By Jessica Moore

Staff Writer

The Fourth of July Parade was cancelled early Thursday morning, said Parade Chairman Jamie Bone of the Goodwill Career Solutions Center. They had hoped to have the parade rain or shine, but according to the weather report there was a wall of rain headed toward the county. Bone had been planning the parade since August of last year. Unfortunately, they will not be moving the parade to another date since many participants were from out of town, and will not be able to make the trip again.

The theme of the parade was "A Salute to Heroes." The parade would have featured several TV personalities, Snowbird, and the Nashville Sounds mascot Ozzie were both to be featured as well. The 2013 Miss Tennessee Teen USA, Emily Suttle, was also planning to appear in the parade.

A giant Red Flyer wagon from the reality show "Possum Holler Garage" would have been carrying wounded warriors and the families of three fallen heroes from Marshall County. The fallen heroes are Army Sgt. David Hierholzer, Army Staff Sgt. Todd Nunes, and U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Marc Golczynski. The Patriot Guard Riders would have been escorting their families.

Car clubs locally as well as from Nashville, Memphis, and Huntsville would have been riding in the parade. This would have included the Vets with Vetts Car Club.

According to Bob Hopkins of the Marshall County Emergency Management Association, Marshall County received varying amounts of rain. The highest amount reported was 8.5 inches. This was found mid county. The rest of the county reported as much as 7.5 inches.

According to the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network's stations throughout Marshall County, the highest precipitation reports came from three different locations. Chapel Hill station 3.3 WSW recorded 8.21 inches from July 3 to July 8; Lewisburg station 5.1 SW recorded 6.93 inches, and Cornersville station 3.6 SE recorded 5.7 inches.

Hopkins said the watershed area of the Duck River didn't rise enough to cause any real problems. Marshall county is ahead by 6 to 7 inches on average rainfall for this time of year. After being asked whether or not the rain received was considered beneficial to the crops Hopkins replied, "Oh it was excellent for the crops! It was a steady rain and fell slowly enough to sink in."