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Dormeca Roshonn Harris
(Obituary ~ 05/03/16)
We regret to inform you of that Dormeca Roshonn Harris, age 37 of Lewisburg, passed on Sunday, April 17, 2016. As a youth she attended 2nd Ave. Church of Christ and later on Greater First Baptist Church in Lewisburg. She was employed by Nissan Corporation, in her spare time she enjoyed, cooking, and spending time with her family; her joyful spirit brought encouragement and happiness to everyone she encountered. She will be deeply missed and remembered with loving affection...
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Police blotter
(Local News ~ 05/03/16)
On March 28, at around 5:30 a.m., a Lewisburg police officer stopped a vehicle traveling at 55 mph in a 30 mph zone on West Commerce Street. The driver of the vehicle, Austin R. Jones, 19, told the officer he had just left work and wanted to get home. The officer cited Jones for reckless driving, speeding and failure to carry proof of insurance...
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Race not a factor in disturbing the peace
(Local News ~ 05/03/16)
Lewisburg police were called to the 500 block of Forrest Street on April 19 on a complaint of loud music. When the officer arrived they found 58-year-old Paul F. Terry standing on his front porch his stereo "playing very loudly," according to the police report. At first, Terry reportedly refused to turn the music down but he complied after police told him about the city's noise ordinance...
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Rock Creek Bible Society to meet for 202nd time (Local News ~ 05/03/16)
The Rock Creek Bible Society will hold their 202nd Annual Meeting at Bethbirei Presbyterian Church, on Bethbirei Road, Lewisburg, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 7. The speaker for the occasion will be Rev. Charles 'Buddy' Pope, pastor of the Richland Cumberland Presbyterian Church, better known as Spring Place. Pope is the Stated Clerk of the Columbia Presbytery and serves on the Denomination Board of Stewardship... -
Annie Louise Gordon
(Obituary ~ 05/03/16)
Annie Louise Gordon, age 79 of Lewisburg, died Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at NHC Lewisburg. Miss Gordon was a native of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee; she was the daughter of the late John Harlan and Mattie Leola Calloway Kelton. She was a retired hostess from the food service industry...
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'The Foreigner' hears it all
(Local News ~ 05/03/16)
Tickets are on sale now for "The Foreigner" playing at the Fly Arts Center on May 6, 7, 13, 14 and 15. The comedy is set in a rural Georgia fishing lodge, where two friends have gone for a few days. Charlie is having a few problems at home and his friend Froggy wants to cheer him up. ...
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Anthony Kerry Gipson (Obituary ~ 05/03/16)
Anthony Kerry Gipson of the Farmington community in Lewisburg, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2016 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. He was a native of Marshall County, the son of the late Bobby Loyd and Earline Burrow Gipson. He served in the US Marine Corps, was an officer with the Lewisburg Police Department for six years and enjoyed his job as an over the road truck driver... -
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(Obituary ~ 05/03/16)
We regret to inform you that Clara Jean Love, 78, of Lewisburg, passed on Monday, April 25, 2016 at NHC Oakwood in Lewisburg, Tennessee. She was a member of Eastside Church of Christ in Petersburg. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Shirley Campbell Benton and four brothers: James, William, Charles and Donald Love...
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Dorothy Jean Allman (Obituary ~ 05/03/16)
Dorothy Jean Allman, age 87, of Petersburg, Tennessee passed away on Sunday, May 1, 2016 at NHC-Oakwood in Lewisburg, Tennessee. She was a native of Warren County, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Vernon and Minnie Irene Foster Adamson. Jean was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lewisburg and retired from the General Shoe Company. She was an active member of the Volunteers of Marshall Medical Center... -
Jerry "Scott" Williams
(Obituary ~ 05/03/16)
Jerry "Scott" Williams, 42, of Gutherie, Kentucky, passed away on April 27. A native of Cornersville, he was the oldest son of Jim and Wanda Williams. Also surviving is his wife, Joanna (Sommers) Williams; daughters Elsie, Mable, Laura and Amy; sons Jerry, Jr., Stanley, Jonas and Josiah; sister Lewanna (Phillip) Sommers and Edith (Glen) Baker; brothers Donny (Sharon), Jimmy (Jemima), Luke (Sarah), Mark (Naomi), Sam (Rebecca) and Steven (Leah). ...
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John Michael Walsh (Obituary ~ 05/03/16)
John Michael Walsh, age 24 of Lewisburg, died Saturday, April 30, 2016 following an automobile accident. He was a native of Port Jervis, New York, the son of Peter John and Olga Sprague Walsh of Lewisburg. He earned an Associate's Degree in General Studies. He was employed with Ibex Global in Spring Hill, Tennessee... -
Robert Cleo Sharp (Obituary ~ 05/03/16)
Robert Cleo Sharp, age 69 of the Spring Place Community, died Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Sharp was a native of Marshall County, Tennessee and son of the late George Clebert and Nannie Tom Brady Sharp. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam Era. He was a farmer and retired from TVA as an electrician... -
Sonya Fox Ingram (Obituary ~ 05/03/16)
Sonya Fox Ingram of the Brick Church Community passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at NHC Healthcare in Lewisburg. She was born in Lewisburg, Tennessee on February 16, 1948 and was 68 years old. Sonya was a member of Second Street Church of Christ of Pulaski, Tennessee where she was very active in helping others especially the less fortunate. She loved her family, church, spending time with her friends and was nominated as teacher of the year several times... -
Chapel Hill resident wins nationally competitive Truman Scholarship (Local News ~ 05/03/16)
Forrest High School graduate Brooks Lamb recently was awarded a Truman Scholarship. Brooks is a history major at Rhodes College in Memphis. The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation recently announced the names of 54 exceptional college juniors out of 775 candidates selected as 2016 Truman Scholars...
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