Grace Laverne Walker
January 14, 2022
Mrs. Grace LaVerne Walker left this life on Friday, January 14, 2022, to meet her Lord and Savior for her new life. Grace was born in Terrace, Pennsylvania to Mildred Grace Taylor McGinley and William W. McGinley. She had one brother, William Warren McGinley, Jr. All predecease her.
Grace was married for over 67 years to Ralph...
Karen Michael
January 14, 2022
Karen Denise Michael, age 55 of Murfreesboro died Friday January 14, 2022. She was a native of Denison, TX and had worked at General Mills in Murfreesboro.
She is survived by her children, Blake Erick Wells and wife Madisen, and Catherine Ann Estelle Elkin and husband Jessie; parents, James and Rita Anderson; brother, Deron Wray Anderson and...
Joy Lee
January 11, 2022
It is with a broken heart that the family of Joy Anne Lee, a fiercely devoted mother "Momma Bear" an adored grandmother, a daughter and loyal sister, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022.
Joy was born on October 23, 1968 in Enterprise, AL "Roll Tide" to Debra Jones Alves (Richard Alves) and the late Lt. Col....
Mabel Fields
January 11, 2022
On Tuesday, January 11, 2022, Mabel Fields, beloved sister, wife, mother, and my Nana, passed away peacefully in her sleep at the age of 78.
Born April 28, 1943 in Frakes, Kentucky to Luster Fuson and Maude Browning Fuson, Mrs. Fields was the ninth of the couple's fourteen children. Raised God-fearing and hardworking, she was endowed with...
Mary Rose Meier
January 10, 2022
Mary Rose Meier, age 94 of Smyrna, TN passed away at her home surrounded by her family on January 10, 2022. She was born in McAdoo, PA to the late Charles F. McBride and Grace Catherine Mundie McBride. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Bernard Eugene Meier; daughter-in-law, Susan...
Cleveann Wolf
January 10, 2022
Cleveann Wolf , age 79 of Murfreesboro formerly Gaylord, MI. died Monday, January 10, 2022 due to complications of Alzheimer's disease. She was a native of Gaylord, MI and was preceded in death by her parents, William McCourt and Jane Hale McCourt.
Mrs. Wolf was a member of First Congregational Church in Gaylord, MI., and...
Joshua A. Lightsey
January 9, 2022
Joshua Ashley Lightsey was born December 18, 1977 in Johnson City, Tennessee to the late John H. Lightsey Jr. and Etta Williams Perry. Harry Perry entered his life at a young age and continued as a devoted father until he departed this life. He accepted Christ at an early age and joined Smyrna First Baptist Church. Joshua was a...
John Joseph Caffrey
January 9, 2022
John Joseph Caffrey, 61, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, passed away at home on January 9, 2022. He was born to George & Josephine Scalise Caffrey in Meriden, Connecticut on February 1, 1960. John graduated from Francis T. Maloney High School in 1978 and extended his studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
John is survived by...
Fay Lewis Schmidt
January 8, 2022
Fay Yevonne Lewis Schmidt , age 78 of Murfreesboro, TN passed away holding her husband's hand on January 8, 2022.
Fay was born on January 20, 1943 at home in Center Grove, TN to the late Katherine Schwartz and Amos Andrew Lewis. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers Clifford Lewis...
Dean A. Hayes
January 7, 2022
Coach Dean A. Hayes passed peacefully after a private battle with skin cancer on Jan. 7, 2022, with his family at his side. He was 84 and still an active coach. Coach Hayes was in his 57th year as head track coach at MTSU. He also was selected to coach teams for the United States and Ghana at the...
Marshall Clay Gupton, Jr.
January 7, 2022
Marshall Clay Gupton, Jr., age 75 of Smyrna, TN, passed away Friday, January 7, 2022. Born to Marshall Clay Gupton Sr. and Louise Hampton Gupton in Chattanooga, TN.
Pastor Gupton is survived by his wife of 53 years, Lynda Maynard Gupton; daughter Valerie Gupton Landkammer (Nate Landkammer) of Brentwood, TN; daughter Kristin Gupton McDade (Walter McDade) of...
Mary Elizabeth Hercules
January 6, 2022
Mary Elizabeth "Susie" Hercules, age 67 of Murfreesboro, died Thursday, January 6, 2022, at home surrounded by her family. She was a native of Rutherford County and was a daughter of the late Bennie Arthur Davis and Mary Francis Barrett. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Jessie Davis.
Survivors include her children, Tracy Warrick...
David Cochran
January 5, 2022
Mr. David Lee Cochran, age 60, of Murfreesboro, TN passed away Wednesday, January 5, 2022. He was born in Beckley, WV to James F. and Wilma Mae Caudill Cochran. Mr. Cochran was a 1979 graduate of New Smyrna Beach Senior High School. He went on to earn his master's degree from Bethel College. Mr. Cochran worked in the I.T....
John Wheaton
January 5, 2022
Mr. John Carlton Wheaton, Sr., age 78, of Murfreesboro, TN passed peacefully Wednesday, January 5, 2022 to await his Savior's return. He was born on August 5, 1943 in Takoma Park, MD to Margery Klaren. John graduated from College View Academy in Lincoln, NE at 16 years old where he was class president. He then graduated from Columbia Union...
Margaret Martin
January 5, 2022
Margaret Frances Groves Martin, age 92 of Smyrna, Tennessee passed away Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at Stonecrest Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Earl and Ruby Briley Groves. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband William I. Martin; a granddaughter, Vicky Lynn Martin; a grandson, Brian Batey and a great...
Danny Ray Thornhill, Sr
January 3, 2022
Danny Ray Thornhill Sr (Dan), age 66 of Smyrna, Tennessee, passed away Tuesday, January 2nd, at StoneCrest Medical Center. He was the son of the late Willard Eugene and Willie Mae Thornhill.
He is survived by his son, Danny Ray Thornhill Jr. and his wife Hope Cook; his brothers Eugene Willard Thornhill and Gregory Thornhill; a sister...
Thomas "Tom" Russell Walton, Jr.
January 3, 2022
Thomas "Tom" Russell Walton, Jr. , age 70 of Smyrna, TN, passed away Monday, January 3, 2022. A native of Jasper, AL, he was the son of the late Thomas Russell Walton, Sr., and Mildred Dooley Walton. Mr. Walton was also preceded in death by his son, Thomas "Tommy" Russell Walton Darby, III.
Mr. Walton...
Nehemias Guerra
January 2, 2022
Nehemias Guerra, Jr. age 21 of Smyrna, died Sunday, January 2, 2022, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He was born in Denver, Colorado and was a son of Eva and Gustavo Jimenez of Smyrna.
In addition to his parents, Nehemias is survived by a brothers, Moses Gayton and Jonathan Elijah Guerra; a twin brother, Jason David Guerra;...
Claude Thomas Mays
January 1, 2022
Claude Thomas Mays, age 70 of Smyrna died January 1, 2022. He was a native of Nashville and was the son of the late, Lohman Claude Mays, and Mildred Elizabeth King Mays.
He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Mindy Mays; children, Melissa Mays, Shannon Mays, Heidi Redmon and husband Jeff, T.J. Mays...
