The Daily News-Journal from Murfreesboro, Tennessee • Page A7

DAILY NEWS 7A news JENNINGS AYERS FUNERAL HOME jenningsandayers.com TN-0001102621 Dr.MartinAllenMc- 2016.AnativeofMur- Culloughwasbornon thesonofthelateColonel HubertLawsMcCullough andVirginiaGarrettMc- GarrettMcCulloughand Dr.McCulloughissurvivedbyhiswifeof53years, MarthaMcCulloughBoldingandherhusbandGranville S.R.BouldinofallofMurfreesboro,TN;alongwith manyniecesandnephews. Dr.McCulloughgraduatedfromCentralHighSchool MiddleTennesseeStateUniversitywhereheearned DoctorofEducationfromGeorgePeabodyforTeachers majoringineducationalcurriculumandsupervision in1963.BeforeattendingPeabodyhewasateacherat CastleHeightsMilitaryAcademyinLebanonandinthe publicschoolsofMurfreesboro.Heservedasprincipal ofHobgoodElementarySchoolinMurfreesboro.He wasalsointheTennesseeNationalGuard. Averysuccessfulcareerbeganineducationwhere Dr.McCulloughwasAssistantSuperintendentof ofKentuckyin1965.Hewasoneofseveralthousand youngeducatorstocompetethroughoutthecountry Jaycees. HethencontinuedhiscareerattheUniversityof GeorgiawherehewaschairmanoftheDepartment ofEducation.In1970Dr.McCulloughmovedtoLouis- hewasSuperintendentofSchoolsfrom1976-1979. 1979Dr.McCulloughwasemployedbyMcCullough andAssociatestheStateDepartmentofEducationand MiddleTennesseeStateUniversityintheDepartment ofEducationalLeadership.Helovedteaching.

Hewasascholarandatrueintellectualwholoved toreadandhadhisveryownlibraryinhishome.He lovedtotravelandtookhischildrentoScotlandand Alaska.Hewasahikerandlovedtheoutdoors.Hewas ontheMurfreesboroCitySchoolBoardandalsothe MurfreesboroCityCouncil. Dr.McCulloughwasamemberoftheFirstBaptist child.HetaughtSundayschool,theDiscoveryClass andwasaDeacon.HewasatrueChristian.Quoting theFirstBaptistChurchinMurfreesboro.PastorNoel SchoonmakerandRev.PaulDonnerofPaducah,KY Nephewswillserveaspallbearers. MemorialsmaybemadetotheFirstBaptistChurch TN37130inmemoryofDr.McCullough. Anonlineguestbookisavailableatwww.wood- "nchapel.com 615-893-5151 DR.MARTINMCCULLOUGH JenniferKempMulligan, 2016atSt.ThomasRuth- erfordHospital.She wasbornNov.8,1980at TriplerArmyHospital DeborahB.Parksand thelateLt.Col.GeraldR. Kemp.Shewasanative Shewasprecededin Col.GeraldR.Kemp,hergrandmother,NaomiBaili" SheissurvivedbyherdaughterOliviaGrace Col.MichaelParks;grandparents,GidBaili",Lauretta benofuneralservices.

TN.YouthforChrist. JENNIFERKEMPMULLIGAN ElisaElaineSellers awaySaturdaySept. RutherfordCounty, shewasthedaughter ofthelateAlfordBell LouiseGannSellers. Mrs.Doverwasalso precededindeathbyher Mrs.Doverissurvived JayDoverofMurfrees- GinaDukeofMur- DukeofMt.Juliet,TN; ThelmaVanMeter MichelleVardenof grandchildren. Visitationwillbe Bro.DwightSmittyo!- ciating.Burialwillfollow inMapleviewCemetery withnephewsservingas pallbearers.

Mrs.Doverwasa memberofLibertyin ChristChurchandwas ahomemaker. Anonlineguestbook fortheDoverfamilyis availableatwww.wood- "nchapel.com. WoodfinChapel, Smyrna.615-459-3254. ELISAELAINE SELLERSDOVER EugeniaHawkins bewiththeLordonSep- precededindeathbyher parentsHarlemEugene GatewoodandBessie RaymondLarrimore MelissaOlmsted.Sheis survivedbyherbrother eightstep-greatgrand- children.Eugeniawas amemberofNorth- sideBaptistChurch Thefamilywouldlike toextendapersonal theTennesseeVeterans Homeforthecompas- sionatecarerenderedto amatRoselawnFuneral Homewithgraveside withSeniorPastorKen thoughtsormemories, visitwww.roselawnfh. com.RoselawnFuneral EUGENIASTEELE 53 615-459-3254 84 615-893-5151 35 WoodburyFuneralHome 615-563-2311 74 DeathNotices JACKSON, Tenn.

