NASHVILLE, TN — One of the most exciting players to wear a Bison uniform, Marcus Bodie came to Lipscomb from Florence, Alabama and left with national acclaim for his defensive prowess. He played for the Bisons from the fall of 1986 through the spring of 1990 in the NAIA glory days. He was a vital cog in Lipscomb’s rise to prominence as college basketball’s winningest program” under coach Don Meyer. Marcus’ four teams won an incredible total of games. 27-6 in 1987, 33-3 in 1988, 38-2 in 1989, 41-5 in 1990, a mark that set a basketball record for most…
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NASHVILLE, TN — The engagement of Leah Pleshette Dupree and The Reverend Doctor Harold Moses Love, Jr. was recently made public. The wedding will take place in May. Ms. Dupree is the daughter of Eric Dupree, Alamo, Tennessee and Frances Perry, Jackson, Tennessee. Leah Pleshette Dupree is a graduate of Indiana University Law School, Indianapolis She received a bachelor’s degree from Tennessee State University, an MBA from Valparaiso University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree (J.D.), from Indiana University – McKinney. Her professional experience includes working in the Tennessee General Assembly, discretionary grant reviewer at the U.S. Department of Health and…
WEST TENNESSEE — Rev. Phoebe Roaf never saw a priest who looked like her as she grew up as an Episcopalian in Pine Bluff so her role models were white men. She was ordained as a priest when she was in her 40s. Road first earned a law degree and clerked two years for Judge James Dennis, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and worked in commercial real estate. Now, Roaf is the first woman and first African-American to lead the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee. She joins three other African-American women, Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, Rev. Carlye Hughes…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Attorney Jim Roberts, who represents Save Our Fairgrounds, is a bit like Don Quixote dueling with windmills. Unlike the protagonist in the famous novel by Miguel de Cervantes, Roberts’ enemies are quite real. He is up against a phalanx of lawyers from Metro’s Legal Department who procrastinate until the last minute and then complain the litigation is taking too long. That lawsuit is now almost four months old and may not get heard in Chancellor Ellen Lyle’s court until next Spring. Roberts also represents Flea Market vendors who want the city to build the…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — After a hearing with angry lawmakers one year ago, CoreCivic didn’t come back for a review of its operations at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, one of four state prisons it operates in Tennessee. Last week Department of Corrections Commissioner Tony Parker told a joint Judiciary and Government subcommittee that the private prison company has cleaned up its act. Lawmakers had given CoreCivic a year to comply with its contract after a scathing 2017 audit found several deficiencies. “We have observed over-all the compliance with the contract has improved,” Parker told the committee last week.…
NASHVILLE, TN — Mary Louise Watson, who along with 11 other families desegregated six all white schools in 1957 Nashville, has died. She was 99 years old. The Nashville Public Schools desegregation icon passed quietly and without fanfare in her sleep Monday with her daughter, Barbara Jean, by her side. It is the same daughter who was by her side in 1957 when the two, again quietly and without fanfare, bravely walked into Jones Elementary School in North Nashville, desegregating it. The Watsons were among the 11 of 126 eligible families that would integrate the schools. Despite numerous threats from…
NASHVILLE, TN — Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett on Monday presented First Lady Crissy Haslam with the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) Medallion Award for her work to support the Tennessee State Library and Archives and programs to increase early childhood literacy. “Crissy Haslam has dedicated her time as Tennessee’s first lady to promoting the love of reading to children and families across the state,” Hargett said. “By creating and maintaining a variety of programs, she has continued to engage parents and children with high quality family reading selections, elevate the love of reading, and connect readers…
By Hope Buckner NASHVILLE, TN — In honor of its Supplier Diversity Program, an initiative created in 2015 under Director of Community Relations Joyce Searcy and Vice President and General Counsel Jason Rogers’s leadership, Belmont was recently awarded the 2018 Corporate Award from the Nashville Minority Business Center during the organization’s 36th annual Minority Enterprise Development Week. The multi-phase program, aligned with the University’s commitment to becoming more diverse and broadly reflective of its local and global community, was created as a mutually beneficial opportunity for Belmont and minority businesses. In Phase 1, the University worked to build relationships with…
LOS ANGELES, CA — Sam Moore and Dave Prater, the Soul duo Sam & Dave which were one of the primary chart stars at the Stax and Atlantic labels in the ‘60s, bringing the passion of gospel to their wailing soul side, were announced today by The Recording Academy™ as one of the recipients of the Special Merit Awards, The Lifetime Achievement Award. A special award presentation ceremony and concert celebrating the honorees will be held on May 11, 2019, in Los Angeles. Additional details regarding the ceremony will be announced in the coming weeks. “Each year, the Recording Academy…
MURFREESBORO, TN — MTSU graduate students brought passion into their recent end-of-the-semester Master of Science in Professional Science presentations. Single mother Katrece Holland, who has four children ages 7 to 16, said she “found I love public health” after spending a semester working for the Tennessee Department of Health in her native Chattanooga, Tennessee. MTSU, the College of Basic and Applied Sciences and the Jennings A. Jones College of Business created the MSPS program in 2004 to provide Middle Tennessee with a highly educated and well-trained STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) workforce. The program received the Tennessee Board of…