Stories from Tuesday, June 7, 2005

Funeral services for Dola Faye Ring, 62, former mayor of Chapel Hill, who died Monday at her home after an extended illness, will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. Stan Butt Jr. will officiate and burial willf ollow in Lone Oak Cemetery in Lewisburg...

The early stages of the Major League Baseball Draft begin today in New York. Several local prospects should get phone calls letting them know who has taken them within the next couple of days. University of Tennessee right-handed pitcher Luke Hochevar will go very early. The Colorado native, who the Vols are leaning on to get back to the College World Series, is a 6-foot-4, 198 pound flame-thrower who struck out 117 in 104 innings pitched during the regular season this year...

A Sims Spring Road couple was overcome by fumes Monday morning, a short time after their home's water supply was converted to well water, investigators said. The strong smell of sulphur water and methane gas from hot shower water was too much for Henry Young and his wife, whose name authorities were unsure of today...

ARNOLD AFB -- A historic marker unveiled Monday -- the 61st anniversary of D-Day -- commemorates the fact that the Second and Fifth Army Ranger Battalions trained at Camp Forrest durign World War II, on the site of what is now the U.S. Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Center...

NASHVILLE -- Tennessee Chief Justice Frank Drowota, the second longest serving member in the history of the state's Supreme Court, announced Monday he is retiring Sept. 2. "I'm not going to be a senior judge," Drowota said after a luncheon with more than 100 journalists attending at the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University. "I want to spend time with my five grandchildren... [and] spend time with non-profits."...

Hospital purchase negotiations continue between Bedford County and Community Health Systems Inc., a Brentwood-based hospital holding and management business, including the stock company's prospective management of the county's Medical Arts Building...

Mrs. Geneva Young Stewart, 81, of Shelbyville died Tuesday at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. Funeral services will be noon Friday at Bright Temple Church of God in Christ with Larry Crismon and Herbert L. Stewart officiating. Burial will follow in Erwin-Stokes Cemetery. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.