Lexie Bean Carver, 89
Lexie Bean Carver age 89 of Red Boiling Springs, TN passed away Friday morning, June 14, 2013 at the The Palace in Red Boiling Springs, TN. Funeral Services for Lexie Bean Carver were conducted Sunday afternoon, June 16, 2013 at 2 p.m. from the Anderson & Son Funeral Home in Red Boiling Springs, TN with…
Read MoreRuby Wakefield Clark, 93
Ruby Wakefield Clark was born on April 2, 1920 in Macon County, TN, one of six siblings, to the late Floyd and Betty Jenkins Wakefield. She departed this life on Thursday, June 20, 2013 at the age of 93 years, 2 months and 18 days. Funeral services for Ruby Wakefield Clark were conducted at the…
Read MoreImogene Shrum, 91
Imogene Shrum was born in Macon County, Tennessee on May 15, 1922 to the late Charlie Trenton Day and Cynthia Arlie McDonald Day. She was one of ten siblings born to this union. As a young fourteen year old girl, Imogene was saved and later joined Days Crossroads Missionary Baptist Church, where she remained…
Read MoreBetty Jo Tuck Smith, 77
Betty Jo Tuck Smith was born on June 14, 1936 in Macon County, TN, one of two sisters, to the late Laura Agness Gregory Tuck and Raymond Rudolph Tuck. Betty departed this life peacefully in her sleep on Monday, June 17, 2013 at 7:20 p.m. surrounded by her family at the old home place in…
Read MoreSkunking Tennessee’s Teachers
My readers may not be familiar with the term being skunked, but I can illustrate it with the pay plan designed for Tennessee’s teachers. It’s a rip off, not a pay plan. If this plan stays in force, then young teachers will be skunked—taken advantage of, beat. Imagine spending four years and eighty thousand…
Read MoreLocal Fourth of July Events Scheduled
If you haven’t decided how you and your family will celebrate our nation’s birthday this year, several events have been scheduled in, and around, Macon County including a Pre-Fourth of July Celebration at The White House Assisted Living in Lafayette, an Independence Day Parade in Hartsville, the Westmoreland Freedom Fest Independence Day Celebration and a…
Read MoreFamily Home Burns in Weekend Fire
Around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday night, June 22, the Lafayette Fire Department received a call that the wood frame home at 240 Murray Hill Lane had caught on fire. The residence is located just off the Akersville Road.
Read MoreFormer Correctional Officer Arrested
Former Macon County Correctional Officer, 42-year-old Wendy Deshay Carter, has been arrested on five counts of sexual contact with an inmate and five counts of official misconduct after she was indicted by the Grand Jury last week.
Read MoreHwy 10 Hill Project Moves Ahead
County Mayor Shelvy Linville’s persistence in communicating with TDOT Commissioner John Schroer and Governor Haslam about the delayed Highway 10 Hill project seems to have paid off.
Read More2013 Tiger Basketball Camp
The 2013 MCHS Tiger Basketball camp concluded this week on Wednesday June 5th. Coach Welch indicated, “We only had about 45 campers this year but with that number each one got a lot more individual instruction.” The Tigers thought that it might have been one of the best camps in recent years.
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