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Amber Lee Boles
Funeral services for Mrs. Amber Lee Boles, age 35 of Manchester, will be conducted at 1:00PM on Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at Coffee County Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 5:00PM until 8:00PM on Monday, January 10, 2022, at the funeral home. Mrs. Boles passed from this life on Friday, January 7, 2022.
Amber was born in Jacksonville, Florida on March 3, 1986, the daughter of Tollie Williams, Jr. and Brandie Boswell. She was a hardworking and dedicated nurse. Amber was feisty, and she loved making TikTok videos. She was an inspiration to all that knew her, and someone you could look up to. Amber was a huge Alabama football fan, and she loved her nieces, nephews, and her dog, Sylea. Above all though, she loved spending time with her boys. She was a loving, caring, and devoted wife, mother, daughter, and sister.
Amber is preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Tollie, Sr. and Juanita Williams. Amber is survived by her parents, Tollie Williams, Jr. and Brandie Boswell; her beloved husband of 14 years, Jason Boles; sons, Levi Kelly, Stephen Boles, and Joshua Boles; sisters, Ashley Boswell, Holly Boswell, and Summer Williams; maternal grandparents, Harrison and Margaret Witt; mother-in-law, Debbie “Granny” Brooks.
Coffee County Funeral Chapel is honored to serve the Boles family.
You may sign the online guestbook at www.coffeecountyfuneralchapel.com.
Birthdays- January 7
Birthdays:
Axel McMahan- 1
Michael Jones- 57
Christin Raye- 21- Pizza Winner!
Weekly Winners:
Cake- Isabella Jesse
Flowers- Doug & Amber Reid
Jeff Allen Simons
Jeff Allen Simons passed this life on Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at the
Life Care Center of Tullahoma at the age of 58. Memorial Services will be
held at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home on January 13, 2022 at 2 PM. The
family will receive friends from 1:30 PM until 2 PM.
Mr. Simons, a native of Syracuse, NY, was the son of the late James Simons
and Karen Wiley Simons, who survives. He enjoyed riding motorcycles,
working on classic cars and playing pranks on people. He was an avid
Indianapolis Colts fan. His family’s nicknames for him were “Dadman” and
the “Lord of all French Fries”.
In addition to his mother, Karen Wiley Simons of Syracuse, NY, he is
survived by his wife, Ellen Simons of Shelbyville; daughters, Amanda Lynn
Simons of Murfreesboro, Jessica Mae Simons of Syracuse, NY and Veronica
Sheryl Simons of Shelbyville; brothers, James Simons (Haromi) of Japan,
Kirk Simons (Nancy) of Florida, Steven Simons of Tennessee and Gary Simons
(Vicki) of Syracuse, NY; sister, Judy Benhke of Syracuse NY; granddaughter,
Raelynn Jade Schott and “Grand pup” Scarlet Rose Simons.
Online condolences may be made at www.davesculbertsonfuneralhome.com.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Beverly Ann Vanover
Beverly Ann Vanover of Manchester passed this life on Friday, January 7,
2022 at her residence at the age of 60. No services are scheduled.
Mrs. Vanover, a native of Rochester, Ohio, was the daughter of the late
William and Ethel Babel Bratt. She and her husband, Tim owned a
construction firm for many years and she enjoyed working with him. She
also enjoyed playing video games.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brother, Charles
Bratt and sister, Mary Gorman.
She is survived by husband, Tim Vanover of Manchester; son, Christopher
Allen Vanover; daughter, Laura Vanover; brothers, William, Kenny, Michael
and Carmen Bratt; sisters, Linda Bratt and Patricia Barber and
grandchildren, Seth Vinson and Matthew Vanover.
Online condolences may be made at www.davesculbertsonfuneralhome.com.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Barbara Ruth Eggleston
Eggleston, Barbara Ruth , of Manchester, passed this life on Wednesday, January 5 th , 2022 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville at the age of 77. Ms. Eggleston was born in Manchester to the late Hubert and Jessie Smith Eggleston and worked during her life as an LPN at Manchester Health Care. In addition to her parents, Ms. Eggleston was preceded in death by one brother, Ronald Eggleston; and one sister, Beverly Steele. She is survived by her daughter, Pam (Scotty) Roberson; one sister, Delores Woodard; two brothers, Vincent (Jane) Eggleston, and Larry (Gail) Eggleston; three grandchildren, Scott (April) Miller, Philip Miller, and Rhianna Roberson; and two great-grandchildren, McKinley and Kimber. Visitation will be held on Saturday, January 8 th , 2022 at Kilgore Funeral Home from 11:00am-1:00pm with the funeral to immediately follow at 1:00pm with Bro. Randy Davis officiating. Burial will follow at Turkey Creek Methodist Cemetery in Moore County. Kilgore Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Birthdays- January 6
Trace Harmon
Ashley Abraham- 35
Linda Cooper- 54- Pizza Winner!
James Myers- 54
POSTPONEMENTS: Here is a list of recent postponements and cancellations
Winter weather has wreaked havoc on winter sports schedules over this week. Below is an up to date list (as of January 6) of area teams and their plans moving forward.
Coffee Middle School
Warren County vs. Coffee Middle Basketball. POSTPONED. Makeup date Monday, January 10. 8th grade night.
