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02/12/15
Birthdays:
Brenda Jones – Pizza Winner!
Robert Clutter – 50!
Wayatt Nettles, Ken Halbeck,
Brenda Lovelady – 50, Julie Davis, Jordin Hill
Aaron’s Sales and Lease Student of the Week 13 February 2015
The Aaron’s Sales and Lease Student of the week for
13 February 2015 is Yusuke Takahashi. Yusuke is in
fifth grade at Jack T. Farrarr Elementary School in
Tullahoma. He is the son of proud parents Fumie and
Iichi. He was nominated for this award because he
embodies the three “R’s” at Jack T. Farrarr, responsible,
respectful and ready. He is also very helpful to both his
fellow students and teachers. Yusuke is an extraordinarily
student, who could speak very little English when he first
entered Tullahoma Schools but has thrived in the learning
environment. Yusuke is a Blue Belt in Karate and likes to
play with his friends either playing catch or jumping on the
trampoline. Yusuke’s favorite subject is math because he likes
numbers and says it’s easy. He hasn’t considered what he
would like to do when he grows up but whatever it is, we are
sure he will successful at it. Yusuke was presented with a
plaque (courtesy of K&S Trophies of Tullahoma) and a set of
tickets to an up-coming Nashville Predators game.
Congratulations to Yusuke Takahashi, the Aaron’s Sales
and Lease Student of the Week.
The Aaron’s Sales and Lease Student of the Week – Yusuke Takahashi
02/11/15
Birthdays:
Jean Wildman – Pizza Winner!
Jay “Pookie” Johnson – 44, Jayson “Twinkie” Jacobs – 44
Judge Denies Lowering Of Bond Request From Murder Suspect
Troy King
It’s been over 2 years since we reported the murder of Thomas Colucci, at his residence on Maple Springs Road near Manchester on Nov. 13, 2012.
Connie King and Troy Lynn King are accused of killing the man. Their trial is set to begin in May, 2015.
Troy was in court this week trying to get his bond lowered. The judge denied his request and King’s bond will remain at $1 million.
Connie King has also asked that her bond be lowered from $500,000 to $50,000. Judge Vanessa Jackson will decide soon on that bond reduction request.
HUD Provides Improvement Money To Local Housing Authorities
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Thursday awarded over $47 million to public housing authorities in Tennessee. The funding will allow agencies to make major large-scale improvements to their public housing units.
The grants are provided through HUD’s Capital Fund Program, which offers annual funding to approximately 3,100 public housing authorities to build, repair, renovate and/or modernize the public housing in their communities. These housing authorities use the funding to do large-scale improvements such as replacing roofs or making energy-efficient upgrades to replace old plumbing and electrical systems.
The Manchester Housing Authority will receive $80,050 and Tullahoma will get $299,432.
Have a Heart: A Valentine to Your Vital Organ
The American Heart Association is reminding people to take steps to improve their heart health this Valentine’s Day, including improving their diet and increasing exercise. Photo credit: AHA
Hearts are everywhere this week as Americans prepare to celebrate a holiday that is projected to gross a record-setting $18.9 billion this Valentine’s Day. But medical experts want to remind folks it’s the heart that should be top of mind. The American Heart Association says regular exercise and a healthy diet are gifts to the vital organ. Dr. Andrew Zurick, a cardiologist with the St. Thomas Health System in Nashville, says physical activity should be the norm, not an exception to how you go about your day. “Ideally, I tell people they should be exercising every day,” says Zurick. “It should just be sort of a habit, like brushing your teeth or putting your clothes on.” In addition, Dr. Zurick says to remove salt from your diet by reducing the amount of processed foods and eating out, and filling half your plate with vegetables at every meal. According to the Centers for Disease Control, one in four deaths in Tennessee is related to heart disease. The AHA also recommends making a date this Valentine’s for your heart with your doctor, to check cholesterol levels and obtain a fasting blood glucose check. “As long as it’s working well, most people, I don’t think, give a whole lot of thought about how to keep it working,” he says. “But it’s like the engine of your car if you don’t change the oil regularly you’re going to eventually run into problems with the engine working right.” The AHA also recommends you “rethink your drink.” Sugar-sweetened beverages are the largest source of added sugars, and excess sugar is linked to increased risk for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and inflammation in the body.
New Unit First Sergeant At National Guard In Tullahoma
Outgoing first sergeant, 1st. Sgt. Greg Sawyer (second from left), hands the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 30th Troop Command, Tennessee Army National Guard, guidon to Command Sgt. Maj. Greg Turner during a formal change of responsibility for the unit, held Feb. 8, 2015. Sawyer relinquished his position as the unit’s first sergeant to incoming 1st Sgt. Kenneth Latham (right) while Sgt. 1st Class Ronald Cannon (left) the unit’s guidon bearer, oversees the traditional exchange. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Sarah Holt, released.)
“I am honored and humbled by the opportunity,” said Latham, who also serves as supervisor of the Tennessee National Guard Joint Operations Center in Nashville, Tenn. Before joining the Guard, he served in the active duty Army and has a total of 24 years of service.
Motlow Sports Update
Dequon Miller
The Lady Bucks (5-18, 3-12) will host their final home game of the year, and recognize eight sophomore players in a special ceremony, when Southwest Tennessee visits on Saturday for a 2 p.m. tipoff. The Lady Saluqis edged the Lady Bucks 80-75 earlier this season.
Alexis Smith led the Lady Bucks with 13 points.
In the men’s game Motlow picked up their 20th win of the year (20-4/12-3) by knocking off Dyersburg St 113-93.
