Jason was born in Nashville. He graduated from Franklin High School. He met Ashley at ETSU. Then he joined the Army.

Jason and Ashley married and moved to Ft. Bliss. Jason had a boxer, Charlie. He rode motorcycles, played tennis. Jason and Ashley planned a formal wedding after he returned from Afghanistan.

Army Spc. Jason K. Edens was an infantry mortar soldier. At Laghman Province Afghanistan on April 15, 2012, his unit came under small arms fire. He was shot in the head while returning to a vehicle to get mortar. He was flown to Germany then Walter Reed, but the wound was fatal. Jason passed away when he was 22 years old, eleven days after he’d been shot.

His funeral processional cut through Franklin. The town froze as long parade of motorcycles, police, and vehicles slowly, loudly, and deafeningly silently halted traffic for about a half hour as Jason’s friends, family, and a massive, powerful line of motorcycles moved slowly by. Bystanders and pedestrians stopped, stood at attention.

Today, as we remember all sacrifices, we single out Jason. Take a few minutes and read about him here. He was and is the best of us. –The NSWX Team.

Our continued rainy pattern sticks around and isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

A scattered shower/storm will be possible throughout the day, lasting into the evening. It won’t rain all day, nor are we expecting any severe weather.

The forecast essentially holds true for the remainder of the week. Scattered showers and storms will be possible each daily, with the highest chances in the afternoon and evening. No severe weather is in the forecast.

Healthy rainfall totals are expected over the next seven days, although higher amounts are expected to our south.

Temperatures still holding steady, with highs in the low to mid 80s.