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3/6/16 — Bettye Sue Hickerson Adams

Mrs. Bettye Sue Hickerson Adams made her peaceful transition at Bethany Health and Rehabilitation Center in Nashville, Tennessee on Thursday, February 25, 2016. Bettye was proceeded in death by her loving and devoted husband of 63 years, Zenoch G. Adams. She is survived by two devoted daughters, Bridget (John) Lane of Nashville and Dr. Phyllis D. Adams of Manchester; two granddaughters, Trellaney Lane and Kayla (Dr. Darwin) Mason, Jr.; one great granddaughter, Deryn Lyric Mason and one great grandson, Darwin Levi Mason, III; all of Nashville; sister, Lorene McReynolds of Manchester; one special Goddaughter, Tina (Ben) Chamberlain of Nashville; four special Godsons, Sylvester White of Florence, Alabama, James (Connie) Dale; Wayne (Jackie) Dale and Thaddeus Frazier, all of Nashville; one brother-in-law, Timothy (Louise) Adams, Sr. of Covington, Georgia; one sister-in-law, Marjorie Adams of California; a host of loving and devoted nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Bettye was a native of Manchester and returned home often and held fond memories of her beloved hometown. She attended Tennessee State University and continued to be a proud TSU ALUM. At TSU she met and married the love of her life, Zenoch. Bettye retired from the Metropolitan Nashville Public School System; was a faithful member of Schrader Lane Church of Christ; and was happiest and most fulfilled spending time with her Beloved Family. For the past 3 1/2 years Bettye received excellent, loving care from the staff at Bethany Health and Rehabilitation Center; they truly became a special part of her extended family. Public viewing will be held at the Manchester Funeral Home from 6-8PM on Saturday, March 5. On Sunday, March 6 there will be a visitation from 1-1:30PM at Schrader Lane Church of Christ, 1234 Schrader Lane, Nashville and the Celebration of Life will follow at 1:30PM. Brother Robert Gardenhire is the eulogist. Interment will be at Cypress Memorial Garden in Manchester on March 6.

MANCHESTER FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS

3/2/16 — Danny Lee Jenkins

Funeral services for Mr. Danny Lee Jenkins, age 64, of Hillsboro, will be
conducted at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Hillsboro Cumberland
Presbyterian Church with Rev. John Wright officiating. Burial will
follow in Hillsboro Memorial Cemetery. Visitation with the family will
be from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Tuesday evening at Manchester Funeral
Home and on Wednesday from 12:00 noon until time of service at the
church. Danny passed away Monday morning at Erlanger Medical Center in
Chattanooga, TN.

Danny was born in Tullahoma, TN, the son of the late Robert Lee and
Geneve Marcrom Jenkins. Over the years, Danny worked at the County
Highway Department, Brothers Implement, for Roy Bryan, and was a school
bus driver for Coffee County Schools for 29 years.

Danny is survived by one sister, Rebecca Jenkins Clay of Hillsboro;
niece, Amber (Sam) Davidson; nephew, Christopher (Erin) Clay; cousins,
Billy Brown Jenkins, Rita and Kathy Jenkins, Sherry Nippers, Beth
Marchesoni, Debbie McCullough, Roberta Carroll, and Wilson and Thomas
Sewell; and his faithful and trusted companion, Hobo.

MANCHESTER FUNERAL HOME IS HONORED TO SERVE THE JENKINS FAMILY

2/27/16

Birthdays:
Patsy Lillard

2/29/16

Birthdays:
Joy Miller, 20 — Pizza Winner!

Brittany Shortridge, 24

2/28/16

Birthdays:
Lonnie Pack, 46 — Pizza Winner!

