Stories from Saturday, July 16, 2005

A 27-year-old man is to spend nearly five months in jail for violating the sex offender registry law, according to Bedford County Circuit Court records. John Allan Throneberry, most recently of an apartment complex on Barksdale Lane, pleaded guilty on June 2 of failing to register with authorities when establishing residency in this county...

Roscoe Lanier Stephens of Wartrace died Friday at Bedford County Nursing Home. The mayor of Wartrace for 28 years, he was 86. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday at Wartrace Baptist Church with the Revs. Bill Bond and Jimmy Gray officiating. Burial will follow at Hollywood Cemetery in Wartrace.

William Houston Neeley of Shelbyville, co-owner/operator of Houston Neeley Lumber for 37 years, died Saturday at his home after an extended illness. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Revs. Mark Ashley and Ron DeWitt officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church Cemetery.

A 60-year-old, one-legged golfer from Shelbyville placed second last weekend in Georgia during a tournament for golfers who've had a limb amputated. Willie Lee Buchanan Jr. of Wood Street shot 89 the first day and 88 the second day of the Ray Rice Memorial Tournament in Millersville where Frank Colepepper of Valdosta, Ga., won by shooting 75 both days...

The Times-Gazette news staff earned six Tennessee Press Association awards and six Associated Press awards during presentations Friday in Nashville for entries published during the 2004 calendar year. In competition with dailies 10,000 circulation and under, Associated Press categories and winners were:...

Long-time Wartrace mayor Roscoe Lanier Stephens died Friday at Bedford County Nursing Home. Mr. Stephens, 86, served as mayor of Wartrace for 28 years in addition to serving as an alderman and on the town's water commission. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Annie Lee Stephens; a daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Allen Ziehr of Tullahoma; a grandson, Stephen Allen Ziehr; and a sister, June Bond of Chattanooga...

Cross examination during a preliminary hearing in Bedford County General Sessions Court on Wednesday tends to indicate there was more going on than a gunshot fired in what's alleged to be attempted murder. That's according to Lewisburg-based attorney Terry Hernando. He represents Kenneth S. Mason, 30, of Deery Street, codefendant of Maurice Lenord, 36, of Tullahoma. Their cases are to be considered by the grand jury on Monday...