Tompkinsville News …

Posted September 18, 2019 at 8:17 am

Monday morning, September 9, Monroe Countians woke up to shocking news as the story of a murder/suicide from the night before hit close to home.

The six-year old child killed the night before in Hermitage Springs, Tennessee was Ty Dodson, the grandson of Teddy and Teresa Dodson of Tompkinsville.

Ty, his paternal grandmother and her husband were found dead at the couple’s Nashville home Saturday night, police said.

Police reports noted that Terry Majors, 64, apparently fatally shot his wife, Leigh Shea-Majors, 61, at a home on Dockside Drive, Hermitage. Majors also shot and killed his six-year old grandson before killing himself.

Another grandchild, a four-year old girl, was uninjured and ran to a neighbor’s home for help.

Ty’s father, Chad Dodson, died just a few days before the birth of his only son.

Funeral services were held Thursday, September 12 at Goad Funeral Home in Scottsville.