LARGEST CIRCULATION IN WILSON COUNTY • APRIL 29, 2020 • VOLUME 40, NUMBER 17

THE CHRONICLECELEBRATING OUR 40th YEAR AS THE LEADING

NEWSPAPER IN MT. JULIET & WEST WILSON COUNTY of Mt. Juliet

Despite the ongoing coro-navirus crisis, Mt. Juliet continues to rebuild after a

tornado tore a path through

A man was arrested Sun-day afternoon after entering the wrong home, wearing a gorilla costume and fright-ening a 6-year-old girl.

Around 2 p.m., April 26, Mt. Juliet offi cers were sum-moned to a home in the 1900 block of Dunedin Drive to search for a suspect, wear-ing a gorilla costume, who unlawfully entered the back door of a house.

A resident confronted the man in the backyard of

their home after realizing he

The City of Mt. Juliet is conducting a phased ap-proach in line with Gov. Bill Lee’s guidelines on reopen-ing businesses during ongo-ing concerns of coronavirus. This includes restaurants and retail and commercial businesses opening at half capacity with employees be-ing screened daily for symp-toms and required to wear face masks.

City playgrounds, bas-ketball and volleyball courts remain closed to adhere to proper physical distancing guidelines. Tennis and pick-leball courts are open. Sa-lons, bars, gyms and fi tness centers, and entertainment venues will continue to re-mains closed. No routine or elective procedures are allowed at healthcare and dental facilities at this time.

A statement released by the City of Mt. Juliet said

different aspects of gov-ernment will slowly ramp back up, in phases, to full operation while continuing to practice proper physical distancing. Other city gov-ernment activities and work processes that allow for proper physical distancing, use of face coverings, and barriers will go back to full operation.

“The phased reopening is an important process to opening up our communi-ty again,” said City Manag-er Kenny Martin. “Just like

While ridership and foot traffi c are low, WeGo is tak-ing the opportunity to work on a number of capital im-provement projects for its regional transportation ser-vices. These projects will enable more parking, safer and more comfortable com-mutes, and better technolo-gy along the way.

WeGo Star Train Sets – Work to improve and replace the WeGo Star train sets is continuing as scheduled.

The agency has pur-chased eight replacement passenger cars for the Star.

These cars are currently undergoing testing and cos-metic upgrades at the rai-lyard in Lebanon. They are expected to be put into ser-vice in June 2020.

In Fall 2019, WeGo an-nounced the beginning of a locomotive overhaul pro-cess. To date, one of the Star’s four locomotives has already been completed and put into service, while the second is currently under-going rehabilitation. The third locomotive is sched-uled to be sent off for an overhaul later this year.

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Community continues to rebuild after tornado

Man in gorilla costume arrested after entering wrong home

Train station to undergo improvements

Thank you to all of Mt. Juliet’s First

Responders

who selflessly give of themselves day

after day to keep all of us safe.

Staff Reports

City, businesses prepare for reopeningBy Sarah TateManaging Editor

Staff Reports

Richard Muzick

Cleanup and rebuilding in continuing after the March 3 tornado made a path through Mt. Juliet. Rob-inson Construction Group is pictured above starting new construction to rebuild the fi rst new home in the Triple Crown subdivision. | Photo by Phyllis Robinson

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COMMUNITY CALENDARAPRIL 30

Safer at HomeGov. Bill Lee announced

the Safer at Home order will not extend past April 30. State officials are working on phased plans to reopen the government.

MAY 4

Board MeetingThe Wilson County

Board of Education will meet in a regular sched-uled board meeting on May 4, 2020, at the Wilson County BOE Administra-tive and Training Complex, 415 Hardin Dr., Lebanon, TN 37087.

This process will bring ex-isting engine and systems equipment to a like-new condition, along with new wheels and brakes, extend-ing the locomotives’ service life an estimated 15 years.

Station Parking Up-grade – Work has begun in Mt. Juliet to expand the train station parking lot. The overall project will include enhanced tran-sit service amenities, 99 additional parking spac-es, multi-modal connec-tions, and safety/security at the station. Service will be maintained during con-struction, beginning with platform work to accommo-date the installation of new fare system technology. The entire project is expected to take approximately one year.

New Fare Payment – As part of the new fare collec-tion project, WeGo staff will begin work by early May to install new ticket vending machines (TVMs) and plat-form validators at all Star

train stations. Construc-tion will take place over the course of three phases, with work beginning at the Mt. Juliet station in the next two weeks in coordi-nation with the start of the parking lot expansion proj-ect. The second phase of work will cover the David-son County stations at Riv-erfront, Donelson and Her-mitage. The third phase will cover the remaining Wilson County stations in Leba-non, Hamilton Springs and Martha. The entire project is expected to be completed later this year.

