Obituaries

Murfreesboro & Smyrna Obituaries

Bessie Lee Garvin

Bessie Lee Garvin

February 2, 2018

Bessie Lee Garvin, age 67 of LaVergne died Friday February 2, 2018.She was a native of Nashville and was the daughter of the late, Brady and Ruby Tidwell Lovell. Mrs. Garvin was also preceded in death by a son, Ronald Eugene Garvin. She was of the Baptist Faith and was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother....

Gina Blythe

Gina Blythe

February 1, 2018

Ms. Gina Mitchell Blythe of Bruceton, Tennessee, passed with family by her side on February 1, 2018. Ms. Blythe was born on October 21, 1958, to the late Mr. Tyler Cox Mitchell (Rebecca).  Ms. Gina Mitchell is predeceased by her parents, brother Ted Mitchell, and several aunts and uncles.  Ms. Blythe resided in Smyrna and is survived by her...

Eric Duwayne Rose

Eric Duwayne Rose

February 1, 2018

Eric Duwayne Rose, age 51 of Lascassas died Thursdays February 1, 2018. He was born in Cleveland OH and was a longtime resident of Rutherford County. Eric was preceded in death by his father, Jerry Lee Rose. He was a graduate of Oakland High School.

Eric is survived by his mother, Pamela Rose...

Florence Weber

Florence Weber

February 1, 2018

Florence Weber, age 88 of Murfreesboro, TN formally of Lancaster OH died Thursday February 1, 2018. She was a native of Hazelton PA and was preceded in death by her husband James Weber, parents, Emil Colonna and Lia Lazaretti Colonna. Mrs. Weber was a Christian and had worked as a Legal Secretary, Lancaster City Schools and retired...

Timothy Lloyd Bratcher

Timothy Lloyd Bratcher

February 1, 2018

Timothy Lloyd Bratcher, age 61, of Smithville, TN passed away Thursday, February 1, 2018. He was born in Charleston, West Virginia to the late Lloyd Bratcher and Sue Bratcher Harris. Mr. Bratcher worked for Home Depot, where he was a territorial manager. He was a singer, songwriter, and luthier, and an avid outdoorsman who loved surfing and golfing.

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Sang Somanith

Sang Somanith

February 1, 2018

Sang Somanith, age 66 of Murfreesboro, died Thursday, February 1, 2018 in Barstow, California.

Mr. Somanith was born December 1, 1951 in Laos to the late Thoum and Houng Somanith. He was a business owner, a loving father and grandfather.

Visitation with the Somanith family will be Saturday from 2:00 until 4:00 p.m. at Woodfin...

Patricia Hudson

Patricia Hudson

February 1, 2018

Patricia Hudson, age 70 of LaVergne, TN passed away Thursday, February 1, 2018. She was born in Davidson County to the late Robert and Tilly M. Lane. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her sister, Jewell M. Lane.

Ms. Hudson is survived by her sisters, Bernice Whitley and Nannette King; nieces, Tina...

Michael Gordon Price

Michael Gordon Price

January 31, 2018

Michael Gordon Price, age 53 of Murfreesboro died unexpected Wednesday January 31, 2018 at his home. Mr. Price was a native of Smithville and preceded in death by his father Gordan Price. He was a member of Belle Air Baptist Church and owner and operator of Southern Landscaping and Irrigation.

Michael is survived...

Paul Edward Burnett

Paul Edward Burnett

January 31, 2018

Paul Edward Burnett, age 82 of Nashville, died Wednesday, January 31, 2018. He was preceded in death by his parents, David Burnett and Pauline Gregory, wife, Melba Oldham Burnett, sister, Mattie Lou Haliburton, brothers, David (Sonny) Burnett, Jack Burnett and Jimmy Burnett.

Funeral service will be 11:00am Saturday at Woodfin Chapel, Smyrna. Bro. Leon White will officiate....

Betty Joan Potts

Betty Joan Potts

January 31, 2018

Mrs. Betty Joan Potts, age 76, of Smyrna, TN passed away Wednesday, January 31, 2018. She was born in Rutherford County, TN to the late William and Lorene Harold Ryan. Mrs. Potts was a certified nursing assistant at the VA Medical Center in Murfreesboro and faithfully attended Holy Resurrection Celtic Church.

Mrs. Potts is survived by her...

