TODAY, APRIL 6 The annual Banks Cemetery meeting will be held at 2 p.m. at Banks Cumberland Presbyterian Church. An outdoor service will be held at 5 p.m. at Solid Rock Church of God. MONDAY, APRIL 7 Jason Crabb will be guest speaker at a revival April 7-9 at Locust Street Church of God. Services…

The wedding ceremony of Ashley Elizabeth Vance to Michael Lance Jensen was held recently at East Main Church of Christ in Murfreesboro. The 7 p.m. ceremony was officiated by Charles Mullins. The bride is the daughter of Tom and Nancy F. Vance. Her grandparents include the late Earl L. and Emily D. Florida, and Ralph…

Southern Standard readers are invited to extend happy birthday and anniversary best wishes to friends and loved ones through this weekly column. Please submit your messages by our noon deadline each Thursday. No more than three wishes to any individual, please. Happy Birthday Wishes: March 27 ‘ Happy belated birthday wishes to Evelyn Panter. Love…

By Gary Clothier DOLLY PARTON Q: The Father of Our Country was born Feb. 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Va. Where in Westmoreland County? What type of house? ‘ G.N., Knoxville, Tenn.A: George Washington entered the world at his father’s Popes Creek Plantation, about 40 miles east of Fredericksburg. The family moved when the future…

All My Children After sharing an unexpected passionate kiss, Ryan urged Greenlee to make things right with Aidan. Greenlee successfully came up with a plan to seduce Aidan back when he told her that it’s not the right time to get married. Meanwhile, Ryan kept it from Greenlee that he remembers their romance. Seeing the…

McMinnville resident and Farmville, Va., native Ronnie Lewis Watkins, 50, died unexpectedly April 4 at River Park Hospital. A carpenter with Wanamaker Construction, he was the son of Edwin Watkins and Peggy Hardin, both of North Carolina, and was preceded in death by brother, Edwin Watkins He is also survived by his wife, Cathy Watkins;…

Reba June Argo, 80, of Morrison passed from this life on Thursday, April 3 at River Park Hospital after an extended illness. She was born Dec. 22, 1927 in Van Buren County, and was the daughter of William H. and Ethel Lee Woodlee, and the widow of the late Robert Earl Argo Sr., her husband…

McMinnville resident and Lewisburg native Grace Watson Rone, 92, died April 5 at Raintree Manor. A retired bookkeeper and a homemaker and a member of the Presbyterian Church, she was the daughter of Anthony and Mary Evelyn Sheffield Watson. She was preceded in death by her husband, A.R. (Jimmy) Rone; grandson, David Neil Rone; sisters,…

McMinnville resident and Huntsville, Ala., native Gordon Earl Partain, 87, died April 5 at NHC after an extended illness. A retired truck driver and a member of Living Word Fellowship Church, he served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War. The son of the late Robert Stanley and…

Funeral services for Byron Russell Bryant, 67, of Cookeville will be held Monday, April 7 at 1 p.m. at Cookeville Church of the Nazarene with Rev. Kevin Thomas officiating. Interment will follow in Crest Lawn Cemetery. Mr. Bryant died Thursday, April 3 at Raintree Manor in McMinnville. He was born Oct. 22, 1940 in Zearing,…