Articles from the June 17, 2021 edition
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Partnership of HPD and FBI results in large drug bust
The FBI has now partnered with the Hohenwald Police Department to aid in investigations, especially those that involve narcotics in the city of Hohenwald as well as in the county. "This all started...
Tony Turnbow book signing at Library and Archives
Tony Turnbow, author of The Shadow of E.Z.'s Fear, will be at Lewis County Public Library and Archives on Saturday, June 19 at 2 p.m. to introduce his first fictional characters, E.Z. and David...
City Council Meeting
The City Council met on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, in which the councilmen held their second reading of a budget ordinance and budget amendment, as well as introduced an ordinance to rezone property. According to the Ordinance, the City of Hohenwald...
Congressman Mark Green tours Veterans' Memorial Hall
Congressman Mark Green, M.D., was in Hohenwald on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 to tour the Veterans' Memorial Hall. Green said, "While in Hohenwald on Wednesday, I had the honor of touring the Veterans'...
Veterans donate $500 to library expansion project
Veterans of Foreign Wars Meriwether Lewis Post 1814 recently donated $500 donation to the library expansion project, "Building for the Future - Preserving the Past." The library is extremely grateful...
Dixie softball tournaments
The Tennessee Dixie Softball tournaments will begin this weekend, June 18, 2021 in Lewis County. The teams scheduled to play are: Sweetees in Lewis County on June 18; Ponytails in Wayne County on June 18; Belles in Wayne County on June 18; Darlings...
Helen Wick
Helen Ann Wick (Richter), formerly of Hohenwald, passed away, Saturday, June 12, 2021, at the age of 86 at the Connecticut Hospice in Branford, CT, surrounded by her children. Helen was a loving...
Wiley E. Brown
July 6, 1940 ~ June 7, 2021 (age 80) On the morning of June 7, 2021, Wiley E. Brown passed from this earthly world at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia. Mr. Brown was born in Fayetteville,...
Betty Jolene Averett
June 29, 1959 - June 8, 2021 Mrs. Betty Jolene (Burns) Averett, passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at the age of 61. She was born in Nashville on June 29, 1959 to the late Clarence Burns & Lula Mae...
Floyd Haville Himes
April 5, 1951 - June 7, 2021 Floyd Haville Himes, age 70, husband of Charlotte McNabb Himes, and a resident of Hampshire, passed away Monday morning, June 7, 2021, at his residence. Born on April 5,...
Carson Clay Dykes
Carson Clay Dykes Jr., age 75, passed peacefully from this life into eternity with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, June 11, 2021 at his home in Summertown. He was surrounded by his loving...
Donna K. (LaRue) Holloway
June 16, 1958 ~ June 11, 2021 Ms. Donna K. LaRue Holloway, 62, unexpectedly passed away on June 11, 2021 at Maury Regional Medical Center. She was born in Hohenwald on June 16, 1958 to Anita Duncan La...
Dorothy Anderson
November 13, 1940 ~ June 13, 2021 On the afternoon of June 13, 2021, Dorothy Ann Anderson peacefully passed away at her Hohenwald home surrounded by family. Mrs. Dorothy, 80, was born on November 13,...
County Budget nearly finalized for the 2022 fiscal year, Solid Waste Fund has more than tripled
The County budget for the 2022 fiscal year was the hot button issue at last Monday’s County Committee meetings as the budget is scheduled to be finalized in late July. The Solid Waste Committee was the first to convene during the June 7th meeting. Co...
Clark and Lindsey win gold at SCTP Regionals
The pop of gunfire could be heard from miles around the Nashville Gun Club last weekend as kids from across the state gathered to compete in the Scholastic Clay Target Program's Regional Competition....
Freed-Hardeman University announces President's, Dean's Lists
Freed-Hardeman University has released the names of students who made the President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2021 spring semester. To be on the President’s List, a student must be full-time and have a 4.0 grade point average. Students on the Dean...
Question on the Street
Because it would appear that the coronavirus pandemic is fading, the Lewis County Herald had Clint Confehr on the street asking about that. The question was "Are you traveling for a vacation since...
One Day At A Time
Well it is a peaceful day here in our little valley. We have finished lunch and I have my glass of sweet tea and I’m in the swing on the front porch. It is very humid but there is a little breeze blowing. I can hear the rumble of thunder and the s...
Celebrating...
Birthdays Dianne Frogue, June 17 Kenya Rowe, June 17 Heather McCarthy, June 17 Wesley Scott, June 17 Carrie April Hodge, June 17 Bobby Inman, June 17 Tyler Ray Baker, June 17 Korben Hanley, June 17 Blake Warden, June 17 Jeremy Gordon, June 17 Blake...
LCHS Class of 1961 enjoys 60 Year Reunion
The Lewis County High School Class of 1961 celebrated their 60th year class reunion on Saturday, June 12, 2021 at the Community Building in Memorial Park. Like Minnie Pearl would say, "We were all...
Movies on the Mind
Most of the time in this column, I review big blockbuster movies or major streaming releases — the kind of thing you’d have likely heard about before picking up the paper. But this week, I want to...
Gordonsburg/ Little Swan News
It would appear summer is here with the temperatures rising even into the low nineties one or two days and nights not getting much below seventy and not much rain except scattered showers around the area. Children and those young at heart are...
Glimpses of Hohenwald's Past
June 14, 1951 An article about early Lewis County history written by James E. Chessor was published. A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the educational building of the Hohenwald First Baptist...
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 16th Annual 3 man scramble golf tournament held
The 16th Annual St Jude Golf tournament was held at Hohenwald’s Municipal Golf Course on May 15, 2021. Over $17,000 was donated by sponsors in support of St Jude Children’s Hospital. The winners in the championship flight were: first place – Clint...
Tennessee 28th District Capitol Hill Week in Review: Senator Joey Hensley, MD
Education Budget – The new 2021-2022 state budget includes over $730 million in new spending for education, including money allocated during the special session in January. This includes over $480 m...
