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1/11/17-Daniel Wayne Jernigan
Funeral services for Daniel Wayne “Danny” Jernigan, age 61 of Manchester will be conducted at 1:00pm, Wednesday, January 11 at the Manchester Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Charles Williams officiating. Burial will follow in the Parker Hill Cemetery in Cannon County. Visitation with the Jernigan family will be Tuesday, 5pm until 9pm at Manchester Funeral Home. Mr. Jernigan passed this life Saturday in Manchester.
Danny was born in Manchester, Tennessee the son of the late Robert A. Jernigan and Mary E. Lusk Jernigan Miller. He was retired from the Smurfitt Stone and Container Corporaton and was a member of the New Union Church of Christ. Danny enjoyed “flipping houses’, working puzzles, playing chess and was an auctioneer. He also retired from the Coffee County School Bus service, was a real estate agent and coached baseball as his sons were growing up. In addition to his father and mother, Danny was also preceded in death by his step father who raised him, William Miller, by a brother, Robert Eugene Jernigan and by 3 sisters, Wanda Faye Jernigan, Carol Ann Jernigan and Charlotte Elaine Jernigan. He is survived by:
His loving wife of 40 years, Mrs. Diane Bush Jernigan of Manchester
3 sons- Jeremy Jernigan and his wife Andrea of Evansville, Indiana
Justin Jernigan and his wife Stacy of Manchester
Jonathan Jernigan of Manchester
2 brothers- Robert Austin Jernigan of Tullahoma
Timothy J. Jernigan of Ohio
6 granddaughters- Kylie Lynn, Katie Elizabeth, Isabel Marie, Harper Ryne, Ashlyn McKenna and Sadie Ella Jernigan. Several nieces and nephews, extended family and many friends.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS THE FAMILY ASKS THAT MEMORIAL DONATIONS BE MADE TO THE PARKER HILL CEMETERY SIGN FUND OR THE BRAD WILLIAMS MEMORIAL FUND
MANCHESTER FUNERAL HOME IS HONORED TO SERVE THE JERNIGAN FAMILY
1/13/17—Raymond Alexander Roush, Jr.
Roush Jr., Raymond Alexander, of Tullahoma, passed this life on Saturday,
January 7th, 2017 at his home at the age of 88. Mr. Roush was born in
Michigan to the late Raymond A. Roush Sr. and Edna Roush. During his
life, he worked as a crane operator with Bliss and Laughlin Steel. In
addition to his parents, Mr. Roush was preceded in death by his wife,
Dorothy Jean Roush; and two sisters, Martha Jones and Lou Lefevre. He is
survived by three sons, Rocky Roush and his wife Fran of Monee, Illinois,
Jeff Roush and his wife Sue of Thornton, Illinois, and Mark Roush of
Tullahoma; one daughter, Cindy Pruitt and her husband Lynn of Brownsburg,
Indiana; one sister, Marlene Panish and her husband Pete; grandchildren,
Matthew, Amy, Mark (Diana), Brett, Christy (Dan), and Brittany (Matthew);
great-grandchildren, Arlie and Violet; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation for Mr. Roush will be held on Thursday, January 12th, 2017 at
Kilgore Funeral Home from 5:00-8:00pm. Funeral services will be held on
Friday, January 13th, 2017 at 11:00am in the Kilgore Funeral Home Chapel
with his brother-in-law, Bro. Philip Swinford officiating. Burial will
follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.
Kilgore Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
1/11/17—Bobbie Scott Shasteen
Bobbie Scott Shasteen, of Tullahoma, passed this life on Saturday, January 7th, 2017 at Life Care Center at the age of 85. She was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee to the late George and Grace Allen Scott. Miss Bobbie, as she was often referred to, worked as a court reporter early in her career, then went on to work in several law offices in Tullahoma and Manchester. She loved being a legal secretary and was very good at what she did. Also, in earlier years, she was very active in the Community Playhouse, Business and Professional Women’s Club, and was often seen campaigning for her favorite candidate in local and statewide elections. Miss Bobbie always loved entertaining friends and family and enjoyed having her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren over for large holiday meals. She was a very good cook and inspired several of her granddaughters to follow in her love of cooking. She was a very independent woman and usually spoke her mind, but she also had a great sense of humor that her grandchildren especially loved. In addition to her parents, Miss Bobbie was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Clifford Shasteen Jr.; one brother, Donald Scott; and one sister, Brenda Wichman. She is survived by one sister, Kay Fowler of Hagerstown, Maryland; four children, Gaye Felts and her husband Mark of Tullahoma, Deanna Ellis and her husband David of Hendersonville, North Carolina, Scott Shasteen and his wife Jamie of Tullahoma, and Richard Shasteen and his wife Pam of Tullahoma; eight grandchildren, Korie Felts Mattasits, Craig Felts, Anderson Ellis, Lauren Ellis Keplinger, Caroline Ellis, Jackie Shasteen, Alivia Shasteen, and Jackson Shasteen; 10 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 10th, 2017 at Kilgore Funeral Home from 4:00-7:00pm. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, January 11th, 2017 at 10:00am in the Kilgore Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jack Hice and Rev. Tim McGehee officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens. For those who wish, in lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Tennessee Baptist Adult Homes, 5001 Maryland Way, Brentwood, Tennessee 37027 or the Tullahoma Animal Shelter, 942 Maplewood Avenue, Tullahoma, Tennessee 37388.