The prawling Memphis Regional Megasite is still in search of its first tenant after a Chinese tiremaker decided instead to build its first plant in Georgia. Sentury Tire Americas announced it will spend 530million on the plant about 60 miles northeast Atlanta and create ore than 1,000 jobs once i is complete. The Jackson Sun reported the Tennessee site was one of two finalists for the plant. The plant would have taken up about 560 acres of the 4,100 acres. Haywood County Mayor Franklin Smith expressed disappointment i decision to go to LaGrange, Georgia.

They started with 50 sites and got those down to five Smith said. it got down to two, Ifelt comfortable they would choose Tennessee, but it work out. not the news we wanted, but the news we Sentury says it plans to have the plant begin production in 2018. are very happy to select LaGrange to the location of our North Amer- ican Ram i Helminen, the compa- executive vice presi- ent, said in a statement. are confident that Georgia has the infrastructure that can help us build a successful logistical The auto industry employs about 120,000 people i Tennessee, and tire- makers have been invest- i ng heavily in recent ears.

Bridgestone Ameri cas is building a new 30- story headquarters building in Nashville, and Han- kook Tire is building an $800 million plant in Clarksville. Hankook visited both the Memphis megasite and the LaGrange site before settling on Clarksville for the new plant. he loss of the Sentury deal is the latest setback or the West Tennessee megasite about 40 miles east of downtown Memphis. The state in recent years has refocused efforts on trying to land multiple tenants instead of a single huge one. Economic development officials have noted the 4,100 acres would be enough to include the combined footprints of several of the largest plants, including the 715-acre Nis- san complex in Smyrna, the 352-acre Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga and the 469-acre Hankook Tire plant in Clarksville.

had a good team working on this, and they did what they Smith said. need jobs in West Tennessee desperately. The state worked well with the local folks, and we gave it all we had, but it just work Tiremaker passes over Memphis megasite ASSOCIATED PRESS GETTY IMAGES ISTOCKPHOTO Chinese tiremaker Sentury Tire Americas has chosen to build its first plant in Georgia instead of at the sprawling Memphis Regional Megasite. Smoke inhalation likely caused deaths i Clarksville fire CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -An elderly couple has ied in a fire at a Clarks- ille home.

he Leaf-Chronicle reported the fire was called in to the fire department at around 3a.m. Saturday a nd that the blaze was under control within about 4 5 minutes. Deputy Fire Chief Ray illiams said Patricia Richardson, 77, and her husband, Leo, 84, died in their bedroom. He said he cause was likely smoke inhalation. he couple had lived in the home since 1956.

Williams said the fire appears to have started in a garage that had been converted into a room. he source may have been a mini refrigerator. Asmoke detector was found at the scene, but it is unclear if it worked. IED disposed of outside Franklin ursing home FRANKLIN, Tenn. Police say a suspicious device found outside a suburban Nashville nursing ome was an improvise explosive device.

The device was spotted i nside an car Saturday morning by a worker who was ending er shift at the NHC Cool Springs facility. About 60 patients were moved to other parts of the facility while local and ederal bomb specialists used a robot to secure the evice on Saturday after- oon. ranklin police have identified a man as a person of interest in the case. They say the person in whose vehicle the device as found has a connect ion to the man, who is a convicted felon with extensive knowledge of bomb making and weap- ns. He is wanted on a fel- ny warrant out of Virg inia.

Race to honor Mass. arine killed in hattanooga attack SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -A fundraising road race in memory of a Marine from Springfield killed in attacks on military facilities in Tennessee is sched- led for this weekend. The Gunnery Sgt. homas J.

Sullivan 5K Remembrance Run is scheduled for Sunday. It starts in the morning a Nathan Bar and Restaurant. ullivan, 40, was one of five service members killed during an attack on military facilities in Chattanooga in July 2015. The gunman was killed by police. Sullivan grew up in Springfield.

Hundreds of runners are expected to participate in the race as well as atwo-mile walk. roceeds from the race will benefit a scholarship fund in name as ell as the Galaxy Council support of the Marine Corps Birthday Ball. Usher performs concert at school i Chattanooga CHATTANOOGA The entertainer Usher has returned to his hometown of hattanooga to perform a oncert at a school he attended as a boy. The Chattanooga Times Free Press report- Friday event at alewood Middle School as closed to the public, but that hundreds gathered in nearby neighborhoods to listen to the show a nd catch glimpses of the artist on jumbo screens. he day before the concert, Usher spent time at the Studio Everything art pace, talking to students a bout their creative pro- ects.

On his social media accounts, the singer urged people in town to donate to art programs. Usher moved to Atlant a after completing mid- le school in Chattanooga. Press State briefs.