Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
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Lewis County High School was proud to announce Derek Rang as their new head football coach last week. Rang was born in Illinois and moved to Maryville, Tennessee, when he was a kid. There he played football and graduated from Maryville High School. He has been coaching for a collective 15 years and has a teaching degree in Mathematics. "I've always been very passionate about football. I felt like it was a calling to give it a shot and quickly fell in love with it, and I was lucky to be enough to...
With the vision of David Adcox and the support of the Highland Corporation Charitable Foundation, Davis House Child Advocacy Center recently moved to a newly renovated space. Davis House provides investigative and healing services to children who are victims of sexual and/or significant physical abuse, as well as other traumatic events. They also provide community education and outreach that makes our towns and civic spaces safer and more resilient for everyone. The new space allows for more privacy for the families, and includes a conference...
This is the final week to enter our Warm Up Your Winter contest for a chance to win $100 toward your electric bill! See page B-8 for details! Be sure to let our sponsors know how much you appreciate their support. Sponsors include Adair Funeral & Cremation Services, Bank of Lewis County, 412 Metals & Building Supply, Jones Hometown HealthMart Pharmacy, McDonald Funeral Home and Bowen Home Center. Return your entry forms to our office for your chance to win! Deadline is each Monday at 5:00 p.m. Carolyn Williams won this week’s $100 prize with t...
The start of daylight saving time, which subtracts an hour of sleep, is fast approaching. The seasonal time change when we "spring forward" will occur on Sunday, March 13, 2022, a full week before the official start of spring on March 20. Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. which is the official hour to set all of our clocks ahead one hour. That's when local time will instantly become 3 a.m. and people lose an extra hour of time....
The Lewis County Commisison met Monday, March 7. The first item on the agenda was to accept the Audit Committee minutes which read, “The Lewis County Audit Committee met on Monday, February 7, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. in the conference room at the Courthouse. Present were Donya Wade, Jonah Keltner, Patrick Halfacre and Connie Sharp. Absent were Annette Peery, Michael King and Kyle Bobo. “State Auditor Donya Wade explained the audit findings for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 and answered questions from the committee. There was a brief discussion among the...
Martha Nell Bryan, of Nashville, passed away on February 23, 2022 at the age of 82. She is survived by her husband, John Winton Bryan; daughter, Tamela (Steve) Walker of White House; grandchildren, Chelsea (Clayton) Williams of Yelm, Austin (Rickie) Hayes and Lane (Abbey) Hayes, all of White House; great-grandchild, Hadley Grace Williams; brothers, Jimmy (Linda) Hensley and Senator Joey Hensley, all of Hohewald, and Johnny (Vicky) Hensley of Memphis. Mrs. Bryan was preceded in death by her...
March 31, 1950 ~ February 26, 2022 On February 26, 2022, Christine Kay Hewitt Whitehead, 71, peacefully passed away at her Hohenwald home surrounded by her loved ones. She was born in Ontario, CA on March 31, 1950, to the late Donald and Leslie Jean Smith Hewitt. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her grandmother, Oma Louisa Avila, sister Jean Rendon, and a nephew Joseph Ersland. Mrs. Christine is survived by her loving husband Johnny Whitehead; her children, Robert C. Young...
January 24, 1950 ~ March 4, 2022 Larry Dale Long, age 72, of Summertown, passed away Friday, March 4, 2022, at his residence. He was a native of Lawrenceburg, retired from Union Carbide, a farmer, and a member of New Hope Primitive Baptist Church in Athens, Alabama. Mr. Long served his country in the TN Army National Guard. He was preceded in death by his parents, George Austin and Bertha Pauline Davenport Long; three sisters, Alean Allen, Wanda Carver, and Wilda Shupe; and two brothers,...
April 7, 1949 - February 24, 2022 Bill Corter of Murfreesboro, passed away on Thursday, February 24, 2022, at the age of 72. Bill was born on April 7, 1949, to Thomas Corter and Bessie Skelton in Hohenwald. He married Cindy Clay and they enjoyed many years together. Bill worked in maintenance at Heritage Farms in Murfreesboro. He and Cindy were members of the East Main Church of Christ. Along with his wife, he is survived by his son, Chris (Heather) Gordon of Murfreesboro; his daughter, Ashlee...
18 - 2022 Lisa DePriest Watson, age 50 of Christiana, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 5, 2022. Lisa was born June 25, 1971, in Hohenwald, to Donnie and Hilda DePriest. Lisa was a loving daughter, mother, wife, sister, grandmother, and friend. She enjoyed being outside and spending time with friends, family, and her grandchildren. She graduated from Oakland High School in 1989. She worked for Wegmann Automotive for 25 plus years. Lisa is survived by her husband, Dale Watson;...
March 8, 1930 - March 4, 2022 Annie Lee Westbrooks, age 91, of Lawrenceburg, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022 at Countryside Health & Rehabilitation. Ms. Westbrooks was born March 8, 1930 in Linden to the late John Anderson Stephens & Mellie Serena (McDonald) Stephens. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Sercie Westbrooks; sons, Jerry Westbrooks and Jimmie Westbrooks; sisters, Lillie Davis Moore, AddieLou Emerline and Bonnie Ree Garland; brothers, Wilson (Wick)...
December 21, 1964 - January 4, 2022 Mike O'Brien, of Hohenwald, passed away on Tuesday, January 2022 in Minnesota. A memorial service and visitation will be held at Lomax Church of Christ in Hohenwald on Thursday, March 17 from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Funeral services will begin at 5:00 p.m. and a visitation will follow the service until 7:00 p.m....
