Stories from Monday, September 17, 2007

Funeral services for James R. "Jim" Matheney, 74, of Jacksonville, Fla., who died Sept. 11, will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Zion's Hill United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Zion's Hill Methodist Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be noon until service time on Tuesday at the church...

Sarah Dossett Brantley, 102, of Shelbyville, formerly of Sharps Chapel, died Saturday after an extended illness. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday at Oak Grove Church of Sharps Chapel, where she was the oldest member, with the Rev. Tom Lamb officiating...

Hoyte C. Ray, 75, of Shelbyville died Sunday at the VA Hospital in Nashville. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Larry Hastings and Wendell Powell officiating. Burial, with full military honors, will follow at Whitworth Cemetery...

Funeral services for Margaret Tucker McCroskey, 74, of Shelbyville, who died Saturday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be noon Wednesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. R.C. Verge officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens...

The 29th annual International Walking Horse Grand Championship horse show will open its doors for performance horse competition at the Tennessee Miller Coliseum in Murfreesboro on Sept. 27. The show, managed by Walking Horse Owners Association (WHOA) Executive Director Tommy Hall, was considered a huge success last year. Hall expects the same this year...

Reading opens windows of opportunity for children and this week, Tennesseans celebrate that chance to travel around the world through books as the second Imagination Library Week begins. Gov. Phil Bredesen dedicated this week as Imagination Library Week, kicking off a celebration of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.The week will be packed with events aimed at bolstering enrollment of the program as well as fund-raising activities in nearly all 95 counties including reading events at the Argie Cooper Library where guest readers will share stories with children of all ages.. ...

Bedford County Bicentennial Organizing Committee is now looking towards the final two events of the county's year-long celebration -- a "Celebration of Christmas Past" Dec. 1 on the courthouse square, and the closing celebration two days later at the Blue Ribbon Circle on the Celebration grounds...

A man suspected of killing two people in Franklin was arrested early today in a car allegedly stolen from a Shelbyville dealership. James E. Farris, 56, a former Shelbyville resident, was stopped at a Johnson City intersection and arrested without incident, reports WJHL-TV of Johnson City...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The scene was all too familiar for Tennessee players, coaches and fans. A creative Florida coach rallying behind a brash quarterback and outstanding athletes to embarrass the Volunteers on national television. And this time it was not Steve Spurrier or one of his Fun-N-Gun quarterbacks inflicting the damage...

NASHVILLE -- Sophomore D.J. Moore kick-started Vanderbilt's win over Mississippi with a 33-yard kickoff return, leading to a touchdown run by Chris Nickson minutes later for an upper hand the Commodores would never relinquish. It was their first opening-drive touchdown since last October...

NASHVILLE -- Vince Young and the Tennessee Titans put on quite a show on the field Sunday against nemesis Indianapolis Colts. After the 22-20 loss, Young vented his frustration on sports writers in the interview room in the bowels of LP Field. Young and teammates played a heck of a game, good enough to win against most teams, and made some outstanding plays in the game at key moments -- the benchmark for a team playing a championship caliber opponent...