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Body Found In Shelbyville Identified
The body found alongside Mullins Mill Road in Shelbyville last Monday has been identified as a Murfreesboro woman.
Lois Jean Espy, 86, apparently lived alone, Bedford County Sheriff Austin Swing said Thursday, but has family in the Nashville area.
Her body was positively identified by the state medical examiner’s office, said Susan Niland, a spokesperson for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
A TBI forensics team is searching her residence for possible evidence, officials said. An online telephone directory indicates Espy, whose maiden name was Parker, lived on Battleground Drive in Murfreesboro.
Espy’s naked body was found a half-mile north of U.S. 41A South around sunrise Monday. Investigators are still not releasing further details such as suspects or the cause of death.
“It’s a death investigation at this time,” a Bedford County detective said Thursday when asked if investigators have a suspect. (Courtesy of Shelbyville Times-Gazette)
Missing Teenager Found
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office says Autumn Spencer has been located and is safe.
The Sheriff’s office had been searching for a missing teenager. 16 year old Autumn Spencer was considered a possible runaway.
She was last seen on February 20th leaving a residence on Hardbarger Road in Monteagle, TN.
The Grundy County Sheriff’s announced they had located the teenager on Saturday.
Tennessee Exports Lots Of Goods and Services
Tennessee exported $33 billion worth of goods and services last year – a record amount for the fifth year in a row.
The Tennessean reports that the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that Tennessee exports increased 2.2 percent last year over the previous year and 61 percent over 2009.
Tennessee helped the U.S. hit an all-time high of $2.35 trillion of exports of goods and services in 2014.
Canada got more Tennessee products than any other country, followed by Mexico, China and Japan.
Transportation equipment was the leading category of exports, accounting for $7.4 billion of the total $33 billion. Other leading exports included computer and electronic products, which accounted for $5.3 billion of the total. The state also exported $5 billion worth of chemicals.
ACT Prep Classes Set For Motlow’s Fayetteville Site
Area high school students planning to take the ACT can prepare for the test by enrolling in an ACT preparation class at the Motlow College Fayetteville Center campus. Classes will meet each Thursday (March 26, April 2, 9, and 16, 2015) from 6 – 9 p.m. in the first building on campus, Room 104. The registration deadline is March 20, and the course is limited to 25 students. Registration forms can be obtained on Motlow’s web site at www.mscc.edu/workforce. Completed forms can be mailed or faxed to the address indicated on the form. However, registration is not complete until payment is received. The cost is $60, plus $30.95 for a textbook, with each to be paid separately. Registrants should write a check for the registration fee to Motlow College. For a textbook, checks should be written to the Motlow College Bookstore. Textbooks will be available only on the first night of class. Those wishing to purchase a book with cash are asked to have the exact amount. The ACT prep class focuses on four areas of the ACT: English, mathematics, reading and science. Emphasis will be on test-taking skills, logical analysis and pacing oneself. Practice tests in each of the four areas will be administered during and at the conclusion of each course. The ACT prep classes are designed to prepare students for the national ACT on Apr. 18, but taking the prep class does NOT register a student to sit for the actual ACT. Students must register separately with ACT to take a national exam; the registration deadline is March 13. For more information visit, www.ACT.org. For more information, call Motlow’s Office of Extended Services at 931-393-1760 or 1-800-654-4877, ext. 1760.
3/2/15 —- Steve “Bud” Fults
Funeral services for Mr. Steve “Bud” Fults, age 73, of Beechgrove, will be conducted at 1:00 PM on Monday, March 2, 2015 at the Manchester Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Ron Chilton officiating.
Burial will follow in the Fox Hollow Cemetery in Rutherford County.
Visitation with the family will be from 4:00PM until 8:00PM on Sunday evening at the funeral home.
Mr. Fults passed from this life Friday evening at the Medical Center of Manchester.
Steve was born in Cannon County, TN, the son of the late Robert Collins and Mary Alline Todd Fults.
He was a farmer, truck driver, and retired from Southland Brick & Block. He was of the Presbyterian faith and was a member of Masonic Lodge 239 in Beechgrove. Steve was a member of Tennessee Walkers Square Dance Club in Murfreesboro and loved the outdoors, especially farming.
In addition to his parents, Steve was also preceded in death by his wife, Willie Mae Fults; two infant sons, Gary Wayne Fults and David Collins Fults; one brother, Sam William Fults; and one sister, Barbara Spears. He is survived by a special friend, Betty Reed; one daughter, Rita Faye Brown of Beechgrove; one sister, Robbi Ann (Allen) Benson of Nashville; two grandchildren; and one great grandchild.
Manchester Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
02/27/15
Birthdays:
Ashleigh Trail – 23 – Pizza Winner!
