Stories from Friday, October 18, 2013

Chattanooga, TN - Play has concluded at the picturesque Chattanooga Golf & Country Club in Chattanooga, Tenn. for the E-Z-GO Pro-Pro Championship. Chattanooga Golf & Country Club played great host with wonderful accommodations, food, amenities and golf. The weather and course conditions were perfect for the two days, and some great golf was played. The first day totals kept the competition close, as there were a few groups in the hunt. In the end, Jared Melson, PGA of Bear Trace of Tims Ford and Kevin Snell of Henry Horton State Park led this field with a 64-63 -- 127 total. Their total of 15-under par topped the field over closest competitors Henrik Simonsen, PGA and Byron Williams, PGA team and local team Bruce Etter, PGA and Madison Moore who both had a 13-under par total. The competition was closely contested coming into the final holes when Snell & Melson stepped up their game making birdies on 16 & 17. Melson made a tricky 8-foot sidewinder that put them two strokes up heading into 18. Kevin Snell made a great up and down for par on 18 to seal the deal. For their efforts, Snell & Melson walk home with $1,500 each. This year's championship also featured a B Division for the highest 8 groups after round one, and Ken Crowder, PGA and Chris Stacy, PGA of Lonesome Pine Country Club won the division by firing a second round 68. They received $600 for their great comeback round.

Due to some key injuries, Forrest had just twelve players available for their first round District 9A-AA Tournament game versus Harpeth Monday night and the Lady Indians took advantage of the Lady Rockets' lack of depth in a 4-0 win. Harpeth shuffled players in and out during the contest, trying to wear down the Chapel Hill girls in the season ending loss for Forrest, who finished the campaign with a 4-4 record. The Lady Rockets almost got on the board in the first minute of action on the pitch at Kingston Springs Elementary School when the Harpeth keeper batted a Sarah Blasingim blast away at the last second.

On Monday night, the Marshall County Tigerettes saw their season come to an end when they were defeated 8-2 at home by a strong Spring Hill Lady Raider squad in the first round of the District 12-A-AA tournament. MCHS had played Spring Hill (8-4) tough in their lone regular season meeting before eventually dropping a 3-1 decision to the Lady Raiders. Spring Hill, however, quickly dashed the Tigerettes' upset hopes in Monday's contest and built a 5-1 lead in the first half prior to outscoring the Tigerettes 3-1 in the second stanza.

Sarah Thomas Walls, 76, of Lewisburg, died Monday, Oct. 14, 2013, in Maury Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Walls was a native of Huntsville, Ala., and daughter of the late Thomas Odell and Edna Marie Williams Boggs. Before her retirement she was employed with Redstone Arsenal, US Army Accounting Department, Army Missile Command NASA, and Dunn & Bradstreet. She was a member of Lewisburg First Methodist Church...

Esther Harvill, 88, of Lewisburg, died Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, at her residence. Mrs. Harvill was a native of Maury County, and she was the daughter of the late John and Rosie Mai Gordon Victory. She was a homemaker and member of Scribner's Mill Church of Christ...

Jim Crutcher, 65, of Lewisburg, died Monday evening, Oct. 14, 2013, in Nashville. Mr. Crutcher was born in Williamson County, and was a son of the late John Ed and Agnes Hazelwood Crutcher. He was a member of Smyrna Baptist Church in Chapel Hill and was retired from the City of Lewisburg Water Department...

Billy Earl Brown, 70, of Lewisburg, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013, at his residence. A native of Marshall County, Mr. Brown was the son of the late Lyndell Earl Brown and Ester May McMillian Brown. He was retired and was a member of Richland Cumberland Presbyterian Church...

By Karen Hall Editor There will be something to do all day Saturday in Petersburg, especially if you are a music lover. The Petersburg Lions Club is hosting a Heritage Festival and Arts and Crafts Fair at Lions Pride Park, with all-day entertainment provided by a Battle of the Bands, starting at 9 a.m...

By Karen Hall Editor A Lewisburg man who pleaded guilty in Circuit Court last week was ordered to spend a year in jail. Cameron L. Johnson, 36, was charged with four counts of aggravated assault and four counts of reckless endangerment. The aggravated assault charges were amended to reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, and Johnson was sentenced to two years on each count, with some of the sentences to run at the same time, and some one after the other, for a total effective sentence of four years.. ...

By Karen Hall Editor The first-ever Candlelight Vigil for Domestic Violence Awareness Month was held Tuesday at Rock Creek Park. Thanks to tireless work by Crystal Gray, Kim Young, Shaun Grant, and others, Marshall County now has its own shelter for victims of domestic violence, called "New Beginnings," which opened in May...

By Jessica Moore Staff Writer In His Image Pregnancy Resource Center held their Fifth Annual Benefit Dinner on Oct. 15. "It was a marvelous event. We are so pleased," said Executive Director Shirley Lowe. The evening began in prayer and ended in prayer. There were heartfelt songs performed by John McCall, and testimonials given by a few of the volunteers. Each spoke about specific incidents that either led them to the pregnancy resource center or helped them to stay with the center...