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MONDAY 161st YEAR • NO. 21 MAY 25, 2015 CLEVELAND, TN 22 PAGES • 50¢ Inside Today Robert Lee Goins recipient of veterans service award Second annual recognition named after Bill Norwood By JOYANNA LOVE service to veterans or their families. Goins was recommended by Banner Senior Staff Writer “There was consistent agreement Bradley County Veterans Affairs that this was the best one,” Heidel Director Larry McDaris. The Bill Norwood Service Award was said of the committee’s decision. In a previous interview with the presented to Robert Lee Goins today Heidel said Goins levels the graves, Cleveland Daily Banner, Goins said at Bradley County’s annual Memorial cleans headstones, trims shrubbery, taking care of the Veterans Cemetery Day ceremony on the Courthouse removes old flags and sets the head- was a way to honor the veterans. Plaza. stones. “I do this now because I feel like I Goins was nominated for his 19 Goins’ father is one of many veter- should do something for these guys. Edwards breaks years of volunteer service in caring for ans buried in the fenced-in area of the It’s the least I can do since I didn’t get the veterans area of Fort Hill cemetery designated for local veter- to serve,” Goins said. victory drought Cemetery. ans. Goins had received a draft notice in Banner file photo Carl Edwards drove to Victory Award committee member Cid Cleveland Mayor Tom Rowland also 1968, but was in the hospital recover- ROBERT GOINS, kneeling at his father’s head- Lane for the first time in two sea- Heidel said the recipient was selected recognized Goins for his efforts in stone, has voluntarily cared for the veterans’ sec- sons, with a win in the Coca-Cola based on the type and duration of 2006. See GOINS, Page 9 tion of Fort Hill Cemetery for 19 years. 600 Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Juan Pablo Montoya won the Indy 500. The Atlanta Braves picked up a win over the Brewers, while the Cleveland Woman observes Glavine Cavaliers took a 3-0 series lead over the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA Eastern Conference finals. visit to See Sports, Pages 15-17. her 30th in honor Memorializing all of deceased vets support who keep us safe By CHRISTY ARMSTRONG Banner Staff Writer As the Cleveland and Bradley charities County community observes On a cold and rainy March 4, Heather Lucas found herself Memorial Day today, it is impor- walking through a cemetery. Keynote speaker tant to understand why it is done, Wrapped in a raincoat and boots, she trudged among the for whom and the importance of tombstones clutching a handful of yellow roses and letters she for Sunrise gala keeping the holiday sacred. See had carefully tucked into plastic baggies to keep dry. the editorial on Page 18 of It was her 30th birthday, and she had chosen to celebrate by By CHRISTY ARMSTRONG today’s edition. commemorating the lives of who did not live to see the age of Banner Staff Writer 30, specifically 30 military servicemen and servicewomen who died protecting their country. National Baseball Hall of Famer Forecast “Thirty is, for the most part, kind of a hard age,” Lucas said. and former Atlanta Braves pitch- Just before she was to hit the milestone, she came to the er Tom Glavine will soon be put- realization she was dissatisfied with where she was in life. Contributed photo ting his pitching power behind a Her career and other aspects of it had simply not gone to HEATHER LUCAS, a Cleveland native now living in Nashville, local cause. celebrated her 30th birthday by honoring 30 veterans who lost their He will be the featured speaker See WOMAN, Page 8 lives before the age of 30. at this year’s Bradley Sunrise Rotary Club gala on June 6, an event that Family finds WWII veteran’s untold story will raise money for a Today’s forecast calls for mostly By JOYANNA LOVE Dec. 8, 1943, Tanksley received his variety of chari- cloudy skies with a 60 percent Banner Senior Staff Writer sharpshooter rifle qualification. He table efforts. chance of showers and thunder- served in the 878th Bombardment “I am very A time to remember — that’s what Squadron. excited about storms, and a high near 81. The 60 Memorial Day is all about. percent chance of rain continues Tanksley was deployed on Aug. 13, the gala,” club For one Cleveland family, the infor- 1944, and arrived in the Asia Pacific on President Keith tonight, with a low around 68. mation on their patriarch’s service in Sept. 18. He served in the Eastern Tuesday calls for mostly cloudy Munford said. World War II is limited. Mandates campaign and the Air “This is our Glavine skies and a 70 percent chance of Richard Tanksley did not talk about Offensive on Japan in the Western opportunity to gather resources showers and thunderstorms, with a his service when he came back from Pacific. to help people in Cleveland.” high near 83. Tuesday night calls World War II, except to pass on to his The Japanese officially surrendered Each year, the club holds a gala for clouds and a 70 percent chance children and his grandchildren that he on Sept. 2, 1945 and the 878th event to raise funds. Those funds of showers or thunderstorms, with a had indeed contributed to the cause. Contributed photo Bombardment Squadron was demobi- then go into the club’s coffers low around 67. Daughter Ruth Ann Jones thought he RICHARD TANKSLEY served in the lized. only to be given away later as Sunset today: 8:45 p.m. had simply been a clerk for the U.S. U.S. Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1945. “I just never knew, because Dad grants and donations to local Sunrise Tuesday: 6:30 a.m. Army Air Corps. never said anything about it,” Jones organizations. “Whenever I called to get him some said. “And when I’ve talked to other Past recipients of the club’s help through the Veterans service now, as Alzheimer’s disease has people, that’s just the way that era gala proceeds have included Index Administration, one of the guys in begun to take its toll. was. They didn’t talk about it a whole Habitat for Humanity of Nashville said … he was a gunner on a Tanksley was born in Bradley County lot.” Cleveland, The Salvation Army of B-29, and I thought, ‘Are you serious?’” on Dec. 2, 1945. Before joining the mil- A visit to Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor pro- Cleveland, Angel Flight, Family Classified................................20-21 vided the backdrop for Tanksley to tell Comics.........................................10 Jones said. “Because Dad never talked itary, he worked as a farm hand. Promise, The Caring Place, Life about anything. A lot of this stuff I Tanksley joined active service at Fort a bit about his time in the service. Bridges and several other local Editorials......................................18 “I had never seen him cry except for Horoscope....................................10 found out in trying to get him help Oglethorpe, Ga. on Jan. 8, 1943. His nonprofit organizations. through the Veterans Administration.” honorable discharge lists his military While much of the money has MINI Pages.................................5-6 Tanksley cannot tell the tales of his occupation as a clerk non-typist. On See UNTOLD, Page 8 Obituaries.......................................2 See GLAVINE, Page 9 Sports......................................15-17 TV Schedule.................................11 Weather........................................13 Madeline Warren finds closure Around Town Sarah and Kyle Johnson enjoy- 50 years after brother’s death ing a Sunday afternoon meal with walnut peel on an abrasion or grandparents ... ... Freddie Dover By WILLIAM WRIGHT eating burnt toast to calm a wanting to thank Bradley County Lifestyles Editor ERSONALITY P stomach ache. Fire-Rescue personnel for helping Every Memorial Day carries “All of my life he was really his wife, Carolyn, and expressing precious and painful memories PROFILE good to me and that was appreciation to ambulance crew for Madeline Warren about her unusual in our house,” she members “Will” and “Scott” for all beloved brother, Pvt. John E. experience with anyone else. said. “I was only 5 years old that they did ... Kevin and Kim Galyon. It took 50 years for the Despite the fact that he was 10 when John decided to leave Brooks enjoying a bay window Cleveland resident to receive years older, John took time to home in 1941. He was only 15. view ... Kara Swafford and Justin the flag the U.S. government teach his little sister lessons He hitchhiked his way to Kennedy getting ready for a big sent to her family when her 19- that she cherishes to this day. Mount Pleasant, Texas, to start trip ... Nola Beth Greene receiving year-old brother died in World Although he was a teenager, his own life.” a special award at her fifth-grade War II, the first and most pro- Warren said John was an intel- Missing her older brother graduation. found loss of her life. ligent and tenderhearted broth- was a pain the child had to Banner photo, WILLIAM WRIGHT Born in Roane County, er who was familiar with sever- bear. Still, brief conversations MEMORIAL DAY for Madeline Warren is about honoring her broth- Warren was one of six children al home remedies that he overheard from her mother and er John, who gave his life for his country during World War II. Warren, who felt a special bond with shared with his baby sister, 80, holds a frame containing her late brother’s medals of honor and her brother that she did not 6489076 75112 like putting juice from a green See WARREN, Page 9 a photo she later found of him.

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