april 27, 2016 edition

LARGEST CIRCULATION IN WILSON COUNTY • APRIL 27, 2016 • VOLUME 36, NUMBER 16

Celebrating our 36th year as the leading newspaper in Mt. Juliet and West Wilson County

THE CHRONICLE OF MT. JULIET

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Classifieds,Page 6

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Obituaries

Ronald Arrowood, 29

Carolyn Baird, 74

Alice Bundy, 86

Candice Ferguson, 37

Lois Oliver, 69

Veola Robertson, 97

Sue Romines, 69

See TESTING, Page 3

See BOOM TOWN, Page 7

Community Calender, Page 2

Obituaries, Page 4

See DAIRY QUEEN, Page 5 By Phyllis Robinson

By Phyllis Robinson

Today’s News

For the third time in three months, state testing is not available for Wilson County stu-dents. This week was set to be the testing week, but schools have not

received grades 3-8 test materials. The testing window has now been extended to May 10.

The first delay was February 8 when tech-nical errors caused the online launch to fail, so a paper version had to be created. Then once

again in late February and March, Part 1 in the paper version was de-layed.

As of Thursday, April 21st all school dis-tricts had received test-ing materials for the high school; but not for grades 3-8.

State Department offi-cials said that Measure-ment Inc. had assured them that all testing materials would arrive by April 22. However, on April 13th the State Dept. of Education re-ceived word that Mea-surement Inc. would not meet their deadline on delivery of grades 3-8 materials.

Students, teachers and parents are frus-trated over the delays and changes in testing

State testing delayed again for Wilson County students

Mt. Juliet ranks as #16 in the Top Boom Towns in America

Realtor.com recently ranked Mt. Juliet as #16 Boom Town in the United States using the fac-tors of job growth, new home construction, & increasing number of households.

Realtor.com released its list of America’s Top ‘Boom Towns’ this week and Mt. Juliet was named in the top 30. Mt. Juliet was listed as number 16 and even though we are behind Los Angeles and Dallas, Mt. Juliet is above larg-er cities like Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Boston. The cities mak-ing this prestigious list stand out as communi-ties that have had tre-mendous growth in new home construction, job creation and increasing number of households.

Mayor Ed Hagerty commented, “It is an-other in the long list of awards and accolades

for our wonderful com-munity. We are so bless-ed to be in Mt. Juliet.”

Being highlighted as a Boom Town, Mt. Juliet has been sited to have some of the strongest growth in jobs, house-hold formation and new housing starts in the country. This pinpoints Mt. Juliet to be one of the top 100 counties in the U.S. and to have five to seven times normal growth. Our zip code, 37122, is projected to continue this growth over the next five years.

“It is just over the top. We may make a lot of dif-ferent lists, but this one had made it really spe-cial. Mt. Juliet is a hot place to be,” stated Me-lissa Hayes, President of

EMTAR (Eastern Middle Tennessee Association of Realtors). “Mt. Ju-liet is a special place to be because of the town feeling even though we are fifteen minutes from Nashville. People want to live close to the big city, but Mt. Juliet is attractive to them and still affordable, with an average home price of $322,000.”

Hayes continued, “I think north Mt. Juliet is about to become re-ally hot. Nichols Vale is going to be attractive to home buyers and very inviting.”

“Wow... #16! We knew this market was hot but this is an amazing statis-tic!” said Mark Hinesley,

Police investigating two burglaries in one week at n”Range

Mt. Juliet detectives are searching for two sus-pects that burglarized n’Range, located at 9904 Lebanon Road, twice in three days. n”Range was burglarized during the early morning hours of Sunday, April 17 and Wednesday, April 20. De-tectives believe the same suspects are responsible for both burglaries.

On Sunday around 3:00 a.m. the back door of nRange was broken into and an unknown male carried out five hand-guns, two shotguns, and two rifles. Three days later on April 20, around 1:20 a.m., the same person and a female broke into the store again and car-ried out ten handguns.

Detectives responded

to the break-in to gather evidence. They believe the suspects are a white male and female in their 20’s. Video surveillance record-ed the break-in. Agents with the ATF are assisting in the investigation.

Anyone with any in-formation regarding this crime is encouraged to call the Mt. Juliet Police Department at (615) 754-2550. Information can also be given anonymous-ly by calling (615) 754-TIPS (8477) or via the Mt. Juliet Police Department website at http://www.mjpd.org/ .

A $5,000.00 reward is being offered by ATF and the National Shoot-ing Sports Foundation for information that leads to the successful arrest and conviction of the suspects responsible. ■

Police are currently searching for suspect who burglarized nRange in Mt. Juliet on Lebanon Road.

