Joann West Stevens
December 4, 2013
Joann West Stevens age 84 of Murfreesboro formerly of Nashville died Wednesday December 4, 2013. She was a native of Nashville and was the daughter of the late, Wilson and Johnnie Baker West. Mrs. Stevens was a member of Dalewood Baptist Church and a graduate of Peabody College with a major as a Concert Pianist. She was retired after 30...
Bonnie Barnhill
December 4, 2013
Bonnie Barnhill, age 62 of Murfreesboro, TN, died Wednesday December 4, 2013. A native of Aberdeen, S.D., she was the daughter of the late Albert Oster. Bonnie is survived by her daughters, Shannon Anderson and her husband Trever of Murfreesboro, TN and Stacey Fontana and her husband David of LaVergne, TN; her faithful puppy, Maddie Bella; mother, Edna Kautz Oster...
Radley Rehnborg
December 3, 2013
Radley Rehnborg, age 74, of Murfreesboro formerly of Charlotte North Carolina, died Tuesday December 3, 2013. He was a native of Bradford Pennsylvania and was preceded in death by his parents, Herbert and Ruth Christine Radley Rehnborg. Mr. Rehnborg, retired from Corning Glass works and later retired from Royal Insurance Company as a data processor. Mr. Rehnborg is survived by...
Kevin Collins Bevill
November 30, 2013
KEVIN COLLINS BEVILL, age 55, of Murfreesboro, left us November 30, 2013 to be with his son Jarod Thomas and his parents, Billie Thomas and Bobbye Collins Bevill. Kevin is survived by his wife of 29 years, Beverly Spence Bevill; son, Jordan Spence Bevill and wife Ashley; daughter, Sara Collins Bevill; and granddaughters Caroline Ophelia and Ellyana Rose. Kevin will...
James E. "Jimmy" Jones
November 29, 2013
James E. "Jimmy" Jones, age 99, passed away Friday at the Tennessee State Veterans Home. He was born in Smyrna on January 3, 1914 and at an early age moved to Murfreesboro where he spent the rest of his life. Mr. Jones was a son of the late Richmond and Anna Eliza Holloway Jones. He was also preceded in death...
Gladys Kluth
November 29, 2013
Gladys M. Kluth, age 92 of Smyrna, died Friday at her home. She was a native of Rives, Tennessee and the daughter of the late Squire Elbert and Nellie Qualls Reeves. Her husband Kenneth Charles Kluth also preceded her in death. Mrs. Kluth is survived by her children Debra Kluth of Smyrna and David Kluth of Antioch, IL; grandchildren Kurtis...
Howard Childress
November 28, 2013
Howard Childress, age 92 of Murfreesboro, died Thursday at his home. He was a native of McMinnville, TN and the son of the late William Floyd and Leoma Smith Childress. He was also preceded in death by his wife Jane Long Childress. He retired from the Rutherford Courier as a printer. Before his death, he was writing a book of...
Edward "Ed" Norton Fowler
November 28, 2013
Edward Norton "Ed" Fowler, age 91 of Smyrna, died Thursday Nov. 28, 2013. He was born July 26, 1922 in Dyersburg, to the late Edward Clayton and Tossye May Bush Fowler. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Robert Bush Fowler. After graduating from Gallatin High School in 1941, where he played football, with the Green Wave Team...
Patsy Nadean Forrest
November 28, 2013
Patsy Nadean Wilkins Forrest, Murfreesboro, TN, passed away on November 28, 2013 with family at her side. She was born Sept. 4, 1936 in Marshall County KY, oldest child of the late Howard & Dora (Monhollen) Wilkins. A committed teacher and compassionate caregiver, Patsy's life was dedicated to the nursing profession. She was a graduate of Brewers High School, Murray...
Glenna Benge Janes
November 27, 2013
Glenna Benge Janes age 86 of LaVergne passed away Wednesday November 27, 2013. A native of Red Springs, Texas she was the daughter of the late Simon and Gladice Hatter Benge. She is also preceded in death by her of husband of 66 years Edward M. Janes who died September 18, 2012, a brother James Benge, and a sister Ailene...
