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5/6/18 — Birthdays

Birthdays:
Thomas Baker — Pizza Winner!

Emily Warren, 25

Theresa Utz

5/7/18 — Birthdays

Birthdays:
Greg Wiser, 42 — Pizza Winner!

Dawn Wimley, 36

5/10/18 — James “Randy” Ronald Sissom

Funeral services for Mr. James “Randy” Ronald Sissom, age 56, of Manchester, TN, will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Thursday, May 10, 2018, at Coffee County Funeral Chapel with Brother Paul Sullivan officiating. Burial will follow in Gnat Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4:00 PM until 9:00 PM on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 and on Thursday, May 10, 2018 from 9:00 until service time. Mr. Sissom passed away at St. Thomas Rutherford on Sunday, May 6, 2018, in Murfreesboro, TN.

Randy was born in Cannon County to Ellis and to the late Emogene Sissom. Randy was previously employed with TDOT and was a logger all his life. He was a member of the Lumley Stand Church of Christ. He enjoyed spending time with his grand-babies, joking, and aggravating with everyone, loved to cook, loved riding his four wheelers/golf kart, and gardening. Randy loved his family and enjoyed riding his tractors and four-wheelers with his children and grandchildren.
Randy is preceded in death by one daughter, Kayla Sissom; mother, Emogene Sissom; Grandparents, Homer (Hessie) Sissom and Simon Lester “Pat” and Maggie Frazier. Randy is survived by his loving wife, Renee Sissom; One Daughter; Casey (Shane Rhoton) Jacobs; one son, Derek (Marah) Sissom; five grandchildren, Caleb Jacobs, Mason Sissom, Cole Rhoton, Hannah Rhoton, and Chelsey ( Hazel) Rhoton; two brothers, Wade (Lisa) Sissom and Greg Sissom; two sisters, Helen (Glenn) Ford and Renee (Donnie) Smith; in laws, Shirley ( Ken) Magouirk; two brother in laws, Keith ( Denise) Trail and Jeff (Lorie) Magouirk; five nieces, Ashleigh (Brody) Becker, Emily Sissom, Maggie Sissom, Makayla Sissom, Brandi ( Stephen) Troyer; three nephews, Jeramy (Bethany) Arnold, Nathan Barnett, and Sammy Sissom. Randy has several extended cousins but two special ones by his side to the end that is Mila Davis and Misty Mullican and their mothers.

5/12/18 — Ann S. Ford

Ann S. Ford, of Tullahoma, passed this life on Friday, May 4, 2018 at Tennova Healthcare-Harton at the age of 78 years. Memorial Services are scheduled for Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 3 PM at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home. The family will receive friends beginning at 2 PM.
A native of Lewisburg, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Nicholes and Sarah Bigham Sawyer. Ann was an artist working in oil, acrylics and pastels. Her subjects ranged from portraits, landscapes, wildlife, still life and florals. She also lectured, taught art classes and workshops and judged art competitions and exhibitions. Mrs. Ford was an active member of the Tullahoma Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Highland Rim Scottish Society. She was also a member of the Middle Tennessee Chapter of the National Society of Magna Charta Dames and Barons.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Buck Ford, Jr. She is survived by two daughters, Patricia Julianne Bain and her husband, James of Heiskell, TN and Melinda Faren Taylor and her husband, Bobby Randall of Shelbyville; four grandchildren, James Daniel and Matthew Ryan Park, Samantha Nichole Sanders and Zachery Tylor Sanders; step granddaughter, Katie Lynn Edwards and eight great grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be made in her honor to Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home.

Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.931-455-3481

Disturbance Call leads to Tullahoma Man Arrested on Several Charges

Terry Lynn Ashley… Photo provided by the CCSD.

