Obituaries
Murfreesboro & Smyrna Obituaries
Nancy Louise Barnes Reed
May 23, 2019
Nancy Louise Barnes Reed , age 65 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Thursday May 23, 2019 at her home after a prolonged battle with Parkinson's disease. She was a native of Nashville, TN, and the daughter of the late Frank and Emma Karl Barnes.
Nancy is survived by her husband Matt Reed; son, Robert Marshall...
Rosemary Chaney Bane
May 23, 2019
Rosemary Sullivan Chaney Bane (age 94) died peacefully on May 23, 2019. She was born in Clever, Missouri to Rosa (Maples) and Earl Tom Sullivan, and her life of music, international travel, joyful service to others and achievement took her from Clever, to Cincinnati, OH, to Springfield, MO and finally to Murfreesboro, TN. She accomplished much in her life,...
Rufus Potts
May 21, 2019
Rufus Potts, age 82, of Smyrna, TN passed away Tuesday, May 21 st , 2019. He is preceded in death by his wife, Betty Jean Potts; parents, Ernest Potts and Ruby Ross Johnson; stepmother, Mattie Potts; and siblings, Jack, Robert, George, and Evie. Mr. Potts was a dialysis technician at the VA Medical Center in Nashville and faithfully attended...
Sally Scott Ledbetter
May 21, 2019
Sally Scott Ledbetter died peacefully on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. Â Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on September 9 th , 1932, she was the consummate local girl, living her entire life in the town of her birth except when attending college in Virginia. Â An avid bridge player, she was smart, funny, beautiful, vibrant and quite the grand hostess. Â Her most...
Ida Sue Reeves
May 21, 2019
Ida Sue McKinley Reeves of Murfreesboro, TN passed away on May 21, 2019 after a long battle with multiple health issues. Mrs. Reeves was born in Granville, TN on August 20, 1932 and was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Charles E. Reeves, and her parents Hugh McKinley and Lois Carter McKinley Cornwell. She is survived...
Jamy Leeann Jordan
May 20, 2019
Jamy Leeann Jordan, age 48 of Murfreesboro died Monday May 20, 2018. She was a native of Nebraska and had attended Central Christian Church. Jamy was a graduate of MTSU and Volunteer State Community College. She was Respiratory Therapist.
Jamy is survived by her daughter, Meri Lindsey and twin sons, Brock and Bryce Lindsey; father of her...
John "Sam" Youree
May 19, 2019
John "Sam" Youree, age 61 of Murfreesboro passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2019. He was a native of Rutherford County and the son of the late Samuel and Rachel Vance Youree.
Funeral Service will be 2:00 pm Sunday, May 26, 2019 at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery.
He is survived...
Somchanh Boupharath
May 19, 2019
Somchanh Boupharath , age 79 of Antioch, TN, passed away Sunday May 19, 2019. A native of Laos, she was the daughter of the late Tidphumee Sengsavang and Somdee Sengsavang. Mrs. Boupharath was also preceded in death by her husband Vanthaboun Boupharath who died April 29, 2019.
Mrs. Boupharath is survived by her daughters, Silinh...
Cecil Waggoner
May 18, 2019
Cecil Waggoner, age 71 of Murfreesboro, died Saturday at home surrounded by his family. He was a native of Lascassas and a son of the late Willie Ernest and Effie Louise Brewer Waggoner. In addition to his parents, he was preceded by a brother, Willie Waggoner.
Survivors include his wife of 26 years, Janice Waggoner; children, Danny...
Donald T. Wolfe
May 18, 2019
Donald Thomas Wolfe, 81, retired professor of political science at Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland, died on Saturday, May 18, 2019 in Murfreesboro, TN. Dr. Wolfe was the son of the late Roland Corrington and Mary Agnes McConnell Wolfe. He was predeceased by three older brothers, Roland C. Wolfe, Jr., of Nashville, John McConnell Wolfe of Chattanooga, and William...
