McMinnville resident and Warren County native Pauline Brown, 94, died June 23 at River Park Hospital after an extended illness.A homemaker and a member of McMinnville Seventh Day Adventist Church, she was the daughter of Jack and Sally Gwyn McKinley, and was preceded in death by her husband Oney Brown.She is survived by son and…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Gregory Lee Ross, 34, died unexpectedly June 24 at River Park Hospital.The son of Patricia Sweeton of McMinnville and the late Wesley Ross, he is survived by son, Wesley Ross of McMinnville; daughter, Tiffany Ross of McMinnville; sister, Theresa Dianne Ross of Nashville; halfbrothers, John Wesley Ross of McMinnville,…

Warren County native and Bradyville resident Goldie Marie Rains, 77, died June 25 at United Regional Nursing Home in Manchester after an extended illness.A homemaker and pattern folder at Simplicity Pattern Co., and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Barney and Electia Young. She was also preceded…

McMinnville resident and Van Buren County native Emma Jean Hice, 67, died June 23 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville.An employee of Genesco and a member of Mt. Leo Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Clyde and Eunice Moffitt Christian.She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Rickey and Katherine Hice, Eddie…

McMinnville resident and native Elizabeth Rice (Betty) Colville, 64, died June 24 at her home.A school teacher with Davidson County School System and a member of First Presbyterian Church, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Lewis Colville Jr..She served two years in the Peace Corps in the Philippines and did volunteer…

Sparta resident Doris Ruth (Doe) Einecker, 84, died June 21 at her home.A homemaker, she was an avid golfer who competed in the Senior Olympics where she won the state title several times and represented Tennessee in the national championships. She was actively involved in the White County Chapter of the American Red Cross serving…

McMinnville resident Carl Jones, 82, died June 18 at the Tennessee Veterans Home in Murfreesboro.The retired owner of J&S Collision a member of the Masons, Shriners and Bee Keepers and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Verby Sterling and Ellen Beatrice Fisher Jones; and was preceded in death…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has rejected arguments from the American Civil Liberties Union that religious references tied to the Louisiana governor’s sexual abstinence Web site constitute an endorsement of religion. In a decision late Thursday, U.S. District Judge Thomas Porteous refused to hold the Governor’s Program on Abstinence in contempt of a…

MIDDLESBORO, Ky. (AP) — Faced with increases in violent crime that came with widespread drug addiction, some of the hardest hit communities in central Appalachia wanted help so badly that they embraced even methadone clinics. No more. Some 300 people, many carrying anti-methadone placards, protested outside Middlesboro City Hall last week, signaling what may be…

COOKEVILLE (AP) — A subsidiary of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. plans to close its Tennessee air bag assembly plant by the middle of next year and will lay off about 390 employees, the company said Thursday. The Cookeville plant makes car air bags and has been operating for 15 years. The Livonia, Mich.-based company said…