Articles from the September 21, 2023 edition
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Philbilly Cancer Ride
The 10th Annual Philbilly Cancer Ride was held Saturday, September 16. The event raised $15,000 for the Lewis County Cancer Victims Fund. There were a total of 50 motorcycles and a record number of...
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Homeless in Hohenwald
Complaints of panhandling, theft and loitering have risen in 2023, and a majority of those are coming from citizens referring to unsheltered, unemployed people walking the streets of Hohenwald. Prior...
Lewis County
Lewis County is currently ranked in the top quarter of Tennessee counties in child well-being. The Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth (TCCY) recently released its 2023 County Profiles of Child Well-Being in the state of Tennessee, and out of...
Clippers and Cash
Imagine coming into work at your small business to find money missing, then watching the security camera footage to see who took it was the same man walking the streets of Hohenwald in a tin foil hat...
The Elephant Sanctuary
The Sanctuary is excited to announce the safe arrival of African elephant Donna on September 13. Donna made the journey from Oakland, California, to Hohenwald, Tennessee, alongside dedicated zoo staff and veterinarian. Upon her arrival at The...
Phillip Majors Jr.
Mr. Phillip "Peter Rabbit" Majors, Jr., 53, of Linden, passed away Saturday, August 26, 2023 following an accident. He was born in Hohenwald to Jewell Yarbrough Majors and the late Phillip Majors,...
Leamon Joyl Quillen
Mr. Leamon Joyl Quillen, 81, was born January 15, 1942, in Hohenwald, to the late Sidney and Minnie Turnbow Quillen. He was united in marriage to Margie Lee Holt on September 12, 1959. He worked and...
Carolyn Bonner
Carolyn Burke Bonner, resident of Hohenwald, formerly of San Antonio, Texas, passed away on September 13, 2023, at the age of 82 years. Miss Bonner was born to Joseph L. Bonner and Kathryn E....
Ralphard "Skip" Wayne Kirby
Ralphard Wayne "Skip" Kirby, 62, a loving husband, father, grandfather and brother, passed away on September 16, 2023, in Columbia. Born on November 16, 1960, in Danville, Illinois, Skip was a beacon...
Billy Robin Runions
Billy Robin Runions passed away at Maury Regional in Columbia on September 14, 2023, at the age of 69. He was born in Hohenwald on December 16, 1953, to the late Mack Allen Runions and Rebecca (Himes) Runions. Billy was an avid fisherman, he spent...
Nora Mae Sciacqua
Nora Mae Sciacqua, age 80, a resident of Hohenwald, passed away Thursday, September 14, 2023, at her residence. Heritage Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements....
Sam Matteson
John Samuel Matteson, affectionately known as Sam, passed peacefully on September 13, 2023, in Columbia, at the age of 61. Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, on July 26, 1962, Sam was the son of Leland...
Gene Raymer
Generalle Waine "Gene" Raymer passed away on September 17, 2023, in Centerville, Tennessee. Born in Morgantown, Kentucky, on October 26, 1950, to Uda Sylvester Raymer and Gypsy Verline Miller Raymer,...
Linda D. (Wills) Grinder
Linda D. Grinder, a beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and educator, passed away peacefully on September 18, 2023, in Centerville. Born on November 19, 1940, in Dickson, to the late...
Senator Joey Hensley, MD
The 113th General Assembly has adjourned for 2023, and it was a very successful year. We have taken measures for Tennessee to be a better place to live, work and to raise a family. I will go over...
Suspended In Time-Painting Time Frame
Recently, I was asked, “How long should it take to finish a painting?” Unless you work for someone where you are under a distribution timeline, then the simple answer to the question is: whenever you, the artist, think it’s done. Instead of appro...
Second grade
Second grade students receiving the Character Trait Award for Respect are pictured, front, from left, Isabelle Dodson, Adelynn Moriarity, Chloe Creasy, Nalah Crowell, Anja Clift, Janessa Rucker, and...
Are free refills the arch-nemesis of the Golden Arches?
So, now the fuzzy purple critter isn’t the only “grimace” I’ll associate with the McDonald’s chain. “I’m lovin’ it” was assuredly not my gut-level reaction when I read of a 10-year corporate plan to...
Tinslee Boyd turns five
Tinslee Boyd turned five on September 17, 2023. Family and friends helped her celebrate with a "Five and Fabulous" theme party at her parents private river lot. Guests were treated to a cookout,...
By "E.T. Trevathan, Contributing Writer
Well it is a nice morning here in our little valley. We are getting a little shower of rain and I hear thunder, but I do not think we are supposed to have any storms. On mornings like this I sure like sitting here on the porch swing. The cats do not...
Amy Jett
A local hairstylist and owner of Main Street Beauty Company, Amy Jett, has just returned from an unbelievable experience styling models hair for New York Fashion Week. Amy has been serving our...
Celebrating
Birthdays Shelly Ragsdale, September 21 David Grinder, September 21 Martha Treadwell, September 21 Joe Griner, September 21 Jasper Treadwell, September 21 Arnold Lee Cowan, September 21 Joey Taylor, September 21 Louise Treadwell, September 21 Daniel...
By Dorothy Warf Contributing Writer
The weather has been somewhat like fall and the lower temperatures at night and morning are welcome to me. We have had some rain that is always appreciated for it cleans the air and washing the vegetation that God has prepared for us to enjoy- the...
September 17, 1953
September 17, 1953 B. & O. Pharmacy had a camera go missing from the store and received a letter from the shoplifter a few days later. Dr. Hurt reported that the letter included a one-dollar bill...
Football
The Lewis County Panthers traveled to Loretto on Friday, September 15, for a region matchup with the Loretto Mustangs. It was the Panthers that grasped the lead early when Micah Godfrey bounced away f...
