Stories from Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Robert H. "Bobby" Smith, 83, of Shelbyville, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 at Heritage Medical Center following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Geoff Giesemann officiating. Burial will follow at Houston-Whitworth Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Friday.

Franklin Blanton, 92, of Rover died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with the Rev. Scotty Sorrells and the Rev. David Wall officiating. Burial will follow at Simpson Cemetery in Rover. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Friday.

Kailey Brooke Overcast says "TADA!" after putting up the Christmas tree with her mom.

Clarence W. "Pete" Phillips Jr., 87, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at First Christian Church. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m.-noon at the church. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

John Meakin Lane, 77, of Wartrace died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Kip Green officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at noon.

John Darron Thomas, 46, of Wartrace died Tuesday, Dec. 11 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Manchester Funeral Home Chapel with Tom Henry officiating. Burial will follow at Lynchburg Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Jackson Griffin Jinright, 5, of Sugar Hill, Ga., died Friday Dec. 7, 2012. He had several Bedford County relatives. Services celebrating his life were held in Georgia Dec. 9 at Jackson's Gardens at the Hudgens Center for the Arts and at Peachtree Corners Baptist Church on Dec. 10.

3 Generations with son Jimmie Sanders III (Jay), Grandsons Terrell & Xzavier & Granddaughter Gabriella of Spokane, WA

Three people lost their lives in a head-on crash south of Shelbyville late Tuesday afternoon. Both drivers died at the scene on Highway 82 South approximately two miles south of Shelbyville, State Trooper Dallas Rife said. They were identified as Morris Parker of La Vergne, who would have turned 72 Thursday, and Eric Holestak, 46, of Murfreesboro...

An orthopedic surgeon is suing Heritage Medical Center and its former CEO in federal court for allegedly terminating him while serving in the Army last year. Richard Slusher is demanding unspecified damages for wrongful discharge and retaliation from the Shelbyville hospital, which he claims violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) by terminating him while he was serving in Iraq...

If she lives to be 100, Destiny Williams will experience the next in a trend of sequential dates which have occurred this decade. But that is 32,162 days from now on January 1, 2101. Today, it's her birthday, and she plans to enjoy being the only student in the Bedford County school system who turns 12 on this date of 12-12-12. ...

Voting and submissions remain open until Dec. 20 in the Times-Gazette's "Scared of Santa" photo contest, and the person who submits the winning entry will receive a diamond Kiss pendant valued at $200 from Lowery Jewelers....

Several T-G employees each brought 12 items, such as children's toys, canned food items and toiletries, into the office on 12-12-12. Items will be donated to a local charitable organization for distribution to those in need during the holidays. From left: Olene Standfield, Janis Cannon, Marsha Addessi, Sissy Smith, Becky McBee, Hugh Jones, Sadie Fowler and Sherry Harris. Those who donated and are not pictured are: Sheri Emerson, Tracy Simmons and William Mitchell. (T-G Photo by David Melson)

SMYRNA -- After a very sluggish first quarter, Shelbyville Central's Golden Eaglettes regrouped to claim a 54-43 over host Smyrna in a non-district clash on Tuesday for their second straight win. Eaglette senior Bree Horner's free throw with 0:05 left to play was the difference in the game...

SMYRNA --­ The effort was there but a lack of size proved to more than Shelbyville Central could overcome in a 64-52 loss on Tuesday. Smyrna post Ganda Ameri dominated inside the paint and scored a game-high 25 points. "We just couldn't overcome their size. Their big man inside really hurt us and we had a hard time stopping him," Central coach Stan Eggleston said...

CHAPEL HILL -- School was in session on Tuesday night and the Cascade Champions (6-3, 3-1 9-A) put on a clinic in the early goings against the Forrest Rockets (6-6, 1-3 9-A). As hot as the Champs were in the first quarter, the Rockets roared back to life in the second half and chased the Champions down to the wire, but were unable to knock off the visitors as Cascade picked up it's third district road win, 65-57...

CHAPEL HILL -- There's just something about the Cascade-Forrest rivalry. Whenever the two teams step on the court to face one another, all bets are off as to which team will come out on top. On Tuesday night, it was the Lady Rockets (4-9, 1-3 9-A) who were able to hand the Lady Champs (6-3, 3-1 9-A) their first district loss of the '12-'13 season...

After keeping the score manageable after one half of play against the MTCS Cougars, the Webb Feet saw the Cougars slowly gain more and more control as MTCS pulled away late in the game for a 74-45 win on Tuesday night in Bell Buckle. And despite the difference on the scoreboard, Webb coach Jeff Mitchell feels his team did have a few more positives than in Monday's game against Columbia Academy...

It was total domination from start to finish in Bell Buckle on Tuesday night. The MTCS Lady Cougars rolled over the Webb Lady Feet 65-12 in a non-district match up. Things took an ominous start with MTCS racing out to a 22-3 lead, and only got worse from there...

Heritage Home Health has been named one of the top 100 agencies in the United States by HomeCare Elite, the compilation of the most successful home care providers in the United States. According to Penny Prater, administrator, this market-leading review names the top 100 agencies based on the following performance measures: Quality of care, quality improvement, patient experience, process measure implementation and financial performance...

Heritage Medical Center has named Michelle Smith-Sample as the hospital's new laboratory director responsible for overseeing the hospitals laboratory, chemistry, hematology, coagulation, serology, microbiology and blood bank. With a background that includes many years as a medical technologist, Michelle has extensive experience in laboratory and management...

Heritage Medical Center has named Mitchell Frank as the hospital's new chief financial officer responsible for overseeing the hospital and clinic financial operations. Frank holds a M.B.A. from The University of Alabama at Birmingham and a B.S. in commerce and business administration; corporate financial management from The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa...

Mike Cavender, a financial advisor with the financial-services firm Edward Jones in Shelbyville, and Kathy Jordan, a branch office administrator, recently attended an invitation-only training opportunity at the firm's headquarters in St. Louis. The three-day Advanced Practice Management Forum is offered to branch teams throughout the country who rank among the top third most successful in the firm in helping clients work toward their long-term financial goals. ...

Shelbyville Chevrolet Buick GMC recently helped to donate $25,000 to Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt as part of Chevy's "Equinox for Tots" program. To reach the maximum donation, customers were invited to one of 17 participating Chevy dealerships, including the Shelbyville location, to test drive the new Chevrolet Equinox, where each test drive provided $50 towards the donation to Children's Hospital and an entry to win a new Equinox...

Police spent much of Monday night and early Tuesday dealing with multiple incidents involving a woman identified as Emily Ann Mullins, 29, of McDale Lane. A police dispatcher was notified late Monday afternoon of a "reckless driver" who allegedly struck a mailbox on Madison Street. ...

Spotify, about which I've written in this space before, is an online music service. There are both free and paid versions. With the free version, you can simply go online and make up playlists from Spotify's huge music library, and listen to them through your computer (interrupted by the occasional ad) whenever you please...