Pedigo, Everette Pedigo,
Evelyn Ramsey, David Randolph, Dr. Greg Ray, David Redmon, Everett Redmon, Lou Redmon, Noel Redmon, Odell Redmon, Sabra Redmon, Vivian Redmon, Christine Reeder, Melvin Reeder, Dennis Rigsby, Kyle Robinson, Horace Rosson,
Zona Selby, Wayne Shuttleworth, Donald Smith, Nan Smith, Virgil Smith, Jordan Steinbach, Marlene Haas Stoglin,
Albert Taylor, Buddy Taylor, Cora Taylor, Johnnie Agee Taylor, U.B. Taylor, Winnie Taylor, Shelby Tittsworth, Debbie Tuggle,
Green Wall, Maud Wall, Delton Washer, Houston Washer, Chris Webb, Charles Williams, Mike Williams, Donna Willoughby, Richard Wilt, Anthony Wright,
Georgie Young, Kenneth Young, and Marie Young.