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10/21/14 —— Billy Earl Horton

Billy Earl Horton 74, of Belvidere passed Saturday, October 18, 2014 at Southern TN Medical Center in Winchester.

He is the son of the late Lester and Irene Horton.

He is survived by his three sons, Lester Horton of LaVergne, TN; Leo Horton of Huntland. TN; and D’Ango Horton of Huntland, TN. Step-daughter, Nita Davidson of Winchester, TN.

Two brothers, William Horton of Huntland, TN; and Jerry (Arnell) Horton of Belvidere, TN; three grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends.

Visitation Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 12:00 Noon at Beans Creek P.B. Church with Funeral Services to follow at 1:00 pm at Beans Creek P.B. Church with Pastor Q. O’brien Wherry, Officiating and Elder Sandy Kinslow as Eulogist.

Interment Paynes Chapel Cemetery, Huntland, TN.

Beans Creek P.B. Church
336 Main Street
Huntland, TN 37346

J.A. Welton & Son Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

10/21/14 —– Edna Jackson

Memorial services for Mrs. Edna Jackson, age 62, of Tullahoma will be conducted at 1:00 PM, Tuesday at Tullahoma Funeral Home with Bro. David Wall officiating.

Visitation with the family will follow the service.

Mrs. Jackson passed away Friday, October 17, 2014 at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville.

She was born in Lawrence Co., TN to the late Major and Mable Ingram Mobbs.

Mrs. Jackson was a member of Unity Baptist Church and was retired from Wilson Sporting Goods Company.

She is survived by her husband of 46 years, J.W. Jackson, daughters, Serena (Brad) Mashburn, Christie (Steve) Grogan, a son, Stacy Jackson, brother, Randy Mobbs, sisters, Ann Knowis, Sherry Beck, Brenda Williams, Bessie Ireland, Sarah Brown, grandchildren, Kasie, Jessica, Kaleb, Kody, kane, Aleah, Alyssa, Ashley, Kimberly, Sara, Kara, Staci, great grandchildren, Xander, Azelyn, Arri, James, Axton and Brey.

Tullahoma Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Edna Jackson

Raiders Fall On Pink Out Night– Thousands Raised

Pink Out night at Carden-Jarrell Field.. Photos by Barry West

Estimates of over $10,000 was raised for Breast Cancer Awareness during the “Pink Out” game and weeks prior to the Coffee County/Lincoln County game this past Friday. A huge crowd attended the game and with the help of the Future Business Leaders of America at CCCHS, Farm Bureau Insurance and many other businesses and individuals the thousands of dollars were raised.

Head Coach Ryan Sulkowski sporting the pink pants on Friday.

With that being said there was also a football game to be played. Lincoln County Jumped to a 1st quarter advantage as they drove 88 yards after a Coffee County turnover to take a 7-0 lead. The Falcons would later add a field goal for a 10-0 lead. After the kickoff went out of bounds the Raiders drove 75 yards for a TD. Freshman QB Alontae Taylor had two big plays in the drive. The first was a 45-yard pass to Cole Hawkins and later Taylor would scamper 14 yards to cut the margin to 10-7 with 3:28 to play in the second period.
In the second half Lincoln County scored the only points in the half on TD run in the 3rd quarter to make the final 17-7.
Lincoln County who came in passing more than running the ball only completed five passes on the night for 87 yards. The Falcons however got the running game going rushing for 243 yards on 43 carries.

#34 Reese Pratt makes a tackle on a Falcon runner.

One huge problem for the Raiders was the loss of starting FB/LB Mill Harner. Harner twisted an ankle and struggled moving side-to-side in the first half and could not play in the second half. Fellow teammates Reese Pratt and Justin Flowers played extremely well all night with Pratt earning the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game.
Offensively Taylor rushed for 138 yards and a touchdown. According to Thunder Radio stats, Alontae has 1,098 yards on the season.
The Raiders will host Shelbyville Friday in the final home game of the season, it’s Senior Night for 15 players.

Rockets Split With Eagleville

The Westwood Rockets and Lady Rockets opened their home basketball season with a doubleheader split against Eagleville on Thursday.
The Lady Rockets raced out to a 15 to 4 lead after 1 quarter, only to see Eagleville close the gap to 18 to 16 at the half. Coach Angela Houck made several defensive adjustments at the half to hold the Lady Eagles to 3 second half field goals on the way to a 38 to 24 win. The Lady Rockets were led in scoring by Ashley Starks who had 15 points and Morgan Jones added 13 points. Danielle Baker added 4 second half points as the Lady Rockets improved to 2 and 0 on the year.
The Rockets got 11 points from Marcus Pendleton and 10 points from Chase Simpkins, but fell to the Eagles 39 to 30. Eagleville’s Ethan Cobb led all scorers with 21 points, including 13 points in the penultimate 2nd half. Westwood will travel to Murfreesboro on Monday night to take on Middle Tennessee Christian. Tip-off for the girl’s game is 6 PM.

Cross Country Season Continues For Raiders

Red Raider Andy Rossum competes during a recent cross country meet.

