On Friday April 23rd, 2021, Diana Whitson-Thompson, loving wife and mother of 3, went home to be with the lord. Diana, age 54, was a native and life-long resident of Unicoi County and a member of Unicoi United Methodist Church. Diana was born on February 17th, 1967 to Diane Neas Whitson and Zane Carol Whitson Jr. She was a member of the 1985 graduating class of Unicoi County High School, after which she pursued a bachelorâs degree in political science and German at East Tennessee State University. She then continued her education at ETSU earning a masterâs degree in Education. She then finished her education, earning the title of education specialist in school leadership from Lincoln Memorial University.
Jimmy Dan Large (Jim), 89 years old, passed away Wednesday, April 14. 2021 at Thomson-Hood Veterans Center, Wilmore, Kentucky. He was born on September 14, 1931 in Ft. Payne, Alabama. He was preceded in death by his father, Bill Large, and mother, Lena Large, of Ft. Payne, Alabama and by his stepson, Daniel Walker of Lexington, Kentucky. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Large, Lexington, Kentucky; two sons, Michael Large and Jeffrey Large of Birmingham, Alabama; two stepchildren, Henry Walker (Laura) and Angie Allen (Mike) of Lexington, Kentucky, 14 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren, one brother, Kenneth Large, Ft. Payne, Alabama, and several nieces and nephews and one great-nephew.
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Ahead of Friday’s release of
Intelligent Design Flaw, the second solo album from longtime Mock Orange bass player Zachary Thompson Grace, I dropped by Grace’s South Nashville home studio Self-Help International to chat about the LP, a 10-year labor of love for the 39-year-old musician and engineer. Asked if he thinks the record shares some musical DNA with Mock Orange the Southwestern Indiana indie-rock long-haulers he’s played with since 2002 Grace shoots a puzzled look from across the control room. “I think it couldn’t be further,” Grace says. “But I guess it’s in the same world.”
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Earl “Wayne” Edwards, 75, of Breckenridge became another victim of Covid pneumonia and on January 11, 2021 went to join his Savior in heaven with his wife and loved ones by his side. Wayne was born to E. Andrew and Joyce Edwards on July 22, 1945 in Lubbock. He grew up as a farm boy in New Lynn, Texas where he first learned how to work hard. It’s a quality he never forgot. He graduated from Wilson High School in 1963.
He bought his first rent house when he was 19 and an insurance agency at 24. He worked as an independent agent in Slaton, built a tax business, got his broker’s license to sell real estate, and acquired numerous rent houses. After 20 years, he sold the agency and fulfilled a lifelong dream of owning a ranch. He and Mary lived on the ranch south of Post for 20 years before selling it to ‘retire’ to the house they built 2 years earlier on Hubbard Lake. This also gave them the additional bonus of being closer to the children and grandchildren. It was