On Sunday night (May 6th, 2018) Tullahoma Police officers responded to 904 East Moore Street in Tullahoma for a disturbance call. Officers arrived and made contact with several victims who stated that Terry Lynn Ashley age 45 of Flowertown Rd, Tullahoma had been asked to leave the residence due to him being impaired and causing a disturbance. One victim stated that Ashley then attempted to assault his teenage brother by chasing him and then threating to hit him. Allegedly the teenager attempted to step between the man and his grandfather and Ashley allegedly struck the teen. Officer Brooke Earhart stated on the arrest warrant that the teens father then got involved in the altercation with a tool. Ashley is then accused of pulling a knife and allegedly threatening to kill the victim who had grabbed the tool.
Officers placed Ashley under arrest and transported him to the Coffee County jail.
Officer Earhart states that she had to stop numerous times during the trip to the jail due to Ashley allegedly attempting to kick out the back window of her patrol car and after being restrained he began to hit the window trying to get at the officer. He is also accused of stating that when he got a hold of the officer he was going to make her pay.
Ashley was charged with public intoxication, assault, aggravated assault and two counts of domestic assault. His bond, after a previous bond was revoked, now stands at $30,600. He is to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court on Wednesday.

Man Leaves the Scene of an Accident and now faces More Charges

Jerimiah Wayne Blevins… Photo provided by the CCSD.

On Sunday, (May 6th, 2018) Manchester Police Officer Andy Neesmith responded after an accident took place on Oakdale Street in Manchester. Jerimiah Wayne Blevins age 20 of Long Island Road, South Pittsburg allegedly drove around the victim by going onto the sidewalk and then slamming on his brakes causing the victim to strike the rear of his vehicle. The victim told police victim that Blevins got out of his vehicle allegedly claiming that he had a firearm and threating the victim’s life. Blevins is accused of leaving the scene and was later arrested.
Blevins was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, failure to report an accident, reckless endangerment and aggravated assault. His
bond at $15,500 and he will report to court on June 12, 2018.

Department of Homeland Security Working to Secure Elections Against Cybertampering

Photo credit: morguefile.com/gaborfromhungary

With the midterm primaries about to go into full swing, the Department of Homeland Security is playing catch-up in helping to ensure that state election systems are secure against cybertampering by the Russians or others bent on mischief.
The department says it has completed on-site risk assessments of election systems in just nine of 17 states that have formally requested them so far. It has pledged to do so by November for every state that asks.
The security reviews are designed to identify any weaknesses that could be exploited by hackers.
Homeland Security officials attribute the backlog to increased demand for such reviews since the 2016 presidential election. They say they are devoting more money and shifting resources to reduce wait times.
The security reviews typically take two weeks each.

Large Meth Bust on Monteagle Mountain

Working as a team, the Monteagle and Tracy City Police Departments along with with the 12th Judicial Drug Task Force, took a large amount of methamphetamine off the street last week.
Two hundred and seventy-eight grams of pure methamphetamine valued at $30,000 was seized along with cash, cars, and marijuana during the operation and at least six people were arrested.
The chiefs of police in the two towns say that Interstate 24 and/or Highway 41 are major routes for drug runners.
No names of those arrested were given at this time.

Weekly Gas Price Update

Tennessee gas prices averaged $2.59 on Sunday. The state average is the same as last week, and 22 cents less than the national average. However, Tennessee motorists are paying 47 cents more per gallon than this time last year.
About half the price of what you pay at the pump is determined by the price of oil. Last week, crude oil rose more than a dollar, which usually equates to a 2.5 cent increase at the pump.
AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said preliminary projections had gasoline averaging around $2.75 this summer. The national average was $2.81 on Sunday.
The low price in Coffee County as of Monday afternoon was in Manchester at $2.49 per gallon and in Tullahoma the low price was $2.57.

David Bryan Tracey

David Bryan Tracey, of Winchester, passed this life on Friday, May 4, 2018
at Vanderbilt Medical Center at the age of 48 years. No services are
scheduled.

A native of Dover, Ohio, he was the son of Robert R. and Sue A. Sims Tracey
of Winchester. He worked as a fork lift tug driver for Yates at Nissan. He
enjoyed collecting guns, knives and straight razors. He loved the water
and enjoyed fishing, boating and swimming as well as hunting. He also
loved watching movies.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife, Alicia Morales
Tracey of Whitehall, OH; two daughters, Katrina Rose Tracey and her
husband, William Truman Darley of Strongsville, OH and Amanda Lynn Tracey
of Whitehall, OH; brothers, Robert Allen Tracey of Winchester and John
Lycans and his wife, Sabrina of OH and nephew, Zachary Lycans of OH.

Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.