By Rob Nunley Japan, Schmapan.You can say what you want about last week’s season-opening series between the Yanks and the Devil Rays from the land of the rising sun.But for your friendly neighborhood sports editor, and any other red-blooded American baseball fan, Monday was the day we celebrated Opening Day.We didn’t go all out, the…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Brooks Palmer connects with a pitch during Tuesday’s game against Merrol Hyde Magnet School. Palmer scored the game-ending run in the sixth, as Boyd downed the Hawks 11-1. (Rob Nunley photo) The Bronco baseball team picked up a big win Tuesday afternoon, dominating Merrol Hyde…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Just a few days after dropping a narrow match to the Pioneers, DeKalb County got revenge on its own home turf Monday afternoon.The Saints, who lost to WCMS by two strokes last Friday at McMinnville Country Club, won by an identical margin Monday in Smithville.DeKalb…

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McMinnville resident and Neshoba County, Neb., native Hurman Lamar Barrett, 58, died April 7 at his home after a brief illness.A retired lineman with Hamlet Construction Company and a member of Jesus Name Pentecostal Church, he was the son of Luna Mae Barrett of McMinnville and the late Thomas Barrett.He is survived by his wife,…

Sparta resident and White County native Fannie Lou Stone, 100, died April 6 at NHC in Sparta.A retired restaurant owner, she was the daughter of the late Frank A. and Sarah Iona Mires Stewart; and was preceded in death by her husband, Ridley Stone; son, Frank Roscoe Stone; daughter, B. Elene Hyder; brothers, Alvin, Ray…

Manchester resident and Coffee County native Eardy Eugene Perry, 92, died April 7 at United Regional Medical Center.A retired construction worker for Sain Construction, he was the son of the late Nathan Eugene and Elizabeth Rains Perry; and was preceded in death by his wife, Bessie Beulah Hale; and son, Wallace Perry.He is survived by…

McMinnville resident and Cannon County native Christine Blair Smith, 73, died April 5 at River Park Hospital after an 18-month illness.Retired from McMinnville Garment Factory and Aqua Tech and a member of Madison Street Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late John C. and Mary Elizabeth Kirby Blair; and was preceded in death…

Viola resident and Warren County native Catherine Locke Talley, 94, died April 8 at Longshore Wedgewood Nursing Center in Nashville.A retired educator with the Warren County School System, she was a member of Viola United Methodist Church, the Women’s Improvement Club, the Women’s Society of Christian Service and the Retired Teacher’s Association.The daughter of the…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Antonia Scott, 45, died suddenly April 5 at Erlanger Medical Center.A construction worker, U.S. Army veteran and member of East End Church of Christ, he was the son of Geraldine King; and was preceded in death by his grandfather, Erby Scott.He is survived by his mother and step-father, Geraldine…