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Ramsey, Dave
Redick, W. Paul
Reed, Alison
Touster
Reid, John
Reynolds, Richard Samuel
Rhodes,
Constance
Rhodes, Kathy
Hardy
Rieke, Thomas C.
Riley, Tom
Rizzo, Ann Marie
Roberson, Susan McDonald
Robinson, Betty Jean Rhodes
Robinson, James Eugene
Roley, Scott
Ross, Mary Waller
Ross, Tim
Rowell,
Ed
Rubin, Laurence
Rucker, Corneille
McCarn
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Ramsey, Dave (1960- )
Dave Ramsey graduated from
Antioch
High School and attended UT–Knoxville. Returning to
Nashville, he entered the real estate business but
after phenomenal success, found himself at rock bottom, a victim of the
changing climate in real estate and banking. Ramsey’s book, syndicated radio
show, and Financial
Peace
University seminars share the lessons he learned as
he dealt with this experience, both financially and spiritually.
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Redick,
W. Paul (1911-2002)
W. Paul Redick, a native of
Camden, was a graduate of
Cumberland
University,
Peabody
College, and
Vanderbilt
University. He is best known as headmaster of
Battle
Ground
Academy from 1950 through 1968. Redick served as
teacher, coach, and intramural director at
Castle
Heights
Military
Academy and as
Tennessee state director of special schools. From
1936 to 1960, he served as director at Camp Hy-Lake in the
Cumberland
Mountain area.
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–They Preached Me a Sermon, 1984
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–It Happened at Hy-Lake, 1972
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Reed, Alison Touster
Alison Touster Reed was born in
Nashville and moved to
Williamson
County as a child. She received her B.A. and
M.A. degrees from
Vanderbilt University, and she was founding editor of the Cumberland Poetry Review. Reed has been
published in more than 100 magazines, and critics
favorably received her poetry books.
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Reid, John (1784-1816)
Major John Reid was a
Virginia native, but he moved to
Tennessee in 1807. He settled in
Franklin in 1809, where he practiced law. Reid
served as Andrew Jackson’s military secretary throughout the Indian wars and at
the Battle of New Orleans. He had written only the first four chapters of The Life of Andrew Jackson when he died.
Major Reid’s friend, John Henry Eaton, completed the volume. The book appeared
from a Philadelphia publisher with both names on the title
page.
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Reynolds, Richard Samuel (1893-
)
Richard Samuel Reynolds was born in
1893 and was living in
Franklin at the age of four. He studied at the Institute, the old
Ninth
District
Public School, under Miss Mabel Johnson. He then
attended Battle
Ground
Academy. After embarking on his career as an
engineer, he built a dormitory for
Middle
Tennessee
Teachers’ College (now
Middle
Tennessee
State
University) in
Murfreesboro.
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Rhodes, Constance
(1971 - )
From a childhood in
Brighton,
Michigan, and college years in
Dallas,
Texas, Constance Rhodes moved to
Nashville in 1993 hoping to land a record deal.
Instead, she found herself working for Sparrow Records as marketing director
until her personal experience with disordered eating and chronic dieting led
her to establish FINDINGbalance, an organization to
help others resolve the problems of eating disorders and lifestyle management.
As part of her work, she has written a practical book on the subject as well as
continuing to write and speak nationally about the life-changing freedom of
true self-acceptance. Rhodes lives in
Franklin with her husband and son.
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Rhodes, Kathy Hardy
Born and raised in the Mississippi
Delta, Kathy Rhodes is a sixth-generation Mississippian, who moved to Franklin
in 1988. Her works have appeared in magazines, newspapers, and literary
anthologies, including Simon & Schuster's Chocolate for a Woman's Soul II
and all three editions of Our Voices. She is the creator and editor of
the e-zine Muscadine Lines: A Southern Journal, a Place for Emerging and
Established Writers to Publish Their Works. Her first book is a collection of 50
personal essays.
