Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
February 12, 2013, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones visits with Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker. 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 former Rutherford County Truman…
Discover Rutherford: Uncle Dave Macon fills Kittrell Memories
DNJ, Mark Bell, Sunday, February 10, 2013 — J.C. Rogers remembers as a young boy hearing Uncle Dave Macon play his banjo and guitar on Macon’s front porch in this small community located out Woodbury Highway. J.C. Rogers, now in his 80s, grew up around the community right near the…
Legacy of love remains after many years
Gloria Shacklett Christy, The Murfreesboro Post, February 10, 2013 The train blustered noisily over the tracks. Its destination: Nashville. A white-haired gentleman sat reading his newspaper. The headlines read, “Roosevelt Seeks Another Term.” All of his attention was absorbed in the troubling current events. World War II had united the…
La Vergne Public Library to mark Civil War anniversary
The Murfreesboro Post, February 9, 2013 LA VERGNE – The La Vergne Public Library is commemorating the sesquicentennial of the Civil War with multiple special events, guest speakers and presentations beginning next weekend. “Given that several members of the library’s staff grew up in and around La Vergne, we’ve taken…
Former first lady’s favorite tunes focus of concerts
The Murfreesboro Post, February 5, 2013 Thanks to the Center for Popular Music and the James K. Polk Ancestral Home in Columbia, the community can get a glimpse into the music of a former first lady — and a century — in two free public concerts. At age 13, Murfreesboro…
VAUGHN: Humble beginnings taught importance of hard work
Ralph Vaughn, The Murfreesboro Post, February 3, 2013 Many of us Baby Boomers believe that our parents and others from that age group were truly the Greatest Generation. They endured the Great Depression and fought a war on foreign soil to help preserve and protect the freedoms that we hold…
Beech Grove High School, 1900-1963
BEECH GROVE HIGH SCHOOL 1900-1963 was on the west side of State Road 8, the old Manchester Turnpike, and about .75 miles south of Beech Grove in Coffee County. William Jacobs deeded three acres of land to the Coffee County Board of Education for a school. Materials from the BEECHGROVE…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
January 29, 2013, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones visits with Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker. 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 former Rutherford County Truman…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
January 28, 2013, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones visits brothers Ben and Steve Cates. 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 former Rutherford County Truman Jones…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
January 28, 2013, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones visits brothers Ben and Steve Cates. 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 former Rutherford County Truman Jones…
Memory of eccentric entrepreneur still remains
Gloria Shacklett Christy, The Murfreesboro Post, January 27, 2013 Almost 75 years ago, downtown Murfreesboro was the center of the region’s economic activity. Every Saturday, folks from surrounding Middle Tennessee counties would come to shop, visit with neighbors and trade. On the corner of South Maple and Vine streets, which…
Murray School (Bradyville), 1920-1952
MURRAY SCHOOL c1920-1952 was on the north side of the Bradyville Pike at the intersection of the Murray-Kittrell Road. On January 22, 1921, the Rutherford County Board of Education signed a deed for 4.5 acres of land at $100-per-acre from J. W. McCrary and wife Sallie, L. L. McCrary and…
Author to share stories at Linebaugh Library
The Murfreesboro Post, January 26, 2013 As part of Black History Month, Linebaugh Library plays host to Murfreesboro native and author Devora E. Butler for a special lecture about the history of African-Americans in Rutherford County. Butler will be speaking at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, in the library’s Reading…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
January 15, 2013, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones visits with Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker. 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 former Rutherford County Truman…
Wedding dress exhibit showcases love from the past
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…
Musician’s talent started with mother’s prayer
Dan Whittle, The Murfreesboro Post, January 13, 2013 While musician Billy Yearwood was in his mother’s womb 85 years ago, she prayed, asking God for a musician son. “While pregnant, Mother prayed for a boy,” Yearwood shared. Irene Rice Yearwood’s prayer then got “specific” regarding what kind of music. “She…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
January 11, 2013, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones talks to the children of the late Floyd Leonard (sons Ricky, Gary, Mark and Randy Leonard and daughter Debbie Goodwin) Bart Walker and the staff of Rutherford County’s WGNS Radio (1450AM, 101.9FM) have been supporters of our local history for a long,…
Local History with Truman Jones and Friends
January 8, 2013, WGNS Radio Today Truman Jones visits with Mary Beth Nevills and Nila Gober of Oakland’s Mansion. 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…
Scales legacy continues with new generation
Ralph Vaughn, The Murfreesboro Post, January 6, 2013 The new year has further ushered in another chapter for the legacy of a prominent Murfreesboro business. Although the arrangements were consummated in the summer of 2011, Scales & Sons Funeral Home is now co-owned and managed by Tonya Scales Haynes, the…
Part 3: Battle of Murfreesboro
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,…