The Murfreesboro Post, September 7, 2011 The Sam Davis Home Quilt Show will be open to the public from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 15-17 and from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept 18 for its annual Quilt Show. Pre-sale tickets are $6, or $8 at the door. Tickets to the Quilt…
September 6, 2011, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones talks about Murfreesboro’s bicentennial celebration with Mayor Tommy Bragg and Angela Jackson and Nate Williams with Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation. Bart Walker and the staff of Rutherford County’s WGNS Radio (1450AM, 101.9FM) have been supporters of our local history for a long,…
Ralph Vaughn, The Murfreesboro Post, September 4, 2011 Matt Murfree, a prominent business and community leader, never gave much thought about his famous name while growing up in a town that honors the legacy of his great-great-great grandfather. Murfree, 66, said his life was almost like any other youngster because…
The Murfreesboro Post, September 2, 2011 Rutherford County Historical Society President Greg Tucker will speak to the Club Tuesday. Rutherford County Historical Society President Greg Tucker will speak to the Club Tuesday, Sept. 6, Exchange Club President Jeff Stroop announced. Tucker is also a weekly columnist for the Daily News…
September 1, 2011, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones talks Truman talks with former educator and WW2 veteran Jerry Warner. Bart Walker and the staff of Rutherford County’s WGNS Radio (1450AM, 101.9FM) have been supporters of our local history for a long, long time. Please click the WGNS icon and enjoy…
Michelle Willard, The Murfreesboro Post, August 28, 2011 When college sweethearts Sarah and Ed Barlow were students at MTSU in the late ’50s, signing up for classes wasn’t as easy as logging onto a computer. “When we registered for classes, they would set up tables in the Tennessee Room of…
As published by the Daily News Journal, Sunday, August 21, 2011 By Greg Tucker, President Rutherford County Historical Society In 1936, Woodrow Medlock, an aspiring Baptist preacher driving an Austin, picked up a 26-year-old hitchhiker in Westvue, the Rutherford neighborhood “across the tracks” from central Murfreesboro. The young passenger wanted…
Thanks to the generosity of the heirs of late author and Murfreesboro historian C.B. Arnette, the Rutherford County Historical Society has a new home. Cheryl Arnette Sommardahl, C.B.’s daughter, handed the keys to the refurbished Ransom School to members of the Rutherford County Historical Society at the structure on Academy…
August 17, 2011, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones visits with Rutherford County Country Music Hall of Famer Jimmy C. Newman. Bart Walker and the staff of Rutherford County’s WGNS Radio (1450AM, 101.9FM) have been supporters of our local history for a long, long time. Please click the WGNS icon and…
August 17, 2011, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones visits with Rutherford County Country Music Hall of Famer Jimmy C. Newman. Bart Walker and the staff of Rutherford County’s WGNS Radio (1450AM, 101.9FM) have been supporters of our local history for a long, long time. Please click the WGNS icon and…