C.A. Coe
January 3, 2016
C.A. Coe, Jr., age 78 of Murfreesboro, died Sunday, January 3, 2016. He was a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and a son of the late Coy A. Coe, Sr. and Celia Gough Coe. He was also preceded by a brother, Kenneth E. Coe. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Anna Coe; their children, Laurie Hudson and husband David...
Arthur Milton Barnes
January 3, 2016
Arthur M. Barnes age 79 of Murfreesboro, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Sunday January 3, 2015. A native of Atlanta, Georgia he was the son of the late Paul and Sarah Brand Barnes. He is also preceded in death by his step father; James Ethridge, two grandchildren; Timothy Miller, Jennifer Lavelle,...
Essie J. Shelton
January 2, 2016
Essie Jackson Shelton, 89, Antioch TN, January 2, 2016 - Born March 19, 1926 and raised in Sherwood, TN by her beloved parents Marion and Claudia Jackson. Moved to Chattanooga with her first husband, John Pack (deceased 1951) by whom she had two sons, Johnny (deceased), and Don Pack (Gayle) of Antioch, grandsons Jason Pack of Antioch, Donald Pack...
Ralph Bryant
January 2, 2016
Ralph Freeman Bryant, age 81, of Murfreesboro died peacefully on January 2, 2016, following several days surrounded by family. Ralph was born in Cleveland, OH, grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, where he worked for Sears, and in 1972 relocated to Nashville, where he owned Village Hardware and then worked as a realtor. He is preceded in death by his...
Jack Marion Jaworski
January 1, 2016
Jack Marion Jaworski , age 59 of Nashville, TN, passed away Friday January 1, 2016. Born in Stuttgart, Germany, he was the son of the late Marion and Anna Nimmerfroh Jaworski.
Mr. Jaworski is survived by his wife, Lee Rennick; brother, Frank Jaworski and his wife Anna...
Joy Earp
December 31, 2015
Joy Earp, age 54 of Murfreesboro, died Thursday, December 31, 2015. She was a native of Gallatin, TN and a daughter of the late Bates Graves and Martha Cox Graves who survives her. Joy was also preceded by an aunt, Ethel Hughes. In addition to her mother, Joy is survived by her husband, Rick Earp; a daughter, Ashley Crader of...
Eleanor "Ellen" Daniel Chapman
December 30, 2015
Eleanor "Ellen" Daniel Chapman, age 87, of Murfreesboro died Wednesday December 30, 2015. She was a native of Rienzi, MS., and the daughter of the late Robert Elmer and Corenia Lancaster Daniel. Ms. Chapman was a charter member of Murfreesboro Community Church and worked as a mission service corps volunteer with the Concord Baptist Association for over fourteen years....
Dorothy "Dot" Mckinney
December 30, 2015
Dorothy Murphy "Dot" McKinney, age 89 died December 30, 2015. She is the daughter of the late Robert L. and Lucy S. Murphy. She is also preceded in death by her husband; A.C. McKinney Jr., who died in 1970; sister, Jane M. Fielder and brother, Robert S. Murphy. She was native of Chickamauga, GA and attended the Erlanger Hospital...
Ernestine "Tootie" Bonner Davis
December 29, 2015
Ernestine "Tootie" Bonner Slade Davis, age 86 of Murfreesboro, died Tuesday December 29, 2015. She was born in Camden, AL and was the daughter of the late, James Bennett and Ernestine Bonner Slade. She was preceded in death by an infant son, Haywood Davis and her husband, O.H. Davis. Tootie was a member of New Heights Chapel and was...
William Hayes
December 27, 2015
On a Beautiful day in December, the 27th to be exact at 14:50 William (Robert) Hayes, age 68 of Smyrna, TN said  I Love You to his daughter before he took his last breathe in his external vessel and took a voyage into the infinite. From the stars, Infinite, and light we are born, and we shall return our...
