Obituaries
Murfreesboro & Smyrna Obituaries
Michael Turner
November 5, 2013
Michael L. Turner, age 49 of LaVergne died Tuesday November 5, 2013. He was a native of Scottsville Kentuckey and was the son of the late, Donald and Betty Creson Turner. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Richard Turner. Mr. Turner was retired from Metro Davidson County Fire Department. He is survived by his wife, Bobbie Turner;...
Nancy Janutolo
November 2, 2013
Nancy J. Janutolo passed away Nov. 2, 2013, at the age of 79 in Smyrna, Tennessee. She is survived by son, Dan M. Janutolo II, his wife, Katherine L. Janutolo, daughter Melissa L. Robertson; grandchildren Tracy Bramel, April Wright, Ginette Brown, Nancy Giansante, Courtney Letema, Ashley Robertson, and Michael Robertson; eight great-grandchildren; and sisters Deloris Taylor of Plano, TX and...
Berkeley Howard
November 1, 2013
William Berkeley Howard, Sr. age 87, passed away Friday, November 1, 2013 at his home in Murfreesboro. He was a native of Belleville, NJ and a son of the late Thomas Howard, Sr. and Bertha Harris Howard. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Thomas, Harold and Carl, two sisters, Marie Thorpe and Priscilla...
Normalee S. Green
November 1, 2013
Normalee S. Green, age 78 of Murfreesboro formally of Franklin went on to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday November 1, 2013. She was a native of Oklahoma and was the daughter of the late, Robert and Edna Compton Silvers. Mrs. Green was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She is survived by her husband, Al Green; daughters,...
Sandra "Sandy" Bolton
October 31, 2013
Sandra "Sandy" Elaine Hayes Bolton age 67 of Smyrna, passed away Thursday October 31, 2013. A native of Knox County, she was the daughter of the late Ray and Mary Price Hayes. She is also preceded in death by a brother; Ray Allan "Pete" Hayes. Ms. Bolton is survived by her children; daughter Carolyn Vidal and her husband Damain of...
Mary Ann Mathes
October 31, 2013
Mary Ann Mathes, 85, of Quincy, California passed away October 31, 2013 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Mary Ann (Carter) Mathes was born to Charles and Lottie Carter in Bushong, Kansas. While a young girl, the family farm was wiped out by the great dustbowl and the family relocated to Quincy, California where Mary Ann attended Pioneer Elementary and graduated from Quincy...
Kinslee Lanea Rose Walker
October 30, 2013
Kinslee Lanea Rose Walker age 4 of Greenbrier, went home to be with Jesus Wednesday October 30, 2013. Kinslee is survived by her mother Ashley Melton, her father Robert Walker, brothers; Brody Robert Lynn Walker, William Aydin, Layne Derek, Colton Michael, her grandparents; Sandra and Craig Timms of Murfreesboro, Debra Moore of Greenbrier, Rick Walker and his wife Sharon of...
Helen Wanda Davis Pittman
October 30, 2013
Helen Wanda Davis Pittman, age 89 of LaVergne, TN, passed away Wednesday October 30, 2013. A native of Spaulding, OK, she was the daughter of the late James Bethlehem and Annie Mae Shores Davis. Mrs. Pittman was also preceded in death by her husband, Chester Odell Pittman who died in 2002, and by eight brothers, and one sister. Mrs. Pittman...
Frank E. Mcmahan
October 30, 2013
Frank E. McMahan, age 90, died Wednesday, October 30, 2013. Mr. McMahan was a native of Coffee County and was the son of the late John T. and Nora Bryant McMahan. Visitation will be Saturday from 11:30 am until the time of the funeral services beginning at 1:00 pm, Saturday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel with Brother Ralph Gilliam officiating. Burial...
Wilma Irvin
October 29, 2013
Wilma Irvin, age 76 of Woodbury, died Tuesday at her home surrounded by her family. She was preceded by her husband James Irvin, a daughter Cheryl Wilson and a grandson, Michael Wayne Wilson. Mrs. Irvin is survived by her children, Douglas Irvin and his wife Stacey of Tullahoma, Dianna Reese Creader of Fairbanks, Alaska and Anna Holt of Nashville; two...
