Obituaries
Murfreesboro & Smyrna Obituaries
Sandy Wu
May 26, 2025
Mrs. Sandy Wu, age 31, of Murfreesboro, TN passed away Monday, May 26, 2025. She was born in Oakland, CA to Henry Wu and Grace Xiao. Sandy was a homemaker to her family and loved to cook and bake. She was an avid watcher of K dramas and going shopping online and in person.
Sandy is survived...
Jerry Damon Williams
May 26, 2025
Jerry Damon Williams, age 68 of Smyrna passed away Monday May 26, 2025, surrounded by  his loving family He was a native of Nashville and was preceded in death by his parents, Gilbert Williams, and Betty Mabry Williams; brother, Jason Williams.
Mr. Williams was a retired Heavy Equipment Truck Driver, He was a avid outdoorsman and loved...
Judy Fay Beasley Malone
May 26, 2025
Judy Fay Beasley Malone, age 83, went home to meet the Lord, on Monday, May 26, 2025. A native of Rutherford County, she was the daughter of the late Jesse T. Beasley and Mary Frances Anderson Beasley. Judy was also preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence "Skip" Malone, a son, Larry "Bubba" Malone, and her brother, Lewis Beasley....
Linda Ann Mason Vaughn
May 26, 2025
Linda Ann Mason Vaughn, age 77 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away comfortably and peacefully in her sleep on Monday, May 26, 2025. Born in Nashville, TN, she was the daughter of the late Joseph C. and Annie Lou Arnette Mason.
Linda is survived by her husband of 57 years, James B. Vaughn, Jr.; son, Brian M. Vaughn...
Debra Kaye Noles
May 25, 2025
Debra Kaye Noles, age 67 of Smyrna, TN, passed away Sunday, May 25, 2025. Born in Charleston, MS, she was the daughter of the late Theodore Rippee and Wilma Christine Skellion Rippee Broussard.
Debra is survived by her husband, J. D. Noles, Jr.; children, Chad Perez of Breaux Bridge, LA, Sonny Milyak of Pittsburgh, PA, Shawn Noles...
Mark Terrell Isenberg
May 22, 2025
Mark Terrell Isenberg, age 75 of Murfreesboro died Thursday, May 22, 2025. Â He was a native of Cave City, Kentucky in Barren County. Â He was preceded in death by his parents Clarence Conrad Isenberg and Marjorie Whitaker Isenberg.
Mr. Isenberg was a 1968 graduate of Caverna High School (Cave City) and a 1972 graduate of Western Kentucky...
Jonas Vaughn
May 22, 2025
Mr. Jonas Duane Vaughn, age 26, of Smyrna, TN passed away Thursday, May 22, 2025. He was born in Nashville, TN to Tony and Dana Wood Vaughn. Jonas was a 2017 graduate of Stewarts Creek High School. While at school, he and his twin brother, Danny, were members of the inaugural Bass fishing team. It was evidence of a...
Eugenia "Gene" Crumpton
May 21, 2025
Eugenia "Gene" Crumpton, age 89 of Smyrna, Tennessee passed away Wednesday, May 22, 2025.
Visitation with the family will be Saturday, June 7, 2025 at St. Luke Catholic Church, Smyrna from 10:00am until the time of a Memorial Mass beginning at 10:30am. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Nashville at 12:00 noon under the direction of Woodfin...
Gerardo Antonio Bran
May 21, 2025
Gerardo Antonio Bran, age 59, passed away Wednesday, May 21, 2025. He was the son of the late Rosaura Bran.
He is survived by his wife, Veronica Palacios; sons, Henry Bran-Palacios, Luis Bran-Palacios, and Eduardo Bran; granddaughter, Melody Bran-Villarreal; brothers, Jose Bran and Carlos Bran; sister, Damarys Bran; along with many other family and close friends.
...Peggy Mcgowen
May 20, 2025
Mrs. Peggy Louise Merritt McGowen, age 85, passed away Tuesday, May 20, 2025. She was a lifelong resident of LaVergne, TN and a daughter of the late Herber E. and Hattie Smoot Sullins Merritt. Peggy started work at Bridgestone manufacturing tires and ended up retiring as a forklift driver. She was a member of Church of Christ.
