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Claudius Capps: Fountain City composer, poet, physician

Dr. Jim TumblinApril 19, 2022Fountain City, Our Town Stories

Except for the two years he spent treating World War I veterans in a hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Claudius M. Capps was a lifelong resident of Knoxville. The family lived …

Joe Gorman: Fountain City scholar and biographer

Dr. Jim TumblinMarch 15, 2022Fountain City, Our Town Stories

Joseph Bruce Gorman was born in Knoxville on Nov. 6, 1940, the youngest of four children of James D. and Georgia Stanberry Gorman. Some will remember J.D. Gorman as a …

Bill Kidwell: Fountain City artist

Dr. Jim TumblinFebruary 15, 2022Fountain City, Our Town Stories

Probably most of us have wished at some time that we could recapture some of the scenes and some of the experiences of our youth. One ex-Fountain Citian, Bill Kidwell, …

Dr. Fred Tallent: a history of generosity and kindness

Dr. Jim TumblinJanuary 18, 2022Fountain City, Our Town Stories

Few Fountain Citians of the past have been as well known or as respected as Dr. J. Fred Tallent. His pharmacy at 112 Hotel Avenue was where one had prescriptions …

E.E. Patton: ‘I want to go back’

Dr. Jim TumblinDecember 21, 2021Fountain City, Our Town Stories

“I want to spend Christmas in the country and get off the Christmas tree one stick of candy, one orange, and one penny pencil. The rich ones gave their children …

Service to country came first for Bobcats coach

Dr. Jim TumblinNovember 16, 2021Fountain City, Our Town Stories

Perhaps no time could be more appropriate for a column on Nathan B. “Red” Eubank than November, the month we celebrate Veterans Day. It was Eubank who said, “There is …

Harvey Robinson coached legendary Bobcats squad

Dr. Jim TumblinOctober 19, 2021Fountain City, Our Town Stories

Coaches like Dan Boring, Frank “Boomer” Boring, Thomas Schumpert, Joel Helton, O.C. Lloyd, “Bud” Bales, Bryson Rosser and many others were a character-building influence at Central High School. However, it …

Andy Sprinkle: A life redeemed

Dr. Jim TumblinSeptember 21, 2021Fountain City, Our Town Stories

Born in Asheville, North Carolina, on July 12, 1925, Andy Sprinkle attended elementary and high school there. He had discovered alcohol when he found himself a naïve 16-year-old cast out …

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