Regional Bus – WeGo previously announced that 10 new MCI coaches fea-turing USB ports and plush seating would be put into service in Summer 2019. Those vehicles, alongside the other Gray Line-oper-ated coaches used for com-muter bus service, have since been outfitted with new fare boxes and smart-phone validators to ready the regional fleet for WeGo’s new fare collection system later this year.

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Putnam County Master Gardeners members established Pauline’s Cottage Garden. Pictured left to right are Serina Wells, Linda Anderson, Mickie Loyd and Brenda Reed. | Photo submitted

Historic Granville Pi-oneer Village is now the home of Pauline’s Cottage Garden, in memory of Pauline Carter Johnson of Cookeville.

The late Mrs. Johnson was born in Granville and her grandparents, Tom and Willie McKinley’s, smoke house, chicken house and outhouse are located behind the pio-neer log cabin.

The garden has been established beside and behind the Williamson Cabin which will be cel-

ebrating its 200th anni-versary on July 11. The dedication of the garden will be held on that same day as the 22nd Annual Granville Heritage Day will be celebrated.

Mrs. Johnson was known throughout Put-nam County for her beau-tiful flower garden. Her family has allowed part of her garden to be moved back to the town where she was born. Granville Museum has construct-ed a rock sidewalk going through the garden. An arbor is being construct-ed at the entrance of the

garden. Randall Clemons, Pres-

ident of Granville Mu-seum, stated the vol-unteers of the museum have wanted to establish a flower garden since the Pioneer Village was es-tablished in 2011. They are very thankful to the Johnson family for do-nating the garden and to Putnam Master Gar-deners for designing and moving the garden.

Historic Granville will be reopening on May 13 with this year’s theme “Life in a small Mayberry Town.”

Garden to be dedicated at Granville Heritage Day

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the community on March 3, 2020.

Cleanup continues around the city. Many cubic yards of debris has already been cleared out. City Man-ager Kenny Martin said the

city budgeted $2 million for cleanup, and they are al-ready up to $500,000.

Martin said that cleanup is going well and will con-tinue.

“We’re going to get our city back to where it needs to be,” said Martin.

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It takes a little while to get our dinner table ready at night. Arts and crafts projects have to be cleared away. The inevitable spilled drink has to be cleaned up. Children have to be called in, hands washed, you know the drill.

When we sit down to eat we can still hear the noise of the day, still feel the move-ment in our souls. But each

night, we pause if only for a minute, bow our heads and say a simple prayer.

Usually one of my daugh-ters leads us and then we all join in with “God our Fa-ther, God our Father, once again, once again, we bow our heads to thank you, we bow our heads to thank you, Amen, Amen.”

A simple prayer, but I have found that many days, with-

in that small prayer is all we need and everything we need at the end of a noisy, busy, chaotic day.

Once again … we bow our heads to thank you. It’s strange, but my whole mood can change during that 30-second prayer. My heart can shift as I mouth the words with those little voices. I see things that I didn’t see just the moment

before. I feel grateful even when there are some things I’m not so grateful for. Bow-ing my head and thanking God and doing it with other people is a powerful thing.

One time Paul told a group of relatively new fol-lowers of Jesus to “Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you

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One of my favorite quotes is: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. How true! And since that’s the case, from this point forward, I am asking everyone to try their very best at doing unto others as you would have them do unto you.

One example includes littering. Littering costs everyone. It takes a toll on our resources, our proper-ty values, our wallets, and

is an insult to our great community and country. Littering is simply passing the buck. When you pass the buck, the rest of us are left with the bill, the bill of cleaning up the mess left behind.

Another example is re-spect. Respect is when you speak kindly of others or say nothing at all; respect is when you open a door for your wife, family mem-ber or a complete stranger

who has their hands full; respect is when you don’t endanger the lives of oth-ers by driving under the influence, speeding, tail-gating; respect is not tell-ing lies, cheating, hurting, murdering and so on.

Life is so very short when you really think about it. We all have hurts, sorrows, worries, highs, lows, concerns, deadlines, aggravations and feelings that can be offended, hurt

or damaged. With that be-ing the case, let’s all start being more civil, kind, understanding, forgiving, helpful and loving to one another.

In closing, nothing is ever accomplished without sincere effort and a pos-itive attitude. Good will always prevail over indif-ference and divisiveness. Please do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

REFLECTIONS FROM AN OLD FRIENDDo unto others

Kenny MartinCity ManagerMt. Juliet, TN

The state of Tennessee began providing econom-ic relief to thousands of self-employed individuals by paying Pandemic Unem-ployment Assistance (PUA) benefits made available to them through the federal government’s CARES Act.

After building the system necessary to accommodate this new benefit, The Ten-nessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) began processing unemployment applications under PUA guidelines set by the United States Depart-ment of Labor.

Self-employed individu-als are not typically eligible for unemployment. PUA provided the funding nec-essary to pay benefits to Tennesseans who have not been able to work in order to help mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

The Department began processing eligible claims on April 22 and continued processing into the week-end. Tens of thousands of eligible individuals should have funds deposited into

their bank accounts or debit cards this week.

