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1/16/13 — Lorene Tucker
Mrs. Lorene Tucker, age 89, of Tullahoma, passed away Sunday at her residence.
She is a native of Estill Springs and the daughter of the late Joe and Vee Tucker. In addition to her parents she is also preceded in death by her husband, Marion Tucker, daughter, Nancy Demerus.
She is survived by a daughter, Gail Tucker Clark and her husband Gary, a son, Danny Tucker of Cincinnati, OH, grandchildren, Terry Goshorn and his wife Bobbie, Tena Stout and her husband Tony, Keith and Kevin Clark, great grandchildren, Summer Nichole Stout, Ashley Ann Goshorn, Caleb Wayne Goshorn, Katie Goshorn, Justin and Haley Clark.
Visitation with the family will be Tuesday, from 4:00PM until 8:00PM at the Tullahoma Funeral Home.
Services will be conducted Wednesday at 11:00AM in the Tullahoma Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial will follow in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Estill Springs.
Tullahoma Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
1/16/13 — Audie Ruth Wiser
Funeral services for Mrs. Audie Ruth Wiser, age 81, of Manchester, will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, January 16, 2012 at Manchester Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Tommy Dye officiating.
Burial will follow in Ragsdale Cemetery.
Visitation with the family will be from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM on Tuesday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Wiser passed away Saturday evening at her residence, surrounded by her loving family.
Mrs. Wiser was born in Beech Grove, TN, the daughter of the late Odie and Annie Lee Toliver West.
She was a cook at AEDC before she retired to become a homemaker and take care of her family.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Wiser was also preceded in death by her husband, Howard Austin Wiser, who passed in 1967; her step-father, Jesse Ferrell; and three children, Jimmy, Meachie, and Tommy.
She is survived by four children, Bobbie (Tommy) Cox, Terry Wiser (Michelle Foster), Donnie (Cindy) Wiser, and Bridgette (Glen Espy) Wiser; 14 grandchildren, Tonda, Audra, Casandra, Angie, Alan, Dickie, Greg, Lee Ann, Jessie, Mitchell, Chris, Brad, Aderian, and Ticia; 21 great grandchildren, Briley, Kaden, Linley, Nick, Katlynn, Heather, Faith, Grace, Brittany, Amanda, Dylan, Tristan, Tyler, Kaydence, Caison, Jaxton, Braden, Alexis, Kaelix, Quinton, and Harley; 7 great, great grandchildren; 1 great, great, great grandchild on the way, Nova; and 4 granddogs, Leo, Tiny, Andy, and Snowball. Also considered family, were her “adopted” son and granddaughter, Roger Chisam and “Lil” Cindy Setser.
The family would also like to acknowledge some of the many, many friends who have touched Ruth’s life, to include Diane Brown, Doris Brown, Kenneth Vasser, Ralph Duke, Emogene Burgess, Eleanor Arnold, Maney and Paul Lowery, and Darrell Wray. Ruth was also known as “White Nanny” to Kristen Wray.
Manchester Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
1/15/13 — Louise Gray Burt
Mrs. Louise Gray Burt age 96 of Lynchburg, passed away Sunday , January 13, 2013 at the Lynchburg Nursing Center.
A native of Franklin County she was a daughter of the late Nathaniel Prince and Mary Atkins Prince.
Mrs. Burt was a homemaker who enjoyed flower gardening and fishing .She was a member of the Beech Hill Baptist Church.
Mrs. Burt was also preceded in death by her husbands, James Gray and Lavon Burt. Brothers; Lloyd, Grady, Norman, Tom and Robert Prince and sister, R.B. Harrison.
She is survived by a son, Johnnie Gray and his wife Jimmie of Moore County and a daughter, Camilla Johnston of Lynchburg. Special friend, Teresa Hall of Franklin County. 4 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 beginning at 11:00 a.m. with funeral services at 1:00 P.M. at the Lynchburg Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Keith Shelton officiating.
Burial will follow in the Beech Hill Cemetery.
LYNCHBURG FUNERAL HOME IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS. 931-455-4444.
1/13/13 — Donald C. Baker
Donald C. Baker, age 83 passed away peacefully at home on January 13, 2013, after a long illness.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Carl and Gladys Baker, infant sister Alice, and beloved grandson Bradley.
He is survived by wife Jean; daughter Eileen Scrivener and husband Mitch, and grandchildren, Paige and Hunter; son Mike and his fiancé Sherri Orr, and her children Kayla, Megan and Derek.
