The Daily News-Journal from Murfreesboro, Tennessee • Page A2

2A DAILY NEWS RollieJoeFaulkner, asRutherfordHospital. Hewasanativeandlife- longresidentofRuther- fordCountyandworked inConstruction. Rolliewaspreceded indeathbyhisparents, WilliamandLailurUp- Faulkner.Heissurvived Buck(Vivian)Faulkner; niecesandnephews. Chapelservicewillbe ningsandAyerswith ciating.Burialwillfollow inRoselawnMemorial Gardens.Nephewswill serveaspallbearers. Visitationwiththe AyersFuneralHome.

Arrangementsare underthedirectionof JenningsandAyersFu- 2422.Pleaseleaveonline condolencesatwww.jen- ningsandayers.com. RollieFaulkner RaymondDelbridge, RutherfordHospital. Raymondwasanative andlifelongresidentof RutherfordCountyand retiredfromtheStateof TNasatruckdriver. Raymondwaspreceded byhiswifeMaryFran- JohnAubreyandMary RichardsonDelbridge; J.W.Delbridge,Quiler LoveTribble.Heissur- vivedbyhisstep-daugh- hostofniecesandneph- ews. Thechapelservicefor p.m.onTuesday,Janu- willfollowinEvergreen Cemetery.Familyand friendswillserveaspall- bearers.

Thevisitationwiththe a.m.until1:00p.m.on Tuesdaybeforethecha- pelserviceatJennings andAyersFuneralHome, onlinecondolencesat www.jenningsandayers. com. RaymondDelbridge JohnMoodyWomack, age90ofMurfreesboro 2016.HewasbornJuly15, tothelateMarkSanders andEthelMoodyWom- ack.Hewasprecededin KathrynBrownWomack FrancesMurphyBostic Womack(2004)andstep- issurvivedbyhisbrother MollySasse(Gaylord) FrenchofChattanooga; TerryAnnWomackand (Jay)ofMurfreesboro; stepsonBill(Kim)Bostic daughter-in-lawDebra JoBosticofHighlandVil- DaveTeagueofChatta- CoulterofKnoxville; dan(Scott)Grantham ofFlowerMoundTexas; Todd(Erica)BosticofEl grandchildGraysonBos- eralniecesandnephews. Mr.Womackandhis familymovedtoMur- freesboroin1931andhe attendedTrainingSchool andwasa1942graduate ofCentralHighSchool. Beingtooyoungtojoin theArmyhewentto workfortherailroad.In 1944hejoinedtheArmy andwasacryptologist fortheArmyAirCorp stationedinFt.Nelson, BritishColumbiasup- portingthesupplyline betweentheUSand Russia.Hereturnedto Murfreesboroin1946, marriedKathrynBrown andtheywentofftothe UniversityofTennes- seewhereinfouryears earnedhisBachelorsand LawDegreein1950.They returnedtoMurfrees- borowherehegotajob withAladdinIndustries inthetransportationde- partment.Hethenwent toworkatWilsonTruck- ingCo.inNashville.In withCentralandSouth- ernMotorFreightTariff AssociationinLouisville, KYwhereheservedas counselbeforebecoming theManagingDirectorin 1970.

ing.In2005hereturned toMurfreesboroand settledin.Hewasanac- tivememberofSt.Marks UnitedMethodistChurch whereheservedbysing- ingthedevotionalfor communionandserving onseveralboardsand committees.Heenjoyed singingwiththeChoral MarjorieattheSenior spendingtimewithhis LeeRidleyFly. morialsmaybemade toSt.Mark’sChurchor LinebaughLibrary. Amemorialservice willbeheldatSt.Marks’s UnitedMethodistChurch February6witharecep- tionandvisitationtofol- low.Privateinterment willbeheldatEvergreen Cemeterywiththefamily Condolencesandmem- oriesmaybesharedwith thefamilyofMr.Wom- ackatwww.woodfincha- pel.com JohnMoody Womack JeffreyJohnClick, passedawayonSaturday, anativeofGreeneville, TNandthesonofthelate ElginG.Click.Hewas alsoprecededindeathby andTexieClickandRoy andEmmaStarnes. Funeralservicewill pel.ChrisMyers,Phillip RobinsonandKenClev- alwillfollowinRoselawn MemorialGardens. Heissurvivedbyhis MannandAaronChism, Kimberly(John)Dolan, a llofMurfreesboro, (Teresa)PayneofFt.

