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Tuesday, April 18, 2017Minh Yueh Jiu Shyh Buddhist Temple had assembled two altars at Chapel of the Chimes, and blessed them with chanting, readings and music softly played on a small drum, wooden percussion instruments, bells, bowls and a small gong.The five, Chinese immigrants, arranged offerings of incense, apples, water, oranges, buns, mushrooms and other food, including tofu renderings of shrimp and other seafood dishes, on the altars as a type of “sutra,” Hoang Truong said.Ching Ming ceremonies traditionally coincide with spring planting, set at the 106th day after winter solstice, and at harvest time in the fall. So there will be another Ching Ming ceremony in September.“Growing up in Western society, we lose our connection. This gives us a way to connect with our culture,” said Yau Kung Moon’s Johnny Leung, visiting from Australia.“The whole family will gather together and go to the grave to clean it, bring flowers, gather together and talk,” Truong said. Given the brief time they have been in the country, with few graves to tend, such celebrations often are held at home or at temples, she said.Truong tapped a small drum and chimed a bell at intervals in the chanting. She was accompanied by the group’s leader, Quang Truong, who chimed a small gong as he led the chanting from a position at the altar’s left side.Across from him, Minh Truong kept a rhythm on the serrated scales of two wooden fish, called mokugyo or muyu. A few feet farther from the altar, at his right, Thanh Quach chanted and sounded a small set of cymbals. Opposite him, Tohoa Hong augmented her chanting with another small, brass percussion instrument.“We are here to suffer. We try to cultivate ourselves to not come back to suffering,” Hoang Truong said.She described various sutras, such as abstinence from killing, gambling, drinking, smoking and sexual misconduct. “If you make good karma, you might go to the Pure Land and become Buddha. We try, but it’s hard,” she said.“Maybe they (Chapel of the Chimes) want more and more people to know the Chinese culture. There are a lot of Chinese here. This introduced our culture to the community,” Hoang Truong said.“We serve quite a big Buddhist communit...
Monday, March 27, 2017Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at the church.Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.Ms. Ossie Doyle Shelton, age 92 of Bells, TN (Formerly of Dyersburg) died Monday, March 20, 2017 at Jackson-Madison Co. General Hospital in Jackson, Tn. Funeral arrangement will be...
Monday, March 13, 2017L. Hubble Jr., 90, of Covington, formerly of Dyersburg, passed away on Sunday at his residence.Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.Bernice C. Kirby, of Bells, Tennessee, died Monday at Bells Nursing Home in Bells, Tennessee. Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Kirby will be announced by Johnson-Williams Funeral Home.John Larkin Mulliniks Sr. of Lake Charles, Louisiana, died Saturday at Brookdale Assisted Living Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Johnson-Williams Funeral Home.David Lynn Nelson, age 78, of Halls died Saturday, March 4, 2017 at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home of Dyersburg, TN. Memorial Service will be held Tuesday at 6:00pm at the Halls Community Center.Angie VanTassel, 48, of Dyersburg, TN died Saturday, March 4, 2017 at Tennova Healthcare Dyersburg Regional.Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by Curry Funeral Home.
Monday, February 20, 2017Bronx crash Family, friends and fellow Finest packed the pews for the fledgling cop’s funeral Friday, as the mournful sound of gospel songs played in place of wedding bells. One of Bennett’s colleagues stood before the crowd to offer a final salute to her fallen friend. “Even though she is not here in body, she is above me right now,” the officer said as she raised her hand to her temple. “It’s one of the last times I’m going to be able to salute her.” Fifteen multicolored floral arrangements of blue, red, white and pink flowers crowded the sides of the stage.Kin of cop killed in Bronx wreck sympathetic to speeding NYPD pal Several large pictures of a smiling Bennett stood at the center of the room with a large NYPD badge cutout.Yvette Bennett (c.), mother of Bianca, mourns the loss of her daughter at her funeral.(Gardiner Anderson/for New York Daily News) Outside, cops directed traffic and two buses arrived to shuttle officers to the funeral. Bennett’s shield number, 7141, written in white and outlined in blue, graced the bottom of the larger-than-life badge. She was assigned to the Ninth Precinct after joining the department in April 2016 — and by all accounts loved her job.Off-duty cop killed, sergeant critically injured in Bronx crash The Queens native was assigned to the Ninth Precinct after joining the department in April 2016. She had previously spent three years as a traffic enforcement agent. Captain Vincent Greany, the commanding officer of the Ninth precinct, delivered an emotional remembrance of Bennett. “We shouldn’t be here,” said Greany. “We’re all supposed to live until we’re around 90 and die peacefully in our sleep.” He then addressed the rookies in the room, telling them to keep Bennett in their t...
