Stories from Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Ethel Jane Woods, 86, of Shelbyville, died Monday, November 5, 2018. Funeral services 11 a.m. Friday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel, Jimmy West officiating. Burial in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation 4-7 p.m. Thursday.

Maroney Real Estate, 3704 Highway 231 North, held a Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday. Owner-broker Michel Maroney held the ceremonial scissors and Whitney Collier with the Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce presented the business with a first dollar plaque. (Submitted photo)

Lena Dye-Peels has retired from First Community Bank, where she had been employed for 26 years. She joined the bank in October 1992 and has held a number of different positions. (Submitted photo)

Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter is the Official Medical Group of MTSU Athletics. The multi-specialty healthcare facility located in the heart of Tennessee entered into a continued partnership with Middle Tennessee State University's athletics department in July...

Friday and Saturday Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday Saturday, 4-8 p.m. The store will be closed Saturday until time for the open house. Dec. 8, 11 a.m.-2 p.m...

Col. (Ret.) Jeff Davidson has joined United Communications as broadband ambassador. Davidson will be responsible for working with municipal, county, and community leaders, along with existing and new potential customers to successfully expand broadband service to underserved communities in the Middle Tennessee region. ...

Community School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) held a "Socktober" drive last month for Clothe Our Kids of Bedford County. The club collected more than 400 pair of socks for distribution by Clothe Our Kids, a ministry originally founded by Shiloh United Methodist Church. ...

Twenty-five years ago this January, Community High School's Smokestack Theatre Group produced its first show, Frederick Knott's thriller, Wait Until Dark. To celebrate the milestone, the group will revive the show Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. at the school. Admission is $5 at the door...

LYNCHBURG — After falling behind in the first quarter, the Cascade Middle Champions rallied for a slim halftime lead at Moore County before blowing the game wide open with stellar second-half effort in the 52-35 win over the Raiders. Moore County took early control of the lead and spread 12 points among five different players to lead Cascade 12-11 after the first quarter...

LYNCHBURG — Just three Cascade Middle Lady Champions found their way into the scoring column on Monday night at Moore County—but the three combined enough for a double-digit road victory. Ava Butts, Anabelle Calvert and Riley Smith accounted for all of the scoring for Cascade in Lynchburg and spurred Cascade on to the 37-23 win over the Raiderettes...

The Liberty Middle Patriots raced out to a lead in the opening quarter, but the Community Vikings used a big run to take control as the Vikings defeated the Patriots 45-21 in a DRVC basketball game Monday night. The Patriots scored the first six points of the game before the Vikings got on the scoreboard. Community (2-5) scored the last five points of the first quarter as Liberty took a 6-5 advantage to the second quarter...

The Community Middle Viqueens used their height and defense to their advantage as the Viqueens defeated the Liberty Lady Patriots 39-7 in a DRVC basketball game Monday night. Community (6-0) used a full-court press to take the lead in the opening period. Led by six points from Jacey Collier and five points from M.J. Simmons, the Viqueens scored the first five points of the quarter and the last eight to take a 13-2 lead to the second quarter...

Every time Titans fans think it might be time to consider life after Marcus Mariota, the face of the Titans’ franchise gives the franchise another reason why he needs to be the guy in Nashville — at least for the time being. In front of a national audience in perhaps the Titans’ biggest stage until a potential playoff berth, Mariota led the Titans to the most Mariota-type, 28-14 win the Titans have seen in some time in Jerry’s World against the Cowboys...

On Thursday night, the Webb School boys basketball team will host an all-Bedford County scrimmage, with the games scheduled to start as follows: Cascade vs. Shelbyville Central at 5 p.m., Shelbyville Central vs. Webb at 6 p.m., Community vs. Webb at 7 p.m., Community vs. Webb JV at 7:45 p.m...

Katie Guthrie Shearin, who is a member of Shelbyville Lions Club as well as a first vice-district governor in the Lions organization, welcomes District Governor Tawnya Buster, who visited the Shelbyville club recently. Buster spoke to the club about finding new ways to help in their community. She stressed the importance of the vision screenings Shelbyville Lions Club does in local schools and day cares and thanked the club for that endeavor. (Submitted photo)

On Sunday, Veterans Day, a battlefield cross will be set up at the Bedford County Veterans Memorial on the county courthouse lawn, so that those who wish may bring photos, flowers, notes or other remembrances to be left at the site. The cross will be set up at 6 a.m. and will be available all day, through the Veterans Day Parade, which starts at 4 p.m. Tullahoma High School ROTC members will stand guard over the display...

REAL ESTATE – Elisha Blanton to R.H. Stallings, lot in Unionville. THOMPSON’S SHOP – W.E. Hitt and family were visiting his grandfather Sunday last. FLAT CREEK – Mrs. J.E. Bryant of Stevenson, Ala., spent Thursday with her mother and other relatives...

Incumbent Shelbyville Mayor Wallace Cartwright easily won re-election Tuesday night, receiving 3,440 votes. The total number of write-in votes was 189. Most of those are presumably for announced write-in candidate Lee Roy Cunningham, but there will be no official breakdown until the write-in votes are hand-counted, and so those numbers were not available on Election Night....

Lucille Yell Cook, 90, of Haskins Chapel died Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Funeral services 12 noon Friday at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill, Rev. Eddie Canady officiating. Burial in Hopper Cemetery, Laws Hill. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Thursday.

Wilbert Eugene "Willie" Nelson, 81, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at NHC Tullahoma after an extended illness. Funeral services 11 a.m. Friday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home, pastors Charles Williams and Tod Tanner officiating. Burial in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation 5-8 p.m. Thursday.