Donald Ray Knipfer
October 28, 2013
Donald Ray "Donnie" Knipfer, age 57 passed away Monday, October 28, 2013. He was a native of Davidson County and was preceded in death by his son and the light of his life, Donald Ray Knipfer, Jr "Little Donnie"; his brother, Alvin Odell Hedgecoth, II; and his father, Robert Donald Knipfer. He is survived by his wife, Linda; mother, Alma...
George Raymond Patterson
October 28, 2013
George Raymond Patterson, 90, peacefully passed away on October 28th, 2013 at Signature Healthcare in Memphis Tennessee. George was born December 16, 1922, to Arthur Calloway Patterson and Sallie Palmer Patterson in Strawberry Plains, Tennessee. His mother died in his infancy, and he was blessed by his fathers marriage to Flora Patterson, who made the family whole. Life on the...
Mary Ellen Brewer
October 27, 2013
Mary Ellen Brewer, age 68 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Sunday October 27, 2013. Born in Rocky Mount, NC, she was the daughter of the late Fred Jackson Coppedge and Maggie Ellen Moore Coppedge, and was also preceded in death by a brother, Joseph Coppedge. Mrs. Brewer is survived by her husband of 30 years, Dick O. Brewer; sons, Duncan...
Flora Gail Childs
October 23, 2013
Flora Gail Childs age 60 of Smyrna died Thursday October 23, 2013. Mrs. Childs was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She is survived by her husband of 43years, A.G. "Gerry" Childs; children, Keri Lynn Johnson and husband, Kenny of Smyrna, Courtney Elizabeth Holland and husband Kyle of South Pittsburgh, Jonathan Jerald Childs of Cleveland, TN; grandchildren, Brittany & Cole...
Jacob Emmett Laborde
October 23, 2013
Jacob Emmett LaBorde, age 20 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Wednesday October 23, 2013. A native of New Orleans, LA, he was the son of Denise Saucier LaBorde Reed and the late Don Kenneth LaBorde. Jacob is survived by his mother, Denise Saucier Reed and step-father Bruce Reed of Murfreesboro, TN; brother, Don LaBorde of CA; sisters, Emily LaBorde of...
Mary Louise Moore
October 23, 2013
Mary Louise Moore, age 80 of Smyrna died Thursday October 23, 2013. She was a lifelong resident of Smyrna and was preceded in death by her parents Walter and Bobbie May Hayes Burns; son, Eugene Thomas "Butch" Moore, brother, Eugene Roberson, and sister, Dorothy Ann Roberson. Mrs. Moore was a Baptist and retired Hair Dresser had worked a Foodlion in...
Jack Dempsey Irby,Jr.
October 21, 2013
Jack Dempsey Irby, Jr. age 65 of Smyrna, passed away Monday October 21, 2013. A native of Davidson County, he was the son of the late Jack Dempsey Sr. and Loyce Morrison Irby. Funeral service will be 10:00am Saturday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel with Brother Tim Fisher officiating. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens with family and friends serving...
Billie B. Russell
October 19, 2013
BILLIE B. RUSSELL, age 79, of Murfreesboro, died October 19, 2013. She was a native of Bruce, MS, and daughter of the late William and Christine Mitchell Blount. A memorial service will be held Tuesday at 7:00 PM at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 7:00 PM Tuesday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Mrs. Russell is survived by...
Buford Ray Singleton
October 19, 2013
Buford Ray Singleton, age 67, of Murfreesboro died Saturday, October 19, 2013. He was a native of Murfreesboro and the son of the late Lester and Margaret Neal Singleton. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Linda Fay Henard Singleton and brother, Henry Singleton. Funeral service will be 11:00am Tuesday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Donald Owens will officiate....
Clare Christian
October 18, 2013
Clare Christian, age 79 of Murfreesboro, died Friday at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. She was a native of Liverpool, England and a daughter of the late Martin and Mary Mahoney Byrne. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by five sisters and two brothers, her husband Donald Christian and her son Westley Christian. Mrs. Christian is survived...
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