THP Works Two Personal Injury Crashes Saturday on McMinnville Highway

July 22, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

One person was airlifted after a crash involving two pickup trucks Saturday afternoon on Highway 56 south.

Trooper Bobby Johnson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol said 57 year old Wendall Batey of Smithville was south on Highway 56 in a GMC Sierra when he crossed into the northbound lane and struck an oncoming 2012 Dodge Ram driven by 36 year old Courtney Webster of Smithville. According to Trooper Johnson Webster swerved but was unable to avoid the crash.

Batey was taken by DeKalb EMS to the Keltonburg Community Center where he was airlifted to Vanderbilt Hospital. Webster refused transport by EMS. Charges are pending.

Another crash occurred later Saturday afternoon not far from the first wreck.

Trooper Johnson said 61 year old Mark Wallace of Smithville was driving south on Highway 56 in a 2000 Lexus RX 300 SUV when he crossed into the northbound lane and struck an oncoming 2010 Nissan Rogue, driven by 72 year old Avent Mooneyham of Smithville. According to Trooper Johnson, Mooneyham swerved into a ditch but was unable to avoid the crash.

Passengers with Mooneyham were 71 year old Paulette Mooneyham and 55 year old Kandy Fish both of Smithville. Fish was taken to the hospital by private vehicle.

Wallace has been charged with driving under the influence, possession of schedule III and IV drugs, and failure to exercise due care.

July 21, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

July 22-26, 2019 is Tennessee County Clerk Appreciation Week and Donate Life Tennessee, is recognizing each of the 95 county clerks and their employees for their support of the Tennessee County Clerk Organ Donor Awareness Foundation (TCCODAF), educating Tennesseans on the importance of organ and tissue donation; and asking individuals to register as organ and tissue donors. Donate Life Tennessee staff and ambassadors will visit county clerk offices across the state to present them with a special gift.

“I am proud of the county clerk’s support of the TCCODAF and continued efforts promoting the Donate A Dollar campaign when residents receive or renew vehicle tags. The funds raised are key to Donate Life Tennessee’s efforts to educate on the importance of registering to be an organ and tissue donor.” Lawrence County Clerk Chuck Kizer, Foundation Chairman. “Becoming an organ donor gives hope to those who are desperately waiting to receive a lifesaving transplant.

Sometimes an unfortunate situation provides the fortune of life for another.”

Of the Tennesseans who have registered as organ and tissue donors, 98% have done so when receiving or renewing their driver licenses or state IDs at Driver Services Centers or at the 41 county clerk offices providing the service. Currently, more than 2.3 million Tennesseans are registered on the state registry.

In 2018, Tennesseans saved 1,026 lives through organ transplantation, one in Dekalb County, and thousands more received life improving tissue transplants. Today, more than 2,900 Tennesseans are listed on the national organ transplant list waiting, two in Dekalb County.

Donate Life Tennessee Registry is maintained by the state’s two organ procurement organizations, Tennessee Donor Services and the Mid-South Transplant Foundation. A critical part of their mission is to ensure Tennessee residents understand the importance of organ and tissue donation and provide them the information to register.

“We cannot overstate the impact our county clerks and their employees have on saving the lives of people in Tennessee and across our nation,” said Jill Grandas, Executive Director of Tennessee Donor Services. “We are extremely grateful to each them and the Tennessee County Clerk Organ Donor Awareness Foundation.”

For more information about organ and tissue donation, or to register as a donor, visit www.DonateLifeTN.org.

July 21, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Ten people took home $500 each Saturday night as the DeKalb County Fair closed out its weeklong run for the year.

(View Photo Gallery of the DeKalb County Fair by clicking link below)

2019 Photo Gallery

Mevolyn Farless and Joseph Pack each won $500 Monday night but there were no winners on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday nights. All the money scheduled to be given away on those nights plus the Saturday night winnings were given away last night.

The Saturday night winners were Johnnie Patrick, Rhonda Bass, and Doris Smelcer of Alexandria, Jeff Carter, Debra Robinson, and Jarred Dawson of Smithville, Stephanie Driver of DeKalb County, Jerry Wayne Johnson of Liberty, Wanda Barrett of Murfreesboro, and Lee McKinney of Gordonsville

(Video Below of Mid State Cloggers at the Fair)

IMG_8569 from dwayne page on Vimeo.

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