Mike Lorance Passes Away Jul 09, 2021 at 11:20 pm by WGNS
Mike Lorance has passed away. The Murfreesboro man was best known as the first blind professional bass fisherman in the country and wrote newspaper columns for decades locally.
Back in 2012, Lorance shared his story on the Truman Jones Show. After being discharged from military service because of his failing eye sight, he talked about the challenges he faced:
He was on the Truman Show to talk about the book Out of the Darkness into the Light: A Blind Fisherman s Story. Truman, who knew Lorance for many years, shared his thoughts on the local legend nine years ago:
(SMYRNA, TN) Another viewpoint on the weir at the Sam Davis Home. On the surface it appears that there are three views on this issue: (1) preserve the dam, (2) allow another group to sell the $1.5-million in mitigation rights by taking-down the dam, and (3) to take out the weir because it is unsafe and not needed.
Pettus Read's Views
On Tuesday morning (5/25/2021) Sam Davis Memorial Association Board of Trustee Pettus Read was "live" on WGNS. He explained that the weir was .
Harold Truman Jones
Aug. 31, 1927 March 18, 2021
Harold (Hal) Truman Jones, 93, of Fairfield, California, passed away peacefully at his home on March 18, 2021.
Hal was born in Flint, Michigan, on Aug. 31, 1927, to Harold and Clara Jones.
He graduated high school in 1945 and was a proud graduate of Michigan State University.
He served in the Armed Forces from 1946 to 1953, first in the U.S. Army and then in the U.S. Air Force and was awarded the WWII Victory Medal and the National Defense Medal.
Hal married Nancy Roney at the Suisun-Fairfield Congregational Church where they were both members. They were happily married for 65 years.