By Carla Hendricks FRANKLIN, TN — The Franklin community is mourning the loss of Alderman Pearl Bransford, the sole African American member of the city’s board of mayor and aldermen. Re-elected for a fourth term in October 2019, the 67-year-old passed away on Friday after a private battle with cancer. First elected to the city board in 2007, Bransford was a Franklin resident for more than 35 years. She was a respected and thoughtful member of city government, a private person who took care of this community as she did for patients during her career as a nurse. “I’m shocked…
Author: Carla Hendricks
By Carla Hendricks FRANKLIN, TN — Through a partnership with Mercy Community Healthcare, New Hope Academy, a Christian private school in Franklin, welcomed nurse Tina DeLaughter to its Pre-K through sixth grade students and their families. In 2008 Mercy began offering in-school counselling services at New Hope Academy, and both organizations are excited to expand their relationship. “We are thrilled to offer this new service line, and it is fitting to begin it with New Hope Academy, a longtime partner of Mercy,” Mercy Chief Medical Officer Dr. Don Gibson said. “New Hope Academy shares many of Mercy’s values, as we…