Obituary: Thomas Collins Crabtree (07/02/09)
Thomas Collins Crabtree, 78, of Fayetteville, died Thursday, June 25, 2009, at Willow of Winchester Nursing Home. Mr. Crabtree was a native of Lincoln County. He served in the Army during the Korean Conflict, and was a retired mechanic. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charlie C. and Etta Lorene Erwin Crabtree; and sisters, Virginia Sullivan and Robbie Sowell...

Obituary: Joe M. Jett Sr. (07/01/09)
Joe M. Jett, Sr., 82, of the Mooresville Community, died Saturday, June 27, 2009, at St. Thomas Hospital. Mr. Jett was a native of Williamson County. He was retired from the maintenance department of Columbia Academy and was a farmer. He had also worked at Bordens in Lewisburg and the A & P Grocery in Columbia. Mr. Jett served for 50 years as a deacon of the Mooresville Church of Christ...

Public records (07/01/09)
Marriage Licenses James Vincent Barber and Julie Ann Price; Luke Taylor Buckley and Eleanor Caroline Marsh; Michael Turner Byrd and Sharon Lynn Wood; William Dwayne Foster and Ashley Dawn Rodgers; Donnie E. Hopkins and Jessie P. Pugh Horton; Christopher Carl Miller and Jenna Lee Wheat; Flemon Junior Sparks and Doris Lorene Buttrey West; Edward Brian Tankersley and Shawn Georgette Moore Bowden...

Obituary: Frances Helton Bowden (07/01/09)
Frances Helton Bowden, 87, of Lewisburg, died Saturday, June 27, 2009, at Maury Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Bowden was a native of Bedford County. She was a homemaker and was retired as a Licensed Practical Nurse at Leonard's Hospital. She was a member of the Farmington Baptist Church...

Obituary: Douglas James Van Orden III (07/01/09)
Douglas James "Doug" Van Orden III, 16, died Thursday, June 25, 2009, at Horton Park as a result of drowning. Mr. Van Orden was a native of Marshall County. He was a sophomore at Marshall County High School and attended the LifeSong Church. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandmother, Joann Van Orden...

Obituary: Richard Wade Lentz (07/01/09)
Richard Wade Lentz, 60, of Lewisburg, died Friday, June 26, 2009, at Maury Regional Medical Center. Mr. Lentz was a native of Marshall County. He was an employee of Ken Koat Corporation and a member of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, William Horace Lentz and Nora Ozell Corbin Lentz; brothers, Horace Wayne Lentz and Glenn Lentz; and sisters, Mary Marie Logue, Wilma Lee Troop, and Louise Lentz...

Obituary: Bobby Mayfield (07/01/09)
Bobby "Copperhead" Mayfield, 62, of Chapel Hill, died Saturday, June 27, 2009. Mr. Mayfield was a native of Williamson County and for many years was a resident of the Rudderville Community. He was a veteran of the Air Force and was a self-employed carpenter...

Obituary: Brett Michael Shott (07/01/09)
Brett Michael Shott, 50, of Chapel Hill, died Friday, June 26, 2009. Mr. Shott was a native of Garden City, Mich. He was an employee of General Motors Corporation - Spring Hill and worked in the power train assembly area. He was preceded in death by his father, Buddy Shott...

Obituary: James W. Clifford (07/01/09)
James W. Clifford, 79, of Lewisburg, died on Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at NHC-Oakwood. Mr. Clifford was a native of Bedford County. He was a veteran of the Army and was retired from Faber-Castell Corporation after 50 years of service. He was preceded in death by his parents, James William Clifford Sr. and Nola Lorene Jenkins Clifford; wife, Lula Clifford; and sister, Johnnie Mae Clifford...

Obituary: J. C. Smith (06/26/09)
J.C. Smith, 75, of Murfreesboro, died Monday, June 22, 2009, at Alive Hospice in St. Thomas Hospital. Mr. Smith was a native of Marshall County. He was retired from Midsouth Wire as a truck driver. He was preceded in death by his parents, John Rufus and Jennie Mai Beasley Smith; and one great-grandson...

Obituary: William Lance West (06/26/09)
William Lance West William Lance West, 50, of Lewisburg, died Monday, June 22, 2009, at his residence. An Eagle Scout, Mr. West was an expert marksman and an avid collector of guns and antique guns and coins. He enjoyed fishing, history and spending time with family and friends...

Obituary: Dorothy M. Garlits (06/25/09)
Dorothy M. Garlits, 74, of Lewisburg, died suddenly on Monday, June 22, 2009. Mrs. Garlits was a native of Pennsylvania, who had lived in Tennessee for 22 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Francis Xavier Garlits. She is survived by her daughter and best friend, Susan (Tommy) Hazelwood of Columbia; and cherished grandchildren, Olivia and Wayne...

Public records (06/24/09)
Marriage Licenses Jeremy Chad Grissom and Jessica Ann Porter; William Joe Morefield Jr. and Laura Elizabeth Stephenson; Christopher Allen Reed and Mary Elizabeth Hurst. Land Transfers Maple Street, $69,000, District 1, from Gerald W. and Barbara L. Byrd to Ricky Wayne Mabry; England S/D, Lot 1, 2.84 acres, $7,500, District 1, from Michael A. ...

Obituary: Robert E. Plemons (06/24/09)
Robert E. "Bob" Plemons, 67, of Cleveland, Tenn., formerly of Lewisburg, died Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Mr. Plemons was a member of Maple Street Baptist Church and was very involved with his church and family. He also volunteered at Signature Care in Cleveland and was a retailer, and also a veteran of the U. S. Army...

Obituary: Margaret Ezell Maxwell (06/24/09)
Margaret Ezell Maxwell, 92, of Unionville, died Sunday, June 21, 2009, in Shelbyville. Mrs. Maxwell was a native of Bedford County. She was retired after many years of working in the pencil industry in Shelbyville and Lewisburg and was a homemaker. Mrs. Maxwell was a member of the Unionville United Methodist Church...

Obituary: Bobbie Gene Childers (06/24/09)
Bobbie Gene Childers, 77, of Shelbyville, died Friday, June 19, 2009, at Bedford County Nursing Home. Mr. Childers was a native of Pulaski. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, and retired from the postal service in Montgomery, Ala. He was a member of Fair Haven Baptist Church...

Obituary: Patsy Howell Naron (06/19/09)
Patsy Howell Naron, 54, of Franklin, died Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Mrs. Naron was a 1972 graduate of Forrest High School. She was a former employee of Vanderbilt and Centennial hospitals, and was a member of Jenkins Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her father, Richard E. "Doc" Howell...

Obituary: Loyd Ronald Stinnett (06/17/09)
Loyd Ronald Stinnett, 62, of Westmont, Ill., died Thursday, June 4, 2009, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Ill. Mr. Stinnett was a native of Lewisburg. He was a retired carpenter, and loved cooking and gardening. He was preceded in death by his parents, Minnie and Grover Stinnett...

Obituary: Melba Louise Carroll (06/17/09)
Melba Louise Carroll, 88, of Lewisburg, died Monday, June 15, 2009, at her residence. Mrs. Carroll was a native of Marshall County. She was retired from Redford's Five and Dime Store and was a member of the Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents, Allen Mims and Cara McAdams Whitsett; husband, Willie B. Carroll; daughter, Connie Hobbs; and three brothers, Milton, Earl, and Coleman Whitsett...