Stories from Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Karen Ann Perryman, 74, of Shelbyville died Sunday, September 30, 2018. Memorial service 2 p.m. Sunday, October 14 at Shiloh Methodist Church, Wheel. Visitation will follow at a potluck dinner in the church's fellowship hall. Arrangements: Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Tyson Foods Shelbyville recently fed over 500 people at the Shooting For Hunger sporting clays fundraiser event on Sept. 27 at the Nashville Gun Club. The event was coordinated by the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation, Farm Credit Mid-America and the Tennessee Farmers Co-op and to date has provided for one million meals to help feed the hungry through Second Harvest Food Bank in Nashville. The cooking team in charge of the brisket that day was led by Tim York and Leonard Locke. Seen here, from left, are Nik Mathisen, Matt Cross, Brent Osborne, Tim York, Leonard Locke, Will Hightower, Landry Murdock, Kasey Chumbley, and Pat Wilmhoff. (Submitted photo)

Edward Jones Investments and local representative Charlie Williams are celebrating 10 years of business. Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber CEO Allen Pitner presents Charlie Wiiliams and Becca Wilson, branch office administrator, a certificate marking the anniversary. (Submitted photo)

Rock For Human Rights, founded in 2011 to educate the public about human rights, will perform 2:20 p.m. Monday at The Webb School in Bell Buckle as one of 30 stops on its national tour. The performance will take place in the Follin Chapel on campus and is free and open to the public. Donations to the organization can be made at the performance...

Army veteran and local retired pastor Ross Maroney was guest speaker at the September meeting of the Vietnam Era Veterans group. Maroney spoke of the 12-month tour of military duty that turned into a lifelong personal war for him. He stated that "Vietnam came home with me" and it was a year that changed his life forever...

Motlow State Community College will observe Fall Break Oct. 12 -- 16, according to college officials. Offices will remain open on their regular schedule, but no classes will be held during the break. This applies to the Moore County, Fayetteville, McMinnville and Smyrna campuses as well as the Sparta site...

Steve May, director of marketing operations for the Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg, will be the featured speaker at the Tennessee Backroads Heritage fall dinner, to be held Tuesday at Bell Buckle Banquet Hall. The Jack Daniel Distillery plays host to approximately 300,000 visitors each year from all over the world who are eager to learn all about the man, the brand, and the town of Lynchburg. ...

Wallace Cartwright has announced his candidacy for re-election as mayor of Shelbyville in the Nov. 6 general election. Cartwright served on Shelbyville City Council for 10 years prior to election as mayor 11 years ago. Cartwright serves as president of Tennessee Municipal League, which represents 345 cities and towns in Tennessee at the state legislature. ...

Meredith Burton speaks to the Friends of Shelbyville-Bedford County Public Library’s annual author luncheon on Tuesday. Burton is the author of young adult fantasy novels “Crimilia,” “The Jarah Portal” and “Soral’s Rising,” and the forthcoming “Blind Beauty,” a twist on the story “Beauty and the Beast.” Burton was born three months premature and lost her sight to a related condition called retinopathy of prematurity. She’s a graduate of Tennessee School for the Blind and Middle Tennessee State University, and her remarks included stories about the challenges faced in navigating Murfreesboro and Nashville with visual disabilities. She also discussed the ways in which she said God has placed people in her life at appropriate times, such as to help her get started in self-publishing. (T-G Photo by John I. Carney)

State Rep. Pat Marsh (R-Shelbyville) and State Sen. Shane Reeves (R-Murfreesboro) said Tuesday that they have been informed by Secretary of State Tre Hargett that the Bedford County Archives will receive an archives development grant. The $4,400 grant will be used for shelving units, folders, and boxes for the preservation, arrangement, and description of historic records...

The driver and a passenger in the car at right were airlifted to a Nashville hospital after this head-on crash at mid-afternoon Tuesday approximately two miles west of Shelbyville on Highway 64. Names of the victims were not available at press time Wednesday. (T-G Photo by David Melson)

Bedford County Highway Superintendent Stanley Smotherman informed county commissioners Tuesday night that he intends to retire at the end of January, even though his current elected term runs through 2020. Smotherman has served as road superintendent since 2000 and has worked for the county highway department for more than 40 years...

Cascade High School's boys golf team finished fourth in the TSSAA small class golf tournament today. Evan Woosley-Reed finished second overall. More details in Thursday's T-G.

Area students are invited to get creative when they participate in The Webb School's activities being sponsored in conjunction with the second annual Tennessee STEAM Festival. The statewide festival, spearheaded by The Discovery Center at Murfree Spring in Murfreesboro, focuses on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) and is part of the national Science Festival Alliance network. ...

Hannah Goodwin with the other senior members of the Community golf team and Coach Ralph Edwards.