Editing Dayton, Tennessee (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Howard Armstrong (musician)|Howard Armstrong]] (March 4, 1909 – July 30, 2003)&nbsp;– African American string band ([[Tennessee Chocolate Drops]]) and country blues musician
* [[Joseph Aloysius Durick]] (October 13, 1914 – June 26, 1994)&nbsp;– U.S. [[Roman Catholic]] [[bishop]] and civil rights advocate
* [[Jake Gaither]] (April 11, 1903 – February 18, 1994)&nbsp;– Hall of Fame head football coach at [[Florida A&M University – Florida State University College of Engineering|Florida A&M University]] (FAMU) for 25 years; won six black national championships and amassed one of the highest winning percentages in collegiate history
* [[Russ Hodges]] (June 18, 1910 – April 19, 1971) – baseball broadcaster for [[New York Giants (NL)|New York]] and [[San Francisco Giants]]; best known for calling [[Bobby Thomson]]'s famed 1951 ''[[Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball)|Shot Heard 'Round the World]]''
* [[Red Holt]] (July 25, 1894 – February 2, 1961)&nbsp;– former [[Major League Baseball]] first baseman with the [[Philadelphia Athletics]]
* [[Dave Roller]]&nbsp;– former [[National Football League|NFL]] [[defensive lineman]]
* [[John Scopes]] (August 3, 1900 – October 21, 1970)&nbsp;– teacher charged with violating Tennessee's [[Butler Act]] and tried in a case popularly known as the [[Scopes Trial|Scopes Monkey Trial]]
* [[Rachel Held Evans]] (June 8, 1981 – May 4, 2019)&nbsp;– Columnist and [[The New York Times|New York Times]] Best Selling Author
* [[Cory Gearrin]] (April 14, 1986 – Present )&nbsp;– [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher, currently a free agent, most recently with the [[Minnesota Twins]]
* [[Walter White (Tennessee politician)|Walter White]] - member of the [[Tennessee General Assembly]]{{sfn|Cornwell|1988|p=710}}