Stories from Thursday, August 12, 2010

Mary Ann Wilson, 85, of Shelbyville died Sunday at Carriage House Inn, The Heart Remembers. Per her request, she will be cremated. No service is planned. Gowen-Smith Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Larry Franklin West, 56, of Shelbyville died Saturday at Heritage Medical Center in Shelbyville, Tn. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Tandy Rainey officiating. Burial followed at Wilson's Chapel Hoo Doo Cemetery in Coffee County.

Chelsey Dial was rewarded with the opportunity to extend her softball career by signing scholarship papers with Motlow State. Dial started her high school at Shelbyville Central as a catcher before adding pop to the Golden Eaglette lineup this past season as a designated hitter...

When her name was called out as one of the top four in Bedford County's Fairest of the Fair competition's last month, Deana Garrett was shocked. Truth is, this fast-pitch high school softball star doesn't even consider herself the "pageant" type. "I don't like to be in the spotlight," said Garrett, 19, a 2009 graduate of Shelbyville Central High School who said she didn't even decide to enter the pageant until just a few weeks before it took place...

The Antique Automobile Club of America will hold its 2012 Grand National Show, as well as its southeastern regional show, on the Celebration grounds in June 2012, and representatives of the national organization visited Shelbyville on Tuesday to begin a two-year planning process...

A total of 20 classes will be split at the 72nd Annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, including a three-way split in 2-Year-Old Walking Stallions. The division of horses has also been announced in the aged stallion class, the preliminary class from which the World Grand Champion usually comes...

Three persons seriously injured in a Brown Lane traffic accident Monday are recovering from their injuries. Devin Pope, 16, of Shelbyville, who was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Caitlin Nicole Jacobs, 16, of Carlisle Avenue, suffered a broken femur and has had a rod placed in his leg, a family member said Wednesday...