Stories from Thursday, July 12, 2007

A Celebration of Life service for Henry Cannon Tilford Jr., 90, of Shelbyville, who died Wednesday at his home after an extended illness, will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Blue Ribbon Circle on the Celebration grounds. Per his request, his remains were cremated. Private burial of his ashes will be held at a later date at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

People with dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, now have help available to them thanks to the new outpatient therapy program at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. Speech pathologist Rebecca Lancaster oversees the VitalStim Therapy program that was started earlier this year and helps people with dysphagia learn how to swallow once again...

With the feel of an ole-fashioned social gathering, the fields, stalls, grounds and arenas were filling quickly Wednesday as the Great Celebration Mule and Donkey Show participants arrived in Shelbyville to participate at the second largest competition of its kind in the nation...

The same technology that helped Marshall County emergency workers to save the life of a Shelbyville dentist last year has been in use in this county for the last three years. Communication Center director Cathey Mathis says while the Global Positioning System [GPS] technology has been used in the past to locate cell phone callers who dial 911, it is only as reliable as the wireless service is in various locations...

Wisdom is a good thing to have. One of the old Biblical characters, Solomon, asked for wisdom instead of riches. It helped to get him richer than he was at the start of his reign. Wisdom is both spoken and shown. We all could use more of it. Phil Ayers of Normandy is a wise man. He shows it. He is soft spoken, but he says a lot of wise things. He does some wise things. His humbleness, one guesses, he would claim to be foolish at times, but his wisdom is a great example...

Suspicions on the part of a Henry County deputy led to the arrest Tuesday of a suspect in a Shelbyville carjacking. Marquis Antwon Anderson, 22, Belmont Avenue, was arrested in Paris driving the 1999 Lincoln Town Car taken at gunpoint Monday from Sue Ray of Shelbyville, police said...

Mary Frances Bomar, 62, of Wartrace died Wednesday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member, with the Rev. Stephen Caine officiating. Burial will follow at Hollywood Cemetery in Wartrace. Visitation will be 6-9 p.m. Friday at Hillcrest Funeral Home.

Memorial services for Ella Mae Newsom, 71, of Wartrace, who died Wednesday at her home after an extended illness, will be 2 p.m. Friday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Bob Payne and Kenneth Swan officiating. Visitation with the family will begin at 1 p.m.