Tuesday is Primary Election Day

The 2016 Presidential Preference Primary and Coffee County Primary will be held Tuesday (March 1, 2016).
You’ll be able to vote in the Presidential Preference Primary and county primary. The county offices are: Public Defender (unexpired six (6) year term), Assessor of Property, Constable – Seat 4 – Dist. 3, 14 & 16 (unexpired two (2) year term) and Constable – Seat 7 – Dist. 17, 19 & 20 (unexpired two (2) year term). District Offices are elected by voters living in those areas only.
3,461 people voted early in Coffee County with 2,588 voting Republican and 873 casting ballots for Democrats.
Polls open at 8am and close at 7pm. Live election coverage begins at 7pm on Thunder Radio.

UPDATE on Teenager Hit by a Train

Not actual train

A 15-year-old Tullahoma youth is in stable but critical condition in a Chattanooga hospital after being struck by a train early Sunday morning just outside of Tullahoma.
According to Franklin County Sheriff Tim Fuller, the department received a report from CSX after a train hit the teen in the area between Blackberry Lane and UT Farm Road around 3:30 a.m. Sunday.
An investigation by the sheriff’s department revealed that the teen, who authorities are not identifying, along with three others were walking along the railroad tracks when the train struck him. He was flown to Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga for treatment of his injuries.
According to sheriff’s department spokesman Sgt. Chris Guess, the boy was in custody of a contracted foster care home in Tullahoma.

Bilingual Benefits: Research Shows Advantages for Children

New research says kids who learn new languages will have better job prospects as adults. (Sage Ross/flickr.com)

Here’s another reason to teach your kids a second language. Research in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology shows children learning two languages perform better at certain problem-solving tasks than their monolingual peers. Cristina Crivello, a Ph.D. student at the University of Concordia in Montreal led the study. She says one-and-a-half-year-old bilingual children have abilities that are beneficial for people at any age. “It’s these specific cognitive abilities, like selective attention and cognitive flexibility,” says Crivello. “Where they have to focus on relevant information, and ignore distracting information.” Although there is no consensus yet on exactly how learning other languages improves the brain, Crivello suggests that switching between languages mirrors the process of switching between tasks. Tennessee requires graduating high school students have two units of foreign language, but there is no requirement for kindergarten through fifth grade. Speaking another language also can improve children’s chances of getting a job later in life, both at home and abroad. Bridget Yaden, professor of Hispanic studies, Pacific Lutheran University whose third-grader is enrolled in a dual-immersion language program, says her son will be able to bring another set of skills to potential employers. Those employers could be in any number of countries around the world. “Just the general ability to learn a second language or a third language, he could really go anywhere and be much more open to the cultural practices and really kind of make his way,” says Yaden. Children immersed in other languages can more easily pick them up, because their brains are more receptive to acquiring language. Yaden, who also teaches foreign languages, says she can see how fast her son is progressing compared with her college students. “He’s definitely leaps and bounds beyond where my college students, who may have had the same amount of time with the language, are,” she says. “He’s definitely progressed much more quickly.” Yaden, who is fluent in Spanish, adds she didn’t study a foreign language until high school.

Sewanee Football team to be Honored

The Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame has announced that The University of the South (Sewanee) 1899 football team will be honored as the Historical Achievement Award recipient at its 50th Anniversary Banquet on Saturday, June 18, 2016, at the Omni Nashville Hotel.
The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee made its place in the history of College Football in 1899. That year the Sewanee Tigers went 12-0-0.
What further distinguishes the Sewanee Iron Men in college football history is the remarkable schedule they played. Sewanee took the ultimate road trip to play five games in six days, and all five games were won in shutouts. The Tigers travelled over 2500 miles on a train defeating Texas, Texas A&M, Tulane, Louisiana State, and Ole Miss. This amazing team shut out the five best teams in the southern half of the United States.
For more on this story click on our sports page.

03/03/16-Free community wide bingo

There will be a community wide bingo at Horizon Health and Rehab on March
3rd at 6:00 PM. Everyone in the community is invited. There will be light
snacks, games and lots of great prizes! The event is sponsored by Avalon
Hospice, Amedisys Home Health, Coffee County Funeral Home, Autumn Oak’s
Assisted Living, and Unity Hospital. This event is totally free!

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