Stories from Thursday, December 3, 2009

Henry Franklin Ray, 81, of Shelbyville died Wednesday at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday.

James Austin Coop, 87, of Shelbyville died Wednesday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Ron DeWitt officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today...

NASHVILLE (AP) -- Thousands of Tennessee National Guardsmen are leaving their homes this weekend for final preparations before they head to Iraq and Afghanistan. The deployments include the state's largest guard unit, the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, which has more than 3,000 soldiers from 45 towns...

Shelbyville Central senior Hunter Brothers recently signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Lipscomb University. The talented right-hander verbally committed to Lipscomb his junior year and is no stranger to the Bison baseball program. "I think that Lipscomb is the perfect fit for me," Brothers said. "I've been around the program a lot and I'm familiar with all the coaches," Brothers said. "I know the campus real well and it's close to home also."...

Jason McGee has announced his candidacy for Bedford County trustee in the May 4, 2010, Democratic primary. McGee, a lifelong resident of Bedford County, has been office administrator for Bedford County Highway Department / Bedford County Solid Waste Authority since 2000 and serves as secretary for Bedford County Road Board. Prior to joining the highway department, he worked in customer service for Jostens in Shelbyville...

A proposed spending freeze for the city of Shelbyville will be on next week's council agenda after a councilman's suggestion. At the closing of Shelbyville City Council's study session Tuesday, councilman Lee Roy Cunningham asked that a spending freeze be put on next week's agenda...

Forming a committee to examine the idea of an industrial park will be on the city council's agenda next week. The idea came before the Shelbyville council Tuesday evening after Walt Wood, chief executive officer of Shelbyville & Bedford County Chamber of Commerce, urged members to follow the advice recently given by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) representatives on how to attract industry and jobs to the region...

When Deborah Griggs sat in a parking lot in Tullahoma and watched police dogs search the area for her missing son, she wondered if he would ever be found safe and sound. "I had a bad feeling when I watched those dogs walk down there," she said. Her mother's intuition was right. Wednesday morning, days after the dogs searched fruitlessly, and 12 days after he was last seen, her son was found dead behind a Tullahoma car dealership on the AEDC Access Road...

Ella Mae McAnally Bailey, 94, of Shelbyville died Wednesday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Jonathan Osterhaus officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday.