Stories from Monday, September 24, 2007

Funeral services for Mary Edna Suddath Vincent, 86, of Normandy, who died Saturday, will be 2 p.m. today at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Ron DeWitt and Don Gallagher officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

Samuel Sanford Kelton Jr., 87, of Bell Buckle died Sunday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Wednesday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Kevin Minchey officiating. Burial will follow at Gault Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Tuesday...

Saturday's road trip to Grundy County was not kind to the Community Viqueens as they were unable to produce a win against their District 11A/AA opponents despite taking them to the limit in each match. Falling 25-20, 25-19, 25-19, 25-14 in the first match, the Viqueens led or were within striking distance late in each game only to let the Lady Eagles off the hook each time...

October is National Safety Month and community organizations and local public safety departments are getting together to educate the public on this important topic. Wal-Mart Supercenter will host a safety event Oct. 13 starting 10 a.m. Participating will be Volunteer Fire Services Inc., Shelbyville Fire Department, the Shelbyville Police Department and Bedford County Sheriff's Department, Tennessee State Trooopers, Bedford County Emergency Medical Services, the Community Resource Center, the Humane Society, and the Haven of Hope.. ...

The opening of the Spotted Saddle Horse World Championships on Saturday saw many familiar faces in and around center ring. One of those was Dickie Gardner, Trainer of the Year in 1999 and again in 2004, who is this year's president of the Professional Spotted Saddle Horse Trainers' Association. He's also a board member of SSHBEA...

The World Grand Champion Tennessee Walking Horse is honored each year by having a street at the Historic Celebration Grounds named in his honor. The sign bearing the name "Master of Jazz Way" went up this week at the historic show grounds. All of the streets on the grounds of The Celebration are named for individuals or horses of significance in the history of the world championship horse show...

Bedford County Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler has denied a request to prevent jurors from being told about statements made by one of the three people charged with killing a Shelbyville car salesman last winter. Justin Young, previously of Lewisburg, "made statements to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation which we sought to suppress, on the grounds that he didn't completely waive his Miranda right," defense attorney Hershell Koger said...