Stories from Friday, December 4, 2015

Larry Dale Searcy, 72, of Boca Raton, Florida, formerly of Shelbyville, died Monday, Nov. 30, 2015. Graveside services were held Friday at Tennessee-Georgia Memorial Park. A memorial service will be held in Boca Raton at a later date. Lane Funeral home of Rossville, Georgia handled arrangements.

Two men and a teenager have been charged with several burglaries in eastern Shelbyville last weekend Harley Edward Caffee, 20, and Fredrick Buford, 19, both of Bedford Manor Apartments on Barksdale Lane, are the adults charged. All the weekend burglaries occurred within walking distance of their home...

Winnie Pearl Fletcher, 93, of Beech Grove died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 at NHC Healthcare in Murfreesboro. Funeral services will be held at noon Monday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Chad Fletcher officiating. Burial will follow at Gnat Hill Cemetery in Beech Grove. Visitation will be from 3-6 p.m. Sunday.

Shelbyville's city council looked at an ordinance Tuesday that would revise fees for adopting animals and other services. The fees are being revised after looking at the costs incurred by animal control. Adoption fees for both cats and dogs would be $75 -- a hike of $11...

The city is considering seeking a community development block grant to remove some blighted buildings. Last year, a grant application on behalf of the sewer system for rehabilitation in the Bird Street area was turned down. City manager Jay Johnson explained that, after speaking to David Crowell and Greg Davenport of the utility, the consensus was not to resubmit for another sewer rehab project at this time...

The Times-Gazette is again accepting and publishing letters to Santa Claus, a decades-old tradition in Bedford County. Letters may be e-mailed to santa@t-g.com, mailed to Shelbyville Times-Gazette, P.O. Box 380, Shelbyville TN 37162, or brought by our offices at 323 East Depot Street. The deadline is noon Dec. 11, so that we have time to put the letters into our...

Twenty-four students from the University of Tennessee at Martin traveled to the 46th general assembly of the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature on Nov. 12-15 with a reputation to defend. They returned with a record-breaking number of awards and three new state offices, including the 2016 TISL governor's seat...

Liberty claimed a 53-43 win over Eagleville on Thursday evening in a DRVC matchup on homecoming night for the Patriots. Keon Johnson scored a game-high 34 points, including a slam dunk where he tossed the ball off the backboard and slammed it to the delight of the crowd...

It wasn't the outcome that Liberty's Lady Patriots had hoped for on homecoming night. Poor shooting proved to be more than the Lady Patriots could overcome in a 33-16 loss to Eagleville on Thursday evening in a DRVC matchup. The Lady Patriots trailed the entire game, falling behind 4-2 at the close of the first stanza, 15-4 at the intermission and 23-12 going into the fourth quarter...

UNIONVILLE -- The Community Middle Viqueens dug themselves in a hole early and could never recover as the Forrest Lady Rockets defeated the Viqueens 33-15 Thursday night. With turnovers hurting the Viqueens in the first quarter, the Lady Rockets held Community scoreless in jumping out to an 8-0 lead...

UNIONVILLE -- The Community Middle Vikings used big runs early and late in holding off the Forrest Rockets 34-30 Thursday night. With the Vikings feeding Corde Lane in the post, Community jumped to a quick 9-0 lead in the first quarter. Lane ended the period with eight points as the Vikings finished the quarter with a 13-5 lead...

CHAPEL HILL -- A year ago, the Forrest Rockets had their way with the Shelbyville wrestling team and posted a 65-6 win over the Eagles. Fast forward to this season and heading into the final three matches, the Eagles clung to a slim, 34-30 lead over the Rockets...

BELL BUCKLE -- Robert Windham and Hayden Weeks powered the Webb School to a 48-42 win over Mount Juliet Christian Academy on Thursday night in Bell Buckle. The pair combined for seven three-pointers and 27 points in the win. Webb umped out to the early 10-6 lead and built a 28-18 lead by halftime, but a lull on the offensive end of the floor in the third quarter allowed MJCA to rally for a 34-31 lead after three quarters...

HUNTLAND -- After suffering a slow start, the Cascade Middle Lady Champions battled back with a strong, second-half effort, but couldn't finish off the rally as they suffered a 40-39 overtime defeat. Early on, the Lady Hornets were in total control of the game, racing out to a 10-4 lead...

A $9,200 "government grant" cost a Shelbyville man $1,190 before he realized he'd been had, Shelbyville police said. He told police a man claiming to be "Mark Davis" called with news he'd received the grant and a $120 processing fee would be necessary,...

A case of energy drinks and a purse and contents were stolen from an unlocked car at Newell Rubbermaid, Railroad Avenue, between 6:30 p.m. and midnight Wednesday, Shelbyville police said. Also reported to police: l A floor jack and chain saw were taken from a van at a Warners Bridge Road home several days ago, said a report filed Wednesday...

That question was asked of lunch-time guests at a local diner Thursday. Melba and Kenneth Carr were taking a lunch break. They were trying to figure out when they would have time to put up Christmas decorations. "Funny how it doesn't get up by itself," Kenneth said...

The Webb School Chapel will be filled with music, song and fellowship Dec. 10 during the school's annual celebration of Lessons and Carols. The performance will begin at 7 p.m. The prelude will begin at 6:30 p.m. A reception will follow in the Grace Follin Dining Hall on The Webb School campus. The event is free and open to the public...

Allen R. Cross of Atlanta, Georgia, has been named the pastor of First Presbyterian Church, which has been without a full-time senior pastor since December 2013. Cross will preach this Sunday and begin regular office hours on Monday. Cross, a native of Norfolk, Virginia, holds a bachelor's degree from Washington & Lee University and graduated from Columbia Seminary. ...

Although Bobby McGee, 74, had been preaching for more than half a century, and had been a pastor for the past 20 years, he'd never started a church before. Turns out, there's a lot of paperwork -- incorporation, a charitable solicitations permit, and so on and so forth...

Latrisha Mae Eddie Horton, 68, of Lynchburg died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Lynchburg Funeral Home with Carl Tucker officiating. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Sunday at Mt. Zion Cemetery in Paragould, Arkansas.

Marcus Trott Jr., 88, of Halls Mill died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Mount Lebanon United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ray Armstrong and the Rev. Jack Carney officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Lebanon Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Friday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

Glen L. Medley, 68, of Fayetteville died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015 in Huntsville, Alabama. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. Burial will follow at Swanson Cemetery in Chapel Hill. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Saturday.