Mary Sue Goff, 64, a resident of Gainesboro was born in Woodbury on Aug. 29, 1941 and passed away on Saturday evening, May 13 at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Cookeville. She was the wife of John Goff whom she married June 4, 1959 and the daughter of the late Clayton and Carrie Barrett.…

Red Boiling Springs resident and Bowman, Ga., native Lois Crawford Hays, 99, was born Sept. 24, 1906 and died May 12 at Carthage General Hospital in Carthage, Tenn., following an extended illness. She was a former resident of Warren County, a homemaker, and the daughter of the late Claude Henry and Lilly Ictus Hall Strickland.…

Springfield, Missouri resident and Warren County native Larry Wayne Turner, 66, was born April 1, 1940 and died May 13 at St. John?s Hospital in Springfield following a sudden illness. A transport driver for Colonial Bakery and a member of the Assembly of God, he was the son of Dollie Mae Pinegar Turner of McMinnville…

Smithville resident Dean Cantrell, 82, died May 15 at NHC in Smithville after an extended illness. The former owner of Keltonburg Grocery, a retired nurse, sales clerk and dispatcher, she was a member of Smithville First United Methodist Church. The daughter of the late Elmer Cecil and Ethel Taylor Hall; she was preceded in death…

Spencer resident and Van Buren County native A.C. Simmons, 57, died May 14 at his home after an extended illness. A retired lumber worker and a member of the non-denominational faith, he was preceded in death by his father, Joe Paul Simmons; and son, Joe Darrell Simmons. He is survived by daughter, Ronda and Royce…

Jace Hendrix Mullins, the son of Jesse and Melissa Savage Mullins, was stillborn May 13 at River Park Hospital. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his brother, Gunnar Mullins of McMinnville; maternal grandparents, Billy and Helen Savage of McMinnville; paternal grandparents, Jack and Patsy Mullins of McMinnville and several aunts uncles, and…

TO THE EDITOR: Yes, it?s true. The pro-gay agenda that is spreading all over America has reached even here, the conservative Bible Belt, and is being covertly slipped into our children?s curriculum. It is subtle and tries to avoid detection, but it solely depends on parent?s inattention (or apathy) to exist. Last week my 7-year-old…

Jim Mullen One day, you will look back on the past six years and say “These college years were the happiest days of my life.” That day will come when you wake up at your parent’s house — and every day afterwards. Many of you will be entering the job market in the next few…

William Rusher The profound polarization of American politics in recent years has produced a good many striking phenomena, but few of them as striking, or as damaging, as the disclosure of various government efforts to discover and forestall future terrorist attacks on this country. The formula is simple. A reporter for one of the many…

TO THE EDITOR: Sgt. Kevin Downs was attached to our local National Guard troop while it was deployed to Iraq last year. He was the gunner on the Humvee that was commanded by SSG Asbury Hawn pursuing an insurgent vehicle that had been mortaring the U.S. base when it was hit by an IED. Sgt.…