Stories from Saturday, January 27, 2007

Martha Bright Green, 89, of Shelbyville died Tuesday. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. today at 40th Avenue Church of Christ in Nashville with Charles Beamon officiating. Burial will follow Monday at Holden Cemetery. Visitation with the family will begin 2 p.m. today at the church. H. Preston Scales & Sons Funeral Home of Murfreesboro is in charge of arrangements.

This writer doesn't usually talk about personal matters, but recent events have brought a profound change in my life. When I go out to do an interview, take a picture or whatever, anyone who has met me will probably remember my sheepish explanation about why I have to record the conversation because I'm hard of hearing...

Boys will be boys. A District 9-A clash between Bedford County brethren Community and Cascade didn't reach a finality on Friday night. Play was suspended due to an altercation under the Viking basket with the Champions leading 43-22 at the 3:07 mark of the third quarter...

The Community Viqueens and Cascade Lady Champions have a recent history of winning in each other's gyms. The Purple and Gold did their share to continue that tradition by winning in Wartrace earlier this year. The Lady Champions (6-14, 1-7 9-A) fell just short of returning the favor in Unionville Friday night, falling 45-36 to the Viqueens in front of a packed house and completing a season sweep...

Only one question remained during most of Friday night's Shelbyville Central-Coffee County clash. Would the Eaglettes score 100 points? The winner was determined in the first half as Shelbyville Central turned in their most explosive output of the season, downing visiting Coffee County 99-45 and taking one step closer to the District 8-AAA regular season championship...

Regular season District 8-AAA champions. For the second year in a row, Shelbyville Central coach Kevin Thomas and the Golden Eagles can make that claim. Shelbyville (17-5, 10-0 8-AAA) earned that title Friday night with a 64-33 victory over Coffee County to remain unbeaten in district play...

A Bedford County Circuit Court jury did not reach a verdict Friday in the case of a Shelbyville man charged with allegedly selling crack cocaine to an informant of the 17th Judicial District's Drug Task Force. Faced with the mistrial of Joshua Alan Robb, 25, of Orchard Lane, District Attorney Chuck Crawford said: "We'll evaluate this and see if it needs to be retried. A decision on that will be coming sometime this week."...

Spending on overtime for employees at the Bedford County Nursing Home should be reduced, according to members of the home's board of trustees, and last week they received results of their directive. Apparently some employees have checked in 15 minutes before and after their scheduled work hours, thereby increasing their income with overtime pay, BCNH Director Wayne Schumann reported Thursday night...

Sylvia Gowen Gilbert of Signal Mountain was bitten by the genealogy bug two years ago and for half of that time, she has been searching for an elusive family cemetery. It was finally located recently in Moore County and contains the final resting place of a man who was lifelong friends with Davy Crockett, fought at the side of General Andrew Jackson and was one of the first settlers of Bedford County. Now the family is planning the cemetery's restoration...

Inspired by a sermon about David and Goliath, another David -- David Orr -- took five Duck River stones with him to Durham, N.C., when he and his wife Donna headed east to wait for his expected lung transplant. On Nov. 12, when the call came, Orr took one of the stones into the operating room...

Lisa Burgdorf Digman of Nashville, 52, died Friday at her home following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Monday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with the Rev. Curt Wagoner and Ed Myers officiating. Burial will follow at Cothran Cemetery in Bedford County. Visitation with the family will be held Monday from 11 a.m. until time of service.