Mary Frances Leigh Henegar, 92, passed away Monday, February 28, 2022 at her Woodbury, Tennessee home. Survivors include her children, Steve Henegar of Murfreesboro and Cindy (Terry) Woodcock of Short Mtn Community; grandchildren, Laura Beth (Kris) Fabick, Amy (Page) Lynch, T.J. (Brandi) Jarvis, and Cody (Hope) Woodcock; great-grandchildren, Kinslee Jarvis, Kannon Jarvis, Aubree Ann Woodcock, and Hollins Fabick; and sister, Wilma Mortimer of Hohenwald. She was preceded in death by her parents, Grady Gentry and Serena Louise Bennett Leigh; her...
How fast do you eat your food? Are there benefits to slowing down? Yes, there are. Eating fast all time contributes to stress, weight gain and an unhealthy lifestyle. Eating slowly has the reverse effect! Slow down your eating and you’ll eat less. Eating slowly and mindfully may shrink your waistline too. The research is clear: slowing down your meals does all sorts of good things for your body, including causing you to eat less. Eating slowly creates actual biochemical changes that make you less inclined to overeat and process more n...
Vegetation is responsible for approximately 25 percent of Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative power outages, and the number goes up with storms. To keep the lights on and the public safe, MLEC utilizes a balanced vegetation program and shares its tentative 2022 schedule. Tree trimming is currently underway in three counties for power and broadband reliability. Crews plan to finish in Hickman County by late July and will be working in Houston and Lewis counties for the remainder of 2022. (A map of impacted areas is available on mlec.com.)...
A proclamation was signed by County Mayor Jonah Keltner in honor of the untimely passing of Everett Ray Dotson on July 4, 2021. Little Everett Ray passed away at the age of one years old due to Trisomy, a condition in which a baby is born with an extra chromosome. Most people are born with 23 pairs of chromosomes inn most or all of their cells; those with a Trisomy condition yield a third chromosome among one of the usual pairs as a type of aneuploidy. Trisomy can occur within any of the 23...
The Lewis County Public Library and Archives received an unusual interlibrary loan request from LCES Library to help the school celebrate Read Across America Week. Instead of borrowing a book, Librarian Cissy Riley borrowed Library Assistant Jaimee Troutt to come read to several of the Pre-K and Kindergarten classes. Over the course of the week, Jaimee Troutt read to a total of 158 students and faculty from eight different classes. Children listened to the stories "There's a Wocket in my...
Shelby Green set another school record March 3, 2022. She attends Armuchee High School in Rome, Georgia. She ran a 1600 meter with a time of 5:24.92. Shelby is daughter of Jessica and Josh Green, the granddaughter of Tammy Medford and the great-granddaughter of Gene and Marilyn Medford of Hohenwald....
We have had a great week as far as weather goes it has been in the seventies and low eighties in the daytime and only in the upper thirties and forties at night but looks like ol’man winter will have another shot at us this week as it is supposed to be in the twenties some nights. Most people have really enjoyed this warmer weather, and some have even been gardening or at least getting the ground ready for planting. The trees and flowers are blooming, and the buttercups have been really pretty this year. Those I know of who are sick either a...
Girl Scout Troops 1521 and 3033 learned the reason for Mardi Gras, a festive day celebrated in France and New Orleans, Louisiana on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday that mark's the close of the pre-Lent season. Lent ends at Easter Sunday. Fat Tuesday is the custom of using all fats in your home before Lent in preparation for fasting and abstinence. There are parades and floats throwing beads and coins with the date on them to the crowds along the parade route....
The Class of 1966 plan to hold their 55th reunion on March 26, 2022 at Camryn’s Place at Cane Creek from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Lunch will be served and the cost per person is $30. Classmates can mail their registration money to P.O. Box 190, Hohenwald, or call Tommy Carroll at 931-626-2049 or David Adcox at 931-628-0737....
The South Central Human Resource Agency Governing Board meeting is planned for Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at the SCHRA Central Office, 1437 Winchester Highway, Fayetteville, Tennessee. The SCHRA Budget/Audit/Appropriations, Personnel, and Property Committees plans to meet prior to the Governing Board Meeting at 10:00 a.m. For more information, contact Paul Rosson, Executive Director at 931-433-7182....
Submitted by Troy B. Marden, host of Nashville Public Television's Volunteer Gardener Bishop's hat and fairy wings are charming common names for Epimedium and if you look at the flowers and newly unfurling leaves in early spring, it is clear how they came by them. As the tiny, wing-like leaves emerge from underground rhizomes in March and April, they are accompanied by clusters of delicate, dangling flowers which, with a bit of imagination, could be reminiscent of certain ecclesiastical...
It is a beautiful morning here in our little valley, it has warmed up, the sun is shining, the buttercups are up, the cats are playing and the birds are singing, a beautiful morning. My coffee was really good this morning, we have finished breakfast and Bob is washing the dishes, I have had a really good week, I did some yard work and I did some cleaning, I love these warm beautiful days. Still just cool enough for a little fire on these cool nights and early in the mornings, but after the sun comes up in the mornings we can raise the blinds...
Birthdays Tina Reynolds, March 10 Kathy Gill, March 10 Wilma R. Fielder, March 10 Chris Halfacre, March 10 Lyda Mae Hooper, March 10 Mary Carroll, March 10 Ashley Tiller, March 10 Mary Nell Carroll, March 11 Judie O’Guin, March 11 Cheryl Hopper, March 11 Paula Hooks, March 11 Joshua Sharp, March 11 Bill Skelton, March 11 Jerry Hinson, March 11 Daniel Munos, March 11 Johnny Lay, March 12 Summer Barnes, March 12 Sabrina Hinson, March 12 Betty Anne Nutt, March 12 Lisa Kelley, March 12 Dana Carroll, March 12 Connie Spiess, March 12 Billy Keeton, M...
