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Birthdays- August 20
Birthdays:
Mark Trail- Pizza Winner!
David Griffith- 69
Mary West- 92
Branden Umbarger
Anniversaries:
Wayne & Joan Morton- 58 years
Weekly Winners:
Cake- Savannah Avery
Flowers- Nathaniel & Elizabeth Elrod
Gladys “Guss” Brownfield Kirchner
Gladys “Guss” Brownfield Kirchner, age 93, passed away at home surrounded by family and pets Monday night August 16th, 2021. Originally from Sandwich, IL Gladys moved with her husband to Manchester Tennessee in 1978 to be close to her daughter, grandson, and granddaughter. Always very active and independent she started working at various jobs while still just a child and most recently worked for over 20 years at St. Thomas Hospital in Rutherford County retiring finally at the age of 82. She loved her coffee, her animals, her friends, and her family. She especially enjoyed living on her own in the country watching the wildlife that lived on it and all the little creatures that wandered through it. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, her parents, her husband Patrick Kirchner, her son-in-law W.C. Powers, and her sister-in-law Karol Dewey. She is survived by her brother Ben Dewey Jr., her daughter Sandra Kirchner Powers, her son Kurt Kirchner and wife Milly, her two granddaughters Tamsen and Sasha, her grandson Jim, her three great-granddaughters Ashley, Allison and Rosalind, and great-grandson Xavian, her niece Kelli, her nephew Brad, and many other extended family members. Speical thanks to the close friends who have been so supportive through the years .The family requests that instead of flowers to please make a memorial donation to the Coffee County Humane Society. No public services will be held per the deceased wishes.
Coffee County Funeral Chapel is honored to serve the Kirchner family.
Charles C. Anderson
Charles C. Anderson, of Jefferson Parrish, Louisiana, passed this life on Sunday, August 15, 2021 at the age of 54. The family will welcome friends for Visitation at Daves Culbertson Funeral Home on Tuesday, August 24 from 11AM until 12NOON with Funeral Service beginning directly after. Burial will take place at Bethany Cemetery.
Mr. Anderson was born in New Orleans to Mrs. Delores Platt Anderson. He was full of life and loved to dance. He also enjoyed fishing and working out.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by sons, Charles Lennon and Semaj Anderson; sister, Lisa Platt; two grandchildren; nieces, Krystal, Victoria, Sirri, Kevinisha; nephew, Joshua; the Platt family. Online condolences may be made at www.davesculbertsonfuneralhome.com.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
CMS football won’t resume practice until Aug. 26
Coffee County Middle School’s football team will continue to cease activities through August 25, with practice resuming Aug. 26 due to a COVID-19 issue.
The Raiders had to stop activities prior to this week’s schedule game against Tullahoma and that will now continue into next week. The Tullahoma game has been rescheduled for Sept. 4. Meanwhile, the Aug. 24 game against Harris has been cancelled and no make up date has been scheduled.
SPORTS ROUNDUP: THURSDAY, AUG 19
Westwood Football 36, Community 22
Westwood got a 10-yard touchdown run from Isaiah Deadman to take a lead and never looked back Thursday, beating Community for the Rockets’ first win of the season.
Westwood’s Joel Barrera went wild on the ground, rumbling in from 58 yards out, 32 and 39 yards. But he wasn’t done, getting loose and sprinting in from 50 yards in the second half. Barrera finished the night with 208 yards on just 5 carries.
Westwood Volleyball 2, Cascade 1
After losing in set 1, Westwood roared back to beat visiting Cascade 2-1 Thursday afternoon.
The Rockets dropped the first set 11-25 before winning 25-8 and 15-13
Westwood managed 10 aces at the service line, including three from Audri Patton and two from Maggie Brei, who added 3 kills. The win evens Westwood’s record to 3-3 on the year. Westwood will travel to Fayetteville City on Monday, Aug. 23.
The JV Lady Rockets got a clean 2-0 sweep: 25-17 and 25-14.
