Stories from Thursday, August 3, 2017

Mr. Melvin Porter Ewing, age 87, of Lewisburg, passed on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, at Vanderbilt Medical Center. He was preceded in death by his parents, Rollie and Melvin Ewing, Sr.; his son Melvin Eugene Ewing, and one infant child. He was educated in Marshall County, and served in the United States Army during the Korean War. Afterwards, he worked at Easy Pay Tire Company and the Marshall County School Board. He will missed and remembered with loving affection...

Nancy Baker Platzer, age 70, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, at the Maury Regional Medical Center. She was born on November 30, 1946, in Smith County, TN to the late James R. and Mary Louise Watts Baker. Nancy enjoyed long car dives, playing music and computer games...