Stories from Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Robert Ward Troxler, 85, of Beech Grove died Monday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Roy Carter and Bill Marquette officiating. Burial will follow at Hollywood Cemetery in Wartrace. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday.

Frances Claire Gibson, 83, of Shelbyville died Monday night at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with the Rev. Lloyd Doyle officiating. Burial will follow at Rosebank Cemetery in Flat Creek. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday

John Ray Messick, 63, of Shelbyville died Tuesday at Christian Care Center of Shelbyville. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Geoffrey Giesemann officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at noon.

Mr. Leroy Love, age 83, of Shelbyville died Monday at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Farmington Baptist Church with Danny Jones and Wayne Cable officiating. Burial will follow at Simpson Cemetery in Rover. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at Bills-McGaugh Funeral Home in Lewisburg.

Seven years ago Ashley McDonald adopted a one and a half-year old Affenpinscher mix from a rescue organization. Since then, she's been dressing Baby Girl up in clothes and taking photos to the delight of friends and family. "I think at one time she had as many outfits as I did," said McDonald...

The widening of North Main Street will move one step closer to reality Thursday as the city council is slated to approve a set of plans for the project. Plans showing the right-of-way and construction details of the project were recently received by the city and have been placed on the agenda for the council's approval...

An unfunded mandate from the federal government means that Shelbyville will be spending nearly $10,000 to upgrade the city's radio communications. The city council was informed by manager Jay Johnson that to meet new Federal Communication Commission standards, police, fire, the codes department, public works and city administration must adhere to new public safety spectrum regulations...

The city of Shelbyville intends to sign on to the county's plan to prevent natural and man-made disasters when the City Council meets Thursday evening. City manager Jay Johnson told the council that the city, as well as Wartrace and Bell Buckle, should adopt the county-wide Hazard Mitigation Plan, since it is required as a condition of future grant funding for mitigation projects and also makes Shelbyville eligible for higher rates of reimbursement in the event of a disaster...

Mrs. Mary Jane Davis, 61, of Unionville died Sunday at Heritage Medical Center. Memorial services will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Jim Whitaker and Joe Finch officiating. Per her request, her remains were cremated. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m.

Keith Lynn Allen, 55, of Gallatin, died Saturday at Sumner Regional Medical Center. He was the son of James W. Allen and brother of Scott W. Allen of Shelbyville. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Murfreesboro Funeral Home with Dale Flowers officiating. Burial will follow at Smotherman Cemetery.

David Franklin Hastings, 89, of Shelbyville died Sunday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at noon Wednesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Lloyd Doyle officiating. Burial, with full military honors, will be at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday.