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10/28/18 — Wayne L. Knight
Wayne L. Knight of Tullahoma, passed this life on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville at the age of 71 years. Funeral Services are scheduled for Sunday, October 28, 2018 at 1:30 PM at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home with burial to follow at Concord Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Saturday, October 27, 2018 from 5 to 8 PM at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home.
A native of the Coffee County, he was the son of the late Virgil Lee and Martha Muse Knight. He was an electrical operator at AEDC., he was a US Army Veteran. Wayne loved the outdoors, fishing, gardening, watching birds and squirrels. He was an active member of AA Serenity House.
Mr. Knight is survived by his son, Josh Knight and his wife Diana of Tullahoma; daughter, Jill Kimzey and her husband Willie of Lynchburg; brother, Gary Rogers of Lynchburg; grandchildren; Dylan Knight of Tullahoma, Casey Kimzey, Courtney Kimzey and Katie Kimzey all of Lynchburg and lifelong best friend, Ray Artman and his wife Maybelle of Tullahoma.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be made in his honor to Serenity House of Tullahoma or Wounded Warrior Project.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
11/3/18 — Theodore Chapin (Bud) Austin
Theodore Chapin (Bud) Austin, age 92 of Tullahoma, Tennessee passed from
this world on October 22, 2018. Memorial Services will be held Saturday,
November 3, 2018 at 12 PM at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church.
Visitation
with the family will be from 10 AM – 12 PM.
Mr. Austin is survived by his wife of 64 years, Margaret (Peg) Cully
Austin; his son, Steven(Charlotte) Austin; daughter, Andrea Austin
Kincannon; granddaughters, Natalie Austin (Preston) Sonnier, Leslie
Margaret Austin, April Marie Kincannon, Hannah Kincannon (Jon) Ball and
Jennifer Annette (Jenna) Smith and grandson, Benjamin James Smith. He was
preceded in death by his parents, Elmer Theodore and Winona Chapin Austin;
his sister, Nancy Austin Watts; beloved daughter, Catherine (Kit) Austin
Smith and son-in-law, Donnie L. Smith.
He served in the United States Navy in World War II and was stationed on
the Battleship, U. S. S. Chicago, which was present in Tokyo Harbor at the
time of surrender.
Returning home to Atlanta, Georgia at the end of the war, he enrolled in
Georgia Tech where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical
Engineering.
In 1951, he was employed by ARO, Inc. at AEDC as an Instrumentation
Specialist. After retiring from ARO he began doing income tax, first for H
& R Block and then for Farm Bureau.
As a Boy Scout in Atlanta, he earned the Eagle Scout Award. As an adult he
continued his interest in scouting by serving as Assistant Leader of Boy
Scout Troop 319 and in doing so assisted in training of both Boy and Girl
Scout Troops in camping skills, water and gun safety, hiking and rappelling.
He was recognized for these activities by the Elk River district in
receiving the Long Rifle Award.
Mr. Austin was active in many community activities. He was one of the
founders of the Tullahoma Community Playhouse, a co-founder and first
director of the Community Christmas Civic Choir and was very active in CAP
(Civil Air Patrol). He received the “Outstanding Young Man of 1960” award
from the Tullahoma Jaycees.
We wish to express our appreciation to the members of the Tullahoma
Emergency Medical Service and the Tullahoma Police Department for the kind
and courteous assistance in handling the sudden death of our greatly loved
Husband, Father and Grandfather.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
10/29/18 — Robert Forrest Breezley
Breezley, Robert Forrest, age 73, of Estill Springs, passed this
life on Friday, October 19th, 2018 at Centennial Medical Center in
Nashville. He was born in Sacramento, California to the late James and
Clarice Briggs Breezley. During his life, Mr. Breezley worked as an
Underbody Lead Supervisor at General Motors and was a member of First
United Methodist Church in Tullahoma. He is survived by his wife, Rita
Breezley of Estill Springs; three children, Robert Breezley Jr. and his
wife Cat Dang of California and their son, Vander Breezley, Andrew Ansley
of Murfreesboro and Hannah Ansley of Winchester; and his sister, Betty
Warner of California. Visitation for Mr. Breezley will be held on Monday,
October 29th, 2018 at First United Methodist Church in Tullahoma from
4:00-5:00pm with a memorial service to immediately follow at 5:00pm with
Rev. Rickey Wade officiating. For those who wish, in lieu of flowers, the
family asks that donations be made to The National Kidney Foundation, 30
East 33rd Street, New York, New York 10016 or the American Diabetes
Association, 2451 Crystal Drive, Suite 900, Arlington, Virginia
22202.
Kilgore Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Red Raider Home Football Game Moved from Friday to Thursday
The Coffee County Red Raider football game scheduled for Friday night at home against White County has been moved up until Thursday night. The threat of heavy rain for late Thursday and all day Friday triggered the decision to change the date on Wednesday afternoon. Thursday night will also serve as Senior Night and the 8th Annual Pink-Out Game. Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you the broadcast as Lucky Knott and Dustin Murray will have the call. Thunder Radio’s exclusive coverage will begin with the pregame show at 6:45 live from Carden-Jarrell Field on Thursday. On Friday night, Thunder Radio will bring you a rebroadcast of the game. We will also have the pregame show on Friday night from 6 to 6:45. The Friday Night Thunder Scoreboard Show will air from 9:30 to 11 PM on Friday night.
Coffee County CHS Announces September Athletes of the Month
The Coffee County Central High School athletic department has partnered with Jiffy Burger restaurant to acknowledge the hard work and dedication that our student-athletes put into their sports. At the end of each month, each in-season head coach will be able to submit the name of one athlete who had a standout performance and demonstrated excellent leadership during that month. The head coaches and the administration will be given the opportunity to vote for one male and one female athlete to be named athlete of the month.
On Wednesday, the CHS athletic department announced the selection of Ethan Welch and Allie Amado as the Athletes of the Month for September. Welch is a freshman member of the cross country team. Allie is a senior captain of the CHS soccer team.
Congratulations to Ethan and Allie
10/24/18 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Levi Bailey — Pizza Winner!
Dakota Holmes
Joyce Shelton
Jonathan Davis, 23
Another Controversy for Grundy County Football
The Grundy County football team is back in news, but this time the news involves another team.
A Facebook video posted by GCTV, a local cable channel on the mountain, shows the coin toss before a game.
According to WTVC-TV in Chattanooga, during the coin toss, players for Sequatchie County’s football team can be seen holding up two jerseys.
According to the Grundy County Athletic Director Leon Woodlee, the numbers on the jerseys are of former Grundy County football players charged in last year’s attempted aggravated rape case. The football players allegedly tried to assault a freshman in the team’s fieldhouse.
Woodlee says that the boys charged now attend Sequatchie County, and cannot be on Grundy County school property.
The case against the five students accused in the case was sealed by Judge Tim Brock of Coffee County. He put a non-disclosure order on the case on November 15, 2017 after the boys appeared in court.
Woodlee says the players are not allowed to play against Grundy County in any sport, even when Grundy County travels to Sequatchie.
According to the Athletic Director, neither coach knew the students planned the action. He says Sequatchie High’s principal called to apologize for his player’s actions.
City of Manchester Prepares for Halloween and Christmas
New parade route
To go along with the theme of “The Joy of Giving.” The Manchester Rec Center has partnered with the local Good Samaritan to have a city-wide food drive. They are encouraging parade participants to start their own food drives, in order to donate the items, the night of the Christmas parade. The Manchester Rec Center will have drop off locations setup along the parade route to accept donations. For more information about the food drive, please contact Amanda Morton at 931-728-0273 or amorton@cityofmanchestertn.com
Manchester city leaders have announced that city hall will close at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2018, Halloween, due to the Safe on the Square event. All other departments within the City of Manchester will operate as normal.
Gov. Bill Haslam Announces Changes to TNReady
Gov. Bill Haslam
Haslam announced Wednesday that TNReady will now produce faster test results, provide teachers with more resources to prepare their students for the test and offer schools more affordable technology devices.
The changes come at a time when Haslam is preparing to leave office and hand off the troubled test administration to a new governor – where both Democrat Karl Dean and Republican Bill Lee vying for the office have advocated for a total reset of the system.
Haslam says the TNReady tests will be administered in the spring of 2019 regardless of who wins in November. However, the state hopes to contract with a new vendor by the spring.
Report Says it’s Difficult to Vote in Tennessee
A report out this week ranks Tennessee as the third-most difficult state to cast a vote.
According to The Washington Post, people in the Volunteer State face more inconveniences on the way to the ballot box than most other states.
Despite the poll, Coffee Countians have been voting heavy during early voting for the Nov. 6, 2018 election. Over 5,000 voters have cast ballots. Early voting goes through Nov. 1.
The study looked at election laws and scrutinized the time and effort it takes to vote in each state.
It also studied registration deadlines, what you need to bring to the poll to vote, which states automatically register adults and early voting windows.
The study shows it really varies from state to state and Tennessee makes it difficult.
It also pointed out that Tennessee had the largest drop in the rankings. It was 10th during the 1996 election and dipped to 48th after 2016.
The study found that improving the easiness of getting to the polls could grow voter turnout nationally in a presidential election year by about 10 percent.