(Landon)Rhinehartof ofChattanooga. Jeffwasamember ofNewVisionBaptist Churchandwasinthe ReceivingDepartmentat andmissedbyallthat hisgrandchildrenthat rialChapel.615-893-5151. www.woodfinchapel.com JeffreyJohnClick atSt.ThomasRuther- fordHospital.Hewasa nativeofCumberland, Kentuckyandasonof thelateDavidClarence andDoraEllenVaughn Elkins.Hewasalsopre- cededindeathbyhiswife SarahEttaRectorElkins in2012. Survivorsincludehis RitaBowenandhusband allofMurfreesboro; lyBeardandhusband ShaunofMurfreesboro, leyTignorandhusband husbandTravisPiercy bothofMurfreesboro; TignorandAydinPiercy; otherlovingfamilyand friends. Mr.ElkinswasaUnit- edStatesArmyveteran andrecipientofaPurple Heartforinjuriesre- ceived.Hewasamember ofthe1stInfantryDivi- NormandyBeachduring theD-Dayinvasion.

Mr.Elkinswasafaith- fulmemberofFranklin RoadBaptistChurchfor 47yearsanduntilrecent- lymaintainedthebuses usedforthebusminis- try.In2015,heretired fromtheengineeringand constructiondivisionof theTennesseeWildlife ResourcesAgencyafter 65yearsofservice. pel.Funeralserviceswill ChapelwithPastorKirt Burialwithmilitaryhon- orswillbeinEvergreen Cemetery. Anonlineguestbookis availableforMr.Elkins atwww.woodfinchapel. com JamesElkins 48 WoodWnMemorialChapel 615-893-5151 84 JenningsandAyers 615-893-2422 91 WoodWnMemorialChapel 615-893-5151 69 JenningsandAyers 615-893-2422 66 615-893-1313 90 WoodWnMemorialChapel 615-893-5151 DeathNotices Kind offer eads to abuse Awoman offering her homeless ex-husband shelter from the snow found herself regretting that decision. According to a police report provide to The Daily News ournal, Murfreesboro olice officers were alled to a hotel on South hurch Street at 10:30 p.m.

Friday in response to a domestic assault. Officers Walter Breithaupt and Megan Benson found Darrell Wayne Eberwein, 50, in the room, smelling of intoxicant and with a lump on his forehead. berwein told the offi- ers his ex-wife struck im first and he only truck back in self-def ense, but later, according to the report, the suspect told a booking office he fell and hit his head on concrete. The officers spoke with the victim, who was sober, and she told them that after she gave Eberwein shelter he began drinking and got belligerent, calling her names. He tripped over a bouncy seat and hit his head on a wall.

When she tried to make him leave, she said, he pushed her while she was holding her 8-month-old child. She pushed back in self- defense, the victim told fficers, at which point grabbed her by the hair, pulling it across her neck and leaving red marks, and struck her on he head with his other and. he officers placed Eberwein under arrest, but the suspect became combative as they tried escort him to the pat rol car, shouting threats a nd obscenities and struggling, and kicking Benson in the thigh repeatedly. He was harged with domestic assault, assault on an fficer, disorderly conduct, revisiting arrest a nd retaliation for past actions. Suspect tracked hrough snow MURFREESBORO he snowstorm helped out one Murfreesboro police officer Saturday evening as he was inv estigating a three-car pileup at the Broad and emorial intersection.

