Archives: 2021

Tiger Woods suffers leg injuries after California car crash

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities and Tiger Woods’ manager say the golf star has suffered leg injuries in a vehicle rollover in suburban Los Angeles and is undergoing surgery. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says Woods was alone in the vehicle and had to be extricated from it Tuesday. No other cars were involved in the wreck that injured…

Drug executives: Big jump in vaccine supply is coming soon

WASHINGTON (AP) — COVID-19 vaccine makers tell Congress to expect a big jump in the delivery of doses over the coming month. The companies insisted Tuesday at a hearing that they will be able to provide enough vaccine for most Americans by summer. By the end of March, Pfizer and Moderna expect to have provided the U.S. government with a…

Pauline Brewer Cherry

Pauline Brewer Cherry, age 95, resident of Whiteville, Tennessee and wife of the late Harry Cherry, departed this life Wednesday morning, February 17, 2021 at Pine Meadows Healthcare Center in Bolivar, Tennessee. Pauline was born February 22, 1925 in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Homer and Lillian Martindale Brewer. She was a homemaker throughout her life and enjoyed…

Security officials blame Pentagon, each other for failures at Capitol riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — The former chief of the U.S. Capitol Police has told lawmakers investigating the Capitol invasion that he learned only after the attack that his officers had received a report from the FBI that forecast, in detail, the chances that extremists could commit “war” in Washington. The head of the FBI’s office in Washington has said that once…

Amanda “Mandy” Beth Coggeshall Branch

Amanda “Mandy” Beth Coggeshall Branch age 45, passed away on Monday, February 15, 2021 at her home in Brownsville, TN.  Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 1:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Brownsville Funeral Home with Pastor Susan Atkinson officiating.  Burial to follow in the Brownsville Memorial Gardens.  A visitation for the Branch family…

Additional death, 14 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Madison Co.

JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed another Madison County resident has died due to COVID-19. The health department says a 77-year-old woman died Feb. 19 due to COVID-19 complications. A total of 184 Madison County residents have died due to COVID-19 complications. The health department also confirmed another 14 cases of COVID-19 in Madison County,…

Gov. Lee could require in-person learning under new GOP bill

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Senate has advanced legislation that would allow the governor to issue an executive order requiring schools to offer in-person learning. The GOP-dominant chamber easily passed the measure Monday on a 27-5 vote, with only Democratic senators opposed. The bill comes as Republican leaders have lobbed criticisms against Shelby and Davidson counties for declining to provide…

James Hicks

  James Hicks of Henry 78 Jackson Madison County General Hospital Sunday, February 21, 2021 2:00 PM Friday, February 26, 2021 McEvoy Funeral Home Bro. John Sutton Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery 5:00-7:00PM Thursday, February 25, 2021 and after 12:00 PM Friday October 1, 1942 in Henry County, Tennessee John Foust, Byron Foust, Eric Larson, Eddie Turner, Jamey Tosh and Jonathan…

Mr. Manual Lee Williamson

The visitation for Mr. Manual Lee Williamson, age 93 of Jackson, Tennessee will be held on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, from 11:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M., at the Stephenson-Shaw Chapel. For more information contact Stephenson-Shaw Funeral Home at (731) 427-7411 or log on to our website at www.stephenson-shaw.com Sean A. Kimmins Sr. Categories: Obituaries