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Murfreesboro & Smyrna Obituaries

Dave Olsen

Dave Olsen

September 2, 2020

David Coe "Dave" Olsen, age 65 of Smyrna, TN passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 2020. He was born in Hackensack, NJ to the late Frank and Barbara Schwarz Olsen.

Mr. Olsen is survived by his wife, Rebecca Bragg Olsen; children, Scott Olsen (Joelle), Steven Olsen (Jessica), and Sarah Olsen (Michael Wolfe); grandchildren, Athena Olsen, Zander Olsen,...

Eugene "Gene" Holloway Sloan

Eugene "Gene" Holloway Sloan

September 1, 2020

Eugene Holloway Sloan Jr

Gene Sloan, age 90, passed from this life September 1, 2020, at home in Murfreesboro, TN. Born July 31, 1930 in Lebanon TN to the late Gene H. Sloan Sr. and Lillian White Sloan, he managed to live a very long and full life despite his love of experimental aircraft, antique MGs and...

Susan Walkup Boney

Susan Walkup Boney

September 1, 2020

Susan Walkup Boney, age 78 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2020. A native of Murfreesboro, TN, she was the daughter of the late B. T. and Sue Harrell Walkup. Mrs. Boney was also preceded in death by her brothers, Thomas, George, and Joe Walkup.

Mrs. Boney is survived by her husband of...

Barry Drennon Porterfield

Barry Drennon Porterfield

September 1, 2020

Barry D. Porterfield, age 76 of Murfreesboro died at his home on September 1, 2020. He was a lifelong resident of Murfreesboro and was member of Barfield Baptist Church. He was retired from MTSU, and his retirement he worked at the Rutherford County Convenience Center at Walter Hill, and Rutherford County Workhouse.

Mr. Porterfield is survived by...

Judy Elaine Baugh

Judy Elaine Baugh

September 1, 2020

Judy Elaine Baugh, age 59 of La Vergne died Tuesday September 1, 2020. She was a native of Huntsville AL and was preceded in death by her parents, Emmett and Bell Atchley, and a brother, Emmett Atchley Jr. She had worked for Murfreesboro Animal Clinic.

Mrs. Baugh is survived by her husband of 36 years Leon Baugh;...

Wanda Billingsley

Wanda Billingsley

September 1, 2020

Mrs. Wanda Ann Fly Billingsley, age 90, of Murfreesboro, TN went to be with the Lord Tuesday, September 1, 2020. She was born in Maury Co., TN to the late William Claude and Gladys Thomas Fly. Mrs. Billingsley was the Salutatorian of the 1948 graduating class of Central High School in Columbia, TN. She and her husband worked at...

Freya Miller

Freya Miller

September 1, 2020

On Tuesday, September 1, 2020, Freya Bandy Miller, loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away at the age of 75.

Freya was born on October 13, 1944 (Yes, it was a Friday!) in Murfreesboro, TN to Lewis and Lillian Bandy. She graduated from Central High School and attended MTSU. It was at MTSU that she met and...

Wanda Faye Beane

Wanda Faye Beane

September 1, 2020

Wanda Faye Beane, age 87 of Smyrna, Tennessee, died Tuesday, September 1, 2020. She was a native of Ardmore, OK and a daughter of the late John and Ruth Cothran. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Aubrey Beane, Sr. and a son, Terry Lee Beane.

Survivors include two sons, Aubrey...

Troy Dean Lewis

Troy Dean Lewis

September 1, 2020

Troy Dean Lewis, age 48 of Murfreesboro died Tuesday September 1, 2020. He was lifelong resident of Rutherford County and a 1991 graduate of Riverdale High School. He was owner of Lewis Residential Painting.

Troy loved his friends and family deeply. He filled his non-working hours and with family dinners and visiting friends. He could build anything...

James Arnhart

James Arnhart

September 1, 2020

James Rhyne Arnhart, age 96 of Murfreesboro, Tennessee passed away at Alive Hospice on September 1, 2020. He was born in Asheville, North Carolina on January 26, 1924 but raised in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Mr. Arnhart was preceded in death by his wife Bobbye Arnhart and his parents, James William and Eula Rhyne Arnhart; brothers, Arwyn and Jerry...

