Stories from Thursday, October 10, 2019

A Thursday night showdown in Lawrenceburg featured two teams heading in opposite directions as Lawrence County started the season 3-1, but had lost two games in a row against Nolensville and 2A Forrest by a combined 80-7 total heading into the Region 4-4A matchup. The Tigers, however, had also started the season 3-1 but won its past two games by a 77-32 margin and continued the winning streak in easy fashion with a 48-3 thumping over the Wildcats.

The E.A. Cox Middle School Cougars (5-3) came to Preston Hopkins Field to face the Lewisburg Middle School Tigers (6-2) on Thursday night to determine the championship for the Big South Conference. The Tigers, using the “Wildcat” formation featuring Antomme Cowthorne were too much for the Cougars as LMS rolled to a 27-6 victory. The Tigers had beaten the Cougars 24-12 in their last meeting two weeks ago on E.A. Cox’s home field. LMS received the opening kickoff and Cowthorne ran it back to the Tigers’ 23-yard line.

The Cornersville Bulldogs (4-2, 2-0) took the trip to Lincoln County where they faced the Fayetteville City School Tigers (6-0,4-0) with first place in Region 5-A on the line. In a bruising football game with numerous penalties on both teams and big plays from each, the Tigers used a 91-yard run in the fourth quarter by Jacious Clark from their own one-yard line that led to a go-ahead touchdown as Fayetteville came away with a 28-14 victory and the region title.

William Carl Fulghum, 77, formally of Marshall County, died Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, at Select Specialty North Knoxville Medical Center. He was a native of Nashville TN, the son of the late James Fulghum and Sarah Hamilton Fulghum. He was an electrician and a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers...

Mrs. Brenda Gale Womack Riddley, 63, resident of Belfast, died on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, at Maury Regional Medical Center. The family will visit with friends on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. at Bills-McGaugh & Hamilton Funeral Home. Born on Sept. 12, 1956, she was the daughter of the late Ernest T Womack and late Lavada Dunn Womack. She loved spending time with her family and watching her criminal shows...