Stories from Friday, July 10, 2009

James Edward "Ed" Gregory Sr, 78, of Bell Buckle, died suddenly Wednesday at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Dr. Dave Turner officiating. Visitation with the family will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Margaret Katherine McGee Warren, 82, of Shelbyville, died Thursday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center. Graveside services were held today at Willow Mount Cemetery with Bobby McGee officiating. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel was in charge of arrangements.

Joe Kennedy Shearon, 68, of Shelbyville, died June 21, 2009 at Select Speciality Hospital in Nashville. Memorial services] will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Jeff Smith officiating. Burial of his cremains will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Shelbyville...

Three string trimmers are missing from Bedford County Nursing Home, Union Street, Shelbyville police were told Thursday. The string trimmers were taken approximately two weeks ago from a locked storage area, police said, and no signs of forced entry were apparent...

Gov. Phil Bredesen on Thursday announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved his request for federal farm assistance for Bedford and three other Middle Tennessee counties due to heavy rains and extensive flooding that occurred in May. Counties designated a natural disaster for agriculture include Bedford, Hickman, Moore and Perry...

A Shelbyville man was arrested July 3 on a drug charge during a routine traffic stop, according to the 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force. DTF agents charged Conard Harris, of Dover Street, with possession of a schedule II drug for resale after he was found to be in possession of approximately 7 grams of cocaine base, Assistant Director Timothy Miller said...

Four Bedford County schools have received funds from a federal grant to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to students throughout the school year, said Amanda Maynord Anderson, deputy director of communications for the Tennessee Department of Education...

Pat Marsh has announced his candidacy for the 62nd District Tennessee House of Representatives seat in the Aug. 27 Republican primary. Marsh, a Lincoln County native and Bedford County resident, is founder and chairman of Big G Express, a family-owned trucking company...

Things have taken a tragic turn at the Tennessee Shakespeare Festival being held in Bell Buckle. No, there's no bad news -- in fact, things have gone very well with this year's first production, "A Midsummer Night's Dream." "We've had some great crowds," said Joey Waldrop, the 7-foot actor who had audiences in stitches with his gentle, albeit slow, character "Snout." "They've been very responsive, lots of laughter."...

Shelbyville City Council voted Thursday to accept a quitclaim deed from Shelbyville Housing Authority for the city's underground flume, including the basin, levy and the pumps. Hershel Thrasher, executive director of the authority, told the council last week that it recently came to SHA's attention that the flume, also known as pressure tubes A, B and C, was still legally titled to the Housing Authority...

Clutch hits were scarce for Shelbyville Junior American Legion Post 23 in their first game in the American Legion High School State Tournament at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin on Thursday night. Shelbyville left seven runners stranded in scoring position, failed to get any two-out hits and lost 7-2 to Manchester...