Stories from Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Mallory Gabard Cruz, age 33, of Tucker, GA passed away Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. She was preceded in death by grandfathers, Joe C. Gabard and Bob Lasater. Mrs. Cruz is survived by her husband of six years, Kyle A. Cruz, Tucker, GA; daughter, Lilian Cruz, age 4, Tucker, GA; father, Joseph C. ...

Brandon Carter Bradley, age 20, of Lewisburg, died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, at his residence. Mr. Bradley was born in Williamson County, the son of Mrs. Mecca Shante’ Carter (Shane) Wells and Leslie Darryl (Kristie) Bradley. He had been employed by the Marshall County Recreation Center and Auto Zone and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lewisburg...

Funeral services for Mr. William Thomas Welch, age 79, of Petersburg, will be conducted 1 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 2, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Benny Burns officiating. Burial will follow in Welch Cemetery. Mr. Welch was a native of Lincoln County, TN and the son of the late Rufus Childress and Margaret Wells Welch. He was a member of the Petersburg Church of Christ, worked for Lewisburg Casting Company, Marshall County Farmers Co-Op, and loved farming...

Lanny Doke Franklin, age 66 of Lewisburg died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Franklin was a native of Marshall County, and the son of the late Willie Doke and Ventura Smith Franklin. He was a retired Senior Systems Analyst from Inner-City Products and Cosmolab, and later worked at Lowe’s. He was a member of the Westvue Church of Christ and was an Army veteran...

Mrs. Louise P. Holt, 95, passed after an extended illness Feb. 22, 2017 at NHC Oakwood in Lewisburg, TN. She was a member of Allen Bethel, A.M.E. Church in Lewisburg. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Walter Frank Holt, nine brothers and sisters...

Mrs. Janie Ann Davis, age 79 of Shelbyville, TN, died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. Visitation was Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Lawrence Funeral Home and a graveside service will be at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2017, at Whitworth Cemetery...

Mrs Nancy Bryant Holton, age 73, of Unionville, TN, died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. Visitation was Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Lawrence Funeral Home. The funeral service was Feb. 28, 2017, at 1:30 p.m. Lawrence Funeral Home and Cremations Services was in charge of the arrangements...

Luther Michael “Mike” Edwards, age 59 of Mooresville died Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 at St. Thomas West. Mike was a native of Giles County, and he was the son of the late Luther Randolph Edwards and Ladye Gertrude Clark Edwards of Mooresville. He was formerly employed by ICP and was a member of the First Assembly of God...

Mr. Dixon Grant Pruitt, age 98, of Shelbyville, TN, died Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. Born in Marshall Co., Mr. Pruitt was the son of the late Ulysses Grant Pruitt and Lillie Johnson Pruitt. He was retired from Lone Star Gas Co. in TX and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Essie Youngblood Pruitt, seven brothers and two sisters...

Ida Marie Carlough, age 56 of the Berlin Community, died Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, in Vanderbilt Medical Center. Ida Marie was born on July 20, 1960 to Ralph Angelo Panella and Theresa Alma Tonin Panella, in Detroit, MI. She attended St. Veronica Grade School, Regina High School, the University of Michigan, Vanderbilt University and Belmont University. ...

William Anderson “Andy” Porter, 73, passed away Feb. 24, 2017, at John R. Williamson-Life Touch Hospice in El Dorado, AR. He lived in Camden, AR, formerly of El Dorado and was born April 23, 1943, in Cornersville, TN to the late Johnie William and Louise Porter...

The Old Man – An Introduction Editor’s Note: Some readers will remember The Old Man series of fictional short stories that appeared in Tennessee Wildlife Magazine back in the 1980s written by Jackson, Tennessee’s Gary Cook. Now retired from the TWRA, Cook is one of the most gifted writers to come from the Volunteer State, and we’re happy to bring The Old Man back for Tribune readers’ enjoyment. Look for it each Friday in the Outdoors section...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- State Senator Mark Green (R-Clarksville) has received a coveted national award from the Tax Foundation for championing the passage of legislation last year to phase out of Tennessee’s Hall Income Tax. Green shared the honors with only 11 other recipients nationwide who have demonstrated outstanding achievements in State Tax Reform...

NASHVILLE -- The Senate approved a resolution today calling for a convention of states in Nashville for the purpose of planning a future Article V Convention. The convention would be the first formal meeting of the states since 1861. Senate Joint Resolution 9, sponsored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown) provides that the convention of states would be for the limited purposes of 1) planning for, and recommending rules and procedures for an Article V Convention to amend the U.S. ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Senate Speaker Pro Tempore Jim Tracy (R-Shelbyville) has filed legislation requiring photos to be added to the state’s Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, the method used for delivering Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to eligible Tennesseans. The bill aims to deter theft and the selling or trafficking of the cards, while ensuring eligible Tennesseans continue to receive the assistance they need...

NASHVILLE -- On Thursday, Tennessee State Rep. Andy Holt (R-Dresden) took to Facebook Live where he paid two traffic camera tickets with Monopoly money and a photographed image of a $50 bill. On one of the payments, Holt wrote “In the spirit of justice,” before sending it off to processors. ...

(NASHVILLE) — House Majority Leader Glen Casada (R–Thompson’s Station) announced this week that State Representative Rick Tillis (R–Lewisburg) has been chosen to shepherd House Bill 320 through the legislative process on behalf of Republican leadership...

