Stories from Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Arrested on warrants for TennCare fraud and failure to appear Jennifer Rose White, 21, Culleoka. White is held without bond on the TennCare fraud warrant, and has a $50,000 bond on the failure-to-appear charge. She made her first court appearance on March 14, and remains jailed...

By Jessica Moore Staff Writer Thursday and Friday last week were big days at Henry Horton State Park for this year's Chapel Hill Elementary School 5th graders, as well as this year's 9th graders at Forrest High School. Four years ago, when those freshmen were in the 5th grade, they planted sycamore trees along the Duck River. ...

By Karen Hall Editor A Chapel Hill Elementary School 5th grader was the winner of the County Spelling Bee, and went on to tie for fourth place in the state. He was Drew Piper, the son of Ben Piper and a student in Tara Stacey's class. Supervisor of Elementary Instruction Tammy Lewis said there were six spellers left going into Round 10 of the state bee, with Drew, at 10 years old, the youngest. Three were eliminated in round 10, leaving Drew tied for fourth in the state...

By Karen Hall Editor Last week in Circuit Court, Rodney Lee Harris, 33, of Harris Cemetery Road, Chapel Hill, pleaded guilty to the charge of criminal attempt to initiate the process of manufacturing methamphetamine. This was reduced from the charge on which Harris was indicted, which was initiation of the process to manufacture methamphetamine. He was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and simple possession of a Schedule II drug, but these charges were dismissed...

Gayle Henson Martin, 63, of Lewisburg, passed away on Friday, March 14, 2014, at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. A native of Marshall County, Mrs. Martin was the daughter the late Herbert Henson and Lizzie V. King Henson. She worked at Meals on Wheels with South Central Human Services, was a member of In Christ Fellowship Church, and was a part of Flames of Fire Drama Team at her church...

Martha Thompson Nunn, 77, of Lewisburg, passed away on Saturday, March 15, 2014, at her residence. A native of Kellysville, W.V., Mrs. Nunn was the daughter of the late Rastus Thompson and Lida Hill Thompson. She was retired and was a member of Belfast Baptist Church...

Jennie Joe Crane, 70, of Cornersville, died Saturday, March 15, 2014, in Marshall Medical Center. Ms. Crane was a native of Giles County, and daughter of the late William Leonard Sr. and Jossie Myrtle Ward McKnight. She was retired from Faber Castell Corporation and was a member of the Church of God...

Jason Poteet, 85, formerly of Lewisburg, died in Huntsville, Ala. on Saturday, March 15, 2014. Mr. Poteet was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth Poteet; parents, Willie and Betha Bennett Poteet; five brothers; and two sisters. He is survived by several nieces and nephews...

David Willis Harmon, 71, of Chapel Hill, died Sunday, March 16, 2014, in Franklin. He was a native of Oxford, Miss. and a son of the late David Irby and Betty Pettit Harmon Jr. David served in the National Guard as a helicopter pilot and retired from the United States Army as a Lt. Colonel. He later retired as an industrial engineer and was a member of the Chapel Hill Church of Christ...

Emily Ann Haley Pigg, 70, of Lewisburg, died Monday, March 17, 2014, in NHC Oakwood. Mrs. Pigg was a native of Mt. Pleasant and daughter of the late Joe C. and Mary Emily Davis Haley. She was a homemaker and a member of Smyrna Church of Christ. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Frank Haley and Joe Haley...

Kerry Lee "Stink" Stinnett, 61, of Lewisburg, passed away on Saturday, March 15, 2014, in Fayetteville. A native of Marshall County, Mr. Stinnett was the son of the late Jackson Stinnett and Myrtle Hazlett Stinnett. He was a welder and served his country in the United States Army with the airborne division, and was of the Baptist faith...

The Lewisburg Middle School Tigerettes (7-1) completed the regular season sweep of Spring Hill by defeating the Lady Generals 8-3 at home on Thursday afternoon. Spring Hill hung tough for much of the contest and were locked in a 3-3 tie with LMS through the first four and a half innings of play. The Tigerettes, however, pulled away from the Lady Generals down the stretch and pushed across five runs over the next two innings en route to recording their fifth straight victory.

The Cornersville Middle School Lady Bulldogs (9-3) dealt Forrest Middle School their first loss of the season on Friday afternoon when they defeated the Lady Rockets 9-5 at home. Having lost to FMS 9-8 in their season opener on Feb. 25, the Lady Bulldogs were locked in a 2-2 tie with Forrest (11-1-1) through the first three and a half innings of play before exploding for five runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 7-2 lead.

The Marshall County Tigers ran their record to 3-0 on Saturday by defeating the Lincoln County Falcons 7-3 in Fayetteville. Lincoln County (3-1) held a 3-1 lead through the first two innings of play, but saw their bats go silent over the final five frames while the Tigers outscored the Falcons 6-0 the rest of the way to take home the victory.