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9/6/14 —- Paul R. Sawyers
Mr. Paul R. Sawyers, age 56, of Tullahoma passed away Tuesday at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville.
He was born in Lincoln Co., TN to the late James and Rose Nell Robinson Sawyers.
In addition to his parents he is also preceded in death by a brother, Ricky Sawyers.
Funeral services for Mr. Sawyers will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday in the Tullahoma Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial will follow in the Maplewood Cemetery.
Visitation with the family will be from 12:00 till 2:00 PM Saturday at Tullahoma Funeral Home.
He is survived by a brother – Kenneth (Marie) Allen and a sister, Angel (Philip) Creasey.
Tullahoma Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mr. Paul Sawyers. 
8/26/14 —- Stacy Watson
Mr. Stacy Watson passed away Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
A memorial service will be held for Mr. Watson at a later date.
Please make any memorial contributions to St. Paul’s.
Tullahoma Funeral Home in charge of arr
angements.
9/3/14 —— Alice Elizabeth Brewer Carrick
Graveside services for Mrs. Alice Elizabeth Brewer Carrick, age 100 of Manchester will be conducted at 2 PM , Wednesday, September 3 at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens with Bro.Foy Rigney officiating.
The family will gather at Manchester Funeral Home at 12 pm, Wednesda
y for a short visitation and will proceed to Rose Hill for graveside services.
Mrs. Carrick passed this life, Sunday, August 31 at the Manchester Healthcare Center.
Mrs. Carrick was born on August 29, 1914 in Manchester, Tennessee the daughter of the late J.W. Brewer and Tennie Mae Freeze Brewer.
She was a homemaker and a seamstress at PCA in Manchester. Mrs. Carrick was a member of the Main Street Church of Christ and enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening and canning.
In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Robert Carrick.
Mrs. Carrick is survived by:
One daughter, Melva “Mean Granny” Lovell and her husband Jack of Manchester
Grandchildren, Gary (Debra) Lovell and Linda Ann (Steve) DeFord
Great Grandchildren, Devin (Missy) DeFord and Amy DeFord
Great Great Grandchildren, Emily, Eli and Garrett DeFord
MANCHESTER FUNERAL HOME IS HONORED TO SERVE THE FAMILY OF MRS. ALICE ELIZABETH CARRICK
Two Area Crashes Result In Two Deaths
The driver of a tractor trailer was struck by a car on Interstate 24 after he crashed his own truck on the opposite side of the highway.
The accident happened just outside Manchester in Coffee County early Sunday morning at 5:20 a.m.
According to a traffic report, 27-year-old Phillip Toombs of Beechgrove, TN was driving a semi when he crashed in the eastbound lanes.
Toombs got out of his truck and walked through the median into westbound lanes where he was struck by a 2008 Trailblazer driven by Gregory W Shannon age 36 of Manchester, TN.
Toombs was pronounced dead on the scene.
A single vehicle crash in Grundy County on Friday took the life of a Sewanee, TN woman. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol this was the first death for the Labor Day weekend in 2014 on a Tennessee roadway.
On Friday night around 6 p.m., a Nissan Maxima driven by Travis Johnson, 35, of Tracy City was traveling north on State Highway 56 at a high speed, according to a THP accident report. The vehicle went off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree, which caused the car to flip several times.
Johnson, was injured and passenger Karen Scott, of Sewanee, was pronounced dead on the scene after being ejected from the vehicle.
Johnson and Scott were not wearing seat belts, which officers believed might have prevented the fatality.
Man Receives Plea Deal After Lying To Police
Nicholas Lee Curtis
Nick Curtis pleaded guilty to the perjury charge for lying to police about what happed the day that Kayla Qualls was murdered in November 2012.
Qualls body was found in the rear of her SUV by hunters in Franklin County in a wooded area behind the UT Tree Farm on Spring Creek Road. An autopsy revealed that she had been beaten to death.
The investigation into the murder revealed that Nick Curtis’ father Michael Curtis committed the murder and at the time of his arrest he allegedly admitted to investigators that he killed her.
Nick Curtis is the father of Kayla Qualls’ two young children who were in the Curtis residence the day of the murder.
Nick Curtis reached a plea bargain deal through his attorney Craig Northcott and Assistant District Attorney Kristy West. He admitted to lying to police and obstruction of justice. Investigators have alleged that he knew about the murder.
In exchange for Nick Curtis’ plea he will be required to serve one year in the Coffee County Jail and four years’ probation. His father is being held in jail awaiting trial in February on the murder charge.
D.A. Says No Evidence To Support Criminal Prosecution In Investigation Of The Manchester Police Department
Former District Attorney Mickey Layne
On April 15, 2013, Coffee County District Attorney Mickey Layne requested the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to conduct an investigation of the Manchester Police Department’s use of the money from the Police Officers’ Fund, aka the Flower Account, and the use and disposition of surplus equipment obtained from the United States Department of Defense during the year 2012 and prior to.
The Police Officers’ Fund had been in existence for some twenty (20) years and was funded by police officer contributions, fundraisers and from other sources. This fund did not contain public taxpayer money. On Friday Layne said in a press release that the records of how the fund was used were either poor or non-existent. Thus, the investigation did not uncover evidence of any criminal violation in the use of the Police Officers’ Fund.
