Obituaries

Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Chapel Hill, TN & Surrounding Areas

Garrett Giles

Garrett Giles

Jul 18, 2015

Mr. Garrett O. Giles, age 95, Pulaski, TN, died Saturday, July 18, 2015 at his residence. He was a native of Marshall County, TN and a son of the late Arthur Giles and Bessie Orum Giles Jay.  Mr. Giles worked as a machinist for Alco in Chicago, IL and he served in the United States Army.  He was a...

Norman Henson

Norman Henson

Jul 17, 2015

Mr. Norman Wade Henson, age 82, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, died Friday, July 17, 2015 in Lewisburg, Tennessee. Mr. Henson was born in Marshall County and was a son of the late Robert Claude Henson and Vera Kareen Wilson Baxter. He was a graduate of Marshall County High School and later attended and received his bachelor’s degree from Carson-Newman College....

Shirley Hensley

Shirley Hensley

Jul 15, 2015

Mrs. Shirley Elene Tune Hensley, age 76, of Lewisburg, TN, died Wed., July 15, 2015 in Columbia, TN. She was a daughter of the late William E. Tune and Irene Lee Tune. Mrs. Hensley grew up in the Summersville, MO area and it is there that she met and married Charles Burton with whom she had two daughters. Shirley...

Carla Beasley

Carla Beasley

Jul 10, 2015

Mrs. Carla Gayle Smithson Beasley, age 63, of the Ash Hill Community of Williamson County, died Friday, July 10, 2015.  She was born in Williamson County and was a graduate of the Class of 1970 at Bethesda High School.  Mrs. Beasley was a member of Spring Hill Presbyterian Church and retired as cafeteria manager at Spring Hill Elementary School...

Pastor Earl Pitts, Jr.

Pastor Earl Pitts, Jr.

Jul 6, 2015

Pastor Earl Pitts, Jr., age 77, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, died Monday, July 6, 2015 in Lewisburg, Tennessee. Pastor Earl was born in Lincoln County and was a son of the late Johnnie Mae Smith Pitts and Earl Pitts, Sr. He was a farmer and butcher and served 29 years as Pastor of Little Hurricane Primitive Baptist Church in...

Wayne Peach

Wayne Peach

Jul 4, 2015

Mr. Wayne “Popeye” Peach, age 79, of the Laws Hill Community in Marshall County, TN, died Saturday, July 4, 2015 at his residence. He was a native of Williamson County, TN and a son of the late James Doyle and Bertha Jewell Marlin Peach.  Mr. Peach was a carpenter and he served in the...

Frankie Scott

Frankie Scott

Jun 29, 2015

Mr. Frankie Dell Scott, age 61, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, died Monday evening, June 29, 2015 in Lewisburg, Tennessee. Mr. Scott was born in Marshall County and was a son of Ruth Elizabeth Matney Scott and the late Dennis Huff Scott. He was a graduate of Forrest High School Class of 1971. Mr. Scott was a member of Chapel...

Ella Lane

Ella Lane

Jun 23, 2015

Mrs. Ella Rowland Locke Lane, age 88, of the Rover community of Bedford Co., died Tues., June 23, 2015. A native of Bedford Co., Mrs. Lane was a daughter of the late Jim Bob Rowland and Maggie Davis Rowland. She was a school cafeteria worker for many years at Community School in Unionville and was a member of Rover...

Louise Brown

Louise Brown

Jun 23, 2015

Mrs. Louise Brown, age 87, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, died Tuesday, June 23, 2015 in Columbia, Tennessee. Mrs. Brown was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee and was a daughter of the late Fred Leon and Edna Lee Bishop Flynt. She was a homemaker and had retired from Durango Boot Company of Chapel Hill. Mrs. Brown was a member of...

Lucille Chrisman

Lucille Chrisman

Jun 22, 2015

Lucille Amanda Chrisman (Nee Newsom), age 78, passed peacefully on June 22, 2015 in Akron, Ohio. Lucille was born in Franklin, Tennessee, the daughter of Roy Newsom and Susie Vinson.

