Rebecca "Becky" Smith
March 20, 2017
Rebecca "Becky" Lou Smith, age 89 of Murfreesboro, passed away on Monday, March 20, 2017. She was a native of Rutherford County and the daughter of the late Hoyt and Pearl Marlin Smith.
Ms. Smith was a graduate of Murfreesboro Central High School, David Lipscomb University and Peabody College...
Charles "Charlie" Hamby, Jr.
March 19, 2017
Mr. Charles Edwin "Charlie" Hamby, Jr., age 77, of Murfreesboro, TN passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017. He was born in Bel Air, MD to the late Charles Edwin, Sr. and Dorothy Carver Hamby. Mr. Hamby was the co-founder of Parthenon Metal Works in LaVergne, TN and proudly served his country in the United States...
Leah Bee Smallwood
March 19, 2017
Leah Bee Smallwood, age 9, of Murfreesboro, TN, passed peacefully on Sunday, March 19, 2017. She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Joani Bush; and great-grandfather, Thomas Bush.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 3:00 p.m. at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
She is survived by her loving parents, Michael...
Pastor Bobby Leon Mcelhiney
March 19, 2017
Pastor Bobby Leon McElhiney, age 79 of Murfreesboro, passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2017. He was a native of Davidson County and the son of the late Dave Herbert and Ethel Futrell McElhiney. He was also preceded in death by a son, Mark McElhiney.
Funeral service will be 11:00am Friday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Interment will...
Isaac Richard Drewry
March 19, 2017
Isaac Richard Drewry, age 91 of Murfreesboro, passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2017. He was a native of Wilson County and the son of the late Isaac Richard and Mettie Jane Armstead Drewry, Sr. He was also preceded in death by his sisters, Ellen Skulley, Mamie Drewry, Irene Jordan and Bertha Worley.
Funeral service will be...
James Earl Neville
March 18, 2017
James Earl " Jim" Neville, age 68 of Smyrna died Saturday March 18, 2017. He was a native of Wisconsin and was preceded in death by his parents, Earl and Alice Neville. Mr. Neville was a member of the Catholic Church and attended Kedron United Methodist Church. He was retired from Whirlpool in LaVergne.
Alvin Jackson Ralston, Jr.
March 18, 2017
Alvin Jackson "Jack" Ralston, Jr. went home to be with His Savior, Jesus Christ on March 18, 2017, after a long hard battle with cancer with his family by his side.
Jack was born at home in Eagleville, TN to Alvin and Katherine Ralston on January 5, 1938. Â He came onto this world...
Melissa Newkirk
March 18, 2017
Melissa Newkirk, age 58 of Christiana, died Saturday at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. She was a native of Murfreesboro and a daughter of the late Sam Houston and Ruth Cooper Carlton. She was also preceded in death by a nephew, Freeland Maxwell, and a brother in law, John Swart.
Survivors include her husband, Billy Newkirk; sisters, Charlotte...
Susan Crick Rucinski
March 17, 2017
Susan Crick Rucinski , age 64 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Friday March, 17, 2017 after a brief illness. A native of Eagleville, TN, she was the daughter of Herbert B. Crick of Eagleville, TN and the late Mary Evelyn Allen Crick.
Mrs. Rucinski is survived by her husband, Bill Rucinski; father, Herbert B. Crick...
Jerry Austin Camp
March 17, 2017
Jerry Austin Camp, age 66 of Auburntown died Friday March 17, 2017. He was a native of Dunlap, TN and was preceded in death by his father, Newt Camp. Mr. Camp was a retired Electrician with Southland Brick and Block, and veteran of the United States Army serving during Vietnam Conflict.
He is...
Pauline Baxter Cantrell
March 17, 2017
Pauline Baxter Cantrell, Â long term resident of Rutherford County, age 104, passed away on March 17, 2017 and was a recognized centurion in Rutherford County.
Mrs. Cantrell was a native of Lawrence County, TN, and was the oldest member of First Baptist Church in Murfreesboro. She is preceded by...
Benjamin "Ben" Lewis Culbertson
March 16, 2017
Benjamin "Ben" Lewis Culbertson , age 34 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Thursday March 16, 2017. He was born in Nashville, TN. Ben was a 2001 graduate of Fred J. Page High School, and a member of Epworth United Methodist Church in Franklin, TN.
Ben is survived by his parents, Barry and LeNoir Hilten Culbertson...
Doris May (N'Ee Rave) Clayton
March 15, 2017
Doris May (née Rave) Clayton, age 88 of Murfreesboro, TN, died peacefully on March 15, 2017, at Adams Place in Murfreesboro. She was born on July 21, 1928, in Hicksville, NY, to Edward Christopher and Florence Mabel Rave. Doris's career as a highly respected teacher began with the attainment in 1949 of a bachelor's degree from the State University...
James E. Nipper, Jr.
March 12, 2017
James E. Nipper, Jr. age 52 of Memphis died Sunday at his home. He was a native of Rutherford Co. and son of the late James E. and Patricia Jane Webb Nipper, Sr. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Faith Nipper.
Funeral services will be Thursday...
Arthur Burnette
March 12, 2017
Arthur Burnette, age 84 of Smyrna died Sunday March 12, 2017. He was a native of Pikeville KY and was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia Anne Burnette; parents, Alonzo Curtis and Daisy Steele Burnett, brother, Paul Burnett. Mr. Burnette was retired from New York Telephone and Bell South. He was a veteran of the United...
Mary Barrett
March 12, 2017
Mary Alletha Leonard Barrett, age 91, went to be with The Lord Sunday, March 12, 2017. She is the wife of the late Robert David Barrett and the daughter of the late John Melvin and Lula Bean Leonard.
Born in Macon Co., TN, Mary was a loving wife and...
Stephen Mark Clawson
March 12, 2017
Stephen Mark Clawson , age 60 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Sunday March 12, 2017. He was a native of Sumter, SC. Mr. Clawson was preceded in death by his father, John Edward Clawson, Sr. and by a sister, Lisa Clawson, and brothers, John Edward Clawson, Jr. and Daniel Thomas Clawson.
Mr. Clawson is survived...
Frances M. Odom
March 11, 2017
Frances Mae Odom, age 94, of Smyrna, TN, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 11, 2017. A native of Ruleville, MS, she was preceded in death by her parents, Emmett George and Royce Christine Gibson Davis. She was also preceded in death by her husband William Welch who died in 1965 and husband Eugene Odom who...
John E. Swart
March 11, 2017
John E. Swart, age 72 of Bon Aqua, TN Â died Saturday March 11, 2017. He was the son of the late, John and Frances Swart, and was also preceded in death by a brother, Robert Swart and sister, Mary Beth Medo. Mr. Swart was retired from the United States Navy having over 28 years of service.
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Mary Emma Graves
March 8, 2017
Mary Emma King Graves, age 94 of Smyrna, died March 8, 2017. She was born in the Old Jefferson community of Rutherford County, and was the daughter of the late Ollie Mae Waller King and Joe Harris King. Mrs. Graves was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Ernest Lee Graves; and siblings, Joe Harris, Jr., Bennie,...