CHS Football Honors Players at Awards Banquet
Alontae Taylor(right) holds the Team MVP and Offensive MVP from Coach Ryan Sulkowski(left) at the 2016 CHS Football Awards Banquet
The Coffee County Red Raider football team hosted their annual awards banquet on Sunday afternoon at the Coffee County Central High School. Team award winners, along with those selected for regional and state honors were recognized.
The list of award winners:
Team Teacher of the Year – Michelle Henley
Freshman/JV Lineman MVP – Gilberto Infante
Freshman/JV Offensive MVP – Tanner Hulvey
Freshman/JV Defensive MVP – JT Bush
Offensive Scout Team Award – Kevin McMonagle
Defensive Scout Team Award – Robert Brandon
Coaches Award – Maurice McGee & Noah Libig
Lakeway All-Area Team
Region 2-6A All Region Team
Most Improved Offensive Skill Player – Trace Bryant
Most Improved Defensive Skill Player – Will Tarrant
Most Improved Offensive Line Player – Tyler Luttrell
Most Improved Defensive Line Player – Trevor Meadows
Newcomer of the Year – Hayden Skipper & MaKenzie Anderson
Freshman/JV Weight Room MVP – Tanner Hulvey
Offensive Line MVP – Silas Vaughn
Defensive Line MVP – Luke Barger
Wide Receiver MVP – Zach Vaughn
Offensive Backfield MVP – Colton Prater
Defensive Front 7 MVP – De’Aaron Rozier
Defensive Skill MVP – Keishaun Creel
Academic MVP – Tyrese McGee
Weight Room MVP – De’Aaron Rozier
Leadership/Sportsmanship Award – Silas Vaughn
Special Teams MVP – Pablo Sanz
Defensive MVP – Tyrese McGee
Offensive MVP – Alontae Taylor
Overall Team MVP – Alontae Taylor
Additionally, Alontae Taylor was named to the 1st Team, All State Class 6A team on Saturday selected by TN High School Football.com. Taylor was one of 12 members of Region 2 to be selected to the All State team. Taylor was a first team offensive selection as an athlete.
A photo album from the awards ceremony can be found at the Thunder Radio Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/WMSRradio
Local Prep Sports Calendar Changes and Cancellations
Friday’s snowfall and a weekend of sub-freezing temperatures forced the cancellation and rescheduling of several local prep sporting events. Below is a list of cancellations and postponements.
– CCMS Basketball game at home for Monday with Cannon County is CANCELLED and will not be made up
– CHS Basketball game from Friday with Columbia was postponed and rescheduled for Monday, January 16th. Varsity girls’ game will begin at 4 PM.
– CHS Girls’ Basketball game at Baylor on Saturday was CANCELLED and will not be made up
– CHS Wrestling appearance at the Stewarts Creek individual tournament from Saturday was CANCELLED and will not be made up
– CCMS Basketball game from Thursday night with Warren County was postponed and moved to this Tuesday, January 10th at CCMS
– Coffee County Youth Basketball from Saturday was postponed. The postseason tournament will begin this Saturday, January 14th beginning at 9 AM at CHS.
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Preds End Trip with Loss in Chicago
The Chicago Blackhawks got a bounce in the third period, and the Nashville Predators weren’t rewarded with one of their own.
After Nashville evened the score early in final frame, Chicago went back ahead off a scramble in front with roughly eight minutes remaining. The Preds then hit the post three times down the stretch and ultimately fell to the Blackhawks by a 5-2 final on Sunday night at the United Center.
Ryan Hartman recorded a natural hat trick in the third, including two empty-net tallies as time wound down to give the Hawks their third victory over Nashville this season.
“I thought for the most part, our game was pretty good tonight,” defenseman Ryan Ellis said. “We deserved better in the third period. I think we hit three or four posts and they get their one chance and they score. That seems to be the way it’s going right now.”
After Chicago took a 1-0 lead in the first, courtesy of a goal from Artemi Panarin, Preds defenseman Mattias Ekholm struck back on the very next shift to even the score with his second of the season.
