DTC Board Member and Cannon County Businessman Loses His Life in Crash

January 13, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

A member of the DTC Communications Board of Directors and owner of a popular catering business lost his life on Friday in an accident on U.S. Highway 70 south at the intersection with Cummins Hollow Road in Cannon County.

Dead is 53 year old Michael Anthony Alexander of Woodbury.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports that Alexander was driving a 1985 International model dump truck eastbound at around 3:11 p.m. on U.S. Highway 70S (McMinnville Highway) and ran off the road to the right side. He then overcorrected and went across both lanes of travel. When the truck got to the left side of the road, it rolled over and Alexander, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected.

No other vehicles were involved.

Alexander and his wife Christie owned and operated Christie Q BBQ and Catering. Their food truck regularly served customers in this area.

In addition to operating Christie Q Bar-B-Que, Alexander was a mail carrier for the United States Postal Service for 28 years in Smithville. Alexander was elected to his first three year term on the DTC Board of Directors from the Woodbury Exchange in September, 2017. He was a native of DeKalb County.

Survivors include his wife, Christie Lynn Alexander of Woodbury; Son, Erik (Emilee) Buckmeyer of Woodbury; Brother, Brian (Andrea) Alexander of Woodbury; Mother-in-law, Mary Moses of Alexandria; Brother-in-law, Ronnie (Kim) Moses of Cookeville; Nephews & Niece, Hugh Braxton Alexander, Andrew Michael Alexander, Keeley Moses, & Landry Moses; and Favorite Aunt, Joyce Owen of Woodbury.  Several aunts & cousins also survive.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Hubert & Margaret Alexander.

Funeral Services will be 12 PM Monday, January 14, 2019 in the Chapel of Woodbury Funeral Home.  Interment will follow at Sycamore Cemetery.  Visitation with the family will be from 12 to 8 PM, Sunday, January 13, 2019 at the funeral home.

Woodbury Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

January 12, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS Tigers snapped a 15 game losing streak Friday night with a 61 to 49 victory at Macon County. The Lady Tigers lost their game 61 to 36

The boys game was tied at 8 after the 1^st period but DC grabbed a 24 to 16 halftime lead and held a 46 to 28 advantage after the 3^rd period before going on to win 61 to 49.

Nathan Atkins scored 23, Tanner Poss 16, Dallas Cook 8, Dakota White 5, Colter Norris 4, Lucas Hale 3, and Evan Jones with 2.

The Lady Tigers trailed Macon County 20 to 15 after the 1^st period, 37 to 21 at halftime, and 53 to 31 after the 3^rd period before losing 61 to 36.

Lydia Brown scored 16, Kadee Ferrell 10, Maddison Parsley 4, and Joni Robinson, Mya Ruch, and Mallori Hart each with 2 points.

The Tigers improve to 2-16 on the season and 1-5 in the district while the Lady Tigers slip to 12-6 overall and 4-2 in the district.

Girls District 8AA Standings as of January 12:
Macon County: 17-4 (6-0)
Upperman: 16-3 (6-0)
DeKalb County: 12-6 (4-2)
York Institute: 7-9 (3-3)
Livingston Academy: 9-13 (2-4)
Cannon County: 11-8 (1-5)
Smith County: 6-9 (1-5)
Watertown 7-12 (1-5)

Boys District 8AA Standings as of January 12:
York Institute: 12-3 (5-1
Livingston Academy: 13-8 (5-1)
Macon County: 8-12 (4-2)
Upperman: 14-4 (4-2)
Watertown: 12-6 (2-3)
Cannon County: 9-11(2-4)
DeKalb County: 2-16 (1-5)
Smith County 1-12 (0-5)

The remaining schedule is as follows:

Tuesday, January 15: Smith County*-Away 6 p.m.
Friday, January 18: York Institute*-Away 6 p.m.
Tuesday, January 22: Livingston Academy*-Home 6 p.m.
Friday, January 25: Watertown*-Away 6 p.m.
Tuesday, January 29: Cannon County*-Home 6 p.m.
Friday, February 1: Upperman*-Away 6 p.m.
Tuesday, February 5: Macon County*-Home 6 p.m.
Thursday, February 7: Smith County*-Home 6 p.m.
Friday, February 8: Monterey-Home 6 p.m.

