Six years ago

July 2004

• After serving 14 of the last 35 years either on the City Council or as Mayor of Red Boiling Springs, Councilman Ray Bilbrey had recently tendered his resignation.

• The Air National Guard Band of the Smokey Mountains provided entertainment to about 250 people on July 5 at the Macon County High School Auditorium.

• Teresa Biggs announced her candidacy for School Board Districts 3, 4, 15 and 16.

• Lafayette’s Dewayne Brawner had recently graduated from the Machine Tool Technology program at Tennessee Technology Center at Hartsville, receiving a Machinist I diploma.

• 2004 Red Boiling Springs T-Ball All-Stars included Bradley Tidwell, Clay Carnahan, Kyle Smith, Tyler Carlisle, Tim Jones, Hannah Smith, Nicholas Deckard, Ashlynn Browning, Cassie Cherry, Ryne Sloan, Bailey Anderson and John Wayne Browning. They were coached by Dale Laurigh and Steve Cherry.

• James Slate, a former Mayor of Red Boiling Springs, passed away July 12 at Monroe County Medical Center in Tompkinsville, Ky. He was 76.

• Columbia Gulf Transmission was installing three new pipe lines on Highway 52 near the Fox Run community. The project was expected to take three months to complete.

• Billy and Joanna Roark were to celebrate their 50th anniversary with a reception given by their children July 25.

• Dr. Kelli Johnson at Walmart Vision had been at the Lafayette location for three years this July.

• Macon County High School’s Hayden Shrum and Kyle Deering had recently been named to the Class AA Tennessee Sports Writers Association 2004 All-State team.

• Former Macon County Executive Doyle Gaines had recently had cataract surgery on one of his eyes and said he had plans to have the other eye done later.

• Nicky Rittenberry, produce manager at Piggly Wiggly in Hartsville, had been appointed Macon County Chairman for the Bush re-election campaign.

• William Eakles had recently completed Macon County General Hospital’s Diabetes Education program.

• Central South Mortgage had opened an office at 604 Red Boiling Springs Road in Lafayette, with owners Duane Browning and Cecil H. (Jr.) Buford.

• Lafayette Postmaster Larry Jones and his children had just returned from spending several days in Panama City Beach, Fla.

• Randy and Lisa Gilmore celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with family and friends by reaffirming their vows at the Red Barn Winery on July 17.

• Lynn Knight had recently joined the team at the UT Extension Service located on Locust Street and was to be the agent for Family Consumer Science and 4-H.

• Cierra’s Creekside Café, Gifts & Catering was open for business on Main Street in Red Boiling Springs.

12 years ago

July 1998

• Local Lions Club member Chris Phillips, of Lafayette, had been named a Melvin Jones Fellow by Lions Club International Foundation in recognition of his commitment to serving the world community.

• The home of Jackie and Mary Ann McDuffee at 8745 Scottsville Road was chosen as the Macon County Chamber of Commerce’s Yard of the Month for July by the Lafayette Garden Club.

• Shelter Insurance Company had recently opened an office in Lafayette with Neel Smith of Red Boiling Springs as agent.

• A wooden bridge located on West Stinson Road near Tooley Branch Road in western Macon County collapsed July 9 after a concrete mixer tried to cross it.

• District Attorney General Tommy Thompson, 15th Judicial District, announced his candidacy for re-election.

• The City of Red Boiling Springs was officially awarded a $92,000 matching funds grant to help pay for the construction of a new park and walking area in RBS.

• Employees of Lafayette’s Fleetwood Homes of Tennessee plant on Highway 52 were evacuated from the building for a short time July 2 as officials searched the building after receiving a bomb threat over the telephone.

• F. Thomas Rowland, general manager of North Central Telephone Cooperative, had recently been elected chairman of the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative.

• Robert Sircy, of Lafayette, had recently received a plaque of recognition from Tennessee Tech University’s College of Business Administration Foundation.

• Peyton Roark made a hole-in-one at Macon County Golf Course on July 12 on hole No. 7 (144 yards) using a 3-wood.

• Bridgett Diane Phillips was the winner of the first $500 scholarship given by the Delta Omega chapter of Beta Sigma Phi in an awards ceremony held at Macon County High School.

• Keith Allen, of Lafayette, had been promoted from assistant extension agent to associate extension agent with the University of Tennessee Agriculture Extension Office.

• Lynn Shrum was running for re-election for School Board Member Districts 5, 9, 10 and 18.

• Lafayette’s Craig Blankenship, a student at Macon County Junior High School, had recently been named a United States National Award Winner in Science by the United States Achievement Academy. Blankenship was nominated by teacher Teresa Holland.

• The Championship Gym softball team placed fourth in the state tournament held in Cookeville.

• Bill and Nettie McClanahan celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

• Born July 9 to Lafayette’s Bryon and Gena Satterfield, a daughter named Sara Deshea.

• Those celebrating birthdays July 19 included Felicia Cauthorne, Eric Tuck and Ruby Turner.

18 years ago

July 1992

• The Lafayette McDonald’s was scheduled to open at 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 9.

• Local businessman Delmer T. Jent died at age 82.

• Revivals were held at Brattontown Missionary Baptist Church and Union Camp Missionary Baptist Church.

• Macon County 4-H’ers Emily White (third place), Spencer Harper (third) and Holly McDonald (second) travelled to Cookeville on July 1 to participate in the District IV Clover Collection.

• The Macon County Board of Education voted to transfer seventh and eighth grade students from Westside to Macon County Junior High School for the upcoming fall semester.

• Hillsdale Baptist Church celebrated its 175 anniversary July 19.

• Philina Blankenship was president of the Macon County Retired Teachers Association.

• Margaret Hodges, a Lafayette woman, had recently been awarded the Silver Beaver Award for her outstanding volunteer service to the Boy Scouts. She was the leader Lafayette Cub Scouts Pack 402.

• Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Calvin H. Cherry, a 1998 graduate of Hermitage Springs High School of Red Boiling Springs, recently returned aboard the destroyer USS Thorn, homeported in Charleston, S.C., following a six-month Mediterranean and Red Sea deployment.

• The dozen or so ducks and geese who made their home at Sullivan Pond on Ellington Drive were to be removed as result of action taken by the Lafayette City Council on July 7.

• Born July 11 at 2:15 to parents Jeff and Tasha Meador, a son named Tyler Allen.

• In statements of condition released by both Macon County banks, Citizens Bank and Macon Bank & Trust reported combined assets of $220,259,905.25.

• John Spencer was Lafayette plant manager for American Greetings Corporation, which made a $1,000 donation to Macon HELPS.

• Unofficial reports of an alleged male streaker appearing sporadically in Lafayette’s Key Park had police asking for assistance from the public.

• Born July 8 at 5:58 p.m. to parents Mark and Cindy Gammons, a daughter named Meaghan Elizabeth.

• Mr. and Mrs. Zollie W. Claiborne celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

• Lafayette O.E.S. No. 379’s had its official visit July 13, which began with a meal at the Armour Hotel in Red Boiling Springs.

• Edward Perdue celebrated his 50th birthday July 3.