Rutherford County, TN Historic Cemetery Survey

by Bethany Hall, GISP Rutherford County Historic Cemetery Online Map and Search Rutherford Co. Historic Cemetery Survey Form: www.rutherfordcountytn.gov/archives/cemetery-form.htm “Forgotten Place, Living Traditions” story map tour www.rutherfordcountytn.gov/archives/cemetery.html In 2014, the Rutherford Co. Archives teamed with Rutherford Co.’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Departments, MTSU Center for Historic…

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Developers eye site of historic church

Sam Stockard, Murfreesboro Post, November 24, 2015 Franklin Synergy Bank is negotiating the sale of its East College Street property as it plans to move into a new Rutherford County corporate headquarters slated for Medical Center Parkway. The bank is discussing a potential sale to buyer groups for redevelopment of…

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Ernie Johns Highway Dedication, November 21, 2015

State Representative Mike Sparks (R–Smyrna, 49th District) and State Senator Bill Ketron (R–Murfreesboro, 13th District) passed recently passed legislation to rename a portion of West Jefferson Pike in Smyrna in honor of lifelong Smyrna resident Ernie Johns, Saturday, November 21. Ernie Johns is a well-known member of the Smyrna community with…

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2015 Annual RCHS Banquet featuring Barbara Marthal

Bart Walker, Rutherford County’s Good Neighbor Station WGNS Radio, November 14, 2015 WARNING: Don’t Be Hood-Winked Into Changing History Don’t Cover-Up Local History The Rutherford County Historical Society’s Annual Banquet was a “wake-up call” for those who are trying to hood-wink some into changing history and being “politically correct”. Barbara’s talk…

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Forrest Hall panel calls for public involvement

Brian Wilson, The Daily News Journal, November 12, 2015 MURFREESBORO — Members of the task force charged with recommending whether to change or retain the name of Forrest Hall at Middle Tennessee State University pledged during their first meeting on Thursday to have an open and public deliberation process. The committee will…

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Eagleville fire destroys century-old home

Mary Reeves, The Daily news Journal, November 11, 2015 (for the WGNS Radio article, please click here) EAGLEVILLE — For more than a century, the old two-story farmhouse sat on its hill, overlooking Highway 41A just north of Eagleville’s downtown. It aged gracefully, adding siding to cover its square cut logs, modernizing,…

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100 Year Old Eagleville Home Destroyed by Fire

WGNS Radio, November 11, 2015 A one-hundred year old home in Eagleville is destroyed by fire. Rutherford County Fire and Rescue’s Larry Farley tells NewsRadio WGNS they assisted Eagleville Fire Department with a two-story house fire located at 977 North Main Street in Eagleville, owned by Robert and Betty Richardson,…

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