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Murfreesboro & Smyrna Obituaries

Dawn Joyce Gottleber

Dawn Joyce Gottleber

November 26, 2017

Dawn Joyce Gottleber, age 84 of Murfreesboro died Sunday November 26, 2017. She was a native of Bay City Michigan and was preceded in death by her husband, Gary Gottleber, and parents, Wallace and Florence Neumeyer Zacharias.

Mrs. Gottleber is survived by her daughter, Sherry Dashovitz; sons, Dan Gottleber, Matthew Gottleber and wife...

Bernice Cherry Patton Iles

Bernice Cherry Patton Iles

November 25, 2017

Bernice Cherry Patton Iles , age 91, of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Saturday, November 25, 2017. A native of Nashville, TN, she was the daughter of the late Ross M. and Selina Boyd Cherry. Mrs. Iles was also preceded in death by her husbands; William Hall Patton and Virgil L. Iles; brother, Ross Boyd Cherry, and her...

Edwin Todd, Jr.

Edwin Todd, Jr.

November 25, 2017

Edwin Todd, Jr. age 84 of Murfreesboro, died Saturday at his home following an extended illness. Mr. Todd was a native of Rutherford County and the son of the late Edwin Todd, Sr. and Virginia Harrison Todd. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Betty Ann Beasley Todd who died in 2002; an infant sister, Nancy Emily...

Billy "Bill" Ray Pierce

Billy "Bill" Ray Pierce

November 22, 2017

Billy "Bill" Ray Pierce , age 80 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Wednesday November 22, 2017. A native of Cleveland, TN, he was the son of the late Bud Ernest Pierce and Jewel Irene "Betty" (Webb) Pierce Hoyle. Mr. Pierce was also preceded in death by a daughter, Vickie Pierce who died in 1961, and a son,...

Cody Wayne York

Cody Wayne York

November 20, 2017

Cody Wayne York, age 23 of Murfreesboro died Monday November 20, 2017. He was a native of Rutherford County and had attended St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. Cody was a 2013 graduate of Blackman High School and had attended MTSU.

He is survived by his mother, Michelle Snell; father, Mike York and...

Timothy Matthew Wong

Timothy Matthew Wong

November 19, 2017

Timothy Matthew Wong, age 28 of Murfreesboro, passed away Sunday, November 19, 2017. He is the husband of Suzanne Senesombath Wong and the son of Bounseng and Erin Wong.

Funeral service will be at 1:00 PM Saturday, November 25, 2017 with a visitation to begin at 11AM and last...

Lonnie Lee Wooten, Jr.

Lonnie Lee Wooten, Jr.

November 19, 2017

Lonnie Lee Wooten, Jr. age 54 of Lascassas died Sunday November 19, 2017. He was a native of Donelson and was preceded in death by his father Lonnie Lee Wooten, Sr. Mr. Wooten was talented with many jobs and worked construction.

He is survived by his sons, Joshua Wooten and Jessie Wooten, mother,...

Larry Holmes

Larry Holmes

November 19, 2017

Mr. Larry Holmes, age 54, of Smyrna, TN passed away Sunday, November 19, 2017. He was born in Nashville, TN to David and Leona Collins Holmes. Mr. Holmes was a dispatcher for Venture Express and a member of Smyrna Church of Christ.

Mr. Holmes is survived by his son, Dustin Holmes of Smyrna; father David Holmes of...

Patsy T. Chauncey

Patsy T. Chauncey

November 19, 2017

Patsy T. Chauncey, age 81, of Murfreesboro passed away on Sunday, November 19, 2017. She was a native of Atlanta, GA and the daughter of the late J.C. and Mertis Lee Fair Tolbert. She was also preceded in death her husband, Clarence Edward Chauncey and a daughter, Cindi L. Chauncey.

Graveside service will be 11:00am Wednesday at...

Janet Oughton

Janet Oughton

November 17, 2017

Mrs. Janet Oughton, age 88, of Murfreesboro, TN passed away Friday, November 17, 2017. She was born in Columbia, SC to the late Russell, Sr. and Marie McDougall Wiles. Mrs. Oughton was a 1949 graduate of the University of South Carolina where she majored in English and minored in Spanish. She had several jobs throughout her career but her...

