Stories from Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Mark Lowry, who has achieved success in Christian media both as a singer and a comedian, will add another entry to his résumé next month -- king. Lowry, and 16-year-old vocalist Savannah Maddison, will be crowned RC Cola King and Moon Pie Queen at the 23rd annual RC Cola and Moon Pie Festival, June 17 in Bell Buckle...

Edith Garcia Toledano, 39, of Shelbyville, died Friday, May 5, 2017, at Vanderbilt Universty Medical Center. Funeral mass will be 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at St. William Catholic Church. Burial will be in San Mateo Tecalco, Mexico. Visitation will be 4-9 p.m. Tuesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Thomas Magnet School fifth-graders were treated to a special musical performance Friday. Jason and Misty Carson sang music for the students. The couple, who perform as The Carsons, were at Thomas through the Country Music Hall of Fame Words and Music program, said music teacher Carl Keating...

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration released the class schedule last week for this year's show, the 79th annual. The Celebration recently began a process to revamp its class schedule over a three-year period with a focus on competitiveness, participation and the length of each session...

The Amanda 5K Memorial Run/Walk, dedicated to the memory of Amanda Floyd, will be held June 3 in conjunction with the Wartrace MusicFest. Floyd, a beloved Wartrace native whose passion was long-distance running, was a computer systems analyst with Viam Inc. in Manchester. She died in 2013 at age 53...

A Deason resident suffered a possible broken nose in a struggle with a Bedford County deputy Sunday night over a traffic stop. Deputy Chris Morton said in a report he stopped Luc L. Legrain, 59, of Edd Joyce Road for allegedly "failing to maintain his lane of travel" on North Main Street near Calsonic Way shortly before 8 p.m...

Dorothy Elkins, a resident of Bell Buckle, who recently began her 61st year of service at The Webb School, was honored on April 22 during the 2017 Reunion with the dedication and naming of the Dorothy Powell Elkins Student Center. "We are bonded here today by our love for a very special lady who has meant so much to all of us. ...

Before Monday afternoon’s District 12-AA elimination game, Champion lefty Cole Tune told his coaching staff he wanted to give one good outing for the seniors and keep his team’s season alive. The southpaw delivered. Tune delivered a complete game effort, giving up just four hits and one earned run, while striking out seven in Cascade’s 5-4 win over Giles County...

Top-seed Shelbyville Central advanced to the winners bracket finals with a 9-2 victory over visiting Franklin County in District 8-AAA Tournament play on Sunday afternoon. The win sets up a key matchup with No. 2 seed Columbia this afternoon at 4 at Tomahawk Stadium in Winchester...

LAWRENCEBURG — Shelbyville Central’s Golden Eaglettes are still alive in the District 8-AAA softball tournament after winning a pair of games, while dropping one over the weekend in Lawrenceburg. The Eaglettes defeated Lincoln County on Saturday, fell to Coffee County on Sunday and rolled past Franklin County in an elimination game on Monday evening...

During their final meeting in the regular season, the Cascade Lady Champions claimed a 4-0 win over Spring Hill en route to a perfect run through the district slate. Not much changed once tournament play began on Monday evening. Cascade (21-3, 13-0) knocked off visiting Spring Hill with another 4-0 victory, taking the District 12-AA opener in convincing fashion...

CHAPEL HILL — The Community Vikings could not get anything going in the District 9-A tournament as they ended their season with an 8-0 loss to the MTCS Cougars Monday night. MTCS used three hits to score four runs with two outs in the second inning to take an early 4-0 lead...

Community High School Class of 1962 held its 55th reunion on April 29. From left, front row: Jim Lawwell; Marie Noblitt Smith; Brenda Lamb Sudberry; Jean Smith Faulk; Carolyn Moore Molder; Virgie Beasley Summers; Marie Dalton; Vivian Crick Prince; and Peggy Faris Orrell. Second row: Larry Smith; Homer Gray; Wayne Crowell; Hazel Epperson Butler; Gerald Grissom; Eugene Burrahm; Rodney Scales; Joe Brothers; and Gene Molder. (Submitted photo)

The Laureate Delta Chapter, No. 7, Beta Sigma Phi met on May 3. The Founder’s Day program honored Walter W. Ross, who started Beta Sigma Phi in 1931. Front row: June McBride, Pat Sherrill, Nancy June Brandon, Alice Durio, and Vavial Jamison. Back row: Barbara Brown, Renee Kowalski, Charlotte Presley, Tewaan Tucker, Charlotte Daniel and Debbie Kee. (Submitted photo)