The regular monthly meeting of the Lt. James Sheppard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met on February 18 at the McMinnville Country Club with Cynthia Campen and M.A. Higgs serving as hostesses. Two guests, who are currently working on their DAR papers for membership, were present. They are Donna Thornton and Sally…

McMinnville resident and Coffee County native Robert Louis Fults, 71, was born June 16, 1935 and died Jan. 23 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness An auditor with the state of Tennessee, a United States Air Force veteran and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, he was…

Winona, Miss., resident John B. Holder Jr. died Jan. 20 at his home. A retired salesman and a member of the VFW and American Legion, he served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II and Korea. The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Holder, he was preceded in death by…

Jodie Louise (Allen) Torgesen of Lake Stevens, Wash., died Jan. 18 at the age of 84. She was born in McMinnville on Feb. 4, 1922 to Mary Era and Joe Tom Allen. She married Howard Torris Torgessen, of Teaneck, N.J., in Cleveland, Ohio in 1953. She was a deeply religious woman and will be remembered…

Elizabeth McMillen, 77, passed from this life Jan 23 at her residence of an extended illness. She was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist Church. She is survived by daughter, Gracie Drake of Florida; sons, Paul Holland of McMinnville, Mike Holland of Nevada, Kenneth Holland of California, Wayne McMillen of Georgia, Bryan McMillen…

McMinnville resident and DeKalb County native Edward Byars Harding Sr., 80, died Jan. 25 at his home after a one-year illness. An electronics technician with AEDC and a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, he served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II and Korean War and in the Merchant Marines. The…

Beatrice (Shields) Odom, 66, passed away Jan. 22 at Williamsburg Village, Muncie, Ind., following an extended illness. She was born, July 23, 1940 in Morrison. She was last employed by the Hendersonville Samaritan Association in Hendersonville. She is a member of the Hendersonville First United Methodist Church, and a former member of the Pendleton American…

McMinnville resident and Coffee County native Alma Ruth Wiser Davenport, 85, was born July 19, 1921 and died Jan. 24 at River Park Hospital following a two-week illness. A retired sales clerk and homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Jacob Thomas Hamilton and Frances G. Blanton…

WARE SHOALS, S.C. (AP) ? This small, sleepy Southern town has been rocked by scandal. People are tightlipped, signs ask reporters to stay away and a student’s car is scrawled with shoe polish in a sign proclaiming “We made history in ’07.” It’s a scandal involving the cheerleading coach and principal at the town’s tiny…

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) ? Ford Motor Co. lost a staggering $12.7 billion in 2006 ? an average of $1,925 for every car and truck it sold and the worst loss in the company?s 103-year history. The company that invented the assembly line and whose name was a byword for the auto industry warned it will…