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Anniversaries Engagement BOAZ Mr. and Mrs. Glenn A. Smith of Boaz celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a luncheon with friends and family on Saturday. Mr.

Smith and the former Judy Ann Hobbs were married Nov. 1, 1963, by the Rev. Charles A. Denardi at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm.

Their attendants were Tommy Carrico and Sylvia Carrico. Mrs. Smith is a retired cosmetologist. She is the daughter of the late Bernard G. and Edith Hobbs.

Mr. Smith is retired from Turner Dairies Inc. He is the son of the late T.A. and Iona Smith. They have two children: Gina Ann Win eld and Rusty Smith, both of Paducah; and two grandchildren.

Judy and Glenn Smith METROPOLIS, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Lyndell Ramsey of Metropolis will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at restaurant in Grand Rivers, Ky. The couple request no gifts.

Mr. Ramsey and the former Linda L. Wells were married Nov. 9, 1963, at First Christian Church in Metropolis, Ill. Their attendants were Phyllis Sullivan and Rollie Bunting.

Mrs. Ramsey is the daughter of the late Stewart and Estelle Wells. Mr. Ramsey is a Massac County farmer and retired from Mermet Grain with 41 service. He is the son of the late Ernest and Kathleen Ramsey.

They have two sons: Michael Ramsey of Lexington, and Shawn Ramsey of Frankfort, and three grandchildren. Linda and Lyndell Ramsey Elizabeth Alexandria Nisbet and Gregory Louis Wilson will be united in marriage at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 at First Baptist Church in Murray. All friends and relatives are invited.

Miss Nisbet is the daughter of William A. Nisbet III of Murray and Shawn and Debbie Lucas of Murray. She is a graduate of Madisonville North Hopkins High School in Madisonville and Murray State University with a degree in biology. She is employed in the Analytical Laboratory at USEC. Mr.

Wilson is the son of Ms. Jane Concenia of Scottsdale, and the late Louis Wilson. He is a graduate of Lowes High School in Lowes and retired from the Kentucky State Police. He is employed by USEC. Nisbet-Wilson Make your announcement as special as the occasion The Paducah Sun continues to offer free engagement, wedding and anniversary announcements, subject to our established guidelines and limitations.

Announcements of engagements, weddings and anniversaries are printed on Sunday. Photos and written information for free announcements must be turned in to the Sun by NOON FRIDAY, NINE DAYS PRIOR TO THE PUBLICATION DATE Photographs published with free announcements are subject to a $30 handling fee. We also offer the option of placing customized, paid announcements for these events. For options and pricing on customized engagement, wedding or anniversary packages, please contact Linda Cocke at 575-8678 or visit our website at paducahsun.com and click on Features. Births Barnes Phillip David Barnes, son of Adam and Leslea (Buf ngton) Barnes of Marion, Oct.

11, 2013, Baptist Health Paducah. Grandparents are Earl and Karen Buf ngton of Eddyville, Steve and Marie Burkhart of Marion, and Phillip and Sandy Barnes of Salem. Great-grandparents are Bernadine Buf ngton of Boulder, Mona McDaniel of Marion and Marie Barnes of Salem. Guess Colson Daniel Guess, son of Jonathan and Katye (Olson) Guess of Paducah, Oct. 12, 2013, Baptist Health Paducah.

Grandparents are Karen Olson of Murray and the late G. Robert Olson, and Danny and Joyce Guess of Paducah. Noel Hannah Elisabeth Darlene Noel, daughter of James and Brandi (Lundstrom) Noel of Princeton, Oct. 14, 2013, Baptist Health Paducah. Grandparents are John and Melissa Lundstrom of Princeton, Robert and Anita Noel of Princeton, and Darlene and Tony Chambers of Princeton.

Great-grandparents are James and Dorris Davis of Princeton, Kay and Ernie Lundstrom of Hopkinsville, and JoAnn Noel of Princeton. Hunt Meira Raye Hunt, daughter of Daniel and Autumn (Linder) Hunt of Ledbetter, Oct. 16, 2013, Baptist Health Paducah. Grandparents are Michael and Lisa Linder of Terre Haute, and Michael and Geralene Hunt of Paducah. Weatherford Emmett Clay Weatherford, son of Curtis and Samantha (Workman) Weatherford of Clinton, Oct.

22, 2013, Baptist Health Paducah. Grandparents are Tracy and Joye Workman of Clinton, and Steve and Debbie Weatherford of Clinton. Great-grandparents are J.T. and Martha Workman of Clinton, Ginger Luedeke of Union City, B. Rozzell of Water Valley and Patsy Rozzell of South Fulton, Tenn.

Leidecker Izayah ZaRyan Leidecker, son of Randa Leidecker of Marion, Oct. 24, 2013, Baptist Health Paducah. Grandparents are Kim and Don Leidecker of Marion. Great-grandparents are Faye and Marshall Parrish of Smithland, Donnie Leidecker of Carrsville, and Douglas Goodman of Ledbetter. Wood Tyler Lane Wood, son of Mark and Allison (Hilton) Wood of Paducah, Oct.

