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...
Walter Irwin, Jr.
November 22, 2013
Walter Irwin, Jr. age 85 of Nashville, TN, died Friday Nov. 22, 2013. Preceded in death by parents, Walter Grant and Florena Elizabeth Rader Irwin, wife, Hazel Marie Clendenning Irwin, children, Jerry and Daniel Irwin, Barbara Marie Waggoner and Mary Elizabeth Kirby, and seven brothers and sisters. Survived by children, Walter Angelo and Chester Wayne Irwin, and Kathy Irwin Gilmore...
Betty Jean White
November 22, 2013
Betty Jean White age 81 of Smyrna, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Friday November 22, 2013. A native of Buffalo, New York, she was the daughter of the late Alverdi and Harriet Sherman Simpson. She is also preceded in death by her husband; Robert John White, a brother Don Simpson and a great-grandchild; Mikayla Rogers. Funeral...
Brian Gum
November 22, 2013
Brian Gum age 45 of Smyrna formally of Huntington, WVA died Friday November 22, 2013. He was a native of West Virginia and worked in Human Resources with Alcon in Huntington. Mr. Gum was preceded in death by his grandparents, Clark & Esta Gum, of Hillsboro, West Virginia and Emery & Eula Haggy of Pomeroy, Ohio Mr. Gum is survived...
Deloris Harrell Mansfield
November 22, 2013
DeLoris Harrell Mansfield, 83, of Murfreesboro died November 22, 2013 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. DeLoris was born October 4,1930 in Rutherford County. She was the daughter of Claiborne J. and Flossie McCarroll Harrell. Deloris was know to her family and friends as "Doey". Deloris was a 1948 graduate of Kittrell High School, where she was crowned Miss Kittrell. DeLoris...
Thomas Joseph Waclawik
November 21, 2013
Thomas Joseph Waclawik, age 53, passed away, Thursday, November 21, 2013. He was a native of Maple Heights, OH. Funeral service will be 7:00pm Sunday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Father Mark Sappenfield officiating. He is survived by his parents, Walter and Veronica J. Waclawik, sisters, Elena Duban and her husband Danny, Babette Roberts and her husband Richard, Veronica L. Waclawik,...
Martha Leslie Becraft
November 21, 2013
Martha Leslie BeCraft, age 71 of Nolensville formerly of Bristol TN died Thursday November 21, 2013. She was a native of West Virginia and was the daughter of the late, Frank Neal Leslie and Clara Mae Turner Leslie. Mrs. BeCraft was a member of Smyrna First Methodist Church. She volunteered for America Reads in the Bristol area and was a...
Billy Ray Nipper, Sr.
November 21, 2013
Billy Ray "Bill" Nipper, Sr., age 80 of Dowelltown, passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2013. He was a native of Williamson County and the son of the late Leroy and Delia Lannom Nipper. He lived most of his life in Rutherford County. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Frances Crowell Nipper who died in 2001. Funeral...
Elsie Stem
November 21, 2013
Elsie Mai Gannon Stem, age 86 died Thursday, November 21, 2013. Mrs. Stem was a native of Cannon County and was the daughter of the late Earl and Beulah Rollins Gannon. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 65 years Willie G. Stem, Jr. who died January 1, 2012. Funeral services will be 2:00pm Sunday at Franklin...
Nina Trout
November 20, 2013
Nina Trout, age 88 of Christiana died Wednesday November 20, 2013. She was a native of Chelsea, Massachusetts. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Pauline Zuben and son, Mark Albert Babson, Jr. Mrs. Trout was a member Temple Baptist Church and had worked at General Electric and Pillsbury in Murfreesboro. She is survived by her husband...
Betty Nell Tatum Murray
November 20, 2013
Betty Nell Tatum Murray, age 86, of Murfreesboro passed away Wednesday, November 20, 2013. She was a native of Birmingham, AL and the daughter of the late William Luther and Maggie May Aldridge Tatum. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Bruce Oliver Murray, and son, Donald Ray Murray. Funeral service will be 10:30am Monday at Woodfin Memorial...
Dakota Kiefer
November 19, 2013
Dakota Kiefer, infant son of Maleah Wynters and Jeff Kiefer of LaVergne passed away Tuesday at Centennial Women's and Children's Hospital in Nashville. In addition to his parents he is survived by maternal grandparents Patricia Wynters of Bell Buckle and Robert Adamson of California; paternal grandfather Randy Kiefer of Fairfield; aunt Marleyna Daughters, an uncle Josh Wynters, and many other...
Helen Ida Slavens
November 18, 2013
Helen Ida Slavens of Belleville, IL, died on November 18, 2013 at the age of 99. Born April 9, 1914 in New Athens, IL, she was preceded in death by her parents, Ewald J. Dittmann and Katherine E. Dittman, and husband, John E. Slavens - a WWII veteran who died in 1960. She is survived by her daughter, Kathy Johnson,...