Lucille thoroughly enjoyed camping, traveling, and the outdoors. Raising her children and being a homemaker were some of her many joys.

In 1955 Lucille married...

Tom Ghee

Tom Ghee

Jun 18, 2015

Mr. Thomas Clifton “Tom” Ghee, Sr., age 79, of College Grove, Tennessee, died Thursday, June 18, 2015 in Franklin, Tennessee.  Mr. Ghee was born in Rutherford County and was a son of the late Edd Ghee and Julia Lee Morris Ghee Arnold.  He served his country in the United States Army.  Mr. Ghee retired after 45 years as...

Nellie Stewart

Nellie Stewart

Jun 12, 2015

Nellie Juanita Stewart, age 46, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, died Friday, June 12, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee. Miss Stewart was born in Nashville Tennessee and was a dog groomer and operated a home cleaning service. She was preceded in death by her father, Fred Alexander Stewart, Sr., who died in 2005.

Miss Stewart is survived by her...

Nellie Ring

Nellie Ring

Jun 8, 2015

Miss Nellie Virginia Ring, age 89, formerly of Caney Spring, Tennessee and a long time resident of Mason, Ohio, died Monday, June 8, 2015 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her mother, Nellie Osteen Ring, sister, Gladys Scritchfield Bramlett and brother, Tommy Ring.

Graveside services will be conducted Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 10:00...

Marlene Blalock

Marlene Blalock

May 31, 2015

Mrs. Marlene “Marley” Blalock, age 62, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, died Sunday evening, May 31, 2015 at her home in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Blalock was born in Marshall County and was a daughter of the late Roy Howard and Annie Ruth “Ann” Davis McElhaney. She was a graduate of Forrest High School Class of 1970. Mrs. Blalock retired after 33...

Geneva Hickson

Geneva Hickson

May 30, 2015

Mrs. Geneva Simmons Hickson, age 90, died peacefully at her home in the Laws Hill Community of Marshall County on Saturday, May 30, 2015. Mrs. Hickson was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee and was a daughter of the late William Buford and Sally Violet Slayton Simmons. She was a member of the Chapel Hill United Methodist Church. Mrs. Hickson,...

William Crook

William Crook

May 28, 2015

Mr. William Wayne Crook, age 67, of Unionville, TN, died Thursday, May 28, 2015 in Nashville, TN.  William was a native of Little Rock, Arkansas and a son of the late Earl and Lorraine Bain Crook.  He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  He worked for many years...

Thomas Uselton

Thomas Uselton

May 27, 2015

Mr. Thomas Keith “Rosie” Uselton, age 57, of Town Creek, Alabama, formerly of Lewisburg, Tennessee, died Wednesday evening, May 27, 2015 in Lewisburg, Tennessee. Mr. Uselton was born in Marshall County and was a son of the late Thomas Calvin “Bill” and Emily Rochelle Farlow Uselton. He was a graduate of Marshall County High School and served in the...

Donna Gilbert

Donna Gilbert

May 26, 2015

Mrs. Donna M. Gilbert, age 94, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, died Tuesday morning, May 26, 2015 at her home in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Gilbert was born in New London, Ohio and was a daughter of the late Henry Richard and Amanda Agnes Weiss Stoskopf. She was a homemaker and was retired from Henry Horton State Park restaurant, and later,...

Thomas Bolden

Thomas Bolden

May 21, 2015

Mr. Thomas “Buddy” Bolden, age 79, of Franklin, TN, died Thursday, May 21, 2015 at his residence. He was a native of Rutherford County, TN and a son of the late John Henry and Mattie Sanders Bolden.  Mr. Bolden was a member of the Arrington Baptist Church and was retired from Neely-Coble Truck Company...

Margaret Lutz

Margaret Lutz

May 20, 2015

Mrs. Margaret A. Lutz, age 97, of Chapel Hill, TN, died Wed., May 20, 2015. A native of Rockford, IL, Mrs. Lutz was the daughter of the late Albert and Ruth Johnson. She was a retired Customer Service Representative for the Kroger grocery chain. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Norman Leroy...