Born on December 7, 1929, Don was raised in a farming area of New York State. He was plowing with a team of horses when he was ten years old. When he wasn’t in school or helping with farm work, he was playing basketball or shooting woodchucks. Upon high school graduation he went to Alfred State University for a two-year Rural Engineering Degree. He learned to repair most farm machinery and worked at a John Deere dealership until Uncle Sam was on the way to draft him in the Army. This didn’t suit Don, so he hurriedly joined the Air Force instead in 1950. He proudly served his country for four years and took great pleasure in fishing and hunting in Washington State and Canada. He appreciated the sights of all the places he traveled to worldwide as he crew chiefed his B-29 and B-36 aircraft. After his discharge in 1954 he decided to go to Parks College in East St. Louis to get a degree in Aeronautical Engineering. In August 1957 Don and I married. It was not a love at first sight romance but lasted happily for 55+ years. Don graduated in April 1958 and we moved to, of all places, Tennessee. Here is where we raised Mike and Eileen. It was here that Don worked in the most important and challenging field of the time and he truly loved his work. In his lifetime he participated in and watched every sport involving a ball. He dragged me kicking and crying into the game of golf and with determination and patience he gave me the ability to join anyone in any of our many golf outings. He taught our children the values he was brought up with and taught them, as much as they would listen to, how to fix anything that was broken. He was not one to throw away anything that could be repaired. Don retired from his engineering job in January 1992. In the nineties his body was invaded by a muscle disease that prevented him from living as he wished, but he quickly became an avid reader, tenacious puzzle worker, and he wore out the Western channel. In 2008 he developed a tumor in his pelvic bone and after surgery and treatments he was further limited and dealt with constant pain for over four years. In spite of the changes he had to make, he never lost his sense of humor, he never felt sorry for himself, and he continued to entertain us with stories from his very full and worthwhile life.
Don will be cremated and we will have a family memorial service at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens at a later date.
In lieu of visitation, please hug your loved ones.
In lieu of flowers, please send gifts to Hospice Compassus in honor of the loving caregivers who have become like family and have helped Don and me so kindly. The family would also appreciate donations to the First Methodist Church in Don’s memory.
Kilgore Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
1/11/13 — John Edward Worley
1/15/13 — Eva Nell Farrar Turner
Eva Nell Farrar Turner, age 91, passed away on January 10, 2013, after a long illness.
Mrs. Turner was born on March 10, 1921, in Manchester, TN, to her parents, the late Emit Farrar, Sr. and Mary Hickerson Farrar. She was preceded in death by her husband, J. B. Turner, her brothers, John Willard Farrar and Emit Farrar, Jr., and her sisters, Salone Freeze, Stella Crouch and Mabel Jarrell.
She is survived by her daughter, Johnnie Turner, and son, Keith (Lisa) Turner, both of Manchester, TN, and a sister, Wilda Mae Harrell of Winchester, TN, along with many nieces and nephews.
Eva Nell was a homemaker, a member of the Church of Christ and a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Visitation will be held on Monday, January 14, 2013 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
The Funeral Service is scheduled for Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Central Funeral Home with Brother Ralph Hart officiating.
Burial will be at the Shady Grove Cemetery.
Arrangements with CENTRAL FUNERAL HOME of Manchester, TN.
Protest and Support For Coffee County Animal Control
Outside Animal Control in Manchester... Photo by Barry West
It’s the second time in six months the county’s animal control has made headlines. Last June, animal rescuers were upset to learn an animal control worker shot and killed a dog belonging to the county mayor’s son and the dog was put in a dumpster behind the shelter.
Saturday morning, dozens from the community and animal rescue groups gathered again in Manchester, this time protesting what they call unfit conditions and a high kill rate at Coffee County Animal Control.
Coffee County Humane Society gathered in support of Coffee County Animal Control. They and Coffee County Animal Control Director Kevin Brown both claimed dogs in bad condition come to animal control that way and rescue groups are selective about which dogs they save.
Also at issue for the rescue groups were the hours when animal control operates. The department is now open Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Protesters said this doesn’t give people who work a time to come by animal control, and it needs to be open for one day during the weekend.
Brown told reporters he wants to work with rescue groups involved with the protest in order to save as many dogs as possible. Brown added that animal control has actually reduced their kill rate from 40 euthanized in a month a few years ago to only 10 animals euthanized last month because he is working with rescue groups. -WSMV-
Meth Labs Increase
Last week we reported that the state comptroller has issued a report that the state’s current way of monitoring the sell of Pseudoephedrine products is not curbing the production of methamphetamines. Billy Cook who is a director of the East Tennessee Meth Task Force stated that the area has seen an increase in the number of meth labs last year. Cook along with Sheriff Steve Graves say that they feel that the state needs to switch to requiring those obtaining products with Pseudoephedrine to obtain a prescription. Both lawmen say they feel that by requiring a prescription the production of the highly addicting meth would decrease.
Father Can Not See Daughter
Shelly Mook remains missing
Russell was referring to accusations made by the now 8-year-old daughter of Tyler and Shelley Mook, who claimed that Tyler and Kim Mook, the child’s paternal grandmother, spoke to the child about burning down her maternal grandmother’s house in Pennsylvania. The judge wrote in a letter to the attorneys given the actions of the father and paternal grandmother, I find it is not appropriate to resume any form of visitation at this time. He said he would discuss “our future course” in more detail in his full written opinion.
Questions Come Forward About Tullahoma Meeting
Tullahoma Mayor Lane Curlee
Chairman Pat Welsh said he was asked to have an ethics committee investigation initiative on the agenda, stemming from the October meeting that was attended by the mayor, some aldermen and Board of Education members. Board of Education member John Manis, who was not at the October meeting, said he made the request to have the special committee because he believes ethics violations have occurred. He said he believes the meeting was not properly announced, plus some board members may have taken other action that has violated the board’s operational policy.