Frank Gallina, Iii

Frank Gallina, Iii

January 30, 2018

Frank Gallina III, age 66 of Murfreesboro, died Tuesday, January 30, 2018. He was born in Detroit, Michigan to the late Frank Gallina, Jr. and Jeanette Gallina who survives him.

In addition to his mother, Frank is survived by his loving wife of 44 years, Becky Gallina; a daughter, Kate Gallina McNeil and husband Ben of Nashville;...

Susan Diane Watkins

Susan Diane Watkins

January 30, 2018

SUSAN DIANE TYGER ACKLEY WATKINS, age 70, of Smyrna, TN, passed away on January 30, 2018

She was born April 22, 1947 in Bradford, PA.  She was daughter of the late Max and Harriet Wagner Tyger, Sr.  She was also a long time resident of Salamanca, NY and Randolph, NY.  She is survived by her husband of...

Douglas Wayne Nicholson

Douglas Wayne Nicholson

January 29, 2018

Douglas Wayne Nicholson, age 75, of Bradyville passed away on Monday, January 29, 2018. He was a native of Greenville, SC and the son of the late Riley B. and Willie Mae Nicholson. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Gerald Nicholson and sister, Judy Roberson.

Celebration of his life will be announced at a...

Charles E. Holden

Charles E. Holden

January 29, 2018

Charles E. Holden, age 81, of Murfreesboro passed away on Monday, January 29, 2018. He was a native of Trumann, Arkansas and the son of the late Edward "Jack" and Elsie Manry Holden.

Graveside service will be 1:00pm Thursday, February 1, 2018 at Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery with Military Honors. Craig Bell will officiate.

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Wally Matuszewski

Wally Matuszewski

January 28, 2018

Mr. Walter "Wally" Matuszewski, Jr., age 77, of Rockvale, TN passed away Sunday, January 28, 2018 surrounded by his family. He was born in Dearborn, MI to the late Bernice and Walter M. Matuszewski, Sr. He moved to Murfreesboro, TN in 1985 and then to Rockvale in 1989. Wally worked for General Motors for 25 years and attended Rockvale...

Thelma Jean Britton

Thelma Jean Britton

January 28, 2018

Thelma Jean Bowen Britton, 83, passed away on Sunday, January 28, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee.  She was born on January 15, 1935 to Eugene Henry and Vessie Lillian Jones Bowen in East Stone Gap, Virginia.  On November 26, 1959 she married Johnny Mac Britton in Appalachia Virginia.

She was predeceased in death by...

Jeri Lamb

Jeri Lamb

January 28, 2018

Jerilyn ("Jeri") Massey Lamb of Murfreesboro, TN passed into eternal life on January 28, 2018.  Her vivacious spirit is carried on by her soulmate and loving husband of twenty-two years, Bob Lamb; 4 children:  Ashley Shearin Meade (Jim), Megan Shearin Jones (Jason), Ashley Lamb Ernst (Austin), Wesley Lamb; 8 grandchildren: Logan, Macie, Sophie, Andrew, Hunter, Jackson, Noah and soon-to-arrive...

Donna Blanks

Donna Blanks

January 27, 2018

Donna Blanks, age 55, of Smyrna, TN, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 27, 2018. A native of Rutherford County, she was preceded in death by her parents, William E. and Lorene E. Christopher Blanks.

Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at Woodfin Chapel in Smyrna. Brother Terry Campbell will officiate. Burial...

Isetta Thompson

Isetta Thompson

January 27, 2018

Isetta Zohnia Smith Thompson, age 79 of Murfreesboro, TN, died Saturday, January 27, 2018. She was a native of Leaksville, NC. Mrs. Thompson is survived by her husband of 59 years, James C. Thompson of Murfreesboro; daughter, Juliene Wallace of Fairhope, AL; son, James "JT" Thompson of Rochester, NY; brother, Kramer Smith of Stiles, IA; and several grandchildren, great grandchildren,...

Sharon Mcdonald

Sharon Mcdonald

January 26, 2018

Sharon McDonald, age 55 of Smyrna died Friday January 26, 2018. She was a native of Rutherford County and was the daughter of the late Paul Jean McDonald and Mercella Vanover McDonald. Mrs. McDonald was a member of LifePoint Church in Smyrna and had worked for CEVA Logistics.

She is survived by sons,...

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