Dairy Queen gets Planning Commission approval

Pictured above is a Dairy Queen that Mayor Ed Hagerty would like for the one on N. Mt. Juliet Road to emulate. The exterior facade of the building was a sticking point for the repre-sentative of Fourteen Foods on whether they should proceed with their site at the intersection of N. Mt. Juliet Road and Old Lebanon Dirt Road.

The Mt. Juliet Plan-ning Commission met last Thursday. Several items were addressed including Tuscan Gar-dens Subdivision, Landscaping at I-40 and Mt. Juliet Road, and a Dairy Queen site restaurant plan.

In opening reports, Jessica Gore reported that the first phase of the landscaping at I-40 had come in under bud-get, due to the work of the Parks Department, and that the Greenway was progressing. Tus-can Gardens phase 14 was approved with the

requirements of having a trail from Curd Road into Park Glen and the developers will con-tribute $25,000 to the bridge. The mass grad-ing plan was approved for Batson Group on the property located on N. Mt. Juliet Rd. and Hwy. 70. The rezone request was approved for the Anderson prop-erty at 21 N.W. Rutland Road.

The proposed Dairy Queen is a 3,130 square foot take-out restau-rant. Brian Peterson, with Fourteen Foods, Inc. , presented the desired site plan with materials that were questioned by members

of the Planning Com-mission. Dairy Queen’s drawings showed the use of black and or-ange pollock for the metal panel, which is Corporates preferred design for new “Grill & Chill” Dairy Queens.

Kelly Morgan, mem-ber of the Planning Commission asked, “Are you saying that your company is stating that you cannot meet our City codes. You are asking for a 25% vari-ance to come to our city. I will not vote for this. Bring back what we will approve.”

Agee & Johnson merge with the Parks Group

TnReady was delayed for the third time last week for students in Wilson County.

By Phyllis Robinson

By Staff Reports

Agee & Johnson Realty, who has been in business in Wilson County for more than 30 years, is merging with Parks Realty & Parks Auction Company

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Wednesday, April 27

Rodeo Committee will meet at 5:00pm at the East Building,

Fair Grounds.

Thursday, April 28

New Leash on Life Art Show featuring Wilson Central High School students from 6:00-8:00pm at The

Mill.

Saturday, April 30

Ride the Mu-sic City Star to the

Nashville Marathon.

Ssturday, April 30

Fiddler’s Grove Spring Festival

10:00am-4:00pm at The Fair Grounds.

Saturday, April 30

The Wilson County Conserva-

tive Republicans will meet at 9:15am at Logan’s Providence.

Sunday, May 1

The Mt. Juliet Car Show & Family Fun

Day at Wilson Bank & Trust 10:30am-

3:00pm. N. Mt. Juliet Road branch. Free inflatables for kids.

Antique cars for adults.

Tuesday, May 3

Annual Big Pay-back Day with Charis Health Care Center.

Wednesday, May 4

“Coffee with the City” 8:00am-9:30am at the Chamber of-fice. Meet and greet with City manager

Kenny Martin.

Saturday, May 7

Boy Scout Troop 1204’s Pancake

Breakfast at St. Ste-phen Catholic Com-munity Holy Family Center, 14544 Leb-anon Road, from 7:00am-11:00am.

Children 4 & under free, ages 5-10 $3.00

and adults $5.00.

May 9- June 6

The Mt. Juliet Library will be closed

May 9 - June 6 to complete the current expansion project.

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CedarStone Bank salutes Two Rivers Mansion

Staff Reports

Each month Cedar-Stone Bank “simply salutes” an influential leader in Middle Ten-nessee. This month the bank is proud to recognize Two Rivers Mansion.

Two Rivers Mansion is one of the last of the elaborate antebellum country homes built in the Nashville area and one of the earliest and best preserved of the ornate Italianate houses in Middle Ten-

nessee. Two Rivers was once part of an 1,100-acre plantation located on fertile, roll-ing land between the Stones and Cumber-land Rivers. The junc-tion of the two rivers suggested the name given to the property by its first owner, Wil-liam Harding, whose family built the Belle Meade Plantation in west Nashville.

After acquiring the 447-acre property in 1966, the Metropol-itan Government of Nashville and David-son County set aside the 14-acre historic site, developing two schools, a golf course, park greenway, water park (Wave Country), skate park, frisbee golf course and picnic area for families to enjoy. Restored to the state-ly architectural splen-dor of the mansion’s early days, Two Riv-ers reflects the taste, textures and colors of the post-war era and today remains a cen-terpiece for all kinds of social gatherings – weddings, parties, an-niversaries, birthdays and special events for future generations to enjoy■.

