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6/8/14 —- GRACE MAE SOLOMON MARSHALL
GRACE MAE SOLOMON MARSHALL, age 90, of Winchester, Tenn., departed this life on Thursday, June 5, 2014, following an extended illness.
Ms. Marshall was born in Belvidere, Tenn. to the late Lem and Florence Mae Neal Solomon.
She was a member of the Lexie Crossroads Baptist Church and last attended Oaklawn Baptist Church in Winchester. She was employed for several years as a seamstress. She enjoyed gardening, cooking and sewing when she was able to do so.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph A. Marshall, daughter, Linda Mae Marshall Shockley, sisters; Myrtle Wiseman, Faye Haddon and brother, Richard Solomon.
She is survived by her sons; George (Imogene) Marshall, Paul (Linda Faye) Marshall all of Winchester, daughters; Hazel (Harold Dean) Meeks of Fayetteville, Ann (Butch) Ballard of Estill Springs, Sister, Christine Hutto of Winchester, 8-Grandchildren, 15-Great-grandchildren and 2-Great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation with the family will be held from 5:00-8:00 P.M. Saturday evening in the Chapel of Grant Funeral Services.
Services are scheduled for 2:00 P.M. Sunday evening at Grant Funeral Services with Bro. Ray Gardner, Officiating.
Interment will follow in Franklin Memorial Gardens in Winchester.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 201 W. Lincoln St., Tullahoma, TN 37388.
Grant Funeral Services in charge of arrangements.
6/8/14 —— Mary Ella Trussell
Mary Ella Trussell, age 89 of Estill Springs, Tennessee, passed away on Thursday, June 5, 2014 at the Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma.
Mrs. Trussell was a retired Assembler with General Electric (GE) in Cleveland, Ohio and was a member of the Bethel Community Church in Pelham, TN.
She was born in Pelham, TN to her parents, the late Barney B. Johnson and Ella May Hamby Johnson. She was also preceded in death by brother, Gordon Johnson and Ralph Johnson.
She is survived by her sons, Virgil R. Trussell and his wife Brenda of Estill Springs, TN and Larry A. Trussell and his wife Barbara of Estill Springs, TN; sister, Janie “Naomi” Gipson of Manchester, TN; 9 grandchildren, Jimmy Trussell, Jason Trussell, Jeff Trussell, Joseph Trussell, Joey Trussell, Wayne Trussell, Regina Fults, Trish Herrin and Missy Majors; 22 great-grandchildren, 7 great-great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Visitation will be on Saturday, June 7, 2014 from 2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
The Funeral Service will be conducted on Sunday, June 8, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. from the Chapel of Central Funeral Home.
Burial will follow at the Summitville Cemetery.
CENTRAL FUNERAL HOME in Charge of Arrangements.
6/8/14 —- Mary Evelyn Fulks
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Evelyn Fulks, age 90 of Manchester, will be conducted Sunday, June 8, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Coffee County Funeral Chapel with Brother Horace Lee Jacobs officiating.
Interment will follow at Shelton Cemetery in Rutherford County.
Visitation will be Saturday, June 7, 2014 from 4:00 PM until 9:00 PM at the funeral home.
Mrs. Fulks passed away Thursday, June 5, 2014 in Manchester.
She was born July 18, 1923 in Rutherford County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Earl Clark Jernigan and Ida Lee Todd Jernigan.
In earlier years, Mrs. Fulks was employed as a Supervisor for PCA Apparel Industries. She retired February 2, 2001 after 47 years of employment. She enjoyed traveling across the United States having been to all 50 states except 2. Mrs. Fulks was known by friends and family for her talents as a seamstress. She was active with Foothill Crafts in Manchester where many of her items were on display. She enjoyed weekly visits to the Manchester Senior Citizen’s Center where she was a gifted painter and loved scrapbooking. She also volunteered with the program for the visually impaired. Mrs. Fulks was one of the original members of the Manchester Chapter of the “Red Hat Society”. She was also very active in the Business and Professional Women’s Club. She was a longtime member of the Main Street Church of Christ.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, William Murphy Fulks, Jr.; a daughter, Virginia Duke; a son, Charles “Billy” Fulks; and a brother, Willis Clark Jernigan.
Survivors include five grandchildren, Patricia Lee Duke of Manchester; Tammy Denise Fulks of Beechgrove; Shanda Dawn Floyd of Estill Springs; Ramona Faye Gray of Manchester; and Charles William Fulks, Jr., and wife, Stephanie also of Beechgrove; six great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren; and a son-in-law, Winfred Duke of Manchester. Also surviving are four brothers and sisters, Wanda Ewell of Christiana, TN; Wayne Jernigan and wife, Maralyn of Crossville, TN; Mrs. Dean Holt of Murfreesboro; and Jean Bickel and husband, Charles of Manchester and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and loving friends.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 13067, Alexandria, VA 22312.
Coffee County Funeral Chapel is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Mary Evelyn Fulks. 
6/7/14 —- Clifford “Tip” Burton
Clifford “Tip” Burton 86 of Lynchburg passed away June 4, 2014 at Lynchburg Nursing Center.
A native of Moore County, TN he was the son of the late Wilson and Susie Reese Burton.
He was a farmer, house painter and drove a school bus.
Along with his parents he was also preceded in death by his wife Margie Helen Burton, four brothers; Tommy Burton of Belvidere, J.W. Burton of Murfreesboro, Billy Burton and Samuel Burton both of Lynchburg.
