Stories from Thursday, April 12, 2018

James Earl Rigsby, 85, of Eagleville died Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at his home. Funeral services 11 a.m. Friday at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill, Dr. Ben Martin officiating. Burial in Simpson Cemetery in Rover. Visitation begins at 4 p.m. Thursday.

Former Times-Gazette staff writer Jason M. Reynolds, who recently accepted a job with the Murfreesboro Post, spoke to Bedford County Arts Council on Monday night about his self-published novels “Hot Dogs Really Do Bark” and “All The Trees Are Lime Green,” the first two-thirds of a planned trilogy. The books are whimsical science fiction set in the Chattanooga area. (Submitted photo)

A felon police said illegally possessed a firearm was arrested during a confrontation Tuesday on Roddy Road. Cameron Lee Tipton, 34, of Anderton Road was captured on a surveillance camera holding a "revolver-style handgun" demanding entry into the home, deputy Justin Gaines' report said...

The Bedford County Family and Community Education Clubs celebrated their achievements for the 2017 club year with the theme "Notes of Excellence". Us Two and Him entertained the crowd as Jerry Sue Boyce of the Wheel Club presided over the evening. Members and guests enjoyed ice cream sundaes and cookies served by the committee...

The 16th Regional Shelbyville Postcard & Paper Memorabilia Show will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Fly Arts Center on South Main Street. The show will include exhibiting and selling historic collectible paper items such as old canceled checks, historic photos, maps, books, letterhead, envelopes with postmarks, old comic books, old currency, stamps, old letters, diaries, stationery, newspapers, Civil War artifacts and more...

Mary Lynn celebrates her 102nd birthday April 11 at the Carriage House Inn in Shelbyville. Posing with her is her son, Bob Prince and daughter Marilyn Lewis. Mary grew up in Bedford County on her daddy’s farm on Old Tullahoma Highway. When she married, she moved into Shelbyville where her husband owned and operated an Esso fuel dealership. When asked what historic event comes first to her mind, Mary said, the space shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986. Mary was walking on a beach in Florida that day and witnessed the tragedy as the Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight killing all seven crew members. (T-G Photo by Terence Corrigan)

Several Bedford County not-for-profits are participating this year in "The Big Payback," an annual event that adds a fun and competitive element to fund-raising. This year's event, on May 2, is organized by The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. ...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday night to review the contract of Finance Director Robert Daniel -- they say they aren't trying to get rid of Daniel, but that it makes sense for his contract to be reviewed each year rather than automatically renewed...

Two years ago, facing a budget crunch and the need to pay for new school and jail projects, Bedford County Financial Management Committee began cutting back most of the contributions the county makes to independent not-for-profit agencies. Some commissioners reported that their constituents asked what the county was doing contributing to such agencies in the first place...

MANCHESTER — The Shelbyville Central Golden Eagle soccer team remains unbeaten in district play after claiming a 2-0, shutout at Coffee County on Tuesday night. Eric Botello and David Cardenas each found the back of the net for the winners. David Gallegos got the shutout in goal and has only given up one goal thus far in district play...

MANCHESTER — A five-run first inning for the winners proved to be more than enough as Shelbyville Central fell 5-2 at Coffee County in a District 8-AAA contest on Wednesday evening. The teams split the two-game series with the Eagles winning 10-0 in a five inning contest on Tuesday...

UNIONVILLE — The Community Viqueens had base runners in six of the seven innings, but had trouble collecting the clutch hit as the Giles County Lady Bobcats used two big innings late to defeat the Viqueens 16-1 in a District 12-AA softball contest Wednesday night...

Big love from little princesses

Felipe de Jesus Velasquez Lopez, 43, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at Vanderbilt Medical Center after a short illness. Funeral services 6 p.m. Friday at St. William Catholic Church, Father Luis Rojas officiating. Burial will follow in Guatemala. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Saturday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

Local business man Gary King needed more room (especially roof height) to get his Cessna Citation VII in the door of his hangar so he contracted with White’s Welding & Service, Inc. to construct a 20X100 foot addition to his hangar at Shelbyville Municipal Airport. (T-G Photo by Terence Corrigan)