Jaylen Barford led the Bucks with 27 points followed by Terry Holt with 25 and DeQuan Miller with 24. Miller needed 11 points going into the game to become the 6th player in Motlow history to score 1,000 points or more over their two years at the school. Miller now has 1,013. The all-time career scoring leader is Tim Fant, who accumulated 1,551 points from 1988-90. Miller needs just 10 more made 3-pointers to break the career mark in that category.
The Motlow basketball teams will host Southwest TN on Saturday beginning at 4pm.
After opening the season with two of their first four games ending with tied scores due to darkness, the Motlow Lady Bucks will begin a two-week, 10-game home stretch when they host Gadsden State on Saturday, Feb. 14, at Lady Bucks Field on the Moore County campus. The first pitch of the doubleheader is scheduled for 1 p.m. The Lady Bucks (1-1-2) took their first road trip on Tuesday, playing a doubleheader in Boaz, Ala., against non-conference opponent Snead State. Motlow dropped the opener 6-5 as Snead scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning. Although the official Motlow softball record book shows no ties in the schools’ 20-year softball history, the Lady Bucks recorded their second tie in the last week in game two at Snead. The Lady Bucks scored the tying run in the top of the sixth inning (3-3), and after holding Snead scoreless in the bottom of the sixth the game was called due to darkness.
2/15/15 —– Connie Opal Limbaugh
Mrs. Connie Opal Limbaugh, age 85, a lifelong mother and homemaker, passed from this life on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at her home in rural Coffee County (on the Bradyville mail route with a DeKalb Telephone Co-op phone number).
Mrs. Limbaugh was preceded in death by her husband TJ Limbaugh; parents: Ernest and Ethyl Taylor Byford; two sisters: Flora “Jean” Allen and Cora Parker; five brothers: Pete Byford, George “Cowboy” Byford, Cecil Byford, Maurice Byford, and one infant brother; one granddaughter, Melanie Roberts Chisolm; and one son-in-law, Larry Dean Davis.
She is survived by two daughters; Barbara Davis of Bradyville, Tennessee, and Debbie Roberts and husband William of Panama City, Florida; three sons: Charles “Charley” Limbaugh and wife Molly of Nashville, Tennessee, Robert “Bob” Limbaugh and wife Vicki of Bridgeton, Missouri, and James “Jimmy” Limbaugh and wife Kim of Norfolk, Virginia; thirteen grandchildren; twenty-six great grandchildren (and two more on the way this summer); eleven step-grandchildren; twenty-two step-great grandchildren; and three step-great great grandchildren.
Mrs. Opal Limbaugh was a member of the Goose Pond United Methodist Church.
Opal was born in November of 1929. Her parents lived in the Sixteenth Model community of Coffee County when Opal was born. The daughter of a moonshiner whose wife died when Opal was eight, Opal’s life was tough, growing up during the Great Depression. She worked hard all her life, leaving home at thirteen to work in a commercial laundry. After the war, Opal married the late TJ Limbaugh, a union that lasted sixty-three years, and, some might say, made her a little crotchety. For almost fifty years (even after TJ’s death in 2009) she faithfully attended the annual reunion of TJ’s World War II unit, the 476th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion.
When Opal got old enough to sign up for Social Security, she had to use a new name, Connie; and she found out that she had a different, new, younger birthday (by a year and 10 days). Opal’s next older sister, the late Cora Parker, came to live with Opal for a few of their last years. The constant sibling bantering between them made one or two home health nurses wonder if the two should be left alone together. However, they both dearly loved funnel cakes from the County Fair and peach cobbler from Emma’s Family Restaurant.
The last two and a half years of her life, Opal was plagued with a broken ankle which refused to heal properly and ultimately had to be amputated. She told the staff at the nursing home that she may have been brought in on a gurney but that she would walk out, which she did with the aid of a modern-day, artificial foot.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Opal Limbaugh will be conducted on Sunday, February 15, 2015, at 1:00 PM at the Coffee County Funeral Chapel with Brother Cliff Seyler and Reverend Ben Day officiating.
Burial will follow in the Cherry Cemetery, Cannon County, Tennessee.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, February 14, 2015, from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM at the Coffee County Funeral Chapel, Manchester, Tennessee.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to the Melanie Roberts Chisolm Band Scholarship Fund, 5505 Sun Harbor Road, # 151, Panama City, FL 32401
COFFEE COUNTY FUNERAL CHAPEL IS HONORED TO SERVE THE FAMILY OF OPAL LIMBAUGH.
2/16/15 —– Howard Davis Hall
Howard Davis Hall, formerly of Tullahoma, passed this life on Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 at South Texas Regional Medical Center in Jourdanton, Texas at the age of 86.
Mr. Hall was born in Franklin County, Tennessee to the late George E. and Clara Limbaugh Hall.
During his life he served in the United States Army during the Korean War and went on to work as a letter carrier with the United States Postal Service. He was an avid fisherman, photographer, self-taught lapidary, woodworker, and inventor. He was a member of the National Association of Letter Carriers. He was of the Christian faith.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Hall is preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Joann Hall; and one grandson, Patrick Mangino.
He is survived by two daughters, Melissa K. Hand and her husband Buddy of Charlotte, Texas, and Rebecca Wrinn and her husband Kenny of Tullahoma; four grandchildren, Kelly Mangino of Charlotte, North Carolina, Kristin Mangino Fuller and her husband Jamie of Brentwood, Brandon Wrinn of Tullahoma, and Blake Wrinn and his wife Carrie of Knoxville; four great-granddaughters, Giovanna Mangino-Southworth, Corinne McNutt, Kennedy Grace Wrinn, and Kendall Hope Fuller.
Visitation for Mr. Hall will be held on Sunday, February 15th, 2015 from 4:00-7:00 pm.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, February 16th, 2015, his grandson Patrick’s birthday, at 2:00 pm in the Kilgore Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jason Shaw, his nephew, officiating.
Burial will follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.
Kilgore Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.