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Rieke,
Thomas C. (1935- )
Thomas C. Rieke, a native of
Minneapolis,
Minnesota, was a United Methodist pastor for more
than thirty-five years and served four different churches in
Ohio from 1959 to 1972. He then lived in
Williamson
County for more than ten years while serving the
United
Methodist
Church and other organizations in the area of
finance and stewardship. He has written numerous articles on the subject. Rieke
moved to Oakland,
California, to head his own firm, the Network for
Charitable Giving.
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–The
Generosity Option: Planning Options for Contemporary Disciples, 2002
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–Funds
for the Future of the Church, 1999
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–VISION/30,
1998
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–Generous
People in Action, 1993
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–Strengthening
Our Congregation’s Stewardship, 1981
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–How
to Give Away Your Debts and Other Experiences in Stewardship, 1980
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–The
Circuit Rider, 1979
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–Opportunities
in Stewardship for Concerned Christians in a
Local
Church (with John C. Espic),
1975
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Riley, Tom
Tom Riley grew up in
Bowling Green,
Kentucky, on the campus of the Potter
Children’s Home where his father was superintendent. He attended college at
David
Lipscomb
University and then became a minister,
serving churches in several places before coming to
Franklin in 1994 as the senior
minister of the Fourth Avenue Church of Christ. He has also been an adjunct
teacher of Bible at Lipscomb. On submitting several topics to Covenant
Publishers, he was encouraged to write on baptism, resulting in his first book.
The more recent book is intended to assist small prayer groups and includes
both text and space for journaling.
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–Praying with Jesus: Experiencing New Depths in Prayer
(with
Tom Cook), 2001
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–Dying to Live Again: the Grace of Baptism,
2000
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Rizzo, Ann Marie (1947- )
Ann Marie Rizzo is a native of
Buffalo,
New York, where she studied political science at
Ithaca
College. She obtained her Ph.D. from
Syracuse
University. Rizzo was director of the Institute for
Public Management at
Florida International
University in
Miami. In 1988 she moved to
Franklin and became professor of public
administration at
Tennessee State
University. She has published numerous articles in
professional journals.
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–The
Integration of Women in Management, 1991
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–Innovations
in Teaching Public Affairs and Administration, 1981
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Roberson, Susan McDonald (1953-
)
Susan McDonald Roberson was born in
Nashville where she graduated from
Glencliff
High School and
David
Lipscomb
University. She became a self-employed accountant
and has lived in Brentwood since 1986. Roberson has an active
interest in genealogy and family history.
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–The Martin-Barnhill Families (with
Louise Lynch), 1985
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–The Stephenson Family: Past and Present,
1984
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Robinson, Betty Jean Rhodes
Betty Jean Rhodes Robinson grew up
in
Straight Creek,
Kentucky, on the
Kentucky side of the
Cumberland Gap. Music was an important part
of life there. After high school, she went to
Washington
D.C. where she worked as a typist
at the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the last days of Herbert Hoover. She
and her husband built a home in
Brentwood during the 1970s. Betty Jean
began to write music and in 1973 was Billboard’s
choice for female country songwriter of the year. Robinson developed her own
television program, “Up on
Melody
Mountain,” seen on the Trinity
Broadcasting Network which is shown around the world on twenty-seven
satellites. She has sung in
Israel,
Haiti, and
Jamaica, and given performances on
Indian reservations and in prisons. Some of her gospel songs have been
translated into several languages; her work may be found in Chinese, Korean,
and Spanish hymnbooks. Her book describes her life.
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Robinson, James Eugene
James
Robinson is an award-winning songwriter, singer, producer, musician, counselor
and speaker. Born in the small Tennessee town of Camden, James wrote and
performed his first songs when he was in high school. While attending Memphis
State University, he formed the band that would eventually move to Los Angeles
and become a successful draw throughout Southern California, performing his
original songs. James returned to Nashville to concentrate on writing full-time.
In 1991 he was signed as a writer with Warner-Chappell Music, one of the world's
largest music publishing companies. His songs have been recorded on projects
surpassing sales of ten million units worldwide. Drawing from his own
experience as a counselor in the field of alcohol and addiction treatment, James
is committed to working with churches, Christian organizations, treatment
centers, schools, and correctional facilities to provide education and guidance,
helping to restore the fullness of spiritual life and health God desires for
all. James lives in Franklin.
