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Sally Ann Willis

Sally Ann Willis

February 28, 2017

Sally Ann Willis went to be with her Lord on February 28, 2017. She was a resident of Murfreesboro for the past 47 years. She was a native of Bath, NY and the daughter of the late Harold W. and Martha Catharine Caward Smith. She was also preceded in death by her husband Robert E. Willis.

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Ruth Dial

Ruth Dial

February 28, 2017

Mrs. Ruth Dial, age 94, of Murfreesboro, TN passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2017. Ruth was born in Rutherford County, TN to the late Frank and Carrie Carter Tolbert. Mrs. Dial was a life-long resident of Rutherford County and faithful member of Kingwood Heights Church of Christ. She was the owner of The Flower Center...

Marcia Smith

Marcia Smith

February 28, 2017

Marcia Susanne Smith, age 69 of Murfreesboro, formerly of Hermitage, died February 28, 2017.  She was born in Livingston, TN to the late Samuel Baxter and Elise Elizabeth Smith.  She was also preceded in death by her brother, Steve Smith.

Survivors include a sister, Charlotte Masini and husband Joe of Hancock, MI; a sister in law, Judy...

Eara Moore

Eara Moore

February 28, 2017

Eara W. Moore, age 82 of Nashville, died Tuesday. She was born in Hohenwald to the late Ed and Elsie Lawson. She was preceded by her husband, Billy Richard Moore, a daughter, Lorrie Faye Moore, and her brother, Leon Lawson.

Survivors include a son, Ricky (Irene) Moore of Antioch; daughter, Chrisie (Doug) Moore of Clarksville; sister, Louise...

Linzie Jones

Linzie Jones

February 27, 2017

Mr. Linzie C Jones, age 86, of Murfreesboro, TN passed away Monday, February 27, 2017. He was born in Monroe County, KY to the late Ezra and Elma Soards Jones. Mr. Jones proudly served his country in the United States Air Force and later with the Department of Justice as an ATF agent. He was...

Darrell Eugene Burkhart

Darrell Eugene Burkhart

February 27, 2017

Darrell Eugene Burkhart, age 60 of Murfreesboro died Monday February 27, 2017. He was a native of Golconda, IL and was the preceded in death by his mother, Elaine Brinkley; step-sister; Nancy Nickleson; step-mother; Louise Burkhart. Mr. Burkhart was a member of St. Rose Catholic Church and was a former Marine. Mr. Burkhart retired LPN with the...

Ed Axley

Ed Axley

February 26, 2017

Edd "Pappa" Axley, age 87, died Sunday at his home. Mr. Axley is survived by his wife, Elizabeth "Betty" A. "Mamma" Axley; daughters, Angela Roy and husband Tony of Nashville, Karen Parris and husband Pat of Murfreesboro, Linda Smith "their favorite"; grandchildren, Jonathan Parris, Elizabeth Runion and her husband Charlie, Benjamin Parris and his wife Caitlyn, and "Our God...

Brenda Gale

Brenda Gale

February 26, 2017

Mrs. Brenda Gale, age 56, of Manchester, TN passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017. She was born in Cleveland, OH to the late John W. and Carolyn Sajewski Gale. Brenda was a commercial truck driver. She was a loving mother and grandmother to her family and will be dearly missed.

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William Elmer Hammonds, Jr.

William Elmer Hammonds, Jr.

February 26, 2017

William Elmer Hammonds, Jr., age 93, passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2017. He was a native of Nashville, TN and the son of the late William Elmer and Sadie Green Hammonds, Sr. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Amanda Drucilla Overby Hammonds.

Funeral service will be 11:00am Saturday at Woodfin Chapel, Smyrna. Interment...

Amnouay Philom

Amnouay Philom

February 25, 2017

Amnouay Philom, age 67 of Murfreesboro died Saturday February 25, 2017 at her home. She was a native of Laos and longtime resident of Murfreesboro.

She is survived by her husband, Phane Philom; children, Somphane Philom and wife Rosie, Sitthisane Philom and wife Clara Bell; Tommy Philom and wife Pam Wong, John Philom;...

