>From The Oak Ridger 5 Sep 2003 Betty Ruth Hembree, 73, of Oak Ridge, James N. "Jim" Dumont, 67, Winston Cannon, 49, of Clinton, ============================================ Betty Ruth Hembree, 73, of Oak Ridge, died Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2003, at her home after an extended illness. She was an instructor at Tennessee School of Beauty for several years and was also an employee at the Oak Ridge K-25 site. Mrs. Hembree was a Baptist and her family said she enjoyed watching Central Baptist Church on Sunday mornings. She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Bonnie Hembree. Mrs. Hembree is survived by a brother, William Hembree and wife, Audrey; a sister, Barbara Bray and husband, Leon; two nieces, Stacy Hughes of Clinton and Sharon Moore of South Carolina; and by a nephew, Charles Hembree of Clinton. The body was donated to science as Mrs. Hembree had requested, and her family said she will always be remembered. James N. "Jim" Dumont, 67, died Friday, Aug. 29, 2003, at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, following a brief illness. Born and raised on a small family farm in Sigourney, Iowa, he was the son of George and Clara Webb Dumont, both now deceased. Mr. Dumont went to the University of Iowa, where he received bachelor's and master's degrees. While there, he met and married his wife, Shirley Evans Dumont, who died in 1993. From Iowa, the couple moved to Amherst, Mass., where he completed a doctorate in zoology at the University of Massachusetts. Mr. Dumont moved his family to Oak Ridge in 1967, when he took a job in the biology division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. According to his family, while living in Oak Ridge, he was involved in many community-based activities. He served on the board of directors at the Oak Ridge Community Playhouse, the Arts Council of Oak Ridge, and Oak Ridge Community Television. He was also an active member of St. Mary's Catholic church. In 1995, Jim moved to Stillwater, Okla., to take a position in the zoology department at Oklahoma State University. He was actively conducting research in Stillwater at the time of his death. Mr. Dumont is survived by his sister, Elizabeth Snakenburg of Webster, Iowa; his brother, Jerry Dumont of Sigourney; and by three children, Betsy Dumont of Montague, Mass., Katie King of Knoxville, and Charles James Dumont. A funeral Mass was Monday, Sept. 1, 2003 in Sigourney. Memorials will be held in both Oak Ridge and Stillwater later this fall. The family requests that any memorials be in the form of contributions in his name to a local hospice organization. Winston Cannon, 49, of Clinton, died Friday, Sept. 5, 2003, at his home. Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs is in charge of arrangements, which were incomplete at press time. =========================================== SUPPORT OUR TROOPS---FLY THE FLAG "Genealogy is like playing hide and seek. They hide I seek!!! <A HREF="www.byrge.com/genealogy/">www.byrge.com/genealogy/</A> Searching: BYRGE/BUNCH/DAUGHERTY/DUNCAN/KENNEDY/ PATTERSON/PHILLIPS/SEIBER/TACKETT/WARD