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–Coming Home to a Place Called Hope--A Journey for the Wounded Soul, 2009
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–The Flower of Grass, 2008
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–Coming Home to a Place Called Hope--A Companion Guide for Your Personal Journey to Hope, 2008
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–Prodigal Song: A Memoir, 2003
Roley, Scott
(1952 - )
A minister of Christ Community Church who lives in the HardBargain
section of Franklin, Scott Roley has long been interested in leading Christians
to understanding and action concerning the poor and how their lives play out in
affluent America. He grew up in suburban Washington D.C. As a sixth-grade child,
he had encounters with both Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy. From these
national leaders he became interested in helping those in need. Although he
started his adult life as a musician, he felt the pull of the church and social
justice. In 1989 he came to Christ Community Church as a youth pastor. Over the
years his understanding and interest have grown, leading him eventually to write
his book.
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Ross, Mary Waller
Mary Waller Ross lives in
Marlow Heights,
Maryland, but was born in
Hubbard,
Texas. She taught school in
Franklin,
Tennessee, and
Moultrie,
Georgia, before becoming a newspaper and radio
reporter. She has written poetry most of her life.
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–Essence Is Not of Time, 1984
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–April and October: Collected Poems,
1981
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Ross, Tim (1954- )
As an
Iowa farm boy, Tim Ross decided in the fifth
grade that he wanted to be a weatherman. After majoring in meteorology at Texas
A&M, he worked as a weatherman in
Dallas and
Oklahoma City. He started writing short nonsense
rhymes to make the weather report interesting. His audience, as well as a
professional writing friend, encouraged him. The result is a series of rhyming
verse books on weather with a work kit for each book to help elementary school
classes enjoy the subject of weather. In 1999, he moved to
Franklin to be a meteorologist, first for Fox 17
television and later for WSMV. He has often visited schools to read his books
and talk about weather.
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–Bruce the Goose and the Blueberry Juice, 2007
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–High Flying Frequency Fluctuation, 2007
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–Please Don't Bug Me, 2007
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–A Thump, a Bump and a Dump, 2007
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–Bucky Saves the Day, 2007
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–A Sunday Surprise
. . . Is Our Minister Sinister?, 2003
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–Dr. Merlin
McMasters’ Weather Disaster, 2003
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–Twinkle, Twinkle,
Little Twister,
2000
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–Brewster, the
Rain-Makin’ Rooster, 1999
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Rowell, Ed
Growing up in western
New Mexico, Rowell worked on ranches,
construction crews, and guided big game hunters in the Gila wilderness before
serving in the air force. He then earned a B.A. at
William
Jewell
College in
Missouri and an
M.Div. from Midwestern Baptist Seminary in
Kansas City. His career has included
being a pastor, writing for both secular and Christian publications, speaking
for conferences and retreats, and editing both printed books and an audio
resource for preachers. Rowell moved to
Franklin to serve as a teaching
pastor for The Peoples Church.
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–Go the Distance:
21 Habits and Attitudes of Those Who Finish Well, 2002
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–Preaching with
Spiritual Passion,
1998
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Rubin, Laurence
Laurence Rubin, a native of
Connecticut, lives in the Grassland area. He taught
mathematics and computer programming at Nashville State Technical Institute. The
book he co-authored is intended for second-year technology students. It
contains many examples of BASIC language computer programs and includes
exercises for various technologies.
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Rucker, Corneille McCarn (ca.1897–1989)
Corneille McCarn Rucker was born in
East Nashville and grew up there and in
Hawaii where her father was attorney general. While
attending Vanderbilt
University, she was the first woman to publish in The Fugitive, the poetry journal
published by the famed Fugitive poets. Throughout her lifetime she continued to
write at her home near
Charlottesville, Virginia. Every Christmas for more than 50 years
she sent a Christmas poem to her friends. Rucker lived several of her last
years in Franklin.
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