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Daisy Beasley Funeral services for Mrs. Daisy Jewell Beasley, age 99, of Cookeville, were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 11 in the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home with Rev. Richard Bond officiating. Interment followed at Eckel Cemetery in Overton County. Mrs. Beasley passed away Sunday evening, May 8, 2016 at Bethesda…
Read MoreRussell Lee Sidwell Roofer Russell Lee Sidwell, 22, of Livingston, passed away May 13 at Livingston Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 19, from the chapel of Speck Funeral Home with Bro. Jerry Buck officiating. Interment will follow in the Turkeytown Cemetery in Hilham. The family will receive friends…
Read MoreDr. Aristides Cardona Dr. Aristides Cardona, 89 of Celina, passed away on May 5. Memorial services will be held at Vaughn Cemetery in Alpine, Tenn. later in May. He was born April 11, 1927. He was the first Board Certified Surgeon to be recruited to Cumberalnd County in 1957 and was involved in the construction…
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There were some tears and downtrodden faces as the Livingston Academy girls basketball team left the court last night at Tennessee Tech’s Eblen Center, having lost a regional semifinal game to the Upperman Bees 51-32 to bring a close to their 2016-17 season. After L.A. had pulled off what many considered an upset of the…
Read MoreThe Sons of Confederate Veterans, Myers-Zollicoffer Camp 1990, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Capt. Sally Tompkins 2123, each initiated a new member in a joint ceremony at a recent meeting in Livingston. For more on this story, pick up a copy of this week’s Livingston Enterprise on newsstands now, or subscribe online…
Read MoreMembers of the Overton County Budget Committee have voted to re-bid a chiller for the Joe L. Evins Community Center after no one submitted any bids for the project as it was originally specified. County Executive Ben Danner told the committee that new specs will now be written. For more on this story, pick up…
Read MoreHoses are snaked along the ground of a hay barn fire on Turkey Town Road near the Clay County line last Tuesday. Firefighters from the Hilham Volunteer Fire Department responded to the call at about lunchtime on Tuesday and spent several hours putting out the blaze. For more on this story, pick up a copy…
Read MoreTwo cars were involved in a wreck on Tommy Dodson Highway last Tuesday that ended up with one car on its top, but no one injured, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Trooper Marty Philpot said Kally Smith, 19, of Cookeville, was driving a 2005 Lexus eastbound on the road and Juan Felipe, 46, of…
Read MoreNo Cause For Alarm, Officials Say Some water customers in Livingston have been calling city hall with concerns after they received a notice last week from the city that the town’s water system had violated a federal drinking water standard. Mayor Curtis Hayes says about 50 customers out of the 4,500 served by the city…
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