As to the surplus equipment, Layne stated that the Department of Defense requires items to be kept for twelve (12) months. The items may then be disposed of and records tracking their use and disposition is not required. Thus, few records of the use and disposition of this property were found, as they were not required to be kept. D.A. Layne added, “Thus, it was not possible to determine which, if any, items were actually missing, and which, if any, items had been sold. Also, if sold, it could not be determined how any money acquired was used after a sale”.
Layne said the investigation did not acquire evidence of any criminal violations in the use and disposition of the Department of Defense surplus property by the Manchester Police Department during the year 2012 and prior to.
The now former district attorney says there being no evidence to support a criminal prosecution, this investigation is closed.
Changes At The District Attorney’s Office
New Coffee County District Attorney Craig Northcott
“A lot of difficult decisions had to be made regarding personnel,” Northcott told The Tullahoma News on Thursday, “but only to make sure I have the right group of people who I believe will serve the community best, and who share the same mission that I have.”
Northcott began his duties today.
Others beginning new jobs today: Coffee County Mayor Gary Cordell, Register of Deeds Donna Toney, Road Superintendent Benton Bartlett and Trustee John Marchesoni.
Drowning Occurs In Franklin County
Craig Caldwell.. Photo from WTVC in Chattanooga
The victim was identified as 42-year-old Craig Caldwell of Palmer, TN.
According to officials, Caldwell was tubing when he fell into the water and drowned near Tims Ford State Park at Mansford Bridge.
Emergency crews arrived about 30 minutes later, but could not revive him. He was not wearing a life jacket.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency was in charge of the scene. No other details are available.
Officials said alcohol was not a factor in the incident.
9/5/14 —– Vergil Lendon “Hap” Saine
Vergil “Hap” Lendon Saine, age 94, of Manchester, died August 31, 2014 at United Regional Hospital, Manchester, TN.
A native of Manchester, he was the son of the late Alfred Forbes and Bertha Morehead Saine.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Winifred, and older siblings – five sisters, Lucile Cheatham, Lillie Aldridge, Lena Saine, Lila May Pope, and Mozelle Pate, and two brothers, Clarence Price Saine and Harry Alfred Saine. All were graduates of Coffee County Central High School.
Vergil, best known as “Happy” or “Hap”, is survived by his two sons, Stephen F. Saine (wife, Diana) of South Carolina and Jerome G. Saine (wife, Kathryn) of Manchester; three granddaughters, Cynthia Saine Gaines, Marjorie Saine Marcus and Erin Saine Terry; one grandson, Travis Gene Saine; three great granddaughters, Lauren Reece Terry, Jenna Grace Saine and Addison Brooke Marcus; and two great grandsons, Carter Neal Terry and Chandler Gene Saine. Hap’s extended family was always most important to him.
He was an outstanding husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather.
After graduating from Coffee County Central High School in 1938 as valedictorian, he continued his education at Lincoln Memorial University and the University of Wisconsin, earning a PhD in Chemistry. His career included 30 years managing operations that developed and produced munitions and propellant products for the military during World War II and the Cold War with Russia. He also taught Chemistry for 5 years at the University of Wisconsin and as Head of the Chemistry Department at Lincoln Memorial University. After living in five different states while in industry, Vergil and Winnie retired to his home town of Manchester in 1980. They became members of his boyhood First United Methodist Church. He also served as Executive Director of the Coffee County Industrial Development Board from 1981 – 1985. He served as a member of the State Rehabilitation Training Board and was its Chairman for several years. He was a member of Manchester Rotary Club, serving as President for 1984/85. He appreciated the Manchester Times publishing, under the heading of People Memories, his 140 articles on memories of teachers, classmates, neighborhood families and special citizens of Coffee County.
The funeral will be held Friday, September 5th at the Central Funeral Home.
MEMORIAL DONATIONS
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to First United Methodist Church, 105 N. Church Street, Manchester, TN 37355.
VISITATION
Friday, September 5, 2014, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. at Central Funeral Home in Manchester, Tennessee
FUNERAL
Friday, September 5, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Central Funeral Home Chapel
OFFICIANT
Reverend Randall Brown
BURIAL
Manchester City Cemetery
CENTRAL FUNERAL HOME in Charge of Arrangements
Lady Raiders Compete In Volleyball Tournament
Sara Brown preparing to receive serve in a recent match for Coffee County.. Photo by Dennis Weaver
The CHS Volleyball team put their perfect record on the line against some of the best volleyball teams in the state this past weekend in the Choo Choo Classic that was held at Red Bank. And while the team may have picked a few losses from the trip to Chattanooga, they brought back a wealth of experience and progress according to head coach Andrew Taylor. After a 0 and 3 Friday, the Lady Raiders managed a 2 and 2 record on Saturday as they gained some momentum. Sara Brown continued her hot play as she led the team in digs for the weekend with 43 and tied for the team lead in kills with 17. Cursten Vaughn also had 17 kills to go with 4 aces and 18 digs. Cameron Davis led the team in aces with 15, and added 9 kills and 18 digs for the Lady Raiders. Brittany Williams served up 26 assists to go with 9 digs and an ace. The Lady Raiders travel to Tullahoma on Tuesday night for a district battle with the rival Wildcats. That match will begin at 6.