66 year old Larry Cobble of Smithville died Thursday at DeKalb Community Hospital. He was a retired roofer and a member of the Emmanuel Bread of Life. The funeral will be Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Burial will be in Whorton Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from noon until 8:00 p.m. and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. until the service at 11:00 a.m. He was preceded in death by his mother, Ruby Walker Cobble; wife, Rose Turner Cobble; a daughter, Angel Mae Cobble; and a brother, James Cobble. Survivors include his father, Emmit Cobble and two daughters, Keisha Farless and Amanda Cobble. Two grandchildren, Johnny and Montana Farless. A brother, Billy Cobble. Two sisters, Mary Smith and Kim McCowan. Three sisters-in-law, Ruby Parsley and Evalena Redmon all of Smithville, and Helen and husband Malcolm Turner of McMinnville. Brother-in-law, John and wife Reba Turner of Smithville. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. The family has asked that donations please be made to Love-Cantrell Funeral Home to help with burial expenses, in lieu of flowers.
Tag Archives: 2011
Price Edwin Harrison, Jr
77 year old Price Edwin Harrison, Jr. died suddenly at home on Tuesday.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Price Edwin Harrison, Sr. and Ella McKnight Harrison. Price is survived by his brother James T. Harrison and wife Peggy; two sons, Price Edwin Harrison, III and wife Stacy Davis Harrison and Mark Michael Harrison; and daughter, Hart Harrison, all of Nashville.
He grew up in Murfreesboro. As a young man he spent summers in Alaska working on the railroad. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State University, continued his advanced studies at Rice Uni¬versity, and then attended Boston University where he earned a PhD in Health and Physical Educa¬tion. Following graduation, he spent 20 years as a professor at Middle Tennessee State University. He raised purebred Angus cattle and founded “Angus News”, a trade newspaper, which he published for 40 years. He was a devoted member of Buckner’s Chapel United Methodist, Smithville.
Visitation will be held at Jennings and Ayers Chapel on Saturday from 4:00pm until 8:00pm and Sunday from 1:00pm until service time at 2:00pm.
A memorial service will be held on Sunday at 2:00pm at Jennings and Ayers Funeral Home in Murfreesboro.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to The MTSU Foundation, P.O. Box 109, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, in honor of Price E. Harrison, Jr.
L.W. Neal
67 year old L.W. Neal of Smithville died Thursday at his home. He was a retired carpenter. The funeral will be Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Matt Walls will officiate and burial will be in the Bethel Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 10:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until the service at 1:00 p.m. Neal was preceded in death by his parents, Clarence and Lillian Hale Neal; one sister, Bobbie Jean Houk; and one grandchild, Ceanna Barnwell. He is survived by two daughters, Angelia and her husband Albert West of Alexandria and Sharron Barnwell of Smithville. Five grandchildren, Andrew West of Alexandria, Justin and Mariah West of Carthage, Alexis, Emily, and Arianna Barnwell of Smithville. One great grandchild, Makiah West of Carthage. One brother, Doug and his wife Kathy Neal and four sisters, Loretta and husband Calvin Bain, Patricia and husband Chester Sanders, Elaine McGuire, and Linda Faye Gentry all of Smithville. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. The family has asked that donations please be made to Love-Cantrell Funeral Home to help with burial expenses, in lieu of flowers.
January is National Blood Donor Month
January is National Blood Donor Month
Blood Assurance is in need of O negative, B negative donations. Blood drives are scheduled for Friday, January 28th at the Family Medical Center from 8:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.; at the Smithville Senior Citizens Center at city hall from noon until 2:00 p.m..; and at DeKalb Community Hospital from 2:30 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
As part of your new year’s resolution, Blood Assurance encourages area residents to consider giving the gift of life in 2011. According to America’s Blood Centers, if all blood donors gave blood one additional time each year, blood shortages would be a rare occurrence. The current average is two donations per year.
Blood Assurance is currently experiencing a shortage of type O negative and B negative blood donations.
The holidays and winter weather are just two factors that can affect the blood supply. Illnesses such as the flu can temporarily prevent regular donors from giving blood, while the holidays can cause a decrease in the number of blood drives held at schools and local businesses, particularly during inclement weather.
What remains constant is the need for blood. Blood Assurance is the only source of blood donations for more than 50 hospitals and healthcare facilities in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee.
For a list of area blood drives this month, please visit www.bloodassurance.org/blooddrives.
All donors will receive a complimentary snack and t-shirt. Visitors at any Blood Assurance location or blood drive in January can register to win a $500 grocery gift card to the store of their choice. Three winners will be selected at random.
