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Judd Matheny Receives Award
A ceremony was held at the Coffee County 911 Center in Manchester.
The award recognizes Representative Judd Matheny for legislative excellence and leadership. The award was presented by TN911 President John Stuermer (Hamilton County), Executive Director Phillip Noel (Bedford County) and Jimmy Bradford, Chairman of the Coffee County 911 Board.
“Representative Matheny has been rightly called the ‘Lion of 911′ by many leaders of the emergency communications community, for his leadership over the past decade in fostering legislative changes to restructure, modernize, and protect the life-saving 911 system upon which all Tennesseans depend,” Mr. Stuermer said.
Chuck Haston and Steve DeFord, Directors of the 911 Districts in Warren and Coffee County, noted that Rep. Matheny’s efforts have provided fairness in funding the 911 service, culminating in historic legislation enacted last year, which made Tennessee a national model for 911.
2/22/15 —– Kenneth C. West
Kenneth C. West, age 83, passed away on February 20, 2015 at the St. Thomas – Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Annie Sue West in 2013 and his parents, Edward J. West and Lucille J. Tomes West.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE
Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. at the Asbury Methodist Cemetery, Hillsboro, Tennessee
OFFICIANT
Brother Billy Robison
2/24/15 —– Nancy Olive Hart
Mrs. Nancy Olive Hart age 63 of Lynchburg, Tennessee passed away on Friday, February 20, 2015 at Harton Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, February 24th at Lynchburg Funeral Home at 1:00 P.M. with Bro. Danny Hale officiating.
Burial will follow at Mt. Hermon Cemetery.
Visitation with the family will be Tuesday from 11:00 AM until time of service.
Mrs. Hart a native of Monroe, Michigan, was the daughter of the late Silas Arthur Prater, Sr. and Catherine Hagner Prater.
Mrs. Hart worked at Jack Daniel Distillery as a machine operator. She was a member of Charity Baptist Church. She dearly loved her grandchildren and enjoyed spending time with them. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Mrs. Hart is survived by her husband Ronald Hart; two sons, Tracy Shawn Hart, Sr. and wife Kelly of Lynchburg, Kevin Ronald Hart and wife Wendy of Lynchburg; one daughter, Christy May Brown and husband Nathan of Lynchburg; one brother, Silas Arthur Prater, Jr. of Lynchburg; six sisters, Linda Stephens of Shelbyville, Barbara Allen of Tullahoma, Kathy Smith, Debbie Norman, Cindy Fanning and Sharon Bobo all of Lynchburg; six grandchildren, Delaney Hart, Tanner Brown, Westin Hart, Jorden Brown, Harley Hart, Tracy Hart, Jr. and several nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.
2/23/15 —— Lois Holt Taylor
Graveside services for Mrs. Lois Holt Taylor, age 92, of Nashville, TN, will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Monday, February 23, 2015 at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens in Tullahoma, TN.
Visitation with the family will be from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM on Sunday afternoon at Manchester Funeral Home.
The family will gather at the funeral home at 12:30 PM on Monday, with the procession leaving at 1:40 PM, going to Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Taylor passed away at her residence in Nashville, TN on Thursday evening.
Lois was born in Coffee County, TN, the daughter of the late Hardy R. and Hessie Lee Brandon Holt.
She was a homemaker and was previously employed at Vester Music Company in Nashville, TN. She was a member of Glendale United Methodist Church.
In addition to her parents, Lois was also preceded in death by her husband, Harold Warren Taylor, who passed away in 1996; and five siblings, Lurene Byars, Lorene Batte, Leighton Holt, Jane Willis, and Ann Cline.
She is survived by three sons, Keith (Judy) Taylor and Hal (Celia) Taylor, both of Murfreesboro, and Glenn (Michelle) Taylor of Germantown; one daughter, Kay Dayton of Hendersonville; ten grandchildren, Kyle (Jamie) Taylor, John Dayton, Laura (Brandon) Wells, Michael Dayton, Emily Dayton, Sarah (Dan) Shanaman, Brandon Taylor, Claire Taylor, Erin Taylor, and Amy Taylor; one great grandchild, Lyla Shanaman; and a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Manchester Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
2/22/15 ——- Jennifer Lowe Richards Jones
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennifer Lowe Richards Jones, age 50 of Beechgrove will be conducted Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Coffee County Funeral Chapel with Brother Ron Chilton officiating.
Interment will follow at New Beechgrove Cemetery.
Visitation will be held Saturday, February 21, 2015 from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at the funeral home.
Mrs. Jones passed away Monday, February 16, 2015 at her residence.
She was born October 13, 1964 in Nashville, TN the daughter of Mrs. Peggy Ruth Lowe Brown and the late Bobby Brown.
She was raised in Nashville, where she attended Ezell Harding High School. She enjoyed swimming and tap dancing during her early years. Jennifer had a special gift of making others in her life feel special. She was always giving away random nicknacks to family and friends to let them know she was thinking of them. She was extremely talented when it came to making handmade crafts of any type, which she also loved to share. Her favorite televisions shows consisted of programs on Nick-At-Night or a drama on Lifetime. She was a big fan of “I Love Lucy” Lucille Ball and also Marilyn Monroe. The first and foremost important thing to Jennifer was her family. She was a wonderful and devoted wife and mother. She even taught some of her grandchildren to enjoy one of her favorite snacks, peanut butter on a spoon with Nestle chocolate milk. Jennifer’s big hearted ways touched so many throughout her life, especially her three beloved fury canine babies, Benji, Holly and Chico, who she thought of as her children too. Jennifer will forever hold a special place in our hearts and will be truly missed by all who knew her.
She is preceded in death by her father, Bobby Brown.
Survivors include her loving husband of 5 ½ years, Michael S. Jones of Beechgrove, TN; her mother, Peggy Lowe Brown of Beechgrove, TN; five children, Joel “Joey” Richards, Jr., and wife, Saurena of Janelew, West Virginia; Tamra Renee Magee and husband, Kevin of Nutterfort, West Virgiana; and Justin Shane Richards and wife, Cami of Northpole, Alaska; Crystal Dawn Perry and husband, J.R. of Tullahoma, TN and Cassie D. Hunt and husband, Nathan of Columbus, OH; nine grandchildren, Jordan and Colton Richards, Logan and Layla “Rosebud” Magee, Skyler and Greyson Richards, and Kayla and Brian and Katie Perry; also surviving is a sister, Tammy Brown Huffman and husband, Myron “Scooby” Huffman of Murfreesboro, TN and several nieces, nephews, cousins and loving friends.
Coffee County Funeral Chapel is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Jennifer Richards Jones.
Winter Weather Forcing Motlow To Reschedule and Cancel Games
Motlow’s scheduled basketball games at Jackson St., were postponed Wednesday. The games have been rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 25. Women tip off at 5:30pm.
The Motlow men’s basketball team now 16th in the nation and the Lady Bucks were set to travel to Columbia St on Saturday. Those games are rescheduled for Feb 28. Women tip off at 2pm.
Motlow’s weekend home baseball series with Clark State has been cancelled. Bucks travel to Rome, GA on Wednesday vs. Shorter JV