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Our Address:
The Decatur County Library
Court Square
20 West market St.
Decaturville TN 38329
Phone: 731-852-3325
Fax: 731-852-2351
Email:
taylora@decaturcountytn.org
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Our Hours:
| Monday |
10:00am -
5:00pm |
| Tuesday |
10:00am -
7:00pm |
| Wednesday |
10:00am -
2:00pm |
| Thursday |
10:00am -
5:00pm |
| Friday |
10:00am -
5:00pm |
| Saturday |
9:30am -
12:30pm |
| Sunday |
Closed |
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Our History:
 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.
 The new library boasts a spacious room "The Bonnye White Allen Community
Room" which serves as a meeting place for many non-profit organizations
and government organizations as well as hosting the Grand Jury when it has
to convene. The room was named for Mrs. Bonnye White Allen who was
instrumental in obtaining the new library building. She worked many long
hours on this project and one of her greatest pleasures was sitting in the
new library and greeting the many patrons who use our great facility.
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Services offered through Decatur County
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Free Internet Access for patrons
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Fax machine for public use
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Copy machine for public use
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LCD Projector / Laptop available on a limited basis - See Mrs. Taylor for
details.
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Wide selection of movies available in VHS and DVD including action, western, thriller, Walt Disney
and general
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Audiotapes
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CD's including country, rock, classical, blues and modern
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Best Sellers in Fiction and Non-Fiction
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Large selection of paperbacks
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Tennessee History
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Genealogy Reference
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Scrapbooking room with complete creative memories cutting system, Sizzex
cutting system with dies, and
stampin up decorative stamp system.
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Children's books
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Cartoon & Holiday
Cake Pans
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Summer Reading Program
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Children's Story hour
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Tennessee Electronic Library
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All County news papers from 1893 to present are available on micro film
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The Decatur County Library is very proud of the material found in the
Tennessee and Genealogy room. We have newspapers on microfilm from 1893
until 1996, marriage and birth records, Census records, cemetery records,
county history records, civil war and revolutionary war book records,
county deeds and court minutes along with various old records from the
courthouse listing certain wills, birth certificates and misc. We also
have a good deal of information concerning other counties and states with
links to Decatur County families and history.
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Our Staff:
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Athalia Taylor, Director
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Amber Taylor, staff
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Patty Wyatt, staff
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Mildred Crawley, staff
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Our Board Members:
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.
Present board members serving include:
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Mickey Larkins – Chairman of the Board
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Gail Story – Vice-chairwoman
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Jean Myracle – Secretary
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Don Moore – Treasurer
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Jeanine England
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Melvin Taylor
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Judy Tucsnak
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Mrs.
Wanda Conger and Mrs. Hettie Scott presently serve on the Shiloh
Regional Board.
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