Stories from Wednesday, July 13, 2005

For those of you out there with siblings or relatives close in age, was there ever a situation where they told you that they weren't going to compete against in you some fashion because they were worried about how bad they may beat you or how big of a blow it would be to their ego should they be defeated?...

Funeral services for Wilfred John LaFrance Jr., 78, of Unionville, who died Wednesday at his home, will be held at a later date in New Haven, Conn. Gowen-Smith Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services for Warren G. Buck, 84, of Clarkrange, who died Tuesday at Cumberland Medical Center, will be held 1 p.m. Thursday at the Clarkrange Chapel of Jennings Funeral Home. Bobby "Butch" Dodson and Darrell Phillips will officiate and burial will follow in Clarkrange Cemetery...

Graveside services for Shirley Jean Fordham, 62, of Shelbyville, who died Monday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Willow Mount Cemetery. Ron Chilton will officiate. Gowen-Smith Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services for Leola Thomas of Rover, who died Monday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, will be noon Saturday at West Harpeth Primitive Baptist Church in Franklin. Elder Hewitt Sawyers will officiate and burial will follow in Poplar Grove Cemetery. Waters Funeral Home, Franklin, is in charge of arrangements.

A driver hit his brakes Friday night when a patrol car's blue lights were activated, slid off Warners Bridge Road and into woods -- but was arrested after a short foot chase. Rene Gonzales, 21, Bridlewood Drive, was clocked by radar at 53 mph in a 30 mph zone, Officer Josh Tolar said...

Bedford County Sessions Court Judge Charles Rich on Tuesday saw probable cause on a TV screen to send a Shelbyville man's case to the grand jury next week. "The video from Wal-Mart is real good," Circuit and Sessions Court Clerk Thomas Smith said Tuesday of evidence presented in the case against Timothy Sparrow, 21, of Anthony Lane...

The U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center played an important role in supporting NASA's Space Shuttle Return to Flight program, leading up to today's planned launch of Space Shuttle Discovery. U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon, the ranking member of the House Science Committee, planned to join other members of Congress to watch the launch at Kennedy Space Center in Florida...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners narrowly failed Tuesday night to approve a re-zoning of property on Halls Mill Road. A majority of the 16 commissioners present voted for the re-zoning; the vote was 9 in favor, 7 opposed. But for many years, the commission's own rules have required a majority of the full 18-member commission to pass any motion. That means 10 votes would have been required for passage...

My daughter, Jordan, was anxious to come into this world. I went into labor when I was 27 weeks pregnant. After a week of magnesium sulfate administered at Vanderbilt to stop my labor, she insisted it was time. She has been headstrong and stubborn ever since...

Funeral services for Jimmy Dee Bogle, 71, of Shelbyville, who died Monday at his home, will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Scott Reed and Rickey Stephens officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery.

Funeral services for Mamie Ruth Crosslin Carter, 89, of Shelbyville, who died Tuesday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Donnie Jones officiating. Burial will follow at Lynch Cemetery in the Baucom community of Coffee County...

Funeral services for Al Khachatoorian, 67, of Shelbyville, who died Sunday, will be at a later date at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif. Visitation will be 9-10:30 a.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Funeral Home.

Funeral services for Sadie Johnson Herron, 71, of New Market, Ala., who died Tuesday, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Hazel Green (Ala.) Funeral Home. Alan Lindsay will officiate and burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.