Staff Reports

Jerry Houston was many things to many people in the Mt Ju-liet community. As a long time member of the Mt Juliet Break-fast Rotary Club, he exemplified the Rota-ry International mot-to of “Service Above Self.” Before his

death in 2013, Hous-ton was the owner of Houston’s Meat and Produce, and was well known for his giving spirit, The long time Mt Juliet resi-dent was always will-ing to provide food and support for local events, helping with youth sports, the se-nior citizens center, local schools and

churches, the Mt Ju-liet Help Center, Big Brothers, and many others. His efforts were a valuable asset to the Rotary Club in club projects, events and fund raisers.

The annual Jer-ry Houston Memori-al Golf Tournament honors Houston, who was an avid golfer, to memorialize his spir-it of giving and his love of the game of golf. Proceeds from the event will be used to fund the Rotary Club’s projects that give to the communi-ty, just as Jerry did.

The tournament takes place Thursday, May 12 at Windtree

Golf Course with a shotgun start at 1:30 pm. The event fea-tures a hole-in-one contest, a putting contest, flighted field and free range balls.

Entry fees are $500 per team and $125 per individual. (No Mulligans). Hole sponsorships are available for $100.

A barbecue lunch, catered by Houston’s, is included and will begin at 11:30 am.

For additional in-formation contact Phil Smartt at 615-773-0161, Fax 615-773-0150 or e-mail: p s m a r t t @ s o u t h e r n -bankoftn.com.■

Annual golf tournament honors Jerry Houston

The Chronicle of Mt. Juliet, April 27, 2016,

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Opie was found stray here in Mt. Juliet and brought into the shelter. Opie is a black and white male Pit bull mix around 3-4 years of age. He is a little shy at first but warms up quickly. He is the perfect example of a fun, goofy dog, who doesn’t realize he is a large dog. He loves to run around and play outside. His adoption fee is $25.00 and he will need to be neutered before going home. Call the shelter at 615-773-5533 if you would like to visit Opie.

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Staff Reports

Mount Juliet Elemen-tary School recently hosted its first Multi-cultural Night. Stu-dents and families “traveled around the world” to learn about different cultures. Each student received a “stamp” in their pass-port as they went from country to country. Ac-tivities, including Sal-sa dancing and Henna tattoos, and presen-tations were planned by the MJHS German, Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese clubs, and by MJE ESL students. Games, crafts, foods, and different languages were also shared with-the students and fami-lies. Sean McNamara, owner of McNamara’s Irish Restaurant, per-formed songs along with his fiddle play-er. The Nashville Irish Step Dancers, some of which are MJES stu-dents, performed as well. There were food trucks, including Hiba-chi 4 Hire, The Balkan Express, Kona Ice, and

The Mean Green Ice Cream Machine. The main goal of Mul-ticultural Night was to gain respect and aware-ness of our similarities and differences, and a respect for different cul-tures. The night offered students and families a chance to respect and celebrate each other. This was the first year Mount Juliet has hosted a Multicultural night. This night would not have been possi-ble without the efforts of the students, PTO, teachers (MJES and MJHS), and staff. “We are thrilled with the number of families who came to Multicul-tural Night. It was a great night for every-one,” commented Tracy Brown, ESL teacher at Mount Juliet Elemen-tary. “Our school has never hosted anything like this after school hours. I didn’t know where to begin, who to contact, etc. The for-eign language clubs from MJHS were amaz-ing!”

MJE hosts first multicultural fair

Mt. Juliet Christian Academy has been awarded a grant in the amount of $ 2,482 in support of their youth sport shoot-ing team by the Wilson County Friends of NRA. Pictured (left to right) are Isaac Street, Coach Amy Wilson, Kitty Vines FNRA Committee member, Coach Gibby Gibson, and Precision Team Captain Faith New.

NRA donates to MJCA sports program

High School seniors honored at Lakeview

Seniors who had previously attended Lakeview were recent-ly honored with a breakfast by Lakeview staff.

High School seniors who had previously at-tended Lakeview Elemen-tary in grades K-5 were recently honored with a senior breakfast. The breakfast was hosted by Lakeview’s senior break-fast committee. The se-niors enjoyed seeing for-mer teachers and visiting the building where they had spent their elemen-tary school years. Seven-ty- six seniors attended the breakfast event and reminisced about their

elementary days.The highlight of the

celebration was touring their old school build-ing. One group of girls had tears in their eyes as they were walking down the hallway and talking about all the memories they had in each room and hallway.

The staff laughed when they were told that the school even smells the same as it did when they were here 7 years ago.

dates. School systems are stressed due to Tn-Ready being the state’s accountability measure-ment tool for students, teachers, schools and school districts. This test is the first assess-ment to be aligned with Common Core.

