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Linda Ruth Bohanon Wiser
Mrs. Linda Ruth Bohanon Wiser, age 72, of Lynchburg passed away at her residence on May 4, 2018 following an extended illness. In accordance with her wishes no services are currently planned.
A native of Davidson County, she was the daughter of the late Isaiah Columbus and Eva Mae Wylie Bohanon. Mrs. Wiser was a retired retail clerk.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brother, James Wade Bohanon.
Mrs. Wiser is survived by daughters, Joyce Parkes of Pelham, TN and Stephanie Weddington and husband Jimmy of Lynchburg, TN, a sister, Joyce Barrett , three brothers, David, George and Bill Bohanon, three grandchildren, Dawn Dishroon, Nathan Haynes, and Zachary Weddington and two-great grandchildren.
The Lynchburg Funeral Home is honored to assist the family of Ms. Linda Ruth Wiser.
Coffee County Highway Department announces road closure
The Coffee County Highway Department is closing Duncan Road from Hwy 53 to Lumley Stand Road-8AM-until further notice.
4:30 UPDATE: Duncan Road is open
5/8/18 — Herman Wayne Rigney
Mr. Herman Wayne Rigney, 80, passed away, Sunday May 6, 2018
at the Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro with his family at
his bedside. He was born in Manchester, Tennessee on November 14, 1937 to
Herman Clyde and Clara Belle Brandon Rigney who preceded him in death. In
addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his sisters, Jean Eley
and Jennie Sue Eubanks.
He was a founding member and president of the New Union Volunteer Fire
Department. He served as a Elder at the New Union Church of Christ and the
Main Street Church of Christ where he currently attended.
He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Barbara Mullins Rigney; son, Mark
(Melissa) Rigney of Normandy, TN; daughters, Sherri (Bill) Heringlake,
Woodbury, TN, Terri Rigney, Manchester and Ella (Ron) Livingston,
Manchester; sisters, Doris Whitley, Nashville and Billie Jo Lynn,
Manchester; grandchildren, Kenneth, Christian, Andrew, Grant and Kiera;
great grandchildren, Anneli and Micah; several nieces and nephews.
Visitation: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Tuesday at the Main Street Church of Christ
with the funeral at 5:00 PM with Ministers, Alan Adams and Foy Rigney
officiating with private burial with the immediate family only at the
Welker Cemetery at New Union. Arrangements by: Central Funeral Home,
Manchester, Tennessee. www.centralfuneralhome.com
Central Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements
Charles Price Williams
Mr. Charles Price Williams, 76, “Hallalujah I made it”,
Friday
May 4, 2018 at the Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. He was born in
San Diego, California on September 16, 1941 to Cleveland Price Williams and
Maude Eleanor Faulkner Williams who preceded him in death along with his
brothers, Paul and Stanley Gerber.
He was a US Army veteran. He had worked as a building contractor for
custom homes and a Inspector for a water utility department. He loved to
sing Southern Gospel Quartet style.
He is survived by his wife, Lynne Paulette Schaeffer Williams; sons,
Charles Paul Williams, South Jordan, Utah, Ronald Keith Williams, Saint
George, Utah and Charles Edward Williams, Phoenix, Arizona; daughters,
Cheryl Paulette Williams Riggs, Hillsboro, Tennessee and Melinda Michelle
Williams Long, Buckeye, Arizona; sisters, Barbara Jean Beltran, Hemet,
California, Carol Jane Anderson, Hemet, California and Lois Williams,
Washington State; 14 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren.
A memorial service will be announced to be held at the residence.
Central Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements
5/9/18 — Linda Kay Milligan
Funeral services for Mrs. Linda Kay Milligan, age 65, of Manchester, TN will be conducted at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at Coffee County Funeral Chapel with Bro. Benny Benjamin officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 11:00 AM until the time of the service. Mrs. Milligan passed away suddenly on Saturday, May 5, 2018, at her residence in Manchester, TN.
Linda was born in Coffee County, TN to the late Jesse and Annie Moore. She was a homemaker and loved making crafts. Her favorite past time was sewing and making ceramic dolls. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother.
In addition to her parents, Linda is also preceded in death by multiple brothers and sisters. She is survived by her loving husband of 40 years, Robert Milligan; one son, Robert (Mindy) Milligan, Jr.; two sisters, Faye Carlson Thompson and Mary Friel; and one grandson, Parker Milligan.
Coffee County Funeral Chapel is honored to serve the Milligan family.
Penny Lee Goff Stephens
Penny Lee Goff Stephens age 54 of Manchester, Tennessee passed away on Saturday, April 28, 2018. She was born July 31, 1963 in Manchester, Tennessee to the late Jack Landis Goff and Molly Ellen Thompson. She was also preceded in death by grandparents Orion and Berta Tipton Goff and Raymond and Josie Bell Williams Thompson.
She is survived by her children Johnny and Willy Stephens and their father Johnny Stephens. Sisters; M. Emaline Goff Collins of Leslie, Arkansas, Patricia Goff Tucker of Shelbyville, Ashley Pride Walker of Huntsville, Alabama, one brother; Patrick Mullican of Hillsboro. She also leaves behind Thompson aunts and uncles; Barbara Willoughby, Wanda Lusk, Charles ,James, David and Kenneth of Manchester and Reynolds and William of Texas, along with six nieces, seven nephews, many cousins and her longtime loving companion, Dennis Jamison of Manchester.
Penny attended Coffee County High School and spent her life living and working in Manchester. She enjoyed cooking and gardening and like to do things her way.
