Gloria Shacklett Christy, The Murfreesboro Post, January 13, 2013 While once again preparing for the wedding dress exhibition at Oaklands Historic House Museum, I reached up into the closet and carefully opened the tattered box containing the wedding dress belonging to my grandmother Nena Verelle White Shacklett. One can only…
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Shirley Farris Jones, Special to the Post, January 3, 2013 As the new year began and the Confederate Army departed, caring for the many sick and wounded soldiers left on their doorsteps was not the only problem faced by Murfreesboro townspeople. Burying the dead,…
Michelle Willard, The Murfreesboro Post, January 3, 2013 At its winter marking, the Rutherford County Chapter of the Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities will place a marker Sunday, Jan. 6, at the “The Corners,” in Readyville. The marking will be followed from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. by…
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Shirley Farris Jones, Special to the Post, December 30, 2012 The Confederates soldiers were gone – many of whom would never see their homes and families again. Murfreesboro was forever changed and with the new year a new era had begun for our town…
As published in the Murfreesboro Post, Shirley Farris Jones, Special to the Post, December 27, 2012 Part one in a three-part series on the Battle of Stones River and its aftermath. Whether you’re engaged directly in hand-to-hand combat or dealing with the hardships of indirect warfare, the fight for survival…
Ken Beck, The Murfreesboro Post, December 20, 2012 Woodbury’s Connie Foster took a small chapter from her father’s youth and put an optimistic spin to it to produce a fictional children’s book surrounding the 200-year-old Readyville Mill. Titled “The Readyville Mill,” the 34-page book, illustrated by Carl Carbonell of historic…
The Murfreesboro Post, December 14, 2012 Stones River National Battlefield park rangers and volunteers will present a variety of programs to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Stones River. From Dec. 31, 1862, to Jan. 2, 1863, more than 81,000 soldiers struggled for control of Middle Tennessee in…
David Hunter, The Murfreesboro Post, December 9, 2012 While the Lady Raider athletic program has enjoyed recent success winning several conference titles and advancing to the NCAA tournament in all sports, the former players who helped pave the way were honored at halftime Thursday during the game against Xavier. Former…
Ralph Vaughn, The Murfreesboro Post, December 2, 2012 Dennis and Ralph Tramel, of Murfreesboro, have fond memories of their father who was a longtime Methodist minister. Being a man of the cloth, Ernest McKinley Tramel took his calling seriously and accepted the fact that moving regularly was all part of…
Dan Whittle, The Murfreesboro Post, December 2, 2012 Murfreesboro, Middle Tennessee State University and Rutherford County lost two irreplaceable achievers a few weeks back, with their robust and unique public service personalities. Murfreesboro residents Ewing “Tommy” Smith Jr. and Harry “Trader” Horne left their world a better place than they…