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Marchesoni announces bid for re-election as Trustee
PRESS RELEASE
Coffee County Trustee John H. Marchesoni is seeking re-election in the May 3, 2022 primary.
Marchesoni has served as trustee since 2014.
“Our team is committed and dedicated to the Coffee County residents who put their trust in us to handle their money carefully,” Marchesoni said. “I have worked with local banks to obtain the best interest rates in investments for the return of your money and make it easier to pay your property taxes.”
The duties of the trustee include:
· Mailing property tax statements.
· Collecting property taxes.
· Receipting county monies.
· Investing county funds.
“We have relationships with local banks that allows us to secure an investment at a higher rate of return,” Marchesoni said. “Our local banks offer us the most competitive interest rates on the market during this unprecedented economic time for an increased return on the county’s funds.”
When interest rates were higher, local banks extended the investment times from 12 months to 18 months to secure the best interest rates for the county’s funds.
By dealing with local banks, the money remains in Coffee County to build the economy here.
Marchesoni and his team assist disabled veterans and senior citizens who qualify for tax relief provided by the state.
“Although the responsibilities and duties demand accountability and require the utmost integrity, the dedication to provide service is a daily practice,” Marchesoni said. “We strive each day to serve our residents.”
His team includes Viki Blondin, Jamie Cartwright, Amy Godwin and Certified Public Accountant Karen Johnson who provide services to meet the resident’s individual needs.
Other services include answering property tax questions and providing reports and financial information to the county.
As trustee, Marchesoni expanded the way county residents could pay their property taxes safely at the window office or drop box, by telephone, by mail and online at web site tntrustee.com.
Middle Tennessee trustees honored Marchesoni as “Trustee of the Year” for Middle Tennessee in 2017 for outstanding service and commitment to Coffee County. He served as president of the Middle Tennessee Trustee Association.
Marchesoni earned the Certified Public Administrator designation through the University of Tennessee’s County Technical Advisory Services. The training instructs officeholders how to adopt the best standard practices for the Trustee’s Office.
He is married to Beth Marcrom Marchesoni and they have one grown son, Denton.
Jimmie Louis Sullivan Sr.
Mr. Jimmie Louis Sullivan Sr., age 86, of Manchester, TN, passed from this life on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at his
residence.
Mr. Sullivan was born in Cartwright, TN, to his late parents Luther “Blue”
Sullivan and Willie Mae Layman Sullivan. He owned his own furniture
business for most of his life. Outside of work, he loved hunting, fishing,
and spending time with his family and friends and will be greatly missed.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Jim Sullivan
Jr. and a brother, Jackie Sullivan.
Mr. Sullivan is survived by a son, Rodney (Lisa) Sullivan; daughters, Kathy
(Thierry) Sullivan Mack and Shelby (Jessee) Machele Sullivan Anderson;
brother, Harold Sullivan; sister, Betty West; grandchildren, McKenzie
Sullivan, Hayley Green, Michael “Fred” Griffith, Matthew Evans, Steven
Evans, Will Anderson, Jason Sullivan, Terry Sullivan, Adam Sullivan, Erin
Sullivan, Steven Evans, and David Morgan; several great grandchildren.
Per Mr. Sullivan’s wishes, he will be cremated. No services are scheduled
at this time.
Central Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, 931-723-7774,
centralfuneralhome.com
Lady Rockets keep unbeaten conference record
It took a few minutes to shake the rust from the long holiday layoff, but the Westwood Lady Rockets eventually go rolling and took care of Forrest 35-13 Wednesday night in Chapel Hill.
Jules Ferrell scored 8 of her team-leading 10 points in the fourth quarter to help Westwood pull away. The Lady Rockets led 21-12 entering the final period before outscoring Forrest 14-1 in the final 6 minutes. Westwood’s Audri Patton pitched in 8 points on the night for WMS.
The Lady Rockets improve to 18-1 overall with the win and remain a perfect 12-0 in Duck River Valley Conference play.
