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Nashville mayor asks for audit of crime stats OBITUARIES Nora Anderton Nora Anderton. Graveside 3 p.m., Sunday at Christ Church Memorial Gardens. Woodfin's, 893-5151 tist Church and retired from Frost-Amett after 56 years of service. Mrs. Johnson was preceded in death by her parents, Hiram E.

Edwards, Sr. and Erlene McPeak Edwards; two husbands, Lon-nie Burlason and Tom John the same seven crimes. Serpas noted that the formula used by the FBI always has a fewer number of total crimes than his department's numbers. "I don't go back and say let's take this new lower number" he said "We take the number that we think we've counted. We don't take the FBI's number." The police department also reports crime numbers to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, which has a more advanced system that tracks even more types of crime.

The TBI's trends show that crime increased in 2005 and then declined in NASHVILLE (AP) -Nashville Mayor Karl Dean has asked for an internal audit of the city's crime statistics after a news report indicated discrepancies in trends and crime-solving rates. WTVF-TV reported that on Friday Dean asked for an analysis after the station questioned why the police department's crime trends differed from the trends reported by other agencies like the FBI and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Former Nashville police chief Ronal Serpas, who left this month to take over the troubled New Or leans police department, defended his crime reports. The police department's statistics track seven major crimes and showed that crime dropped in 2004 after Serpas arrived and continued to drop year after year. "We have been using the uniform crime report since 1963 to report the major crime rates in Nashville," Serpas told the station.

"We have not changed that" But the TV station reported that the FBI says crime went up in two of those years in 2005 and 2008 in its tracking of 2006. Then in 2008, the TBI data showed crime increasing again. During a Metro Council meeting in 2009, Serpas repeated the department's conclusion that in 2008, burglaries were flat, aggravated assaults were down, rapes were down and larcenies were down. But according to the statistics kept by both the TBI and the FBI, all those crimes increased in 2008. "Yes," Serpas answered, "but they also report fewer than we did.

So why are you immediately jumping to the conclusion that either one of us is necessarily wrong?" Patricia Barrett Patricia Barrett, age 63, May 15, 2010. Visit 2-8 p.m., today. Smith Funeral Home, 615-563-5337 Andrew 'Jack' Brandon Sr. Andrew "Jack" Brandon age 74, of New Cumberland, WV, passed away Saturday, May 8, 2010. Born May 17, 1935, in Rutherford County, TN, he was a son of the late Ernest and Esta (Emery) Brandon.

Jack was a retired Captain with the Murfreesboro Police Department, after working 30 years and he was a farmer and a woodcrafter. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, June Evalyn Brandon. Surviving are a daughter, Donna Brandon of Georgia; two sons, Andrew (Glinda) Brandon and Floyd Brandon, all of Georgia; seven grandchildren; eight greatgrandchildren; a stepson, Bruce (Debbie) Walker of New Cumberland, WV; a stepdaughter, Betsy (Jeff) Adams of Newell, WV; four step-grandchildren; three brothers, Ray, Harry and Bobby Brandon, all of Tennessee; and three sisters, An -nie Miller, Dorothy Bowlin and Aileen Rose, all of Tennessee. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at the Newell Chapel of the Nixon Funeral Home, Newell, WV. Pastor Steve Cummings officiated.

The interment was held at Shadow Lawn Memory Gardens, Newell, WV. Idella Carver Idella Carver of Bradyville, TN, passed away May 14, 2010, at the age of 83 following an extended illness. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday, May 17 in the Chapel of Woodbury Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Thyatira Cemetery.

Visitation with the family will be Sunday from 3 p.m. till 9 p.m. She is survived by her daughter, Mitzi (Bobby) Bush of Bradyville; 2 grandsons, Craig (Brandy) Bush of Readyville and Chad (Stephanie) Bush of Murfreesboro; great grandson, Parker Bush of Readyville; 2 sisters, Virginia (Paul) Smith and Donna Hoover, both of Murfreesboro and her brother, Walter "Bo" (Geneva) Hoover of Murfreesboro. A member of the Cedar Grove Methodist church, Ms. Carver was ret.

from Chromalox. Woodbury Funeral Home, 615-563-2311 or www. woodburyfuneralhome.net Mary Katherine Grimmett Mary Katherine Grimmett, age 73, May 15, 2010. Visit 4-8 p.m., today. Smith Funeral Home, 615-563-5337 Juanita Edwards Burlason Johnson Juanita Edwards Burlason Johnson, age 74, of Mt.

Juliet, TN, died Friday, May 14, 2010. Mrs. Johnson was a member of Living Springs Bap- BRIEFLY .,1 4 TED I SCO son. She is survived by broth ers, H.E. (Pat) Edwards Jr.

of Mt. Juliet, TN, Will Davis Edwards of Mt. Juliet, TN, Bennie L. (Maie) Edwards of Mt. Juliet, TN, Leon (Faye) Edwards of Pegram, TN and Cecil P.

(Ernesteen) Edwards of Mt. Juliet, TN; sisters, Edna Comer of Mt. Juliet, TN, Gloria (Bob) Swanner of Mt. Juliet, TN, Wanda Gay Humfeld of Mt. Juliet, TN and Bobbie June (Charles) Nabors of Murfreesboro, TN; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m., Monday, May 17, 2010 at Living Springs Baptist Church with Bro. Milton L. Hicks and Leon Edwards officiating. Interment will follow at Lannom Cemetery with Ed Comer, Ronnie Edwards, Sammy Edwards, Dewayne Kessler, Chris Swanner, Michael Humfeld, Matthew Edwards and Stephen Edwards serving as Pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers will be members of the Living Springs Baptist Church Believers Sunday School Class.

Visitation will be 2-8 p.m. Sunday at Bond Memorial Chapel, N. Mt. Juliet Road and Weston Drive, Mt. Juliet, TN, 615-773-2663.

Obit Line, 615-641-2663 www.bondmemorial.com Charles Buddy Wade, Jr. Charles Buddy Wade, age 75 of Lavergne, died Saturday May 15, 2010. A native of Kentucky, he was the son of the late Charles and Alma Richardson Wade, Sr. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday at Woodfin Chapel Smyrna with Tim Lavender officiating.

Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Family and friends will serve as Pallbearers. Mr. Wade is survived by his wife of 25 years, Shirley White Wade; daughter, Selena (Craig) Townes of Lavergne; sons, Dennis (Vickie) Wade of Ridgetop, Kenneth (Paula) Wade of Greenbriar, Brian (Dana) Wade of Whitehouse; daughter, Karen (Steve) Hurt of Portland; brother, Grover Wade, both of Greenbrier; sister, Frances White of Centerville; aunt, Annie Fitzgerald of Paris, TN, and grandchildren, Austin Townes, Emilee Townes, Jonathan Wade, Jeremy Wade, Rebecca Wade, Jessica Wade, Colton Wade, Hunter Hicks, Brandon Hicks, Aerial Wade, Brandon Hurt, and numerous great grandchildren. Mr.

Wade was retired from sales at and Distributors. Visitation will be 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. Sunday at Woodfin Chapel Smyrna. (615)459-3254.

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Gov. Bredesen heads to China to get investments NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Gov. Phil Bredesen left for China this week to attend the Shanghai World Expo along with Economic and Community Development Commissioner Matt Kisber. Bredesen spokeswoman Lydia Lenker told The Tennessean that he considered canceling his trip to deal with the flood Businesses work network at Memphis barbecue fest MEMPHIS, Tenn.

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