John Leland Goad
May 17, 2019
John L. Goad, age 69, of Murfreesboro passed away suddenly on Friday, May 17, 2019. He was a native of Davidson County and the son of the late Kenneth Leland Goad and Mary Jean Young Goad.
Funeral service will be 2:00pm Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Chaplain Lee Douglas will officiate. Interment to follow...
J.W. Gossett
May 16, 2019
James Wesley "J.W." Gossett, age 94, passed peacefully at his home on Thursday, May 16, 2019.
He is survived by his wife of 72 and a half years, Christine Gossett; two sons, Roy Gossett and his wife Cindy, and Wayne Gossett and his wife Jayne; three grandchildren, Troy Gossett and his wife Marcy, Bryan Gossett and his...
James Patrick Baute
May 16, 2019
James Patrick Baute, age 48, of Manchester passed away on Thursday, May 16, 2019 after a long illness.
Funeral service will be 2:30pm Monday, May 20, 2019 at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Pastor Greg Nash will officiate. Interment will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
He is survived by his mother, Yvonne Wheeler, father, Everett Baute and...
Joseph Nock
May 15, 2019
Joseph "Joe" A. Nock, age 89 of Smyrna, Tennessee, passed away peacefully Wednesday, May 15, 2019. A native of Tarentum, Pennsylvania, he was a son of the late Aloysious A. and Ruth Smith Nock. Mr. Nock was also preceded in death by his wife, Betty Jean Porter Nock; a daughter, Janice Ann Nock Adcock; granddaughter, Skylar Nicole Nock; brother,...
Cathey Ragland
May 15, 2019
Cathey Taylor Ragland, age 75, of Murfreesboro, TN, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. A native of Rutherford County, TN, she was preceded in death by her parents Frank and Josephine Ralston Taylor; and her husband David Ragland.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Trey King...
Roger Steven Neal
May 14, 2019
Roger Steven Neal, age 65, of Smyrna, TN, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2019. A native of Mobile, AL, he was born April 18, 1954.
He is survived by his mother, Virginia Byrd Neal; sons, Christopher Shawn Neal and John Robert Neal; brother, Mark B. Neal; and mother of their children, Christina Neal. He was preceded in...
Namithith "Lae" Bounthavy
May 14, 2019
Namthith "Lae" Bounthavy , age 39 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Tuesday May 14, 2019. A native of Ubon, Thailand, she was the daughter of Sy Bounthavy of Murfreesboro, TN and the late Bounna Bounthavy.
Lae is survived by her father, Sy Bounthavy of Murfreesboro, TN; step-mother, Silivanh Keomahavong of Murfreesboro, TN; brother, Brandon Bounthavy...
Michael Shawn Strom, Jr.
May 13, 2019
Michael Shawn Strom, Jr., age 20 of LaVergne, TN, passed away Monday May 13, 2019. Shawn was born June, 29, 1998 in Silver Spring, MD.
Shawn is survived by his parents, Michael "Mike" Shawn Strom, Sr. and Jessica Rumford Strom of LaVergne, TN; sister, Katelin Strom of LaVergne, TN; grandparents, Dorothy Strom of LaVergne, TN,...
James "Jimmy" Bratten
May 13, 2019
James "Jimmy" Miller Bratten, age 81, of Murfreesboro, TN, died on May 13, 2019 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN. He was born on July 3, 1937 in Liberty, TN to James H. and Elizabeth Miller Bratten. He was a member of the Baptist faith. Jim was a 1955 graduate of Smyrna High School and continued his...
Rita Boles Lankford
May 12, 2019
Mrs. Rita Boles Lankford, age 69 of Murfreesboro, died Sunday morning, May 12, at St. Thomas West. She is survived by: husband, Wayne P. Lankford; 2 sons, Andrew Lankford of Murfreesboro, Tim Lankford and wife Paige of Hendersonville; 6 grandchildren, Jack, Paul and Zoe Lankford; Tyler Lankford, Thomas Akins and wife Lauren and children, Willa Gray Akins and Ada...
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