Stories from Thursday, August 30, 2007

Larry Wayne Gentry, 61, of Unionville died Tuesday in Cartersville, Ga., after an extended illness. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with Lee Gambrell officiating. Burial will follow at Pressgrove Cemetry...

Lynda Bates, 58, of Shelbyville died Wednesday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gowen-Smith Chapel.

Funeral services for Edith Inez Worley, 80, of Shelbyville, who died Wednesday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 11 a.m. Friday at United Pentecostal Church in Lebanon, where she was a member, with the Rev. James Allen and the Rev. Sterneman officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery...

Marijuana was found in a car after its allegedly-drunken driver stopped in the middle of Laurelwood Drive and stopped traffic for several minutes early Tuesday night, Shelbyville police said. The marijuana was in the ashtray and on the floor of the Lincoln Town Car in which Teresa Beth Burns, 28, Fairway Green Drive, was found with her infant child, police said...

We all have our daily routines. For most, it's wake up, feed the family breakfast, make sure the kids make the bus on time, get ourselves in the vehicle and off to work we go. It is amazing how we can become so comfortable in our daily lifestyles and never seem to think how everything can be turned upside down in an instant...

It was the dream of Fred "Pete" Hendricks to see the log home at the Gilliland Historical Resource Center used for educating young people, but Hendricks passed away before his dream could be realized...

Hailing from East Tennessee, artist Billie Nipper is the type of friend one instantly warms to, regardless of where you're heading or where you've been. Her warm personality and sweet sense of humor is a blessing to tired bodies in need of a quiet touch of humanity...

Championship weekend begins tonight in the big oval on the historic Celebration show grounds but Wednesday night, in the final class of preliminary competitions, the crowd of more 12,000 voiced their opinions loudly as favored contender after contender walked through the entry gates, vying for a world title...

The U.S. Air Force is continuing to explore alternatives for operating Morris Ferry Dock, a fishing camp on Woods Reservoir on the Arnold Air Force Base campus. The Air Force recently extended the deadline for its request for information (RFI) to Sept. 17...

A new stadium, new season, new hopes, new dreams -- and a dose of anticipation. The Community Vikings start their inaugural varsity football season with all of these Friday night at 7 in Cornersville. The Purple and Gold join a very strong Region 5-A after two seasons at the junior varsity level. Second-year coach Johnnie Frost is excited about the upcoming challenges as he assesses the Vikings' readiness...

Surprising? Exciting? Amazing? It's hard to find one word to describe Cascade's 9-0 start to the football season a year ago. Fans all over northeastern Bedford County came out of the woodwork to support the Champions. "Everybody was at all all-time high," coach Kenny Parker said...

Funeral services for Lynda Joyce Bates, 58, of Shelbyville, who died Wednesday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro following a battle with cancer, will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Jim Atkisson officiating. Burial will follow at Rosebank Cemetery in Flat Creek...

Funeral services for Dorothy Bynum Haithcote, 75, of Shelbyville, who died Thursday at Bedford County Medical Center after an extended illness, will be 4 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Bobby McGee officiating. Burial will follow at Rosebank Cemetery in Flat Creek. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Friday and 2-4 p.m. Saturday.