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2A DAILY NEWS Death Notices Phone NameCity, StateAgeDeath Funeral HomeDay, Time Place of Service Corley, Nannie Murfreesboro 1 p.m. Graveside service at Roselawn Memorial Murfreesboro Funeral Home 615-896-2229 Powell, Sarah Murfreesboro96 2 p.m. Chapel of Jennings and Ayers Jennings and Ayers 615-893-2422 Stapp, Jack D. 11 a.m. Memorial Chapel Memorial Chapel 615-893-5151 Nannie Sammie Corley was born April 6, 1941 in Rutherford County, TN and she passed away on Sunday, July 19, 2015 in Murfreesboro at the age of 74.

Nannie was the daughter of William Robert Corley, Sr. and Mary Aline Mankin Corley. She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Mary Evelyn Corley; brother, James Houston Corley. Survivors include a sister, Clara (Frank) Mathews of Murfreesboro; brother, William Robert (Linda) Corley, Jr. of Franklin; three nephews, William Michael Corley of Franklin, Brandon Corley of Columbia and Bryan Corley of Murfreesboro.

Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at Roselawn Memorial Gardens at 1 p.m. There will be no public visitation at the funeral home. Murfreesboro Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements, (615) 896-2229. Online condolences may be made at www.murfrees- borofuneralhome.com. Nannie Sammie Corley Sarah Elizabeth Powell, age 96, passed away July 20, 2015 at NHC Healthcare.

She was a native of Marshall County and lived the past twenty ve years in Rutherford. Sarah retired as an operator with Bell South. Sarah was preceded in death by her parents, William Jefferson and Lillian Harber; husband, Daniel E. Powell; sister, Kati Cathey. She is survived by her sons, Danny H.

(Anne) Powell, William L. Powell, James R. (Debbie) Powell; sister, Clara Hill; grandchildren, Harber (Rich) Ingle, Nathaniel (Heather) Powell, Courtney (Bill) Lowman, Corbin (Nora) Powell, Conrad (Danielle) Powell; twelve great- grandchildren. Visitation with the family will be 12 noon until time of Chapel service at 2 p.m., July 22, 2015 at Jennings and Ayers. Steve Hudson will ciate with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens.

Family and Friends will serve as Pallbearers. Arrangements under the direction of Jennings and Ayers Funeral Home, 820 South Church Murfreesboro, TN 37130, (615) 893-2422. Please leave online condolences at www. jenningsandayers.com. Sarah Elizabeth Powell JackD.Stapp,age76of 2015.AnativeofNeosho, lateEdwardL.andLillian WelchStapp.Mr.Stapp wasalsoprecededin twosisters.

Mr.Stappissurvived manyotherniecesand nephews. Visitationwillbefrom pel. Funeralservicewillbe 11a.m.,ThursdayatWood- ciating.Burialwillfollow inEvergreenCemetery withFamilyandFriends servingasPallbearers. Mr.StappwasaU.S. AirForceveterananda retiredtruckdriverwith ConsolidatedFreight- ways.

Anonlineguestbookfor thefamilyisavailableat www.woodfinchapel.com. JackD.Stapp year to eliminate health coverages for spouses of workers who could get their insurance from their own employers. ears of continued rate increases have led to worries about how faculty and taff could handle additional costs, school board member Coy Young said a the meeting. trend seeing, our Young said. want to make sure doing something to give back to our employees so their pay increases going Street said the county as tried to offer addition- a services and benefits to workers as their bills ave increased, which inc luded access to a free clinic to employees.

She repeatedly compared the costs and coverage of the insur- a nce package to a higher ational average during er presentation to the chool board. think this shows that a difficult as been, staying in range of, if not better than, other Street aid. know it was painful, a nd I know we did things control the costs that ave been A ny major changes hat could provide some ort of relief would force he county to give up its ability to control the rates a nd reach of its benefits, Street said. County employees are part of a locally approved insurance program instead of a state-operated plan that could change without local consent. options that are out there, got to give up some of that flex- i bility and Street said.

When board members a sked what they could do to curb cost increases or lower the chances of fur- her cuts in the future, Street said there an instant solution that was available. The work of risk management department has given school board member Lisa oore confidence about how the county handles i nsurance costs. She said he was impressed by the work the department does a nd their efforts to find he best solutions in the insurance market. just have to be a partner in making the best possible decisions ith Moore said. he school board has cheduled a formal meet- i ng for 5 p.m.

Tuesday at their office on Southpark rive. hey are set to consider purchasing land for the proposed elementary and iddle schools in the Smyrna area and funding a dditional supplements or extracurricular activ- i ties in middle schools. Contact Brian Wilson at 615-2785165 and Follow him on Twitter Continued from Page 1A Insurance believe is vital to keep military personnel safe. commonsense, bipartisan legislation recognizes that we face a ew era where terrorism a nd extremism exists oth abroad and domestically. Therefore our men a nd women in uniform must have the ability to protect themselves regardless of where they are DesJarlais said in a media release.

Last week Mohammod Youssef Abdulazeez, 24, i believed to have opened fire at two mili- ary recruiting centers, illing four U.S. Marines a nd a Navy sailor. Federal law says weapons are prohibited at federal facilities; the shooting spurred a national debate about whether military personnel should be allowed to carry weapons NASHVILLE, A Tennessee Republican a nd Democrat are work- i ng together to change ederal law in the wake of the shootings in Chattan ooga so that trained military personnel may carry firearms on domestic military sites. U.S. Rep.

Scott Des- Jarlais, and U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D- co-introduced the Enhancing Safety at Military Installations A on Monday. All oth- Tennessee representa- ives are co-sponsors as well. The South Pittsburg Republican and Memphis Democrat rarely see eye to eye legislatively, but they decided to work together on a change they a these sites.