Paul G. White

Paul G. White

November 15, 2017

Paul G. White, age 48, of Ashland  City, TN, passed peacefully on Wednesday, November 15, 2017. A native of Brookhaven, New York, he was preceded in death by his father, Thomas Anthony White.

Funeral services will be Saturday at 4:00 p.m. at Woodfin Chapel in Smyrna. Pastor Rick Cua will officiate. A graveside service will be Sunday...

Vongsavan Ratanavong

Vongsavan Ratanavong

November 15, 2017

VONGSAVAN RATANAVONG

July 18, 1934 - November 15, 2017

A resident of Middlesex, United Kingdom, Vongsavan Ratanavong passed away peacefully in the early hours of Wednesday 15 November in St Louis, Missouri. She was happily surrounded by family and friends after spending time visiting family in Nashville.

A Buddhist service will...

Floyd B. Dennis, Sr.

Floyd B. Dennis, Sr.

November 14, 2017

Floyd B. Dennis Sr, passed peacefully on Tuesday, November 14, 2017. A native of Stewart County, TN he was the son of the late John and Etha Joiner Dennis. He was also preceded in death by his sisters, Dorothy, Edna and Frances; and his brothers, Herschel and Marshall.

Funeral services will be Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at...

Fletcher C. Barrett

Fletcher C. Barrett

November 13, 2017

Fletcher C. Barrett, age 84, of Smyrna, TN, died Monday, November 13, 2017. A native of Rutherford County, he was the son of the late Richard and Jennie Bowling Barrett. He was also preceded in death by his brothers, James Barrett and John Barrett; and sister, Alberta Kennedy.

Funeral services will be Friday at 1:00 p.m. at...

Ben Hurt

Ben Hurt

November 12, 2017

Ben N. Hurt, age 84 of Murfreesboro, Tennessee passed away Sunday, November 12, 2017.

He was a 1957 graduate of MTSU where he was captain of the 1956 football team. His love of football led him to coach in the Texas High School Football system until accepting a coaching position at The University of Houston in 1965....

Steven Eugene Alexander

Steven Eugene Alexander

November 12, 2017

Steve Alexander , age 68 of Mt. Juliet, TN, passed away Sunday November 12, 2017. A native of Greensboro, NC, he was the son of the late Bill Alexander and Dorothy Grubbs Alexander. Mr. Alexander was also preceded in death by brothers, Larry and Mike Alexander, and by a sister, Nicki Tidwell.

Mr. Alexander is...

Rachael Willis

Rachael Willis

November 11, 2017

Rachael Willis, age 38, passed away Saturday, November 11, 2017. A native of Smyrna, TN, she was preceded in death by her son, Gabriel Snow Willis.

She is survived by her mother, Audrey Neumann and her husband David; father, Robert Hernandez and his wife Sylvia; children, Blaine Moore, Hannah Willis, Dallas Willis, and Aria Davidson; sisters, Sarah...

Walter Wharton, Jr.

Walter Wharton, Jr.

November 11, 2017

Walter Houston Wharton Jr., 78, peacefully went to be with his Heavenly Father on November 11, 2017, after a brief illness.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter H. Wharton Sr. and Louise Sikes Wharton.

He is survived by two sisters, Louise Marlin...

Howard Stanley Ingrum

Howard Stanley Ingrum

November 10, 2017

Howard Stanley Ingrum, 83 went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday November 10, 2017 surrounded by his loving family at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro, TN.

Stan was predeceased by his parents, George and Vera Ingrum of Blytheville, AR where he was born on December 2, 1933. Stan was...

Alva Elaine Parsons

Alva Elaine Parsons

November 10, 2017

Alva Elaine Parsons was born on Spring Street in Cookeville, Tennessee, the third daughter of A. T. (Tom) Parsons and Daisy May Caruthers Parsons. Her mother passed away at age 30 of Nephritis. For several years Alva was a care-giver for her sister, Virginia Benson, who also died, at age 46, of Nephritis.

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