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4 Page EAGLEVILLE TIMESObituariesRichard Paul Ramirez, Jr., age 46of Rockvale, died Tuesday, December 28,2010. A native of Kansas City, Kansas.He is survived by his son, Rayan Ramirezof Woodbury; mother and step father,Carmen (Larry) Griggs of KA; father andstep mother, Richard (Mildred) RamirezSr. of Murfreesboro; three brothers, Patrick(Angie) Ramirez, James Ramirez and LarryGriggs all of KS; many nieces and nephews.Woodfin Memorial ChapelLillian L. Colby, of Signal Mountain,died Thursday, December 23, 2010 atAlexian Village. A native of Eagleville,she was the widow of Fred W. Colby anda daughter of the late George K. and FloraJackson Lowe. A retired school teacher shehad taught at Signal Mountain and ThrasherElementary Schools. She graduated fromEagleville High School and the Universityof Tennessee. She was a member ofWayside Presbyterian Church and DeltaCappa Gamma Alpha Chapter. She wasinvolved in local and state level childhoodeducation. An extensive traveler shebecame interested in a chinese family andbrought a young student to Chattanooga andsponsored him, where he graduated fromthe University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.She worked with a Chattanooga group whochose Wuxi, China as a sister city. She hada special interest in Cadek Conservatoryand the Chattanooga Symphony and theHosanna Community. A special thanksJanuary 2011are extended to Catherine Colby and SarahWilhite and the many caregivers at AlexianVillage. Survivors include a sister, MaryEllen Cannon of Mount Dora, Fla.; ninenieces and nephews including EdwardMcClelland of Richardson, TX.Dean Cole, age 80, of Murfreesboro,passed away Monday, December 20,2010 at Williamson Medical Center. Mr.Cole was born in Agra, Kansas to the lateAlanison Everette and Hulda Viola Cole.He worked for the Tennessee Baptist Homeand was the Middle Tennessee Coordinatorof Campers on Mission. He was a memberof River Rock Baptist Church and anactive deacon of past Baptist churches.Mr. Cole was preceded by his parents,brother, Eddie Dale Cole and son-in-law,Victor Huckaby. He is survived by his wife,Bernice Cole of Murfreesboro; daughter,Susan Nash of Murfreesboro; son, Larry(Patsy) Cole of Mt. Juliet; daughter, BettyHuckaby of Shelbyville; son, Richard(Becky) Cole of College Grove; brothers,Jim Cole of Orlando, FL; Maurice Coleof Stanford, NB; Darrell Cole of DaytonaBeach, FL; sisters, Rebecca Cantrell; RobertaMartin both of Daytona Beach, FL; 11grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.Those wishing may send condolences o Funeral HomeLela McClaran Powers, age 98 ofMurfreesboro died Monday, December 13,2010 at NHC. Mrs. Powers was a native ofEagleville and was the daughter of the late“There Is A Difference”LawrenceFuneral Home and Cremation Services(931) 364-2233P.O. Box 8 - 203 South Horton ParkwayChapel Hill, Tennessee 37034Jim and Mary Ella Hudson McClaran. Mrs.Powers was also preceded in death by herhusband John Ivie Powers who died in 1962,a son Edwin Ivie Powers, and a daughterWanda Getz, four brothers and four sisters.Mrs. Powers is survived by her sonJames (Jane) Powers of Crossville, andtwo daughters Jean (Jack) Vaughn andFrances Powers of Murfreesboro, 9grandchildren, 16 s. Powers was a member of RiverRock Baptist church and attendedEagleville High school. She was one of theoriginal patrol mothers for Murfreesboropolice department at Crichlow School.Woodfin Memorial ChapelAlvia McKinley Dalton, age 82,of Chapel Hill, died Sunday, December12, 2010, at his residence following anextended illness. A native of RutherfordCounty, he was a son of the late EnnisMcKinley Dalton and Sally Pope Morgan.Mr. Dalton was retired from the PublicWorks Department of Metro Nashvillewith 28 years of service. In addition to hisparents, Mr. Dalton was preceded in deathby his wife, Bernice Smotherman Dalton, adaughter, Jean Smith; 2 sisters, Mamie Scalfand Pauline Baskin; a brother, Gene Dalton.Survivors include a daughter, Janice MaeGray of Nashville; a son, James Lee Daltonof Cocoa Beach, FL; 4 sisters, Erlene Young,Geraldine Dodson, Geralene Smithsonand Edith Ackley, all of Lewisburg; abrother, Robert Dalton of Lawrenceburg;11 grandchildren and 9 great grandchilden.Lawrence Funeral HomeJames M. Russell, age 82, of ChapelHill, died Saturday morning, December11, 2010. Mr. Russell was born in GilesCounty, Tennessee and was a son of thelate William and Tennie Pearl FralixRussell. He served his country in theUnited States Army during World War II.In 2000, Mr. Russell retired from UniWeb of Columbia where he