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07-15-2008, 09:13 PM
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Famous Tennesseans !!!
Ok, let's dish about famous Tennesseans. The rules are that the person must either be from, used to live here or currently live here. Honorable mentions will go to offspring or parents of famous people. We all have different ideas on fame so this should be fun to see entertainers, sports figures, etc.
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07-15-2008, 09:14 PM
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I have to start with our girl.............. Dolly Parton!  |
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07-15-2008, 09:15 PM
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Taylor Swift...I think she is from Hendersonville right?
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07-15-2008, 09:28 PM
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Chance favors the prepared mind.
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"Government doesn't solve problems, it subsidizes them."
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Some of my favorites:
- Cordell Hull, the "Father of the United Nations"
- Howard Baker, chief of staff under Ronald Reagan and former ambassador to Japan
- Tina Turner!
- Dixie Carter
- Wilma Rudolph
- Fred Smith (the guy who started FedEx)
- and as of a few years ago:
- Debbie Fields! You know, the Mrs. Fields cookie lady. She lives in Memphis now.
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07-15-2008, 09:42 PM
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Armchair Activist!
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The only one I can think of right now (brain dead at the mo') is Park Overall, the nurse on Empty Nest, the old sitcom.
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07-15-2008, 09:48 PM
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peyton manning
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07-15-2008, 10:40 PM
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Kenny Chesney went to ETSU, but not sure if he was from here or just over the border in VA.
And oh my gosh...what's his name from Bulls Gap who was a regular on Hee Haw.....Dang I can see the signs in my head all over Bulls Gap but can't see the name.....anyone?
Edit: I remembered, Archie Cambell
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07-15-2008, 10:41 PM
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Since we went to the same high school (about 50 years apart): Robert Penn Warren.
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07-15-2008, 10:44 PM
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Jason Whitten of the Dallas Cowboys is from and still calls home, Elizabethton TN. (My step son dated his sister for a while, hubby being the BIG cowboys fan was really crushed when that didn't work out hhahahahhhaha)
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07-15-2008, 10:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SmokyMtnGal
peyton manning
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You beat me to it! I was thinking, thinking, thinking as I'm reading and then bam! there was my answer.
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