Articles from the August 19, 2021 edition
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Junior Pro football league has a field until November
The County Commission officially granted the Lewis County Junior Pro Football League permission to utilize three acres of land on Progress Drive, off of Hwy 20, on Tuesday morning. However, the decisi...
Panthers kick off season Friday night
The Lewis County High School Football team kick off their 2021 season this Friday, August 20, 2021. The game will take place at Bobby W. Sharp Stadium with kick off at 7:00 p.m. against Community...
Board of Education employs new personnel
The Lewis County Board of Education met in a regular called session on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. at the Lewis County Board of Education Board Meeting Room located at 206 South Court Street. All board members were present: Chair Glenda...
High Forest Lewis County Marching Band starts new season
The Spirit of the High Forest Lewis County Marching Band is looking forward to an exciting 2021 marching season. The band worked diligently on new music and drills at band camp two weeks in July befor...
Lisa Joan Edwards
December 6, 1960 - August 7, 2021 Lisa Joan Edwards was born December 6, 1960, in Hohenwald, to the late Robert Joe and Jessie Burlison Parnell and died on August 7, 2021, at her home. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by...
David L. Quillen
David L. Quillen was born on July 28, 1943 in Nashville to Emmett and Eva Quillen of Hohenwald. He passed at his home in Gulfport, Florida on July 19, 2021 with his wife of 50 years holding his hand....
Thomas Elliott
Thomas "Tom" Elliott, 74, departed this earth peacefully on July 23, 2021 surrounded by his loving family, after a short but fierce battle with cancer. The son of Douglas Elliott and Donna Spooner,...
Ronald "Moon" Trull
April 4, 1960 ~ August 11, 2021 Ronald "Moon" Everett Trull, 61, of Linden, unexpectedly passed away on August 11, 2021. Mr. Trull was born in Nashville on April 4, 1960 to the late Ishmael and...
MaryAnn Turnbow
MaryAnn Takacs Turnbow, age 78, passed away on Thursday, August 5, 2021, in her home surrounded by family in Hohenwald. MaryAnn was born to the late Louis and Mary Banko Takacs on October 9, 1942, in...
Johnathan Bates
Johnathan Leon Bates was born December 7, 1988 at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, to the union of Kenneth and Vickie Lawson Bates. Johnathan tragically left this walk of life in the early...
John Edwin Trull, Sr.
John Edwin Trull, Sr., 76, of Lobelville passed away Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at St. Thomas West Hospital. He was born in Linden to the late Lelon Trull and Dessie Chandler Trull. He was a retired...
Beverly Ann Whitworth
Beverly Ann Whitworth, age 64, a resident of Hohenwald, passed away Thursday evening, August 12, 2021, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. There will be no public service at this time. Heritage...
Lewis County High School Golf matches
The Lewis County High School Panthers golf teams travelled to Mt. Pleasant for matches that included teams from Hampshire, Richland, Zion Christian, and East Hickman on Tuesday, August 10, 2021. In...
Lewis County Middle School Golf
The Lewis County Middle School Panthers golf teams hosted a match at Hohenwald Municipal Golf Course on August 12, 2021 against Scotts Hill. In the boys match it was Lewis County taking the team win with a team score of 113 over Scotts Hill’s 126. L...
Tennessee Department of Health offering third dose of MRNA vaccine
The Tennessee Department of Health is acting upon recent guidance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding an additional dose of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for moderately and...
War's End Good, Soldier Says as Troops Withdraw
‘Look forward and move on’ is what a Lewis County soldier said about troops withdrawing from Afghanistan. He was asked about it six days before the president spoke Monday, August 16. In a televised address, President Biden said, “American troop...
Gordonsburg/ Little Swan News
We had a slight break in the temperatures for a few days because of the thunderstorms that have been happening in the area. We also had rain and it was heavy in some areas and not so much in others. I guess it is because of the rain we had from the t...
One Day at a Time
Well it is a nice morning here in our little valley. We didn’t get a heavy rain but there is a little water flowing in the creek; I walked down there early this morning to look at the creek. I saw a small deer getting a drink, I guess its mama was c...
Memorial donations to Lewis County Library and Archives
The Lewis County Public Library and Archives invites you to pay tribute to someone special in your life by making a meaningful donation to the library in his or her name. Your gift is the perfect way to remember the achievement, birthday,...
Celebrating...
Birthdays Chandra Warren, August 19 Sheila Sims, August 19 Chuck Fite, August 19 Noah Caballero, August 19 Angel Webb Nance, August 19 Patricia Jackson, August 19 Frances Hudgins, August 19 Bobby Brown, August 19 Ryan J. Patterson, August 19 Stacy...
Refreshing and Beautiful Hibiscus
Submitted by Celeste Scott, UT Extension Madison County Nothing is more refreshing in the droughty heat of summer than spotting a wild stand of Hibiscus coccineus scarlet red blooms towering above the vegetation of ditches and other low-lying areas....
LC Board of Education to meet
The Lewis County Board of Education will meet in a special called session on Thursday, August 19, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. in the Board Meeting room on South Court Street. Items on the agenda include: • Director’s report • Discuss plans for new high schoo...
Glimpses of Hohenwald's Past
August 16, 1951 The main headline for the week was “Keep Tennessee Green Sponsored By Local Business Firms This Week.” Farmers were being encouraged to promote the health of their pastures and liv...
Senator Joey Hensley, MD: Tennessee 28th District Capitol Hill Week in Review
Decision by Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals is very important for unborn children in Tennessee The full Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the constitutionality of a 2015 law passed by our...
Representative David Byrd: District 71 Capitol Hill Update
Firing a Firearm from a Vehicle – Public Chapter 505 makes it reckless endangerment subject to a Class C felony to fire a firearm from within a motor vehicle, enhancing penalties for the crime. C...
