Stories from Friday, September 21, 2018

7th Annual Deep Fried 75 Feature Results Duck River Raceway Park Saturday, September 15 Top 5 Pure Stock 1. Dylan McCrary 2. Allen Carter 3. Michael Giles 4. Josh Anderson 5. Alex Bobo

James and Aaron Riggs, who attend Marshall County High School, contributed to a second place finish for the Mt. Pleasant High School Bass Team. The Riggs’ led the way for Mt. Pleasant with two fish weighing 8.44 lbs. in the 82 boat field at New Johnsonville...

Forrest’s Jenna Blanton played a big part for her travel softball team that won the 14 year-old Junior Olympic Cup this summer in St. Louis. Blanton plays for Fury Platinum-Hutchins, which is based out of Chattanooga. The Fury is ranked seventh in the nation according to Fast Pitch News...

Forrest senior Jeff Gross (right) and coach Jason “Shooter” Hill receive their state championship rings at halftime of Friday night’s game versus Columbia Academy. Gross captured his second consecutive state wrestling title on February 17 at the Williamson County Expo Center in Franklin when he took a 4-2 decision over Fairview’s Riley Bennett in the 126-pound weight class...

Marshall County High School and Forrest are looking for bounce back wins tonight, while the undefeated Cornersville Bulldogs try to make it six wins in row. The Marshall County Tigers (1-3, 1-2) host the 3A Pearl Cohn Firebirds tonight at Preston Hopkins Field in Lewisburg in a non-region matchup with the MCHS needing a win to bust a two-game losing streak, including a tough 28-14 loss to sixth-ranked Maplewood last week at home...

James Leonard Hobby, 75, of Lewisburg, TN, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born Sept. 16, 1943, and attended elementary and secondary school in Marshall County. He graduated from MTSU with a degree in music. ...

Ricky (Slick) Sherrell Blackwell, 63, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, at Maury Regional Medical Center, Columbia, TN. A Lewisburg native Ricky was born to Leslie and Mary Evelyn Smith Blackwell on March 3, 1956. He was the warehouse coordinator for Blalock Plumbing and Heating. Ricky was a lover of Harley motorcycle riding, playing with his grandchildren and family but was especially a lover of reading and studying the Bible...

Amos Melvin Thompson, 90, of Lewisburg died Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, at his home. Mr. Thompson was a native of Marshall County and was the son of the late Olan Buford and Maggie Belle Smith Thompson. He was a retired truck driver from Lewisburg Transfer Company and Brown Trucking in Nashville and he was a member of the Wilson Hill Church of Christ...

James “Eddie” Dyer, 61, of Cornersville, TN, died unexpectedly on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. Eddie graduated from Cornersville High School where he played football. He lived and worked in Murfreesboro for many years after high school, but eventually made his way back to Cornersville to be close to his parents...