2012: The BUZZ Takes A Quick Look Back - Monroe County ...
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Page 12 - <strong>The</strong> <strong>BUZZ</strong><br />
<strong>2012</strong><br />
(Continued from pg 1)<br />
longed to Green.<br />
<strong>The</strong> month wound<br />
down with the dedication<br />
of “Warrior’s Path” at Sequoyah<br />
High School, the<br />
roadway from Highway<br />
411 to the school’s football<br />
field house so named in<br />
honor of Marine Lance<br />
Corporal Frankie Watson<br />
and other service members<br />
from the school; and<br />
early voting ended for the<br />
August election with 3,138<br />
ballots.<br />
In the election, held on<br />
August 2, Property Assessor<br />
Mike Shadden retained<br />
his post; three new<br />
faces – Bob Lovingood,<br />
Janie Harrill, and Steve<br />
Rogers – won the school<br />
board race, as did incumbent<br />
Sonya Lynn; incumbents<br />
Ron Eydt, Dave<br />
Evans, and Danny Isbill<br />
were not returned to their<br />
seats.<br />
SEATON<br />
On August 14, the<br />
state’s murder case against<br />
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Jessica Kennedy got underway,<br />
pitting her as a<br />
suspect in the July 2010<br />
shooting and burning<br />
death of Sweetwater businessman<br />
Jim Miller. <strong>The</strong><br />
trial lasted four days, from<br />
Tuesday, the 14th, to Friday,<br />
August 17, and featured<br />
testimony from<br />
numerous individuals, including<br />
TBI Agent Barry<br />
Brakebill, Sheriff’s Cap-<br />
And More<br />
on <strong>The</strong><br />
way!<br />
tain DW Brannon, Sheriff<br />
Bill Bivens, and Sweetwater<br />
residents Wallace<br />
“Boonie” Stokes and Brandon<br />
Steele, among others.<br />
<strong>The</strong> trial ended when the<br />
jury returned guilty verdicts<br />
on Monday, August<br />
20, convicting Kennedy<br />
on four counts: facilitation<br />
of first-degree felony<br />
murder, facilitation of<br />
felony robbery, facilitation<br />
of setting fire to personal<br />
property, and facilitation<br />
of abuse to a corpse. Judge<br />
December 31, <strong>2012</strong><br />
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Walter Kurtz sentenced<br />
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Toward the end of the<br />
month, another fatal<br />
shooting took place, resulting<br />
in the death of a<br />
Sweetwater woman at the<br />
apparent hands of her livein<br />
boyfriend, Ray Charles<br />
White. Sheriff’s detectives<br />
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