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Missy Dillingham, 64, children’s services manager at John P. Holt Brentwood (Tenn.) Library for nearly 38 years, died August 1. She was an active member of the Tennessee Library Association (TLA), serving as head of the Children’s and Young Adult Services Round Table and cochairing the Conference Planning Committee. She received TLA’s 2011 Daniel A. Taylor Memorial Award for her contributions to children’s and young adult services and the 2020 Frances Neel Cheney Award for her contributions to librarianship through the encouragement of a love of books and reading. Dillingham began her career at Sullivan County (Tenn.) Public Library.