Kristi Dunn, Parents of Wilson County TN Schools, expressed her frustration in a letter to the State Department. “This has been the worst debacle in state testing history. Stop the re-mainder of the testing for the year, regroup and try to find solutions for next year.”

“Parents have con-cerns over the validity of these tests”, contin-ued Dunn. “How can the data garnered from these exams be accurate? We have had all online, partially online, paper and pencil. The exams have been plagued with errors, wrong answer

sheets, wrong instruc-tions, incorrect diagrams and a host of issues that would clearly invalidate any data to establish a clear baseline.”

Dunn stated “You are going to be penaliz-ing our children for the state’s incompetence. We are already having field trips and end of year activities canceled and fun instructional time being removed to accommodate new test-ing schedules. It simply isn’t fair to our children or our teachers.”

When contacted, Dr. Donna Wright, Direc-tor of Wilson Coun-ty Schools said, “We are not rescheduling, postponing, cancelling any end of year school events to accommodate testing. Our principals and teachers are ready to wrap the year with all the fun and culmi-nating events students anticipate and look for-ward to the last weeks of school!” ■


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Assembly of GodLighthouse Assembly of GodLife AssemblyBaptistBaker’s Grove BaptistBeckwith BaptistCedar Grove BaptistCorona Baptist ChurchFaith ChurchFellowship BaptistThe Fellowship at Mt. Ju-liet First Baptist Church of Mt. Juliet*

Gladeville ChurchGrace Baptist ChurchGreen Hill Church*Hickory Hills BaptistThe LightHouse Fellow-shipMays ChapelMt. Juliet Missionary BaptistMt. Olivet BaptistMusic City Baptist ChurchNew Life Baptist ChurchRutland Baptist ChurchSilver Springs Baptist

Truth and Grace Free Will Baptist ChurchVictory Baptist ChurchCatholicHoly Comforter Anglican (ACC)St. Stephen Catholic CommunityChurch of ChristBeckwith Church of ChristBelinda Parkway Church of ChristCenter Chapel Church of Christ

Corinth Church of ChristGladeville Church of ChristGreen Hill Church of ChristLeeville Church of ChristMt. Juliet Church of ChristNonaville Church of ChristVesta Church of ChristChurch of GodMt. Juliet Church of GodMt. Juliet First Church of God

Church of Jesus ChristThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day SaintsEpiscopalChurch of the EpiphanyJehovah’s WitnessKingdom Hall of Jeho-vah’s WitnessesLutheranCelebration LutheranMethodistCook’s United MethodistGladeville United Method-istGrace United Methodist ChurchMt. Juliet African Meth-odist Episcopal ChurchPleasant Grove United MethodistProvidence United Method-ist*Scott’s Chapel African Methodist Episcopal ChurchWilliamson Chapel CME Church

NazareneCovenant Fellowship Church of the NazarenePentecostal Church AivePresbyterianCloyds Cumberland Pres-byterianHickory Grove ChurchSuggs Creek Cumberland PresbyterianUnityUnity of Music CityNon-DenominationalAbundant Life*The BARN ChurchBridge Fellowship ChurchCedar Ridge ChurchConnect ChurchFaith is the Victory Church Cross Point ChurchFriendship Community ChurchGateway of HopeGeneration Changers Church

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ANDY & TRACEY BONDFuneral Directors & Embalmers

Character is defined as a Quality or trait that distinguishes an indi-vidual from others, or

a distinctive quality or trait. In other words, it’s a way of saying you have good moral and ethical beliefs.

Far too many people are placed in a positive light because of looks, money, stature and pow-er. This begs the ques-tion, what really makes a person a good person? Are you a good person if you sing well, dance well or work hard? That only means you’re good at

something. You’re prob-ably asking, ok, what does it take to be a good person? It takes quite a few things to classify as a good person. You need faith, integrity, honor, dignity and good char-acter.

Take a moment and think of someone with these qualities. As the old saying goes, they stick out like sore thumbs. They stand out because they’re unique

and dedicated at being a good person. They go above and beyond on a regular basis for the good of their commu-nity, country and man-kind. It’s easy being a thug, criminal, thief, liar, cheat or backstab-ber. But it’s tough be-ing a good person. You’ll have people punishing you for speaking up for Christianity, pride for your country and look-ing out for your neigh-

bor, while those who preach hatred and dis-content go almost with-out an ounce of notice or resistance.

We have to convince our children, family, friends and fellow citi-zens of the importance of good character. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a good person. It doesn’t mean you’re a nerd if you don’t cuss, drink, or do drugs. And if definitely doesn’t

make you cheesy for be-lieving in God. That only makes you stronger. But those who don’t have the same moral and ethical beliefs will do all they can to discredit your lifestyle.