For more information about donating blood, please visit www.bloodassurance.org.
Adcock Re-Elected to DeKalb FSA County Committee
Donny Green, County Executive Director of the DeKalb County Farm Service Agency, says the DeKalb FSA County Committee met in regular session on Tuesday, December 7 to canvass and tabulate the ballots received in the 2010 Local Administrative Area (LAA) # 3 County Committee Election. The deadline to return ballots was December 6.
Timmie Adcock was re-elected to serve as a member on the Committee representing LAA-3. His third and final term began January 1, 2011.
In addition, the Committee met on January 4, 2011 for its Organizational Meeting. The Committee selected Timmie Adcock to serve as Chairperson, Jack Campbell to serve as Vice-Chairperson, and Mary Sanders to serve as Member. The Committee meets on the 2nd. Tuesday of each month at the DeKalb County USDA Service Center located at 647 Bright Hill Rd.
Green says that the DeKalb FSA County Committee and office staff wishes to express their appreciation to voters in LAA-3 who participated in the election by voting and returning their ballots. “The local County Committees are a very important part of Farm Service Agency’s program delivery and administrative processes. I do not know of any other agency providing federal programs that can say that the delivery and decision making efforts are made on the local level by a farmer-elected committee,” added Green.
For more information about FSA’s County Committees or other program inquiries, call 597-8225 (extension 2) or come by the DeKalb County Farm Service Agency office at 647 Bright Hill Street in Smithville. You can also visit the agency’s web site at: www.fsa.usda.gov.
Still No Action on Future of City Golf Course
The Smithville aldermen have still not taken action on the future of the golf course.
During Monday night’s city council meeting, Alderman Steve White mentioned that the greens would be re-seeded and fertilized once the weather warms up. “The seeding and fertilizing of the greens hasn’t been done yet. They’re waiting on some warmer days in a row. Otherwise if they put the seed down it wouldn’t germinate properly so it would be just wasted money if we did it right now, until we have a few 40 to 50 degree days in a row.”
White also made a motion that bids be advertised once specs are drawn up on repairs and maintenance of the municipal swimming pool. The board approved White’s motion. “I met with one of the guys who has done work on the pool in the past. With it (pool) empty we needed to see how bad it was. He looked at it. I think what we need to do is go ahead and advertise and get some bids in that way we can get a jump on the pool because it will take quite a bit of time for them to finish it. There’s quite a few cracks (in the pool). There are some softer spots or leaks and some structure cracks. All of those have to be repaired and then of course it’ll need the gel coating. That should hold it for approximately ten years”, said White.
Alderman Aaron Meeks also mentioned that some maintenance work will have to be done soon on the clubhouse, but no action was taken on that Monday night. “From the visit we made to the golf course, there’s going to be some repairs that’s going to be required on the club house. It’s not been maintained through neglect or whatever, I don’t know the reason and I wouldn’t begin to establish a reason or cause but there’s going to have to be some renovations and improvements made to the clubhouse at some point in time too”, said Meeks.
With no tenant or anyone to manage it, the municipal golf course remains closed for now.
Meanwhile, the aldermen approved the list of officers and members of the Smithville Volunteer Fire Department. Chief Charlie Parker included the request in his monthly report to the board. Parker said the department held it’s election of officers about an hour before the meeting of the mayor and aldermen Monday night. The following officers and members were approved by the department: Charlie Parker-Chief, Hoyte Hale-Deputy Chief, Jeff Wright-Captain and Training Officer, Danny Poss- Lieutenant, Jon Poss-Lieutenant, Donnie Cantrell-Lieutenant, Anthony Wright-Lieutenant and firefighters Wink Brown, Charles Young, Wallace Caldwell, Gary Johnson, Randall Hunt, Stephanie Wright, Glen Lattimore, Ronald Whitaker, Patrick Edge, and Greg Bess- Photographer.
Chief Parker added that “December starts a new year for the fire department. We had a busy December with a total of seven alarm calls, three motor vehicle accidents, eight landing zones, and two structure fires.”
Police Chief Randy Caplinger, Bobby Pinegar of the sewer plant and Public Works Director Kevin Robinson all gave their monthly reports to the mayor and aldermen.
Concerned citizen Gary Durham addressed the mayor and aldermen briefly asking them to again consider taking action to update or develop a new twenty year plan setting goals to meet future needs. Durham said he had surveyed 44 city residents and all had expressed support for a twenty year plan. Durham added that “it’s up to you to do what the people want, or what you want.” Mayor Taft Hendrixson said the issue will be referred to the city planning commission which meets the first Thursday night of each month.
