Free Republic

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Jimmy Dean. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. Jimmy Ray Dean was an American country music singer, television host, actor, and businessman. Most importantly, he was the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand. Yummy! All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidental spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the full answer in comments to prevent spoilers.To solve the puzzle: Enter the letters in the top half (letter columns) of the puzzle...

I’m at that awkward age where I’m able to remember what a great country America has been and how the freedom we have here enables anyone to rise from abject poverty to a millionaire if he/she has the right work ethic and the right values. Maybe that’s why it bothers me so to see what political correctness and the attempts by the Obama administration to “fundamentally change America as we know it” have done to us as a culture as well as a country. And nothing better illustrates those simple, old-fashioned values than the life of a gentleman who passed...

Many have tried to sing this song, Johnny cash for one, but only 1 man made it a huge hit. Jimmy Dean singing Big Bad John will always be special. The words and music were written by Jimmy Dean. In 1961 Big Bad John was #1 for 5 weeks.

Jimmy Dean, the musician and founder of the sausage company that bears his name, has died. Dean, 81, died today. He lived in Varina, in eastern Henrico County. He is survived by his wife, Donna Meade Dean. Funeral arrangements at Nelsen Funeral Home on South Laburnum Aveneue have not been finalized. His 1961 hit Big Bad John, was No. 1 on Billboards pop charts and won him a Grammy. Dean was a regular headliner in Las Vegas and Reno in the 1960s.

(CBS) Country music singer and business entrepreneur Jimmy Dean has died at the age of 81. The country music legend, singer, television host, actor, and businessman died Sunday night inside his Henrico (Va.) home overlooking the James River, reports CBS station WTVR in Richmond. The station spoke with Dean's wife, Donna, Sunday night. She was grieving and said the following:

Jimmy Dean and his wife, Donna, escaped a late night fire to their Varina home last night. Everyone was okay but the home was significantly damaged. Yes, when I read that Jimmy Dean had a house fire the first thing that came to my mind was breakfast sausage. I'm warped that way. If your late coming to this game called NashvilleGab you'll soon come to realize I'm just a dork so don't mind me. Anyway, back to the fire. It was reported at 8:05 p.m. and was still not under control at 11:30 p.m. The home was large enough and...

From its half-mile-long driveway to its stunning, panoramic view high above a broad section of the James River, country-music legend Jimmy Dean’s Chaffin’s Bluff home has a lot to offer. But both amenities proved a nightmare for dozens of Henrico County firefighters who worked well into this morning to extinguish a fire that destroyed or severely damaged as much as 75 percent of Dean’s Varina-area home off Osborne Turnpike. Dean and his wife escaped the home unharmed, authorities said. . . . Buehren said the construction of the home made the fire difficult to contain. Its “balloon” construction system creates...

BOOK REVIEW & DISCUSSION: Ain't Got No Cigarettes: Memories of Music Legend Roger Miller By Lyle E Style "It's an endless story about Roger. He was one of the cleverest people I've ever met in my life." (Waylon Jennings) This is my own review of Ain't Got No Cigarettes, the first Roger Miller book ever published. My review is based on reading the book (twice) and having several discussions with Lyle E Style, the author. He may stop by later to answer questions (as his schedule allows). This one is a must-read, folks. And for you radio personalities who...

Excerpt - The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency reports that eight people were killed when a tornado hit Newbern, Tenn., in Dyer Co., on Sunday night. No further details were available. Earlier, an amateur radio operator reported that one person was killed at the Jimmy Dean plant in Newbern, but it's unclear whether the additional deaths happened there. ~ snip ~

Sara Lee drops famous singer Jimmy Dean as spokesman RICHMOND, Va. -- Country singer Jimmy Dean said Sara Lee has dropped him as spokesman for the sausage company he founded. The 75-year-old native of Plainview, Texas, said the maker of food, apparel and household products told him he no longer meets the company's marketing needs. A spokeswoman for Sara Lee said the company chose not to renew Dean's contract in May because the "brand was going in a new direction'' that demanded a shift in marketing. Dean, who lives just outside of Richmond, Virginia, said he had a verbal...

Jimmy Dean gets high school diploma07:21 AM CDT on Wednesday, September 3, 2003Associated Press PLAINVIEW, Texas - Wearing a red gown topped with a blue cap and a white stole, Jimmy Dean finally received something he's wanted for decades -- a high school diploma. The 75-year-old country western singer and sausage company founder dropped out of Plainview High School in 1944 to work and help his mother, who was a barber in the small community of Seth Ward, outside Plainview. On Tuesday, Dean received his diploma at a community luncheon from Plainview School Board President Rocky Favila. "You talk...