He is survived by his son, Melvin Burton and his wife Joyce of Lynchburg, daughter; Kaye Eslick and her husband Jerry of Lynchburg. Grandchildren, Jeremy Burton and Holly Burton, great grandson Avery. Two brothers; Marvin Burton of Murfreesboro and Jimmy Burton of Flat Creek, a sister, Barbara Pierce of Flat Creek.
The family will receive friends on Friday June 6, 2014 from 5-9 PM at Lynchburg Funeral Home.
Services will be held on Saturday June, 7, 2014 at 11 AM at the Lynchburg Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Richard Logan officiating.
Burial will follow in the Lynchburg Cemetery.
LYNCHBURG FUNERAL HOME IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
6/7/14 —- Raymond “Ray” Judge
| RAYMOND “RAY” JUDGE | |
| Date Of Birth: | JUNE 24, 1934 |
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| Date Of Death: | JUNE 4, 2014 |
| Service Date: | GRAVESIDE OWENS CHAPEL CEMETERY 1:00 P.M. SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2014VISITATION 10:00 A.M. -12:00 P.M. SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2014 in the GRANT FUNERAL SERVICES CHAPELGrant Funeral Services in charge of arrangements. |
Coffee County Collected Over $600K From Bonnaroo Fines In 2013
The 2014 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival begins next Thursday (June 13) and that means local law enforcement will be out working extra hours. As always several people will be arrested for drug possession and more.
According to figures released by the Coffee County Circuit Court Clerk’s office, Bonnaroo fines and collections for the 2013 event generated $621,127.75.
The money breaks down to $97,235 paid to the sheriff’s department drug fund, the drug task force collected $143,296, and Manchester Police Department drug fund received $50,950. The collections also include $52,024 paid to State of Tennessee fees, which includes litigation tax, non-DUI alcohol and drug addiction fund. The county general fund which is the operating account received $127,550. The Coffee County Drug Court received $80,222.75
The money collected does not reflect fines collected so far this year.
People who are caught with a small amount of drugs on them are issued citations to appear in court. Most of those issued citations pay before their court date rather than return to Manchester to appear in court.
Those who have a large amount of drugs are booked into the county jail.
Sheriff Steve Graves told WMSR News last week that more arrests will present a problem at the current jail. He says they will have to put inmates in the hallways and on the floors because they currently have 300 in the jail built for 193. The new county jail is set to open in a few months.
Drug Bust In Tullahoma
A Grizzard Street man was arrested Tuesday, June 3, after a search by investigators from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department and the Tullahoma Police Department.
Acting on information, the officers allegedly found 15 oz of marijuana, scales, packaging materials as well as four guns, one of which had been reported stolen.
According to sheriff’s investigator James Sherrill, when police entered the residence they allegedly saw Steve Clark, 18, with the alleged stolen gun in the waistband of his pants and he was counting money allegedly from drug sells.
Clark was charged with manufacture/sell/delivery of a controlled substance. He is being held in the Coffee County Jail under a $100,000 bond. Clark is to appear in Coffee Co. General Sessions Court June 23.
Another man who was in the residence at the time Jose Merino Guerra was charged with possession of schedule VI.
Grundy County Escapees Caught
Dustin Byers
Nathan Childers
All three will face charges related to the escape.
Food and Nutrition Program Will Help Parents and Schools
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) recently announced the nationwide availability of a key provision of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, aimed at reducing child hunger: the Community Eligibility Provision. Beginning July 1, 2014, eligible school districts in Tennessee will be able to provide free school meals to students in high poverty areas. The Community Eligibility Provision alleviates the burden on families in Tennessee by eliminating household applications for school meals programs, while helping eligible districts reduce costs associated with collecting and processing those applications.
“The Community Eligibility Provision provides more eligible children with access to the healthy school meals offered through the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast program, while streamlining paperwork for parents and schools.
Children in 10.1 percent of Tennessee households are food insecure: they may have to eat lower quality or less variety of foods, or have to skip meals because there is not enough food. Ninety of Tennessee’s school districts are eligible to participate for all schools in their district. This could benefit at least 784 schools in Tennessee and more than 364,674 Tennessee students. Manchester City Schools is the only local system eligible to participate. USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service oversees the administration of 15 nutrition assistance programs, including school meals programs. These programs work in concert to form a national safety net against hunger. Visit www.fns.usda.gov for information about FNS and nutrition assistance programs.
New TBI Domestic Violence Study
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released its “Domestic Violence 2011-2013” study. The report analyzes crime data submitted by the state’s law enforcement agencies to the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System from 2011 to 2013.
Among the report’s findings: • Simple Assault was, by far, the most frequently reported offense, accounting for 68.8% of all domestic violence offenses. • Females were almost three times more likely to be victimized than males in domestic incidents in Tennessee. • Juveniles accounted for approximately 10% of domestic violence victims each year from 2011 to 2013. • In the time period analyzed, domestic violence victims were six times more likely to be abused by a Spouse than an Ex-Spouse. • Boyfriend/Girlfriend relationships were the most frequently reported incidents, accounts for 43.2% of all domestic violence from 2011 to 2013. • Domestic violence resulted in 288 Murder/Non-negligent Homicides during the three-year study period. “This kind of crime creates a real threat to our communities,” said TBI Director Mark Gwyn. “We hope this study gives law enforcement, policy makers, and government leaders a snapshot of domestic violence in our state, bringing to light what happens too often behind closed doors.”
The full report is available at http://www.tbi.state.tn.us/