Stories from Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Catcher's tireless dedication pays off with scholarship Playing the catching position in baseball is a thankless job at times. Hauling 120 pounds of gear around, donning that heavy protective equipment in the sizzling heat, getting constantly hit with foul balls, and being in charge of making sure the correct pitches are called throughout the games.

Solid pitching, timely hitting result in easy win It was an early season big game for Nichirin, not wanting to fall further back in the standings behind first place Clint's Air Care. Nichirin came into its Thursday night's contest versus A-Plus Collision Center two games behind unbeaten Clint's Air Care and thanks to a solid pitching performance from Hunter Haurez and some timely hitting, Nichirin came away with a relatively easy 8-0 win.

Gauge Anderson will be a big fan of rainy nights from now on as the Lewisburg Elks' Lodge No. 1990 hurler tossed five innings of no-hit ball versus Marshall Medical Center (MMC) before a deluge encompassed Jonathan D. Hollingsworth Field at Lewisburg Thursday night, ending the game. Anderson picked up the win and the no-hitter as the Elks won 3-0.

Mrs. Geneva Simmons Hickson, age 90, died peacefully at her home in the Laws Hill Community of Marshall County on Saturday, May 30, 2015. Mrs. Hickson was born in Lincoln County and was a daughter of the late William Buford and Sally Violet Slayton Simmons. ...

Funeral service for Mr. William Knox Moore Jr., 85, of Howell, were conducted May 30 at Higgins Funeral Home. The Rev. Tim Smith officiated and burial followed in Unity Cemetery. Mr. Moore passed away Thursday, May 28, at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville...

Mr. Thomas Keith "Rosie" Uselton, age 57, of Town Creek, Alabama, formerly of Lewisburg, died May 27, 2015, in Lewisburg. Mr. Uselton was born in Marshall County and was a son of the late Thomas Calvin "Bill" and Emily Rochelle Farlow Uselton. He was a graduate of Marshall County High School and served in the United States Army. ...

William Eugene "Bill" Fullerton of Petersburg died Saturday May 30, 2015, at the age of 93. Mr. Bill, a loving husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle and neighbor was a lifelong member of the Bledsoe "PoGrab" Church of Christ. Preceded in death in April 2012 by his wife of 64 years, Ada Mae Sorrells Fullerton, he was a farmer, dairyman, retired Lincoln County school bus driver, and a retired rural postal carrier. ...

Lillie Mai Cavender, age 90, of Lewisburg died May 30, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Cavender was a native of Marshall County, and she was the daughter of the late John Wesley and Rosa Lee Colvett Stokes. She was retired from Crowell Florist and later Parsons Pharmacy. She was a member of the Church Street Church of Christ...

Mrs. Marlene "Marley" Blalock, age 62, died Sunday evening, May 31, 2015, at her home in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Blalock was born in Marshall County and was a daughter of the late Roy Howard and Annie Ruth "Ann" Davis McElhaney. She was a graduate of Forrest High School Class of 1970. ...