Officer Bryan Burubeltz arrived at the scene around 7:30 p.m., only to find the driver of the irst vehicle in the crash ad fled the scene. Burubeltz reported following footprints in the snow to find a suspect under a semi about 30 feet away. The officer said Larry Hudson, 42, of Clarks- ille Pike in Joelton, smelled of intoxicant, but he was unable to conduct a field sobriety test because of the uneven terrain at the construction ite and traffic congestion. Hudson consented to a blood test later and told the officer he had received a DUI in Coffee ounty two weeks ago, the report stated. He was harged with DUI, leav- i ng the scene of an injury crash and violation of robation.

Driver vandalizes hurch lawn Adriver took a silver Nissan Pathfinder onto he grounds of Middle Tennessee Baptist Church on Richard Drive i Murfreesboro and proceeded to destroy the landscaping, driving figure eights across the lawn repeatedly, according to one witness. he witness told Murfreesboro Police Officer Christopher Hobbs that a 9 p.m. Sunday he told the driver to stop what he was doing and was told by the male passenger, can do whatever the we The witness followed them to a residence and the male got out of the Pathfinder and aid will whip your he witness provided he tag number and add ress to officers. Mary Reeves, Crime Watch news 2men sentenced i fraud that cost Memphis VA $1M MEMPHIS Federal prosecutors say two men have been sentenced to prison for defrauding the Memphis VA Medical enter of more than 1million. he U.S.

ffice said Monday that A ndre Reddix and Ronnie White pleaded guilty to fraud conspiracy in September. White received two years and six months in prison on Dec.11. Reddix received the same sentence Thursday. The men were ordered to pay back more han rosecutors said Redd ix was a VA employee hose duties included sing a company credit card to buy supplies. In August 2007, Reddix created false purchase orders for company, White Pharmaceuticals, while White made fake invoices matching the purchase orders.

Reddix used the credit card to pay White, and the men split payments from more than 300 fraudulent transactions. Subpoenas coming for officials in high chool rape case CHATTANOOGA ubpoenas are being issued to a superintendent and principal to testify in a hearing for three officials at a Tennessee high school facing charges of failing to report child sex abuse i nvolving basketball players. elydia Clewell, a pokesperson for the amilton County District office, confirmed Monday subpoenas would go out to Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Rick Smith, Assistant Superintendent Lee McDade, econdary Operations irector Steve Holmes and Ooltewah High Principal Jim Jarvis. AFeb.15 hearing is scheduled for Ooltewah basketball coach Andre Montgomery, assistant coach Karl Williams and athletic director Allard ayardley, who face harges of failing to eport child sex abuse. They are suspended ithout pay.

Three juvenile players have been charged with sexual assault of a teammate. Closure of Sprint acility in East Tenn. affect jobs BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. The closure of a Sprint ustomer care facility in ullivan County is expected to impact 444 jobs. The Kingsport Times News reported Sprint announced Friday the facility will close Feb.5.

Spokeswoman Roni ingleton said in an email he company is in the middle of a turnaround effort. She said it will have to change its cost structure and reallocate resources to operate more efficiently. Singleton said the company will eliminate to of costs rom its business. The ffort to reduce those costs, however, will re- ult in the loss of jobs. Scott County i nvestigating first homicide in 3 years GEORGETOWN, Ky.

The department in Scott County is inv estigating its first slaying in three years. cott County Sheriff ony Hampton told local edia that Jeremiah O. Washington, 24, of Memphis was found shot behind a Georgetown truck stop Saturday night. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital. Authorities say they a re searching for at least wo suspects who fled in a red four-door car.

TVA seeks omment on ash facility closures KNOXVILLE The Tennessee Valley Authority is planning to lose coal ash storage acilities at its coal- ired power plants and is asking the public to omment. Adraft environmental impact statement is available online and looks at the impact of closing the facilities in place or closing by removal as ell as the impact of closing 10 facilities ithin three years. VA is also hosting i nformation sessions. The sessions start at and locations are listed with the draft statement and online comment form at www.tva.gov/nepa. omments must be postmarked or emailed by Feb.24.

Written comments should be sent to Ashl ey Farless, Tennessee Valley Authority, 1101 Market BR4A, Chattanooga, TN 37402, or emailed to Press State Briefs.