January 12, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Smithville Volunteer Firefighter and Deputy Chief Hoyte Hale received the “Robert Eller Highest Attendance Award” Friday night during an appreciation dinner for city firefighters at the New Life Connection Center.

The award was presented to Hale by Smithville Fire Chief Charlie Parker. This is the fifth straight year Hale has earned this award which was named this year in honor of the late Robert Eller, who served the Smithville Fire Department as a member and assistant chief for 64 years until his death in 2009.

“Until the time he got sick and his death, Eller was at just about every call, every meeting, and every training that we had so we wanted to pay homage to him by naming this award after him for the firefighter who made the most calls, trainings, workings throughout the year,” said Chief Parker.

Hale, a 34 year veteran of the department, attended 158 out of 214 calls during the year 2018. This includes calls, trainings, and workings.

“This award really shows his dedication to the department and to the city. He gets up at two o’clock in the morning to do these things and it really makes a difference. Having responded to 158 calls last year, that tells you how much he is committed to what he does at the Smithville Fire Department,” said Chief Parker.

Other firefighters with high attendance responses to their credit were Lieutenant Donnie Cantrell with 154, Chief Parker 150, Lieutenant Danny Poss with 133, Lieutenant John Poss 132, and Dalton Roberts with 100 calls.

2018 was the 80th year of the Smithville Fire Department. It was established in February 1938.

In his remarks during the dinner, Chief Parker thanked the mayor and aldermen for their support and highlighted achievements during the past year.

“In addition to those 214 calls (trainings and work activities) we managed to log in over 800 hours of training collectively with this group. That is pretty good with a group of about 27 people. In that number we had a total of 46 hours of work details around the fire hall which still did not include over 75 hours of meetings. Those were not included in that 214 number. That also does not include the number of hours we spent on fire calls. We had 160 plus fire calls but that is just the number of calls. That’s does not include the number of hours they spent during the middle of the night or day away from work and family. That averages out to about a call every day and a half in our little small town of Smithville,” he said.

Chief Parker also praised the late former mayor Waniford Cantrell, who passed away this week. Cantrell served two terms as mayor from 1982 to 1986. Parker said Cantrell was a huge supporter of the fire department and as mayor budgeted funds for the department’s first “jaws of life” extrication rescue equipment and set up an interest bearing account for the department, funds of which were used in 1992 for the purchase of a new fire truck. Cantrell also came up with the idea of longevity awards to firefighters based on years of service.

Meanwhile city firefighters were recognized for years of service including the following:

Brenda Soto-Rookie
Dillon Hicks-Rookie
Caleb London-2 years
Ryan Herron: 3 years
Garrett Johnson: 3 years
Seth Wright-3 years
Kim Johnson-3 years
Robin Summers-3 years
Bradley Johnson- 5 years
Dalton Roberts-5 years
C.J. Tramel- 5 years
Shawn Jacobs-6 years
Becky Atnip- 6 years
Cory Killian-8 years
Glen Lattimore-11 years
Stephanee Wright-13 years
Gary Johnson-14 years
James Randall Hunt-14 years
Wallace Caldwell- Chaplain 15 years
Lieutenant Kevin Adcock- 20 years
William (Wink) Brown-21 years
Greg Bess-photographer 24 years
Lieutenant John Poss-28 years
Captain Jeff Wright-33 years
Deputy Chief Hoyte Hale-34 years
Lieutenant Donnie Cantrell-39 years
Lieutenant Danny Poss-39 years
Chief Charlie Parker-39 years

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