Stories from Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Mildred Price, 101, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, September 12, 2017. Funeral services will be 11:30 a.m. Saturday, September 23 at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Lanita Monroe officiating. Burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. at the church. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Nancy Jane Bailey Hughes, 85, of Bedford County died Tuesday, September 12, 2017. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Green Meadow Church of Christ, Ralph Thompson as eulogist. Burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements,

Dr. George E. Dunlap, 90, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, September 12, 2017. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Calvin Michael “Mike” Williams, 64, of Shelbyville died Tuesday afternoon at Tennova Healthcare-Shelbyville after an extended illness. A memorial service will be 6 p.m. Friday at Living Stones Community Church with Eddie Reed officiating. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. at the church. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Last week was Commit to Graduate Week at Cascade High School. Commit to Graduate Week is a time that we dedicate to explaining to 9th graders the importance of completing high school. The graduation team (administrators, graduation coach and counselors) met with them on Tuesday to talk about goals for the week...

Officials continue to search for one of the three men who escaped Bedford County Workhouse early Tuesday. Kevin Farrar, 44, remained at large early today. Andrew Marshall, 24, and Steven Mangrum, 32, were found and arrested in a field about 10:15 a.m., approximately seven hours after their escape, Sheriff Austin Swing said...

Rick Gann has announced his candidacy for Bedford County sheriff in the May 1, 2018, Republican primary. Gann has served with Shelbyville Police Department and as a corporal with Bedford County Sheriff's Department. He is the owner of Defensive Operations and Strategies...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners, meeting Tuesday night, approved policies and procedures for a $500,000 HOME grant, awarded to the county, which will help low-income local homeowners rehabilitate their properties. Tennessee Housing Development Agency awards HOME program grants through a competitive process to cities, counties and not-for-profit agencies. South Central Tennessee Development District worked with the county to obtain the grant...

Someone falsely claiming to be with a Shelbyville construction company rented a saw and mortar mixer from Christopher Equipment, Madison Street, on Aug, 25 and hasn't returned, police said. The suspect was last seen in a green GMC pickup. A side window was broken and the steering column damaged, police were told...

Goggin Warehousing and two of its drivers delivered a truckload of relief supplies for Hurricane Harvey. According to the Tennessee Poultry Association, a poultry grower in Gonzalez, Texas, got word that Churches of Christ Disaster Relief in Nashville had supplies ready to send to Texas, but were having trouble getting them delivered. ...

Bedford Builds Habitat for Humanity will hold its 20th annual Habitat Ball Feb. 10, 2018, in the Blue Ribbon Circle on the Celebration grounds. The not-for-profit is currently seeking sponsors at a variety of levels, ranging from $300 per couple for an individual "patron" sponsorship up to a $5,000 diamond sponsorship...

First Community Mortgage (FCM) has launched the inaugural J.C. Gordon Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is for students of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville. According to First Community Mortgage CEO Keith Canter, the scholarship is for $7,500 annually, in perpetuity through FCM Cares, the company's charity initiative. Funding will be done using a portion of the proceeds from FCM's annual Tyler Morrissey Memorial Golf Tournament...

Celebration Way, an assisted living facility on Union Street, has received the Excellence in Action award from NRC Health, which recognizes assisted living communities that achieve the highest overall resident satisfaction scores nationally. NRC is the largest source of senior-living satisfaction metrics in the United States. Celebration Way is an Americare Senior Living community...

Mary Sons, dietary supervisor at The Waters of Shelbyville, has been honored as the 2017 Member of the Year by the Dietary Supervisors Association (DSA), an affiliate organization of the Tennessee Health Care Association (THCA). Sons is known for coming to her facility on her days off and on weekends when help is needed, according to a press release. She listens to all staff and residents to develop resolutions. Sons treats everyone with care and compassion, the press release says...

Tractor Supply Company on North Main Street welcomes leashed, friendly animals to visit the store today through Sunday for its observance of Pet Appreciation Week. "Pet Appreciation Week is our time to meet and celebrate every pet you could imagine finding out here," said Donnie Smith, manager of the Shelbyville store. "We look forward to greeting your family pets at the store, and, on Saturday, we hope to help some families take home an adoptable animal from one of our community rescues."...

Leadership Bedford’s 2017-2018 classes held a Chamber coffee Wednesday, Sept. 6 at Duck River Electric Membership Corp.

SPARTA, ILL. — The Bedford County Crush trap team recently competed at the Grand National Trap Competition and represented Bedford County quite well. The team placed second in the Aim Grand Nationals Singles Championship, in Class D. Competing members of the team are Jackson Smith, Jennie Kate Conley, Ryan House, Hunter Wilhelm, Gunnar McGowan, Garrett Doak, Madelynne Carson, and Evan Phillips...

EAGLEVILLE — It’s been a while since the Community Viqueens defeated perrennial district volleball power Eagleville. The wait is over. Community (8-1, 5-1) traveled to Eaglevlle and claimed a 3-1 win over the Lady Eagles, marking the Viqueens’ first win over Eagleville since 2010...

CORNERSVILLE — After a slow start at Cornersville, the Community Viqueens were able to rally from a 2-0 deficit and blast the Lady Bulldogs with a 7-3 victory. Gabby Doyle began the comeback for the Purple and Gold after trailing by two. Doyle was assisted by Sara Beth Stacy on the first strike. Roughly three minutes later, Haley Reed scored the equalizer before Doyle put the Viqueens ahead on her second score of the match...

The Webb School took second in a tri-match held at River Bend Country Club on Tuesday afternoon. Webb survived the soggy conditions and took second with a 178 team score, beating out DCA’s 220, but falling to MTCS, who won the match with a 164. Will Morris claimed match medalist honors for MTCS with a 39...

Lucille Sorrells, 91, of Rover died Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at her home. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with the Rev. Jimmy Sorrells and the Rev. Scotty Sorrells officiating. Burial will follow in Simpson Cemetery in Rover. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Thursday.