Obituaries

Mar 8, 2017

Mr. Gordon Lee Foster, age 84, of Eagleville, Tennessee, died Wednesday morning, March 8, 2017 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Mr. Foster was born in Silver Point, Tennessee and was a son of the late Floyd and Hester Clemmons Foster. He served his Country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. Mr. Foster was a member of the Eagleville...

Mar 6, 2017

Mrs. Blanche Sparks, age 75, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, died Monday, March 6, 2017 in Lewisburg, Tennessee. Mrs. Sparks was born in Lee County, Kentucky and was a daughter of the late Sherman Barrett and the late Nannie Lunsford Barrett Dozier. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Pentecostal Holiness Assembly Church in Chapel Hill. Mrs....

Feb 25, 2017

Mrs. Janie Ann Davis, age 79, of Shelbyville, TN, died Saturday, February 25, 2017 in Shelbyville, TN.  Mrs. Davis was born in Fosterville, TN and was a daughter of the late John Dee and Lucy May Tucker Garrett.  She was a homemaker and was co-owner of the Stockyard Café and Steak n Tater Restaurant and was an avid gardener...

Feb 25, 2017

Nancy Bryant Holton, age 73, of Unionville, died Saturday, February 25, 2017. Born in Rutherford Co., TN, Mrs. Holton was a daughter of the late Jim Bryant and Leavie Mae Dunn Bryant. She was a homemaker and a member of Rover Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert...

Feb 24, 2017

Mr. Dixon Grant Pruitt, age 98, of Shelbyville, TN, died Friday, February 24, 2017. Born in Marshall Co., Mr. Pruitt was a son of the late Ulysses Grant Pruitt and Lillie Johnson Pruitt. He was retired from Lone Star Gas Co. in Texas and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. In addition to his parents he was preceded...

Feb 23, 2017

Mallory Gabard Cruz, age 33, of Tucker, GA died Thursday, February 23, 2017. Born in Nashville, TN, Mallory is a daughter of Joseph Gabard and Cindy Lasater Gabard who survive. She was a 2002 graduate of Forrest High School in Chapel Hill; a graduate of Belmont College with a Bachelor’s degree; a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University with...

Feb 20, 2017

Mrs. Dolores McCord, age 95, of Eagleville, TN, died Monday, February 20, 2017 in Murfreesboro, TN.  Mrs. McCord was a native of Rutherford County, TN and a daughter of the late William Earl and Bertha Bowen McKnight.  She was a homemaker and member of the College Grove Church of Christ.  Mrs. McCord was a graduate of Rockvale High School...

Feb 19, 2017

Mr. Tyler Stewart, age 22, of Rockvale, Tennessee, died Sunday, February 19, 2017 in Dickson, Tennessee. Tyler was born in Baton Rogue, LA and worked as a caregiver.

Mr. Stewart is survived by his mother and step-father, Jessica and William Powell, Rockvale, TN; father, John Stewart, Jr., Springfield, TN; sister, Savanna (Aaron) Kamm, Antioch, TN; brothers, Shawn...

Feb 14, 2017

Mrs. Clemmie Liles, age 97, of Cornersville, Tennessee, died Tuesday, February 14, 2017 in Lewisburg, Tennessee. Mrs. Liles was born in Giles County and was a daughter of the late Robert Neal and Mary Olga Tipper Lucurs. She was retired from the former Red Foods Grocery of Lewisburg and was a member of the Church of Christ. In addition...

Feb 6, 2017

Dr. Haskell Harrison Greer, Jr. age 71 of McMinnville, TN, died Monday, February 06, 2017, at N.H.C. Health Care in McMinnville, TN. Born July 17, 1945 in Nashville, TN to Haskell and Thelma Greer, he graduated from East High in Nashville in 1963, and attended MTSU in Murfreesboro where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree, a Master of...

Feb 5, 2017

Mrs. Sherrylynne “Nana” Smith, age 72, of Rockvale, Tennessee, died Sunday, February 5, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. Mrs. Smith was born in Rutherford County and was a homemaker. She had retired from Rich Products, Inc. of Murfreesboro after 35 years of service. Mrs. Smith was a member of Crescent Baptist Church in Christiana, TN. She was preceded in death...

Feb 5, 2017

Mr. Leonard Mayes, age 71, of Chapel Hill, TN, died Sunday, February 5, 2017 at his home.  Mr. Mayes was a native of Williamson County, TN and a son of the late Thad and Grace Crutcher Mayes.  He was a retired farmer and member of Mount Vernon Missionary Baptist Church.  In addition to his parents he was preceded in...

Feb 4, 2017

Mrs. Suzanne Simpson, age 59, of Rockvale, Tennessee, died Saturday, February 4, 2017 at her home in Rockvale. Mrs. Simpson was born in Bedford County and was a daughter of the late Ralph Elem and Ann Elizabeth Little Marshall. She was a graduate of Eagleville High School class of 1975 and was a homemaker and gifted cabinet maker. Mrs....

Feb 4, 2017

Our beloved Melinda Gayle Reid Spearman passed away much too soon, leaving her family heartbroken but grateful to have had her in our lives. She was born in Maryville, Tennessee, and lived a full life that included devotion to her family, medical service to her patients, artistic and scholastic pursuits, as well as being a mother, grandmother, daughter, sister,...

Feb 4, 2017

Mrs. Ann Marshall, age 78, of Eagleville, Tennessee, died Saturday morning, February 4, 2017 in Smyrna, Tennessee. Mrs. Marshall was born in Bedford County and was a daughter of the late Oden Hubert and Eva Lucille Harper Little. She was a member of the Eagleville Church of Christ. Mrs. Marshall was a homemaker and was retired from Samsonite Corporation,...

Feb 3, 2017

Leola Taylor Hundley, age 100, formerly of Ooltewah, TN, passed away peacefully on February 3, 2017 in Shelbyville, TN.

She was born in Ringgold, GA on January 16, 1917. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard D. Hundley, her parents, John and Nita Pearl Taylor, brothers, John Taylor, Thomas Taylor, Broadus Taylor, Marshall...

Feb 3, 2017

Mrs. Lillian Maxine Hamler Mays, age 61, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, died Thursday, February 2, 2017 in Lewisburg, Tennessee. Mrs. Mays was born in Marshall County and was a daughter of the late James and Lydia Hamler. She was a member of West End Church of Christ in Chapel Hill and for several years, served as a caregiver to...

Feb 2, 2017

Mr. Earl Bolden, age 76, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, died Thursday, February 2, 2017 in Murfreesboro. Mr. Bolden was born in Bedford County and was a son of the late John Henry and Mattie Eliza Sanders Bolden. He was a member of the Holts Corner Baptist Church and was a retired mechanic for Anderson Bros. of Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Bolden...

Feb 1, 2017

Mr. Robert L. Douglass, age 80, of Eagleville, TN, died Wednesday, February 1, 2017 in Murfreesboro, TN.  Mr. Douglass was born in Montezuma, Iowa and was a son of the late Dale Andrew and Opal Beatty Douglass.  He was retired from insurance services and was a member of the Baptist faith. Mr. Douglass served in the United States Air...

Jan 31, 2017

Mr. Charles Nixon Hamilton  III, age 60, of the Verona community of Marshall Co., died Tuesday, January 31, 2017. Born in Nashville, TN, Mr. Hamilton was a son of the late Charles Nixon Hamilton, Jr. and Melba Jeanne Haley Hamilton who survives. He was the owner of Alpha II Graphics and was of the Baptist faith.

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