The CHS Cross Country teams competed in the Freeman Invitational on Thursday held at the Webb School. The Red Raider harriers continued their season long improvement as the boys teams finished 4th out of 9 teams on the day. Despite racing on a challenging course which was saturated from last week’s rains, four of the seven Red Raiders runners posted personal best times. Andy Rosson again paced the Raiders as he finished 4th overall in the race at 18:18. In 7th place for the Raider team turning in a season’s best time of 18:30 was Maxwell Nicoll followed by Scott Randolph finishing 15th in a time of 19;21. Caleb Buck just missed a new personal best at 21:02 finishing in 35th place and freshman Neil Slone ran his best time of the year turning in a time of 21:06 placing him 38th. The final 2 runners also had personal best times with freshman Aaron Buck running 22:04 and sophomore Trevor Reese running 25:20.
For the girls, Makenzie Morgan ran a solid time of 25:00 cutting a minute and 18 seconds off of her previous time on this course placing her 21st. Nadja Hansen was the next finisher for the Lady Raiders in 37th with a time of 27:11. The best performance of the day was turned in by rapidly improving Kayla McCormick who cut 3 minutes off her previous time on the course. Newcomer Claudia Bertuzzi turned in a time of 29:39 which bested her only other race of a few weeks ago at Lincoln County by a minute. Next up for the Red Raider “off-roaders” is the Region Championship Meet on Thursday in Smyrna at Sharp Springs. Races begin at 3 p.m.

Manchester Police Investigating Woman Who Tried To Cash An Apparent Stolen Check

US Bank surveillance picture of the female trying to cash the check.

Last week Manchester Police responded to a call at US Bank. A bank employee told police that a person in a Toyota van was trying to cash a check on a closed account for $195 at the drive-thru window. The employee ask the female driver for an ID, which she did. The teller questioned the woman about the picture not looking like her and the teller ask the female to come into the bank to sort things out. The woman said she could not come in the bank because she had somewhere she needed to be and left the bank.
The female left the ID and the check with the teller. The ID belonged to a Carla Fowler from Franklin County.
Office Ernie Colvin made contact with Fowler and she stated that someone broke into her car and stole her pocketbook a couple of weeks ago. She stated that her child support card was in her purse and it was used in Tullahoma for a purchase of $140 on October 5. The manager and an employee of the store the purchase was made at confirmed through a picture that was taken from US Bank surveillance that the female trying to cash the check was the same person that made a purchase at their store.
Manchester Chief Investigator Billy Butler said in an email that this is an on-going investigation with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. Police have developed suspects in this case and plan to make an arrest or arrests in the not so distant future.

Motorhome Burns On I-24

Motorhome burns on I-24 on Saturday afternoon… Photos by Barry West

A blazing motorhome fire on eastbound I-24, between Beechgrove and Manchester shutdown traffic on I-24. It’s not clear what happened, but the incident occurred around 5:00 o’clock Saturday afternoon, October 18, 2014.

Prior to the Coffee County authorities arriving on the scene, a slow stream vehicles passed within 10-feet of the inferno. If someone slowed to a stop, the drivers behind them started honking. All of the time, you could hear explosions from within the motorhome–each causing the flames to get higher and wider across the adjacent lanes of traffic.
WMSR Radio reached out the Tennessee Highway Patrol several times but got no response. When details are released by the THP we will post it on this website.

Early Voting Continues

Administrator of Elections for Coffee County Vernita Davis… Photo by Samantha Watters

Early Voting has already begun in Manchester and will continue to run now through October 30th. Locations for early voting include the Coffee County Election Commission in Manchester and the CD Stamps Center in Tullahoma. Remember you must bring a TN or Federal ID with you in order to vote. According to Vernita Davis of the Coffee County Election Commission the November Ballot will include a Race for Governor, State Representatives, and State Senators as well as a Wine & Grocery Stores Referendum, a Wheel Tax Referendum, and 4 Constitutional Amendments. If you would like to learn about the 4 Constitutional Amendments, you can read a full set of amendments at either Early Voting Location. To find out more about early voting hours at each voting location, watch our all new Thunder TV News Video & don’t forget to the view the sample ballot located at WMSRradio.com.
In Coffee County through the first 4 days of early voting there has been 1,070 ballots cast.

2015 Bonnaroo Set For June 11-14

Cooling fountain at Bonnaroo

The 2015 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival will be held June 11-14. The 2015 festival will mark the 13th Bonnnroo, all of which have taken place on farmland in Coffee County. Ticket prices and a limited number of early tickets are not expected to go on sale until December. Performers for the festival have traditionally been announced in February with regular tickets going on sale shortly thereafter.
The festival has drawn 100,000 music fans each year to the site since it was founded in 2002. The festival has been widely praised as one of the best music festivals in the world and features more than 100 performers over four days.

Scam Alert: Delinquent Utility Bill Phone Call

The Tullahoma Police Department was recently notified by several local businesses and TUB of a phone scam claiming to be a local Utility Department.
The caller is advising that the business has a delinquent account with a utility company other than the one which provides them service, and the account balance must be paid to prevent termination of services.
At this time police have only received reports from businesses; however, if an individual receives a call of a similar nature, please check with your local provider to confirm your account status. Tullahoma Police would like to remind our citizens to be mindful before giving any credit card or banking information over the phone without first verifying the caller.

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