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02-23-2008, 06:34 PM
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Tennessee Facts
Interesting site about Tennessee...............
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02-23-2008, 09:52 PM
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I enjoyed the website. Thanks for sharing it. 
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02-23-2008, 11:23 PM
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Off the famous people list, I know for a fact that Oprah Winfrey is from Kosciusko, MS and Ralph Sampson is from Laurel, MS.
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02-23-2008, 11:47 PM
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Chance favors the prepared mind.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by williboy
Off the famous people list, I know for a fact that Oprah Winfrey is from Kosciusko, MS and Ralph Sampson is from Laurel, MS.
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And as soon as Oprah Winfrey was old enough, she left Mississippi for Nashville and was raised there by her father. After graduating from high school in Nashville, she attended college in Nashville and then got her start in the TV business at Nashville's WTVF.
She is a native of Mississippi but has always said that Nashville is where she is "from."
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02-24-2008, 07:13 AM
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Isn't Reese Witherspoon from here too?
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02-24-2008, 07:19 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by beachbyrd
Isn't Reese Witherspoon from here too?
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She wasn't born here, but she grew up here. She went to Harpeth Hall.
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02-24-2008, 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by JMT
And as soon as Oprah Winfrey was old enough, she left Mississippi for Nashville and was raised there by her father. After graduating from high school in Nashville, she attended college in Nashville and then got her start in the TV business at Nashville's WTVF.
She is a native of Mississippi but has always said that Nashville is where she is "from."
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This is true of Oprah, but Ralph Boston (Olympic Gold Metal in Long Jump) grew up in Laurel, MS graduating from Oak Park HS. He did go to college in TN, but he is not from TN.
I'm surprised Steve Spuurrier isn't on the list. He did play football at The University of Florida, but he is a graduate of Science Hill High School in Johnson City, TN.
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02-27-2008, 01:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by williboy
Off the famous people list, I know for a fact that Oprah Winfrey is from Kosciusko, MS and Ralph Sampson is from Laurel, MS.
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Ralph Sampson was born in Harrisonburg, VA.
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02-27-2008, 02:05 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by williboy
This is true of Oprah, but Ralph Boston (Olympic Gold Metal in Long Jump) grew up in Laurel, MS graduating from Oak Park HS. He did go to college in TN, but he is not from TN.
I'm surprised Steve Spuurrier isn't on the list. He did play football at The University of Florida, but he is a graduate of Science Hill High School in Johnson City, TN.
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yeah but he's from Florida. He moved here with his parents right before he started high school.
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02-27-2008, 03:35 PM
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ELOHINO DOHIYI GESESTI
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Kenny Chesney home is in Lultrel........
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