Westelle St. Clair Wiseman
December 27, 2015
Westelle St. Clair Wiseman age 90 of Murfreesboro, died December 27, 2015 at Bethany Health and Rehab Center. She was a native of Murfreesboro and was the daughter of the late Fred D. and Belle Hibbett St. Clair. She was also preceded in death by her husband Donald Miller Wiseman who died in 1992....
Arlen Neil Carter
December 27, 2015
Arlen Neil Carter, age 63 passed away Sunday December 27, 2015. He was a native of Great Falls Montana and was a retired ranch manager and herdsman. In more recent years he worked for Publix as a Seafood Specialist. Mr. Carter was a member of Advent Lutheran Church, serving as the vice president of church council. He was an...
Evelyn Mae Steger Zellner
December 27, 2015
Evelyn Mae Steger Zellner , age 71 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Sunday December 27, 2015. A native of Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late Delmah Daniel and Johnnie Mac Jean Steger. Mrs. Zellner was also preceded in death by her husband, Henry Zellner, Jr. and a brother Aubrey Steger...
April Dawn Yant Cameron
December 26, 2015
April Dawn Yant Cameron, age 35 of Bradyville, passed away on Saturday, December 26, 2015. She was a native of Rutherford County and the daughter of the late John Robert Yant. She was also preceded in death by her aunt, Marjorie Vaughan Smith, grandparents, Wheeler Robert (Velvia) Vaughan, Sr., Mary Ellen Vaughan Haynes, John A. and Mary Yant. Funeral service...
Betty Lou Shoemaker
December 26, 2015
Betty Lou Shoemaker, age 78, died December 26, 2015, at Alive Hospice Residence in Nashville. She was a native of the Gassaway Community in Cannon County and was the daughter of the late Lytle and Evelyn Melton Witty. She was preceded in death by her husband Delmar Shoemaker, Sr., who died in 1990, a sister, Nell Summar and her husband...
Christopher "Caleb" Smythia
December 25, 2015
Mr. Christopher "Caleb" Smythia, age 20, of LaVergne, TN passed away on Friday, December 25, 2015. He was born on August 17, 1995 in Nashville, TN to Chris Smythia and Heather Ruzic. Caleb graduated from Sweetwater High School and was employed as a painter.
Caleb is survived by his father, Chris Smythia of LaVergne, TN; mother, Heather Ruzic of Loudon, TN;...
John Thomas Russell, Jr.
December 25, 2015
John Thomas Russell, Jr. age 64 of Gulf Shores Alabama, formally of Nashville passed away December 25, 2015. A native of Davidson County, he is the son of the late John Thomas Russell, Sr. He is also preceded in death by a son; John Thomas Russell III and a brother; Mark Russell.
Melva Reed
December 25, 2015
Melva Reed, age 83, died Friday December 25, 2015 at St. Thomas West in Nashville. She was a native of Missouri and a long-time resident of Springfield, Ill. She was the daughter of the late Harrison and Winifred Baker Givens. Miss Reed was preceded in death by her parents Harrison and Winifred Baker Givens, daughter, Bobbi Lin Collins, brothers, Ernest...
Thomas Braden Lee Sr
December 24, 2015
Thomas Braden Lee, Sr., of Mansfield, TX died, on December 24th, 2015 in Mansfield surrounded by loved ones after a heroic battle with cancer. Braden was born on March 22, 1946 in Smyrna, TN, to William and Ellen Rose Lee. He is survived by his best friend and wife of 51 years, Judith Lee and 5 children, Laurie, Brad, Andrea,...
Barry Dale Carter
December 23, 2015
Barry Dale Carter , age 61, died Wednesday December 23, 2015 at Alive Hospice. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Tuesday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Brother Nathan Hale will officiate. Burial will be in Rocky Glade Cemetery.
Mr. Carter is survived by his wife Sherry Lynn Carter; one son, Barry Wayne Carter and his wife...