Monday, February 06, 2017Peter Saisi, who was shot to death in 1958. Saisi’s wife said strangers killed her husband, but her story didn’t add up.“The old ESP alarm bells kept ringing,” he told the Chicago Sun-Times in a 1971 profile.Mary Saisi and a boyfriend confessed and went to prison for killing Peter Saisi to collect insurance on his life.When he was acting superintendent, Mr. DiLeonardi promoted black and Hispanic officers into exempt-rank positions, something “Joe never really got enough credit for,” his wife said.“The exempt ranks were all white,” she said. “One man he promoted asked him, ‘Can you actually do that?’ The man sat there and cried in the office as Joe promoted him.”Joseph DiLeonardi. File Photo.Carol DiLeonardi said her husband always publicly thanked Byrne for giving him the chance to serve the city.“Joe is not a vindictive person,” she said. “He was not one to get even. Obviously he didn’t like the demotion, but he chalked that up to ‘that’s life.’ ”Although he was often compared with Theo Kojak, the fictional New York police investigator in the 1970s television series, Mr. DiLeonardi told reporters that TV shows don’t show detectives knocking on 50 doors and working through the night to solve murders.“Let me point out there are no Kojaks in this business,” he once said.Mr. DiLeonardi was an early critic of violence on TV, which he thought prompted people with “impressionable minds” to carry out copycat crimes.Mr. DiLeonardi, who grew up near Belmont and Central on the Northwest Side and attended Steinmetz High School, was a lifelong fitness buff. He ran dozens of marathons — the last one while he was in his 70s — and he didn’t stop jogging until about three years ago when he began to suffer from heart disease, his wife said.He was a member of the University of Illinois at Chicago Baseball Hall of Fame and earned the school’s most valuable player honor in 1950 and 1951. His baseball career ended when he was struck in the eye by a baseball during a tryout for the New York Yankees, his wife said.In addition to his wife, Mr. DiLeonardi is survived by a son, Joseph DiLeonardi Jr.; brothers Arthur and George DiLeonardi; sisters Gloria Malnak and Joyce Cox-Cunningham; and two grandchildren. Visitation is 3-9 p.m. on Wednesday at Cumberland Chapels, 8300 W. Lawrence, in Norridge, and 9-10 a.m. on Thursday at Holy Name Cathedral at 735 N. State, with a fu...
Monday, February 06, 2017General Electric. He was a Korean War Army veteran and a Bronze Star recipient.Charles is survived by his wife: Margie A. Elliott. He is also survived by a son: Travis C. Elliott (Tamara Jo) of Campbellsburg, a daughter: Myra Kay Elliott Sharp of Decatur, Illinois, a brother: Carroll Elliott of LaPlace, Illinois, three grandchildren: Tamara Kay Day (Terry), Mariah Jo Applegate (Nicholas James), and Wade Levi Elliott, and 2 great-grandchildren: Faith Helen Day and Andrew Lewis Day.He was preceded in death by a brother: Lazarre Elliott, a sister: Maxine Burket, a grandson: Tice Sharp III and his parents.Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00AM at Weathers Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with military honors. Visitation will be Sunday from 5-7PM and Monday from 10AM-time of service.Obituary written by family members.Sign up to get each day's obituaries sent to your email inbox...