In order to process the claims in the most expe-dient manner possible, all claimants will first receive the minimum weekly PUA benefit of $120 and the ad-ditional $600 weekly Feder-al Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) ben-efit. Individuals eligible for more than the minimum will see their payments adjusted up over time. Payments are retroactive to March 15 or when the claimant first ap-

plied. The FPUC benefit is retroactive back to the week ending April 4.

TDLWD utilized the min-imum payment method in order to distribute benefits immediately, and then take the necessary time need-ed to calculate each claim-ant’s weekly benefit amount (WBA). Once the Depart-ment finalizes a WBA, the claimant will receive the difference between the min-imum and their actual ben-efit in a later payment.

The Department will

contact each claimant to request wage information if it has not already been provided. Claimants will also receive instructions on how to become current on any missed weekly certifica-tions. It is extremely import-ant claimants do not make any changes to their claims while they are processing in order to prevent issues that could cause a delay.

PUA provides up to 39 weeks of benefits to qual-ifying individuals who are otherwise able to work and

available for work within the meaning of applicable state law, except that they are unemployed, partially unemployed, or unable or unavailable to work due to COVID-19 related reasons, as defined in the CARES Act. PUA benefits cannot be paid for weeks of unemploy-ment ending after Dec. 31, 2020.

Self-employed Tennesse-ans can still apply for PUA by visiting www.Jobs4TN.gov or calling 844-432-0969.

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Gladeville Elementary School recently announced the Gators of the Month for February. Due to schools closing, a photo could not be taken. Gators of the Month include:

Avery Bilter, Harper Sue Biss, Logan Borquez, Adel-ysse Brown, Weston Crook, Kylie Delacy, Dakota Der-rick, Cayden Fowler, Abby Friedman, Landon Fried-mann, Lucy Friedmann,

Macie Fults, Tristan Giles, Jaxton Graham, Cole Hag-gar, Joseph Harkreader, Jacelyn Harris, Jude Hol-lis, Lanie Hukill, Aiden Johnson, Colton Jordan, Brady Kahrs, Quinn Lasko, Mary Beth Martin, Carter Matheny, Hudson Morris, Eva Pahanish, Kolbe Phil-lips, Brady Schaffer, Cal Stewart. Adelynn Stoner, Jackson Tolbert, Antho-ny Veliz-Melendez, Brylie Ward, JR Wenick, Addison Whitlock.

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in Christ Jesus.” (I Thessa-lonians 5.18)

We often wonder, what does God desire for me to do? What is God’s will for my life? Usually when we ask this question we are curious about something specific in our future. “Where should I go to college?” “Whom should I marry?” “Which job should I take?”

It’s interesting, though, that here the Scriptures tell us that God’s will, God’s de-sire for you is to give thanks. To stop and bow your head to thank Him.

Giving thanks in all cir-cumstances reminds your

heart and reminds others of a power that is bigger than us. Even in the midst of ad-versity and difficulty, when we give thanks to God, we see things that before we didn’t see and experience a change in our souls.

I encourage you today to look around in the midst of your noisy, busy, possi-bly chaotic day, and rather than taking stock of all the things that aren’t going well, that instead you give thanks. When you do so, you live into God’s will for your life, your heart is reminded of a power bigger than yourself, and you usher that power into your family, your office, and our world.

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our federal and state part-ners, we want to ensure we are responsible in this process. Following the CDC guidelines on face masks, physical distancing, and disinfection is key to a suc-cessful reopening.”

The statement also said that on Monday, May 4, 2020, all city departments will be back at full opera-tion. Work areas for staff members, who have close contact with community members, have been ad-justed to ensure there is extra barrier protection. Staff members will under-go symptom and tempera-ture screening before work, and disinfection will be a constant process. Any city government meeting or ac-tivity will operate under strict physical distancing protocols.

Many businesses in the community are either al-ready slowly reopening or preparing to do so whenev-er state guidelines allow.

Restaurants were al-lowed to open to half capac-ity on April 27, and many have taken advantage of this. Some are choosing to limit business to curbside pickup, such as Painturo’s in Mt. Juliet. Painturo’s, which has been closed for over a month, reopened April 28. It will be curbside pickup only because they want to ensure the health and safety of customers and employees.

“Our decision to remain closed the past five weeks

was because we felt it was our responsibility to do our part in flattening the curve,” Painturuo’s said on its Facebook page. “As we reopen in this new and unprecedented fashion, we ask for your patience and cooperation.”

Retail businesses, such as Ramona and Co. and The Basement Marketplace, are reopening this week, with limited customer capacity in the businesses. Due to the public nature of com-mercial and retail busi-ness, they will be mindful of and increase cleanliness. Many small businesses are still encouraging curbside pickup. Some are also get-ting creative in their busi-ness practice during this time, such as AR Workshop which is offering DIY-to-go for delivery and curbside pickup before they reopen May 8.

