Stories from Monday, December 14, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Bart Gordon, a 13-term congressman from Tennessee, announced Monday he will not seek re-election next year, the latest Democrat in a string of retirements. Gordon, 60, won re-election easily last year, garnering 74 percent of the vote, but was still on a list of Democrats targeted by Republicans in midterm elections....

State Sen. Jim Tracy confirmed this afternoon that he is filing papers today to seek the Sixth District Congressional seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon. Tracy had been looking into the race for weeks. His announcement came on the same day that Gordon announced he would not seek re-election...

Carrie Lamb "Monk" Ray, 84, of Shelbyville died Monday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Kevin Minchey and Marty McAnally officiating. Burial will follow at Smotherman Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

A memorial service for David Wayne Meeks, 46, of Lebanon, who died Sunday, will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel in Murfreesboro. Phil DePriest will officiate. Visitation will be 4-8 Tuesday.