Obituaries

Oct 17, 2019

Mr. Robert Neely Hopkins, age 51, of the Laws Hill Community of Marshall County, died Thursday, October 17, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Hopkins was born in Lewisburg, Tennessee and was a truck driver and lifelong farmer. Robert was a graduate of Forrest High School Class of 1986 and was a member of Church Street Church of Christ in...

Oct 8, 2019

Mr. Jack P. Williams, Sr., age 93, of Eagleville, TN, died Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at his home.  Mr. Williams was born in Davidson County, TN, and was a son of the late Zoe Anne McMurtry McKinney.  He was a member of Eagleville Baptist Church and a member of the Adult Men’s Sunday School Class.  Mr. Williams was an...

Oct 4, 2019

Mr. Thomas Chaffin, Jr., age 73, of Eagleville, TN, died Friday, October 4, 2019. Born in Putnam Co., TN, Mr. Chaffin was a son of the late Thomas Chaffin,Sr. and Minnie Alice Hargis Chaffin. He was a self-employed carpenter. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 2 sisters and 5 brothers.

Survived by...

Oct 4, 2019

Mrs. Thelma Howell, age 91, of Cartersville, Georgia, died Friday evening, October 4, 2019 in Cartersville, Georgia.

Mrs. Howell was born in Gordon County, Georgia and was a daughter of John Frank and Amanda Ida Chambers Mauney. She retired after over 20 years as the secretary of the guidance office, which she helped establish, at Cherokee High...

Sep 28, 2019

Mrs. Brenda Sue Love Thurman, age 62, of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2019, at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro, TN.

Mrs. Thurman was born in Franklin, TN, to her late parents Lonnie Edwards and Allie Mae Wilson Love. She was a member of Rockvale Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Thurman was a homemaker...

Sep 28, 2019

Mr. Albert Ray Neese, age 80, of Nashville, Tennessee, died Saturday, September 28, 2019 in Nashville.

Mr. Neese was born in Marshall County, Tennessee and was a son of the late Jimmie Lee and Johnnie Belle Johnson Neese. He served in the Tennessee National Guard and was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Nashville. Mr....

Sep 27, 2019

Mrs. Wanda Leverette Overcast Bustamante, age 52, of Shelbyville, TN, died Friday, September 27, 2019. Born in Illinois, Wanda was a daughter of the late James Leverette and Bertha Catherine Lynch Prouty. She was a manager with Hardee’s Restaurant. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Teresa Griggs; 2 brothers, Jerry...

Sep 24, 2019

Mr. R. C. “Buck” Edmonson, age 88, a lifelong resident of the Flat Creek Community in Williamson County, TN, died Tuesday, September 24, 2019, in Franklin, TN.  Mr. Edmonson was born in Williamson County, TN, and was a son of the late Luther Blythe and Mattie Iona Eady Edmonson.  He was a lifelong farmer and a member of the...

Sep 19, 2019

John Eldon Fant passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, September 19, 2019 in Nashville, TN, at the age of 88. John was a native of Nashville, TN, and a son of the late Eldon Jewel and Eulalia Ann Puckett Fant. John was a member of the Bellevue Church of Christ and was a graduate of Vanderbilt University....

Sep 15, 2019

Mrs. Tiffany Christina Wolfe, age 33, of Smyrna, TN, passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2019, in Smyrna, TN.

Tiffany was born in Nashville, TN, to her parents, the late Lawrence Frederick Villers, Jr. and Betty Lorraine Heughan Villers, who survives. She attended Anthem University for medical coding until the school closed.  Tiffany loved photography and listening...

Sep 14, 2019

Mrs. Jeannie Mathis, age 72, of Cornersville, Tennessee, died Saturday, September 14, 2019 in Franklin, Tennessee. Mrs. Mathis was born in Wadesboro, Louisiana and was a daughter of the late Floyd Lee and Iris Grace Freeman McLain. She was a homemaker, a retired teacher and a member of Miracle Tabernacle Church in Shelbyville, Tennessee. In addition to her parents,...

Sep 8, 2019

Mrs. Earleen Dalton Young, age 77, of Lewisburg, TN, died Sunday, September 8, 2019, in Lewisburg, TN.  Mrs. Young was born in Maury County, TN, and was a daughter of the late Ennis McKinley and Wilmarie Fuller Dalton.  She was a hairstylist at Family Hair Care in Lewisburg and a member of the Lewisburg Church of God.  In addition...

Sep 7, 2019

Mr. Nicholas Alan Kellis, age 25, of Decatur, TN, died Saturday, September 7, 2019. A native of Escambia Co., FL, he was the son of the late Michael Kellis and Tracy Ann Layton Peterson who survives. Nick was employed as a short order cook.

Survived by his Mother and Father, Tracy...

Sep 6, 2019

Mr. Jammie Darnell, age 50, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, formerly of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, died Friday, September 6, 2019 in Murfreesboro. Mr. Darnell was born in Gallatin, Tennessee and was a contractor.

He was a graduate of the Class of 1987 at Forrest High School in Chapel Hill where he was a member of the Forrest Rockets football...

Sep 3, 2019

Mrs. Margaret E. Mabry, age 100 of Greenbrier, Tennessee, formerly of Thompson Station, Tennessee, died Tuesday, September 3, 2019 in Springfield, Tennessee. Mrs. Mabry was born in Marshall County and was a daughter of the late Jessie Paul and Margaret Elizabeth Cook Burrow. She was a homemaker and retired bookkeeper. Mrs. Mabry was a member of First Baptist Church...

Sep 3, 2019

Mr. Doyle Keith Gattis, age 78, of Lewisburg, TN, died Tuesday, September 3, 2019. Born in Lewisburg, TN, Mr. Gattis was a son of the late Johnny Ernest Gattis and Helen Doris Collins Gattis. He was a retired Maintenance Supervisor with Heil-Quaker with 34 years of service.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a...

Sep 2, 2019

Mr. Sammy W. Ralston, age 91, of Chapel Hill, TN, died Monday, September 2, 2019 in Lewisburg, TN.  He was born in Rutherford County, TN, and was a son of the late Andrew Monroe and Fannie Taylor Ralston.  Mr. Ralston was a member of the Riggs Church of Christ and was a longtime farmer and retired from R &...

Aug 31, 2019

Miss Clover “CloClo” Lee Yancey, age 11, of Chapel Hill, TN, passed from this life on Saturday, August 31, 2019 at Monroe Carell, Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, TN.  She was a native of Nashville, TN, and a daughter of Jason and Emily Berman Yancey.  Clover attended Gateway Church of Shelbyville, TN.  She was a graduate of...

Aug 30, 2019

Mrs. Jean Thompson, age 80, of Lewisburg, TN, passed away on Friday, August 30, 2019, in Shelbyville, TN, with her family by her side.

Mrs. Thompson was born in Marshall County, TN, to her late parents Carl Otis Batten and Daisy Mae Shires Batten. She was a homemaker for all of her life, a hard worker, a loving...

Aug 30, 2019

Mrs. Mary Louise Lamb, age 71, of Unionville, TN, died on Friday, August 30, 2019, in Shelbyville, TN, with her family by her side.

Mrs. Lamb was born in Murfreesboro, TN, to her late parents Robert Franklin Smothermon and Maggie Irene Ragsdale Smothermon. She was a machine operator at Tyson Foods. In addition to her parents, she...