Businesses, such as hair and nail salons, are not in-cluded as part of Gov. Lee’s Phase 1 reopening, but they are still preparing to reopen safely and with additional guidelines for customers.

At Salon Galleria, styl-ists will only work on one client at a time. Clients must come alone and stay in their car until their styl-ist calls them when they are ready. Stylists will wear masks, and clients are recommended to do the same. Out of an abundance of caution, they will not work on anyone who has a cough, even if it’s allergies.

In other salons that don’t have separate suites,

such as Capella’s, they are working to limit available seating before reopening. Stations are moved farther apart and dividers have been put in place.

Dental and healthcare facilities are not open for routine and elective proce-dures at this time. Howev-er, they are also preparing for the time when they can open for patients.

“Going to the dentist is going to look much differ-ent when dental offices are allowed to reopen,” said Dr. Darren Foster. “Southeast-ern Dental is concerned about the health of our em-ployees and the health of our patients.”

The waiting room will not be open for a while; instead, patients will call the office to let them know when they arrive. Only pa-tients will be allowed to en-ter the building, unless the patient is a minor. Their temperature will be taken before any appointment.

“The dental industry has already been doing many things to protect everyone for many years,” he said. “We use many disposable items. That way there is no possible way for cross-con-tamination. We disinfect all surfaces in the treatment room in between every pa-tient. All our instruments are sterilized and wrapped for every patient. We have our sterilization equip-ment checked every week to make sure it is function-ing correctly. A dental of-fice has been a very clean place for many years and going into the future it will only become even more of a clean and sterile environ-ment.”

“As our communi-ty begins the calculated re-opening process of local businesses it is incumbent upon each of us to be mind-ful of our surroundings, each other and ourselves,” said Mark Hinesley, pres-ident of the Mt. Juliet Chamber of Commerce. “I want to encourage every-one to follow proper sanita-tion guidelines, to socially distance as requested, and to support those business-es working so hard to get back to serving their cus-tomers.”

The City of Mt. Juliet will monitor the phased re-opening process and guide-lines from local health offi-cials. As new information is received or conditions im-prove, restrictions will be evaluated.

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One possible positive impact of the coronavi-rus pandemic is that few-er people on the roadways translates to fewer motor vehicle accidents and fewer traumatic injuries.

The adult trauma unit at Vanderbilt University Med-ical Center is on track to admit 65% fewer patients this month from motor ve-hicle accidents, motorcycle accidents and pedestrians struck by autos, as com-pared to last April.

“I think the cause for this big drop is that people have been staying home, plain and simple,” said Bradley Dennis, MD, inter-im chief, Division of Trau-ma and Surgical Critical Care. “The social distanc-ing and shelter at home recommendations from the city and the state govern-ments appear to have been largely heeded.”

On April 2, to stem the spread of COVID-19, Gov. Bill Lee issued a statewide stay at home order.

VUMC’s trauma num-bers echo numbers from

the Tennessee Highway Safety Office. This month, motor vehicle accidents re-sulting in death or serious injury are down by half, and Tennessee is on track to see 25 fewer traffic fatal-ities compared to the av-erage for the previous five Aprils.

Online dashboards from the state are updated dai-ly with “fatal and serious injury crashes,” as well as traffic fatalities.

Based on the rate through April 18, Tennes-see is projected to end this month with 243 fatal and serious injury crashes, a 49% reduction when com-pared to the average over the two previous Aprils.

Over the first 20 days of April, traffic fatalities in the state are down 21%, compared to the average for the first 20 days in the two preceding Aprils.

From March 29 through April 18, the adult trauma service at VUMC admitted 131 patients, a 22% re-duction compared to the average for the same three-week period over the pre-ceding two years.

“Unfortunately, inter-personal violence contin-ues to happen whether we’re socially distancing or not. While we’re seeing much less blunt trauma than usual, we’re seeing the same amounts of gun-shots and stabbings that we typically see,” Dennis said.

Trauma admissions can be divided into two catego-ries: blunt trauma, such as traffic accident injuries, and penetrating trauma, such as gunshot.

“With COVID, the volume that initially went away for us was elderly falls. We saw a period where, except for young risk-taking age groups, people were stay-ing indoors and not doing a whole lot,” Dennis said.

“But now those elderly falls are starting to return. Maybe it’s that the weather is getting warmer and peo-ple are doing stuff around the yard, but we’re seeing a fair number of falls off lad-ders and other household sorts of injuries. It implies that, even if they’re staying at home, people are getting a little bit more active.”

Trauma volumes down at VUMC due to Stay at Home orders

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Detectives are hoping to identify a motorist who confronted and assaulted a 16-year-old in a road rage incident.

