Stories from Monday, May 23, 2005

While Shelbyville eagerly awaits the premiere of the movie "Our Very Own," Cameron Watson, the writer/director of the film, who is also a native of Shelbyville, hasn't been idle while post-production is completed. Watson is directing the stage play, The Habitation of Dragons, written by Horton Foote at the Crossley Terrace Theatre in Los Angeles and the performance is getting rave reviews...

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration announces a joint partnership with Charter Media and WdA International to provide live streaming video coverage of the 35th Annual Spring Fun Show and the 67th Annual Celebration. The project will allow fans around the world to view the two events via computer...

Funeral services for James Wilson "Hipocket" Kelley, 77, of Holts Corner, who died Sunday in Columbia, will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. The Rev. Frank Edwards and the Rev. Steve Tudor will officiate and burial will follow in Promise United Methodist Church cemetery...

Leather, music, good food and the low rumble of Harleys in the air were the order of the day during Bell Buckle Motorcycle Day Sunday. The town's Chamber of Commerce held the event, sponsored by Bumpus Harley-Davidson and Sloan's Honda of Murfreesboro. A portion of the proceeds benefited Bell Buckle Volunteer Fire Department...

Bedford County General Sessions Court Judge Charles Rich is scheduled to hear a request Tuesday for an order to release an infant's autopsy, a public record that's being kept confidential by the district attorney in a murder case. The case illustrates larger issues here: How illegal aliens can obtain U.S. citizenship, and state law on public records. The defendant is the victim's mother who, presumably, would want a live baby because that changes her from being an illegal alien to U.S. citizen...

Funeral services for Herman Lee Marr, 52, of Lewisburg, who died Friday at Maury Regional Hospital in Columbia, will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Ted Cobb officiating. Burial will follow at Raby Cemetery in Moore County.