Stories from Sunday, June 19, 2005

Just over six weeks to go .... Because my upcoming mission trip has been mentioned several times in the newspaper lately, I've been getting a lot of questions about it. Of course, people can't be expected to keep up with my schedule, so the first question is usually "When do you go on your trip?" or "Have you been on your trip yet?" or even "How was your trip?"...

Hoo-boy ... did I ever get a reaction to being at Bonnaroo, and I'm not talking about the crabs, a bad rash or an unpronounceable disease ... it's the e-mail abuse I've been getting over my column this past Wednesday on my experiences at the three-day music festival...

Three men wandered around the Shelbyville Public Square last week, one looking for places he remembered, the other two trying to keep up, and see what attracted them, too. They were looking for places to see that crystallized or corrected images in their minds about what's here and what's been in this town -- hometown of a mother, grandmother and wife for those men...

Alfred D. Melton, 83, of Shelbyville died Saturday at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Antioch after an extended illness. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery.

It was so packed you could hardly walk down the sidewalks of Bell Buckle on Saturday. People from all over Tennessee and many other states flocked to the small Bedford County community to shop, have fun, hear music and experience a small southern town...

The addition of a center lane for North Main Street in Shelbyville was taken out of the 2005-06 budget during a workshop held by the city council Thursday night, but it will likely be funded at a later date. Removing the $1,035,000 appropriation for the project lowers the budget deficit considerably, but City Manager Ed Craig stated Friday that there is more work to be done. ...

Three men visited Shelbyville's Public Square last week on one of a series of summer pilgrimages to places of significance to their family. Their deepest roots in Bedford County are because of Lucille Vesta Loudermilk whose mother was a Davis, said David Lindgren, a San Francisco-area homebuilder...

On May 26, State Sen. Jim Tracy was sitting in a committee meeting when he was approached by State Sen. Bill Ketron. Ketron and Tracy share Rutherford County between their districts. "Did you hear what happened to Ward Crutchfield?" Ketron asked. Tracy hadn't...

After a break of approximately two months, the wave of business burglaries which lasted through the winter may be resuming. Shelbyville police arriving to check a burglary alarm about 12:55 a.m. Wednesday at Chally Wally Tobacco Outlet, North Main Street, found the front door shattered and a quarter-changing machine damaged, according to a report filed Friday...

Carl Edward Lambert, 72, of Shelbyville died Friday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. No services will be held. (Feldhaus Memorial Chapel)

Doyle June Starnes, 70, of Wartrace died Friday at his home after an extended illness. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Starnes and the Rev. Jim Beaty officiating. Burial will follow at Wheel Cemetery.

Graveside services for Thomas Emerson Wilson, 86, of Shelbyville, who died Thursday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. (Hillcrest Funeral Home)

Memorial services for Elvie Dwain "Butch" Warren, 56, of Shelbyville, who died Thursday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro, were held Saturday Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.