The bill would allow military personnel who have received firearms training to carry hand- uns at domestic military i nstallations. We know our military facilities and recruit- ent centers are targets, and the five victims of last attack in Chattanooga are sad evidence that more must be done to keep them Cohen said in the release. Several Republican residential candidates are among the many poli- icians, officials and citi- ens calling for changing he law. The Pentagon is reviewing ways to improve safety at its facilities, but The Wall Street Journaland others have cited military sources who argue budget constraints could make mea- ures such as armed guards at every recruiting facility a longshot. Although still unclear what Tennessee tate laws might change i the wake of the shoot- i ng, some state lawmakers are urging Congress remove the federal ban on military personnel carrying weapons at military sites.

State Sen. Mike Bell, R-Riceville, announced Monday he has filed a resolution calling on federal lawmakers nix the ban that he believes creates a ree This policy devel- ped over two decades ago, was a very bad decision and certainly does not recognize current threats of terrorism faced by our military facilities Bell said in a media release. Bipartisan bill would let military tote guns to work Dave Boucher Gannett Tennessee they are not threatening anyone they are within their rights to be Woodard joined hundreds of similar demonstrations across the Unite States after the mass shootings in Chattanooga on Thursday that left five servicemen dead. Thursday Muham- ad Youssef Abdulazeez pened fire at a military ecruiting office and a Navy-Marine operations center a few miles apart. Four Marines and a sailor were killed at the opera- ions center.

Authorities aid the 24-year-old Kuwait-born Abdulazeez was killed in a shootout with Chattanooga police. ov. Bill Haslam has alled for a review of sec urity policies and procedures at National Guard armories and other military installations in Tenn essee after the shooting. the law to allow service members to protect themselves in their Woodard said. would like for someone in the government to explain to me how (gun-free zones) everal people stopped by the recruiting center to thank the volunteers, and Woodard said they ave been in contact with urfreesboro Police.

oodard added that he opes Haslam looks into changing security policies that would allow servicemen to arm themselves at recruiting cent ers. If there is an ounce of common sense in this nation, there should be Woodard said. Contact Aldo Amato at 615-2785109 or Follow him on Twitter Continued from Page 1A Armed few weeks, Foster will visit San Antonio to look at a larger and more comprehensive facility there. City Community Development Director John Callow is also working with Ameri- orps to garner four ISTA workers to help i the development of the local project. Foster aid the workers will do grant writing, help in finding funding for the project and assist with developing policy, procedures and training.

Cost for VISTA workers is approximately 12,000, and the Task Force is still seeking a artner agency to help ith funding because he Task Force does not have any unallocated money to pay for them, Foster said. The partner agency would, in turn, be able to utilize a VISTA worker one day per week, with he other four days allocated to helping with the ask Force project. he Task Force meet- i ng also introduced Troy enkins with Supportive Services for Veterans Families, an arm of Cen- terstone Military Services. goal is to have functional zero homelessness (within the veteran community) by the end of Jenkins aid. somebody is omeless, within 30 ays we will have the resources to get them into a place, then get them into permanent To qualify for programs, veterans with non-dishonorable discharges must be homeless or in immediate anger of becoming homeless, Jenkins said.

learn more about SVF through Centers tone, visit centerstone- or call 615-460-4385. Contact Nancy De Gennaro at 615-278-5148 or degenna- or follow her on Twitter Continued from Page 1A Task The state of Tennessee has denied the request of Metro Council to plant trees and vegetation to lock the view of a controversial Nathan Bedford Forrest statue on Interstate 65. he Metro Council a pproved a resolution arlier this monththat a sks the Tennessee Department of Transportation the necessary to plant vegetation to block the iew of the private wned that stands along the interstate. But TDOT commis- ioner John Schroer in- ormed the council onday morning that it does not plant vege- ation on its property for the sole purpose of blocking items on nearby private land. His response came in an email to the Metro office that reads: does not plant oliage on its right-of-way with the sole intention of blocking items on private property based on what ight be offensive to ome and not to others.

herefore, the request of etro Council to have TDOT plant vegetation on I-65 near the Harding Place Exit is respectfully orrest, born in Middle ennessee, was a lieutenant general for the Confederate Army during the Civil War and first grand izard of the Ku Klux lan. A issue is a 25-foot fiberglass Forrest statue, esigned by the late sculptor and attorney Jack Kershaw, erected on rivate land in 1998 near rieve Hall. The statue has been a source of controversy in Nashville and occasional andalism ever since it as erected in 1998. The tatue, surrounded by Confederate battle flags, sits on a 3.5-acre property owned by Bill Dorris, a ashville businessman. Some of the 14 Confed- rate battle flags have been damaged from recent weather and thus taken down for repairs, but Dorris told The Tennesse- an that he plans to put hem back up soon.

He said he believe the earing of the flags was the result of vandals. Dorris said he had some 100-foot flag poles eady to go if the state had gone forward with blocking the statue. Asked for his response to the ecision, he said that he oes wish there was a to limit noise coming from the highway. He said planting egetation to block his tatue, however, would ave set a bad precedent. understand where the coming from because any time any- ody saw something and their eye sight got off ended, they would want the state to come play with it whether it be a billboard or cell tower or whatever it was, they would want something lanted there in front of Dorris said.

ot enough money to plant enough trees for all Reach Joey Garrison at 615-2598236 and on Twitter State denies request to block I-65 statue Joey Garrison Gannett Tennessee FILE THE TENNESSEAN The Tennessee Department of Transportation has denied the Metro Nashville request to block the view of a controversial Nathan Bedford Forrset statue on Interstate-65 ith trees and vegetation..