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Jurors need less than 45 minutes Thursday to acquit Moore on all counts

The four-day trial of a Williamsburg businessman, who was accused of sexually abusing a teenage relative in 2013, ended Thursday afternoon with a not guilty verdict on all counts. The eight-woman, four-man jury needed less than 45 minutes to find Eddie Moore, 41, not guilty of...
Posted On 13 Apr 2017

Mary Nan Morris

Mary Nan Morris, 80, of Sandy Branch Road, Barbourville, departed this life on Friday, April 7, 2017 at her home. She was born on December 1, 1936 in Whitley County, to the late John Matthew Peace and Nannie Brown Peace. She was preceded in death by her husband, Glennous Morris...

Joyce A. Huddleston

Joyce A. Huddleston, 68, of Clairfield, TN, passed away Thursday, April 6, 2017, at Tennova Healthcare LaFollette Medical Center. She was born August 8, 1948, at Middlesboro, KY, the daughter of the late Johnny and Rosella (Thomas) Pittman. She was a member of Valley Creek...

Camille Hacker Jones

Camille Hacker Jones, 82 of Jellico, TN passed away Sunday, April 2, 2017 at Beech Tree Manor. She was born November 09, 1934 in Leslie County, KY. Camille is survived by her husband, Kenneth Jones; son, James Edward Roberts; daughters, Sharon Stephens, Maxine Sutton; seven...

Viola M. Jones Williams

Viola M. Jones Williams, 92, passed away Saturday, April 8, 2017. She was the beloved wife of the late John H. Williams for 41 years, loving mother of Kate (Jack) Crespo, Michael (Susan), Mark, Jim, Thomas (Kathy) Williams, step mother of Margaret Williams, Til (Jack) Mendes and...

Morris Ray Jones

Morris Ray Jones, 67, of Chesnee, SC, departed this life on April 5, 2017. He was the husband of Martha Jones. He was born in the Duckrun area of Whitley County, on May 23, 1949, the son of the late Reverend and Mrs. Emerson and Icie Alsip Jones. He was a member of the Pleasant...

Benjamin Roy Carr

Benjamin Roy Carr, 41 of Lenoir City, TN passed away Sunday April 9, 2017 at Parkwest Medical Center. He was born June 29, 1975 in Ecorse, MI to Roy Carr and the late Barbara Savoie Carr. Along with his mother he was preceded in death by his grandmothers Flossie Walters and...

Rhonda Meadors

Rhonda Meadors, 39, of South 10th Street, Williamsburg, departed this life on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at the Jellico Community Hospital in Jellico, TN. She was born on May 8, 1977 in Corbin, to the late Rodney Russell Angel and Lola Cora Petrey. She was preceded in death by her...

Rachel Reeves Geames

Rachel Reeves Geames, 63, of Highland Avenue, Clinton, TN departed this life on Monday, April 3, 2017 at her home. She was born on July 25, 1953 in Gatliff, to the late Johnny Reeves and Ada Powers Reeves. She is survived by her husband, Randal Wayne Geames of Clinton, TN; one...