Stories from Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Mr. Billy A. Gray, age 79, of Shelbyville, passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2016, at his home surrounded by his family. Funeral services were held Friday, November 4, 2016 at 11 a.m. at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Burial followed at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation was on Thursday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the funeral home...

Robert "Mickey" Chilton, age 58 of Cornersville, died Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Chilton was a native of Marshall County, Tennessee and son of the late Joe Chilton, Jr. and Mrs. Barbara Ann Gowan Shaw of Lewisburg. He was retired from Fred Department Stores as a manager and was, also, a certified Microsoft tech. He was a member of the Cornersville Baptist Church...

Robert Lewis "Bucking" West, age 68 of Lewisburg, died Wednesday, November 2, 2016 in Marshall Medical Center. Mr. West was a native of Lewisburg, Tennessee and son of the late Cecil, Sr. and Tisha Mae Adams West. He was a self-employed painter and member of the Baptist Church...

Reba Mildred Harwell, age 94 of Lewisburg, died Thursday, November 3, 2016 in Signature Health Care of Cleveland. Mrs. Harwell was a native of Lincoln County, Tennessee, the daughter of the late David and Amanda Joines Campbell. She was retired from McCord School where she worked in the cafeteria. She was a member of Church Street Church of Christ...

Sue Dockery, died Sunday, November 6, 2016 in NHC Healthcare. She was a native of Marshall County, Tennessee, the daughter of the late William Robert and Cora Lee Tate. She was retired from Cosmolab and was a homemaker. She was a member of Westvue Church of Christ...

Jimmy Lawrence Hobby, age 68, of Columbia, Tennessee, passed away on October 22, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Jimmy was born on August 16, 1948 in Lewisburg, Tennessee to Odell and Sarah Cozart Hobby. He was a supervisor at J. R. Moon Pencil Company for over thirty years...

David W. Rogers David W. Rogers, age 76 died on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at his residence. David retired with 35 years of service from International Comfort Products. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was an avid quail hunter, bird dog trainer and golfer...

Elmer Ray Farley, age 95, died Sunday afternoon at his residence. He was born October 17, 1921 and and passed away November 6, 2016. Ray Farley is survived by his daughters, Linda Clark and Susan Martensen; six grandchildren: Lorrie (John Mark) Jackson, Heather Eskridge, Carrie (Brad) Thomas, Brian (Melissa) Martensen, Larry Clark, and Susan (Cesar) Angkaw and eight great-grandchildren. ...

Edward Lee Cozart Edward Lee Cozart, age 80 of Cornersville died Monday, October 31, 2016 at Maury Regional Hospital. Mr. Cozart was a native of Marshall County. He was the son of the late James Williams and Emma Roddy Cozart. He was a member of the Baptist church and he was a retired road supervisor from the Marshall County Highway Department...

The first round of the TSSAA state playoffs passed through Preston Hopkins Field in Lewisburg with more of a low key feel as the MCHS Tigers (11-0) beat the East Hamilton Hurricanes (5-6) with ease 46-0 for its second shutout in as many playoff games. "I'm just happy that we executed on all three phases again tonight," MCHS coach Thomas Osteen said. "We started fast, we respected our opponent, didn't come out of the gate slow because we weren't focused and we had a great week of preparation in practice and all of those things came together and that's what happens when you execute in all three phases of the game."

When it seemed all was lost and the season was over, Luke Cunningham, like he has done several times before this season saved the Rockets, just ask the coach. "That was huge, huge, huge," Forrest coach Brent Johns said. "I look back to the summer when Luke came out for the team and we just were not sure how he could help us, but I'm glad he did and like I told the guys after the game, 'Luke Cunningham just saved your season'."

In a Saturday morning announcement by the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA), Forrest's Slayton Wild (2A) and Marshall County's Cain McWilliams (4A) were selected as one of four semifinalists for the 2016 Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Lineman of the Year Award. The two seniors have led their squads to identical 10-1 records, region titles and number one seeds with home field advantage throughout the first four rounds of the playoffs that began Friday night.

The Cornersville Bulldogs ran into a Pirate warship Friday night, losing 62-12 in the first round of the TSSAA Class A playoffs at sixth-ranked South Pittsburg. The Pirates jumped on the Bulldogs early and often, scoring 27 first quarter points and opened up a 41-12 lead at the half.

arshall County High School junior long distance runner Leah Hollingsworth made her third consecutive trip to the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association's Class A/AA Cross Country State Championships on Saturday and turned in her career best time on the Percy Warner Park Steeplechase course at Nashville.

Forrest Middle School entertained Eagleville Monday night and came away with two wins as the Lady Rockets remained undefeated with a 39-23 win, while the Rockets pulled off an exciting 25-24 come from behind triumph. Lady Rockets Jenna Blanton scored a game-high 16 points for Forrest (10-0) in a contest they trailed just once and that was on the first basket of the game by Eagleville's Haylee Ferguson, who led her team in scoring with nine points.

The Annual Elk's Hoop Shoot is set at the Lewisburg Recreation Center at 9 a.m. November 12-thru-16. The event is for girls and boys from 8 to 13 years old as of April 17, 2016.