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6A —The Marion Tribune, Thursday, August 29, 2024 Obituaries Mary Katherine Cagle, 91 Mary Katherine Ca- gle, 91, of South Pitts- burg went to her heav- enly home on Friday, August 23. Kathy was a beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmoth- er. She was a faithful woman who loved the Lord and dedicated many years of her life using her God-given talents to minister musically, along with her be- loved husband, in her home church as well as other churches throughout the Southeast. She was born in Cookeville on June 20, 1933. She beganplaying the piano at an early age anddiscovered that she had a real ear for music. She was the pianist for her brother’s gospel quartet and performed with the group several times at the original Ryman Auditorium in Nashville during the Ryman’s Friday night gospel shows in the 1950’s. Her future hus- band, Charles Cagle, also sang in a gospel quartet and as fate would have it, they met one night when his group’s piano player did not show up and she was recruited to play for his group. After a brief long- distance courtship, she and Charles were married in 1958, and she moved to South Pittsburg where she worked alongside her late husband to grow their business, “South Pittsburg Florist”. Kathy is preceded in death by her husband; daughter, Sheila Cagle; and her parents, Floyd and Beulah Kirby. Survivors include her daughters, Denise (Bill) Mason and Julie (Neil) Bennett; grandchildren, Kati Mason, Karrie (Scott) Barnett; Kirby (Hunter) Daniel and Je ff (Margaret) Bennett; great-grandchil- dren, Sully, Ava, Alex, Palmer and Harrison; brother, Charles (June) Kirby; sister, Martha (Don) Peach and several nieces and nephews. A special thanks goes to her wonderful caregivers Thelma (Lou) Hutchins, the sta ff with Blue Violet Home Care, Donna Adams and sta ff at Hospice of Chattanooga. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, August 27 at 4 p.m. at the South Pittsburg chapel of Rogers Funeral Home, with Aaron Cagle and Ronnie Case o ffi ciating. She was laid to rest at Cumberland View Cemetery in Kimball with her late husband. Visitation was held Tuesday, August 27 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. prior to the funeral service in the cha- pel of Rogers Funeral Home of South Pittsburg. Pall- bearers were Scott Barnett, Hunter Daniel, David Myers, Jimmy McBee, Tim Jordan, and Keith Layne. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Alzheimer’s as- sociation. Arrangements were en- trusted to Rogers Funeral Home, South Pittsburg Cha- pel, 400 Laurel Ave, South Pittsburg, (423) 837-7176. The Marion Tribune – August 29, 2024 Darrell Glen Stephenson, 64 Darrell Glen Ste- phenson age 64 of Whitwell, passed away Thursday, August 22. He was employed by Primex Plastics and preceded in death by his wife, Emma Lee Stephenson; his fa- ther, Billy Joe Stephen- son. Those left to cher- ish his memories are his mother, Shirley Layne Stephenson; siblings, DeAnndia (Larry) Long, Eddie Stephenson, Gary (Frankie) Stephenson, Billy Joe (Jennifer) Stephenson, Jr. and John (Christy) Ste- phenson. Family received friends 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Satur- day, August 24 and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, August 25. The funeral service was at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Au- gust 25 in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Jerry Basham o ffi ciating. Interment followed at Mt Olive Cemetery. Share memories, photos and condolences online www.whitwellmemorialfuneralhome.com. Arrange- ments by Whitwell Memorial Funeral Home, Inc. (423) 658-7777. The Marion Tribune – August 29, 2024 BRADLEY HICKS AEDC Contributor B efore the fi rst foun- dation was poured or stone set, a site for the proposed Air Engineer- ing Development Center would have to be chosen that could meet three pri- mary needs. Along with fi nding a suitable tract of land for the center and a place where large amounts of electrical power were available, planners would need to fi nd a location with access to copious amounts of water. It was determined early on that center operations would require millions of gal- lons of cooling water. Camp Forrest, a for- mer Army training area, hospital and prisoner of war camp near Tul- lahoma, was selected for the site of the AEDC in April 1948. The center soon became known as the Arnold Engineering Development Center and eventually the Arnold En- gineering Development Complex headquarters. And it wasn’t long after this site was picked that work to supply the neces- sary water was fi nished. The construction of the Elk River Dam was completed 70 years ago this month. The purpose of this project was the creation of what came to be called Woods Reser- voir, a 4,000-acre reposi- tory that has continued to provide AEDC test facili- ties at Arnold Air Force Base with cooling water and the public with a spot for outdoor recreation in the decades since it was