Stories from Friday, February 27, 2015

Allen Shoffner, 88, of Wartrace died Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 at Lynchburg Nursing Center. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Shoffner Lutheran Chapel with the Rev. Dr. A. Richard Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Shofner Lutheran Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Sunday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

Garrett Holt Lawrence, age 91, of Chapel Hill died Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill, which he owned and operated since 1942. Visitation will be held from 1-8 p.m. Saturday, with Masonic rites at 7 p.m., and beginning at 12:30 p.m. Sunday. Burial will follow at Swanson Cemetery in Chapel Hill.

The body found alongside Mullins Mill Road on Monday has been identified as a Murfreesboro woman. Lois Jean Espy, 86, apparently lived alone, Bedford County Sheriff Austin Swing said Thursday, but has family in the Nashville area. Her body was positively identified by the state medical examiner's office, said Susan Niland, a spokesperson for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation....

Dwight Stubblefield is sitting in a chair at the Bedford County courthouse. He starts to pull a receipt from his pocket and says, "I want you to see this." The receipt is folded multiple times. Stubblefield continues unfolding the paper until it runs half his height. The receipt is from his recent trip to pick up multiple cases of Ensure and Boost he will deliver to cancer patients struggling through chemotherapy...

Stakeholders in the Tennessee walking horse industry are looking at what happens next now that a court threw out the U.S. Department of Agriculture's mandatory penalties for horses that were allegedly scarred. One of the next steps is the formation of a new horse industry organization (HIO)...

Saturday is the deadline for paying property taxes on time. Bedford County Trustee's office, which has special Saturday hours during January and February, will be open until 4 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. until noon Saturday. The office is located in the basement of the US Bank building on the north side of the square...

The license plate was stolen from a pickup truck at a Maple Street home Wednesday or earlier, police were told. The victim said he didn't want someone to be "running around with my tag and get into something." The following were arrested since Wednesday by the Shelbyville Police Department, Bedford County Sheriff's Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol or 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force. They are only charged; guilt or innocence will be determined by the courts...

Betty Jo Harris Cartwright, age 86, passed from this life Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015 at Glen Oaks Health & Rehabilitation. Funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Sunday March 1, 2015 in the chapel of Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Bro. Steve Frizzell & Bro. Mark Hall officiating. Burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery...

EAGLEVILLE -- For the second year in a row, the Community Viqueens will play for a Region 5A title against the Houston County Lady Irish. Flashback to 2014, the Viqueens made history by winning the first-ever region title over the Lady Irish. On Thursday night, the Viqueens earned another berth in the Region 5A title game, defeating the Huntland Lady Hornets 61-50...