In closing, don’t ever be ashamed of being just a plain good person with high moral and ethical beliefs. Right will always be right and wrong will always be wrong.

ARROWOOD, Ronald Christopher “Chris”

Age 29, of Mt. Ju-liet, TN, went to be with the Lord April 23, 2016. In 2008 Chris gave his life to the Lord and was born again. He attended Wilson Central High and played trumpet in the band. Chris was preced-ed in death by his grand-father, David Frank Cof-fie.

He is survived by:Children - Colton Ball-

inger and Audrina Star Mofield

Mother – Carol Denise Coffie Guffey

Brothers – Justin An-drew Morgan and Aaron Wayne Morgan

Nanny – Shirley YoungAunt – Janie Coffie

(Bobby) IsomCousins – Brandi

Dabbs and Chad IsomA Gathering of fami-

ly and friends was held April 24, 2016 at Bond Memorial Chapel.

Arrangements by Bond Memorial Chapel, N. Mt. Juliet Road and Weston Drive, Mt. Juliet, TN. (615)773-2663. Obit Line (615)641-2663, www.bondmemorial.com

BAIRD, Carolyn Carolyn Baird, 74,

Nashville, died April 18 and is now with the An-gels. Carolyn was a na-tive of Oak Ridge, TN and was a 1960 graduate of

Oak Ridge High School and attended Belmont University. She began her faithful life as a Christian at Robertsville Baptist Church in Oak Ridge, TN and continued at Glencliff Baptist Church and Woodmont Baptist Church in Nashville, TN. Carolyn was very in-volved in church work, serving as camp coun-selor at Ridgecrest and as church librarian at Glencliff. She was retired from Lucent Technology/AT&T and was a member of the Pioneers. Carolyn was the daughter of the late, Leon and Blanche McGhee Baird. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Leon Pres-ley Baird. Carolyn en-joyed traveling, collecting angels and celebrating Christmas. She was and was blessed with many deep long-lasting friend-ships, as well as her neighbors and friends at the Leah Rose Residence.

She survived by her aunt Mossie Baird; cous-ins – Betty (Edd) Brashear and Peggy (Homer) Ad-kins; and many other ex-tended family members and friends.

At her request, Caro-lyn will be cremated. A Gathering of family and friends will be 2-6 p.m. Friday, April 29, 2016 at Bond Memorial Chapel. Memorials may be made to The Gideons Interna-tional, West Wilson Gide-

ons, P.O. Box 843, Mt. Juliet, TN 37121-0843. Arrangements by Bond Memorial Chapel, N. Mt. Juliet Road and Weston Drive, Mt. Juliet, TN. (615)773-2663. Obit Line (615)641-2663, www.bondmemorial.com

BUNDY, Alice Burke Alice “Tuby” Bundy,

86, Lebanon, passed April 21. The Memori-al Service, conducted by Brother Danny Sellars, was 2 p.m. Monday, April 25 in the chapel of Sellars Funeral Home, Lebanon TN.

Mrs. Bundy is sur-vived by children: Bill Bundy, Charles R. Bundy (Susan), and Betty Bal-entine (Sam); grandchil-dren: Krissa Stephens, Graham Balentine, Sha-na King, Jesse Bundy, and Lauren Marston; and great-grandchildren: Adelyn Stephens, Palyn Stephens, Eleanor Bal-entine, and Kiley Moore. She is preceded in death by husband C.D. Bundy, sister Dorothy Brockett, and parents James H. and Vera Vaughter Burke. Arrangements by Sellars Funeral Home, Lebanon TN 615.444.9393.

FERGUSON,Candice Burnside

Candice Burnside, 37,

See OBITS, Page 5

The Best Relationships Still Wear Skin

Texting has its critics, but I am not one of them. Obviously texting while driving is dangerous. And texting while having a conversation with some-one present is rude. The overuse of emoticons is obnoxious. But being able to text my wife from down-stairs while she is upstairs is amazing. We have some of our best conversations in different rooms of the same house through the gift of texting.

It is an amazing tool of communication, but it is also a reminder that communication is not enough to build great re-lationships. We used to say, “You can’t mail it in.” Now when it comes to re-lationships we can say, “You can’t text it in.” Re-lationships require more than information or even

communication. They even require more than participating together for a common goal. The best relationships require our personal presence.

Everyday of my life I read and learn from people I do not know. These peo-ple are smart and incred-ibly gifted. They live their lives at a whole “notha” level. I’m impressed. But the people that show up are the people who change me the most.

