Stories from Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Eighty-three students graduated from Cornersville High School, May 16, 2019. Six of these students were twins. That’s right! This student body has three sets of twins. Two of these sets of twins have been attending school together for 13 years. Cade and Haison Hopkins, Ryan and Sarah Beth Prosser, have been classmates since kindergarten. This fall, Haison and Sarah Beth will be enrolled in the same college while Cade and Ryan will go in separate directions...

The parents of Natalie D. Ebolum would like to announce that she has graduated with the degree of Juris Doctor from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University.

Photo submitted The award-winning Rocket Band of Blue, under the leadership of band director Caleb Boone, has named two new field commanders for their upcoming season. Junior Allie Bowman (right), the daughter of Thomas and Heather Bowman of Chapel Hill, will take the helm along with sophomore Jeanne Kay Smartt, daughter of Sharrin and Chuck Peter of Lewisburg and the late Bob Smartt. ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), in partnership with Bicentennial Volunteers Incorporated (a TVA retiree organization), recently awarded three schools in the Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) service area grants totaling $11,000 for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education projects and school projects heavily focused on career and community enrichment. ...

The Marshall County Babe Ruth senior league Dusters entertained Giles County American Legion Post #60 Friday night for a doubleheader at Joe George Field in Lewisburg and they played to a split in a pair of five-inning, one-run ballgames. Giles County escaped with a 5-4 win in game one before the Dusters came back with a tough 2-1 win in the nightcap.

NASHVILLE, TN – June 15, 2019 – Kippy Brown, David Cutcliffe, Charles Davis, Kara Lawson, Peyton Manning, George Taliaferro, Bob Tillman, Kimberly Anne Valek and Patrick Willis are now members of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Nearly 1,000 guests were in attendance for the 2019 Induction Ceremony June 15 at the Omni Hotel in Nashville.

The Elks and A-Plus kicked off a Babe Ruth League doubleheader Monday night at the Jonathan D. Hollingsworth Memorial Babe Ruth Field in Lewisburg and they only got in five innings before heavy storms cancelled the rest of the action for the night.

Mrs. Marcella Maupin Spence, 89, of Verona, died Monday, June 17, 2019, at NHC Lewisburg. Mrs. Spence was a native of Marshall County, the daughter of the late Lee Andrew Maupin and Mary Montgomery Maupin. She was a retired Marshall County School Bus Driver, homemaker, and a member of the Berea Church of Christ...

Guy Jerome Smith, 49, of Cornersville, died Monday, June 17, 2019 at Willamson Medical Center. Mr. Smith was born in Morgan County, (Decatur) AL, and the son of Jerry Smith and the late Judy (Mardis) Smith. He was a cutter operator for Lewisburg Printing, ran his own lawncare service, and was a member of the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church...