Stories from Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Only Tennessee player to make MaxPrep Team Forrest graduate Katie Warrick picked up another post-season honor when she was recently named to the MaxPrep's 2015 Small School All-American second team. Warrick was the lone Tennessee softball player on the squad. The UT Martin signee led the Lady Rockets to the Class A state title in her senior season as Forrest posted a 35-5 record with Warrick putting up a 32-3 record and a 1.81 ERA in the circle.

Bombers downed by 2 runs in SE championship The Marshall County Bombers were tantalizingly close, coming up two runs short of a berth in the Babe Ruth World Series. "It's been a great ride. These kids have nothing to hang their heads about," Marshall County manager Greg Bradford said of his team, which fell 7-6 to Gainesville, Virginia, in the championship game. "They swept the district, swept the state and came down here to the Southeast Region where nobody knew them and made it to the championship game. "It was a great accomplishment and I still think we were the best team there."

The Forrest Alumni Scholarship Golf Tournament came down to the closest finish in the history of the event on Friday when the First Commerce Bank Team of David Delk, Rickey Sweeney, TJ Tipps and Greg Hill won on a match of cards to unseat the defending champions from First State Bank. First State's squad of Matt Morehead, Brian Holcomb, Ryan Sweeney and Jacob Daughrity matched the winning score of 13-under-par 59, but an incredible back nine of 29 by First Commerce broke the tie.

The Fury '03 United States Specialty Sports Association (USSA) 11-under squad, based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, recently won the 2015 World Series title played at Orlando, Florida, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Forrest seventh-grader Jenna Blanton and Ryleigh Boyett, the daughter of MCHS graduate Clint Boyett are members of the Fury that has players from Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky and Virginia.

Mr. Harry Russell Sedge, 83 of Shelbyville, Tennessee, died Monday, Aug. 3, 2015. He was a retired employee of the Consumer Power Company of Owasso, Michigan and a member of Horse Mountain Church of Christ. He was the son of the late Henry LeRoy and Ellen Mable Sedge. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Joyce Ann Sedge; a stepson, Billy Joe Hardison; and brothers, Cyril and Leonard Sedge...

Claudine Copeland King, age 91 of Belfast, Tennessee, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, at her residence after a long illness. Mrs. King was a native of Tracy City, Tennessee, and was the daughter of the late Archie Copeland and Nora White Copeland. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Homer King, who passed away in 1982; one daughter, Christine King; and three brothers, Jim, Bill, and Don Copeland...

Mr. Scottie Wayne Fraizer, age 67, a resident of Columbia, Tennessee, passed away early Thursday morning, July 30, 2015, at Maury Regional Medical Center. A celebration of life will be held on a later date. Heritage Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements...

Manila Murphy Coleman, age 90 of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, died Thursday, July 30, 2015, at her residence. Mrs. Coleman was a native of Farley, Alabama, and daughter of the late Dave Milton and Lillie Mae Fitch Murphy. She was retired from Durango Boot Company and was a member of Parkview Baptist Church...

Mr. Donald R. Waldrop, age 63, of Cordova, Tennessee, died Thursday, July 30, 2015, in Memphis, Tennessee. A native of Memphis, Mr. Waldrop was a son of the late William Clyde Waldrop and Anna Kaiko Waldrop. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and was a retired Safety Specialist for TVA...

Teresa Kay Hargrove, age 64 of Belfast, Tennessee, died Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015, in Maury Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Hargrove was a Marshall County native and daughter of the late John Everett, Jr. and Lucille Parks McCord. She was a homemaker and member of the Assembly of God Church...