THE PARIS NEWS, Wed., Oct. 22, 1997, p. 1A: '(Picture) WOMAN DIES IN EARLY MORNING FIRE - An early morning fire claimed the life of a Paris woman when she tried to exit a door that had been nailed shut. Lisa Michelle Bellamy was the only casualty in the blaze at 1014 Tudor shortly before 2 a.m. Fire marshal Rick Evans said five people were in the home and an electric hot plate was being used for heat in a bedroom. He said the device either shorted or became too close to combustibles. 'A 15-year old in the bedroom woke up and then proceeded to wake the rest of the house up,' Evans said. 'They went out the front door and Ms. Bellamy tried to go out the back door.' Evans said there was evidence the back door had been nailed shut. Ms. Bellamy was found near the door and Evans said it appears she died of smoke inhalation. The 15 year-old male suffered burns to his ears and the back of his neck, along with smoke inhalation and singed hair. At least one other person had their hair singed. Evans said the fire was contained within 20 minutes and the structure was considered a total loss estimated at $8500.

THE PARIS NEWS, Fri., Oct. 24, 1997, p. 4B: 'Lisa Michelle Bellamy, 30, of Blossom died Wednesday, Oct. 22, 1997, at the home of a family member. Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, with Father Anthony Alphonse as celebrant. Burial will be in Knights of Honor Cemetery in Blossom by Bright-Holland Funeral Home. Rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Mrs. Bellamy was born Jan. 17, 1967, in Paris to Howard and Emmy Edmonson Bellamy. She was a student at Paris Junior College and a member of Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church. Surviving is her mother. Pallbearers will be Roger, Randy. Roy, Leonard, Larry and Eddie Edmonson.'

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