Niklas Hjalmarsson gave the Blackhawks the lead back before the opening stanza was out, and the 2-1 score held until the third period when Austin Watson crashed the net and poked home a loose puck to tie things at 2-2. Later, Hartman converted after the puck hit off of his pants and into the net for the game-winner, with Nashville able to beat Corey Crawford – but not the post – for the remainder of the game.
“Our guys fought hard to tie it up [in the third],” Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “At that point, it could’ve been 3-2, 4-2, 5-2 with the posts we hit, and it wasn’t. It didn’t drop for us.”
“We came back, they scored first, we came back again, but we’re fighting right now,” Ellis said. “Hard work is probably the only thing that’s going to get us out of this. It’s frustrating, but we can only look to each other and hopefully get more effort and more consistency and find some success with that.”
Forced to play without forwards James Neal, Viktor Arvidsson and Colin Wilson due to injury at different points throughout the three-game trip – including the absence of all three tonight – the Preds will head back home and look to get healthy once more as they hit the halfway point of the season later this week.
“Like anything in life, if you dwell on stuff and wake up each morning worried about the past; that’s not going to do you any good,” forward Ryan Johansen said. “Its frustrating at the moment right now, but tomorrow’s a new day. We go back home, hopefully find some success there and just hopefully get back on the right track. That’s all we can worry about.”
Notes:
Colin Wilson (lower-body injury) and Viktor Arvidsson (upper-body injury) missed Sunday’s game and are considered day-to-day. James Neal, Miikka Salomaki and P.K. Subban are on Injured Reserve.
With two assists against the Blackhawks, Mike Fisher now has seven points (2g-5a) and three multi-point games in his last five outings against Chicago.
The Predators next game comes at home against the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. Thunder Radio will join that game in progress on the Nashville Predators Radio Network immediately following our broadcast of Coffee County basketball.
Pete Weber’s Post game Report
Update on Officer Involved Shooting
We have an update on a story we reported late Thursday.
A man from the Antioch neighborhood of Nashville died Thursday after he was shot by officers in Monteagle, Tennessee.
The shooting happened shortly before 2 p.m. on Deep Woods Road off Fire Tower Road not far from St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation identified the man as Randy Wayne Cole, 40, of Antioch.
At the request of Franklin County District Attorney Mike Taylor, TBI agents are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the shooting.
According to Franklin County Sheriff Tim Fuller, the shooting occurred around 2 p.m. Thursday when the Franklin County Communication received a 911 call from Cole when he allegedly said that he was going to either kill himself or force officers to shoot him. Law enforcement started to search for the caller and located him on Deep Woods Road. According to the sheriff the man was armed with a gun and the officers from the sheriff’s department, the Sewanee Police Department and Monteagle Police began talking with the man trying to get him to put his weapon down. But he fired shots at the officers and they returned fire with an undisclosed number of bullets striking Cole. He was transferred to Emerald Hodgson Hospital in Sewanee where he died.
According to a TBI press release, the state agency is continuing to verify the report of the officers.
The TBI did not identify the officers involved and neither did Fuller.
The TBI forensic personnel arrived at the scene and gathered relevant evidence and conducted interviews with the officers. After completing their investigation the TBI will submit their report on the shooting to Taylor who will determine what action if any should be taken.
Friday Sgt. Chris Guess of the sheriff’s department stated that the officers have been placed on administrative leave.
According to the sheriff Sewanee-St. Andrews School was placed on lock down for a period of time before the shooting occurred.
Law Enforcement Searching for Missing Tracy City Man
Brandon Lee Price
Brandon Lee Price, 25, was last seen Friday around 10 a.m. at his home in Tracy City.
He was wearing a red hoodie, a flannel undershirt with a gray hood, black jeans and white tennis shoes.
His family describes him as being somewhat reclusive.
If you have seen Price or know where he is, call the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office at 931-692-3466.
Corrected–Manchester Man Arrested after 10th Revoked/Suspended Charge
Johnny Ray Brooks… Photo provided by the CCSD
A check of the subject’s driver license showed Johnny Ray Brooks age 39 of Murfreesboro Hwy Manchester to be revoked/suspended 10th offense. The Trooper states that Brooks is also listed as an indefinite habitual motor offender 3rd offense.
Brooks was arrested and booked at the Coffee County Jail under a bond of $27,000. He court date was set for March 7, 2017.
New Civic Test for High Schoolers
It’s a new year and that means new laws, among the new laws is a test. Starting this year high school students will have to take a civics exam before graduating.
Legislators hope the requirement will encourage Tennessee students to become active and productive citizens.
Students will have to answer several questions from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service.
Under the bill a passing grade is considered 70%, but educators can pick the questions and how it’s graded. Students can also take the test as many times as possible.
Though you don’t have to pass, the Tennessee Department of Education hopes taking the test will get students thinking about what it means to be a citizen of the U.S.