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Murfreesboro & Smyrna Obituaries

Vivanh Vongdara

Vivanh Vongdara

May 19, 2015

Vivanh Vongdara, age 73 of Murfreesboro died on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. He was a native of Laos and served in the Laotian Army. Funeral service will be 3:00pm Sunday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. He was preceded in death by his wife, Somlith Vongdara who died in 2009. He is survived by his children, Bounsom Vongdara, Siamphone Vongdara, Vipakone Vongdara,...

Horace Lowe Heath

Horace Lowe Heath

May 18, 2015

Horace Lowe Heath, age 80 of Smyrna, TN, passed away Monday May 18, 2015. A native of Nashville, TN, his family moved to Smyrna, TN when he was five years old. He lived on the same road from age five until his death. Mr. Heath was the son of the late Levi Lowery and Fannie Lee Barrett Heath. He was...

Thomas E. Mcclanahan

Thomas E. Mcclanahan

May 18, 2015

Thomas E. McClanahan, age 72 of Murfreesboro passed away on Monday, May 18, 2015. He was a native of Rutherford County and the son of the late Howard Hampton and Novella Beatrice Norris McClanahan. Visitation will be from 1:00 until 2:00pm Friday with a Memorial service at 2:00pm Friday at Grace Baptist Church with Dan Watts and Terry Wilkerson officiating....

Mary Joyce Olson Logsdon

Mary Joyce Olson Logsdon

May 17, 2015

Mary Joyce Olson Logsdon, age 95 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Sunday May 17, 2015. A native of Wausa, NE, she was the daughter of Peter and Alma Lundgren Olson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Richard Logsdon. Mrs. Logsdon is survived by her daughter, Jane Johnston of Murfreesboro, TN; son, Richard "Rick" Logsdon, and his wife...

Robert F. Deaton

Robert F. Deaton

May 16, 2015

Robert F. Deaton, age 81 passed away at NHC on Saturday, May 16, 2015. He was the son of the late Clyde M. Deaton and Annie Hull Deaton and was a native of Lincoln County, NC but had called Murfreesboro home since 1965. He was a member of First Baptist Church. Before entering college, he served in the Air Force...

Macel Griffin

Macel Griffin

May 16, 2015

Macel Collins Griffin, age 95 of Murfreesboro, died Saturday, May 16, 2015. She was a native of Hickman County and a daughter of the late Bud and Bessie Rogers Collins. She was also preceded by her husband, Howard Kelly Griffin; brothers, Buster and Dale Collins and sisters, Thelma Epps and Alma Sanders. Survivors include her daughter, Ann Rich and her...

Sarah D. Perry

Sarah D. Perry

May 15, 2015

Sarah Dutton Perry, age 91 of Nashville, TN, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Friday May 15, 2015. A native of Newberry, SC, she was the daughter of the late Wade H. and Ida Reiser Dutton. Mrs. Perry was also preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. Perry who died in 2008. Mrs. Perry...

Charles E. Dallas

Charles E. Dallas

May 14, 2015

Charles E. Dallas, age 72, of Murfreesboro, TN; formerly of Paducah, KY; went to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 14, 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles E. and Leora Connell Dallas. Funeral services will be Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Father Jacob Dio will officiate. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial...

Katherine Taylor

Katherine Taylor

May 14, 2015

Katherine Clark Taylor, age 87 of Smyrna passed away May 14, 2015. She was born in Soperton, GA, but grew up in Knightdale, NC. Mrs. Taylor was the daughter of the late Simeon Robert and Sarah Elizabeth Strickland Clark. She was also preceded in death by her husband John Dickerson Taylor who died in 1985 and siblings, George Clark, Pearl...

Barbara Ann Garner

Barbara Ann Garner

May 14, 2015

Barbara Ann Garner, age 84, of Murfreesboro, TN went to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 14, 2015. A native and long-time resident of Dresden, TN she was preceded in death by her parents, William Frank Mangum and Ruth Myrick Mangum Woods. Mrs. Garner was also preceded in death by her husband, Phil L. Garner; sons, Dane Myrick Garner...

