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Articles from the January 9, 2020 edition


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  • Doris Baker Sims

    Staff|Jan 9, 2020

    Doris June Sims, age 80, passed away on January 5, 2020, at her home in Mount Pleasant. She was born on March 12, 1939 to the late Grady L. Baker and Mary Frances Loveless Baker in Lewis County. She was a member of Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She worked in the cafeteria and custodian at Mount Pleasant Elementary School for 28 years. She enjoyed being the neighborhood watch on Joy Road, not many things went on without her knowing. She liked going to eat catfish at Doodads Restaurant...

  • Edgefield residents question City over proposed expansion

    Becky Jane Newbold, Managing Editor|Jan 9, 2020

    In yet another late announced, but regularly scheduled meeting, residents of a local subdivision discovered two days prior a city planning commission would be considering an expansion in the neighborhood. Homeowners in the Edgefield subdivision, constructed prior to City codes and zoning, have struggled with inadequate drainage, flooding and other issues for decades, with one house in particular suffering substantial drainage issues. The Monday afternoon meeting was announced on the City of...

  • Lena Jo Kidd

    Staff|Jan 9, 2020

    Lena Jo Horner Kidd, age 82, of Linden passed away Monday, January 6, 2020 at Maury Regional Hospital in Columbia. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, January 9, 2020 in the chapel of Young Funeral Home with Randy Young officiating. Interment will follow in the Dr. O.A. Kirk Memorial Cemetery. Mrs. Kidd was born April 16, 1937 to the late William Leonard and Aucie Allen Horner on Lick Creek in Perry County. She attended Nathan School on Lick Creek, Pineview School on Tom's Creek...

  • Sue Turnbow

    Staff|Jan 9, 2020

    On January 3, 2020, the world lost a flamboyant icon of a lady, Margaret Sue (England) Turnbow. She had been telling those who had spoken to her lately that she was ready to leave this world and move on to her next adventure. She passed peacefully in her sleep. She was born on March 2, 1944, to Mary Anna King and Robert Earl King of Mount Pleasant. She had two brothers, Tommy England and Bobby Joe King. She was active in making life-long friends and sports throughout her school days. She was...

  • Candi Cissell

    Staff|Jan 9, 2020

    On the 29th of December 2019, Mrs. Candi Lee Carpenter Cissell returned home to our Lord and Savior. Born in Hayward, California on February 3, 1961 to Joyce Carpenter and the late Arthur Carpenter, Candi dedicated her life to family, faith and friendship. In April of 1983, she married her soulmate, Terry Lee Cissell and the two were married for 37 years. She and Terry settled in Summertown where they continued their business, Advanced Senior Concepts. Although her professional life was spent...

  • Nancy Johnson

    Staff|Jan 9, 2020

    Nancy Ann Johnson, 90, of Springfield, wife of the late Robert Johnson Sr. of Hohenwald, passed away January 1, 2020 at the White House Healthcare Center. Born in Kokomo, Indiana on December 28, 1929 to Walter and Henrietta Lobeck, she grew up in Washington, Indiana the daughter of a Lutheran minister. It was in Washington that she met and married Bob in 1950 following his military service during World War II. With Nancy at his side, he pursued industrial engineering and management positions in...

  • Donna Kay Coan

    Staff|Jan 9, 2020

    Donna Kay Coan, age 64, passed away on January 2, 2020, in Abilene, Texas. She was born July 16, 1955 in Hohenwald to Billy Duncan and Martha (Millsap) Coalston. On May 25, 1994, she was united in marriage to William Stanley McCrum in Brownwood, Texas. He preceded her in death on August 31, 2017. Kay was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She had a very strong work ethic and loved her children and grandchildren fiercely. She was the district manager at Ballow Oil for many years, worked as...