formed. In October 1949, President Harry S. Tru- man signed the Unitary Wind Tunnel Plan Act and the Air Engineering Development Center Act of 1949. These bills au- thorized a unitary plan for the construction of transonic and supersonic wind tunnels and autho- rized the $100 million appropriated by Con- gress for the construction of the AEDC. The Army Corps of Engineers was tasked with overseeing part of the AEDC design and all of its construction. The Tullahoma District of the Army Corps of Engi- neers was established in November 1949 for this purpose. Soon after this dis- trict was formed, the dam became a major topic of focus. In January 1950, the fi rst construction di- rective for the AEDC was issued by the Headquar- ters of the Air Force to the Army Corps of Engi- neers chief of engineers. This charge covered pre- liminary investigation and design of the dam and preliminaries to land acquisition, as well as ad- ministrative expenses for the recently-established Tullahoma District. Planners recognized that by damming the Elk River, a 4,000-acre reser- voir with a capacity of 26 billion gallons could be created. Several sites along the Elk River were studied for the site of the earth fi ll and concrete gravity dam, with a point on the waterway about 5 miles from the test center cho- sen. Prior to the o ffi cial selection of this site, St. Louis, Missouri-based engineering fi rm Sver- drup & Parcel Inc. is- sued a report on require- ments for the Elk River reservoir. According to this study, the cost of the reservoir, excluding the land, was estimated to be nearly $3.6 million. It was recommended that the reservoir design crite- ria be determined by the Army Corps of Engineers. According to this re- port, the amount of wa- ter required annually for AEDC operations would be more than 22.4 bil- lion gallons. Of this, the vast majority – nearly 21 billion gallons – would serve as cooling water for the test facilities. The re- mainder would be used for air conditioning, sani- tary water and fi re pro- tection. In early March 1950, less than fi ve months af- ter Truman signed the bills that cleared the way for its establishment, the Secretary of Defense ap- proved the construction of the AEDC. The process began quickly. The fi rst contract for center con- struction – the manufac- ture of Engine Test Facil- ity cranes – was awarded by late March 1950. Work on the Elk River Dam would begin soon after. That June, the Army Corps of Engineers awarded a contract to build a dam over the riv- er. By that December, the dam and reservoir under- taking was estimated to be 6% complete. The additional land required for construc- tion of the reservoir was acquired in early Janu- ary 1951. At that time, the Headquarters of the Air Force requested that the Army Corps of Engineer- ing chief of engineers pro- ceed with the purchase of 6,650 acres needed for the waterbody. This was in addition to the ini- tial 633 acres acquired in September 1950 that were to be used for the dam and part of the res- ervoir. A diversion channel for the Elk River Dam was completed in late January 1951, and the river was diverted into it by means of an earth cof- fer dam. By July 1951, the con- struction of the dam and reservoir was approxi- mately 30% complete and was deemed to be well ahead of schedule. Work would continue to roll along at a good pace. By late December 1951, the project was 83% com- plete compared to the scheduled progress by this point of 53%. The impoundment of water in the reservoir began on May 1, 1952, and construction of the Elk River Dam was com- pleted that September. The daily cooling water requirement for the test facilities was described at the time as “an amount more than the daily re- quirement for a city the size of Washington, D.C.” According to a May 1953 Tullahoma Dis- trict of the Army Corps of Engineers report that detailed the agency’s ef- forts in the design and construction of AEDC, the fi nished dam was 90 feet high at the center valley section and 3,000 feet long. The spillway, with a design capacity of 104,000 cubic feet per second, was 170 feet long and controlled by three 25- by 50-foot tainter gates. The concrete non- over fl ow section was 360 feet long. The area of the reser- voir was just shy of 4,000 acres with a storage ca- pacity of 80,600 acre-feet at normal pool, according to the same report. When fi lled, the lake formed behind the dam would measure about 12 miles long with a shore- line of approximately 75 miles. “The primary purpose of the Elk River Dam and Reservoir is for the stor- age of water to be used for cooling purposes re- quired by the test facili- ties, although it will serve to reduce fl oods slightly in the lower reaches of the Elk River basin,” the Tullahoma District re- port stated. A Primary Pumping Plant was constructed on the north side of the reservoir upstream of the dam. This plant pro- vided an initial capacity of 100,000 gallons per minute. Eight-thousand horsepower were re- quired to operate