James Clark photo Sherry Bruce?s trailer on Bonner Road was completely lifted off its concrete block foundation and carried some 50 feet behind her home. Bruce returned to her home to be with her dog, which survived the tornado.

By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Walls like these, located on the end of the Plaza Shopping Center, might be a sign of the past if the proposed ordinance goes into effect which will prohibit these multiple signs. A proposed ordinance that would restrict signs in the city of McMinnville, has received…

Bill Zechman photo Christy Bratcher, left, was asleep in a friend?s mobile home on E. Green Hill Road about 4:30 p.m. Friday while another friend, Brittany Gay, right, was following coverage of the worsening storms. Gay, 21, kept calling Bratcher, 24, until she woke up, jumped in her car and sped away, followed seconds later…

TAYLOR Kenny Taylor has announced his run for sheriff in the May 2 Democratic Primary. Taylor was born and raised in Warren County, the son of Lester and Edith Taylor. He has four brothers and two sisters. Taylor has been married 36 years to Shirley Templeton Taylor and they have two grown sons, six grandchildren…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard National Guard soldiers from Chattanooga, Tullahoma and the Catoosa Training Center came to Warren County to aid in the clean-up efforts on E. Green Hill Road. As local residents began sifting through the rubble of smashed homes and shattered lives in the aftermath of Friday…

Dunlap resident Susella Hickey Seals, 84, died April 10 at Life Care Center of Sparta. She was a member of First Community Church of Sparta and is survived by her husband, Estel Seals; two daughters, Linda Seals Johnson of Dunlap and Sharon Seals Tate of Sparta; son, Harold Seals of McMinnville; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren;…

Morrison resident and Warren County native Sherry Lynn Bruce, 48, was born May 28, 1957 and died suddenly April 7 at her home. A nurse at Manchester Medical Center and a member of Morrison Church of Christ, she was the daughter of Frances York Taylor of McMinnville and the late Archie Ray Bonner. In addition…

Smithville resident Martha Frances McClain, 84, died April 8 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. A homemaker and a member of Bethel United Methodist Church, she was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Clarence and Shirley Jones, and sister, Carrie Jones. She is survived by her husband, Bill McClain; one stepdaughter and her…

Douglasville, Ga., resident Joan Elizabeth Siler, 44, was born on March 14, 1962 in San Diego, Calif., and died April 5. A former employee of Bliss Products, a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, and a participant in the Susan G. Komen three-day walk, she is survived by father, Bernard J. Sr. and Sue Siler of…

McMinnville resident Dustin Eugene Chumley, 27, died suddenly April 10. He is survived by his mother, Wanda Holt and companion, Boyd Reed; girlfriend, Amanda Trisler, and four children Marlena Chumley, Daulton Chumley, Andy Trisler and Christina Trisler, all of McMinnville; grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Chumley; two brothers, Austin Wade Chumley and Joseph Wade Ezell; and one…