was a plantforeman. In addition to his parents, hewas preceded in death by a daughter,Carolyn Faye Owens, who died in 1996.Mr. Russell is survived by his wife, JoyceRussell of Chapel Hill; three daughters,Sheila (Randy) Sweeney, Gail (Butch)Robertson and Susan (Greg) England, all ofChapel Hill; son, Chris Russell of ChapelHill; brother, Mahlon Russell of Columbia;seven grandchildren, Ed Sweeney, GwenGentry, Crystal Darnell, Jennifer Hodge,Amanda Robinson, Jacob Robertson, RachelRobertson; eight great grandchildren.Lawrence Funeral HomeEthel Louise Herron, of Murfreesboro,died Thursday, December 9, 2010 at NHC.Miss Herron was a native of the RockvaleCommunity and daughter of the late John W.and Hattie Barrett Herron Jr. Miss Herronwas a member of First Baptist Churchwhere she worked in the nursery for over60 years. She attended Crichlow GrammarSchool and graduated summa cum laudefrom Murfreesboro Central High School in1936, and received her B.A. Degree fromTennessee College for Women. She wascertified to teach English, Latin, Frenchand Mathematics. She had taught schoolat Smyrna, Franklin, Murfreesboro CentralHigh School, and Riverdale High Schoolfor nine years prior to her retirement.Memorials may be made to First BaptistChurch in memory of Miss. Herron.Woodfin Memorial ChapelRoy Benton Robinson, age 69,entered into his eternal rest on Tuesday,November 30, 2010, after a valiant battlewith cancer. He is deeply loved by hisfaithful wife of 51 years, Judy Faye TasseyRobinson of Rockvale; three daughtersCindy Vick (Keith), Lisa Wisener (John)Robbin Elrod (Keith); 5 grandchildren:Joshua (Kimberly) Vick, Rebecca (Wes)King Kennedy, Sara (Jimmy) KingBratcher, and Rachel and Luke Elrod;three great grandchildren: Abram, Katelyn,and Logan Vick; two sisters: RobertaWilliams and Ellen Farrar; and manynephews and nieces, one brother-in-lawand one sister-in-law. He is preceded indeath by his parents, John Will and SaraEmogene Hill Robinson, three brothers;William, Freeland, and Clyde and foursisters: Vera Robinson, Annie Stem, EstherByrd, Kathleen Geasley. He leaves behindcountless friends and neighbors and churchmembers who loved and respected Mr. Roy.Roy retired from GE as a supervisor after35 years of service. He was a member ofRockvale Church of Christ for 48 yearswhere he served as a teacher and Elder.He was a wise man of few words who wasgenerous to a fault, helping anyone he could.At home he just wanted to be outdoorsworking in the cotton fields, tending thegarden, milking cows, and working on farmequipment. He was a well-respected farmerwho could fix just about anything. He wasa hard-working man with no desire to be inthe spotlight, exemplifying true integrity,keeping God and family first in his life.Woodfin Memorial ChapelPre-Publication Price ExtendedCOLLEGE GROVE HISTORY BOOK!Due to delay in printing, we are able to extendthe reduced price of 50 until January 31, 2011NameAddressCity, State, ZipE-mailTelephoneMeeting All Of Your Mechanical NeedsExtended Service Agreements are a great way to make sure your family stays comfortable allsummer & winter long. Did you know that having an Extended Service Agreement for your unitcan lower heating & cooling cost, extend equipment life, and result in fewer emergency repairs,as well as save you 15% on all of our provided services? Call for your appointment today!(615) 274-22818055 Jackson Ridge Rd Rockvale, TN 37153500 pages, more than 800 pictures, 275 family articles, many with extensivegenealogy. See our website for names, http://sudberry.net/collegegrove/Arrival of the books will be announced in localCOLLEGE GROVEWILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEEmedia, by phone call and by postcard, as needed.If you would like your book mailed, please add 7mailing fee for the first book and 4.50 for eachadditional book mailed to the same address.If your order is mailed after January 31, 2011,please make your check for 60.00 plus mailingfee.Mail your order to: College Grove HistoryP. O. Box 223College Grove, TN 37046HISTORY & FAMILIES

