Stories from Monday, March 29, 2010

Christy Dawn Butler LaCook, 35, of Tullahoma, granddaughter of Roberta Jolly of Shelbyville, died Saturday at Southern Tennessee Medical Center in Winchester. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Moore-Cortner Funeral Home in Winchester. Burial will follow at Smith Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Monday...

Billy Townsend Williams Sr., 77, of Shelbyville died Sunday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Revs. Bob Reuhling, George Sinquefield and Phillip Lane officiating. Burial will follow at Hurricane Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-9 p.m. Tuesday.

Shelbyville Central split a pair of non-district games at Riverdale High School in Murfreesboro on Saturday, defeating Coffee County 7-5 in the first game. Hunter Joyce pitched five strong innings to claim the win for the Golden Eagles (2-6), scattering four hits while fanning seven batters. Jonathan Horn closed out the game with a two-inning save...

Samantha Dwyne Abbott, 7, of Chapel Hill died Sunday after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Shelbyville Mills Baptist Church with Jonathan Sims, Herb Hester, Keith Venable and Andy Stallings officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens in Tullahoma. Visitation will be held from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill, is in charge of arrangements.