Primm Springs News

“Until she does that, we can't do anything for her”

PRIMM SPRINGS COMMUNITY - Their "fresh start" was picked up by a tornado and wrapped around a tree. via The Tennessean

“Of course, all our assistance is free. It's not a loan or a grant. You don't have to pay it back or volunteer at a later time”

TRIUNE - When the Tennessee Renaissance Festival opens this weekend as a 16th-century-style English faire, visitors can be knights in shining armor for local disaster victims. via The Tennessean

“Someone said, 'Aren't you the Sunday school superintendent?”

PRIMM SPRINGS COMMUNITY - Zelda Carson says she and fellow church members were simply adhering to the old-fashioned way of life still prevailing in rural Williamson County. via The Tennessean

Deadline for Tibet protesters passes Anti-Chinese protesters in Tibet Monday faced a midnight deadline to surrender to police or face harsh punishment following days of violence as the region's governor ... via Weakley County Press

“I stood on the front porch watching just to see what was going on”

PRIMM SPRINGS COMMUNITY - A tornado took their houses, cars, furniture, home movies and heirlooms, but the Jones family got something back. via The Tennessean

FRANKLIN - Officials from the Natural Resources Conservation Service today toured areas of Williamson County that were hit by tornados on Feb. via The Tennessean

“A picture of this child probably means something to someone. It's a memory of someone's friends, family or their children. That's a memory that I'm sure they'd want back.”

He's unsure how a tattered picture of a baby girl wearing pink socks and a dress landed in his yard, but Jeremy Heidt has a guess. via The Tennessean

“There were a lot of people who lost their homes, their trees, their barns and their animals. It's pretty devastating”

LEIPER'S FORK COMMUNITY - Although there were no deaths when the Feb. 5 tornadoes swung through the mostly rural Williamson County communities of Fernvale, Primm Springs and east Fairview, many lives will ... via The Tennessean

“We had the time and the able bodies, even though we're a little bit older, and we wanted to help.”

PRIMM SPRINGS COMMUNITY - Jack, a 3-year-old donkey, ran up to the first truck as it forded the flooded creek near Jimmy Stratton's driveway Saturday morning. via The Tennessean

I was trying to get home Tuesday night in the aftermath of the tornado that ripped through the Primm Springs area in Williamson and Hickman County and came upon a score of undaunted firemen, rescue workers and ... via The Tennessean

“The house was basically leveled except for the bathroom closet we were in, and it was a brick house. It's just all gone.”

FAIRVIEW - While the city of Fairview mobilizes to come to the aid of its storm victims, the extent of damage in the more rural surrounding areas is only now being fully realized. via The Tennessean

“As soon as I hung up with him, the roar started and we put a blanket over our heads and we were safe until it stopped”

A line of storms ripped through northwestern Williamson County, destroying homes in the town of Primm Springs. via WKRN-TV Nashville

“I didn't want to make them made, I knew they were busy.”

Tuesday night's tornadoes across Tennessee were harrowing for 911 dispatchers and emergency crews. via WKRN-TV Nashville

Multiple structures damaged in Pinewood As predicted, a strong line of severe storms moved through Middle Tennessee last night and reached the Fairview area around 9 p.m. Reported tornadoes touching down in ... via Fairview Observer

The day after Christmas is one of the top 10 shopping days of the year. While most shoppers are bargain hunting for mittens and scarves, or decorations for next year's Christmas, a Primm Springs man shopping in ... via Citizen Press

Funeral services were held on Monday, November 12, 2007, in the Waverly Chapel of Luff Bowen Funeral Home for Charles Nolan Primm of Waverly. via The News-Democrat

“TACA is a member-driven organization”

Area residents tend to think of the Tennessee Association of Craft Artists' Fall Craft Fair as an annual tradition, a chance to stroll leisurely through Centennial Park and peruse the work of fine craft artists ... via The Tennessean