Obituaries

Jan 30, 2014

Mrs. Mable Massey, age 83, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, died Thursday evening, January 30, 2014.  Mrs. Massey was born in Illinois and was a life long homemaker. She was a member of Chapel Hill Community Baptist Church.  She was preceded in death by her mother, Evelyn Smith.

Mrs. Massey was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and...

Jan 26, 2014

Mr. Clarence “Slick” Crowell, age 80, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2014 in Shelbyville, TN. He was born in Bedford County, TN to the late Thomas M. and Flossie Mae Helton Crowell. In addition to his parents, Mr. Crowell was preceded in death by his wife, Sue Carolyn Haynes Crowell. He was a retired brick and rock mason...

Jan 25, 2014

Ms. Priscilla Adams, age 62, of Murfreesboro, TN, died Saturday, January 25, 2014 in Murfreesboro, TN. She was a native of Williamson County, TN and of the Christian Faith.  Priscilla was employed by Vijon Laboratories.  She was preceded in death by her father, T. W. Vaughn who died in March of 2010.

Survivors...

Jan 24, 2014

Patricia Diane Hart Krueger, age 70, of Chapel Hill, Tn, died Friday, January 24, 2014 in Franklin, TN.  Mrs. Krueger was born in Chicago, illinois and was a daughter of the late Robert and Virginia Short Hart.  She was a retired property manager.

Survivors include her husband, Robert Joseph Krueger of Chapel Hill, TN.

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Jan 20, 2014

Joshua R. Woody, age 15, of the Caney Spring community of Marshall Co., died Mon., Jan. 20, 2014. A native of Chico, CA, Joshua was the son of Todd Adam Smith and Tracy Woody Smith. He was a 7th grader at Forrest School and also had attended Chapel Hill Elementary School. Joshua was always happy and was indeed a...

Jan 17, 2014

Ralph Odell Osteen, age 83, passed away on January 17, 2014, at his home in Brentwood, TN.  He was born in Caney Spring, TN to parents Willie Homer Osteen and Pauline Walker Osteen. He was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Maxine Chambers Osteen, who passed away on July 16, 2013, and his three brothers, Willie...

Jan 11, 2014

Miss Kathy Jean Morgan, age 59, of Chapel Hill, TN, died Saturday, January 11, 2014. Kathy was born in Marshall County and was a daughter of Mildred Nadene Cromer Morgan and the late Leonard Asahel Morgan. She was a member of the Chapel Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Kathy was a lobby person and processor at Goodwill Industries in Lewisburg...

Jan 10, 2014

Mrs. Emily Jean Weiland, age 78, of Chapel Hill, TN, died Fri., Jan. 10, 2014. A native of Bells, TN, Mrs. Weiland was a daughter of the late Isaac Carlyle Shaw and Mary Elizabeth Wainright Shaw. Mrs. Weiland was the the Music Librarian for the former WSM morning news orchestra and for 18 years she was involved in music...

Jan 7, 2014

Mr. James Milton Simpson, age 85, of the Rover/Eagleville Community, died Tuesday evening, January 7, 2014 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Mr. Simpson was an avid lover of basketball and baseball, of which he used to play. He was a life long farmer and carpenter and enjoyed his time loafing at Carlton’s General Store with his many friends. He was an...

Jan 4, 2014

ELLA TAYLOR MOORE, age 107, was born in Rover, Bedford County, Tennessee on March 27, 1906, to the late James Thomas and Susie Lou Davis Taylor. She died January 4, 2014 at her home in Nashville.

Ella grew up in Rover and graduated from Rover High School. She traveled throughout the UnitedStates and Canada with her first...

Jan 2, 2014

Mrs. Velma Maxwell Cooper Cartwright, age 95, of Unionville, Tennessee, died Thursday, January 2, 2014 in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Mrs. Cartwright was born in Bedford County and was a daughter of the late Willie Newt and Edna Sudberry Maxwell. She was a member of the Unionville United Methodist Church and was retired from the United Postal Service as a postal...

Dec 30, 2013

Mr. Larry Calendine, age 66, of Columbia, TN, died Monday, December 30, 2013 in Nashville, TN. He was a native of Morgan County, OH and a son of the late Ralph Leonard and Louise White Calendine.  Mr. Calendine served in the United States Army and was a Church of Christ Minister serving numerous congregations and currently serving...

Dec 29, 2013

Sara Frances Quirk Smithson,  age 82 of Chapel Hill, TN, died December 29, 2013. Preceded in death by parents, Luther and Lena Wright Quirk; husband of 59 years, Charles Wade Smithson; and infant son, Darrell Wade Smithson.

Survived by daughter, Lesa (Bill) Piper; grandchildren,Natalie (Drew) Bingham, Leigh (Josh) Orendorf, Bill Reid (Sophie) Piper; great-grandchildren, Luke and Emily Bingham,...

Dec 27, 2013

Mary Sheffield, age 67, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, died Friday evening, December 27, 2013 at her home. Mary was born in Marshall County and was a daughter of the late Jack and Clary Alice Wheeler Sheffield. She was a graduate of Forrest High School Class of 1964. She retiredafter 44 years as a licensed practical nurse, working her entire...

Dec 25, 2013

Mrs. Tammy Gay Jarvis, age 47, of Chapel Hill, TN, formerly of Floyd Co., KY, died Wed., Dec. 25, 2013 at her residence following an extended illness. A native of Martin, KY, Tammy was a daughter of Danny Dale Hicks and Gaynelle Collins Hicks who survive. She was a homemaker and was preceded in death by a daughter, Terri...

Dec 25, 2013

Mrs. Pamela Sue Manire Beasley, age 56, of Columbia, TN, died Wednesday, December 25, 2013 in Mt. Pleasant, TN. She was born in Murfreesboro, TN to Herbert P. and Mary Jane Hartley Manire. Mrs. Beasley spent her life as a homemaker to her children and was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her...

Dec 23, 2013

Mrs. Nora Bee Doggett Carlton, age 93, of the Chapel Hill, TN, died Monday, December 23, 2013 in Murfreesboro, TN. She was a native of Marshall County and a daughter of the late Otha and Madie Casteel Doggett.  Mrs. Carlton was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and retired from Henry Horton State Park.  She also...

Dec 20, 2013

Mr. Joseph Eugene Garriott, age 89, of Lewisburg, TN, formerly of Louisville, KY, died Fri., Dec. 20, 2013 in Lewisburg. Mr. Garriott was a native of Louisville and was a son of the late Joseph Morris Garriott and Verna Mae Richardson Garriott. He was preceded in death by his wife, Alberta Kathleen Price Garriott, who died in 2009. He was retired from...

Dec 19, 2013

Mr. Dalton Ray Crane, age 80, of Lewisburg, TN, died Thurs., Dec. 19, 2013. A native of Cornersville, Mr. Crane was a son of the late Tim Crane and Nettie Geneva Griggs. He was a retired painter and was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served during the Korean War. Mr. Crane was a member of the Farmington...

Dec 18, 2013

Mrs. Lillian Calvert Leonard, age 79, of Chapel Hill, TN, died Wed., Dec. 18, 2013. A native of Marshall Co., Mrs. Leonard was the daughter of the late Flurnoy Calvert an M.A. Marlin Calvert. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a son, Edward Leonard, Jr. and her husband Lavan Leonard. Survived...