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Tommy & Brenda Tomlin – 51 Years

Dorothy McBride, of Normandy, went home to meet her savior, Friday, June 17, 2022 at Vanderbilt in Nashville, at the age of 82. Funeral Services are scheduled for Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at 11 AM at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home with burial to follow at Maplewood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10 AM until service time. Dorothy was a founding member of Homeland Baptist church, played the piano for the church and loved Bible Bingo and Bible Trivia.
Dorothy was born on June 2, 1940 in Coffee County, Tennessee to the late Sam Brazier and the Late Janie Casteel Brazier.

She is proceeded in death by her parent’s and her loving husband J.R. McBride. She is survived by her daughter, Cindy (Kevin) O’Connell; brother, Pastor Jimmy Brazier (Faye); sister, Joan Cossey: Grandchildren, Jennifer (Mike) Williams and Jeremy (Dorothy) Gordon; great-grandchildren, Karrah Bailey, Kane Bailey, Ian Burns, Patrick Williams, Gill Williams, Kevin Gordon, Liam Gordon, Oliver Gordon, Kimberlyn Barlfield and Christopher Williams. Great- great grandchildren: Henley Rose Blackburn, Anthony Maddox Burns, Isabella Herring, Aurora Herring, Beckett Williams and Ava Williams.
Online condolences may be made at www.davesculbertsonfuneralhome.com.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangement

Charles Thomas Trail

Charles Thomas Trail, retired United States Army SFC, age 86 of Murfreesboro, was born on December 4, 1935, to the late George and Jewell Crosslin Trail, in Manchester, TN. He proudly served his country in the United States Army for 20 years. After his retirement from his military career as a Sargent First Class, Charles was employed as a technician in the Bio-Medical Engineering Department for the Veterans Administration in Murfreesboro, TN, until his retirement after 34 years. After Charles left the VA, he became a substitute teacher in Rutherford County. He loved participating in the senior Olympics, running, playing ping pong, especially in many tournaments all over Tennessee, and he enjoyed garage selling.

In addition to his parents, Charles is preceded in death by his brother, Larry Howard Trail, and sister, Susan Delores Bullard. Charles is survived by his loving wife of 68 years, Marie Trail; two daughters, Lori Trail, and Jewell Thompson; three brothers, George, David, and Michael Trail; sisters, Wanda Gilly and Geraldine Turnage; several extended family members and a host of friends.

Funeral services for Charles will be conducted on Monday, June 20, 2022, at 1 PM in the Manchester Funeral Home chapel. Burial will follow in Fredonia cemetery. Visitation with the family will begin at 11 AM on Monday, until time of service. Charles passed away at his home in Murfreesboro after an extended illness.

Manchester Funeral Home is honored to serve the Trail family.

Online condolences and memories can be shared at

www.manchesterfuneralhome.com

Richard Allan Leverton

Richard Allan Leverton, age 70 of Manchester, was born on January 26, 1952, in Lodi, OH, to the late Marion and Esther Fetherolf. He was one of sixteen children, thirteen of which preceded him in death. “Rich”, as he was fondly known as by family and friends, was employed for the City of Manchester Street Department for many years. Rich had a great love for fast driving hotrods and attending the local classic car shows.

Rich is survived by his loving wife of 38 years, Carol Ann Whiting Leverton; children; Herb Leverton (Sue), Carl Swain, Archie Leverton, Buzz Stiles (Wendy), James Stiles, and Tricia Rhame; four grandchildren, Herbie, Jennifer, Kris, and Laura; 8 great grandchildren, Riylie, Kadance, Owen, Aurora, Dysis, Parker, Cody, and Adam; three remaining siblings; several extended family members and a host of friends.

As per Rich’s request, cremation was chosen; there will be a Celebration of Life held in memory of Rich, for family and friends, at the family home, on Saturday, June 25, 2022, from 1 – 3 PM.

Online condolences and memories can be shared at

www.manchesterfuneralhome.com

Manchester Funeral Home is honored to serve the Leverton family.

Titans QB Tannehill encouraged by offseason progress

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The 2021 season ended five months ago, but as the Titans wrapped up their offseason work last week, quarterback Ryan Tannehill once again found himself answering questions about how it all ended.

“Like I said,” Tannehill said, referring to his comments from earlier this offseason, “it’s a scar that I’ll carry with me. But I am looking forward to this year. (I’ll be) using it as fuel as I move forward. It’s something I’ll always remember, but at the same time, I dealt with it, it’s in the past, and now I’m using it as fuel to move forward.”

Plenty has changed around Tannehill since the last time the Titans played a game.

Gone is dynamic receiver A.J. Brown, along with veteran guard Rodger Saffold and starting right tackle David Quessenberry, among others.

This offseason, Tannehill has been joined by veteran receiver Robert Woods, acquired in a trade with the Rams, and veteran tight end Austin Hooper, formerly with the Browns. The team drafted receivers Treylon Burks and Kyle Philips, while also selecting tight end Chig Okonkwo. And, the competition is now open for the two starting spots on the offensive line.

The Titans are very much a work in progress.

But Tannehill likes what the team has accomplished so far.

“We’ve done a lot of great stuff,” Tannehill said. “I am proud of our guys, the way we’ve come out and completed every single day. We’ve made a lot of progress – there’s a lot of new faces around here. To see those guys come out and learn the playbook, learn the way do things, and we’re learning each other as players. I am learning how Chig runs, I am learning how Austin runs, learning Treylon a little bit. A bunch of new faces – Josh (Malone), guys who haven’t been around here much, but learning how they move, learning how they run runs and how they fit in our system.

