Campaign resident and Van Buren County native James Elbert Rutledge, 81, died Feb. 19 at NHC Healthcare Center. A supervisor with BRC and a member of Pine Bluff Community Church, he served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II. The son of James Newton and Molly Cummings Rutledge, he was preceded in…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native James Andrew Thrower, 66, was born March 24, 1940 and died Feb. 18 at his residence following an extended illness. A retired truck driver with Batesville Casket Company, a member of the Warren Masonic Lodge 125 F&AM as a 32nd degree Mason, and a member of the Baptist Church,…

Graveside services and interment for Emma Lucille Power, 94, of Cookeville will be conducted Thursday, Feb. 22 at noon at Long Cemetery in Van Buren County. Henry Shelby will officiate. Her family will receive friends immediately following the services at the cemetery. Mrs. Power died Monday Feb. 19 in NHC of Cookeville. She was born…

Elbert Clayton ?Ebb? Jones, 84, of Rock Island (Campaign community) died Friday, Feb. 16 at Alvin C. York VA Medical Center in Murfreesboro. Born on March 12, 1922, he was a retired machinist with AEDC a member of Friendship The Baptist Church, Rock Island Masonic Lodge No. 452 F&AM, and a WWII Coast Guard veteran.…

Nashville resident, formerly of Lynchburg, Clemmie Jackie Gray, 78, died Feb. 15 after a brief illness. A Van Buren County native, she was a retired seamstress and a member of the Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Virgil and Margie Copeland Miller; and her husbands, Houston Johnson and D.E.…

Rock Island resident and Van Buren County native Carl Edward Yates, 68, died Feb. 20 at River Park Hospital. Self employed in construction and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of Will and Callie Watson Yates. He is survived by his wife Linda Bishop Yates; daughter and son-in-law, Venita and Roger…

Spencer resident Alova Beach Binkley, 87, died Feb. 19 at her daughter?s home after an extended illness. A homemaker and a retired employee of the Tennessee Department of Conservation at Fall Creek Falls State Resort Park, where she worked for 27 years, she was a life-long member of Mt. Della Church of Christ in Spencer.…

NASHVILLE (AP) ? Nissan North America Inc. announced Tuesday it is offering buyouts for workers at its Tennessee manufacturing plants in Smyrna and Decherd. Higher demand for passenger cars, such as the Altima sedan and Altima coupe, combined with lower demand for trucks and SUVs results in a manufacturing mix that is less labor-intensive to…

NASHVILLE (AP) ? The former sheriff of Sumner County pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal fraud charge, admitting his role in a scheme to funnel taxpayer money to his brother through a construction contract. J.D. Vandercook was sheriff at the time he was indicted last year on eight charges of fraud and money laundering. The…

NASHVILLE (AP) ? Gov. Phil Bredesen on Tuesday called a proposal to phase out the state’s tax on groceries without offering a way to replace the lost revenues “brutal.” The measure co-sponsored by all 17 Republicans in the Senate and 20 Republicans in the House, would drop the state’s 6 percent food tax by half…