Obituaries

April 30, 2022

Chrissy Kim, age 41, of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Saturday, April 30, 2022, of ovarian cancer. She is survived by her husband, Arunesh Nadgir; parents, Yung and Jung Kim; siblings Robert, Katherine, and Karen Kim; nephew and niece, Oliver and Mina Castillo; and her beloved cats, Chewy and Adagio.

Chrissy was born in La Crosse, WI. She...

April 30, 2022

Elleigh Mai Spring infant daughter of Jenna and Hunter Spring gained her heavenly wings on April 30, 2022. She is also survived by her grandparents, April Spring and Jeff Spring, and Amy and Tharon Deacon, Phillip Martin and a host of other family and friends.

Graveside service will be 10:00AM Wednesday at Mapleview Cemetery. www.woodfinchapel.com

April 28, 2022

Larry Bobbie Taylor, age 74, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2022 at Stonecrest Medical Center in Smyrna, TN. Larry was born November 9, 1947 to the late Bert B. and Avis P. Taylor in Nashville, TN. He was also preceded in death by his granddaughter.

Larry graduated from St. Andrew's High School in Charleston, SC, in 1965...

April 28, 2022

Paul Raymond Atkinson, age 90 of Smyrna, TN passed away on April 28, 2022. He was born in Gloucester City, NJ to the late Joseph P. Atkinson and Elma J. Brown Atkinson. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Earp Atkinson; and sister, Elma McNairy.

Mr. Atkinson is survived by...

April 27, 2022

Donald Allen McMahon, II, age 43 of Lebanon died Wednesday April 27, 2022. He was born in Nashville and was preceded in death, Karen Gentry Sutherland. Donald worked as an Iron Worker.

He is survived by his wife of 19 years, Cheri McMahon; children, Dylan Tomlin and wife Katrina, Chelsea Deares, Chase McMahon; grandchild, Erica Tomlin; father,...

April 27, 2022

Robert Clarence Wiese, age 95, a 13 year resident of Murfreesboro, formerly of Danville and Chicago Heights, Illinois passed away April 27 th , 2022. Mr. Wiese was born in Danville, August 8, 1926, the son of Walter and Henrietta (Bentrop) Wiese and graduated from Danville High School in 1944. He was drafted into the U.S. Navy in December...

April 27, 2022

Joan Smith, aka Joan Jones, age 84 of Murfreesboro, died Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at Saint Thomas Rutherford hospital. She was a native of Ripley, Tennessee and a daughter of the late Clodest Jack Lackey and Ollie Helm Lackey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Tillman Smith; a grandchild, Jerrell Taylor;...

April 26, 2022

Mrs. Margaret Nelson Garner Castleberry, age 94, of Murfreesboro, TN passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at NHC Murfreesboro. She was born in Little Rock, AR to the late John and Curry Waller Nelson. Mrs. Castleberry was an x-ray technician at Murfreesboro Medical Clinic and a faithful member of Third Baptist Church. In her younger years, she would...

April 26, 2022

Martha Jane Nevins, born February 26 th , 1949, in Glasgow Kentucky, passed away at Alive Hospice on April 26 th 2022 at the age of 73. She was raised by loving parents Randall and Jennie Mae Grider, and her family eventually moved to Tompkinsville, Kentucky, where she grew up.

Jane spent most of her life as...

April 26, 2022

Jeanne Darlene Collard, age 53 of Murfreesboro, died Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at St. Thomas Rutherford hospital. Survivors include her husband of 16 years, John Collard; her mother, Georgette Simmons of Lebanon; sister, Jade Bowman and husband Casey; and brothers, Jere T. Parkhurst and wife Anne, Daniel Parkhurst and wife Beka, and Major Parkhurst; and a host of other...

April 25, 2022

Jean Eaton Wilson, age 88 of Murfreesboro, passed away Monday, April 25, 2022. Mrs. Wilson was a native and lifelong resident of Murfreesboro. Mrs. Wilson was a daughter of the late Fred and Mary Frances Smotherman Eaton. She was also preceded in death by her husband and love of her life for over 63 years, James Earl Wilson, a...

April 25, 2022

Donna Bly Payne, age 65 of Murfreesboro, TN died Monday, April 25, 2022, at her home surrounded by her family. She was a native of Rutherford County and was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Payne, her mother, Gracie Nell Pitts Bly, brothers, Charles, Randall, and Stevie Bly, and a sister, Barbara Toombs.

Survivors include her...

April 23, 2022

Retired professional photographer and businessman, Charles (Bud) Frederick Mason, Sr., age 82 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away on April 23, 2022.  He was born in Queens, NY, to the late Charles Rood Mason and Nadine Gertrude Leggett Mason.

Mr. Mason was raised in Bristol, TN, and played quarterback for Bristol High School in the late 1950s.  He...

April 23, 2022

Franklin "Frankie" Ratcliff Jr. age 60 of Smyrna, TN, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 23, 2022. A native of Detroit, Michigan, he was the son of the late Franklin and Virginia Ann Rushing Ratcliff Sr.

He is survived by his loving wife of 32 years, Marie Gibbs Ratcliff; sister, Karen Herring; aunt, Betty...

April 23, 2022

It is with much sorrow that we announce the sudden passing of L.T. Scharnhorst.  He has moved on from his earthly body to be with his Savior.  L.T. loved the Lord, and loved his family.  He was a strong and faithful husband, and a loving father and grandfather.  Daily, his life displayed his hard work, commitment, generosity, and quiet...

April 22, 2022

Joey Lee Allison, age 57, of Murfreesboro, TN went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 22, 2022. A native of Rutherford County, he was preceded in death by his parents, James and Mary West Holliman.

He loved cars and music, he could fix anything and was always ready with a good dad joke. He had...

April 22, 2022

Roy A. Nance, age 91 of La Vergne, TN died April 22, 2022.  He was born April 9, 1931, in Allentown, PA.  His parents were the late James Emmett Nance, Jr. of the Fosterville-Bell Buckle, TN area and the late Hilda Lorene (Baker) Nance of Nashville.  He was preceded in death by sisters Lorene Nance Lockwood and Carolyn...