  • Penelope Bell

    Staff|Jan 9, 2020

    Penelope Goff Bell, age 69 of Parsons, passed away December 29, 2019 at Jackson-Madison General Hospital. Ms. Bell was born August 17, 1950 in Jackson to the late Billy Hobart and Lola Goff. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Chaymus Bell; and a brother, Tommy Goff. Penelope worked as a beautician at her salon, Sheer Genius before starting a new business called Solutions. In her spare time, she enjoyed traveling, going shopping or heading out for an adventure when...

  • Frank Atkinson

    Staff|Jan 9, 2020

    Retired Hickman County Sheriff Franklin D. "Frank" Atkinson passed from this life on December 29, 2019, four days away from his 87th birthday. He was born in Shipp's Bend on January 2, 1933. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Alice Quillen Atkinson, his wife of 66 years, Maxine Thompson Atkinson, and six brothers and one sister. He is survived by his two daughters, Pam Morgan and Susan McNabb of Centerville; two grandchildren, Nicholas McNabb and Lindsey Bailey; three great grandc...

  • Jean Dickson

    Staff|Jan 9, 2020

    Jean Dickson, formerly of Hohenwald, passed away in Chula Vista, California at the age of 91 on December 26, 2019. Services will be held on January 9, 2020 at Glen Abbey Memorial in California. She was preceded in death by her parents, Les and Pearl Anderson; husband, Bob Dickson; son, Bobby Joe Dickson, Jr.; grandson, Bobby Dickson III; brothers, Grady, Charlie, and Clovis Anderson; sisters, Erlene Harpham and Iva Holt. She is survived by her daughters, Marilyn Carranza (Harvey) and Karilyn...

  • Dennis LaCoax

    Staff|Jan 9, 2020

    Dennis Keith LaCoax, 68, of Hohenwald, passed away December 30, 2019, at Morning Point Senior Living in Spring Hill. He was born on March 6, 1951, in Muncie, Indiana, to Lester Keith LaCoax and Mary Bateman Wehrheim. He worked in Phone sales at Home Depot for many years. He is survived by his mother, Mary Wehrheim of Olney, Illinois; children, Lance (Jennifer), Sissy (Shae), Jessica (Gabe) and Jeremiah (Lynda); 14 grandchildren; brothers, Steve and Kevin; and sisters, Karen and Mary Ann. Dennis...

  • Lewis County under state and federal quarantine for Emerald Ash Borer

    Staff|Jan 9, 2020

    Lewis County joins 62 other counties under a state and federal EAB quarantine after detection of the forest-devastating insect, Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). The quarantine restricts the movement of firewood, ash nursery stock, ash timber and other material that can spread EAB. The tree-killing beetle was recently found in Lewis County through the United States Department of Agriculture's EAB detection program. "When EAB kills an ash tree, that dead tree can be hazardous to people and property," Stat...

  • Jerry Gray

    Staff|Jan 9, 2020

    Jerry Wayne Gray, (Graydog) age 65, a native of Columbia, passed away on December 31, 2019 at Maury Regional Hospital after a short illness. He was surrounded by his son and his loving family. He is survived by his wife, Tracy (Massie ) Gray; sons, Jerry Wayne Gray Jr. and William Tommie Gray; a granddaughter, Sarah; sisters, Barbara (Bobby) Ashworth, Lois Harrington, Abbie Gray, Judy (Gabe ) Cuevas, all of Hohenwald; brothers, William Gray of Sylacauga, Alabama and Michael Gray of Hohenwald; an...

  • PermaSafe at LCHS

    Hulon O. Dunn, Editor & Publisher|Jan 9, 2020

    The CEO and two sales representatives of PermaSafe Protective Coatings visited Lewis County High School Monday, January 6 and spoke with Head Football Coach Bobby Sharp while their product was being administered in the football field house locker room, shower and restroom areas. PermaSafe is described by CEO Rickey Gooch as a water based, EPA approved, antimicrobial germ killer. Treated surfaces will be protected for five years after application. Frankie 'Bird' Sharp walked around the room...