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Animal Rights Activists Question care of dogs Coffee County Animal Control
Animal rights activists attended county meetings last week in support of dogs they allege are being abused by Coffee County Animal Control employees.
A petition to end animal cruelty at the animal shelter by shutting down the facility and replacing the staff with personnel “that has been trained to properly care for animals” currently has several signatures.
The animal welfare meeting opened with discussion of the Coffee County Budget and Finance Committee’s approval of $500 for the purchase of a new color printer and scale.
Commissioner Margaret Cunningham presented photos of a dog illustrating its weight loss over two months at the shelter.
The purpose of the new items is to document each dog’s condition upon arrival to the animal shelter.
The committee also plans to implement a volunteer program and more thorough paperwork for owners to fill out when turning over a dog to the shelter. (Tullahoma News)
Tullahoma Student to Graduate from College before High School
Alexis Dietz
Dietz knew that dual graduation was a goal for herself after seeing Motlow’s president hand out diplomas to area high school students at a previous Motlow graduation ceremony. Students from a number of area high schools, including Moore County, Smyrna, Coffee County and Lincoln County have earned dual enrollment degrees in the past.
She participated in Motlow’s dual enrollment program that allows high school students to earn college credits while still enrolled in high school. Students that qualify can take classes on a Motlow State campus, online, or even at a partner high school. Motlow’s dual enrollment program currently has over 600 high school students that participate.
03/03/16-Kathryn Clark
On February 29th, 2016 Mrs. Kathryn Clark passed from this life. Kathryn was a very loving mother and enjoyed nothing more than being surrounded by her children. Her favorite thing to do with them was going out to eat. She cherished the Christmas season and everything that it meant. Giving to others was what Kathryn was all about. She was a big fan of Nascar and watched it religiously. Mrs. Clark was a member of the Mt. Vernon Church of Nazarene in Short Springs, TN.
She is preceded in death by her parents Ernest Boyd and Delma Leo (Horton) Boyd; Loving Husband A.L. Clark Sr; Son A.L. Clark Jr and Sisters Idella Bell and Billie Hasty.
She is survived by Daughters Kathryn (Don) Mason, Karen Clark; Sister Opal Payne; Grandchildren Tamera (Tim) York, Lee (Rhonda) Clark, Terri Clark, Brian Cates, Alana Clark, Amy Mason and Karen Leigh; Fifteen Great Grandchildren; 2 Great Great Grandchildren and her sweet Dog “Babe”.
The family will receive friends on Wednesday March 2, 2016 from five O’clock in the evening until eight O’clock in the evening at Tullahoma Funeral Home. A Funeral Service will be held Thursday March 3, 2016 at One O’clock in the afternoon at Tullahoma Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.
Tullahoma Funeral Home is honored to serve the Clark family and asks that you sign and view the guest book at www.tullahomafuneralhome.com
03/02/16-Harold Dean Stone
Stone, Harold Dean, of Tullahoma, passed this life on Saturday, February
27th, 2016 at Harton Regional Medical Center at the age of 79. Mr. Stone
was born in Coffee County, Tennessee to the late Everett C. and Clara
Belle Kent Stone. During his life he worked as a System Analyst with
Sverdrup for 36 years and was a member of First Christian Church in
Tullahoma. Dean was an avid lover of baseball. He played at Tullahoma
High School where they won a state championship. He spent many years
mentoring and coaching Little League and Babe Ruth baseball in Tullahoma,
including taking a team all the way to the Babe Ruth State Championship.
Two of the players he coached went on to be drafted into Major League
Baseball. After his retirement from AEDC in 1998, he golfed regularly
with a group of friends each week. In addition to his parents, Mr.