Westwood was set to host Liberty for 8th grade night Thursday, but that game has been postponed due to weather.
Coffee Middle sweeps West in return from holiday break
There was very little rust apparent for the Coffee Middle School basketball teams in their return from the long holiday break – as both teams took care of business in a home conference sweep over West Wednesday night in Manchester.
Lady Raiders 59, West Tullahoma 18
The Lady Raiders completed the season sweep of the Lady Bobcats behind explosive offensive performances from eighth graders Ella Arnold and Natalie Barnes.
Arnold lit up Tullahoma for 26 points, followed closely by Barnes with 21 in a 59-18 win.
The win improves CMS to 15-2 overall and 9-1 in conference play.
Red Raiders 30, West Tullahoma 20
A three-game losing skid came to a halt Wednesday night as the CMS Raiders found some offense in a 30-20 win over visiting West Tullahoma.
Defensively, CMS held West to just 3 points in the third quarter to help the Raiders pull away. Red Raider Levi Rollman led the way with 9 points, followed closely by Luke Campbell with 7. Campbell started red hot – with 7 points in the first quarter, including a 3-pointer.
The Raiders move to 4-11 on the season with the win.
Both Raiders and Lady Raiders were scheduled to host Warren County Thursday and play at Harris Friday. Both games have been postponed due to weather.
CMS will now host Warren County Monday for 8th grade night, and travel to Harris next Thursday, Jan. 13. The CTC tournament has been pushed back a week.
Birthdays- January 5
Peyton Meeker- Pizza Winner!
David Burris
Wendell Cothran
Matt Mueller
Isabella Jesse- 13
Christiana Howard- 40
Olivia Evans signs to play softball at Tennessee Tech
Throughout her softball career, Coffee County’s Olivia Evans has known two things: she wanted to play college softball and she wanted to play it at Tennessee Tech.
Mission accomplished.
In front of friends, family, coaches and teammates on Wednesday (January 5, 2022), the CHS Lady Raider senior signed on the dotted line to play college softball in Cookeville for Tennessee Tech.
“I’ve been going to camps up there with my sister because she was a couple of years ahead of me,” explained Evans. “And since then, really since I was like 12-years old probably, I wanted to play at Tennessee Tech.”
Tennessee Tech will be getting a highlight reel of a player when Evans arrives on campus next fall. As a junior for the Lady Raiders last spring Evans was an integral part of the Lady Raider State Runner Up team, hitting at a .523 clip – the highest average on the team. She had 38 singles, 3 doubles, 4 triples and 1 home run – which was arguably her biggest moment of the season when she hit a go-ahead inside-the-park home run in the final inning of the state sectional at Soddy Daisy.
Evans had 22 RBIs and 38 runs scored. She only struck out 8 times in 109 plate appearances. Evans was also solid defensively, with only 2 errors all season in centerfield.
“It is a relief to have this done and complete before my senior season starts this spring,” explained Evans. “Now I feel like I’ll play so much more relaxed and have a better season with this out of the way.
“I really want to thank my grandparents, my parents, my sister, coaches, friends and teammates that I’ve had a long the way. I’ve had an amazing support system and I’m very thankful for all of the people who have helped me get to this point.”
Evans will be on the field for the Lady Raiders this spring when the season begins in March. You can hear Coffee County Lady Raider softball all spring long on Thunder Radio – 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go smartphone app and thunder1320.com.
Hazel Frances Smith Bailey
Hazel Frances Smith Bailey, of Tullahoma, peacefully passed this life on
January 3rd, 2022 at the age of 96. She was born on July 12th, 1925 to the
late, Carl and Flossie Smith. Frances was a loving daughter, sister, wife,
mother, aunt, grandmother and great grandmother.
After being born and raised in Turkey Creek in Moore County, she moved to
Tullahoma and worked at Sterlings before meeting her late husband Joseph
Willard Bailey, Jr.