Recently, I attended a small dinner hosted for people who had recently walked through a divorce. Over a salad, chicken wings, and brownies I lis-tened to personal stories of loss, grief, and God’s faithfulness. What hap-pened in my heart during that very simple conver-sation happened because somebody showed up. We just can’t text that in because the most mean-ingful relationships wear skin.

That is why we read, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...The Word be-came flesh and took up residence among us. We observed His glory, the glory as the One and Only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:1, 14).

God invites us into the most important relation-ship of all, but we do not know that just because He told us. We know it be-cause He put skin on. As the eternal, perfect Son of God, Jesus showed up. He put aside the rights and privileges of deity and be-came a servant to us. He came to us. He was among us. And we watched him. Then he suffered and died in our place for our sin and was raised from the dead on the third day.

And then he promised to never abandon those who place their trust in him. Imagine that! God never leaves us alone. He is not a figment of our imagination or a philo-sophical idea. He is our Creator who voluntarily showed up to rescue us from our brokenness, to give us new life, and to hold us up for all of our days.

Woody Allen once said, “Showing up is eighty per-cent of life.” It seems that true life is only possible because God showed up. And the beauty of the life he gives is that other peo-ple meet Jesus and ex-perience life in him when we serve them by showing up. We can’t text that in because the relationships that mean the most still wear skin.

Daryl CrouchPastor

Green Hill Church

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Nashville, passed away April 17. Candice is the beloved wife of Jeremy Ferguson, daughter of Dennis Joseph Burn-side, Sr. and Linda Far-rell Burnside and de-voted mother of Exie Elizabeth Ferguson. She was a longtime champi-on of Nashville’s music scene as “studio mama,” manager and engineer at Battle Tapes Recording, which she co-owned with her husband. Grimey’s customers also remem-ber Candice as a friend-ly fixture of the record store. Above everything, Candice put all of her love, devotion and ener-gy towards raising Exie, whom she and Jeremy welcomed in 2014. Can-dice was a 1996 graduate of Mt. Juliet High School.

She is survived by hus-band: Thomas Jeremy Ferguson; father-in-law & mother-in-law: Tom and Marybeth Ferguson; daughter: Exie Elizabeth Ferguson; brother: Den-nis Burnside, Jr. and sis-ter: Amanda Lea Burn-side Proctor.

Funeral services were conducted April 23 at Bond Memorial Chapel with Ben Swank officiat-ing. Interment will follow at Mt. Juliet Memorial Gardens. Active pallbear-ers will be Dennis Burn-side, Jr., Matt Moody, Matt Martin, Zack Gresh-am, Matt Swanson, Jon Radford.

Flowers accepted or memorials may be made to Exie Elizabeth’s Col-lege Fund, 1424 Green-land Avenue, Nashville, TN 37216.

OLIVER, Lois Marie

Lois Oliver, 69, Mt. Ju-liet, died April 22. Lois was the daughter of the late, Hershel and Verna Byers Anderson. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Tammy Campbell.

She is survived by children: Kevin (Mitzi) Smith, Kurt (Carolyn) Smith, Tracy Welch and Melissa Oliver; broth-ers: Larry Anderson and Tim (Peggy) Bandy; sis-ters: Janice Farrar and Sharon (Chester) Bal-lard; grandchildren: Re-becca (Jerome) Holland, Lacey (Cody) Clawson, Blake Mangrum, Carley Smith, Chandler Smith, Kamryn Smith, Elijah Smith, Jackson Welch and Tatum Campbell; great-grandchildren: Darla Holland, Isaac Hol-land, Josee Clawson and Olivia Holland.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, April 26 at Bond Me-morial Chapel with F.H. Gates officiating. Inter-ment followed at Mt. Ju-liet Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be David Aymett, Tony Whited, Elijah Smith, Jackson Welch, Jerome Holland and Cody Clawson.

Memorials may be made to Mur-Ci Home, PO Box 735, Antioch, TN 37011-0735. Bond Memorial Chapel, N. Mt.

Juliet Road and Weston Drive, Mt. Juliet, TN. (615)773-2663. Obit Line (615)641-2663, www.bondmemorial.com

ROBERTSON, Veola Veola Robertson, 97,

Lebanon passed away April 20. She is sur-vived by children, Nolene (Ralph) Campbell, De-siree (Bobby) Whitlock, and Donna Nolen; grand-children, Chuck (Jack-ie) Campbell, Robb (Su-sanne) Whitlock, Scott (Vicki) Whitlock, and Josh Robertson; eight great-grandchildren; sis-ter, Joyce Akers Warren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were conducted Saturday at Sellars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet with Ralph Campbell officiating. In-terment followed at Her-mitage Memorial Gar-dens.