Around p.m., April 26, officers were summoned to the area of Willough-by Station Boulevard and South Greenhill Road to investigate an assault. A 16-year-old motorist was assaulted by another mo-torist, who approached the victim’s side window, grabbed their glasses, and struck their face. After the assault, the suspect left the area. The suspect approached the victim because he thought the victim was following too close.

The suspect was de-scribed as a white male in their 20s. At the time of the incident, he had dark brown or black hair, a beard trimmed short, and was wearing a black shirt. He was driving a 2-door or 4-door, gray Toyota Tacoma pick-up truck with a white license plate that had red letters.

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/.

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was just inside the home. The man ran, and he was eventually located by offi-cers nearby on Portsmouth Court.

Richard Muzick, age 31 of Old Hickory, was iden-tified as the suspect. The

investigation revealed that Muzick thought he was at someone else’s home and looking for another individ-ual.

He was arrested and booked into the Wilson County Jail, charged with Aggravated Burglary.

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I have a confession to make. I’m both embar-rassed and nervous about putting it on paper for any-one to see. Since it has been said that, “the truth shall set you free,” here goes. I have not read nor plan to read, any of the “Twilight” novels. I know, I know. I can hear the collec-tive gasps from “Twilight” enthusiasts, a lot of which are my family members and close friends. Now that my secret is out I fear I will be defriended from more than half of my Facebook friends, party invites will cease, and I will be forced to hang my head in shame.

I have nothing against the teen vampire series. In fact, I’ve had many friends who are self-labeled “liter-ary snobs,” tell me how fan-tastically written they are.

Now I guess it’s time for my second confession (oh yeah, it gets worse). I hate, and will avoid at all costs, any scary movies. At the movies, if one of the com-ing attractions is scary, I’ll close my eyes and put my hands over my ears. In the event my husband and I are with other couples, I forego that exterior self-soother in favor of singing, “You’re My First, My Last, My Every-thing” by Barry White, in my head.

Before anyone tries to interject and tell me how “Twilight” “isn’t scary” or “It’s about good vampires” or “It’s a love story,” don’t bother. Any vampire is scary to me. No matter if they feast on human or an-imal blood. They all totally freak me out!

It’s like when I was in col-lege and a close friend told me she had been study-ing an alternative religion

where she is one with na-ture. She went on to tell me how she will now be consid-ered a goddess of nature or witch. She must have no-

ticed the shock on my face when she said, “It’s a good witch, not a bad witch.”

My aversion to all things cinematically frighten-ing began at a very young age when my big broth-er thought “The Wolfman” was an appropriate movie for a 5 year old to watch. I don’t think I slept for close to a year. Not long after I could sleep all night again, I walked into the den while my parents were watch-ing “Psycho.” After that, I couldn’t sleep or take showers. Don’t even ask me what watching “Jaws” I, II and III did to me.

That’s where it all start-ed, and I’m embarrassed to say, it’s stuck. While I say it’s the price you pay for having an active imagina-tion, my husband calls it “another piece of the puz-zle.”

For now, I’ll continue to deal with the frenzy of “New Moon” mania and accept that some of my family and friends will remain Vampire Devotees. Perhaps I’ll just have to break down and read what everyone is rav-ing about.

Comments? Email becky@wilsonlivingmaga-zine.com

TELLING TALESScary movies

By Becky AndrewsWilson Living Magazine

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OBITUARIESASHLEY, Lora Fathera

Lora Fathera Ashley, age 89 of Lebanon, died April 19, 2020. Mrs. Ash-ley was the daughter of the late Joe and Minnie Belle Allen Fathera. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert Wayne Ashley and her sib-lings, Ruth Powell, Lorene Bullock, Jewell West, Do-ris Davis and Bobby Fa-thera.

She is survived by: Sons – Jack Hayes and Greg (Donna) Jennings; Daughter – Pat Jansen; Grandchildren – Jason Hayes, Ross Hayes, Park-er Jennings and Cara Jennings; Great-grand-children – Devan Hayes, Drew Hayes, Tyler Hayes, Nathan Hayes, Evie Hayes and Spencer Hayes; Sever-al nieces and nephews.

Private graveside ser-vices were held April 22 at Mt. Juliet Memorial Gar-dens. Flowers accepted or memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Re-search Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

Arrangements by Bond Memorial Chapel, N. Mt. Juliet Road and Weston Drive, Mt. Juliet, TN. (615) 773-2663. www.bondme-morial.com

COOPER, Charles Eu-gene

Charles “Charlie” Coo-per was born Jan. 18, 1940, in Nashville. He went to heaven on March 13, 2020.

He was preceded in death by son, Richard “Ricky” Cooper. He is sur-vived by wife of 60 years, June (Green) Cooper; sons, William “Billy” (Tina) Coo-per and Robert “Bobby” (Patti) Cooper; grandchil-dren, Elijah Cooper and Tabitha (Cooper) Stewart; two great-grandchildren.

