Stories from Monday, July 10, 2006

Larry Wilson Kelley, 54, of Lewisburg died Sunday at his home following an extended illness. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with the Rev. Frank Edwards and the Rev. Steve Tudor officiating. Burial will follow at Mars Hill Cemetery.

James K. Dixon Jr. of Shelbyville died Saturday in Murfreesboro. He was 63. A private memorial service by the family will be held. Frank A. Burns Funeral & Cremation Services, Nashville, is in charge.

Graveside services were held Monday at Crossville City Cemetery for Cadence Marie Freeman, infant daughter of Heather Cormier of Crossville and Kyle Freeman of Shelbyville. She died Thursday. Crossville Memorial Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Several non-profit organizations and other groups submitted their yearly requests for funding from the city of Shelbyville during their budget study session Thursday. A total of 16 community non-profit organizations, non-profit charitable agencies and institutions such as the Argie Cooper Public Library and the Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce are asking for money this year. However, only eight representatives appeared before the council to make their requests...

A bogus theft report about a motorcycle in 2002 led to restitution and probation last week for a Bell Buckle-area man in Bedford County Circuit Court. Meanwhile, a charge of setting fire to a couple's car nearly two years ago resulted in incarceration for another Bedford County man who pleaded guilty to Judge Lee Russell...

There's a chance that National Guardsmen from the unit based in Shelbyville might be back from Iraq before Thanksgiving. That's according to Valerie McConnell, president of the Family Readiness Group that met Sunday afternoon in the Armory on South Cannon Boulevard...

The Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association (TWHBEA) Equitation Challenge Horse Show will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. at Bedford County Agriculture and Education Center. Judy Martin Hess, a gospel singer who is part of the trio The Martins, will perform. The Martins have performed nationwide, including for President and Mrs. Bush, and have won eight Dove Awards from the Gospel Music Association...

Tony Barrett has announced his candidacy for a seventh district seat on Bedford County Board of Commissioners in the Aug. 3 general election. Barrett has worked in law enforcement in Bedford County for 28 years, as a member of Bedford County Sheriff's Department, as part of the District Attorney General's office, as a judicial commissioner and for the past six years as a school resource officer at Cascade High School...

James Dye has announced his candidacy for a fifth district seat on Bedford County Board of Commissioners in the Aug. 3 general election. Dye is a deputy electrical inspector for the State of Tennessee serving Bedford, Marshall and Moore counties. He is a member of the International Association of Electrical Inspectors, the National Fire Association and the Tennessee Association of Electrical Inspectors...

Wilma Beatrice Berry Taylor, 67, of Tullahoma died Saturday at Manchester Medical Center. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at South Jackson Street Church of Christ in Tullahoma with Roy Holman officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Tullahoma. J.A. Welton & Son Funeral Home of Tullahoma is in charge of arrangements...

Funeral services for Rosie Lee Beasley Young, 68, of Tullahoma, who died Saturday at Life Hospice in Nashville, will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Revival Center Church of God in Tullahoma with Billy Brooks officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Tullahoma. J.A. Welton & Son Funeral Home in Tullahoma is in charge of arrangements...

Shelbyville American Legion Post 23 took on a tough Athens (Ala.) 49ers team in the championship game of the Shelbyville Invitational on Sunday at Central High, falling 9-0 in five innings. Post 23 faced pitcher Andrew Reeves, who appeared in 16 games for the University of Alabama-Huntsville as a freshman this year. Reeves did not allow a baserunner...

MANCHESTER -- There's nothing worse than having your season end on a losing note. The Shelbyville 13-year-old Babe Ruth All-Stars experienced a season-ending loss in the District 6 tournament by a score of 9-6 on Saturday night. To make matters worse, the loss was to Bedford County's arch-nemesis Tullahoma in a see-saw game that saw Shelbyville strand 11 baserunners. ...

The Middle Tennessee Mudcats rounded out their appearance in the Shelbyville Invitational on a winning note as they defeated Gallatin American Legion Post 17 6-3 on Saturday afternoon at SCHS. The win was the Mudcats' first in four games played in three days...