Topic: Northwest High School

Memorial services for community leader, NWHS coach, Deacon Daniel Lee Stevens

By Terry McMoore | December 2, 2008 |

Daniel Lee Stevens Jr. 1942 - 2008

Daniel Lee Stevens Jr., 66, a prominent football coach for North West High School, a Retired Sergeant Major and Deacon at Boiling Springs Baptist Church, passed away recently.

Daniel Stevens and his wife Carol are the Founders of NIA Association here in Clarksville. NIA is a premier non-profit that provides around-the clock holistic human services for the disabled, health-care employment opportunities and affordable housing for low to moderate income individuals and families.

Calling hours for Deacon Stevens will be Tuesday, December 2, at Foston Funeral Home, 816 Franklin Street, Clarksville, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Members of his family will be present from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

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Fox Women’s Football Champions schedules 2009 season try-outs

November 7, 2008 |

The Clarksville Fox Women’s Football Team will hold a final sign-up for the 2009 Fox football season on November 15 at 3 p.m. at the Northwest High School Cafeteria. Try-outs will take place on December 13 at 1 p.m. at the Northwest High School Football Field and gym. All athletes must 18 years of age by April 1, 2009.

The Fox took the IWFL Tier II Mid-South Championship in 2008. They are the youngest team ever to play in the Independent Women’s Football League. For more information, visit the Fox Football website or call 931-329-2976.

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A Woodlawn community family celebrate brothers’ retirement

By Turner McCullough Jr. | August 31, 2008 |

For the Lewis Brothers, Gene and Orville, their retirement celebration was a time of family and friends coming together. A multi-generational festival sees football scrimmages and ball tosses by the youngsters amid a plentiful spread of traditional holiday family-style buffet fare.

Most people happily look forward to a single retirement celebration. However that was too limiting for the brothers Gene and Orville Lewis of Woodlawn. Saturday afternoon, at the Lewis Family farm, the two brothers held a double retirement celebration with family, friends and work colleagues all invited to sit down to some fabulous home-cooked treats. «Read the rest of this article»

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Two arrested in Ross murder; gang connection dismissed

By David W. Shelton | July 4, 2007 |

The grand jury has indicted two people in the shootout that resulted in the accidental death of former Northwest High School basketball coach Willard Ross. The two men were arrested and racked with several charges each. Jovan Preche Dixon, a 27-year-old man who gave an address of 267 Millstone Circle, and Jeremy Andrea Jarvis, a 19-year-old man who listed his address as 211 Oak Street, have both been arrested.

A press release from the Clarksville Police department indicates that both men were arrested “in connection” with the shooting incident that resulted in the death of the beloved high school coach. Ward 2 City Councilwoman Deanna McLaughlin said that the hard work [of the police department] has paid off. “It has been suggested that this incident was gang related,” she said in an email, “It was NOT gang related.” «Read the rest of this article»

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