Gloria Daniel

Gloria Daniel

February 25, 2017

Gloria Daniel, age 68, of Murfreesboro, TN, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 25, 2017. A native of Nashville, TN, she was preceded in death by her parents, Herman and Jazzine Bates Page.

Mrs. Daniel is survived by her loving husband, Don Daniel; daughters, Jenny Daniel and her husband Nate Boucher of Chapel Hill,...

Barbara Elaine Oxford Hayes

Barbara Elaine Oxford Hayes

February 24, 2017

Barbara Elaine Oxford Hayes , age 80 of Brentwood, TN formerly of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Friday February 24, 2017. A native of Portsmouth, NH, she was the daughter of the late Charles H. and Evelyn Harris Oxford. Mrs. Hayes was also preceded in death by her husband, Harry Thomas Hayes, Jr.

Mrs. Hayes is...

Duane D. "Butch" Brauen

Duane D. "Butch" Brauen

February 24, 2017

Duane D. "Butch" Brauen , age 77 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away peacefully on Friday February 24, 2017 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. A native of Buffalo, NY, he was the son of the late Ben and Eleanor Darling Brauen. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Doris Brauen Newman.

Mr. Brauen is...

Donald Eugene Tiers

Donald Eugene Tiers

February 23, 2017

Donald Eugene Tiers, age 79 of Smyrna, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2017. He is the husband of Katherine Thorne Tiers, and the son of the late Douglas and Edna Moell Tiers.

There will be a memorial service at 4PM Saturday, February 25, 2017 with a visitation starting at...

Haskel Knight

Haskel Knight

February 23, 2017

Haskel Knight, age 85, of Smyrna, TN, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 23, 2017. A native of Elmore County, Alabama, he was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Mottis Luverne Collier Knight; sisters, Omigene Glasscock and Dewilda Bass; and brothers, Durvin, Berland, and Shelly Knight.

Mr. Knight is survived by his...

William P. Lovvorn

William P. Lovvorn

February 23, 2017

William P. Lovvorn , age 95 of Antioch, TN, passed away Thursday February 23, 2017. A native of Rutherford County, he was the son of the late Frank and Tabitha Boldin Lovvorn. Mr. Lovvorn was also preceded in death by his wife Ruby Travis Lovvorn and brothers, Lonnie and Howard Lovvorn.

Mr. Lovvorn is survived...

Iris Frances Huck

Iris Frances Huck

February 22, 2017

Iris Frances Huck , age 70 of Smyrna, TN, passed away Wednesday February 22, 2017. A native of Buffalo, NY, she was the daughter of the late Ira and Florence Gagnon Hinterberger.

Ms. Huck is survived by her daughters, Wendy Marshall and Heidi Bly and her husband Michael all of Smyrna, TN; sister, Dorothy Kotarski...

Jeffrey Thomas Corley, Sr

Jeffrey Thomas Corley, Sr

February 22, 2017

Jeffrey Thomas Corley, Sr., age 68 of Murfreesboro died Wednesday February 22, 2017. He was a native of Rutherford County and was preceded in death by his parents, James Howard Corley Sr. and Ida Bazell Corley; brother, James Howard "Jim" Corley, Jr. Mr. Corley was a member of Belle Aire Baptist Church and graduate of MTSU. He...

Robert Lamastus

Robert Lamastus

February 22, 2017

Robert Byron LaMastus, 79, died Wednesday, February 22 at the William Childs Hospice House in Palm Bay, FL, following a short illness.

Bob was born August 25, 1937 in Cromwell, KY, the son of the late Hudnall LaMastus and Orianona Porter LaMastus. In 1954, he graduated from Evansville Central...

Milldred Lou "Millie" Davis

Milldred Lou "Millie" Davis

February 21, 2017

Mildred "Millie" Davis, age 87 of Smyrna died Tuesday February 21, 2017. She was a native of Hammond IN and was preceded in death by her husband, Everett Davis; parents, John and Edith Gee McCollom; sister, Shirley Beard; brothers, John, Wayne, and Kenneth McCollom; son-in-law, Arvile Hite. Mrs. Davis was a member of Smyrna Church of the Nazarene and...

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