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Scrapbooking room
The Decatur County Library is pleased to announce it has set up a room in the library for all of your scrapbooking needs. We have the Sizzex cutting system with dies available, the entire Creative Memories cutting and template system and a nice selection of "Stampin Up" decorative stamps with many different colored ink pads available. All of these items may be used in the library free of charge. We also have scrapbooking paper available to purchase for ten cents a sheet.
Tombstone Pictures
Athalia Taylor, director of Decatur County Library is pleased to announce she will take pictures of tombstones for family research. There is no cost for this service. Please e-mail information concerning deceased including name, date of birth and death, place of burial. I understand some of this may not be known but I will be able to be more accurate if all information is given. My e-mail address is taylora@decaturcountytn.org. I will send you a digital picture via e-mail of requested tombstone(s). My main area is Decatur County but I will go into my surrounding counties if the graveyards are not to far from our county line.
Decatur County Library now has online databases for family history research
<P>The library has recently acquired Ancestry.com, Heritage Quest and Proquest Obituaries for our patrons interested in family history. Heritage Quest and Proquest Obits can be accessed from your home computer using your patron card issued you by Decatur County Library. Contact the library at 731-852-3325 or e-mailing Athalia Taylor at <A href="mailto:dcldsl@tds.net">dcldsl@tds.net</A> or <A href="mailto:taylora@decaturcountytn.org">taylora@decaturcountytn.org</A> for further information on accessing the sites or to become a cyberpatron of the library if you do not live in our area and have ties to Decatur or surrounding counties.</P>
Services offered through Decatur County
Library
Free Internet Access for patrons
Fax machine for public use
Copy machine for public use
LCD Projector / Laptop available on a limited basis - See Mrs. Taylor for
details.
Wide selection of movies available in VHS and DVD including action, western, thriller, Walt Disney
and general
Audiotapes
CD's including country, rock, classical, blues and modern
Best Sellers in Fiction and Non-Fiction
Large selection of paperbacks
Tennessee History
Genealogy Reference
Scrapbooking room with complete creative memories cutting system, Sizzex
cutting system with dies, and
Children's books
Cartoon & Holiday
Cake Pans
Children's Story hour
Tennessee Electronic Library
All County news papers from 1893 to present are available on micro film
Athalia Taylor, Director
Amber Taylor, staff
Patty Wyatt, staff
Mildred Crawley, staff
The library is governed by the Decatur County Library Board, which is
appointed by the Decatur County Commissioners. The library is fully funded
by the Decatur County Government and the County owns the building.
Mickey Larkins – Chairman of the Board
Gail Story – Vice-chairwoman
Jean Myracle – Secretary
Don Moore – Treasurer
Jeanine England
Melvin Taylor
Judy Tucsnak Mrs.
Wanda Conger and Mrs. Hettie Scott presently serve on the Shiloh
Regional Board.
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The first library service made available to Decatur County was in October
of 1942 and was sponsored by the TVA. It was also during this time that
Decatur County became a part of the Regional library system. The first
county library was located in the superintendent of education's office in
the courthouse. There were also many branches located throughout the
county. These later became known as bookmobile stations and there are
several still located in various businesses today. For a brief time in the
1950's the county library was located in a commercial building in
Decaturville. In 1958 it returned to its home in the courthouse and there
it remained until 1993 when a beautiful 5,000 square foot library was
built on Court Square and became the home of the Decatur County Public
Library. 
