Cemetery Preservation Workshop Scheduled

October 10, 2018
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The MTSU Center for Historic Preservation will be conducting a workshop at the historic Town Cemetery in Smithville on Saturday, October 20th.

Center research professor Stacey Graham will present information about historic cemeteries in Tennessee starting at 9:00 a.m. at the Smithville City Hall. Afterwards, participants will learn proper techniques for cleaning tombstones and then experience the hands-on portion of the workshop by scrubbing tombstones themselves.

This event is free, but due to limited supplies, please contact Stacey Graham to register for attendance.

Here, MTSU Public History graduate students Elizabeth Foster Morris (left) and Typhanie Schafer scrub tombstones in the historic Cane Ridge Presbyterian Church graveyard in March 2018.

October 9, 2018
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The Chamber recently had a Ribbon Cutting for D & D Fashions (formerly Dana’s Closet) located at 109 West Main Street in downtown Smithville.

Lots of friends, family, Chamber board members, and local business folks came to show their support for this new business and our growing downtown.  D & D Fashions co-owners are Dana Poss and Donna England. Store hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10 AM to 6 PM, Thursdays from 10 AM to 8 PM, and Saturdays from 10 AM to 4 PM. They carry clothing for Men, Ladies, Girls, and Boys – sizes ranging from Preemie baby clothes to Adult 3XL. Tween sizes and girls’ ruffled Christmas outfits (sizes 2T to 7/8) coming soon!  Everything in the store is $29.99 or less. They also have Gifts, Décor, Jewelry, and Amuse Cosmetics including All-Day Wear products. Their 24-hour Lipsticks are only $1.50 each. New items coming in daily. Please stop by and support this new business!

October 9, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

A deputy discovered some methamphetamine and made an arrest while checking out a report of a suspicious vehicle in the Belk Community on Sunday,

57 year old Jerry Presley Cantrell of McMinnville is charged with manufacture, sale, deliver, or possess methamphetamine. He was also cited for possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond is $5,000 and he will make a court appearance October 25.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Sunday, October 7 a deputy was dispatched to Wright Bend Road due to a suspicious vehicle in the area. The officer spotted the vehicle and stopped to speak with the driver, Cantrell. The deputy obtained consent to search the automobile and found a small baggie inside a cigarette pack under the driver side seat which contained a white crystal substance believed to be methamphetamine. It weighed 0.5 grams. The officer also found a glass pipe for ingesting narcotics. Cantrell was placed under arrest.

33 year old Mark Emory Johnson of Morgan Drive, Smithville is charged with violation of an order of protection. He is under a $4,500 bond and his court date is October 18.

Sheriff Ray said that on Monday, October 1 a deputy made a traffic stop on a gray van for a tail light out. The driver, Johnson had a female passenger with him. A computer check revealed that Johnson is under bond conditions to stay away from the woman who was with him in the van. He was placed under arrest.

53 year old Tony Lee Petty of Poplar Place, Smithville is charged with violation of an order of protection. He is under a $4,500 bond and his court date is October 18.

Sheriff Ray said that on Wednesday, October 3 a deputy met a woman at the Sheriff’s Department who reported that Petty had violated an order of protection against him by being at a residence on Poplar Place. The officer had already warned Petty the day before, October 2 not to be on the property due to this order of protection. The officer went to the residence and found Petty there. He was taken into custody.

28 year old Ashley Ann Greene of McMinnville is charged with a 3^rd offense of driving on a suspended license. Her bond is $4,500 and she will make a court appearance on October 25.

Sheriff Ray said that on Friday, October 5 a deputy conducted a traffic stop on a gray Ford Taurus for failing to maintain its lane of travel. The officer spoke with the driver, Greene and learned through a computer check that Greene’s driver license has been suspended since March, 2017. Greene has two prior charges for driving on a suspended license  in Warren County.

66 year old Julian Malcomb Jordan of Big Hurricane Road, Smithville is charged with domestic assault. His bond is $4,000 and he will make a court appearance on October 25.

Sheriff Ray said that on Sunday, October 7 a deputy was dispatched to a residence on Big Hurricane Road for a physical domestic. He spoke to a woman who said that she and her husband, Jordan got into an argument and that he smacked her with an open hand on the left side of her face and on both arms. The woman had red marks on her left ear and both arms.

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