Stories from Monday, May 15, 2017

Mr. David Earl Gentry, age 72, of the Wheel Community, died Friday, May 1, 2017. Visitation is 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Monday, May 15, 2017, and the funeral service will be Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at Lawrence Funeral Home. Interment will be at Simpson Cemetery in the Rover Community of Bedford Co...

Mrs. Sue Crafton Speakman, age 74, of Eagleville, TN, died Wednesday, May 10, 2017, in Murfreesboro,TN. Family members received friends on Friday, May 12, 2017 at Lawrence Funeral Home. A funeral service was conducted on Saturday, May 13, 2017, at 11 a.m. from the chapel of Lawrence Funeral Home with Cory Drake officiating. Burial followed in Williamson Memorial Gardens, Franklin, TN...

Katie Lee Spafford, age 75 of Lewisburg, died Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at her residence. Mrs. Spafford was a native of Marshall County, TN and daughter of the late William Taylor and Dolly Noma Isley Church. She was a homemaker and member of the Jehovah’s Witness of Lewisburg...

Doris A. Pence, 80, of Cornersville, TN passed away Friday, May 12, 2017. She was preceded in death by father, Paul A. Long; mother, Florence E. Cranmer Long; husband, William Kenneth Pence; and brothers, Bob Long and Larry Long. Surviving are three sons, Larry R. (Deborah) Pence, Paul J. (Lynn) Pence, Kenneth E. (Penny) Pence; daughter, Brenda (Roger) Lemley; 11 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren, and several nieces & nephews...

LCDR (Retired USN) James Hamlin Terry died peacefully at The Waterford Assisted Living Home in Smyrna, TN on Friday, May 12, 2017, at the age of 89. James Terry is survived by his children, Bruce (Gwen) Terry, Bentonville, AR; Bob (Beverly) Terry, Salisbury, NC; Paul Terry, Lewisburg, TN; Bill Terry, Philadelphia, PA; Colleen Terry (Jimmy) Watson, Smyrna, TN; daughter-in-law, Sharon Terry, San Diego, CA; niece, Patricia Mitchell, Cornersville, TN; thirteen grandchildren, Adam, Michael, David, Katie, Gregory, Angel, Brandon, Miranda, Susan, Catherine, Steven, Jenna, Nell and nine great-grandchildren. ...

Today in History Today is Tuesday, May 16, the 136th day of 2017. There are 229 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 16, 1868, the U.S. Senate failed by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson as it took its first ballot on the eleven articles of impeachment against him...

BOSTON (AP) — Former NFL player Aaron Hernandez sounded as if he thought he would soon be freed in his last conversation with his fiancee before he killed himself. Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez says in an interview on "Dr. Phil" scheduled to air next week that he said "Daddy's going to be home ... I can't wait to hold you and love you" in a telephone conversation hours before he was found hanged in his prison cell on April 19...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grammy winning Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, who wrote songs like "Brown Eyed Girl" and "Wild Night," will receive a lifetime achievement award for songwriting at the Americana Honors and Awards show on Sept. 13. The Americana Music Association announced on Friday that Morrison will also headline a concert the following night as a part of the Americana Festival...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — ESPN reporter Shelley Smith said Sunday night she was doing well and undergoing tests at an East Bay hospital for stroke symptoms after a scare in the Golden State locker room following the Warriors' 113-111 victory over San Antonio in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Anaheim Ducks were down a game in the Western Conference finals and down 2-0 in Game 2 against Pekka Rinne, the most dominant goalie in these Stanley Cup playoffs. That's when Sami Vatanen got the puck and thought he saw a sliver of room over Rinne's shoulder...