Stories from Thursday, June 23, 2005

Funeral services for Vickie Lee Irwin Haynes, 58, of Shelbyville, who died this morning at the home of her parents after an extended illness, will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home. Richard Smith will officiate and burial will follow in Pressgrove Cemetery...

Two young girls on their way to church were killed instantly and three adults were seriously injured in a head-on crash early Wednesday night on Fairfield Pike in northern Shelbyville. Mona Lisa Driver, 12, Oakdale Street, and Savanna Nicole Freeman, 10, Fairfield Pike, died on impact, Sgt. Rod Stacy of the Shelbyville Police Department said...

The Challenge 2005, an annual softball game pitting Tennessee Walking Horse Youth Association members against the Trainers' Association, will be played 6 p.m. Sunday at H.V. Griffin Park. Proceeds from this year's game will benefit Ellie Jackson, a 6-year-old girl diagnosed with bone cancer and currently undergoing treatment at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital in Nashville. ...

One of two men arrested for possession of marijuana was caught by officers after a short foot chase Tuesday night. Jovan Xavier Moore, 18, Meadow Drive, allegedly ran after marijuana was found during a traffic stop of the car in which he was a passenger...

Graveside services for Wiley Elvis Moore Sr., 63, of Shelbyville, who died Wednesday at his home, will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Fosterville Cemetery. Mike Williams will officiate. Gowen-Smith Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services for Mona Lisa Driver, 12, of Shelbyville, who died Wednesday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Gowen-Smith Chapel. The Rev. Randall Harmon will officiate and burial will follow in Holt Cemetery in Tullahoma.

Funeral services for Savanna Nichole Freeman, 10, of Shelbyville, who died Wednesday at Bedford County Medical Center will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gowen-Smith Chapel. Jim Guinn will officiate and burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery.

A Shelbyville ear, nose and throat physician was granted permission Wednesday by a state panel to expand his surgical center on Colloredo Boulevard so it may serve all kinds of out-patient operations instead of only ENT and plastic surgeries. "I'm happy they approved our project," Dr. ...