“Our guys have worked extremely hard and they’re going out there and competing and making plays. I’ve seen a lot of progress from all position groups throughout this spring. So it gives me a lot of excitement moving forward and (we have to) carry that momentum into training camp.”

At the end of the team’s offseason program, Titans offensive coordinator Todd Downing praised Tannehill for his work this offseason.

“I think (he’s had) a great offseason,” Downing said of Tannehill. “I think he’s done a nice job stepping into that leadership role. He’s always been the leader of this offense, but certainly having a little bit louder voice and making sure he’s getting what he’s looking for in certain route concepts and things like that.

“I think he’s done a nice job helping the new guys transition into their new roles and understanding where they fit in the big picture. So, Ryan has been doing a nice job. We’re lucky to have him.”

Titans quarterbacks are scheduled to report for training camp on July 22, and the whole team is scheduled to report a few days later.

The first practice is tentatively scheduled for July 27.

Tannehill said the next month will be important as the team looks ahead to camp.

“It’s an important time of the year,” Tannehill said. “If you sit on your butt for the next five weeks, and show up to camp out of shape, that is going to set us back. So, it is going to be important for guys to take some time away, prepare yourself mentally for a long grind of a season. You have to get ready to go, and make sure you come in at your strongest, most conditioned, ready to run. … If we can come in with a full head of steam and be in shape, be in conditioned and ready to go, it is definitely going to help us.”

When the season starts, Tannehill said he plans to be ready to do his job.

“Just go out and lead the team, and win games,” Tannehill said. “That is ultimately what my job is, to go play quarterback, which includes a lot of different things, but leading the team and finding the way to win each and every Sunday.”

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Raiders host Moore County in 7-on-7 (PHOTO GALLERY)

Coffee County Central football hosted Moore County on Monday (June 20th) in 7-on-7 passing work for the second time in less than a week.

The Raiders continue to work their passing game with sophomore quarterback Cole Pippenger – who connected on multiple deep balls to Travis Martin, Brendan Sheppard, Jahlin Osbourne and others.

The Raiders have another 7-on-7 passing day this week in Shelbyville (weather permitting) before the two-week TSSAA dead period begins next week.

Coffee County opens the regular season – the 100th in CHS history – on Aug. 19 when Franklin County comes to town. You can hear the Raiders all season long on Thunder Radio – 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, Manchester Go app, thunder1320.com.

One death reported at Bonnaroo 2022

Thunder Radio News. 1:15 p.m., June 20, 2022

Thunder Radio News has learned that one person passed away at the 2022 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.

A female was found unresponsive early Sunday morning (June 19th, 2022). According to Manchester Police Department Chief Investigator Brandon Tomberlin, CPR was performed, the woman was transported to the main medical area and then to Unity Medical Center in Manchester, where she was pronounced deceased.

The body has been sent to the state medical examiner’s office for an autopsy. According to Tomberlin, no foul play is suspected at this time but investigation is pending autopsy results.

The deceased has been identified as Lee Ann Sizemore, age 29, from Lowell, Indiana.

(An earlier version of this story reported that the body was discovered early Saturday morning. It has been corrected to Sunday morning. )

Gas prices dip 5 cents; Tennessee now 7th least expensive state for gas in the nation

Thunder Radio News. 1:14 p.m., June 20, 2022

Gas prices across Tennessee are trending lower this week after a run of record-setting prices at the pump. The Tennessee Gas Price average is now $4.59 which is 30 cents more expensive than one month ago and $1.74 more than one year ago.

The average price per gallon in Coffee County is $4.57, which is 2 cents below the state average and 41 cents below the national average of $4.98.

“After weeks of increasing gas prices, Tennesseans are finally catching a small break at the pump. Tennessee also moved up one spot this week to the 7th least expensive market in the nation,” said Megan Cooper, spokeswoman for AAA – The Auto Club Group. “Oil and gasoline futures saw significant losses last week, likely tied to last week’s rate hike from the Federal Reserve bank, sparking fears of a possible recession. Falling crude oil prices and a drop in domestic demand are helping to limit pump price increases, however, the fuel market remains very unstable. Fluctuating pump prices still can’t be ruled out this summer.”

Quick Facts

24% of Tennessee gas stations have prices below $4.50
The lowest 10% of pump prices are $4.40 for regular unleaded
The highest 10% of pump prices are $4.87 for regular unleaded
Tennessee is the 7th least expensive market in the nation

National Gas Prices

Since last Monday, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline has decreased by three cents to $4.98. According to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), total domestic gasoline stocks fell by 700,000 bbl to 217.5 million bbl last week. Meanwhile, gasoline demand declined slightly from 9.2 million b/d to 9.09 million b/d. The slight drop in gas demand has helped to limit pump price increases. However, as crude oil prices remain volatile, the price per gallon for gasoline will likely remain elevated.

Today’s national average for a gallon of gas is $4.98, which is 39 cents more than a month ago, and $1.91 more than a year ago.

National Oil Market Dynamics

At the close of Friday’s formal trading session, WTI decreased by $11 to settle at $109.56. Crude prices dropped at the end of last week amid broad market concern regarding the potential for economic growth to slow after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised the interest rate by 0.75 percent. Slower than expected economic growth could cause crude demand to decline, leading prices to follow suit. Crude prices decreased after the EIA reported that total domestic stocks increased by 1.9 million bbl to 418.7 million bbl last week. As a result, the current storage level is approximately 10 percent lower than a year ago.

Drivers can find current gas prices along their route with the free AAA Mobile app for iPhone, iPad, and Android. The app can also map a route, find discounts, book a hotel, and access AAA roadside assistance. Learn more at AAA.com/mobile.

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