Ivey P. ‘Pap’ Burns (b August 27, 1823) & Son (George Washington Burns) General Store, built 1865. This old fashioned country store was a center of activity in the Everglade Community on Jackson Ridge Road near Rockvale. ‘Pap’ Burns sold items such as hardware, coffee, livestock feed, sugar, etc. G.W.…
March 12, 2020, WGNS Radio Steve Peterson, the all-time winningest coach in Middle Tennessee baseball history, has passed away. Peterson, 68, died at St. Thomas Hospital Wednesday night after suffering a heart attack earlier in the week. A family spokesperson indicated there will be a private funeral ceremony for family…
March 5, Greg Tucker,, The Rutherford County Historical Society With funding from the philanthropic Commonwealth Fund, the first hospital in Rutherford County opened in 1927, but the Rutherford Hospital facility was not the first planned for Murfreesboro. A private venture in 1911, Murfreesboro Hospital Company, may have been abandoned for…
March 4, 2020, The Froe Chips, Mike J. Liles Henry Tecumseh Linebaugh died in Tampa, Florida December 17, 1943 at the age of 78. At the time of his death he was living in an eighteen room house on five acres of land on the northern outskirts of Tampa at…
March 3, 2020, A Series by Barry Lamb Reed, Robert Donnell was born on May 3, 1832 in Rutherford County to James and Eleanor Rankin Reed. His paternal grandparents were Revolutionary War soldier John Nash Reed and Mary Barksdale Reed, who came to the Jefferson area of Rutherford County from…
March 3, 2020, March/April Froe Chips, written by Richard Stickney My Grandfather, Richard H. Stickney, was a pharmacist and a chemist. He had a Drug Store on the square for sixty years. He made medications. He had shelves of chemicals and liquids. He also knew the history of each medicine…
February 24, 2020, Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal Talented Rutherford County athletes have played Vanderbilt football since the end of the 19th century, and they have offered supreme contributions to the sport and success of the team. Rupert McAdoo Smith (January 28, 1897-August 28, 1959) of Murfreesboro was one…
February 1, 2020, Murfreesboro City TV Host John Hood interviews members of the African American Heritage Society of Rutherford County. The program was shot at the Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center.
February 10, 2020, Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal When I ponder amongst our Rutherford County heroes, one outstanding man comes to light as a role model within our present-day generation. Captain Robert Ray Boyd of Readyville is a national luminary and Gold Star casualty of a controversial and bitterly…
February 1, 2019, A Series by Barry Lamb Palmer, Joseph Benjamin was born on November 1, 1825 in Rutherford County to William H. and Mildred Johns Palmer. The mother died when Palmer was a child and he was raised by his maternal grandparents, Joseph B. and Elizabeth Vaughan Johns, who…