Stories from Friday, August 7, 2015

Former Forrest striker Sarah Blasingim recently made a last-minute decision to attend Martin-Methodist College in Pulaski on a soccer scholarship. "It was last minute, very, very last minute," she said. "I was watching some videos and I was seeing every time where we scored, everybody was happy, so I just wanted that again."

Teamwork shows against Lipscomb After a recruiting violation that was announced this week, Marshall County's football team is moving forward as a unit and it showed Tuesday night at David Lipscomb Academy. "Number one, we were looking for improvement from Friday," Coach Thomas Osteen said. "We played a solid Fairview football team and we were a little sloppy, but that's expected in that first scrimmage.

We regret to inform you that Baby Aaliyah Nevaeh Myles of Lewisburg, passed on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015 in Marshall County. She will be missed with loving affection. Aaliyah Myles, is survived by her mother Teryn Myles, her father James Conn, grandmother LaCanas Myles, her uncle Juan Myles and many great aunts, uncles and cousins...

Mr. William F. "Bill" Vernon, age 87 of the Holts Corner Community of Marshall County, died Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. Mr. Vernon was born in Williamson County and was a son of the late Francis Marion and Bessie Logan Vernon. He served his country in the United States Navy. ...

Anthony Lee (Tony) Harmond, age 51 of Christiansburg, Virginia, died Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, in Franklin, Tennessee. Tony was a Marshall County native and son of Jimmy and Catherine Hargrove Harmond of Lewisburg. He was in the graduating classes of 1982 at Marshall County High School and 1987 from MTSU in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. ...

Mrs. Bobbie Faye Petty Harper Spain, age 79, of Eagleville, Tennessee, died Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. Mrs. Spain was born in Davidson County and was a daughter of the late Thomas Haskel and Luna Mae Phillips Petty. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Mrs. Spain, along with her husband, James Arthur Harper, who died in 1996, were the caregivers, owners and operators of Harpers Veterans Home in Eagleville for over 40 years...

James Patrick Meier, age 66 of Petersburg, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, at his residence. Mr. Meier was a native of Lemmon, South Dakota, and the sone of the late Joseph Meier and Anna Marie Zent Meier. In addition to his parents, his is also preceded in death by two brothers, Joseph and Richard Meier...