Smith Family Funer-al Home in Murfreesboro. Memorial service on an-other date.

GOODSON, Donna

Donna Goodson passed away April 22, 2020, at age 72. No services are scheduled.

Mrs. Goodson is sur-vived by son Chris Parker,

grandchild Jordan Parker, and sisters Carla (D.) Ray and Peggy (Ronald) Oaks. She is preceded in death by husband Charles Good-son, son Greg Parker, and parents.

Sellars Funer-al Home, Lebanon TN, 615.444.9393.

GRAVES, Priscilla Mai “Prissy”

Prissy Graves passed away on April 21, 2020, at age 61. No services are scheduled.

Mrs. Graves is preceded in death by husband Wil-liam “Buddy” Graves, son Mickey Graves, grandchil-dren Timothy Graves and Rickey Netherton, parents Carlos and Ada Gregory Hudson, and sister Joyce Darnell. She is survived by children Samantha (Rich-ard) Netherton, Rickey (Re-nee) Graves, and Timothy (Kimberly) Graves, grand-children Landon Neth-erton, Kayleigh Graves, Brendan Graves, Pais-ley Roberts, Jemma Coo-per, and Finley Roberts, siblings Janice (Bobby) Garrett, Rebecca (Doug) Garrett, Margie (Harold) Taylor, and W.T. (Mary) Hudson, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Sellars Funer-al Home, Lebanon TN, 615.444.9393.

JAMES, Hugh B

Hugh B. James, age 79 of Mt. Juliet, passed away April 21, 2020. Mr. James was preceded in death by parents, R B and Annie Kate James; and great-granddaughter, Pen-ny Kersey. He is survived by wife of 59 years, Joyce James; children, Rhon-da (David) Baker, Donna (Danny) Francis and Tim-othy (Donna) James; sis-ter, Brenda James Tippit; grandchildren, Brittany (Trey) King, Tiffany (Jus-tin) Granstaff, Cortany (CJ) Kersey, Daniel James and Emily Sue James; and great-grandchildren, Bra-den & Payton King, Lyla, Lux and Lincoln Granstaff and Samuel, Clara and Sawyer Kersey.

A private family service will be held at Sellars Fu-neral Home at Mt. Juliet, and interment will follow

at Mt. Juliet Memorial Gardens.

The family wishes to extend a special THANK YOU to the nurses and outpatient staff at TriS-tar Summit and Dr. Brian Hemphill, Sara Perry and their staff. Memorial con-tributions may be made to the MDS Foundation at: www.mds-foundation.org or you can donate blood in Mr. James’ memory.

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.sellarsfuneral-services.com

LASSITER, Leonard Russell

Russell Leonard Las-siter, age 80 of Cookev-ille, passed away April 21, 2020. Mr. Lassiter was preceded in death by par-ents, Russell and Willie Pearl Lassiter; step-moth-er, Lillian Lassiter; sisters, Debra Lassiter, Lucy Cull-oca and Mary Fay Kaiser; and brother, Estle Green.

He is survived by wife of 60 years, Wanda Lassiter; children, Donald (Mari-lyn) Lassiter, Gary (Vickie) Lassiter, Danny Lassiter and Joann Beck; daugh-ter-in-law, Marie Lassit-er; sisters, Arlene Ledbet-ter, Angie Lassiter, Carol (Roger) Fuqua and Jean Lassiter; brothers, An-drew (Betty Jo) Green and Glen Green; uncle, Roscoe Lassiter; grandchildren, Josh (Jessica) Lassiter, Melissa Lassiter, Jennifer (Michael) Binion, Britta-ny (Greg) Mabry, Garret Lassiter, Kristin Lassiter, Noah Beck, Isaac Beck, Angel Beck and Eli Beck; and great-grandchildren, Noli and Cas Mabry.

Funeral services will be at Sellars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet. Interment will follow the service at Mt. Juliet Memorial Gardens.

Memorial Contributions may be made to: St. Jude Children’s Research Hos-pital at www.stjude.org or Shriner’s Hospitals at do-nate.lovetotherescue.org.

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.sellarsfuneral-services.com

MADDIN, Larry Eugene

Larry Maddin passed away April 21, 2020, at age 69. Services will be private.

Mr. Maddin is survived by wife of 48 years and 8 months, Sandy Maddin, children Lori (Alan Huges) McKay, Larry Eugene (Re-gina) Maddin Jr., and To-nya Maddin (Rocky) Gann, mother Frances Maddin, grandchildren Ronnie (Savannah Davis) McK-ay, Sara Danielle (Ronnie Petroviak) Maddin, and Justin Thomas Maddin, brother Homer (Tina) Mad-din, sister Debbie (Terry) Stewart, and numerous nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by father Homer Maddin and brother Michael Maddin.