Unless there is a need for a special meeting, the mayor and aldermen will not convene again in regular session until Monday, February 7th at 7:00 p.m. There will be no meeting on Monday, January 17th due to the Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday.
John Donald “Don” Smith
71 year old John Donald “Don” Smith of Cedar Key, Florida died Saturday. He was born in DeKalb County, the son of the late Frank and Irene Scott Smith. He served in the United States Air Force from 1961 to 1963, during the Cuban Missle Crisis. Smith was also co-owner of Volunteer Machine and Tool, founder and former CEO of TN Metal Works, President of TN Solar Energy, founder and CEO of Trutrac Painting and Sandblasting of Nashville, and he was the current owner of Cedar Key Marina in Cedar Key, Florida. He attended Christ Episcopal Church in Cedar Key, Florida. The funeral will be Thursday at 1:00 p.m. at Avant Funeral Home in Alexandria. Catharine Regen will officiate and burial will be in Salem Cemetery in Liberty. Visitation will be Wednesday from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and on Thursday after 11:00 a.m. at Avant Funeral Home. Smith is survived by his wife, Janeice Marshall Smith of Cedar Key, Florida. Two children, Gregory Shane and wife Melissa Smith of Nashville, and Ashley and husband Brandon Childs of Franklin. Five grandchildren, Ethan Smith, Brody Smith, Sophie Smith, Lucy Childs, and Beau Childs. Two brothers, Robert “Pete” Smith of Lebanon and Danny Smith of Lebanon. A sister, Janet Parrish of Madison. Avant Funeral Home in Alexandria is in charge of the arrangements.
Gary Britt
68 year old Gary Britt of Smithville died Monday at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga. He was a self employed carpenter. The family has chosen cremation. Visitation will be Wednesday from 3:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Britt was preceded in death by his parents, Cordell and Iva Rutherford Britt and a sister, Sandra Greer. Survivors include a son, Jason Britt of Smithville. One daughter, Aimee Jobe of Alexandria. Three grandchildren, Valarianne Britt of Smithville, Sara Jobe and Gavin Miller of Alexandria. Two brothers, Corky and wife Mary Jo Britt of Smithville and Rick and wife Becky Britt of Nashville. One sister, Belinda and husband Ken Harness of Smithville and several nieces and nephews. The family has asked that donations please be made to Love-Cantrell Funeral Home to help with burial expenses, in lieu of flowers.
Body of Elderly Man Sent to State Medical Examiner for Autopsy
Local authorities were called to the residence of a well known elderly man Tuesday morning after he was found dead on his property in the Snow Hill area
Dead is 77 year old Price Harrison.
Central dispatch received a call at 11:38 a.m. of a man found deceased outside of his home. The body was apparently discovered by farm hands
At this time authorities do not know whether he died of injuries in a fall or due to natural causes, but the body has been sent to the state medical examiner for an autopsy to help determine the cause.of death.
The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department is being assisted in the case by the TBI
2010 County Fire Incident Responses Down
The DeKalb County Fire Department has compiled its 2010 Incident Response Summary.
The best news in this report is that DeKalb County did not record any fire-related deaths in 2010. Overall, 2010 fire incident responses in the county were down by 82 calls from 2009. In 2009, the department responded to a total of 474 fire incidents. The department responded to 392 fire incident responses in 2010. This count does not include the 408 rural medical first responder calls that county fire department personnel responded to.
With DeKalb County’s rural population growing at rates higher than the cities’ population growth within DeKalb County, the department continues to strive to prevent fires and fire related incidents by using prevention and educational measures. DeKalb County Fire Department’s Fire Prevention and Safety Officer, Lt. Brad Mullinax, says that preventing incidents is much more economical than responding to them.
The following is a breakdown of each type of fire incident response that the department responded to in 2010:
Incident Type:
Structure
64 (2009)
60 (2010)
Wildland/Grass/Debris:
73 (2009)
55 (2010)
Auto Wrecks:
151 (2009)
124 (2010)
Vehicle Fires:
36 (2009)
15 (2010)
Landing Zones:
20 (2009)
35 (2010)
Extrication/Entrapment:
25 (2009)
18 (2010)
Alarms:
64 (2009)
59 (2010)
Misc.:
41 (2009)
26 (2010)
TOTAL:
474 (2009)
392 (2010)