Frank Caperton, President Rutherford County Historical Society Wow. How can you speak the name ‘Jerry Anderson’ and not get misty-eyed. You see, Jerry Anderson was more than just an exceptional football player from Murfreesboro’s Central High School. Jerry Anderson loved people. Jerry Anderson lost his life, May 27, 1989, after…
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, January 15, 2018 Ethan Campbell, my cousin and local investment adviser, is considered one of the greatest trap shooters to ever reside in Rutherford County. His marksmanship in state and national tournaments is beyond incredible, and he reigns supreme in this sport with perfect…
Susan Harber, Daily News Journal, January 1, 2018 Judge John Woods was a prominent man who served Rutherford County with great distinction. He was born in Murfreesboro on September 11, 1807, to Thomas Woods and Susan Baldridge, who was of Irish descent. John was second born to a family of…
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, December 18, 2017 The White-Gregory-Posey Home on Nashville Highway near Old Smyrna Lane was one of the oldest and most historical houses in Rutherford County. The home was built by Henry White in 1817 as a tavern. The original structure was comprised of yellow…
December 14, 2017, the corner of Florence Road and Enon Springs Road
December 14, 2017
Frank Caperton, Rutherford County Historical Society, November 25, 2017 There are plenty of photos of Murfreesboro’s Cannonsburgh Village on the Internet. This time I spent a couple of hours with Bobby Turman of Cannonsburgh in the Cannonsburgh gift shop.
Frank Caperton, November 24, 2017 Billy Pittard and Bob Henderson arranged a tour of home sites and cemeteries of the ancestors of Tab and Hattie Henderson of northern Rutherford County. We met at the Walter Hill Church of Christ then travelled to the Hoover Family Cemetery off Arnold Drive. The Hoover…
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, November 20, 2017 James Espey of Smyrna was born to Robert and Rachel Espey in 1758 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Robert lived in Jefferson in the 1780s. He received a land grant in 1784 for Espeyland when this land was a section of Davidson…
March 21, 1938, The Daily News Journal “The tornado which swept thru several Middle Tennessee counties and parts of Alabama last night vividly recalls to many Murfreesboro residents the tornado which struck this city nineteen years ago yesterday, leveling several buildings but claiming no lives although one man was injured.…