Stories from Thursday, June 18, 2015

Mr. Trenver Grant "Tren" Payne, Sr., 94, of Shelbyville, died Wednesday, June 17, 2015. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Donnie Rader and Ron DeWitt officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Thursday.

Nora Mai Parsons, 85, of Tullahoma died Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Tullahoma Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday and beginning at 11 a.m. Friday.

Shelbyville Garden Club recently celebrated National Garden Week. Club members brought traditional mass arrangements using flowers from their own gardens to deliver to local businesses. Louise Armstrong served as club judge. Janie Burke led the devotion. Winners for best design for large flowers: Pam Beasley, blue; Freda Head, red; and Amy Wells, yellow. Winners for medium size: Nancy Holton, blue, and Becky Cortner, red...

The Cascade FFA chapter attended the Tennessee FFA Leadership Training Camp the week of June 8--12. Sixteen members represented the chapter at the weeklong leadership training. The members participated in officer classes and specialty classes that included Parliamentary Procedure; Agriculture Issues, Agriculture Communication; Extemporaneous Speaking; Forestry and Environment. ...

Someone stole an angel. At least, in a manner of speaking. A ceramic stand with a gold angel on top was taken from the front porch of a Myers Street home between 10:15 p.m. Monday and 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Shelbyville police said. The resident did not name a suspect but said many children had been riding bicycles in the area...

What's on your mind? I asked this question at a local restaurant Tuesday. David and Georgia Fults, who were enjoying lunch, answered: vehicular work. The Fultses were waiting while having their Chevrolet Silverado outfitted with a trailer hitch. And about the weather, Georgia said she prefers cooler temperatures, but the current heat wave is more to her husband's liking...

With warm weather and no school, summer is a time for sports and for camps. Even better is when the two are combined, which is what Calvary Baptist Church plans for next week. The church at 405 Lane Parkway is offering the Mega Sports Camp from Monday through Friday next week, pastor Tom Henry said...

County commissioner Chuck Heflin told his fellow members of the commission's courthouse and county property committee Tuesday night that Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is willing to take ownership of two land-locked parcels owned by the county in the Bedford Lake area...

Randy Dale Maddox, 62, of Shelbyville died Thursday, June 18, 2015 after an extended illness. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, June 25 at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Sam Bullington officiating. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m.