Stories from Thursday, August 28, 2014

Fount Farris, 93, of Rockvale died Wednesday, Aug. 27 in Murfreesboro. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with Paul Nelson officiating. Burial, with military honors, will follow at King Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.

Joe Dylan Warrick, 21, of Unionville and Columbia died Monday, Aug, 25, 2014 in Nashville. A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with the Rev. Tim McGehee, Robert Ralston and Keith Williams officiating. Entombment will follow at Spring Hill Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Friday.

Before the lights come on and the spectators arrive each night at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, there's a lot of preparation going on at the Celebration grounds during the day. Starting with the food... At the VFW food "booth" -- actually an entire building, and one of two food outlets open the full day -- customers were already chowing down at mid-morning Thursday. Inside, workers were braving the heat; air conditioning is only a dream here. But no one was complaining...

Ewing Wallace "Wally" Cartwright has announced his candidacy for re-election as mayor of Shelbyville in the Nov. 4 general election. Cartwright, a lifelong resident of Bedford County, served as a city council member from 1997 until his election as mayor in June 2007. ...

Parade magazine, included with this Sunday's issue of the Times-Gazette, will include a special interview promoting the "Stand Up To Cancer" simulcast, a star-studded fund-raising effort which will air Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. local time on numerous broadcast and cable channels...

A man confronted after allegedly breaking into a vehicle Tuesday night picked the wrong person to challenge. John Willie Stone Jr., 51, of Cherokee Trail came at East Franklin Street resident Joel Doak with an open pocket knife after being seen in a neighbor's vehicle, police said. Doak, who competes in mixed martial arts events, took the knife and pinned Stone to the ground until police arrived...

A Shelbyville resident was falsely told she had been charged with a traffic offense in Sumner County and would be fined almost $1,000. The resident was informed by a caller using the name of a Bedford County deputy to pay the "fines" using a Green Dot card, according to a Shelbyville Police Department report. She was told she owed $500 for failure to appear in court and $498 for contempt of court...

CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children) Works Inc. announces that Wanda Strayhorn has been named its executive director. Strayhorn has been with CASA Works over five years, including initially when it was affiliated with the Center for Family Development in Shelbyville. Now, it is an independent agency...

SPRING HILL (AP) -- General Motors announced Wednesday that it is moving production of its next-generation Cadillac SRX crossover SUV from Mexico to its plant in Tennessee. The General Motors additions will bring more jobs to Spring Hill, but a GM spokesman wouldn't give specifics on how many would be added to the sprawling former Saturn facility...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Led by demand for its flagship Jack Daniel's brand, spirits maker Brown-Forman Corp. said Wednesday its first-quarter net income rose 5 percent despite lower stockpiling by distributors. The company behind such other brands as Southern Comfort, Finlandia and el Jimador said the three-month performance was slowed by lower inventory levels by distributors, reflecting the company's decision to ease up on price increases. ...

A check for $107,162 was presented to the Shelbyville-Bedford County Library Trustees from the Edward C. and Normanda Huffman estate. Both were avid supporters of the library, especially "Miss Normanda," who loved poetry, inspirational books, and books about elegant table settings, decorative china, etc. These funds will be used for the progress of the new building. The rocking chair in the children's section of the library was donated after their passing by Sally Hunt, their daughter. From left are Josh Huffman, Janice Huffman, Edward C. Huffman, Jr., Rita Huffman. library director Rita Allen and library board chair Amy Mitchell. (Submitted photo)

There's some history between the Cascade Champions (1-0) and the Forrest Rockets (0-1). So much so that Champion coach Jake Tyre referred to the Rockets as the Champs' biggest rivals. Although the two schools are no longer district rivals, Tyre says the rivalry is as electric as ever...

Coach Chris Grooms and the Community Vikings have emphasized fundamentals this week as they prepare for Friday night's home opener against Silverdale Academy. With school out this week, the Vikings moved their practices to the morning. "With our practices this week, we slowed it down a little bit, went back to working on some fundamentals," Grooms said...

MURFREESBORO -- Shelbyville Central jumped out to an early lead, but it wasn't enough in a 4-2 loss at Blackman in a soccer match on Wednesday evening. Junior Olivia Doak was fouled in the box and converted a penalty kick to give the Eaglettes (0-2) a 1-0 lead at halftime...