In lieu of flowers me-morial contributions can be made to Gideons In-ternational. A special thank you to Carrick Glen and the 6th & 7th Floor at Summit Medical.

Arrangements by Sel-lars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet, 2229 N. Mt. Ju-liet Road, Mt. Juliet, TN 37122, 615-758-5459,

obituary line 615-758-8818, www.sellarsfuner-alservices.com

ROMINES, Sue

Sue Romines, 69, Her-mitage, died April 21. Mrs. Romines was pre-ceded in death by hus-band, “June Bug” Romi-nes Jr., parents, James Lloyd & Mattie Lou Estes; brothers, Gene Estes, Robert Estes, and Law-rence Estes. She is sur-vived by children, Dianne (Scott) Coles, Lisa Smiley, Stefanie (Paul) Walker, and Amanda Douglas; grandchildren, Tyler & Taylor Coles, Matthew Walker, Kelsey, Cai-lyn, and Gavin Douglas; brothers, James Estes, Odell Estes and Mack Es-tes; sisters, Darline (De-wayne) Montgomery and Earline (Ross)King.

Funeral services were conducted at 4:00 pm Sunday at Sellars Funer-al Home with Tim Sharpe officiating. Interment followed at Mt. Juliet Me-morial Gardens.

Arrangements by Sel-lars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet, 2229 N. Mt. Ju-liet Road, Mt. Juliet, TN 37122, 615-758-5459, obituary line 615-758-8818, www.sellarsfuner-alservices.com

Mayor Ed Hagerty commented that he had found other new Dairy Queens that were all Masonry.

Chairman Luke Win-chester commented, “We can approve your site plan now but you have to meet our re-quirement for brick and stone.”

The site plan for Dairy Queen, to be located at Robinson Cross-ing, on the corner of Old Lebanon Dirt Road and N. Mt. Juliet Road

received conditional approval after much discussion. The site lo-cation’s approval is de-pendent on compliance with a total brick and stone structure, which is a new City Ordinance that went into effect in December 2015, a mon-ument sign, a cross bar striping at the corner, and a parking variance.

Brian Peterson, with Fourteen Foods, Inc., was contacted in re-gards to the possibility of the franchise coming to Mt. Juliet. Peterson stated “no opening date

at the moment due to evaluating factors, but the idea of the fran-chise’s home in Mt. Ju-liet is certainly not out of the question.”

Fourteen Foods is the owner and opera-tor of 168 Dairy Queen Grill & Chill Restau-rants throughout the United States. They were founded in 2002 and are based out of Minnesota.■


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Notice is hereby giv-en that the Bank of Tennessee located in Kingsport, Tennessee has made application/notification to the Fed-eral Deposit Insur-ance Corporation for the opening of a new branch- Bank of Ten-nessee-Mt. Juliet- to be located for the interim at 5002 Crossing Circle Suite 330, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee 37122 and permanently at 1982 Providence Parkway, Suite 103, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee 37122. Any person wishing to com-ment on this applica-tion/notification may file his or her comments in writing with the Re-gional Director (DSC) of the Federal Depos-it Insurance Corpora-tion at its Area Office at 6060 Primacy Park-way, Suite 300, Mem-phis, Tennessee 38119, not later than May 12, 2016. The non-confi-dential portions of the application/noti f ica-tion are on file in the Area Office and are available for public in-spection during regular business hours. Pho-tocopies of information in the non-confidential portion of the file will be made available upon request. Any person wishing to comment on or protest this applica-tion/notification or any person having informa-tion which may have a bearing on the fitness of any of the organiz-ers or proponents of this application/noti-fication may file com-ments with the Com-missioner of Financial Institutions, Tennessee Tower, 26th Floor, 312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37243, or telephone the Department of Fi-nancial Institutions at 615-741-5018. Writ-ten or telephonic notice must be made to the Commissioner within fifteen (15) days of this publication. By: Bank of Tennessee Raymond Dale Fair, President & COO

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The Chronicle of Mt. Juliet, April 27, 2016,

BOOM TOWN, from page 1

President of Mt. Juliet Chamber of Commerce.

Hinesley continued, “Some residents like the growth while others want it to slow down or even stop. Everyone is respectfully entitled to their own opinion. Most of us chose at some point to move here and I hope that those who were here before me are not sad (or even mad) to see me come. Growth certainly brings challenges... but so does no growth. To-gether we can work thru the pro-growth challeng-es.”