William Frank Morris

William Frank Morris

May 13, 2015

William Frank Morris, age 75 of Murfreesboro, died Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at the Residence at Alive Hospice, Nashville. He was a native of Rutherford County and a son of the late Alton Hall and Eva Mai Patton Fann, Sr. Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Patsy Morris; a son, Will Morris and a granddaughter, Kyndness Avery Morris, both...

Rufus "Whit" Smith, Jr.

Rufus "Whit" Smith, Jr.

May 12, 2015

Rufus W. "Whit" Smith, Jr., age 67 of Fayetteville, died Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at Lincoln Medical Center. Mr. Smith was a native of Lincoln County and the son of the late Rufus W. and Virginia Phillips Smith, Sr. He was also preceded in death by his first wife Kay Irwin Smith; sister, Sue Ann Noble; a brother, John Porter...

Rebecca N. Felts

Rebecca N. Felts

May 12, 2015

Rebecca N. Felts age 93 passed away Tuesday May 12, 2015. A native of Robertson County, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Edwin and Vera Loraine Sanders Felts. She was also preceded in death by two brothers; Joseph Felts and Ben Felts, Jr. Ms. Felts is survived by her sisters; Loraine Beasley of Murfreesboro, Sarah Seaman of California,...

Charles Stanley Blosch

Charles Stanley Blosch

May 12, 2015

Charles Stanley Blosch, 78, of Smyrna, TN, entered God's Kingdom on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. He was born and raised in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and was the son of the late Albert V. Blosch and the late Elva Houser Blosch. He was also preceded in death by his sister Christine Blosch. He is survived by his wife Sandra Stringer Blosch,...

George Samuel Howes

George Samuel Howes

May 11, 2015

George Samuel Howes age 80 of Murfreesboro, passed away Monday May 11, 2015. A native of Gezira, Egypt he was the son of the late Charles and Helen Condor Howes. He is also preceded in death by his wife Marion Hunt Howes. Mr. Howes is survived by two sons; George David Howes and his wife Debra of Wilson, North Carolina,...

Ruth Burgess

Ruth Burgess

May 10, 2015

Ruth Burgess, age 83 of Smyrna died Sunday May 10, 2015. She was a native of Nashville and was the daughter of the late, Wallace and Gertrude Deweese Richardson. Mrs. Burgess was a member of LifePoint Church in Smyrna and a 1950 Graduate of North High School. She was retired Dietician Supervisor at Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Burgess is survived by...

Thomas Gentry Akers

Thomas Gentry Akers

May 9, 2015

Thomas Gentry Akers, age 63, passed from this life on Saturday, May 9, 2015. He was born in Knoxville, TN and was the son of the late Ray Fields Akers, Sr. and Mary Ruth Davis Akers. Visitation will be held from 4-7 on Wednesday evening and funeral services will be at 2:00 pm on Thursday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Burial...

Betty Jean Webster

Betty Jean Webster

May 9, 2015

Betty Jean Webster, age 78, retired educator died Saturday, May 9, 2015 in the Woodbury Nursing Center due to the effects of Alzheimer's disease. Betty was the older of twin daughters born to E.R. Webster, a Baptist minister and music teacher, and Mildred Knight Webster was a homemaker. Her twin, Margaret Anne, became a nurse. All have preceded her in...

Judith Kay Alexander

Judith Kay Alexander

May 9, 2015

Mrs. Judith Kay Alexander, age 56, of Smyrna, TN passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015. She was born in St. Louis, MO to Barbara Waller and Paul Wilson, Sr. Mrs. Alexander was preceded in death by her father, a son, Keith Alexander, Jr., and a sister, Theresa Aiello. Mrs. Alexander is survived by her husband of 37 years, Keith Alexander;...

Daniel P. Smith

Daniel P. Smith

May 8, 2015

Daniel P. Smith, age 77 of Lavergne, TN, passed away Friday May 8, 2015. A native of Ohio County, West Virginia, he was the son of the late J. O. Curtis Smith and Thelma Dean Miller Smith. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Dora Smith who died in 2014. Mr. Smith is survived by his children, Sara...

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