Stories from Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Chelsea Utz and Emma Bowman sit in the shade and play a game on a smartphone. (T-G Photo by Jim Davis)

There are many indignities to being a foster child, but in some cases, one of them is having to carry your belongings with you in a trash bag. That's the idea behind "Sweet Cases for Foster Kids," one of the main programs of a California-based charity called Together We Rise...

Two of the three top awards given by the Tennessee School Resource Officers Association this year have been awarded to Bedford County deputies. Cam Ferrell of Community Middle and Elementary School has been named statewide Student Resource Officer of the Year. Alethia Rawn of Shelbyville Central High School received the President's Award for her handing of an incident involving an armed student...

Avree Mackensey Gaber, 2 months, of Shelbyville died Saturday, June 25, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Williams Catholic Church with Louis Rojas officiating.

Thelma Jernigan Lee, 95, of Normandy died Tuesday, June 28, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at noon.

Mildred Wilson Bomar, 102, of Nashville, formerly of Wartrace, died Monday, June 27, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Wartrace United Methodist Church with Scott B. Bomar officiating. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Funeral Home and beginning at 1 p.m. Friday at the church.

Mary L. Davis, 87, of Shelbyville died Monday, June 27, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Dr. Robin Kimbrough as eulogist. Burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon.

Two brothers face drug-related charges after being found by a deputy behind New Hope Chapel, New Hope Road, around 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Jeremy David Hall, 25, of Keenan Lane was charged with possession of marijuana. Hall and his brother, Andrew Coty Hall, 23, of El Bethel Road, were both cited for possession of drug paraphernalia...