Marshall County government and the school system have become safer recently. The National Weather Service certified both the county and schools as StormReady this month. “It’s a point of pride for the county and the school system,” said Kevin Calahan, Marshall County Office of Emergency Management Operations chief...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In 2016, 63 travelers returned to Tennessee infected with Zika virus. In each of those cases, the Tennessee Department of Health and the Tennessee medical community worked quickly to ensure the virus would not spread to others. Many Tennesseans are now planning for spring breaks, mission trips and other travel to warmer locations where mosquito populations are known to transmit Zika. ...

Dear Readers: It was bound to happen! With new technological devices such as cellphones, tablets, etc., we have a new “ailment” with its very own name: TEXT NECK! Just like purse strain (from too heavy a purse) or wallet backache (from a fat wallet in a back pocket) or eye strain from staring at a computer screen all day, text neck might be real! Just as it’s recommended that you get up and move around every so often, you need to take a break every now and then to save your neck!...

Dear Savvy Senior, Does Medicare cover 100 percent of all preventive health care screenings? I’m due to get a colonoscopy and a few other tests, but I want to find out if I’ll have to pay anything before I proceed. --New to Medicare Dear New, Medicare currently covers a wide array of free preventive and screening services to help you stay healthy, but not all services are completely covered...

“The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever...” - Deuteronomy 29:29 It is natural to ask, “Why?” That is a wonderful design of God to place such a word into the human language for our brains to use. ...

No matter what you think of Donald J. Trump, you got to admit he’s a cracker-jack salesman with an uncanny gift for manipulating the mainstream media like a three-armed rental clown juggling pin-pulled grenades on an express elevator to hell. Every single day something he touches starts smoking. You’ve heard of the Midas Touch; Trump has the Hades Touch. His very being is constructed to strike the flint that shoots a spark towards the tetchy kindling he calls staff...

“The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” – William Shakespeare. The story went viral, so you’ve likely heard of the 74-year-old Texas man whose death emboldened his embittered daughter (against the advice of the funeral director) to post a scathing online obituary that catalogued his myriad shortcomings as a father and human being...

Reality aside, whether or not something is actually happening in the minds of the public depends, in large part, on the media coverage. That may sound strange but it’s true. For example, ice has been melting and reforming in the Arctic for millions of years. It wasn’t until 1979 when satellite technology advanced to a point that we could see it that it became big news. That news coverage changed the perception, but it did not change the reality...

Dogs available now for adoption. O’Malley #94 - O’Malley is a male Pit Bulldog mix, black and white in color, found as a stray. He is a very high energy fun loving boy, best in a no other dog home and with someone familiar with the breed. He weighs 71 pounds. ...

Earlier this week, the State Building Commission voted unanimously to appoint Ann McGauran as Tennessee State Architect. With the appointment, McGauran becomes the first woman to serve the state in this capacity since the position was first created in 1955...

NASHVILLE -- Tennessee sportsmen and non-residents, who work as hunting and fishing guides in the state, will now have to complete an application for their licenses beginning with the 2017-18 license year. Resident and non-resident guide licenses will only be available by application effective Feb. 18, 2017, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency...

(Middle Tenn.) — More than 500 wedding dresses and 400 bridesmaid gowns will be sold at bargain prices during the Goodwill Wedding Gala from 6 a.m.-10 a.m. on Saturday, March 18, at the Rivergate Goodwill store, 2101 Gallatin Pike North in Madison. Prices for wedding gowns will range from $99 to $399. ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Agriculture Committee held its first hearing of the 115th Congress to investigate “The Rural Economic Outlook,” in order to develop solutions in the next major farm bill to falling commodity prices, which could force a wave of farm closures across the country...

The Children’s Center for Autism opened their doors on Friday for more than just an open house. The center was marking the one-year anniversary of their opening with more of a celebration for they have managed to accomplish during that time. The CCA is a program of the Child Development Center, part of a regional system focusing on children with developmental delays...

The Chapel Hill Police Department is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) for its annual Seatbelts Are For Everyone (SAFE) campaign. This statewide initiative is designed to increase seatbelt usage and child passenger safety restraint usage through the implementation of occupant-protection programs, public events, and checkpoints throughout local communities across Tennessee. The SAFE campaign begins February 1, 2017, and concludes on August 1, 2017...

The Veteran for Foreign Affairs held a student essay contest titled the “Voice of Democracy.” There were 11 districts in which all schools were able to enter. Each district picked three winners and ranked them first, second, and third places. Marshall County is in district 5. ...

Marriage licenses Christopher Marcus Green to Heather Marie Payne Rietveld; Gary Allen Rogers to Jennifer Lynn Foreman Atkins; James Anthony Savage to Joy Denese Warlick Keith. Divorces Christine Kukula Jorgensen vs. Sven David Jorgensen;Paul Joseph Recker vs. Cathy Recker; Ryan Edward Tietgens vs. Jessica Megan Tietgens...

Anyone who drives very much in rural America knows that potholes are a highway hazard, and Marshall County’s roads are no exception. Extreme cold followed by warm weather and rain is perfect recipe for potholes. Winter weather extremes lead to an increase in potholes on state and local highways and bridges. ...

By the time winter gets a good hold and the deer seasons have all closed, most bow hunters are ready for a break. After all, especially in the South, the liberal and sometimes long archery seasons can wear even the most hard-core bow hunter down...

More than 52,000 turkey hunters, wildlife conservationists and outdoor enthusiasts flocked to the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center for the National Wild Turkey Federation’s 41st annual Convention and Sport Show, Feb. 15-19...