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Joe Theo Brassfield
Mr. Joe Theo Brassfield, age 82, of Estill
Springs, TN, passed from this life on Saturday, December 4, 2021, at his
residence.
Mr. Brassfield was born in Viola, TN, to his late parents Speaker Woodrow
Brassfield and Fannie Eliza Ikard Brassfield. He was a surveyor and bridge
inspector for the state of Tennessee for many years. Mr. Brassfield was a
loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, uncle, coach, and
mentor. He very much loved his family and friends. Mr. Brassfield loved UT
Football, hunting, gardening, and being outdoors. Mr. Brassfield was
described as a humble, honest, giving, hard working person and was a God
fearing man. He was a member of Prairie Plains Church of Christ. In
addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wives, Carolyn
Juanita Brassfield and Regina “Cookie” Dargan Bradley Brassfield.
Mr. Brassfield is survived by his sons, William Allen (Tammy) Brassfield,
Joe Lee (Kim) Brassfield, Jason Scot (Jill) Brassfied; daughter, Kristie
Michelle (Steve) Brassfield Holt; step-sons, Michael Edward (Julie) Giffin
and Steven Craig (Amy) Giffin; 16 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren.
Visitation with the family will be on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, from
4:00pm until 8:00pm at Central Funeral Home in Manchester, TN. Funeral
services will be conducted on Thursday, December 9, 2021, at 1:00pm in the
chapel of Central Funeral Home with Billy Robison officiating. Burial will
follow in Prairie Plains Church of Christ Cemetery.
Central Funeral Home is serving the family, 931-723-7774,
centralfuneralhome.com
Predators win in OT Saturday to finish homestand
Three periods and six regulation goals weren’t enough to decide a matchup between the Nashville Predators and Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night, but it was Filip Forsberg and the Preds that found a way to win an overtime thriller, 4-3, at Bridgestone Arena.
Forsberg played the hero in the 3-on-3 period, sniping his 11th goal of the season off a beautiful feed from Mikael Granlund from behind the net. Forsberg fumbled his stick on the left wing just seconds before scoring, and by the time he picked it back up, Granlund delivered the puck right to his tape and the winger took care of the rest.
“I just liked our mental toughness tonight,” Preds Head Coach John Hynes said after the win. “We went through a bunch of adversity in the second period, came up with a huge kill at a key time, which I think, to me, is why we stress so much mental and physical toughness… This is the game we have to get back to, and we’ve got to have some perseverance and ultra-competitiveness. We went out and had to come from behind again, but I felt we played pretty well in the third period, and it’s nice to see us be able to get the win from it. So, lots of lessons out of this game.”
“I think it was one of those games where, first period was really good, we got a lot of chances, we just didn’t bear down on them,” Forsberg said. “We should have probably had a little bit of a bigger lead there, and then the second period was kind of so-so, and then we just took it right back at them in the third.”
The Preds got 20 saves from Juuse Saros between the pipes and tallies from Eeli Tolvanen, Tanner Jeannot and Luke Kunin propelled them to a victory. Both Tolvanen and Jeannot scored by redirecting slapshots from Mattias Ekholm, giving the Swede his fourth and fifth assists of the season.
Westwood student found with Airsoft BB gun at school Friday
A student was removed from Westwood Middle School Friday morning after he was found to be in possession of what administrators describe as an “airsoft BB gun.”
According to Manchester City Schools Director Dr. Joey Vaughn, another student saw the BB pistol and reported it to teachers. The gun was taken up and the situation has “been dealt with,” according to Vaughn.
Vaughn said the school allowed students to call and/or contact their parents to let them know that everything is OK.
“The student has been removed,” said Vaughn. “It was an airsoft pistol. Students weren’t in any danger. But that obviously is not appropriate at school.
“We wanted to let our students call and contact their parents individually because if it were me I would want to hear directly from my child that they are OK.”
Parents were notified of the incident.
Coffee County School board to hold work session Monday, Dec. 6
Coffee County Board of Education will meet Monday, Dec. 6 in a work session. The work session begins at 4:30 p.m. at the board of education building – 1343 McArthur St. The public is welcome to attend.
On the agenda are the following:
WORK SESSION AGENDA
I. AFROTC program update
II. February Board Meeting Date
III. Classified Payscale
IV. Bus Bid
V. CHS Renovation
VI. Board Self-Evaluation
VII. Board Redistricting
VIII. Discussion
Adam Braseel receives exoneration from Governor Lee
Grundy County native Adam Braseel has received full exoneration by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee.
Braseel received the news Thursday, Dec. 2, in a personal phone call from Lee himself.
Braseel was wrongfully convicted in 2007 in the beating death of Malcolm Burrows. He spent 12 years in prison for the conviction that was based on a bad eyewitness identification of Braseel.
In August 2019, after serving 12 years in prison, prosecutors offered Braseel a plea deal that dropped his murder conviction in exchange for and Alford Plea to aggravated assault. Braseel took the deal in order to be immediately freed from prison. the Tennessee Board of Parole voted later to recommend that Lee offer him full exoneration.
Birthdays- December 3
Birthdays:
Steven McIntoff
Kathy Phelps- Pizza Winner!
Weekly Winners:
Cake- Darryl Wray
Flowers- Ron & Diane Savage
Westwood student found with BB gun at school Friday
A student was removed from Westwood Middle School Friday morning after he was found to be in possession of what administrators describe as an “airsoft BB gun.”
According to Manchester City Schools Director Dr. Joey Vaughn, another student saw the BB pistol and reported it to teachers. The gun was taken up and the situation has “been dealt with,” according to Vaughn.
Vaughn said the school is allowing students to call and/or contact their parents to let them know that everything is OK.
