Stories from Saturday, April 19, 2008

Brooks Yerkey, 78, of Shelbyville died April 12. Memorial services will be 2-8 p.m. Monday at Crawford Funeral Home in Antioch. Burial will follow at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery in Nashville.

Kenneth Throneberry, 72, of Shelbyville died Friday at Maury Regional Hospital in Columbia. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Monday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Randall Harmon officiating. Burial will follow at Cothron Cemetery in Rover. Visitation with the family will be 4-9 p.m. Sunday.

Donna L. Metcalf, 48, of Petersburg died Friday at Lincoln Medical Center in Fayetteville following an automobile accident. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Fellowship Baptist Church in Petersburg with burial to follow at New Hope Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Monday at the church. Gallant Funeral Home, Fayetteville, is in charge of arrangements.

Marilyn Berryhill, 46, of Shelbyville died Saturday at her home after an extended illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

I had run to the grocery store in the middle of the day and on my way out, a woman who knows me stopped her car in the parking lot, rolled down her window, and pleaded. "Can't you please put the poem about my mother in the newspaper?" she asked. No. No, we can't...

Harris Middle rallied for four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to claim a 8-7 win over visiting Franklin County South in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup Friday afternoon at H.V. Griffin Park. Leading 4-3 going into the sixth, the Eagles (6-4, 4-3 CTC) saw that lead slip away after South posted four runs to go up 7-4...

Cascade Middle rallied to take down Riverside Christian Academy 12-10 in the opening round of the Mid-South Conference tournament on Friday night. Trailing 9-7 in the bottom of the sixth, the Champions loaded the bases with one out for batter Jake Pimental, who dropped a ball to the front edge of the infield grass. ...

Big innings by opposing teams have contributed heavily to the newly sprouted gray hairs on a once-youthful Community coach Josh Burrahm as his seniorless team plays well in spurts but struggles to put seven innings together on a consistent basis. But the Vikings put things together Friday afternoon in a 6-4 win over Moore County at Unionville...

Shelbyville lineman Zane Perry recently signed to continue his education and football career at Cumberland University in Lebanon. He'll join his older brother Zach, a former standout of the Eagle soccer team who plays soccer at Cumberland. "It's a real privilege to be able to continue my education and to play football in college," Perry said. ...

U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon voted Thursday for a bill intended to ensure that turmoil in U.S. financial markets does not reduce access to federal student loans. On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 5715, the Ensuring Continued Access to Federal Student Loans Act. The bill would provide new protections to ensure that families continue to have uninterrupted access to federal student loans in the event that lenders reduce their activity due to stress in the credit markets...

The rising cost of gasoline has already had an impact in Bedford County Schools. "We've used 100 percent of the gas (funds budgeted)," said Robert Daniel, chief financial officer for Bedford County. "But we budgeted for an increase, so we aren't as bad off as some other counties."...

May 17 will be the day that the low rumble of thunder will once again enter Bell Buckle. But it won't be due to the weather. Instead, riders will gather from across Tennessee for the fourth annual Bell Buckle Motorcycle Days, which promises to be the biggest event yet...

John Robert Dunnavant, 64, of Shelbyville died Friday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro. Funeral services will be noon Monday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Dan Reed officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Sunday.

The long awaited beginning of the widening of North Main Street in Shelbyville kicks off Monday with the first phase: work on the intersection with Colloredo Boulevard / Fairfield Pike. Word was received late Wednesday from the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) that work would soon be underway, according to public works director Mark Clanton...

Alyssa Moore fanned 11 batters and only walked a pair and the Eaglette offense banged out 10 hits as Harris claimed a 10-3 win over visiting Franklin County South in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup Friday afternoon. The Eaglettes scored two runs in the first when Lauren Warren singled and later stole home for the first run of the game. Lorrie Rittenberry walked and scored off an RBI single by Morgan Ward for a 2-0 lead...