EAGLEVILLE TIMESJanuary 2011A Step Back in TimeHISTORY OF COLLEGE GROVECarolyn Smotherman, a College Groveresident, who is a participant of a veryvaluable project, writing the History ofCollege Grove, submitted the followinginformation. A group of individuals, whoare interested in preserving the history ofthe community, have been working onthis project for several years and are in thefinal phase of completion. This is a veryimportant, but a time consuming project,that will be a benefit to generations tocome.Several neighboring community hasalready had their history preserved andothers are in the process. Interestedindividuals in the Longview Community,Bedford County, are also working on theircommunity history as well. Copies of the“Eagleville” history, completed in 2005,are still available for purchase. Anyoneinterested, contact, Don McCord 615-2742859, or Bobbie Sue Shelton-Lonas 615274-6282.By Bobbie Sue Shelton-LonasGrove Presbyterian Church. The oft toldstory of how College Grove got its name isthat in 1861 a post office was authorized,but those seeking the office were toldthat there was another Poplar Grove inTennessee and a different name wouldhave to be chosen. College Grove wasselected in honor of the male academy, anda female academy at the present location ofthe Methodist parsonage.About 2001 a group began working on ahistory of College Grove at Fifty Forward(Senior Citizens at that time), housed in theformer College Grove Elementary Schoolbuilding. We let people know, to the bestof our ability, primarily through newspaperarticles, the Senior Citizen newsletter,word of mouth, an internet site and internetmailing lists, that we were collectingmaterial to write the history and wouldinclude family articles, school and churchinformation, and old photographs. Therewas a lot of interest from the communityand many people wrote about their families,loaned us pictures to copy, and sometimescame to meet with our committee.By the fall of 2004 we had an impressivecollection and began to compile it intoa book. At the November presidentialelection, we sat up a table to advertise theCOLLEGE GROVE HISTORY BOOKWhen was College Grove established?Who were the earliest settlers? Werethe land Revolutionary War land grants?Where are the records kept? Was there aCivil War battle at College Grove? Whatwere and are the major businesses inBank of College GroveCollege Grove? What are the boundariesof College Grove?These are the kinds of questions thatled to the writing of the College GroveHistory book. Without exception it seemsthe answer to each question is, “Well, thereis not just one answer.” For instance, itappears that land was granted in the area,which is now College Grove not laterthan 1784. These land grants were on theHarpeth River or on Grove Creek. GroveCreek is the waterway that passes east ofHorton Highway and somewhat parallel tothe highway and which creek has a sign atthe bridge, which identifies it as OverallCreek. When Elizabeth Battle realized thatit was misidentified and began to try to getit changed, it turned out the location of thebridge was in Rutherford County and thechange has not yet been accomplished.In spite of the fact that people beganobtaining deeds to the land in the Collegebook and to collect deposits against theGrove area soon after the end of theunknown price of the future book. MoreRevolutionary War, it does not appear thatthan 70 people had enough faith in oursettlers came until almost 1800. And whileability to produce a book to give us 20.the people were here and the land was fastAt that time we thought we should be ablefilling up with settlers between 1800 andto have the books by November 2005 and1820, there was no town where Collegethat they would contain about 250 pagesGrove is today until after 1850.and perhaps 400 photographs.James Patton Allison, who lived atUnionville in Bedford County until College Grove Canning Companyafter 1840, by 1857 had acquiredand had given, in two separate deeds,land for a church and a school in thesame location where College GroveHigh School and the College GrovePresbyterian Church were locatedfor more than 100 years after that.When he wrote the deed for thechurch, he indicated the buildingalready existed, so perhaps thefirst building that inaugurated thecommunity was about 1854.There were no stores, nor mills, norblacksmith shop and it was not calledCollege Grove. The first indicationthat the town began as Poplar Groveis a July 1859 advertisement forthe “Poplar Grove Male Academy”which was published in the WesternWeekly Review (which later becamethe Review-Appeal). The earliestrecords for the Presbyterian Churchalso indicate that it was called PoplarPage5History of College GroveThe College Grove Depot was built soon after the Louisville and Nashville tracks were laid in 1914. Itserved as the passenger and freight terminal, telegraph office, and was the means of getting mail toand from College Grove. It was also the shipping point for cattle and other locally produced goods. Inlater years, it housed the local health clinic. The depot was dismantled in 1980. Salvageable lumberwas used in the construction of