RUTHERFORDTON — Local residents, and countless visitors, find joy in the big, live Christmas tree on the courthouse lawn on Main Street, Rutherfordton. The live cedar tree has been there
MURFREESBORO, TN - In 1974, when John Verge was in first grade, his home burned down. The family, with nowhere to go, moved into public housing in Murfreesboro. Since then, nearly 50 years ago, John has lived in public housing, and now, in the newly built Oaklands, in multifamily housing in Murfreesboro. His mother, Alberta Verge, was a single parent raising four children: O.Z, the oldest son, Dale, the baby brother, Mary, and John.
Today, at age 56, John lives alone in a one-bedroom duplex i .