Stories from Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Mary Elizabeth Warren, 84, of Petersburg died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Hope Assembly of God with Phillip Warren officiating. Burial will follow at Foster Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at Higgins Funeral Home in Fayetteville and begining at 10 a.m. Friday at the church.

John Thomas Flack Jr., 86, of Shelbyville died Sunday, Nov. 1 2015. Funeral services will be held at noon Saturday at Mullin Chapel AME Church. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Nelson & Sons Memorial Chapel. Lie-in-state will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church.

Lynda Jane Smotherman, 73, of Murfreesboro died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. Burial will follow at Rocky Glade Cemetery near Eagleville. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday.

Bell Buckle is inviting everyone to the opening ceremony for The Moving Wall on Friday at 5 p.m. "It will be an amazing experience for our veterans, community and the town itself," town recorder Janet Robinson said. "We have a lot of support from local sponsors and The Webb School has been a helping hand throughout this process."...

During the month of November, you'll get a chance to help raise money for the county's bookmobile. Starting Thursday, the Shelbyville-Bedford County Public Library is having a Bookmobile Drive, according to Margaret Petty, Technology & Innovation Librarian...

The Times-Gazette is introducing a new high-gloss full color magazine titled Inspire Health. The magazine, which premiers in the Sunday, Dec. 13 Times-Gazette, will feature all types of lifestyles content, targeted toward women, related to health and wellness, beauty, parenting, fashion, food and more...

City council members will wait until next month to discuss an engineering report that identified the cause of the flume collapse in January. Instead, they heard about progress ongoing with the rebuilding of the damage. Public works director Mark Clanton said most of the 280 feet of new flume has been put in, which crews will follow up with backfill...

A 40,000 pound steel press used for scrap metal fell off a trailer Tuesday afternoon, causing damage to the roadway on Highway 64 West. Large holes and divots were made after the 20 tons bounced about 50 to 60 feet before coming to a rest on the side of the state highway, where the weight caved in the pavement. Police said it was extremely fortunate that the press did not strike an oncoming vehicle. (T-G Photos by Brian Mosely)

A pistol was reported stolen after a friend of the owner told him, "You don't need a pistol," and walked away with it Monday. The owner, a Sherwood Drive resident, was showing the loaded, black, semi-automatic Hi-Point 9mm pistol to another man, who "grabbed" the gun from his hand, police said...

Charlie Williams of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Shelbyville has achieved the professional designation of Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor. Williams successfully completed the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor, or CRPC, Professional Education Program, from the Denver-based College for Financial Planning...

Submitted photos The Riverbend Ladies Golf Association held its annual membership meeting recently. In the meeting, members, above) elected 2016 officers: President Joan Collins, Vice President Gerry Fanning, Treasurer Lyn Robinson and Secretary Karen Thrasher. ...

Everyone deserves to enjoy the warmth of the holiday season, and this year, area seniors who are alone or impoverished will be able to do just that. Sponsored by the Home Instead Senior Care offices serving Tullahoma, the Be a Santa to a Senior program provides gifts and companionship for lonely and isolated seniors...

MANCHESTER -- The Westwood Rockets were able to string together a strong second half and upend the Liberty Patriots, 46-44 on Tuesday night. Liberty, though pushed by the Rockets throughout the first half, still managed a 20-17 lead by halftime. But Westwood rallied for 14 in the third quarter and took a 31-30 lead, and followed up with a 15-point effort in the fourth to sneak out of Tuesday's game with a win...

Bible journaling has taken social media by storm. A quick search of Pintrest, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter yields more than half a million photos posted by people who have begun adding artwork, hand lettering, doodles and stamps onto the margins of their Bibles...

Allstate agency owner Amanda O'Neal received the Allstate Agency Hands in the Community Award for her commitment to helping others. With this award came a $1,000 grant from The Allstate Foundation for the Thomas Magnet School PTO, where O'Neal has volunteered as the president for the last seven years...

On Nov. 13, The Webb School will open its campus to prospective students and their families for its annual Fall Visitors' Day. The daylong event begins at 9 a.m. with registration and breakfast and concludes at 3 p.m. The schedule includes a tour of the 150-acre campus, led by a current Webb student. ...

Brent Canady, vice president of First Community Bank in Shelbyville, is among the 46 graduates of the 2015 Southeastern School of Banking held at Belmont University in Nashville. The Southeastern School of Banking, organized by the Tennessee Bankers Association and considered one of the best intermediate-banking schools in the nation, is dedicated to developing the analytical skills and management techniques of bankers, from high-ranking executives to junior and middle managers...

Have you ever used web sites like Spokeo.com, Pipl.com or 411.com to track down contact information for someone? They can be helpful sometimes -- but they can also be flawed, with bad information, perhaps the result of a computer algorithm confusing one person with another. You might want to try looking yourself up some time to see what's listed...

Riverside Liquors, 314 S. Cannon Blvd., held a Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting on Tuesday. Kelly Reed of Riverside Liquors cut the ribbon, which was held by Allen Pitner and Stephanie Crosslin of the Chamber. The shop offers a wide variety of wine, liquor and beer. (T-G Photo by John I. Carney)

The Motlow College Student Government Association (SGA) recently held a campus safety event on the Moore County campus. SGA members handed out safety whistles and literature, and members of the Manchester police department visited campus to give safety tips to the campus community. From left, Manchester Chief of Police Mark Yother and Investigator Bryan Eldridge talk with Motlow student Bethany Little. (Motlow College photo)