Stories from Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Oaklands Mansion in Murfreesboro will hold its sixth annual "Wedding Dresses Through The Decades" exhibit Jan. 21-March 5. The exhibit includes wedding dresses from every decade since 1847. Featured this year is the 1967 gown of Barbara Mandrell, which was handmade by her mother, and the white naval uniform worn by her husband, Ken Dudney. ...

The city-county industrial park is poised to become a business recruitment tool in 2017. The city of Shelbyville is accepting bids for a roadway entrance and for sewer and water lines to the 231 North Business Park. Bids will be accepted at City Hall until 3 p.m. Jan. 26. Ragan-Smith Associates Inc. performed the engineering work...

Chris Heard of Unionville likes to join friends each year, usually on New Year's Day, for a run on the Duck River. The voyage usually involves personal watercraft, although last year Heard used hovercraft. This, due to the lack of rainfall, Heard (seen here) and friend John Schetrompf took to the river in their personal watercraft a few days early, in late December, while the water was relatively high. ...

Robert Dudley Frazier Jan. 1, 2017 Mr. Robert Dudley Frazier, 96, of Shelbyville died Sunday, January 1. He was born May 13, 1920 in Rutherford County, the son of the late John Kit Frazier and Sally Belle Fletcher Frazier. He was a retired teacher for the Building Trade School of Bedford County Training School and Shelbyville Central High School. He was a former Shelbyville City Councilman; a Veteran of the U.S. Army, World War II; and a member of Bird Street Church of Christ...

Funeral service for Adalyne Nicole Martin, age 10 weeks, of Shelbyville, will be held 6 p.m. Thursday, January 5, 2017 in the chapel of Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Brother Jimmy Tedder officiating. Adalyne passed from this life Sunday, January 1, 2016 at Tennova Healthcare...

Users of the Times-Gazette website, in a non-scientific poll, agreed with T-G staffers on the top story of the year, overwhelmingly choosing the widening of North Main Street. Between Christmas and New Year's, the Times-Gazette counted down the top 11 stories of the year (due to a tie for 10th place) as voted by a panel of T-G staff members. ...

Betty Jane "BJ" Warner, 88, passed away in her sleep December 31, 2016, under the compassionate care of Hospice and the Waters of Shelbyville, Tennessee. She was born on April 10, 1928 in Kane, Pennsylvania to Theodore Carl Johnson and Thelma F. Clark...

Jimmie Lee Cooper, 88, of Unionville died Tuesday, January 3, 2017 in Murfreesboro, Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Friday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. Burial will follow at Cooper Cemetery in Rover. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday.

Edward Thomas Lankford, 60 of Mountain City died Monday, Jan. 2, 2017 in New Mexico. Graveside service will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Smith Chapel Cemetery with Jason Daughdrill officiating. Visitation will be held 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Doak-Howell Funeral Home.