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Murfreesboro & Smyrna Obituaries

Robert Edwin Hooper

Robert Edwin Hooper

May 2, 2022

Robert Edwin Hooper, age 70 of Smyrna died Monday May 2, 2022. He was born in Nashville and was preceded in death by his parents, Buddy and Margaret Hooper.

Mr. Hooper was a member of Smyrna Church of Christ and retired from Genesco in Nashville.

He is survived by his wife of 23 years, Jofi...

Charles Wade Parker

Charles Wade Parker

May 1, 2022

Charles Wade Parker, age 80, native and lifelong resident of Murfreesboro, died at home on May 1, 2022.  He was the son of the late Edna Eula Foster and Herschel Parker.

Wade attended Central High School and was a U.S. Army veteran. He was a Murfreesboro fireman for many years and owned a landscaping service...

Crissy Dales

Crissy Dales

May 1, 2022

Mrs. Crystal "Crissy" Dawn Jacobs Dales, age 50, of Woodbury, TN passed away Sunday, May 1, 2022. She was born in Murfreesboro, TN to the late Robert M. and Betty Ruth Brewer Jacobs. Crissy worked as a clerk for the Town of Smyrna, TN. She enjoyed gardening, decorating, and her chickens. Crissy watched Yellowstone and was enthusiastic at Christmas...

Annette Margaret Doreen Stewart

Annette Margaret Doreen Stewart

May 1, 2022

Annette Margaret Doreen Stewart, age 81, of Smyrna, TN, died Sunday, May 1, 2022. A native of Cambridge, England she was preceded in death by her parents, Stanley Barrett and Jean Glowacki; husband, Charles R. Stewart; and son, Charles William Stewart.

A funeral procession will leave Woodfin Chapel in Smyrna at 2:45 p.m. for a graveside service...

Lois Allingham

Lois Allingham

April 30, 2022

Lois "Loey" Allingham, age 66, of Smyrna, Tennessee, passed peacefully on Saturday, April 30, 2022. She was preceded in death by her father, Geroge Albert Kelvington; and brother, Jon Kelvington.

She is survived by her husband, Nevin Joseph Allingham; mother, Lois Kelvington; sons, Matt Edwards, Eric (Teresa) Edwards, Nathan (Jennifer) Edwards, and Jason (Cami) Kelvington; grandchildren, Kella,...

Robert "Bobby" Arthur Green, Sr.

Robert "Bobby" Arthur Green, Sr.

April 30, 2022

Robert "Bobby" Arthur Green, Sr passed away peacefully at his home the morning of Saturday, April 30 th , 2022, at the age of 82, with family and friends at his side. He was born on February 12 th , 1940, to loving parents, James L. Green and Mabel A. Green.

Bobby went to college at Aquinas...

Chrissy Kim

Chrissy Kim

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...

Elleigh Mai Spring

Elleigh Mai Spring

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

Larry Bobbie Taylor

Larry Bobbie Taylor

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...

Paul Raymond Atkinson

Paul Raymond Atkinson

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...

Donald Allen Mcmahon, Ii

Donald Allen Mcmahon, Ii

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,...

Robert Clarence Wiese

Robert Clarence Wiese

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...

Joan Smith-Jones

Joan Smith-Jones

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;...

Margaret Castleberry

Margaret Castleberry

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...

Martha Jane Nevins

Martha Jane Nevins

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...

Jeanne Darlene Collard

Jeanne Darlene Collard

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...

Jean Wilson

Jean Wilson

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...

Donna Payne

Donna Payne

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...

Charles Frederick Mason

Charles Frederick Mason

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...

Franklin "Frankie" Delano Ratcliff, Jr.

Franklin "Frankie" Delano Ratcliff, Jr.

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...

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