Sellars Funer-al Home, Lebanon TN, 615.444.9393.

MIZZONI, Joseph Jr.

Joseph Mizzoni, Jr passed away April, 24, 2020, at age 62. No ser-vices are scheduled at this time.

Joseph is survived by wife of 36 years Rosa Miz-zoni, brother Ted (Olga) Mizzoni, children Veronica (Dr. Alberto) Cadena and Annmarie (Courtney) Miz-zoni, three grandchildren Vicente Cadena, Adrianna Cadena and Greyson Miz-zoni, , numerous nieces, nephews, great nephews, cousins, sisters-in-law, and a brother-in-law. He is preceded in death by parents Joseph and Nor-een Mizzoni.

Sellars Funer-al Home Lebanon, TN 615.444.9393.

WARE, Mary Magda-lene Bennett

Mary Magdalene Ben-nett Ware severed earthly ties and took her Heavenly flight on April 22, 2020, at the beautiful age of 95 sur-rounded by her precious family. The Funeral Service was held April 26, and in-terment followed in Mt. Ju-liet Memorial Gardens.

She is survived by chil-dren, Mabel (Alvie Adams) Beazley and Dave (Connie) Carver; step-children, Kaye Bills and Danny (Julie) Ware; grandchildren, Mi-chele (Jeff) Savage, Jarrod (Shannon) Beazley, and Ra-chel (Robert “Easy”) Posey; great-grandchildren, Jason (Jennifer Denby) Savage, Shelby (Dylan) Webb, Miles Posey, Anna Posey, Makay-la Posey, Leah Grace Bea-zley, and Dalton Beazley; sister, Christine (Clifford) Collier; sister-in-law, Sue Bennett; numerous nieces and nephews also survive. She was preceded in death by husband, Joseph Dan-iel “J.D.” Ware; parents, Robert and Laura Bennett; sisters, Myrtle Berry, Lula Scott, Dovie Bennett, Doro-thy Bennett, Naomi Groves, and Sadie Vandohlen; brothers, Hobert Bennett, Wilbert Bennett, Bobby Bennett, and Grady Ben-nett; special friend, John-nie Daniels.

Arrangements by Sellars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet, 2229 N. Mt. Juliet Road, Mt. Juliet, TN 37122, 615-758-5459, obituary line 615-758-8818, www.sel-larsfuneralservices.com.

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MIKE & ROBIN’S JUNK HAULING We clean Base-ments, Attics, Yards, etc. Clean gutters. Clean all green off vinyl. Landscap-ing, We trim shrubbery and rake beds & mulch. Pres-sure washing, sealing and staining decks & driveways. Moving & Packing. Interior & exterior painting. Tear down buildings & foreclo-sure clean out. WE ALSO OFFER KARAOKE & DJ SERVICES. Call us 4 any-thing. Serving Mt. Juliet and all surrounding areas for 21 years. (615) 881-6501.

TERRY’S AUTO GLASS; Auto Glass Replacement Since “1989”. Rock Chip Repair. Insurance Orders Welcome. 615-758-6339

WINDOW, CARPET, GUT-TER CLEANING, PRES-SURE WASHING. Drive-way sealing. Junk Hauled Off. Foreclosure Clean out. FREE Estimate. Serving Mt. Juliet over 20 years. Li-censed & Insured. Christian Owned/Operated. Call/text Jim: 615-445-5853 www.myallproservices.com

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FLOORINGThe staff at Lamb Broth-ers Flooring wishes to send a Thank you to all of our past, present and future customers in these uncer-tain times. We are grateful to be part of such a strong caring community. That has supported us for over the past 30 yrs. We are still here to assist you with all your flooring needs from Hardwood, Carpet, Tile, Lvp, Lvt, Vinyl and more. We have one of the area’s largest showrooms and in-stock warehouse selections. With always fair pricing and excellent services. No job is too big or too small. We offer in house financing. And our estimates are always FREE! Give us a call or come by and browse our large show-room. Mon-Fri 8:00-5:00 Sat 9:00-1:00 Thank you, Lamb Brothers Flooring Serving all of middle Tn for 33 yrs. LAMB BROTH-ERS FLOORING, INC 128 NONAVILLE RD. MT. JU-LIET, TN 37122. 615-754-9355 Lambbrosflooring@gmail.com or www.lamb-brothersflooring.online

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With Gov. Bill Lee’s an-nouncement that the Stay at Home order will expire April 30, Wilson County Mayor Randall Hutto’s office ad-dressed the county’s pre-paredness to reopen.

On April 7, Mayor Hutto extended the declaration of a State of Emergency to May 4, 2020, due to COVID-19, at which time the declaration will be reviewed again.

Hutto’s office said Wilson County will continue hon-oring Gov. Lee’s executive orders for emergency man-agement of COVID-19, and they are waiting to hear more information from the gover-nor later this week regarding guidelines for reopening.

