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Lema Waddey Pigg
(Obituary ~ 06/09/05)
Funeral services for Lema Waddey Pigg, 91, of Shelbyville, who died Wednesday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center, will be 2 p.m. Friday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Frank Butler will officiate and burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery.
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Local man adds to music industry responsibilities (Local News ~ 06/09/05)
One Bedford County resident has recently added to his music industry responsibilities by taking on a second title in the large, and still growing, Disney music empire. Doug Howard, who lives on Fairfield Pike near Bell Buckle and co-owns a shop with his wife in Wartrace, was already senior vice president of A&R (that's music industry shorthand for "artists and records") for Lyric Street Records, Disney's country imprint and the home of Rascal Flatts, SHeDAISY and Josh Gracin. ... -
Thief takes expensive computer (Local News ~ 06/09/05)
A computer and server valued at over $5,000 and a television set were stolen from a Kingree Road home Monday. The burglary occurred between 7 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Phyllis Ann Daniels home, police said. Other thefts and burglaries reported to area authorities:... -
Lightning strike leaves its mark (Local News ~ 06/09/05)
A bolt of lightning stripped the bark off a front yard tree at a Shelbyville family's home Wednesday afternoon and made more noise than thunder, but what a clap that was. "It sounded like a bomb going off in the house," Bo Williams of Mullins Mill Road said. "It lit the whole house up with a bright light, set the alarm off with sirens and the alarm company called."... -
Rape suspect faces mental examination (Local News ~ 06/09/05)
Bedford County General Sessions Court Judge Charles Rich on Wednesday signed a second order to have a Midland Road man examined by Centerstone, the state contractor in Tullahoma previously known as the Multi-County Mental Health Center. Larry T. Warnock, 38, was arrested April 24 on statutory rape charges as a result of acts alleged in January and February, according to the warrants sworn out by Sheriff's Lt. ... -
Attorney appointed for resentencing hearing (Local News ~ 06/09/05)
A senior judge in Murfreesboro has appointed a Memphis lawyer, who's originally from Fayetteville, to serve as defense attorney for the man convicted in the 1986 murder of a Utah woman who was working at Arnold Engineering Development Center. The case of Wayne Lee Bates, 47, returns to Coffee County Circuit Court later this year for a new sentencing hearing because the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled March 23 that Coffee County prosecutors Kenneth Shelton and Charles "Buck" Ramsey behaved improperly when they persuaded a jury to condemn Bates to death.. ... -
State braces for Bonnaroo traffic (Local News ~ 06/09/05)
MANCHESTER (AP) -- State and local law enforcement have prepared for today's onslaught of traffic from the Bonnaroo music festival. Past Bonnaroo festivals have drawn about 90,000 people and a load of traffic headaches. Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves said that he expected traffic to lighten by Friday, the first day of the event... -
Legion leaves Marshall Co. foes in the dust (Community Sports ~ 06/09/05)
Shelbyville American Legion Post 23 took a pair of games at Shelbyville Central High School on Tuesday night from the Marshall County Dusters after competing in the Motlow Tournament over the weekend. Luis Bougrat struck out eight Dusters in his perfect game pitching performance in Post 23's 7-0 victory in game one on Tuesday. Bougrat faced the minimum of 15 batters without issuing a walk or base hit... -
Samuel Ward Coats
(Obituary ~ 06/09/05)
Samuel Ward Coats Sr., 95, of Shelbyville died Thursday at his home after an extended illness. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Jimmy Keysee officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery.
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