NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) — Marine and Vietnam Veteran Sgt. Leo Stokely passed away with no known family. His funeral was to be for an unclaimed veteran. Friday, a crowd saw just how powerful our country’s respect for those who served can be. The crowd just kept growing Friday as people made their way up the hill at Middle Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. No one could appreciate them all being there more than the women sitting on the front row of the site’s chapel. Tea Gray, Cay Cross and Samantha Anderson all worked as that veteran’s caregivers.

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In Tennessee, there are more than 503,675 veterans, according to the most recent numbers from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Watch out for employment, rental, moving, deployment, investment, and charity scams.

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A Jonesborough man was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court by Judge Pamela L. Reeves to serve 96 months in prison after being convicted by a federal jury of wire

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The Green Alert would work like other public notification systems such as an Amber Alert or Blue Alert.

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Cumberland County is home to more than 7,000 veterans of U.S. military service — more than 14 percent of the county’s population, according to data from the Housing Assistance Council.

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