Stories from Friday, November 29, 2019

Gloria Solis, 67, of Shelbyville, died Wednesday, November 27, 2019, at her home. Arrangements pending from Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

William Patterson “Patt” Dennis Jr., 57, of Bell Buckle, died Wednesday, November 27, 2019. A celebration of life service will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Trinity Baptist Church. Brother Jason Williams will officiate. The family will receive visitors 5-8 PM Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

The automotive collision repair class at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville recently completed a project to strip and paint the Bedford County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency Major Incident Communications bus. The used county school bus was transferred to EMA by Bedford County Schools. It is being repurposed into a major incident public safety communications response vehicle. The TCAT program agreed to strip and repaint the bus. This provided the students in the program a good opportunity to learn how to complete a large paint project and saved the county the cost of labor. Standing, from left: TCAT Instructor Eric Brown, students Logan McCann, Andres Jaimes, Arturo Ruiz and Reese Rowland. Kneeling: Alicia Anderson and Heath Jefferies.

Roger Huffman of Celebration City Region Car Club hands a check to Kay Dennis of the Great Strides organization. The club donates to several charities each year. Great Strides describes its mission as to “provide physical therapy exercises and recreation for riders with physical and or mental disabilities through horseback riding and related activities.”

Additional drugs believed to belong to a man injured while attempting to flee police early Monday have been found by Shelbyville police. The drugs — 16.42 grams of marijuana and 3.64 grams of cocaine — were found in a car owned by Kenneth Ray Amos, 41, of Madison, Tennessee. ...

Earlier this year, Eakin Elementary School and Learning Way Elementary School became the first schools outside of Nashville to benefit from Tennessee Performing Arts Center's "Disney Musicals In Schools" program. In 2020, it will be Cascade Elementary and East Side Elementary joining the program, along with schools from Coffee County, Cumberland County and Metro Nashville...

Bedford County Trustee Tonya Davis has been named president of trustees (4th vice president) for the County Officials Association of Tennessee (COAT). Davis was nominated for the position by the Tennessee County Trustee Association and was approved Nov. 22 at COAT's 51st annual convention...

Bedford County Financial Management Committee agreed Tuesday evening to restore a grant-writing position that was cut during last year's budget process. Last spring, commissioners raised property taxes in order to pay for increased staffing as the county moves into a new jail. Several other projects the county wanted to fund were left out of the budget as a result...

After a competitive first quarter, the final three periods got away from the Shelbyville Golden Eagles on Tuesday night in a 57-29 home loss to Oakland. The Patriots scored 13 points in the opening period, but a valiant effort by Erman Garcia helped keep the Eagles within one possession in the frame...

For the better part of three quarters, the Shelbyville Central Golden Eaglettes handed visiting Oakland all it could handle. In the end, Oakland’s Claira McGowan proved to be too much to handle and the Lady Patriots were able to pull away with a deciding effort in the fourth quarter for the 53-45 win on Tuesday night...

Brenda E. Cloud, 69, of Shelbyville died Thursday, November 28, 2019, at The Waters of Shelbyville A private service will be held next spring in Shelton Laurel, N.C. in the family cemetery. No services will be held in Shelbyville. Doak-Howell Funeral Home handled arrangements.