Stories from Thursday, September 1, 2011

Col. Joe Nelson Watson (U.S. Air Force, retired), 77, of Tullahoma died Aug. 29. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at Faith Lutheran Church in Tullahoma. Visitation will begin at 3. Burial, with full military honors, will be held Tuesday in Delight, Ark. Kilgore Funeral Home of Tullahoma is in charge of arrangements.

Ona Ruth Haynes, 95, of Murfreesboro died Aug. 30 at Northside Health Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Jennings and Ayers Chapel in Murfreesboro with Larry Nobles officiating. Burial will follow at Cothran Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Thursday.

In years past if an illegal substance was being manfactured in the woods, it was probably moonshine. But in today's world, it's likely meth. Two men allegedly operating what police call a "clandestine methamphetamine lab" in woods off Sims Road were arrested by Shelbyville police and the 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force during pre-dawn hours Tuesday...

Ten applications for the vacant slot of city treasurer have been received and Shelbyville's city council will be looking over who they want for the job next month. Last month, Gary Cantrell was dismissed after it was revealed that for the past seven years the city had not complied with the Internal Control of Compliance manual for Tennessee municipalities...

Wednesday was the final night of preliminary classes at the 73rd annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. Spectators will be treated to World Grand Championship classes and victory rides adorned with floral horseshoes tonight through Saturday...

Several residents of Christian Care Center of Bedford County attended the Celebration on Thursday last week; for one of them, Mildred Bobo, it was a particularly poignant experience. "I hadn't been in years," said Bobo, 86. But, make no mistake about it, she's loved the Celebration ever since it started in 1939; she was a blue ribbon winner at that very first show, a fearless 14-year-old farm girl riding a two-year-old horse named Lady B. ...

Traditionally, Saturday night's World Grand Championship at the Tennessee Walking Horse World Grand Championship crowns a horse from the aged stallion division. But that doesn't mean the World Grand Champion has to be an aged stallion. "It's anybody's game," said Dr. Doyle Meadows, Celebration CEO, in an interview with the Times-Gazette prior to the Celebration. "You just never know."...

Workers from Advanced Enterprise of Murfreesboro braved the heat Wednesday to start repairs to the roof of the Bedford County courthouse. Work has already been completed on the painting of the clock dome on top of the structure. (T-G Photo by Brian Mosely)

Buford Glen Winsett, 74, of Fayetteville died Thursday at Donalson Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home in Fayetteville with the Rev. Charles Jones officiating. Burial will follow at Center Point Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Friday.