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- [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 9 Dec 2003.
William Clay Blazer obituary
- [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 169.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 30 Apr 2009.
Mayor Ronnie Hommel declares May Day for Relay
Parrottsville Mayor Ronnie Hommel signed a proclamation on Wednesday morning at Parrottsville Elementary School designating this Friday as May Day for Relay in recognition of the community's current Relay for Life campaign. Among those present for the ceremony were, seated from left, Parrottsville Elementary Principal Lanny Trentham, Hunter Smith, Hommel, Austin Smith, Parrottsville teacher Debbie Hommel, and Hannah Smith. Standing from left are Parrottsville teachers Margaret Strange and Amanda Pasternak, co-captains of the school's Relay for Life team. Austin and Hannah Smith are the children of Boxer Smith, who recently lost his battle with cancer, and Hunter Smith is their cousin.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 6 May 2011.
'Ronnie and I just showed up; God did it all'
(c) 2011 NPT PHOTO BY DUAY O'NEIL
Ronnie Hommel and Laura Forbes have lots to smile about these days. In February, Forbesdonated a kidney to her uncle in an operation conducted at Vanderbilt Hospital. The tworeturned to their Parrottsville homes four days later.
Author: Duay O'Neil
PARROTTSVILLE-To look at former Parrottsville Mayor Ronnie Hommel and his niece Laura Forbes today, it's hard to grasp what a medical rollercoaster the two have ridden for the past year.
At this time in 2010, rapid renal failure brought Ronnie to the need for dialysis. Today his health continues to improve daily following a kidney transplant on February 10, 2011.
The rollercoaster ride began in 2003 when doctors diagnosed Ronnie with Pauci immune crescentic glomerulonephritis.
For more details, please see the latest edition of the Newport Plain Talk.
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