Stone was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Suzanne Stone; two
brothers, E.C. and Ralph Stone; and three sisters, Margaret Fletcher,
Nellie Jean Robertson, and Betty Parrish. He is survived by his daughter,
Jennifer Bean and her husband Allen of Tullahoma; son, Andy Stone of
Tullahoma; two grandchildren, Houston Burt and his wife Kayla of
Tullahoma and Hayley Burt of Tullahoma; and great-granddaughter, Reiley
Burt. Visitation for Mr. Stone will be held on Tuesday, March 1st, 2016
at Kilgore Funeral Home from 5:00-7:00pm. A memorial service will be held
on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016 at 1:00pm at First Christian Church in
Tullahoma with Rev. Tom Murdock officiating. In lieu of flowers, the
family asks that donations be made to the First Christian Church Building
Fund, 120 West Grundy Street, Tullahoma, Tennessee 37388.
Kilgore Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
03/04/16-Millie Wilburn Evans
Millie Wilburn Evans died Tuesday, March 1, 2016. Mrs. Evans was a native of
Toney, AL
and daughter of the late Floyd and Ida Brown Wilburn. She was also
preceded in
death by brothers, Woodrow and Jesse Lee Wilburn, and sisters, Muriel
Patrick
and Pat Miller.
Funeral
services will be Friday at 12:00noon at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Rev. Dexter
Landers will officiate. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation
will
be Friday from 11:00am until 12:00noon at Woodfin Memorial Chapel.
Mrs.
Evans is survived by her husband, Al Evans, and nieces and nephews.
She
was a member of First United Methodist Church and along with her husband
were
owners of Murfreesboro Insurance Agency before their retirement. Mrs.
Evans was
former chief of civilian payroll at Sewart Air Force Base. She was
co-founder
and past president and board chairman of the Beesley Foundation. Mrs.
Evans was
known as a lover and promoter of animal welfare. She was an avid golfer and
former champion of the Senior Ladies’ Golf Association at Stones River
Country
Club.
Family
and friends will serve as pall bearers.
An
online guestbook is available for the family at www.woodfinchapel.com.
03/09/16-Judith Gilliam
Judith Gilliam, age 69 of Tullahoma, Tennessee passed away, Monday,
February 29, 2016 at Life Care Center of Tullahoma. Memorial Services are
scheduled for Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 7 PM at Daves-Culbertson Funeral
Home. Visitation with the family will be Wednesday from 5 PM until service
time.
A native of Sand Mountain, AL, she was the daughter of the late Hubert and
Dorsey Lybrand. Mrs. Gilliam attended Grace Baptist Church and was the
manager of Hancock’s Fabric Store in Tullahoma. She loved traveling and
enjoyed visiting the casinos in Tunica and Las Vegas. She also enjoyed
sewing and cooking.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Linda
Houston.
She is survived by her husband, Thomas Gilliam of Tullahoma; one daughter,
Carmen Gilliam of Tullahoma; one brother, John Lybrand and his wife, Linda
of Ft. Payne, AL and one sister, Loretta Pope of Sand Mountain, AL.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in her honor
to the American Cancer Society, 6221 Shallowford Road, Chattanooga, TN
37421.
Online condolences may be made at www.davesculbertsonfuneralhome.com
3/5/16 — Catherine Diane (Munger) Lovedy
Ms. Catherine Diane (Munger) Lovedy, age 72 of Manchester, TN passed away Monday, February 29, 2016 at Harton Regional Medical Center. She was a member of Church of Christ at Cedar Lane in Tullahoma, TN. Preceded in death by her parents, Frank Wesley Munger, Sr. and Patricia Ann Spencer Munger; husband, Carroll Ray Lovedy, Sr.; brother, Frank Wesley Munger, Jr. Survived by her son, Charles Robert Agnew, Manchester, TN; daughters, Kirsten Marie Bradshaw (Randall) of Murfreesboro, TN, Victoria Lynn Miller (Hal) of Colorado Springs, CO; brother, John Wesley Munger; grandchildren, Danielle (Kaleb), Bob, Sarah, Makya; great-grandchildren, Lilly, Ayden, Stella, Rex.
The family will receive friends Friday, March 4, 2016 from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Coffee County Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 1:00 PM at Coffee County Funeral Chapel with interment to follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.
Online condolences may be made to www.coffeecountyfuneralchapel.com
Coffee County Funeral Chapel is honored to serve the family of Ms. Catherine Lovedy.
