Stories from Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Cornersville Middle School returned home to Frog Bottom looking to bounce back from a loss to South Lincoln that snapped a 16-game winning streak against a South Giles squad it had beaten soundly in Pulaski just three weeks prior. The Bulldogs will now embark on a new win streak after pummeling the Eagles 30-6 in a game that saw the home team score 30 straight points in the first half before cycling in the reserves.

Cornersville needed a win Friday night and the task was tough enough, going on the road to Mt. Pleasant where they hadn't won since 2002. Three costly turnovers and a bevy of bad snaps from center cost the Bulldogs in crucial situations that led to a 28-21 loss.

Cornersville started the girls soccer season 1-4-1 with a roster full of underclassmen before hitting its stride by winning four of five including a three-game winning streak entering Thursday's game against D-II private school Zion Christian Academy. The Lady Bulldogs (6-5-1) pushed that run to four by breaking a 1-1 tie late in the game on an Anna Claire Foster shot to stun the Eagles 2-1.

The Forrest Rockets traveled to Cascade Friday night with a plan -- rain or shine they were going to pound the football the entire game. "The weather didn't play a factor. That was our plan going into the game and it turned out well for us Friday night," Forrest coach Matt Kriesky said.

Marshall County took on a break from the region schedule to take on the Stratford Spartans from East Nashville on a dreary Homecoming night following an emotional 46-6 dismantling of longtime rival Giles County the previous week. The rain didn't keep the fans away as a standing-room-only crowd at Preston Hopkins Field saw the Tigers claim a 38-20 victory.

Mr. William Thomas (W.T.) Wilson, age 91, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, died Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. He was a native of Marshall County, and a son the late E. E. and Mamie Powell Wilson. W.T. was a member of the Chapel Hill Church of Christ. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and retired from the United States Postal Service. W. T. also was a farmer, farm machine repairman and enjoyed woodworking...

Tommie Toone Whitt, 86 of Northport, Alabama, formerly of Ardmore, Alabama, died Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, at DCH Regional Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Born Tuesday, Sept. 10, 1929 in Ardmore, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Toone and the late Lou Malone Toone...

Patsy A. Sharp, age 78, of Lewisburg, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tennessee. Mrs. Sharp was a native of Giles County, Tennessee, and was the daughter of the late Kate Harwell and the granddaughter of a loving grandfather, William Pink Harwell. She loved her flower garden, retired from Cosmolab in 1991 after 13 years, and was a member of the Diana Methodist Church...

Mr. Willis "Andy" Lunn, age 71, husband of Wanda Lunn, and a resident of Lewisburg, formerly of Columbia, Tennessee, passed away Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015 at his residence. A funeral service was held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at Heritage Funeral Home with Pastor Pieter du Toit officiating. Burial followed in Arlington Cemetery. The family received friends for visitation from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, 2015 at Heritage Funeral Home...

Patricia Lee Kerce Forton of Lewisburg, passed away on Thursday Sept. 24, 2015 at NHC-Lewisburg. A native of Winter Garden, Florida, Mrs. Forton was the daughter of the late Lumos and Erma Gillard Dollar. She also was preceded in death by her husband,Wilbur Earl Forton, Sr. Mrs Forton was a homemaker and of the Catholic faith...