Local news
A Life Lived: Earl Ellis, Jr., an old soldier who never gave up, but just faded away
Gen. Douglas MacArthur is credited with the saying: “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.” Perhaps, that was true with Earl Ellis, Jr., who ...
Rozella Hardin, Author at www.elizabethton.com
Local news
A Life Lived: Harry Messimer was known for his love of buses
Harry Lee Messimer was 91 years old when he died September 29 in Salem, Va. Harry had outlived most of his friends in Elizabethton. He ...
by Rozella Hardin, Tuesday, October 20, 2020 11:53 am
Community
Scarecrows invade downtown Elizabethton
Every season has its symbols, and with autumn we tend to think of falling leaves, Halloween, harvest, pumpkins, bobbing for apples, and perhaps the most ...
by Rozella Hardin, Friday, October 16, 2020 3:53 pm
Local news
A Life Lived: Lanny Smith spent a lifetime in law enforcement, teaching
It’s been said: Put yourself in a cop’s shoes and chances are you won’t like what you see in your face. Lanny Dale Smith spent ...
by Rozella Hardin, Tuesday, October 13, 2020 2:38 pm
Local news
A Life Lived: Mary Alice Anderson was a caregiver for her family
By Rozella Hardin Editorial Director rozella.hardin@elizabethton.com Someone has said: “Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn’t know possible.” Mary Alice Anderson to ...
by Rozella Hardin, Tuesday, October 6, 2020 1:59 pm
Community
Weather-beaten memories
Recently, an old weather-beaten house and several outbuildings caught the eye of Minister Michael Klaus while on a drive in the Stoney Creek community. With ...
by Rozella Hardin, Friday, October 2, 2020 12:07 pm
Editorials
The hypocrisy of America’s best-known senators
The United States Senate is ready to take up the confirmation hearing for Amy Coney Barrett, who from the evidence presented is quite capable of ...
by Rozella Hardin, Tuesday, September 29, 2020 4:27 pm
Local news
A Life Lived: Arvel McKinney believed in working hard, helping his neighbor
Someone has written: Work is not man’s punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure. Arvel McKinney found pleasure in work. It ...
by Rozella Hardin, Tuesday, September 29, 2020 11:24 am
Local news
A Life Lived: Wilma Colbaugh was a devoted mother, caregiver
I knew Wilma Lovelace Colbaugh my entire life. We grew up in the same neighborhood — just a stone’s throw from each other. We played ...
by Rozella Hardin, Tuesday, September 22, 2020 11:11 am
Community
Raising Monarch butterflies a fall ritual at Johnson home
What is more beautiful than a butterfly as it flits (or dances) from flower to flower in the summer, sipping nectar along the way? Josie ...
