Stories from Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Bobby E. Osborne, 69, resident of Lewisburg, died on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Mr. Osborne will be conducted Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Bills-McGaugh & Hamilton Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Sunset Park Memorial Gardens with military honors provided by the U.S. Army. The family will visit with friends on Wednesday from 10 a.m. until the time of service...

Mr. James A. Ford, Jr., 69, resident of Lewisburg, died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, at Tennova Healthcare- Shelbyville. A memorial service for Mr. Ford will be conducted Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, at 6 p.m. at Bills-McGaugh & Hamilton Funeral Home with Malcom Crabtree officiating. Inurnment will take place at a later time at Sunset Park Mausoleum. The family will visit with friends on Wednesday from 4 p.m. until time of service at the funeral home...

Katherine “Kat” Lorene Johns Rickman passed from this life at Life Care Center of Tullahoma on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, at the age of 102. She had lived more than ninety-four years in Chapel Hill, TN which she loved and will soon return. She will join her husband, John R. “Ike” Rickman, who died in 1996. They had been married 63 years...

Herschel Gaston Doggett, Jr., 89, died on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, in Pulaski, TN. He was born on April 10, 1930, a member of the Diana Church of Christ, and a Veteran of the United States Army during the Korean War. He was a farmer and also retired from Inter-City Products. ...

Ryder Damon Wilkins, 19, of Lewisburg, died Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, following a car accident. He was a native of Terre Haute, IN, the son of Jeff (Lowen) Wilkins and Julie Glidewell (Thomas) Courtney. He was a retail associate for Walmart and was a member of the Marshall County High School graduating class of 2019 where he was a four year member of the MCHS Tiger Football team. He was currently enrolled in Columbia State Community College studying criminology...

Jeffrey Len Short, 54, of Lewisburg, died Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, at Marshall Medical Center. He was a native of Franklin County, the son of Mr. James Short of Wartrace, and Mrs. Linda Kaye Hill Baker of Decherd. He was formerly employed as a Press Operator for Lewisburg Printing and was a member of the Hardin Chapel Church of Christ...

Forrest’s Anna Blanton will be roaming the outfield in college as the Lady Rockets’ standout centerfielder recently signed a Letter of Intent to attend The University of Tennessee at Martin on scholarship for the 2020-2021 season. “It was just like a home away from home, it’s a small town, I just fit in there and I feel like it’s a really good pick for me,” Blanton said about going to UT-Martin...

When Kaitlin Leverette transferred from Unionville to Forrest in her freshman year she had some trepidation about changing schools, but there was absolutely no concern about joining a championship caliber Lady Rockets’ softball team. “It was hard at first, transferring and not knowing anyone, but the school and the coaches here just made me a better person and a better player,” Leverette said.

The Corey Bishop coaching era began with some high drama in Tuesday night’s Hall of Champions season opener versus longtime rival Cascade. The Rockets fell behind big in the first half before mounting a third quarter comeback that erased a 12-point halftime deficit, but the undermanned Forrest squad could not hold on in the end and fell 54-50.

The Forrest Lady Rockets kicked off the 2019-2020 campaign with a bang, blowing out Cascade 52-21 in a season opening Hall of Champions contest win at Chapel Hill Tuesday night. “It's always good to start the season off with a win, I was pleased with our intensity and defense.” Forrest coach Jeremy Jean said. “Offensively I was pleased with everything, we played fast but wasn't in a hurry. That's the type of game that we are wanting to play this year.”

In both of Cornersville’s Class A runner-up years in 2017 and 2018, the Bulldogs beat perennial powerhouse Huntingdon on the way to Cookeville. The Mustangs got their revenge in the third meeting on Friday night when they blasted the boys from Frog Bottom 54-7 in the second round. “We knew going in to the game that we would have to play our best football and most of all mistake free football, and we were not able to do that,” Cornersville coach Gerard Randolph said. “Huntingdon controlled the game from the first kickoff and through the majority of the game.”

All good things must come to an end. Unfortunately for the Marshall County Tigers (9-3) that ending came sooner than expected Friday night, following a 28-24 comeback win by DeKalb County (8-4) after the Tigers had built a 10-point lead with just seven minutes left in the contest. "Obviously, disappointed that we could not close the game out," Marshall County coach Thomas Osteen, who owns a 56-21 overall and 11-6 playoff record in five years with the Tigers, said. "We needed one more first down on offense or one more stop on defense to win the game but were unable to get it."