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Tuesday, April 18, 2017Minh Yueh Jiu Shyh Buddhist Temple had assembled two altars at Chapel of the Chimes, and blessed them with chanting, readings and music softly played on a small drum, wooden percussion instruments, bells, bowls and a small gong.The five, Chinese immigrants, arranged offerings of incense, apples, water, oranges, buns, mushrooms and other food, including tofu renderings of shrimp and other seafood dishes, on the altars as a type of “sutra,” Hoang Truong said.Ching Ming ceremonies traditionally coincide with spring planting, set at the 106th day after winter solstice, and at harvest time in the fall. So there will be another Ching Ming ceremony in September.“Growing up in Western society, we lose our connection. This gives us a way to connect with our culture,” said Yau Kung Moon’s Johnny Leung, visiting from Australia.“The whole family will gather together and go to the grave to clean it, bring flowers, gather together and talk,” Truong said. Given the brief time they have been in the country, with few graves to tend, such celebrations often are held at home or at temples, she said.Truong tapped a small drum and chimed a bell at intervals in the chanting. She was accompanied by the group’s leader, Quang Truong, who chimed a small gong as he led the chanting from a position at the altar’s left side.Across from him, Minh Truong kept a rhythm on the serrated scales of two wooden fish, called mokugyo or muyu. A few feet farther from the altar, at his right, Thanh Quach chanted and sounded a small set of cymbals. Opposite him, Tohoa Hong augmented her chanting with another small, brass percussion instrument.“We are here to suffer. We try to cultivate ourselves to not come back to suffering,” Hoang Truong said.She described various sutras, such as abstinence from killing, gambling, drinking, smoking and sexual misconduct. “If you make good karma, you might go to the Pure Land and become Buddha. We try, but it’s hard,” she said.“Maybe they (Chapel of the Chimes) want more and more people to know the Chinese culture. There are a lot of Chinese here. This introduced our culture to the community,” Hoang Truong said.“We serve quite a big Buddhist communit...
Monday, March 27, 2017Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at the church.Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.Ms. Ossie Doyle Shelton, age 92 of Bells, TN (Formerly of Dyersburg) died Monday, March 20, 2017 at Jackson-Madison Co. General Hospital in Jackson, Tn. Funeral arrangement will be...
Monday, March 13, 2017L. Hubble Jr., 90, of Covington, formerly of Dyersburg, passed away on Sunday at his residence.Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.Bernice C. Kirby, of Bells, Tennessee, died Monday at Bells Nursing Home in Bells, Tennessee. Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Kirby will be announced by Johnson-Williams Funeral Home.John Larkin Mulliniks Sr. of Lake Charles, Louisiana, died Saturday at Brookdale Assisted Living Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Johnson-Williams Funeral Home.David Lynn Nelson, age 78, of Halls died Saturday, March 4, 2017 at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home of Dyersburg, TN. Memorial Service will be held Tuesday at 6:00pm at the Halls Community Center.Angie VanTassel, 48, of Dyersburg, TN died Saturday, March 4, 2017 at Tennova Healthcare Dyersburg Regional.Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by Curry Funeral Home.
Monday, February 20, 2017Bronx crash Family, friends and fellow Finest packed the pews for the fledgling cop’s funeral Friday, as the mournful sound of gospel songs played in place of wedding bells. One of Bennett’s colleagues stood before the crowd to offer a final salute to her fallen friend. “Even though she is not here in body, she is above me right now,” the officer said as she raised her hand to her temple. “It’s one of the last times I’m going to be able to salute her.” Fifteen multicolored floral arrangements of blue, red, white and pink flowers crowded the sides of the stage.Kin of cop killed in Bronx wreck sympathetic to speeding NYPD pal Several large pictures of a smiling Bennett stood at the center of the room with a large NYPD badge cutout.Yvette Bennett (c.), mother of Bianca, mourns the loss of her daughter at her funeral.(Gardiner Anderson/for New York Daily News) Outside, cops directed traffic and two buses arrived to shuttle officers to the funeral. Bennett’s shield number, 7141, written in white and outlined in blue, graced the bottom of the larger-than-life badge. She was assigned to the Ninth Precinct after joining the department in April 2016 — and by all accounts loved her job.Off-duty cop killed, sergeant critically injured in Bronx crash The Queens native was assigned to the Ninth Precinct after joining the department in April 2016. She had previously spent three years as a traffic enforcement agent. Captain Vincent Greany, the commanding officer of the Ninth precinct, delivered an emotional remembrance of Bennett. “We shouldn’t be here,” said Greany. “We’re all supposed to live until we’re around 90 and die peacefully in our sleep.” He then addressed the rookies in the room, telling them to keep Bennett in their t...
