Stories from Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Bombers sweep field for Southeast Regional berth Marshall County has a State Babe Ruth baseball championship to celebrate. The local program's 14-under all-star team finished off a three-game sweep of the tournament on Sunday in Cookeville by whipping host Putnam County 9-1. It was Marshall County's first title in the division since 2006.

Harold "Whistler" Thomas, 84, of Fayetteville died Friday, July 17, 2015, at his home. Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Monday at Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home. Burial followed in Melson Cemetery. Visitation was 5-8 p.m. Sunday.

Funeral services for Rose Lee Fowler, age 79 of Lewisburg, were held at 10 a.m. Monday July 20, 2015, in the chapel of Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Bill Doak officiating. Burial followed in Willow Mount Cemetery. Ms. Fowler passed from this life suddenly Friday, July 17, 2015 at her home. Visitation was Sunday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home...

Linda Carol Austin King, age 68 of Lewisburg, passed away on Sunday, July 19, 2015, at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia. Linda was a native of Marshall County, and was the daughter of the late William H. Austin and Gracie Helton Austin. She graduated from Marshall County High School, loved her family and retired from Cosmolab...

James "Jimmy" Eldridge Stewart, age 69 of Lewisburg, passed away on Monday, July 20, 2015, at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tennessee. Mr. Stewart was a native of Marshall County, and was the son of the late Eldridge Anderson Stewart and Annie Ruth Brannon Stewart. He graduated from Marshall County High School in 1964, loved farming, retired from Walker Die Casting, and was of the Methodist faith...

George W. Hubbard, Jr., age 60 of Lewisburg, died Sunday, July 19, 2015, in NHC Lewisburg Healthcare. Mr. Hubbard was a native of Hartwell, Georgia, and son of the late George W. Hubbard, Sr. and Elizabeth Jordan Hubbard. He was retired from law enforcement and was a member of East Commerce Baptist Church...

Lillard Melvin Welch, age 71, passed away at his home on Wednesday, July 15, 2015, after an extended illness. A native of Petersburg, Tennessee, he was the son of the late Marvin and Maggie Watt Welch. Mr. Welch graduated from Petersburg High School and went on to serve in the United States Army National Guard. A life-long farmer, Mr. Welch also retired from the Kantus Corporation in Lewisburg. He continued to farm until the time of his illness...

Mr. Norman Wade Henson, age 82, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, died Friday, July 17, 2015, in Lewisburg, Tennessee. Mr. Henson was born in Marshall County and was a son of the late Robert Claude Henson and Vera Kareen Wilson Baxter. He was a graduate of Marshall County High School and later attended and received his bachelor's degree from Carson-Newman College. ...

Mr. Robin Fetters, age 52, husband of June Fetters, and a resident of Lynnville, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, July 18, 2015, at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Funeral services will be held at a later date. Heritage Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements...

Marion Eugene "Gene" Hastings, age 90 of Lewisburg, died Thursday, July 16, 2015, in Maury Regional Medical Center. Mr. Hastings was a native of Marshall County, Tennessee, and son of the late Johnny Cecil and Eula Mae Roberts Hastings. He served his country in World War II in the U.S. ...

Sabrina K. Everts, age 35 of Pulaski, Tennessee, passed away on Saturday, July 18, 2015, at her residence after a long illness. Sabrina was a native of Marshall County, and was the daughter of Robert Edwin Warren and Barbara Ann Taylor Bowman, both of Pulaski. She loved all kinds of animals, enjoyed camping, sitting around the campfire, and was of the Assembly of God faith...