Stories from Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Leslie O. Garay Allen, 48, of Wartrace died Monday, May 15, 2017 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Jim Gray officiating. Visitation will begin at 11 a,m. Burial will take place in Arlington, Texas.

Ricky Floyd McClain, 62, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Memorial services will be held 7 p.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Jeff Rasnick officiating. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m.

Mark Bradley, 62, of Shelbyville died Friday, May 12, 2017. Per his request he was cremated. Hillcrest Funeral Home handled arrangements.

June Noblitt Petty, 84, of Shelbyville died Monday, May 15, 2017. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Rev. Jack Carney officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at noon.

Gladys Betty Jean Kuban, 82 of Shelbyville died Saturday, April 22, 2017, at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. Per her wishes, she will be cremated. A memorial service will be held from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, May 21 at her residence, 111 Creighton Place. Gowen-Smith Chapel is handling arrangements.

A Bedford County deputy sheriff was charged with theft of property over $60,000 and official misconduct Monday by Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Garcia Jordan has been on unpaid suspension for approximately six weeks, since the sheriff's office was notified of accusations Jordan had obtained a large amount of money illegally from whom Sheriff Austin Swing described only as "an elderly lady."...

When you approach a suspect vehicle, use your hand to ensure that the trunk lid is closed. Another reason to place your hand on the rear of car is to leave your fingerprints behind as evidence in case you don't survive the encounter. If you approach a suspect vehicle at night, if you're right-handed carry your flashlight in your left hand. You may need your right hand to grab your handgun....

A spokeswoman for the Transportation Coalition of Tennessee, made up in part of construction and transportation interests, said the recent passage of the state's IMPROVE Act will generate $126 million in investment for Bedford County over the next 15 years, including extension of the Shelbyville bypass three miles west from U.S. 231 to U.S. 41A...

Fairview FCE Cub met April 19 at the University of Tennessee/Tennessee State University Extension office in Shelbyville. Carolyn Jones read the call to order, "Success." The devotion, on "Forgiveness," was given by Cindy Parker. Eleven members answered roll call with their favorite color/flavor of jelly bean. ...

Zela Presley, 86, of Shelbyville died Monday. May 15, 2017 at Tennova Healthcare-Shelbyville. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gowen-Smith Chapel.

Barnyard Kids celebrated Mother’s Day last week with Muffins For Mom. Pictured are Caitlin Simpson and Laken, and Rachel and Jax Swift. (Submitted photos)

Kenneth Earl Hastings, Jr,, 67, of Miramar Beach, Florida and Franklin, died Sunday, May 14, 2017. A celebration of life service will be held 4 p.m. Friday at Williamson Memorial Funeral Home in Franklin. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Thursday and beginning at 3 p.m. Friday.

As its service project, this year’s Leadership Bedford Youth class raised money and in-kind donations to do improvements to the Kiwanis Club Head Start Center. So much was raised that the group was able to donate $1,236 back to the center, along with donated supplies. (Submitted photo)

Patrick McIntyre, executive director of Tennessee Historical Commission, was the featured speaker at Tennessee’s Backroads Heritage’s spring dinner, held at the Bell Buckle Banquet Hall. From left are Tennessee’s Backroads Heritage president Barbara Blanton; McIntyre; and Tennessee’s Backroads Heritage board member Marjorie Collier. (Submitted photo)

It been a successful spring football practice thus far for Shelbyville Central as the Golden Eagles play in their annual Blue-White game on Monday evening, with the White squad edging out the Blue 27-23. “This was a good competitive game overall so we were very pleased with that. The White team was made up of the first string offense and second team defense while the Blue team was the first team defense and second string offense,” Central coach Justin Palmer said...

CROSS PLAINS — After the Community Viqueens took a first inning lead in the Region 5-A tournament on Monday, it appeared the Viqueens had carried their momentum over from last week’s district tournament. But the East Robertson Lady Indians used a five-run second inning to squelch the momentum and went on to defeat the Viqueens 11-1, ending Community’s season...

WAVERLY — The Cascade Lady Champions’ stellar year came to a disappointing end on Monday evening in the Region 6-AA semifinals. After taking a 2-1 lead at Waverly (34-9-2), Cascade surrendered a pair of runs to the Lady Tigers in the bottom of the seventh and suffered the 3-2 season-ending defeat...

Janice Reeves Vick, 67, of Shelbyville died Friday, May 12, 2017. A memorial service will be 5 p.m. Thursday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Barbara Morgan, 67, died May 7. Graveside service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at Willow Mount Cemetery. Scales & Sons Funeral Home of Murfreesboro is handling arrangements.