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Murfreesboro & Smyrna Obituaries
Luke Batey
September 18, 2021
Mister Luke Aaron Batey passed away Saturday, September 18, 2021. He was born in Murfreesboro, TN to Alex and Megan Batey. Luke's family is a member of Powell's Chapel Baptist Church.
Luke is survived by his parents, Alex and Megan Batey; siblings, Jackson, Wyatt, and Fisher; grandparents, Jack and Jeri Holland and Glenn Batey; great-grandparents, Summers and...
Thomas Willard Ridgill
September 17, 2021
Thomas Willard Ridgill, age 69 of Murfreesboro, TN passed away on September 17, 2021. He was born in Manning, SC, to the late James Willard Ridgill and Iva Lawrimore Ridgill.
Mr. Ridgill is survived by his wife, Melissa Muhlig Ridgill; children, Thomas Willard Ridgill, Jr. and wife Christy, William Anthony Ridgill and wife Jennifer, John Charles Lovell,...
Betsy Chittaphong
September 16, 2021
Mrs. Betsy Bouathip Chittaphong, age 92, of Murfreesboro, TN passed away Thursday, September 16, 2021. She was born in Laos to the late Thitmune Phondeth and Kamchanh Viprakone. Mrs. Chittaphong attended both Wat Lao Buddharam Temple and Wat Amphawan Temple. When she came to the United States and was studying for her citizenship, she admired Betsy Ross and chose...
Angelica Nicole Wade
September 16, 2021
Angelica Nicole Wade, age 28, of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Thursday, September 16, 2021. She was a native of Smyrna, Tennessee.
Funeral services will be Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Woodfin Chapel in Smyrna. Burial will be in Mapleview Cemetery.
She is survived by her parents, Carrie Wade and her husband John Shelby; daughters, Keeley...
Alan Nichols
September 16, 2021
Alan Nichols, 51, of Readyville, TN took his final ride on Thursday, September 16, 2021. Traveling alone to Indiana on his newest Harley, he unexpectedly was given an offer he couldn't refuse. He met his new riding brothers, received his new patch, reunited with his best friend David, and is now forever riding free above the clouds just past...
Betty Vickers
September 16, 2021
Betty McCarthy Vickers, age 90 of Franklin, TN passed away on September 16, 2021. She was born in Detroit, MI to the late Ray Marshall and Elizabeth McCarthy Marshall. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Charles Preston Vickers, and son, Patrick Vickers.
Betty is survived by her children, Callen Vickers...
Pauline Pardy
September 15, 2021
Pauline Sciberras Pardy , age 94 of Murfreesboro, TN passed away on September 15, 2021. She was born in Detroit, MI to the late Crucifesso Sciberras and Annunciata Camilleri Sciberras. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Pardy; and sister, Sr. Connie Sciberras.
Mrs. Pardy is survived by...
Rafferty K. Hatfield
September 15, 2021
Rafferty K. Hatfield, age 31 of Smyrna passed away on Wednesday, September 15, 2021.
Rafferty is survived by his wife Rezja and two step-children, Jaxson and Gideon Lutes. He is also survived by his father, step-mother, mother grandfather, grandmother, step-sister and brother.
Graveside services will be held at Mapleview Cemetery on Saturday, September 25, 2021...
Sam Chanthaboun
September 14, 2021
Mr. Song "Sam" Chanthaboun, age 80, of Murfreesboro, TN passed away Tuesday, September 14, 2021. He was born in Laos to the late Sy and Pap Bounma. Mr. Chanthaboun was well loved by many in the Lao community. He had attended Wat Lao Buddharam Temple and was now a member of Wat Lao Phra That Luang.
Mr....
Susan Beth Jackson
September 14, 2021
Susan Beth Jackson, age 62, passed away Tuesday, September 14, 2021. She was preceded in death by her father, Drew Chidester and a son, Ryan Jackson.
