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1. Raymond Terry Scallions (wbbjtv.com) — Services for longtime Brownsville resident Raymond Terry Scallions are set for Thursday, October 1, at Lea & Simmons Funeral Home on South Dupree Avenue, with burial in Gates. Family, friends, and neighbors are invited to pay respects during the noon visitation and 1 p.m. celebration of life honoring his deep faith, farming life, and devotion to loved ones.
2. Top stories this week: Sept. 27, 2026 (wbbjtv.com) — State drug agents targeted illicit vapes, gummies, and kratom in both Jackson and Brownsville this week, seizing high-THC products and warning of overdose risks across several counties. The regional roundup also covers a child kidnapping case in Dyer County, a Dolly Parton Day coat drive, and the heat-related death of a Madison County K9.
3. Billy Gene Ray (wbbjtv.com) — Brownsville neighbors are mourning 83-year-old Army veteran Billy Gene Ray, who died Sunday at his home in town. Visitation and services are set for Wednesday, September 30, at Lea & Simmons Funeral Home, and the family suggests donations to Woodland Baptist Church's Ramp Builders Fund in lieu of flowers.
4. Author Talk: Jim Emison — Murder on the Hatchie (popville.com) — Brownsville's role in civil rights history takes center stage in Jim Emison's true-crime history of the 1940 lynching of Elbert Williams, an NAACP leader murdered for registering Black voters. The book and author conversation explore how local officials, federal authorities, and national groups responded, reframing Brownsville as a pivotal site in America's voting rights struggle.
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