As Wilson County pre-pares for the eventual re-opening of businesses, county officials realize it is important for business own-ers and residents to be pre-pared for changes to current activities as the county re-turns to a new normal. Ev-eryone should continue to follow procedures that safe-guard personal health and welfare and be mindful of the most vulnerable population in the elderly.

In data released April 28

by the Tennessee Depart-ment of Health, there are 249 cases of COVID-19 in Wilson County. Tennessee has a to-tal of 10,052 confirmed cas-es with 161,928 total tested. There are 894 hospitaliza-tions, 4,921 recovered, and 188 deaths.

Wilson County govern-ment will continue monitor-ing COVID-19 and tracking the number of cases in the county. Officials said they will push for increased test-ing for all Wilson County res-idents and prepare for ade-quate healthcare capacity by working with Vanderbilt Wil-son County Hospital and the State of Tennessee for surge facilities when and if needed.

Hutto’s office also request-ed that employers screen all employees reporting to work for COVID-19 symptoms by asking the following ques-tions:

•Have you been in close contact with a person who had a confirmed case of COVID-19?

•Are you experiencing a cough, shortness of breath, or sore throat?

•Have you had a fever in the last 48 hours?

•Have you have a new loss of taste or smell?

•Have you had vomiting

or diarrhea in the last 24 hours?

If they answer “yes” to any of the above questions, employers should ask them to consider seeking medical attention or go to the Wilson County Health department for a free COVID-19 test. They should call 615-444-5325 for an assessment first and schedule an appoint-ment for the test.

In addition to businesses beginning to reopen, local services are also moving for-ward. State Parks partially reopened last week for day-time visitors. Wilson County libraries are expected to open for curbside service on May 4. Patrons can request books through the website, email or phone.

“We will continue to keep you informed and provide all the citizens of Wilson County with the best services possi-ble,” said Mayor Hutto’s of-fice in a statement released April 27. “Altho9ugh we are beginning to reopen, we must continue to be careful and to stay the course on protecting ourselves and our loved ones. As we have said before, if you treat everyone as if they have it, you will protect yourself and those around you.”

Wilson County prepares to reopenStaff Reports

Mt. Juliet detectives and family are concerned about the whereabouts of a missing woman, and all are hoping to find her safe.

Deavin Nicole Walk-er, age 34, has not been heard from since Wednes-day, Feb. 26, 2020, and she was last known to be walking in the Willoughby Station neighborhood af-ter telling a family mem-ber she was going to the store.

Walker left her resi-dence wearing a white

shirt with green sweat-pants, and she had a cell phone that is no longer working. She is a black female, 5’3″ in height,

weighing 125 pounds, having brown eyes, and brown hair in dreadlocks with highlighted tips. She frequently visited the Leb-anon area in the past.

If anyone has any infor-mation about the where-abouts of Deavin Nicole Walker, they are urged to call the Mt. Juliet Police Department at (615) 754-2550. Information can also be given anonymously by calling (615) 754-TIPS (8477) or via the Mt. Juliet Police Department website at http://www.mjpd.org/.

Detectives searching for missing Mt. Juliet woman

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HCA Healthcare, one of the nation’s leading health-care providers, recently an-nounced it will provide as many as 1,000 ventilators as part of the American Hospital Association’s col-laboration with the feder-al government and health systems to distribute this critical piece of equipment to hospitals experiencing a surge of patients with COVID-19.

HCA Healthcare chief executive officer Sam Ha-zen participated in a White House briefing with Pres-ident Donald Trump on April 14 to announce the launch of the Dynamic Ven-tilator Reserve. This new public-private collaboration will distribute ventilators to critical areas of need in the fight against COVID-19.

The Dynamic Ventila-tor Reserve will include an

online inventory of venti-lators and associated sup-

plies, such as tubing and filters, to support the over-

all needs of combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. Hos-pitals and health systems will input into the database available equipment that they are able to lend to oth-ers. Providers are then able to request access to this virtual inventory should their need for ventilators increase. The AHA will manage the inventory with full transparency to those participating in the effort and work with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to determine when ventilators might be needed to supplement the national emergency stockpile.

“I stand here before you in front of our 285,000 col-leagues who provide care to patients every day across the country,” Hazen said when addressing Presi-dent Trump, officials and members of the media at an announcement of the public-private effort in the White House Rose Garden. “One of the guiding princi-ples we had when we went into this COVID-19 battle was to find partnerships — partnerships with other components of the health-care industry, partnerships with other health systems and partnerships with gov-ernments, both local and federal. We’re proud to be part of this public-private sector partnership, and I think it’s going to do great good for the community.”

HCA to provide ventilators as part of public-private collaboration to battle COVID-19

Sam Hazen, HCA Healthcare chief executive officer, addresses President Trump, officials and mem-bers of the media in the White House Rose Garden. | Photo submitted

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