A private memorial service will take place at Mt. Garner Cemetery in Decherd at a later date.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements
Lady Raider Softball Rallies to Get Extra Inning Win over Tullahoma on Friday
Sarah West of Coffee County softball[File Photo]
After the horrible start, the Lady Raiders were able to cut the deficit to 1 run in the 4th inning before tying the game in the 5th inning on a hit from Raven Rogers. Lucky Knott had the call of the action right here on Thunder Radio ….
Tied at 7 entering extra innings, Coffee County took their first lead of the game in the 10th inning on a 1 out home run from Sarah West. It sounded like this…..
Not to be outdone, Shelby Scrivnor added a solo shot 2 pitches later. Here is how that sounded…..
Keri Munn, who entered the game in the 2nd inning, got a strikeout to end the Tullahoma rally in the bottom of the 10th With the strikeout call, here is Lucky Knott…….
For their heroics, Munn and West were named the Crazy Daisies Co-Players of the game. Abigail Parker finished the game with 2 doubles and a single and 3 RBI. Lauren Tomberlin had a double and 2 singles and an RBI. West finished with a single, a home run and 3 RBI. Raven Rogers had a pair of singles, an RBI and 3 runs scored.
Coffee County will now advance to Tuesday’s winner’s bracket finals. There they will face off against Lawrence County. First pitch is set for 7 PM.
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CHS Baseball Season Comes to a Close on Sunday
CHS baseball player Nathanial Tate
A pair of comebacks by the CHS baseball team came to naught as the Red Raider baseball team dropped a pair of games this weekend in the District 8AAA tournament. The 2 losses ended the season for Coffee County. The Raiders fell to the loser’s bracket with a 3 to 2 loss to Franklin County. Lincoln County ended the Red Raiders season with a 12 to 9 victory in 10 innings.
On Friday night, a Nathanial Tate home run in the 5th inning tied up Coffee County’s game with Franklin County at 2. The score stayed the same into the bottom of the 7th when Franklin County got a pair of 1 out doubles to score the winning run.
Tate and Skylar Bratcher each finished with 2 hits and an RBI. Tate had a single to go with his home run and scored both of the Raiders runs. The Red Raiders left 7 runners on base including 2 runners on base in both the first and second innings.
A remarkable 6 run rally in the bottom of the 7th inning on Sunday, allowed the Red Raiders to come back to force extra innings. Trailing 8 to 1 entering the 6th inning, Coffee County got a run in the 6th and 6 in the 7th to send the game to the 8th inning. After each team scored 1 run in the 9th, Lincoln County rallied for 3 runs in the 10th to grab the win. Gage Edwards had a 2 RBI single in the 7th inning to send the game to extra frames. Lucky Knott had the call…….
For his heroics, Edwards was named the Crazy Daisies Player of the Game. Skylar Bratcher and Jacob Langham each finished the game with 3 singles. Jonathan Sherrill finished with 2 singles and 3 RBI.
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Five CCMS Track Athletes are Headed to State Meet
Five members of the Coffee County Middle School track team qualified for the state track meet later this month after their performances on Thursday and Friday at the TMSAA Sectional Meet at Riverdale. The Lady Raiders finished with 42 team points to finish in 5th place out of 18 teams. The Red Raiders finished in 8th place out of 16 teams with 29 points.
Jayda Wright, Marley Perry and Greenlee Woods have all qualified for the state meet for the Lady Raiders. Woods won the 1600M race with a new personal record time of 5:51.41. Wright won the discus with a throw of 74’4” and placed 2nd in the shot put with a throw of 32’ 2.5”. Perry also qualified for the state in the discus with a throw of 65’ 3” good enough for a 4th place finish.
Ethan Welch and Jacob Rutledge qualified the state track meet for the Red Raiders. Welch finished in 2nd place in the discus with a throw of 115’7” and in 4th place in the high jump with a jump of 5’4” as he will qualify for both events in the TMSAA state meet. Rutledge ran a personal record of 5:01.12 in the 1600M for a 2nd place finish and a berth in the state meet.
The TMSAA Track & Field State Championships will take place on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at Fortera Stadium on the campus of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. Next up for the Raider and Lady Raider harriers will be the CTC track meet on Friday, May 11th. The meet will be held at Tullahoma and is set to begin at 11 AM.
CHS Anglers Close Out State Tournament Strong
Four boats from the Coffee County Youth Bass Club competed on Friday and Saturday in the Academy Sports and Outdoors TN HS BASS Nation State Championship at Old Hickory Lake. After a red hot start on Friday which saw a pair of Raider teams in the Top 10 after the first day, weather conditions hampered the Coffee County anglers on the 2nd day. At the end of the tournament, Coffee County placed 2 boats in the Top 26 out of 161 boats.
The team of Isaiah Owens and Garrett Davis finished in 17th place with a total catch of 18.9 pounds. Hunter Sanders and Blake Mangrum came home in 26th place as they landed a total stringer of 17.78 pounds with their biggest fish tipping the scales at 5.23 pounds. Joe White and Adam Petty grabbed a 34th place finish with a total weight of 16.55 pounds and a top fish of 4.65 pounds. Brandon and Dawson Wells finished in 66th place as they landed 9.76 pounds of fish.
The tournament also brought to a close to the 2017-2018 State Trail Points race. Coffee County was represented by 5 teams in the Top 100 out of almost 400 teams that competed during the state season. Owens and Davis was the top finishing team for Coffee County as they finished the year in 11th place out of 381 teams statewide. The Wells brothers finished in 25th place. The brother team of Colby and Braeden Thurmond came in 89th place. The team of Sanders and Mangrum came home in 91st place while White and Petty finished in 94th place.
Now the Coffee County teams will await final invitations to the national tournament. The Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series National Championship presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods will be held on Kentucky Lake in Paris, Tenn on August 2nd thru 4th.