Ruth Maeann Patterson

Ruth Maeann Patterson

August 31, 2020

Ruth Maeann Patterson, age 75, of Rutherford Co., TN passed away on Monday, August 31, 2020. She was born in Beechgrove, TN to the late Bertha Gay Miller and Bill Driver. Mrs. Patterson was a cosmetologist and homemaker to her family.

Mrs. Patterson is survived by her husband of 44 years, Charles Patterson; her three...

Sylvia Johnson

Sylvia Johnson

August 31, 2020

Sylvia Crane Johnson, age 82 of Murfreesboro, Tennessee passed away Monday, August 31, 2020. Sylvia was born November 4, 1937 in Crowell, TX, a beloved daughter of Lee and Oma Crane.

She graduated from Gordon Lee High School in 1956 where she was a cheerleader and voted Homecoming Queen, Football Queen and Most Beautiful. Sylvia had a...

Dorothy Jean Routh

Dorothy Jean Routh

August 31, 2020

Dorothy Jean Routh, age 84 of LaVergne, passed away  Monday, August 31, 2020. A native of Nashville, she was preceded in death by her parents Walter and Margaret Taylor. She was also preceded in death by an infant sister, Peggy Taylor.

She is survived by her husband, Roy Routh; her children, Renee Chambers and her husband Mark;...

Gregory Maxwell Tekulve

Gregory Maxwell Tekulve

August 30, 2020

Gregory Maxwell Tekulve, 73, of Smyrna, TN passed away surrounded by family on August 30th. Born November 5, 1946 in Batesville, IN he was the son of Frank and Joan Tekulve. He is survived by his devoted wife, Anne, and his two daughters, Angela and Nicole, his brother Steve, and sisters Jean, Mary Jo, and Linda.

A...

Tina Thomas

Tina Thomas

August 30, 2020

Selestina "Tina" Thomas, age 55 of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, died Sunday at her home surrounded by her family. She was a native of St. Clair Shores, Michigan and the daughter of the late Albert Alley and Freda Mullett who survives her.

In addition to her mother, she is survived by a daughter, Kristin Isabell and husband Daniel of...

James Cheum Leuang

James Cheum Leuang

August 30, 2020

James Cheum Leuang, age 56, of Nolensville, TN passed away Sunday, August 30, 2020.

He is preceded in death by his father, Ne Leuang.

He is survived by his wife, Laddavanh; his children, Alex, Priscilla, and Victoria Leuang; his mother, Bien Leuang; and his siblings, Jay Leuang, Ching Leuang, and Soy Gautney (husband Lyle).

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Richard Edward Eugene Mccutcheon

Richard Edward Eugene Mccutcheon

August 29, 2020

Richard Edward Eugene McCutcheon , age 73 formerly of Smyrna, TN, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2020. A native of Nashville, TN, he was the son of the late James Charles Ollie McCutcheon and Hattie Mae Williams McCutcheon. Mr. McCutcheon was also preceded in death by his wife, Linda Faye Dalton McCutcheon who died April 26, 2020...

Rick Stern

Rick Stern

August 29, 2020

Mr. Richard "Rick" Stern, age 74, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2020. He was born in Los Angeles, CA to the late Alick Frank and Rosemary Nees Stern. Rick proudly served his country in the United States Army for four years during Vietnam. He was awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. Rick grew up playing water polo...

Lester Baker

Lester Baker

August 29, 2020

Lester Darrell Baker, age 53 of Smyrna. He was a native of Tennessee and was preceded in death by his parents, Carl and Claudine Shepherd Baker. Mr. Baker was a member of Lakeshore Christian Church and was a Truck Driver for XPO Logistics.

He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Melanie Baker; children, Joshua Baker...

Roy Thomas Thornton

Roy Thomas Thornton

August 29, 2020

Roy Thomas "Tom" Thornton December 2, 1950 – August 29, 2020

Tom Thornton was called home to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 29, after a long life filled with love.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Evelyn Marie Shady Thornton, and his father, Brownie Elmer Thornton, as well as his brothers,...

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