24, 2013, Baptist Health Paducah. Grandparents are Jim and Diane Hilton of Paducah, and Morris and Gaytha Wood of West Paducah. Rodgers Jazmine Willow Rodgers, daughter of Jeremy and Stephanie (Elliott) Rodgers of May eld, Oct. 25, 2013, Baptist Health Paducah. Grandparents are Tina Sullivan and Charles Elliott of May eld, and Linda Stange of Paducah.

Great-grandparents are Bud and Martha Sullivan and JoAnn Elliott of May eld. Announcements of births and adoptions are published each Sunday in the Sun. Notices must be submitted in writing within 30 days of the birth or adoption. Send to Births, The Paducah Sun, P.O. Box 2300, Paducah, KY 42002-2300, or fax to 442-7859.

List phone number where you can be reached during the day for information only. Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Sunday, Oct. 27, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Nielsen BookScan The Nielsen Co. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Sycamore Row.

John Grisham. Doubleday ($28.95) 2. The Goldfinch. Donna Tartt. Little, Brown ($30) 3.

Doctor Sleep. Stephen King. Scribner ($30) 4. The Longest Ride. Nicholas Sparks.

Grand Central ($27) 5. We Are Water. Wally Lamb. Harper ($29.99) 6. Gone.

Little, Brown ($28) 7. Identical. Scott Turow. Grand Central ($28) 8. Storm Front.

John Sandford. Putnam ($27.95) 9. Starry Night. Debbie Macomber. Ballantine ($18) 10.

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. Helen Fielding. Knopf ($26.95) HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. Killing Jesus. Henry Holt ($28) 2.

David and Goliath. Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown ($29) 3. I Am Malala. Malala Yousafzai.

Little, Brown ($26) 4. Things That Matter. Charles Krauthammer. Crown Forum ($28) 5. Si Robertson.

Howard Books ($22.99) 6. Forty Chances. Howard G. Buffett. Simon Schuster.

($26) 7. My Story. Elizabeth Smart. St. ($25.99) 8.

Guinness World Records 2014. Guinness World Records ($28.95) 9. The Duck Commander Devotional. Alan Robertson. Howard Books ($16.99) 10.

Driven. Donald Driver. Crown Archetype ($25) (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. 2013, PWxyz LLC.) Best-sellers Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left (It Books), by Gavin Edwards Everything in life seemed to come to actor River Phoenix before he was ready for it. Death, too.

As the eldest child of free-spirited parents who moved to South America to evangelize, he was just 6 when he sang on street corners in Venezuela for money to support a growing family. Involvement in the Children of God movement may have led him to become sexually active, if not abused, before he was 10. Phoenix was singing for spare change in Los Angeles with three of his four younger siblings when a Hollywood agent spotted him. He became a teenage star and continued as the breadwinner with by and Mosquito (both 1986) though he had never been to school, had only a rudimentary education and had no training as an actor. He was smoking marijuana and trying cocaine before he could have a license heroin would come later.

An Oscar nominee at 18 with on (1988) and an adult star with Own Private (1991), Phoenix was dead at 23. He suffered drug-induced convulsions outside the Viper Room, Johnny Sunset Boulevard club in Los Angeles. Night at the Viper by rock journalist Gavin Edwards, presents vibrant if short life in the context of the culture that overwhelmed him. He comes across as wholly unprepared for adolescence and young adulthood in the U.S., not just Hollywood. He swung between extremes: leader of a small rock band one day and actor in a major movie the next, an advocate for natural foods and clean living who was often drunk and high.

His innocence was his charm as well as his aw. People took advantage of him particularly those who thrust so much responsibility on his young shoulders and those who brought him to drugs at an early age. Would the militant vegan be alive today had he become an organic farmer instead of the young Indiana Jones? As Edwards notes, Phoenix was at the head of a new generation of actors. So many of his contemporaries Ethan Hawke, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kiefer Sutherland, Brad Pitt, Christian Slater and Depp among them faced their own personal and professional challenges but made it to their 30s. Many became stars through roles that might have gone to Phoenix had had his grip on life been more sure.

This was no tortured soul, just a lost one. guy was having a good time, but he made a big mistake and now not Depp, who was onstage at the Viper Room when Phoenix died, remarked not long afterward. Recalling that Phoenix had come with his guitar, Depp added, not an unhappy sensitive biography builds just the right tone for looking back at life 20 years after his death: respect for his talents, admiration for his individuality and a subtle indignation for the tragedy to come. Why River Phoenix become an icon like actor James Dean, another gone-too- soon totem? Edwards notes that ve months after death came the suicide of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain. Edwards writes, nineties had room for only one angel-faced blond boy, too pained by the world to live in More likely, and Edwards suggests this, lmography is too thin.

Yet this lack of distinction that might allow River Phoenix to be rediscovered by audiences not burdened by what could have been. Instead, they might see an actor who brings emotional power and truth to a role. That would be a legacy worthy of lost promise. Book revisits tragic life of actor River Phoenix BY DOUGLASS K. DANIEL Associated Press 2E Sunday, November 3, 2013 The Paducah Sun Life paducahsun.com.