Sherrie Terrell, Delores Knott
Destiny Delgato, Barbara Arp
Weekly Birthday Winner Birthday Cake from food Lion: Jada Buckingham
Anniversaries: None
3/2/15 —- Donna Miller Nichols
Donna Miller Nichols, of Tullahoma passed away Friday morning at Harton Regional Medical Center.
Donna was born to the late Herbert Aaron Miller and Orpha Orr Miller in Oskosh, Wisconsin, on January 18, 1932, the second of three children.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her brothers, Otto Eugene Miller and Ronald Lee Miller.
She is survived by her husband of 64 years, James Hiram Nichols of Tullahoma; three sons James Richard Nichols of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Dr. Robert Hiram Nichols, Sr. (Rhonda) of Tullahoma, and Thomas Alan Nichols (Rebecca) of Topeka, Kansas; grandchildren Dr. Robert Hiram Nichols, Jr.,(Jenny), Alicia Nichols Wilkerson (Bryan), Dr. Matthew Lee Nichols (Kristin), Amanda Nichols Major (Dr. Ralston Major), Lea Nichols (Dave Machek), Rebecca Nichols, and Sonora Nichols; and great-grandchildren Robert H. Nichols III, Lauren Nichols, Katie Grace Nichols, William Nichols, Nathan Wilkerson, Charles Nichols, Amelia Wilkerson, Lillie Dale Major, Jack Nichols, and Lucas Wilkerson.
Donna was very close to her parents, grandparents and brothers, and to her own growing family. After early work at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, she worked at AEDC as an Engineering Aide in what later became VKF. She left AEDC to be a full-time Mom. Gifted as a singer, she was a member of the choir of the Tullahoma First Christian Church in the 1960s and 1970s.
Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 8:00 pm on Sunday, March 1st , 2015 at Kilgore Funeral Home.
Graveside services will be held at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens at 1:00 pm Monday, March 2nd , 2015 with Rev. Tom Murdock officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be offered to 5 Loaves 4 Kids, P.O. Box 597, Tullahoma, TN 37388 or donate through PayPal at www.5loaves4kidscharity.com
Kilgore Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
3/1/15 —- Allie Claire Duncan
Allie Claire Duncan, infant daughter of Scott and Beanna Duncan, passed from her mother’s womb, safely into heaven on Tuesday, February 24th, 2015. 
Allie Claire is preceded in death by her great-grandparents, J.B. and Cynthia Duncan, Irby and Annie Lee Lightner, Raymond Branch, Roscoe and Ruth Weddington, and Joe and Ruth Watkins.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by two loving sisters, Anne and Ava Duncan; paternal grandparents, Phil and Charlotte Duncan; maternal grandparents, Mark and Rita Watkins and Doug and Darlene Weddington; great-grandmother, Nell Branch; uncle and aunt, Rodney and Shannon Brindley Duncan; and cousins, Sadler and Brindley Duncan.
Visitation for Allie Claire will be held on Sunday, March 1st, 2015 from 1:00-3:00pm with the funeral service to immediately follow at 3:00pm in the Kilgore Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. John Todd and Bro. James Myers officiating.
Burial will follow at Bethany Cemetery in Normandy.
For those who wish, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Allie Claire Duncan Memorial Fund at American City Bank.
Kilgore Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
10-Digit Calling For Some Portions Of Middle Tennessee
DTC Communications would like to remind Middle Tennesseans that Sunday, March 1, 2015, marks the first day of the new 10-digit dialing requirements for making phone calls in the area. This process is being required by the Tennessee Regulatory Authority (TRA) in order to accommodate the newly established (629) area code that now joins the (615) area code.
This new “Overlay” option was implemented based on the results of a TRA survey conducted in 2013 in which consumers were asked how best to resolve the issue of limited phone number availability in the existing (615) area code. Starting tomorrow, all current (615) numbers will require 10-digit dialing (area code and seven-digit telephone number) for local calls within the (615) area as well as the new (629) area code. Phone calls that are currently treated as local calls will remain as local calls and calls that are treated as long distance calls will remain as long distance calls. In addition, when making long distance calls within any area code, you will still be required to dial a (1) before dialing the 10-digit number as usual.
“This new TRA requirement will take some time for everyone to get accustomed to,” says Craig Gates, Chief Executive Officer of DTC Communications. “But it’s truly a result of the positive growth that our area of the state is currently experiencing.”
DTC Communications is a member owned telephone cooperative established in 1951. The cooperative supplies communication, entertainment, and security products and services to residential and business customers primarily throughout Middle Tennessee.
02/26/15
Birthdays:
Stephanie Hunt – Pizza Winner!
Katie Bowen – 30, Frances Wise – 68
David Lee Lemons – 55, Amy Ayer – 40