Stories from Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Forrest can own it all with home win this Friday on Senior Night

Page invades Lewisburg this Friday with Region 4-AAAA title on the line Marshall County overcame four turnovers with some clutch plays Friday night at Maplewood, outlasting the Panthers 34-33 in double overtime. "Our team faced a lot of adversity Friday night," Tigers coach Thomas Osteen said. "Some of that was from Maplewood and the environment that we where in, but a lot of it was self- inflicted with all the turnovers we had."

The Bulldogs took to the field Friday night looking to celebrate homecoming with a win against highly regarded Fayetteville City High (7-2, 6-1) after getting handled 56-0 by Columbia Academy the previous week. Cornersville (2-7, 2-5) looked like a totally different ball team in the first half, trailing the second place team in Region 4-A by just two scores at halftime before succumbing to the quickness of the Tigers in a 43-0 loss in a game that was closer than the final score indicates.

Forrest Middle School, coming off a basketball sweep at Middle Tennessee Christian School on Thursday, brought out the home brooms on Monday, taking a pair from Moore County. The Lady Rockets made it three straight wins with their 31-22 win at MTCS combined with Monday's 54-26 coast-to-coast win over the Raiderettes. Jenna Blanton led the Lady Rockets in scoring with 14 points, including a perfect 8-for-8 effort from the foul line.

Nona Jewel McBride, 85, passed away Oct. 25, 2015 at Maury Regional Medical Center, Columbia, Tennessee. She was a bookkeeper for First National Bank of Lewisburg for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband R. L. McBride, Jr. in 1995, and was a member of Church Street Church of Christ. ...

Tommy Ross Jones, age 70 of the Berlin Community, died Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015 in Vanderbilt Medical Center. Mr. Jones was a native of Marshall County, Tennessee, and son of the late Earl and Edna Florence Little Jones. He was retired from Baker Equipment as a Parts Manager...

Nancy Geneva George, age 78 of Lewisburg, died Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, in NHC Healthcare. Mrs. George was a native of Bedford County, Tennessee, and daughter of the late Neil and Susie Mai Smith Bartlett. She was a homemaker and member of the Westvue Church of Christ...

Ms. Dorothy "Dot" Jean Brown, age 79, of Lewisburg, died Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, at NHC Lewisburg. Ms. Brown was a native of Marshall County, the daughter of the late Johnny James and Clara Mai Stevens Jones. She was formerly employed by Petersburg Manufacturing and the Impact Center. She also was a homemaker and member of the Church of Christ...

Billy Foster Stacey, age 74 of Columbia, Tennessee, died Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Stacey was a native of Lewisburg, Tennessee, retired from Stacey Construction and was a member of the Methodist Church. He is survived by two sisters, Mary Jo Stacey Yancey of Columbia and Ann (Willie) Howard of Alabama, and 16 nieces and nephews...

Mr. Bobby Ray Bean, age 64, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. Mr. Bean is survived by one daughter, Yvette Bean; one son, Theron (Jeanette) Bean; father, Fred Bean, Sr.; three sisters, Melody (Allen) Dalton, Anne Bailey and Mary (Walter) Wright; three brothers, Thomas (Margaret) Bean, Jerry and Stanley Bean; two grandchildren, Joselyn and Josephine...