December 24, 2024
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 call Melanie Judkins at 615-464-7664, Nancy Young at 615-785-3496, Renea Cantrell at 615-684-2688, Gail Taylor at 615-597-5936 or Iva Dell Randolph at 615-464-8129.
The names of 2024 honorees are as follows:
Billy F. Adcock, Eddie Anderson, Lisa Anderson, Charles Atnip, Diana Atnip, Tracie Baker, Bryan Barkes, Era Billings, Dorothy Bratcher, Harold Bratcher, Gene Cook, Carrigan Cox, Linda Culwell, Andrew Dakas, Jennifer Dunn, Earl D. France, Lori Hall, Radley Hendrixson, Eddie Hobson, Edie Hobson, Beverly Jones, Donald Knowles, Evelyn Martin, James Martin, Nate Martin, Cameron Miller, Reed Miller, Lisa Taylor Moore, Walteen Parker, Ernest Ray, Gail Taylor, George Taylor, Nancy Napier Vafeas, Brad Vaughn, Tamera Vaughn, Kim Young, Susan L. Young, Sandra Wall, Phillip Washer, Richard Widener, Eva Willoughby, and Mac Willoughby
Those in memory are as follows:
Jordan Adams, Linda D. Adcock, Grady Agee, Wanda Agee, B. Akin, Mai Akin, Angie Malone Allen, David Wayne Alexander, Bill Ambrose, Alvin Armour, Linda Armour, Betty Atnip, Jared Scott Atnip,
Margie Barrett, Alan Bradford, Virginia Browning,
Wallace Caldwell, Harvey Carter, Ora Carter, Martha Cathcart, Will Allen Cathcart, Katherine Conger, Arlo E. Cook, Barry Cook, Billy Cook, Bob Cook, Carolyn Parker Cook, Charles D. Cook, David Cook, Dean Cook, James Buddy Cook, Jean Cook, Jessie Cook, Katherine Davis Cook, Norman Cook, Pam Baker Cook, Rubye Rigsby Cook, Shirley F. Cook, Eva Crook, Grady Crook, Jimmy Curtis, Roy Dale Pig Curtis, Ralph Curtis,
Kathie Dailey, Virginia Daniel, Caesar Dunn, Elsie Dunn, Henrietta Dunn, Jessie Dunn, Jimmy Dunn, Shelah Dunn, Silas Dunn, Irene Cook Durso, Tony Durso, Larry Dyer,
Homer Lee Ellis, Roberta Ellis, Alfred England, Helen England,
David Ferrell, Billy Junior France, Danny Foutch, Judy Fuson,
John Paul Grubbs, Ruth Greer,
Brownie Haley, Frances Akin Haley, Phyllis Hallum, Lucille Cook Harris, Bobbye Harrison, Esker Harrison, Eva Harrison, Marsha Herman, Edward Hobson, Ronnie Hobson, Jimmy Hullett, John Hunt, Rufene Hunt,
Jonathon Ivey,
Amy Johnson, Annie Rhea Johnson, Diane Johnson, Calvin Jones, McKinley Jones, Alfred Cooper Judkins, Allie Edith Judkins, Eddie Roy Judkins, Earl Judkins, Geneva Judkins, Len Judkins, Marie Judkins,
Lori Ann Kelsey, Jane Bunny Keen, Edsel Kilgore, Jimmy Kimbrell, Donna Kay Knowles,
C.H. Lockhart, Donnie Lohorn, Fay Lohorn, Charles Loring, Mark Loring, Jack Ludy, Lynda Luna,
Betty McMillen, Robert McMillen, T.C. McMillen, Joe White Merriman, Amy Lynn Miller, Cleta Murphy, Michael Murphy,
Jean Neal, John Nixon, June Nixon,
Charles Owens,
Billy Eudean Pack, J.W. Pack, Calysta Pedigo, Everette Pedigo, Dexie Pursell, Linda Pursell, W.S. Pursell,
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, Lillian Rigsby, Kyle Robinson, Wayne Robinson, Edwina Rogers, Horace Rosson,
Betty Sandlin, Ewin Sandlin, Zona Selby, Carolyn Sheets, Judy Slager, Roy Slager, Donald Smith, Jordan Steinbach, Tommy Stockling,
Albert Taylor, Beecher Taylor, Buddy Taylor, Cora Taylor, Johnnie Agee Taylor, Ruth G. Taylor, Tony Taylor, U.B. Taylor, Winnie Taylor, Vicky Terrell, Shelby Tittsworth, Helen Trusty,
Johnnie Vandergriff,
Frances Waggoner, Green Wall, J.C. Wall, Jr., Maud Wall, Delton Washer, Elsie Washer, Houston Washer, Gaynelle Willoughby, Ralph Willoughby, Richard Wilt, Anthony Wright,
Kenneth Young, and Marie Young.