Monday, February 06, 2017Peter Saisi, who was shot to death in 1958. Saisi’s wife said strangers killed her husband, but her story didn’t add up.“The old ESP alarm bells kept ringing,” he told the Chicago Sun-Times in a 1971 profile.Mary Saisi and a boyfriend confessed and went to prison for killing Peter Saisi to collect insurance on his life.When he was acting superintendent, Mr. DiLeonardi promoted black and Hispanic officers into exempt-rank positions, something “Joe never really got enough credit for,” his wife said.“The exempt ranks were all white,” she said. “One man he promoted asked him, ‘Can you actually do that?’ The man sat there and cried in the office as Joe promoted him.”Joseph DiLeonardi. File Photo.Carol DiLeonardi said her husband always publicly thanked Byrne for giving him the chance to serve the city.“Joe is not a vindictive person,” she said. “He was not one to get even. Obviously he didn’t like the demotion, but he chalked that up to ‘that’s life.’ ”Although he was often compared with Theo Kojak, the fictional New York police investigator in the 1970s television series, Mr. DiLeonardi told reporters that TV shows don’t show detectives knocking on 50 doors and working through the night to solve murders.“Let me point out there are no Kojaks in this business,” he once said.Mr. DiLeonardi was an early critic of violence on TV, which he thought prompted people with “impressionable minds” to carry out copycat crimes.Mr. DiLeonardi, who grew up near Belmont and Central on the Northwest Side and attended Steinmetz High School, was a lifelong fitness buff. He ran dozens of marathons — the last one while he was in his 70s — and he didn’t stop jogging until about three years ago when he began to suffer from heart disease, his wife said.He was a member of the University of Illinois at Chicago Baseball Hall of Fame and earned the school’s most valuable player honor in 1950 and 1951. His baseball career ended when he was struck in the eye by a baseball during a tryout for the New York Yankees, his wife said.In addition to his wife, Mr. DiLeonardi is survived by a son, Joseph DiLeonardi Jr.; brothers Arthur and George DiLeonardi; sisters Gloria Malnak and Joyce Cox-Cunningham; and two grandchildren. Visitation is 3-9 p.m. on Wednesday at Cumberland Chapels, 8300 W. Lawrence, in Norridge, and 9-10 a.m. on Thursday at Holy Name Cathedral at 735 N. State, with a fu...
Monday, February 06, 2017General Electric. He was a Korean War Army veteran and a Bronze Star recipient.Charles is survived by his wife: Margie A. Elliott. He is also survived by a son: Travis C. Elliott (Tamara Jo) of Campbellsburg, a daughter: Myra Kay Elliott Sharp of Decatur, Illinois, a brother: Carroll Elliott of LaPlace, Illinois, three grandchildren: Tamara Kay Day (Terry), Mariah Jo Applegate (Nicholas James), and Wade Levi Elliott, and 2 great-grandchildren: Faith Helen Day and Andrew Lewis Day.He was preceded in death by a brother: Lazarre Elliott, a sister: Maxine Burket, a grandson: Tice Sharp III and his parents.Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00AM at Weathers Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery with military honors. Visitation will be Sunday from 5-7PM and Monday from 10AM-time of service.Obituary written by family members.Sign up to get each day's obituaries sent to your email inbox...
