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- ↑ Helen Tilley Bissell; Wife of former Oak Ridge mayor Archived September 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , The Oak Ridger, June 11, 2009
- ↑ Sandra Whitten Plant, ORHS Class of '59 makes its mark on the world Archived September 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , The Oak Ridger, May 26, 2009
- ↑ Tennessee House of Representatives, 90th General Assembly Members, accessed July 17, 2010
- ↑ Tennessee's Governor is Alexander, Kentucky New Era, November 8, 1978
- ↑ Tennessee Regulatory Authority, TRA Report to the Tennessee General Assembly on the status of telecommunications competition in Tennessee, June 1997, Appendix D.
- ↑ Associated Press, Polling Will Decide: Bissell, Times Daily (Florence, Alabama), September 3, 1987, page 5A
- ↑ Tennessee State Library and Archives, SECRETARY OF STATE FEDERAL CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS 1974-1989, RECORD GROUP 193, accessed July 17, 2010
- ↑ Marilyn Lloyd; Representative, 1975–1995, Democrat from Tennessee Archived July 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine , Women in Congress profiles, Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Accessed July 18, 2010.