Stories from Tuesday, May 26, 2009

It's time for the T-G's annual salute to the fathers of Bedford County. We're looking for written remembrances, photos and other material. Text submissions should be written about your father rather than to your father. If you submit photos, please include information about who is in the photo and about the occasion at which the photo was taken. The deadline for submissions is June 9. The special section will be published on June 16...

Funeral services for Ann Bryant Yarbrough Woodson, 69, of Bell Buckle, who died Tuesday at her home after an extended illness, will be 11 a.m. Thursday at New Zion Church of Christ. John Houston, Daryl Lewis, and H.A. Beasley will officiate, with burial to follow in Smotherman Cemetery...

Larry Thomas Dickens, 67, of Shelbyville, died Tuesday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Charles Williams officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Arliss Haislip, 51, of Petersburg, died Saturday at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home, Fayetteville, with Paul Ray King II officiating. Burial will follow at Talley Cemetery...

Only three answered the gate call for the last class of the 2009 Spring Fun Show, but they were very strong competitors, according to a news release from the Celebration. Winning the blue ribbon by a unanimous decision was The Coach with John Allan Callaway up for Holland, Kilgore & Barnes of Decatur, Ala., Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Pigeon Forge. Blue Blooded Bandit and Knox Blackburn took the reserve award. The yellow ribbon was awarded to Gold Sky MC and Randy Young for Mike Chandler of Sparta...

Friday's graduation ceremonies at the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy had several Shelbyville connections. Not only did four Shelbyville Fire Department firefighters graduate from the 10-week Recruit/Firefighter I program, but the ceremony was opened with presentation of colors by a SFD color guard, and Shelbyville & Bedford County Chamber of Commerce presented the fire academy's first ever "challenge coins" to the entire graduating class...

The trial for a former deputy director of Bedford County Emergency Management Agency accused of embezzlement has been moved ahead to the second week of June. A scheduling conflict with a drug-related trial means that the charges against Eugene Nichols, who was named in a 70-count indictment last November, will be heard on June 8 and 9...

Pizza maker Little Caesar's is planning a return to Shelbyville. The restaurant was previously located on Madison St. in the old Bi-Lo shopping center. A site approval plan for the chain is on the agenda for Thursday's meeting of the city's planning commission...

The Bedford County Adult Education program held its annual graduation ceremony on Monday, May 18, at First Baptist Church in Shelbyville. From July 1, 2008, to May 18, 2009, 95 students completed the requirements to earn a General Educational Development (GED) diploma. Forty-eight students participated in the graduation ceremony, which featured Barry Cooper, Chairman of the Bedford County Board of Education, as the commencement speaker...

Jimmy Frank Gray, 86, of Belvidere, a Tennessee walking horse trainer and show judge, died Saturday at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga. Funeral services were held Monday at Moore-Cortner Funeral Home in Winchester with the Rev. O.L. Hart officiating. Burial followed at the Gray farm...

Cecil O. Ray, 84, of Shelbyville, died Sunday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Nashville. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Stephen Caine officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens...

Alonzo Stallworth, 75, died Saturday at Alvin C. York Medical Center in Murfreesboro. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Nelson & Sons Memorial Chapel. Survivors include his wife, Lillian Stallworth.