Westwood Soccer 4, St Andrews 0
The Lady Rockets improved to 2-0 on the young season with a shutout win Thursday at home. Carmen Barrett scored a pair of goals, Keita McInturf added 1 and Jenny Sanchez 1.
CHS Volleyball 0, Rockvale 3
The CHS Lady Raiders fell to 0-2 on the young season, losing in straight sets to Rockvale Thursday afternoon at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium: 12-25, 25-27 and 18-25.
After falling swiftly in set 1, the Lady Raiders had the lead and set point in the second game but couldn’t hold on for the win.
CHS struggled to get a rhythm on offensive attack all afternoon. Kiya Ferrell led CHS with 6 kills. Both Ferrell and Lauren Brandt had 7 assists. Brandt added 5 digs.
The Lady Raiders had 11 service errors and 13 hitting errors.
Coffee County will be at the MTCS Cougar Classic this weekend.
Lauren Brandt 
Maddy Sussen
Red Raider Golf
The CHS boys golfers fell to Tullahoma and Shelbyville but got wins over Franklin County and Lincoln County at Bear Trace Thursday.
Logan Hale paced CHS, breaking 80 with a 79. Zack Tidwell carded a 96, Avery Hill 104 and Beau Murray 105 for a 383.
Lady Raider Golf
The Lady Raider golfers could not keep pace with Tullahoma, but got wins over Lincoln County, Shelbyille and Franklin County at Bear Trace Thursday.
Cadie Prater shot a smooth 8t and Maggie Crouch 95 for a 180. Tullahoma finished at 151.
Birthdays- August 19
Lorelai Rodriguez- 13- Pizza Winner!
Shawnda Hensiek- 40
Tyler Hickerson
Griffin Meeker- 19
Nancy C. Morton
Nancy C. Morton, of Petersburg passed this life on Saturday, August 14,
2021, at her residence at the age of 82. No services are scheduled at this
time.
Mrs. Morton, a native of Otto, New York, was the daughter of the late
Richard and Genieve Taylor Clark. She was married for 51 years to her late
husband David Jeremiah Morton. She enjoyed knitting on the knitting
machine, crocheting, crafting such as making beaded jewelry, computer games
and collecting windchimes.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband David
Jeremiah Morton; sons, David Jay Morton and Kenneth Joel Morton Sr.;
daughter, Julie Louise Morton and brother, Jerry Richard Clark.
She is survived by her son, Richard Jeffery Morton (Jo) of Las Vegas;
daughters, Jerri Lynne Morton and Leigh Morton both of Petersburg and Juli
Bain (Billy) of Beech Grove; sister, Beverly Lemon (John) of Olean, NY; ten
grandchildren and many great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.
Online condolences may be made at www.davesculbertsonfuneralhome.com.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Raider football opens season Friday — broadcast on Thunder Radio
The 2021 football season kicks off for the Coffee County Central Red Raiders on Friday, Aug. 20, when the Raiders travel to Franklin County High School.
The Raiders are coming off a 4-win season – the most since for CHS since 2007 – and are looking to add even more this season.
Thunder Radio begins our 64th year of Red Raider football coverage on WMSR. Coverage begins with The Friday Night Thunder Pregame Show (Delivered by Riddle Trucking) at 6 p.m. with host Court Steere. This is the 14th year of Friday Night Thunder, focused exclusively on Coffee County players, coaches and the night’s matchup.
Kickoff is at 7 p.m. with every play on Thunder Radio – coverage driven by Al White Ford Lincoln. Join the broadcast team of Josh Peterson, Dustin Murray and Jonathan Oliver.
The Friday Night Thunder Postgame will follow, featuring area scoreboard, audio highlights from the game and your phone calls with Court Steere.
