July 1, 2019, by Susan Harber Smyrna Presbyterian Church carries the original honored namesake of our town. The appellation was derived as one of the seven churches of Asia rendered from the writings of Apostle John in Revelation. Member Silas Tucker is known as the individual who personally extended a…
May 1, 2019, by Barry Lamb The rattle of musketry and small arms could be heard from the Elliott home that sat on the northwest corner of Lytle and Academy Streets during the morning of July 13, 1862. The nerves of the elderly widow, Adaline Bowman Elliott, must have been…
June 15, 2019, Cathy Schulze, The Daily News Journal At last it was done: after standing unacclaimed in from of the main building at the Veterans Administration Medical Center for nearly a year, a granite and bronze monument was dedicated Tuesday afternoon during Flag Day ceremonies. Groups of patients clustered…
December 20, 1987, The Daily News Journal Employees of the Alvin C. York Veterans Administration Medical Center are conducting their sixth annual drive to assist the Rutherford County Emergency Food Bank. This drive is in conjunction with the national effort to support local food banks across the country, which is…
Friday, December 6, 2019, Oaklands Mansion The 2019 Oaklands Mansion Christmas Gala saw more than 225 attendees enjoying fun, food, music and a general celebration of the Christmas season at this iconic Murfreesboro landmark. James Manning, Executive Director of Oaklands Mansion, stated “Our Annual Christmas Gala and Candlelight Tour represents…
December 3, 2019, Frank Caperton From WGNS Radio, Murfreesboro, Tennessee: Jo West of Jo’s Custom Cakes & Catering stopped by the Rutherford County Historic Courthouse this week with a traditional holiday treat. Only this time, it wasn’t so traditional! Putting in over 200 hours of work, West and her assistant,…
1969 – Tennessee FOP Magazine Sam Davis was born October 6, 1842, near Smyrna, TN attended school at Smyrna and later the Western Military Institute in Nashville, leaving there to volunteer for service in the Confederate Army, Co. I, 1st Tennessee. Due to unusual courage and desire to accept hazardous…
April 6, 1958, The Daily News Journal “For Pete’s Sake” – Kittrell’s seniors will present “For Pete’s Sake”, a farce in the three acts by Jay Tobias, on Friday evening, April 11, at 7:45. The cast includes Reba Coleman, Brenda Lovvorn, Jimmy Bugg, Billy Boyd, Bobby Shrum, Frieda Travis, Geralline…
1963, Tennessee FOP Magazine By R.A. Mallory Murfreesboro and the Rutherford County area will long remember their beloved Chief of Police, Claude Vance, not only as a police officer but as a devoted friend. ‘Mr. Claude’, as he was affectionately known, pass on December 17, 1961. He left behind a…