a local home.The intervening years seem almost like adream; whenever anyone inquired aboutthe progress on the book and when itwould be finished, we always said it wasalmost finished and we believed it whenwe said it. Each year we would beginthe year with a plan to have the books byChristmas. We were continually receivingadditional material and our estimate of thesize and quality of the book continued togrow. Finally when it became obvious thatthe book would not be ready in December2009, we concluded that we must quittrying to make it complete and perfect andjust publish what we had. Now we havealso missed our goal of Christmas 2010,but the material is in the hands of thepublisher and the books will be deliveredsome time in early 2011. Now our estimateis 500 pages and 800 photographs.Many people have worked on the book;the major long-time contributors includeElizabeth Ogilvie Battle, Pauline HeatonCovington Arnold, Beverly Burke Collins,Arline Windrow Sudberry, Glenda CrickDyer, Frances Greathouse, Betty BlueWindrow Dye, and Carolyn Smotherman.Rick Warwick of the Williamson CountyHistorical Society and the HeritageFoundation scanned all the photographsand contributed material for the book.Louise Lynch, Director of the WilliamsonCounty Archives, gave us articles andsuggestions, and made our work easierwith her many indices and notebooks oforganized materials. So many peopleand organizations were helpful to us thatwe could not hope to name everyone, butwe are grateful to each one and those whoenjoy the book should know we couldnot have accomplished such a great resultwithout the support of the community.We are trying to reach as many peoplewho feel a connection to College Groveas possible while we are still able to offerthe book at a discounted price. Once theactual printing begins, we have to lock ina number of books ordered and we have toborrow money to pay for the ones, whichhave not been pre-paid. This means therewill be few extra books and they will costmore. Please order your book now—itwill be a great help to us—and please letyour friends and kin who no longer live inthe Williamson County or Eagleville areaknow about the book.Eagleville Times Wishes Each and Everyonea Healthy & Happy 2011

6 PageEAGLEVILLE TIMESJanuary 2011TVPPA NEWS - Joe Elmore and PowerBlock TVBy Andrea MosierJesse Geasley of the Tennessee Valley Pioneer PowerAssociation didn’t expect to get a phone call from a localtelevision icon, but that’s exactly what happened.In November, the production crew for PowerBlockTV, a cable show featuring Joe Elmore of local showTennessee Crossroads, called with a unique request.Elmore’s cable show promotes the latest in performanceengine technology, and Elmore was asking permission touse the track at the tractor show grounds in Eagleville.What for?“Well, that’s the funny part,” Geasley says. “Theywanted to pull a sled down the pull track with a DodgeCharger.”You read that right. A Dodge Charger. To be specific, amodified Charger with pumped up performance gear fromBULLYDOG Technologies. And, the production teamdid come in mid-November to showcase their product,the Triple Dog GT, an electronic tuning device intendedto maximize horsepower and torque.The event drew a crowd of curious spectators who weremore than a little doubtful about the Charger’s chancesof pulling down the track. But the BULLYDOG teamis used to doubters. In fact, they drove all the way fromIdaho to win over the skeptics. And that’s one reasonJesse said, “Yes,” when Elmore suggested such an overthe-top idea.“I just had to see if the Chargercould do it,” Geasley adds.The BULLYDOG team explainedthat the tuning device allows themotorist to make adjustments tothe drive train, such as transmissionsettings. The Triple Dog GT iscompatible with Dodge, Ford, GM,and Nissan vehicles. The unit can beeasily transferred within a matter ofminutes and boasts increased fuelmileage under appropriate driving.BULLYDOG demonstrated theGT’s power boost by pulling a brandnew Ford F 1-50 and the modifiedDodge Charger.BULLYDOG Marketing ManagerMike DeFord adds, “While pullinga sled with a car is something thatmost people have never seen before,we put it together to show all aspects of the GT product,that it provides big power increases, the adjustabilityto provide maximum per

Box 72, Eagleville, TN 37060, or call (615) 274-2749. Mailbox Drop-off For Your Submitted Pictures & Articles For your convenience, a drop-off mailbox is located at 1084 Hwy 41A, South (across from Sewell's Grocery) for any pictures and articles that you would like featured in the Eagleville Times. The