its four 25,000-gallon per min- ute vertical pumps. The plant was needed to pump water from the Elk River reservoir to a secondary reservoir lo- cated within the AEDC test area. Transmission of the water from the Elk River reservoir to the one located at the center was provided by a high- pressure steel pipeline measuring 5 feet in diam- eter and approximately 4 miles long. The secondary reser- voir located within the AEDC mission area had an initial capacity of 13 million gallons. That amount was increased to 58 million in 1961 follow- ing the completion of a 45-million-gallon expan- sion project. It would be the job of a Secondary Pumping Station located within the main AEDC area to pull water from this secondary reservoir and transmit it to the test facilities. “As the capacity re- quirements increase, pro- visions have been made for additional pump ca- pacity and pipelines,” the Tullahoma District docu- ment stated. Features were imple- mented that allowed cool- ing water to be returned to the Elk River reservoir once it had served its pur- poses in AEDC test areas. “The temperature of the cooling water, after use in the testing facili- ties, is not expected to ex- ceed 135 ˚ F,” the Tullaho- ma District report stated. “A gravity outfall, or dis- charge ditch of adequate design and capacity, built for the cooling water to return from the center to Rollins Creek was con- structed. From thence, the discharge water will meander down the natu- ral channel of this creek and return to an arm of the Elk River reservoir immediately above the dam.” A service road leading from the AEDC test area to the Primary Pumping Plant and from the plant to the Elk River Dam was constructed. The only road relocations required were the county roads and bridges that would be inundated by the fi ll- ing of the reservoir. The only signi fi cant road relocation resulting from the reservoir project required the construction of approximately 1-mile embankment and a four- span continuous steel bridge with concrete deck at Morris Ferry. In June 1953, the Elk River reservoir was named Woods Reservoir in honor of the late Col. Lebbeus B. Woods. A dedication ceremony at- tended by Woods’ wife and son was held the fol- lowing month at the res- ervoir. Woods was one of the fi rst two Air Force o ffi cers to arrive at AEDC for the center project. He served at AEDC until Feb- ruary 1952, when he was given one of the top posts within the then-active Air Materiel Command. While at AEDC, Woods served as the deputy chief of sta ff for materiel and was responsible for much of the early organizing, sta ffi ng and master plan- ning for the center proj- ect. Woods Reservoir opened for public fi shing and recreation on May 30, 1953. The lake quick- ly attracted swimmers and skiers, and the beach areas around it served as ideal locales for AEDC picnics, beauty pageants and get-togethers with family. Still considered a haven for anglers, Woods Reservoir is home to sev- eral types of bass, crap- pie and cat fi sh. There are several boat access points and public fi shing piers around the lake. Woods Reservoir completed 70 years ago The Marion County Sheri ff ’s O ffi ce has released the following arrest report. All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Cecil Anthon Westmoreland, 63 Jasper Sentenced to serve time order of session Landon Scott Williams, 42 South Pittsburg Violation of probation (circuit) Charles Scott Wilson, 37 South Pittsburg Violation of community corrections and possession of schedule II fentanyl Court Date: 08/28 Travis Je ff ery Winton, 42 Pelham Violation of probation (GS) Charles Scott Wilson, 37 South Pittsburg Violation of community corrections, possession of schedule II fentanyl, and violation of probation Court Date: 08/28 Samantha Clarabe Halladay, 32 Dunlap Violation of probation (circuit) Court Date: 09/24 Olivia Gay Dotson, 30 Pikeville Shoplifting Court Date: 09/13 Larry Dewayne Letson, 64 Hixson Harassment (non-verbal threat) Court Date: 08/30 Darrell Lee Hudson, 27 South Pittsburg Public intoxication Court Date: 08/23 Crystal Nicole Anthony, 30 South Pittsburg Failure to appear sessions Court Date: 09/11 Mart Steven Carter, 35 Whitwell Driving under the in fl uence Court Date: 10/16 Robert Joseph Thompson, 39 Newberry, SC Violation of probation (circuit) Court Date: 08/27 Melissa Ann Neice, 41 Dayton Burglary and criminal impersonation Court Date: 08/28 Taylor Danielle Castle, 29 Whitwell Holding for another agency Anthony Dawson Baker, 22 South Pittsburg Driving on revoked suspended license and speeding Court Date: 09/25 Tyler Lee Slatton, 23 Whitwell Driving under the in fl uence Court Date: 10/16 Lela Nicole Harvey, 25 Whitwell Driving under the in fl uence, implied consent law, possession of schedule II, and unlawful drug paraphernalia Court Date: 10/16 Andra Blackmon, 67 Nashville Failure to appear Court Date: 08/21 Clarence Nathaniel Cook, 33 Signal Mountain Sentenced to serve time order of session Marion County Intake Report