Articles from the November 10, 2022 edition
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Veterans Day Parade and Program Friday
Lewis County Elementary School will have a program at the Elementary gymnasium at 9:30 a.m. Friday, November 11, 2022. All Veterans are encouraged to attend. After their program, the parade will start at 10:30 a.m. to march to the courthouse for the...
Lewis County High School Basketball Media Day planned for Saturday
Lewis County High School will tip off their season with a Media Day on November 12, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. in the LCHS gym. The event will include a BBQ dinner fundraiser, student athlete introductions, in-uniform photo opportunities, program ad sales,...
Memorial donation presented to Library Expansion
Annette Peery has chosen to honor the memory of her mother and father, William T. (Willie) and Vesta Rasbury with a $5,000 donation to the Library Expansion Fund. Her father, Willie, was Lewis County...
Shondra Carroll celebrates 10 years cancer free
Annette Peery has chosen to honor the memory of her mother and father, William T. (Willie) and Vesta Rasbury with a $5,000 donation to the Library Expansion Fund. Her father, Willie, was Lewis County...
Huge donation to Care for Kids
Bill Bates of Bank of Lewis County, left, recently presented a check for $4,000 to Lewis County Director of Schools Dr. Tracy McAbee for Care for Kids. The money can be used for anything a student...
Computers for Seniors Class at Library and Archives
If you’re having trouble with the latest “generation of technology,” the Lewis County Public Library and Archives may be able to help. The library is offering “Computer for Seniors” classes, which cover many topics, and even train those who take...
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Death reported at Lewis County Jail
by Amanda Spears, Reporter A death occurred Saturday November, 5 2022 at the Lewis County Jail, just shy of seven months after a previous incident where an inmate was transported to the hospital...
Lewis County Schools Thanksgiving break
Tuesday, November 22, 2022, is an abbreviated day for students. Buses will leave the middle school campus at 10:00 a.m. All schools and central office will be closed on November 23rd, 24th and 25th in observance of the Thanksgiving...
Shirley King
Shirley Ann Talley King passed from this life on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, at the age of 87. She was born on October 17, 1935, in Lewis County to the late Inez Brown and Elisha Talley. Shirley was...
Edward Simmons
June 20, 1933 ~ October 31, 2022 Edward Ray Simmons, 89, of Linden passed away Monday October 31, 2022 at his home. He was born in Hohenwald to the late Willie "Bill" Carl Simmons and Delphia Onez Hen...
Martha Haywood
Martha Bennet Haywood left this world on November 1, 2022. She was married to the laye Wilburn Haywood Jr.. She and Wilburn were married for 57 ½ years. She is survived by her two children,...
Randall Wade Toungette
November 23, 1956 ~ November 2, 2022 Randall Wade Toungette, age 65, of Henryville, passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. He was a native of...
Ollie Woods
Ollie Woods, age 81, a resident of Columbia, passed away Monday, October 31, 2022 at her residence. Ollie was born in Manchester, Kentucky on November 9, 1940, and was the daughter of the late...
Ezell Travis Bradley
May 31, 1932 - October 29, 2022 Margaret Ezell Travis Bradley, Ezell to her friends, was born in Sparta, Tennessee on May 31st, 1932. She passed peacefully away at her home in Spring Hill, surrounded...
Charlene Farr
October 11, 1962 - November 4, 2022 On the morning of November 4, 2022 at 11:40 a.m., Charlene "Biggun" Rosetta Colvett Farr, age 60 of Ethridge, closed her eyes in death and woke up in paradise. She...
Erma Jean Bearden
November 6, 1946 ~ November 4, 2022 Erma Jean Bearden, age 75, of Summertown, passed away Friday, November 4, 2022, at her residence. She was a native of Lawrenceburg, a homemaker, and a member of...
Sheriff Report
The following was submitted by Lewis County Sheriff Dwayne Kilpatrick for October 21 - November 4, 2022. This is a record of law enforcement action and is neither intended to imply innocence nor guilt of charges placed. Kacey Walker, Joe Avenue, was...
Peery re-elected
Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative’s 2022 Lewis County Membership Meeting was held October 25. Dr. Jeffrey D. Peery (182 votes) was re-elected to the MLEC Board of Directors; Austin B. Carroll (48 votes) and Kurt Kristensen (9 votes) were also o...
Lewis County Person of the Week
Kid Edition! Jesse Hensley, 10 When I arrived to interview this young man, he was so polite and very well mannered. His Mom and Dad told me he has gotten the presidential award every year since he...
Lewis County Person of the Week
Christine Brown, 71 Miss Christine was shocked when I called her to let her know she had been selected as Person of the Week and I am almost sure she knew who nominated her. Q.) Where did you grow up?...
LC Jr Pro Cheerleaders compete in cheer competition
On Saturday, October 29, 2022 the Lewis County Jr Pro Cheerleaders took the field one squad at a time to face off against 15 other counties. First up was mascot cheerleaders preforming with mascots...
Co-op Day of Service
Eighty Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative and Connect employees volunteered to participate in the 2022 Tennessee Co-op Day of Service. They spent time on October 20 picking up litter, serving at senior citizen centers, assembling and distributing...
Gordonsburg/Little Swan News
By Dorothy Warf, Contributing Writer Once again, we are having weather suited to the season of fall nearing winter, the weather people forecast for next week cold temperatures and more rain on some days. We have had rain scattered around for the...
One Day at a Time
By Evelyn Trevathan, Contributing Writer Well it is a beautiful and quiet fall morning here in our little valley. It is a little cool but I am sitting on my front porch and it is so quiet and peaceful, I know before long in the mornings I will not...
Celebrating
Birthdays Eric Larios, November 10 Loydene Melton, November 10 Joy Franks, November 10 Allen Dye, November 10 Wayne Brewer, November 10 Charter Helton, November 10 Zhanay Dail, November 10 Garrett Reeves, November 10 Arlin Carol, November 10 Bill...