She is survived by her husband, Walter E. Jackson, III; children, Walter E. Jackson, IV and his wife Jennifer, Shawn Jackson, Dana Gomez, Casey Molina and her husband Tony, Corey Parkin;...
David Eric Draper, Sr.
September 13, 2021
David Eric Draper Sr., 61, of LaVergne TN passed away September 13, 2021 at home due to cancer and other health related issues. David was born May 15, 1960 to Eugene and Peggy Draper in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He belonged to a military family where they traveled all over the United States as well as overseas. They finally settled...
Elizabeth Anne Royalty
September 13, 2021
Elizabeth Anne Royalty, age 58 of Murfreesboro, died Monday, September 13, 2021, at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. She was a native of Washington, DC and the daughter of the late Joe and Annie Coulter. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Jeff Coulter.
Survivors include a daughter, Emily Royalty of Murfreesboro;...
Cindy Jean Vernon
September 13, 2021
Cindy Jean Vernon, age 63, passed away Monday September 13, 2021 after a short, courageous battle with Pancreatic Cancer. She was born in Oklahoma City, Ok., and was the daughter of Barbara Jean Vernon of Buena Vista, Co. and the late Robert Eugene Vernon.
In addition to her mother, she is also survived by her sons, Jeremy...
Patricia "Pat" Ruth Peyton
September 13, 2021
Patricia Ruth Peyton passed away September 13, 2021 with family at her side She was born in Perry County, IN and lived her life as a wonderful example of a Proverbs 31 wife. She absolutely was more "precious than rubies". She is preceded in death by her parents Herman and Irene (Carman) Alvey; sister, Barbara Alvey and by her...
Eleanor Jones Ward
September 12, 2021
Eleanor Roosevelt Jones Ward was born on October 23, 1933, to Charles and Alberta (Waltemire) Jones in Lake County Ohio. After graduating from Harvey High School in Painesville, Ohio she attended the Salvation Army School for officers. She was commissioned and officer and spent 14 years at Different Salvation Army locations, This Included the Eastern Territory in the United...
Betty Johnston
September 12, 2021
Betty Jo Newman Johnston, 66, of Southaven, MS, passed away on September 12, 2021, where she spent her final days surrounded by her loving family. A visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00pm Thursday, September 16, 2021 at Coleman Funeral Home of Southaven (626 Star Landing Road East, Southaven, MS 38672). Coleman Funeral Home of Southaven is...
Tina Marie Kolb
September 12, 2021
Tina Marie Kolb, age 52 of Murfreesboro died September 12, 2021. She was a native of Nashville and was manager of Cedar Park.
Tina is survived by her children, Angel, Kyle and Dillon Kolb and wife Jordan; parents, Donald and Sylvia Elaine English McCluskey; sister, Rhonda Shepperd and husband Doug; brother, Stephen and Kristy McCluskey; boyfriend, Stephen...
Michael Anthony Carlino
September 12, 2021
Michael Anthony Carlino, age 76 of Murfreesboro, formerly of Tinley Park, Illinois, passed Sunday, September 12, 2021. He was a native of Chicago, Illinois and a son of the late Michael and Gina McKendrick. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Bradley McKendrick.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Carlino; daughters, Shawn...
Joan Gentry
September 10, 2021
Joan Kay Mong Gentry was born June 13, 1940 in Richmond, Indiana to Willis "Bill" Mong and Donna Faye Mong. She was the eldest of 6 children: Peggy, Sue, Jean, Jerry (Kathy) and Treva (Marvin).
A longtime resident of Murfreesboro, Joanie was preceded in death by her husband, Junior Richard "J.R." Gentry, sister, Sue Mong, stepson, Jack...
Narene Davidson
September 10, 2021
Nora Narene Bell Davidson, age 95 of Murfreesboro, TN passed away on September 10, 2021. She was born in Rutherford County, TN to the late Medford Bell and Jennie Mae Campbell Bell. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, James Broadus Davidson, and brother, Eugene Bell.
Mrs. Davidson is survived by...
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