“The student has been removed,” said Vaughn. “It was an airsoft pistol. Students weren’t in any danger. But that obviously is not appropriate at school.
“We wanted to let our students call and contact their parents individually because if it were me I would want to hear directly from my child that they are OK.”
WRESTLING: Coffee County splits with Stone Memorial, Cookeville Thursday
The CHS wrestlers went to Cookeville Thursday and left with a split decision. The Raiders beat Stone Memorial and dropped a match to Cookeville. The Lady Raider wrestlers dropped a decision. Details below:
Coffee County (COFF) 43.0 Stone Memorial (STME) 24.0
160: Gavin Prater (COFF) over Elijah Cooke (STME) (Fall 0:00) 170: Nazario Flores (COFF) over Aden Thompson (STME) (Fall 0:00) 182: Chris Hollis (COFF) over (STME) (For.) 195: Ian Walker (COFF) over Khalli Dishman (STME) (MD 14-6) 220: Kendall James (COFF) over Matthew Becker (STME) (Fall 0:00) 285: Kolby McCormick (COFF) over James Becker (STME) (Fall 0:00) 106: Double Forfeit 113: Double Forfeit 120: Dalton Platz (STME) over (COFF) (For.) 126: Aden Thompson (STME) over (COFF) (For.) 132: Jeremiah Wardell (COFF) over Malachi Ray (STME) (Dec 15-11) 138: Aubrey Thompson (STME) over Jamie Norris (COFF) (Fall 0:00) 145: Trenton Duncan (STME) over (COFF) (For.) 152: Tommy Miller (COFF) over Ezquiel Estrada (STME) (Fall 0:00)
You can find more details regarding this dual using the following link.
Cookeville (COOK) 66.0 Coffee County (COFF) 9.0
152: James Strong (COOK) over Tommy Miller (COFF) (Fall 0:00) 160: Gavin Prater (COFF) over Eziah Peek (COOK) (Dec 8-4) 170: Jacob Barlow (COFF) over Haden Williams (COOK) (Dec 7-6) 182: Devin Judge (COFF) over Mathew McClung (COOK) (Dec 8-7) 195: Joseph McClung (COOK) over Kendall James (COFF) (Fall 0:00) 220: Calyton Barrett (COOK) over Ian Walker (COFF) (Fall 0:00) 285: Samuel Harness (COOK) over Blayne Myers (COFF) (Fall 0:00) 106: Joshua Leftwich (COOK) over (COFF) (For.) 113: Trenton Houston (COOK) over (COFF) (For.) 120: Charles McAlpin (COOK) over (COFF) (For.) 126: Owen Hadlock (COOK) over (COFF) (For.) 132: Joelle Reed (COOK) over Jeremiah Wardell (COFF) (Fall 0:00) 138: Nicholas Canfield (COOK) over Jamie Norris (COFF) (Fall 0:00) 145: Aidan Wray (COOK) over (COFF) (For.)
You can find more details regarding this dual using the following link.
Stone Memorial (Girls) (STMG) 18.0 Coffee County High School (Girls) (COFG) 6.0
138: Sarah Pape (STMG) over Elizabeth Garner (COFG) (Fall 0:00) 145: Jaelyn Patton (STMG) over Jade Lenhart (COFG) (Fall 0:00) 152: Lyra Leftwich (COFG) over Bethany Patton (STMG) (Fall 0:00) 165: Bethany Patton (STMG) over Sara Crosslin (COFG) (Fall 0:00)
You can find more details regarding this dual using the following link.
CMS Raiders pick up road win in Woodbury
A big second half from David Lewis and a 9 point fourth quarter helped the Coffee Middle School Red Raiders end a losing skid and beat Cannon County 31-22 Thursday night in Woodbury.
The win snaps a 5 game losing skid for the Raiders.
Lewis had a big second half for CMS. He finished with a team-high 14 points, with 11 coming in the final two periods.
Jase Cashion added six points for the Raiders in the win.
CMS is now 2-8. They return to CTC play Monday night at Harris. They will play Westwood on Tuesday, Dec. 7.
CHS wrestling drops Riverdale in outdoor match
The CHS wrestlers went to Riverdale for an outdoor match Tuesday and left with a 45-15 decision. Results below:
Coffee County (COFF) 45.0, Riverdale (RIVE) 15.0
160: Gavin Prater (COFF) over Alec Lewis (RIVE) (Dec 6-4) 170: Jacob Barlow (COFF) over Gipson Frost (RIVE) (Fall 0:00) 182: Devin Judge (COFF) over Omar Kattih (RIVE) (Fall 0:00) 195: Ian Walker (COFF) over (RIVE) (For.) 220: Kendall James (COFF) over (RIVE) (For.) 285: Blayne Myers (COFF) over Quentin Johnson (RIVE) (Fall 0:00) 106: Double Forfeit 113: Double Forfeit 120: Double Forfeit 126: Dakadius Justus (RIVE) over (COFF) (For.) 132: Jeremiah Wardell (COFF) over Darriuz Casillas (RIVE) (Fall 0:00) 138: Gabe Cooke (RIVE) over Jamie Norris (COFF) (Dec 10-4) 145: Connor Getz (RIVE) over (COFF) (For.) 152: Tommy Miller (COFF) over Tommie Franklin (RIVE) (Fall 0:00)
Coffee County Girls (COFG) 6, Riverdale Girls (RIVG) 12
165: Carter Grissom (RIVG) over Sara Crosslin (COFG) (Fall 0:00) 132: morgan sacharczyk (RIVG) over Jade Lenhart (COFG) (Fall 0:00) 138: Lyra Leftwich (COFG) over Audrey Smith (RIVG) (Fall 0:00)