Stories from Friday, March 5, 2010

Sammie Louise Carlton Farris, 84, of Rockvale died Friday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel, Murfreesboro, with Barry Throneberry and Ben Martin officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 3-7 p.m. Sunday...

NASHVILLE -- Through the first 25 minutes of Thursday's Division II-A state tournament semifinal, Webb coach Jeff Mitchell's plan to slow the game down worked nearly to perfection against University School of Nashville. After losing by 41 in the East/Middle Region tournament semifinals nearly two weeks ago, Mitchell's scheme left his Bell Buckle team trailing just 16-12 with less than seven minutes remaining in regulation...

A member of the state's agriculture crime unit says it's the worse case of animal abuse he's ever seen. John Darron Thomas now faces an additional 621 counts of animal cruelty after investigators completed their tally of dead and starved cattle discovered last month...

Shelby Lynn Tyson received a four-year judicial diversion Thursday on reckless homicide charges stemming from a traffic accident in 2008. Tyson appeared before Circuit Court Judge Lee Russell to hear her sentence for her involvement in the wreck that took the life of Ahmed Ali Elmi, 31, of Nashville...

Ed Magee died Wednesday. When you look him up on the internet, you don't find much about who Edwin B. Magee was -- but you find out what he did -- and that was a lot. Born in Philadelphia, he joined the Marine Corps in 1965 and served two terms in Vietnam. After his honorable discharge, he worked for more than 30 years for AT&T, with Army Security at the CDC in Atlanta, and then, after moving here with his wife, Donna, for Sanford...

Peggy Bush has announced her retirement as Bedford County Trustee when new county officials take office in September following the August general election. Bush has been elected to six four-year terms in the office since 1986. "It has been a real honor to serve as Bedford County Trustee," said Bush in a statement...