High School football on Thunder Radio is presented by:
Al White Ford Lincoln
Gilley Crane
Attorney Shawn Trail
Sherrill Pest Control
Hulletts Service Center
Bush Insurance
A Winning Attitude
Lovelady Auto Parts
Realtor Brian BB Brown, Weichert Realtors Joe Orr & Associates
Unity Medical Center
Dr. Jay Trussler
Elk River Public Utility District
Dr. James VanWinkle
Common John Brewing Company
Garretson Stone
Owens Provisions & Apparel
Norman Homebuilders
Coffee County Bank
Tri Green Equipment
First Vision Bank
Realtor Steve Jernigan, Coffee County Realty
Peoples Bank & Trust
Mid Tenn Turf
Mercantile Cafe Bakery & Gift Shop
Rod’s Body Shop
Friday Night Thunder Pregame Show brought to you by:
Riddle Trucking
Elk River Public Utility District
Gilley Crane
Sherrill Pest Control
Common John Brewing Company
Mid Tenn Turf
Stone Fort Mortgage
Imhoff Landscape Supply
Chris Elam with Russell Barnett Chevy-GMC
The full Red Raider football schedule is below. Air time on 107.9 | 1320 AM | 106.7 FM | Manchester Go app | thunder1320.com Thunder Radio each night is 6 p.m. (5:30 for Rhea County game).
Aug. 20 AT Franklin County – 7 p.m.
Aug.. 27 vs. Tullahoma – 7 p.m.
Sept. 3 AT Shelbyville * 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 vs. Page – 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 AT Lebanon* 7 p.m.
Sept. 24 – AT Spring Hill – 7 p.m.
Oct. 1 – vs. Warren Co.* – 7 p.m.
Oct. 8 – OPEN
Oct. 15 – vs. Cookeville – 7 p.m.
Oct. 22 – vs. Rockvale – 7 p.m.
Oct. 29 AT Rhea County – 6:30 p.m.
An * denotes region game.
Bold games at home.
Large video screen coming to Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium
Coffee County Central’s Lady Raiders and Red Raiders basketball teams and the Lady Raider volleyball team are going to have a nice addition to Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium this winter.
The CHS basketball teams and volleyball team hosted area business leaders for a luncheon Thursday and were able to garner $90,000 worth of donations to foot the bill for a massive digital screen that will be installed in the gymnasium before the upcoming basketball season, which tips off in November.
The video board will take up a large chunk of wall above the baseline at the main entrance doors. It will measure approximately 16×10 feet and comes with a multitude of bells and whistles, including:
- HD video display operator control system, which includes preloaded software and professionally designed content library
- Designer templates and guides for creating customized videos, graphics and presentation materials
- 1920 x 1080 High Definition video camcorder for live event coverage and use with fan interaction overlays at each event
- System includes streaming and recording event capability
- System capable of live interaction mode or message/advertising only mode
While the basketball and volleyball teams are raising the money for the board, it will be used for other school events such as assemblies, pep rallies, indoor graduations when necessary and other events as necessary.
The three teams will use the board for fundraising and split revenues.
Thunder Radio is your home for CHS volleyball in the fall all Red Raider and Lady Raider basketball games every winter: 107.9 FM, 106.7 FM, 1320 AM, thunder1320.com and Manchester Go app.
Former Coffee County Sheriff passes away
Former Coffee County Sheriff Ronnie Gault has passed away.
Gault, who served in law enforcement for 47 years, was serving as a deputy with the Bedford County Sheriff’s Department at the time of his passing. He passed away surrounded by his family on Tuesday, Aug. 17 at his residence in Manchester. He was 73.
Ronnie Gault was elected sheriff in 1994, defeating incumbent Freddy Conn. He served one term as sheriff. Prior to being elected sheriff, Gault worked with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department since 1974.
The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department released a statement on Gault’s passing:
“Deputy Gault was a kind and friendly man to all he worked with helping everyone he could. Deputy Gault will be sorely missed. Please keep the Gault family in your thoughts and prayers.”
A celebration of life will be conducted at noon Saturday, Aug. 21 at Coffee County Funeral Chapel. Visitation from 4-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 20.