By Thomas Sellers Jr. Veterans Parkway is open for business. Well, in particular, 8005 Veterans Parkway, home of Inman-Murphy Inc., officially opened its doors Dec. 18 with a grand celebration hosted by the City of Millington and the Millington Area Chamber of Commerce. “It feels great to have a local business owner come back and…
By Bill Short The Millington Municipal Planning Commission has unanimously approved a design and Site Plan submitted for construction of an Arby’s restaurant at 8620 Highway 51 North. Commission members took the action during their Dec. 17 regular monthly meeting on a motion offered by Mike Caruthers and seconded by Brenda Barber. Charles Goforth, planning…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. Dignitaries of Millington, uniformed personnel and special officials from across Tennessee filed into the Munford Funeral Home – Millington Chapel last Wednesday morning. It was a final chance to pay respects to William Jere Orman Sr. before he would be laid to rest at Northridge Woodhaven Cemetery. “Jay was a very…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. Three Trojan Annuals were the cornerstone decorations on the welcoming table in the back of the William Osteen Gymnasium Complex. As members of the Millington Central High School Trojan Basketball 1978-79 team filed into the building one-by-one, the yearbooks grabbed their attention. Among the holiday paraphernalia, smells of Smokin’ D barbecue…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. Last Thursday night Millington Municipal Schools presented Sounds of the Season featuring performances by the Millington Middle School and Millington Central High School bands. The Harvell Civic Center in Millington became home of holiday music courtesy of the Millington Middle Band and Choir, MCHS Percussion Ensemble, Jazz Band and Symphonic Band….
BY THOMAS SELLERS JR. In the spirit of the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein classic from the musical “The Sound of Music,” I have the song “My Favorite Things” echoing through my mind as I write this. By the end of this Best Sellers’ list you will realize I channeled my Ebenezer Scrooge and Grinch to…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. The Brighton Lady Cardinals were flying high entering their rivalry showdown with Tipton County foe the Covington Lady Chargers. As the Dec. 11 showdown was minutes away from tipoff in the Brighton Gymnasium, the Lady Cardinals were owners of an 8-0 record blowing out several opponents. Head Coach David Wampler tried…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. Several freshmen took to the court Friday night in Millington. Both the Munford Lady Cougars and Millington Lady Trojans feature ninth grade talent looking to get used to the varsity level of basketball. Bruce Marshall’s Lady Trojans came out with some fight scoring 10 points in the opening period. But Steve…
By Thomas Sellers Jr. Teams that are almost evenly matched on paper have to find some way to separate. Friday night the Munford Cougars made their annual trip down to the William Osteen Gymnasium to take on the host Millington Trojans. Both squads missed a ton of foul shots and some easy layups. Munford came…
The Tipton County rivalry showdown between the Brighton Cardinals and Covington Chargers went the way of the purple and gold on Dec. 11. In the Brighton Gymnasium, the Cardinals took a 7-6 lead over the Chargers when Curtavious Holmes drilled a three-pointer. Then Covington closed out the opening period on a 18-3 run to lead…
