by Ralphine Major | Mar 8, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major He was inducted into the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame in 2015 and one of only six male lawyers in the State of Tennessee to receive this prestigious honor. A well-known lawyer in Grainger County, he is Attorney Creed Allen Daniel. When Creed...
by Ralphine Major | Mar 1, 2021 | Columnist, Major
(Part 7 in series on Dwight Kessel) By Ralphine Major Dwight Kessel’s father-in-law, Dr. Edgar L. Grubb, bought Chapman Drug Company from the estate of Col. David Chapman in 1946. (Col. Chapman was in the forefront of establishing the Great Smoky Mountain National...
by Ralphine Major | Feb 22, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com It is always heartening to see. An entire week in women’s basketball is designated for teams to wear tee shirts with their team colors. Every shirt bears the same message: “We Back Pat.” The carefully chosen words reference the...
by design | Feb 15, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com It was a long night on that Palm Sunday, April 1, 2007. Our mother suffered a heart attack after experiencing nausea and cold sweats. My brother and I sat in the waiting room for hours while the doctors put stents in to open the...
by Ralphine Major | Feb 8, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com February, the “heart” month that emphasizes the importance of heart health. My first story printed in this weekly column was about this very subject. On February 7, 2011, “The Real McCoy” was published in The Focus sharing about...
by Ralphine Major | Feb 1, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com He is well known around Harbison’s Crossroads. On January 12, 2021, the longtime Corryton resident turned 99 years old! Clayton Sharp has lived through much during his 99 years and can now add the COVID-19 pandemic to the list. ...