Elvis Essary, Jr.
November 27, 2013
Elvis Essary, Jr., age 83 of Murfreesboro, died Wednesday at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. He was a native of Dresden, TN and the son of the late Thomas Elvis and Bobbie Lou Fitch Essary. Mr. Essary is survived by his wife Dr. Pat Essary; children Larry Essary of Union City, Carol Miller and her husband Jack of Willis, TX, Jerry...
Harley H. Irwin
November 27, 2013
Harley H. Irwin, age 97, died Wednesday, November 27, 2013. Mr. Irwin was a native of Knox County and was the son of the late W. S. and Hontie Fox Irwin. Funeral services will be at 1:30PM Saturday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Rev. Loyd Mabry and Whit Smith will officiate. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Garden with full military...
Charles Kenneth Leonard
November 26, 2013
Charles Kenneth Leonard Sr., age 85, of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Tuesday, November 26, 2013. A native of Rutherford County he was preceded in death by his parents, Richard and Annie Baird Leonard. Mr. Leonard is survived by his loving wife, Melba Hewitt Leonard; two sons, Randy Leonard and his wife Cindy of Manchester, TN and Kenneth Leonard Jr. and...
Ronnie Joe Taylor
November 25, 2013
Ronnie Joe Taylor, age 65, died Monday, November 25, 2013. He was a native of Rutherford County and was preceded in death by his father, Frank Taylor, brothers, Leroy and Charles Taylor and sister, Peggy Taylor. Funeral service will be 11:00am Friday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Bro. Charles Ray will officiate. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. He is...
Joyce Arnold
November 25, 2013
Joyce Arnold age 83, wife of Vernon Burrow, passed away at their home in Murfreesboro on Monday, November 25, 2013. She was a native of Elmer, Oklahoma and was the daughter of the late Wiley and Kate Mayo Tucker. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Clifford Bryant Arnold Jr. who died in 1986; and sister, Peggy...
Lucille S. Stanley
November 24, 2013
Lucille S. Stanley, age 69 of Joelton, TN, died Sunday November 24, 2013. A native of Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Van D. and Ethel Biggs Stafford. Mrs. Stanley was also preceded in death by her husband, James D. Stanley who died 2008, and brothers, Woody and P. J. Stafford, and sisters, Rhoda Williams and Jean...
Rebecca Louise Thompson
November 24, 2013
Rebecca Louise Hall Thompson age 65 of Smyrna, passed away Sunday November 24, 2013. She is preceded in death by her father; Robert E. Hall and her nephew Robert Hall. Mrs. Thompson is survived by her husband of 20 years; Jimmy Thompson, daughter; Robin Shumate and her husband James of Smyrna, her mother; Louise Hall of Hiram, Georgia, two grandchildren;...
James Butler James, Jr.
November 23, 2013
James Butler James, Jr., a longtime resident of Athens, Georgia, passed away Saturday, November 23, 2013, at the age of 81. Born March 9, 1932 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, he was preceded in death by his parents, James Butler James, Sr. and Edith Raney James (Coleman), and his wife of 53 years, Joann Griswold James. He grew up in Murfreesboro where...
Nancy Mcelhiney Proctor
November 23, 2013
Nancy McElhiney Proctor, age 85 died Saturday, November 23, 2013. Mrs. Proctor was a native of Nashville and was the daughter of the late Thomas and Geneva Crowell McElhiney. Mrs. Proctor is survived by a son James B. "Jayme" Proctor of Pittsboro, NC; daughter Sheila Balch and her husband John of Murfreesboro; a sister Jean Milton of Nashville; three grandchildren,...
Barbara Jenkins
November 23, 2013
Barbara Jenkins, age 69 of LaVergne, died Saturday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She was a native of Nashville and was the daughter of the late Walter Rufus Roberson and Bobbie May Hayes Burns. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a sister Louise Moore. Mrs. Jenkins is survived by her husband of 35 years Kenny...