“My personal opin-ion is that we are in-credibly blessed that so many people are recog-nizing what a wonderful place MJ has become and they want to join us! Think about it... many if not most of the folks who move here have a choice and they chose MJ! Is there really a higher compliment that a com-munity can be paid than when a family from an-other part of the coun-try packs up everything they have, leaves family, friends and maybe even careers behind to come and be with us! I hope that those of us already here will continue to welcome our new friends

and neighbors with open arms just as those who welcomed us when we decided to call MJ home. I made that awe-some choice in 1988. Our new neighbors will be our future teachers, coaches, doctors, nurs-es, professional service providers, church mem-bers, business owners, employees, customers, and most importantly our new friends! Wel-come to MJ... we’re glad you’re here!” proudly de-clared Hinesley. ■

Andrew and Brenda Thomas are excited to open their new company- Fresh Coat Paint of Mt. Juliet . They understand the importance of excel-lent customer service af-ter their experience with their home repairs follow-ing the 2010 flood.

Fresh Coat offers res-idential and commercial painting services includ-ing interior and exterior

painting, wood staining and finishing, and other services for nearly every protective coating appli-cation. They use quali-ty, environmentally safe materials and offer a 24/7 customer service center, online schedul-ing, in-home color design consultations and de-tailed quotes. Fresh Coat of Mount Juliet serves Mount Juliet, Hender-

sonville, Goodlettsville, Lebanon, Old Hickory, Lakewood and the sur-rounding areas.

Fresh Coat is commit-ted to quality products and services and the company offers a 3-3-3 customer service pledge, so calls will be answered by a live person within three minutes, a quote will be delivered with-in three days (customer

schedule permitting) and the job will be started within three weeks.

“Having people work on your home is stress-ful and you want to make sure you can always get the answers you need and can trust the people you are working with to provide you with excel-lent customer service ev-ery time. Our experience in 2010 taught us what good customer service means. We always want to provide you a quality experience when working with Fresh Coat of Mount Juliet,” Andrew said.

Andrew and Bren-da have lived in Middle Tennessee for more than a decade. Prior to open-ing Fresh Coat, Brenda worked in retail man-agement and then for an internet company while Andrew built a career as a national television pro-ducer.

“We’ll do everything in our power to make sure you’re happy with the work we do and, if you

need anything or have any concerns, we’ll be

there to help and make it right,” Brenda added. ■

Andrew and Brenda Thomas Open Fresh Coat Painters of Mount Juliet to Raise the Industry


MJHS reality crash

A reality-based por-trayal of a car crash and the subsequent re-sponse by first respond-ers, emergency medical personnel, and law en-forcement took place last Wednesday at Mt. Juliet High School.

The purpose of this exercise was to impress upon students the se-rious consequences of driving while distracted. The students received firsthand experience of exactly what they could be responsible for, in-cluding killing someone, possibly one of their friends, as well as being arrested for crimes as se-rious as vehicular homi-cide.

Principal Mel Brown expressed, “This is an excellent Mt. Juliet com-munity - Mt. Juliet High School event. This close to prom and summer va-cation is a great time to remind students what may happen if bad choic-es are made.”

A joint-effort with the school’s HOSA – Fu-ture Health Professionals

class, Mt. Juliet Police Department, Fire De-partment of Mt. Juliet, Wilson County Sher-iff’s Department, Wilson County EMA, and Van-derbilt LifeFlight brought the dangers of distracted driving to reality, just days before prom. Ham-blen’s Wrecker Service of Mt. Juliet provided the crashed vehicle for the demonstration.

“Vanderbilt Life-Flight realizes that the students at MJHS may have a variety of different thoughts and reactions to the mock crash put on by the emergency agen-cies of Wilson County. LifeFlight’s Wilson Coun-ty based helicopter, Life-Flight 1, gladly accepted an invitation from FDMJ Chief Luffman to partic-ipate with the hope and intention of emphasizing the risk and real life re-sults of distracted driv-ing and the tragedy that can result. If the sce-nario convinces just one student to make smart and safe decisions while driving I can speak confi-dently for all the agencies involved that the efforts were well worth it,” said

Wilson Matthews, Chief Flight Nurse of LifeFlight 1.

In addition, the mock crash is also a reminder for parents and guard-ians to talk to their teens about the consequences of bad driving behavior. According to a NHTSA study, ten percent of all drivers 15 to 19 years old involved in fatal crashes were reported as dis-tracted at the time of the crashes. Teens are the largest proportion of drivers who were dis-tracted at the time of the crashes.

Madison Matthews, a sophomore at MJHS ex-claimed, “It was a very interesting experience, getting to see our local emergency workers in action. It represented something that could happen if we are not careful and alert drivers. It brought a realization that these things can ac-tually happen.”

“As a teenager learn-ing how to drive, it was scary seeing what could happen, and what ac-tually does happen as a driver, stated sophomore Makenzie Matthews.■

By Phyllis Robinson

april 27, 2016 edition

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