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Doyle Mcghee
May 19, 2025
Mr. Doyle McGhee, age 82, of Kingston, TN passed away Monday, May 19, 2025. He was born in Clinchmore, TN. Mr. McGhee worked as a machinist for FedEx until his retirement. He loved playing golf anywhere he could.
Mr. McGhee is survived by his sons, Michael McGhee and his wife Teena and Gary McGhee; grandchildren, Dana Ellis...
George R. Hickey
May 16, 2025
George R. Hickey, age 90, passed away Friday, May 16, 2025. He was preceded in death by his parents, Anthony and Barbara Hickey; wife, Sandra Hickey; daughter, Tracy Hickey; sisters, Millie Allen, Marie Nash, Leona Kreighvaum, and Barbara Underwood; brothers, Gene Hickey, Robert Hickey, Edwin Hickey, and Thomas Hickey.
He is survived by his sons, Marc Hickey...
Nina Lee Gilbert
May 15, 2025
Nina Lee Sprinkle Gilbert, age 99 of Murfreesboro died Thursday May 15, 2025. She was a native of Lee County, VA . and was preceded in death by her parents, James Otis  Sprinkle, Viola Kirk Sprinkle Good, husband Ray Gilbert and a granddaughter, Rachel Casper; siblings, Gene and wife Ann Sprinkle, Ray Sprinkle, Sarah Gay Sprinkle Lane, and husband...
Linda Joyce Johnson
May 14, 2025
Linda Joyce Johnson, age 73 of Smyrna died Wednesday May 14, 2025. She was native of Peru, Indiana and was preceded in death by her husband Bobby Johnson, and her parents, Elzie Lee Smartt, and Edna Carlene Smartt.
Mrs. Johnson was a member of Community First Church. She was a long-time employee of the Smyrna Police Department....
John C. Worley
May 14, 2025
John C. Worley, Jr. was born October 13, 1939 in Worley, N.C. to John C. Worley, Sr and Sally Mae Worley who predecease him. John died May 14, 2025 at age 85, survived by his beloved wife of nearly 60 years, Martha Blake Worley. Â The eldest of three, John is survived by brother Arthur Worley (Linda) of Brownstown, MI...
Sophia Aponte
May 13, 2025
Sophia Leiloni Aponte was born on the afternoon of Monday, March 1, 2004, in Nashville, Tennessee, weighing 9 lbs and measuring 19 inches long. She passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
She leaves behind her loving family: her mother, Luz Carmen Ibarra; her fathers, Jose Aponte and David Gonzalez; her sisters, Joceline Aponte...
Paul E. Haught
May 13, 2025
Paul E. Haught, of Woodbury, TN, passed away on May 13, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. He was the son of the late Charles Haught and Bertha Cook.
Paul was an Air Force veteran and after his military career, he worked as a radio technician for Middle TN Electric for many years. Regarding hobbies, Paul was...
Peggy Jean Burnett
May 13, 2025
Mrs. Peggy Jean Burnett, age 83, of Antioch, TN passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2025. She was born in Jackson, TN to the late Raymond and Mable West Davis. Mrs. Burnett was a homemaker to her family and a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Burnett is survived by her children, Deborah (Scott) Williamson, Sonnie (Jeff)...
James Jones, Jr.
May 13, 2025
Dr. Jones passed away at his home on May 13, 2025. Â He was the son of Boyd and Bernice Jones, and was also preceded in death by his sister, Katherine Barfield Jones. Â He leaves his wife of 57 years, Cynthia Ann (Pratt) and a son, Boyd Robert Jones, granddaughter, Jacqueline Jade Jones, and brother Edward Bruce Jones.
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Joan Marr Nagy
May 12, 2025
Joan G. Nagy, 93, of Murfreesboro, TN, died May 12, 2025, at Adams Place in Murfreesboro. She was born July 5, 1931, in Sheboygan, WI, the daughter of Urban T. and Dorothy E. (Canisius) Marr.
Joan was the widow of Alex Nagy, former dean of the Middle Tennessee State University College of Mass Communications. He died in...
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