Dickson News

A proposed $15.1 million budget for the city of Dickson for 2013-2014 includes no property tax hike and nearly $268,000 in city employee raises.

The attendees of the funeral for Alan Faircloth were asked to turn their heads and see the faces that filled the sanctuary of Dickson First Baptist Church on Saturday afternoon.

Known as "Jerry" to family and friends, he was born on Sept. 26, 1927, to Joseph and Vida Styer, in Menomonie, Wisconsin.

The Tennessee Career Center in Dickson is hosting a job fair noon to 5 p.m. Thursday.

Former state senator Kerry Roberts, of Robertson County, announced Monday he will be among the challengers to face off against incumbent state Sen.

The turnout of supporters for the honorees at the Clement Railroad Hotel Museum's annual ladies coffee was large - with an ambiance as Southern as sweet tea.

Vanleer firefighter Alan Faircloth died around 2 a.m. Tuesday from head injuries sustained last week when his motorcycle struck a deer.

A native of Bandana, KY, she was the daughter of the late Cecil and Margaret Hall Warner.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation indicted a Bon Aqua man for food stamp fraud last month, which resulted in his arrest Sunday night in Ohio.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation indicted a Hickman County man for food stamp fraud last month which resulted in his arrest last night in Ohio.

Vanleer firefighter Alan Faircloth, who sustained head injuries when his motorcycle struck a deer on Sylvia Road Wednesday night, is still in critical condition with frontal lobe brain bleeding as of Thursday afternoon, said Scotty Ingham, the Vanleer fire chief.

The Middle Tennessee Region and the communities that it comprises are an outstanding place to live, work, play, and invest.

The turkey harvest heading into the final weekend of the spring hunting season is 30,901. The season began with a statewide weekend youth hunt on March 23.

David Hatcher has joined Pinnacle as financial advisor and area manager for Dickson, Ashland City and Bellevue, while Lorrie Pruett has been named Dickson office leader.

He loved gardening, hunting and fishing. Survivors include wife of 60 years Sara Nadine Bone Baggett of Dickson; son James E. "Dean" Baggett of Athens, Tenn.; brothers John Baggett of Dickson, Tenn., O'Neal Baggett of Dickson, Tenn.

Survivors include daughter Megan Holman of Charlotte, brothers Scott McFall of Dickson, Daniel McFall of Colorado, Timothy McFall of Dickson and Terry McFall of Mobile, Ala.; sister Jessie Pierce of Mobile and four grandchildren.

<![CDATA[Will Cummins Morrison, Jr. died on May 5, 2013 in Dickson, Tenn. He was 90 years old. Will was a life-long native of Dickson. He was born April 2, 1923 to the late Tennye Bates Morrison and the late Will C. Morrison Sr. He has one sister Carol Morrison Fuson of Dickson. Will attended Dickson High School and was the salutatorian of his 1941 graduating class. For many years, he assisted his graduating class with their annual June reunion. He loved his classmates and always made time to spend with them. They were his best friends. He began his college career at Vanderbilt University until the outbreak of World War II changed his focus that same year. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the Navy and served in World War II until 1945. He then completed his degree in engineering at Tennessee Technological University. Following graduation, he joined his father, Will C. Morrison Sr., who along with his own father, W.P. Morrison, had already founded the W.P. Morrison Insurance Agency in 1921. He worked there until he retired in 1986. By that time the name of the insurance agency had changed to Morrison and Fuson, and he passed the torch to his namesake, Will III. Morrison and Fuson Insurance remained always a true source of his familial pride. In 1950, Will married Clara Imogene (Jean) Inman. She preceded him in death in 2003. They shared 53 years of marriage and had four children together. During these years, he continued to work in the insurance industry, shoot and hunt, and restore old farms in both Dickson and Houston counties. For over a decade, he made an annual hunting pilgrimage to Argentina where he met the same group of buddies. Every October, he went to South Dakota with friends from Dickson, Texas, and around the country for a pheasant hunt. He was also very active in local Republican politics and the PTA. In addition to his career in insurance, Will served on the Board of Directors for The First National Bank for many years. He was also a volunteer Boy Scout leader. He was passionate about teaching hunting techniques and gun safety. He made a tremendous difference in many young men's lives by honing their shooting skills. Will was a nationally renowned trap shooter. He won many state trap-shooting competitions and served for a number of years as the President of The Nashville Gun Club. In 1963, he won a prestigious trap-shooting title in Kentucky and was named as a "Kentucky Colonel". One highlight of his shooting career was winning the southern zone father and son trapshoot with his son Will. In 2006, he was inducted into the Tennessee Trap-shooting Hall of Fame during the time when his youngest son, Charles, served as the President of The Nashville Gun Club. He often said, "This was the most unexpected and satisfying award of my life." He was a life- long member of The National Rifle Association. For a time, he enjoyed raising bird dogs. In more recent years, he enjoyed spending time on his Yellow Creek farm. He attended the Sylvia Church of Christ. He loved the people and enjoyed the kindness that Reverend Daniel and Reverend Beard showed him in so many ways. Will was truly an individualist, a real treasure, and a talented storyteller. Some of his best stories were about his days as a young man in World War II, hunting adventures, and from his breakfast club meetings at East Hills and High Point restaurants where local men often greatly embellished their individual tales and solved the problems of our world. The fact is most of his tall tales were actually quite true. He was certainly unhappy when those wonderful meeting places closed their doors forever. He enjoyed reading, riding around his farm on his Kubota, watching movies about the Civil War and cowboys and Indians, and was a huge fan of Fox News. He is survived by his four children: Susan Deavers (Danny), Will C. Morrison III, Charles I. Morrison (all of Dickson), and Margo Jacobs (Phil) of Houston, Texas as well as eight grandchildren, Joe Owens, Miranda Melton, Charles Morrison, Jr., McKensie Morrison, Will C. Morrison IV, Garrett Cummins Morrison, Samuel Deavers, and Leah Jacobs, and four great-grand children, Emma, Audrey, Erica, and Christopher. Memorials celebrating Will's life can be made to: the Sylvia Church of Christ, 1002 Church Street, Dickson, Tennessee 37055, or the Nashville Gun Club, 1100 County Hospital Road, Nashville, Tennessee 37218 (615) 742-5297. Funeral arrangements are shared between Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home in Nashville and Spann Funeral Home in Dickson. Visitation was at Spann Funeral Home Tuesday from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Services will take place at Spann's Wednesday at 11 a.m. to celebrate and remember Will's colorful life. Condolences may be offered at www.Woodlawn-Roesch-Patttonfh.com.

He was a Navy Veteran and member of the American Legion Auxiliary. Survivors include wife Mary Styer of Burns; sons Michael Styer of Burns and Tony Styer of Dickson; daughters Wendy Kovalchick of Dickson and Shari Fooshe of Dickson; sisters Rosada Arnold and Janice Kincaid both of Minnesota; 9 grandchildren, 1 step grandchild and 3 step great ... (more)

A detailed witness description and cooperation between the Dickson and Cheatham sheriff's office netted two Dickson suspects wanted for several local burglaries.

One Care Dental's 2nd Annual 5K Run Before the Walk benefiting CareNet was April 20 in downtown Dickson with more than 100 runners taking part in the event.