Stories from Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Mary Ruth Wright, 71, of Shelbyville, died Monday at Heritage Medical Center. A private graveside service will be held at Head Springs Cemetery in Belfast. No visitation is scheduled. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Joseph William Sanders, 70, of Henderson, N.C., died Oct. 27 at Maria Parham Medical Center. A private burial was held at Sunset Gardens in Henderson. J. M. White Funeral Home of Henderson was in charge of arrangements.

Ronald Evans Green Sr., 66, of Shelbyville. died Monday evening at his residence after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Lytle Thomas officiating. Burial will follow at Greer Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Jean Waters, 64, of Shelbyville, died Sunday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Graveside services will be held at noon Wednesday at King Cemetery in Rover. Visitation will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill.

Sanford Corp. announced a major worldwide reorganization of its facilities today that will result in a net loss of 175 jobs for Shelbyville. Shelbyville manufacturing operations, which now employ 300 people, will be moved to Maryville in East Tennessee by the end of 2009, according to David Doolittle, a spokesman for Sanford's parent company Newell Rubbermaid Inc. The company's Lewisburg facility, which employs 270, will close by the third quarter of 2009...

Harris Middle's Eaglettes had a successful start to the season with an impressive 44-35 win over visiting Franklin County North in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup Monday night. Kailey Hornberger provided the spark offensively while the Eaglette defense kept the Lady Gators in check...

Forrest Middle scored the first three baskets of the game against host Liberty Middle and never looked back en route to a 27-16 victory on Monday night. The Lady Rockets (4-4) showed where height plays a factor in basketball, notching several second-chance baskets in the paint. Much of their scoring came via three ladies -- Scarlet Robenson and Mandi Conley had nine points each with eight points from Hannah Phifer...

Michaela Jones and Kristin Simmons blazed a path across cross country tracks all fall before winding up at the Class A/AA state championship meet at Percy Warner Park Steeplechase in Nashville. The three-year veteran Jones placed 57th out of 177 runners with a time of 22 minutes, 57 seconds. That time puts Jones in the books as the highest-ranking runner ever at state in school history...

Although the treaty that officially ended World War I wasn't signed until June 1919, actual fighting stopped seven months earlier, when a ceasefire, or armistice, took effect on Nov. 11, 1918 -- the 11th day of the 11th month -- at 11 a.m. A year later, President Woodrow Wilson declared that Nov. ...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners rejected a proposal to sell Bedford County Nursing Home on Tuesday night. The motion failed 3-11, with one commissioner abstaining and three others absent. "The old folks out there, that's their home -- the only home they've got," said Commissioner Joyce Tune, who said newspaper reports of a possible sale have disturbed some of the residents...

How much do you like canned corn and green beans? Enough to eat it every day, day after day? That was the menu facing several people who went to Good Samaritan last week, needing help to feed their families. "That's all we had left," said Musa Alexander, one of the volunteers at the charitable organization at 201 E. Highland Ave. "Corn and green beans. There were some peas."...

EDITOR'S NOTE -- As United Way of Bedford County conducts its fall fundraising campaign, the Times-Gazette is presenting a weekly spotlight on the local health and human service agencies it supports. First Choice Pregnancy Counseling Center is hosting a 5K run, called Run For Their Life, in conjunction with the city's Christmas parade on Dec. 6...