Westwood Soccer Drops Tullahoma
A pair of goals by Elliot Sain lifted the Westwood Rockets soccer team to an impressive 4 to 2 win over Tullahoma on Monday night in a non-conference friendly in Tullahoma. Tied at the half at 2, the Rockets scored twice in the last 11 minutes to improve to 3 and 0 on the young season.
Tullahoma got on the board first with a goal in the 10th minute, but Sain answered back a minute later with the first half of his brace. Leo Basurto laced a long through pass ahead to Andres Cavalie who banged the shot home in the 18th minute. The Wildcats were able to tie the match in the 26th on a penalty kick. Sain notched the game winner in the 49th minute and Eric Randolph feathered a shot over the keeper’s head for the insurance goal in the 58th minute to seal the win.
The JV team fought Tullahoma to a 2 to 2 draw. Jalen Shelton and Renaldo Ramirez scored the goals for Westwood in the JV game. The Rockets will host their 1st home match of the season on Tuesday night as they welcome St. Andrews-Sewanee to Dyer-Bouldin Field. That conference match will kick off at 4:30 PM.
CCMS Softball and Baseball Open Season with Wins over White County
Banging out 10 hits, and taking advantage of 5 free passes due to walks and hit batters, the Coffee County Middle School softball team opened the season with a 15 to 0, win over White County on Monday night in 3 innings. Sarah West banged out 3 hits to lead the Lady Raider attack as she had 2 singles and a double. Kyla Craig was 2 for 2 on the night with a triple and a single. Maci Head got the shutout win in the circle and added a double at the plate for Coffee County. The JV team also blanked White County 15 to 0 as well. The Lady Raiders travel to Sparta on Tuesday afternoon for a rematch with White County. The varsity game gets underway at 5 PM.
The Red Raider baseball team plated 6 runs in the last 2 innings in a 10 to 6 opening game win over White County on Monday night at CCMS. The Raiders’ patience at the plate paid off as they drew 7 walks in the game. Blanton Brown led the Raiders in hitting as he had a single, a double and a triple in 4 plate appearances while scoring 2 runs. Jalen Morris and Hayden Skipper each had a pair of walks and as each scored twice. Skipper started the game on the bump and earned the win with 10 strikeouts. Griffin Meeker came on in relief in the 5th inning for Coffee County. The JV Raiders won their contest 4 to 0. The Raiders travel to Sparta on Tuesday afternoon for the 2nd game in the series with White County. The varsity game gets underway at 5 PM.
3/2/16 — Emmitt Clayton Brown
Emmitt Clayton Brown, age 84 of Manchester, Tennessee, passed away on
February 28, 2016 at the Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma. Mr.
Brown retired from RockTenn and was member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church
in Hillsboro. He was preceded in death by his wives and Carolyn Sue
Mitzelfelt and Mary Ezele Stacy; son Paul Auther Brown; sister, Alene
Vanattia; brothers, Julian Brown, L.D. Brown, Franklin Brown, Jack Brown and
John Brown. He is survived by his daughters, Dorene S. Banks and her husband
Randy of Manchester, Tenn. And Peggy J. Banks and her husband Cleve of
Manchester, Tenn. Two sisters, Lillie Bell Pearson and Daisy Faye Brown;
five grandchildren, Regina Hickerson (Lance), Jimmy Banks (Anita), Christy
Moon (Josh), Clay Burks and Carolyn Lusk. (Nathan); Eleven
great-grandchildren; and a host of friends.
VISITATION
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 from 5 – 8 p.m. At Central Funeral Home, 2812
Hillsboro Highway, Manchester, TN 37355 and Wednesday, March 2, 2016 from
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. at the Bethlehem Baptist Church, Highway 127,
Hillsboro, Tenn.
FUNERAL
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. at the Bethlehem Baptist Church,
Hillsboro, Tenn.
OFFICIANT
Bro. Doyle Sherrill
BURIAL
Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery
Arrangements with CENTRAL FUNERAL HOME