TO THE EDITOR: Recent articles in this newspaper have me concerned about the future of Warren County. Almost every county department turned in a budget with significant increases. Some examples of these increases are due to rising fuel cost, need for new personnel, and new equipment. Most of our county commissioners seem to be strongly…

TO THE EDITOR: Personal tragedies strike the citizens of our community daily. Due to the sensitive nature of these events, it is out of respect for those experiencing these tragedies that I typically refrain from commenting on them publicly. However, a letter to the editor in the Sunday edition of the Southern Standard regarding a…

Rock Island resident and Massachusetts native Nelson Ames (Buckey) Battey, 82, died July 9 at his home after an extended illness. A World War II veteran serving in the Navy as an aviation engineer, he retired in 1987 from UMass where he was a master carpenter in the campus center maintenance department. He is survived…

Sparta resident and Warren County native Nancy Elizabeth Parker, 68, was born Oct. 28, 1937 and died July 17 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. A homemaker and a member of the Church of God of Prophecy, she was the daughter of the late George E. and Margie Payne Breedlove. In addition…

Louise Perry, 97, died Friday morning, July 14 at the Waters of Yorktown. She was born April 25, 1909 in McMinnville, the daughter of L.C. and Suzanne Barnes Stubblefield, attended school in Tennessee, and moved to Muncie in 1950. Mrs. Perry worked at Franklin Junior High School in the early 1960s and was a member…

McMinnville resident and DeKalb County native Hallie Haley, 93, died July 15 at NHC Healthcare after an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of Dibrell Cumberland Presbyterian Church, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Peyton and Bertie Russell Adcock; and was preceded in death by her husband, Ike Haley. She is survived…

Campaign resident and Warren County native Gary Wayne (Moose) Solomon, 55, was born Sept. 16, 1950 and died July 16 at River Park Hospital following a sudden illness. A crew chief with McMinnville Water and Wastewater Department, he was the son of Magdalene White Grizzle of McMinnville and the late George Solomon. He was married…

Taylor, Mich., resident and Warren County native Edward LeVoy (Lee) Gibbs, 74, died July 15 in Taylor, Mich. A former employee of Chrysler Motors and a retired employee of Gardner Glass, he was the son of the late Hershell and Rose Lea Wiseman Gibbs. He is survived by wife, Rosemary Gibbs; daughters and sons-in-law, Doris…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Charlene Mayes Smith, 81, was born April 26, 1925 and died July 16 at her residence following an extended illness. A self-employed bookkeeper and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Mary Pearson Mayes. She was first married to James…

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A couple is charged with running a lab to make methamphetamine in the home where they also ran a day care center. Robert D. Bean and Edna Suzanne Glynn are charged with manufacturing the highly addictive stimulant. They were being held on $100,000 bond each, the Cookeville Herald-Citizen reported. Glynn, 36, is…