She volunteered much of her time to helping others. She was a member of
the American Legion Auxiliary Post 43 since 1973 and held various
positions. She was also a member of the Willing Workers Homemakers Club
volunteering her time to various local non-profits and schools.
She attended the First Christian Church for decades, was an active member,
and treasured her Sunday school class – Bob’s Bible Bunch.
She leaves a wonderful legacy of family and tradition. She made deliberate
efforts to be involved in the lives of her grandchildren from teaching them
how to cook, to birthdays, holidays, school events, baptisms, graduations,
and weddings. As a result, their lives are tightly bound both in life and
in death. You could not ask for better Granny.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,
Joseph Willard Bailey, Jr.; daughter, Patricia Bailey; sister, Mary Helen
McBee; brother, James Albert Smith; nephew, Mike Smith and many close
friends.
She is survived by son, Larry Bailey of Tullahoma; daughter, Nancy
(William) Irby of Tullahoma, TN; grandson, Clay (Susan) Irby of Knoxville,
TN; granddaughter, Blair (Jason) Lewis of Atlanta, GA and three great
grandchildren John Clayton Irby, Reagan Lewis, and Kinsley Lewis.
She is also survived by one sister-in-law Anna Smith Jones and five nephews.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff at
Brookdale for their compassionate care and support over the past five years
and to Hospice Compassus for their care and support.
She will be laid to rest at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens with Rev Thomas
Murdock officiating on Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 2 PM. The family has
requested attendees to wear masks in accordance to COVID guidelines.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Frances’s memory to American
Diabetes Association, First Christian Church, or American Legion Auxiliary
Post 43.
Online condolences may be made at www.davesculbertsonfuneralhome.com.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Anesia Jo Watkins
Anesia Jo Watkins of Tullahoma passed this life on Monday, January 3, 2022
surrounded by her loving family. She was 45 years old. No services are
scheduled.
Mrs. Watkins, a native of Blue Island, IL was the daughter of the late
Michael D. Sweeton and Susie Sweeton, who survives. She loved life and
lived it to the fullest. She was very artistic and enjoyed sewing and
doing arts and crafts projects. She also loved music, shopping and going
to the beach.
She is survived by her mother, Susie Swann Sweeton of Tullahoma; son,
Doneil Watkins of Smyrna; daughter, Olivia Watkins of Louisville; brother,
Chris Burgess of Tullahoma; sisters, C J Sweeton of Tullahoma, L A
Alexander of Tullahoma and Amy Lovingood (Aamil Haleem) of Louisville and
three grandchildren, Nevaeh, Amarianna and Jayden.
Online condolences may be made at www.davesculbertsonfuneralhome.com.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
SNOW PATROL: THURSDAY, JAN. 6, 2022
SNOW PATROL FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 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
*Manchester City Schools – CLOSED. No extended care
*Temple Baptist Christian – CLOSED
*Tullahoma City Schools – CLOSED
*Warren County Schools – 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.***
Window remains open for candidates to pick up petitions for May 3 primary
Over the past 15 or so days, there have been approximately 40 candidates pick up petitions for various elected offices across Coffee County.
Candidates for the upcoming May 3, 2022 State and Coffee County Primary Elections began picking up petition papers on Dec. 20 at the Coffee County Election Commission.
The deadline to have petitions returned is Thursday, Feb. 17 at noon with a withdrawal deadline of Feb. 24.
Anyone wishing to vote in the May 3 primary must be registered by Monday, April 4. You can register by visiting the Coffee County Election Commission on McArthur St. Early voting will be April 13 through April 28. You can also register to vote from your computer – just click here.
There are multiple races up for grabs this election cycle. Just to name a few: Coffee County Sheriff, Coffee County Mayor, Manchester Mayor, Circuit Court Clerk, County Clerk, Register of Deeds, Coffee County Trustee, Road Superintendent, General Sessions Judge, District Attorney General, along with various county commissioners, city aldermen and school board seats.