Doyle resident and McMinnville native Marshelle Shannon, 47, died Jan. 12 at her home. A former employee of Mallory Controls in Sparta, a 1978 graduate of White County High School and a member of Doyle Church of Christ, she was the daughter of Bill D. and Shirley Stiles Young of Quebeck. She is also survived…

Morrison resident and Warren County native Lloyd Clinton Rains, 79, was born July 27, 1928 and died Jan. 14 at Stones River Hospital in Woodbury following a brief illness. A U.S. Army veteran, he retired from Central Railroad in Indiana after 37 years. After retirement he enjoyed fox hunting with his brothers and friends. He…

Mrs. Joyce Bouldin Sims, 66, of Cookeville passed away Sunday, Jan. 13 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Sims was born in McMinnville on Oct. 27, 1941, the daughter of the late Arzy Bryan and Mary Ella (Fults) Bouldin. She was employed as a custodian at Tennessee Tech University for over 27 years. She has…

Gelaska Adcock, 87, of the Green Hill area of Warren County died Sunday, Jan. 13 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville. Born on Feb. 7, 1920 in DeKalb County, she was a homemaker and a member of Keltonburg Church of Christ. Mrs. Adcock was preceded in death by her parents, Bill and Vennie Judkins McGinness, her…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Chester Lee O’Neal, 59, was born May 2, 1948 and died Jan. 14 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville following a brief illness. A self-employed nurseryman, a United States Army veteran of Vietnam and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Johnny Edward…

Letter to the Editor TO THE EDITOR: My name is Jennifer Fisher, and I am the instructor for the Warren County color guard. For those of you who have no idea what that means, let me explain. When I say color guard, I am not referring to the JROTC color guard program. I am referring…

By DUANE SHERRILL While I believe people mean well and have high expectations when they make them, I still say New Year’s resolutions are a waste of energy since they are hardly ever kept. Think about it. When was the last time you made a New Year’s resolution and then followed through with it? Let’s…

By Kathryn Lopez On the campaign trail in New Hampshire, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., became teary-eyed when asked how she copes with the stress of running for president. Predictably, in the run-up to the Granite State’s primary and after her victory there, the tracks of her tears were the subject of many headlines and TV…

BY William Rusher No discussion about possible presidential nominees gets far without the words “vice president” turning up. John Edwards doesn’t seem quite up to the task of beating Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, but how about nominating him for vice president again (as in 2004)? Or, if Clinton is the nominee, might she feel…

BY Margo Howard Dear Readers: It is rather unusual in this line of work to hear both sides of a story. I don’t know whether the woman who wrote me showed her boyfriend the letter, merely told him she was going to write or he sneaked a look at her computer. In any case, I…