Coffee Middle at Harris Middle (from December cancellation). Makeup date Thursday, Jan. 13.
CTC Tournament pushed back one week. Begins January 17 at South Franklin. Bracket not yet available.
Westwood Middle School
Liberty vs. Westwood Basketball. CANCELLED. No plans for makeup.
DRVC Conference Tournament – begins January 10
January 7
CHS basketball at Shelbyville. POSTPONED. Makeup date Monday, Feb. 7, 2022.
CHS Wrestling
CHS hosting Blackman and Dickson County Thursday, Jan. 6. CANCELLED.
WRESTLING – Coffee County gets clean sweep over La Vergne, Stewarts Creek

Coffee County wrestling got a clean sweep over visiting La Vergne and Stewarts Creek on Tuesday, Jan. 4, with both boys and girls teams dropping both schools. Results below.
Coffee County (COFF) 48.0 Lavergne (LAVE) 24.0
195: Ian Walker (COFF) over (LAVE) (For.) 220: Kolby McCormick (COFF) over (LAVE) (For.) 285: Blayne Myers (COFF) over (LAVE) (For.) 106: Double Forfeit 113: Ty Young (LAVE) over (COFF) (For.) 120: Senoor Najeeb (LAVE) over (COFF) (For.) 126: Jeremiah Wardell (COFF) over (LAVE) (For.) 132: gael barranco (LAVE) over Gabriel Westbrook (COFF) (Fall 1:22) 138: Jamie Norris (COFF) over Jonathan Obando (LAVE) (Fall 3:16) 145: amerion davis (LAVE) over Joshua Bowland (COFF) (Dec 6-4) 152: Ever Balladares (LAVE) over Tommy Miller (COFF) (Dec 4-1) 160: Gavin Prater (COFF) over Mauricio Jimenez (LAVE) (Fall 4:45) 170: Nazario Flores (COFF) over Diego Medncillo (LAVE) (Fall 0:59) 182: Devin Judge (COFF) over Neyzer Perez (LAVE) (Fall 3:26)
Coffee County (COFF) 39.0 Stewarts Creek (STCR) 34.0
285: Blayne Myers (COFF) over Caleb Taylor (STCR) (Fall 2:14) 106: Justin Rezkalla (STCR) over (COFF) (For.) 113: Double Forfeit 120: Patrick Richardson (STCR) over (COFF) (For.) 126: Jeremiah Wardell (COFF) over Jeremiah Monk (STCR) (Fall 1:33) 132: Gabriel Westbrook (COFF) over Logan Potts (STCR) (Fall 1:34) 138: Justin Harless (STCR) over Ryan James (COFF) (Fall 0:34) 145: Jack Hines (STCR) over Jamie Norris (COFF) (MD 14-1) 152: Aron Tenpenny (STCR) over Tommy Miller (COFF) (Fall 1:10) 160: Gavin Prater (COFF) over Colton Hammonds (STCR) (Fall 1:05) 170: Erik Foster (COFF) over Loyd Tembit (STCR) (Fall 1:09) 182: Nick Mendicino (STCR) over Chris Hollis (COFF) (Fall 0:54) 195: Ian Walker (COFF) over William Wilson (STCR) (Dec 6-4) 220: Kolby McCormick (COFF) over (STCR) (For.)
Coffee County High School (Girls) (COFG) 6.0 Stewarts Creek (Girls) (STCG) 0.0
152: Lyra Leftwich (COFG) over Madison Newbern (STCG) (Fall 0:00)
Coffee County High School (Girls) (COFG) 18.0 Lavergne (Girls) (LAVG) 6.0
126: Elizabeth Garner (COFG) over Catalina Ortiz (LAVG) (Fall 0:00) 138: Jade Lenhart (COFG) over Rhian Hodge (LAVG) (Fall 0:00) 152: Lyra Leftwich (COFG) over Nilagro Velasquez (LAVG) (Fall 0:00) 152: Abigail Rodriguez (LAVG) over Sara Crosslin (COFG) (Fall 0:00)
SNOW PATROL: FRIDAY, JAN 7. 2022
SNOW PATROL FOR FRIDAY, JAN 7, 2022.
presented by the bread and milk experts at Spring Street Market – 801 S Spring Street in Manchester
*Bedford County Schools – CLOSED
*Cannon County Schools – CLOSED
*Coffee County Schools – CLOSED
*Franklin County Schools – CLOSED
*Manchester City Schools – CLOSED. No extended care
*Temple Baptist Christian School – CLOSED
*Tullahoma City Schools – CLOSED
*Coffee County Government offices – CLOSED
*** this post will be updated if/when other school districts decide to close or make schedule changes. If you do not see your school district, assume it is on normal schedule.***
Coffee County Sheriff Chad Partin receives state award
Coffee County Sheriff Chad Partin has been recognized by the Tennessee Peace Officers Training Commission (POST). He received the Dr. Jay P. Sellick award for outstanding service to the law enforcement profession in Tennessee.
Over the past few years, Partin has served as vice chairman and now serves as Chairman of the Tennessee POST Commission.
The Tennessee POST Commission currently oversees 19,000 law enforcement officers throughout the state and is responsible for developing and enforcing standards and training for all local officers.
The P.O.S.T. Commission is comprised of 15 members that include local law enforcement, legislators, and Tennessee Citizens who are not connected with law enforcement.