By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Troy Jones 1941 ? 2006 Longtime educator, coach and sports commentator Troy A. Jones Sr. died unexpectedly Monday during a golf outing with friends in Alabama. He was 64. ?It?s a real shock to everyone who knew him,? said longtime friend Alpha Rhea, a teacher at…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard GRIFFIN The defense plans to claim self-defense in the case of a local resident bound to the grand jury Tuesday on murder charges for allegedly gunning down another man at a party on Harrison Ferry Mountain last month. The defendant, Billy Joe Griffin, 21, was bound…

Troy A. Jones, Sr., 64 of McMinnville died Monday, June 12 while on a golfing outing in Alabama. Born on June 30, 1941 in DeKalb County, he was a retired coach and educator with the Warren County School System and member of Westwood Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by parents William Cephas…

Melba Virginia Hale Wood, 80, died Saturday following an extended illness. A native of Warren County, she was born on Aug. 1, 1925 to Roy and Allie Mai Grizzle Hale. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Malcolm R. Wood, son, James R. Wood, sister, Oleta Taylor and brothers,…

Doyle resident and Van Buren County native Lillian Dorothy Craig Brock, 89, was born Nov. 26, 1916 and died June 12 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. A retired seamstress at the Doyle Shirt Factory and a member of the Greenwood Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Robert and…

James McPherson, 85, of McMinnville died Monday, June 12 at River Park Hospital. Born on May 31, 1921 in Levi, Ky., he was a retired cost accountant with Powermatic, a 24-year military veteran retiring with the rank of 1st Sgt. in the U.S. Army, he served in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, and was a member…

McMinnville resident and DeKalb County native Franklin Delano (Frank) Russell, 73, died June 24 at his home after a short illness. A security guard with A.O. Smith, a member of Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church, a past member of Moose Lodge, and a U.S. Army veteran, he was the son of the late Dewey and Frances…

Emma Grace Mangrum, the daughter of Rusty and Janice Campbell Mangrum, was born and died June 10 at River Park Hospital. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandfather, John Russell Mangrum. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her maternal grandmother, Edna Campbell; maternal grandfather, Zebbie (Bud) Campbell, and paternal grandmother,…

Altamont resident Dustin Chase McGee, 19, died June 11 from injuries sustained in an ATV accident. He is survived by his father, Doug McGee; mother and stepfather, Melody and Mike Oliver of Pelham; halfbrother, Michael Douglas McGee of Altamont; grandparents, Mamie and Waymon McGee of Altamont, Albert and Imogene Knight of Beersheba Springs; several aunts,…

Rock Island resident Diane Pinegar, 56, died June 12 at her home after an extended illness. An employee of the board of eduction school system, she was the daughter of Paul Talley of Atlanta, Ga., and the late Betty Swedbery Talley. She is survived by her husband, Harold Pinegar; sister, Linda Lunn of Brentwood; stepdaughters,…