William Lee Taylor
January 14, 2011
WILLIAM LEE TAYLOR, age 77 of Murfreesboro died Friday, January 14, 2011. He was a native of Onondaga, MI and the son of the late Millard and Leah Jones Taylor. Reverend Taylor was a member of Franklin Road Baptist Church and a retired Minister. He served his country in the US Army during the Korean War. He is survived by...
Hilda Ellen Bowen
January 12, 2011
HILDA ELLEN BOWEN, age 98, of Murfreesboro, died January 12, 2011 at Community Care. Mrs. Bowen was a native of Dayton, Ohio, and daughter of the late William Edwin and Gertrude Eleanor Shain Manning. Funeral services will be Saturday at 11:00 AM at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 9:30 AM until...
Annie Lou Thomas
January 12, 2011
ANNIE LOU LEATHERS THOMAS age 82 of Rockvale, TN, died Wednesday January 12, 2011. A native of Rutherford County, she was the daughter of the late John Bell and Mary Dyer Leathers. She was also preceded in death by her husband Clarence Loton Thomas who died in 1982, by a daughter, Mary Sue Hitner, brothers, John Lee, and Leslie Leathers,...
Pamela Gayle Patterson
January 10, 2011
PAMELA GAYLE PATTERSON, age 56 of Murfreesboro died Monday January 10, 2011. She was a native of Birmingham, AL, and was preceded in death by parents, James and Wilma Miller Linkous. Ms. Patterson was a Nurse at the Alvin C. York Medical Center. She is survived by her daughter, Caressa Patterson; sisters, Paula Miller of Phoenix, AZ, Susan Whitley and...
Joe L. Jacks
January 10, 2011
JOE L. JACKS, age 85, of Murfreesboro, died January 10, 2011 at Lakeshore, The Meadows in Nashville. He was a native of Elora, TN, and son of the late Raymon E. and Zell Hardin Jacks. Funeral services will be Friday at 1:00 PM at Woodfin Memorial Chapel with Bro. Wayne Lankford officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation...
James Matthew Champion, Sr.
January 9, 2011
JAMES MATTHEW CHAMPION, SR. age 34 of Murfreesboro died Sunday January 9, 2011. He was native of Murfreesboro and had worked in construction as a Framer. Mr. Champion is preceded in death by his grandfather, Carlton Champion, Sr.; grandmother, Florence Williams. He is survived by his wife, Monica Champion; children, Tiffany Elaine and James Matthew Champion, Jr. all of McMinnville;...
John Crocker
January 8, 2011
JOHN CROCKER, age 77 of Smyrna died January 8, 2011 at home. He was a native of Camden TN and was preceded in death by his first wife, Jo Anne Crocker; second wife, Maxine Crocker; parents, Lindell and Inez Bowles Crocker, and brother, Lindell Bowles Crocker. Mr. Crocker was Methodist and retired purchasing agent with Heatcraft; He was a Army...
Dr. Anna M. Burford
January 6, 2011
DR. ANNA M. BURFORD, age 83 of Murfreesboro died Thursday, January 06, 2011. She was a native of Glasgow, KY and the daughter of the late Ollis and Pearlie Quinn Burford. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Hardin T. Burford. Funeral service will be 3:00pm Sunday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Bro. John Risse will officiate. Graveside service...
Rev. Dr. William Beryl West
January 5, 2011
REVEREND DR. WILLIAM BERYL WEST, age 79 passed away the 5th day of January 2011. He was born September 4, 1931 in Amarillo, TX. Beryl was preceded in death by his parents, Lloyd Beryl and Lota Bernice Smith West of Borger, TX and a sister Myrna Belle Jones of Carlsbad, NM. He is survived by his wife, Linda Marlin Lynch...
Bernice Doersam
January 5, 2011
BERNICE DOERSAM, age 76 of Harrison, TN formerly of Smyrna died Wednesday January 5, 2011 at her daughters home. She was a native of Jackson County, TN and was preceded in death by her son, Tommy Poston, first husband Robert Poston, second husband, Eugene Doersam, and her parents L.G. and Beulah Williford Loftis. Mrs. Doersam was a member of Stones...
Melanie Denise Adams
January 5, 2011
MELANIE DENISE ADAMS, age 41 of Milton, went home to be with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Wednesday, January 5, 2011, following a short illness. She leaves behind her son, Blake Adams Manuel of Murfreesboro; parents, Wade and Clara Adams of Milton; and a sister, Lisa Wallace and her husband, Scott, also of Milton. Her paternal grandfather, Henry...
Carolyn Mankin Stephenson
January 4, 2011
CAROLYN MANKIN STEPHENSON, age 83 of Murfreesboro, died Tuesday, January 04, 2011. She was a native of Rutherford County and the daughter of the late Rucker and Rena Elrod Mankin. She was preceded in death by her husband, William T. Bill Stephenson who died in 2005. Funeral service will be 11:00 am Friday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Bro. Wayne Lankford...
Ingrid Hildegard Guthrie
January 4, 2011
INGRID HILDEGARD GUTHRIE, age 63 of Smyrna died on January 4, 2011 after a long battle with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. She was a native of Berlin, Germany and the daughter of the late Hildegard Dors and son Christian. Memorial service will be 3:00pm Friday at Rutherford County Baptist Church. Pastor Paul Chisgar will officiate. Inurnment will be in Roselawn Memorial...
Gladys Lawhorn Perkins
January 3, 2011
GLADYS LAWHORN PERKINS, age 85, of Murfreesboro, died Monday, January 03, 2011 at MTMC. A native of Mattoon, IL., she was the daughter of the late Robert and Sara Fitzpatrick Lawhorn. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Lt. Col. Kenneth E. Perkins who died in 1991, two sons, Joey (Joy) Perkins and Darrell (Kay) Perkins and ten...
James "Jim" Allen Aschbacher
January 2, 2011
JAMES JIM ALLEN ASCHBACHER, age 63 of Murfreesboro died January 2, 2011. He was a native of Tullahoma TN and the son of the late, Charles Allen and Mary Gladys Cantrell Aschbacher. Mr. Aschbacher was a member of Unity Baptist Church and retired Correctional Sergeant with the State of Tennessee. He was a Desert Storm Veteran and had 20 years...
Elwin Eugene Dahlberg
January 2, 2011
ELWIN EUGENE DAHLBERG age 67 of Murfreesboro, TN, died Sunday January 2, 2011. A native of Milwaukee, WI, he was the son of the late Forest and Mary Ruth Larson Dahlberg. Mr. Dahlberg is survived by his wife, Hannelore Stiegelbauer Dahlberg; daughter, Sharon Dahlberg of Christiana, TN; sons, Albert and Forest Dahlberg both of Murfreesboro, TN, Hans Stiegelbauer of Christiana,...
Lilly Mae Bucher
January 1, 2011
Lilly Mae Bucher, known by most people as Miss Lilly, age 81, of Smyrna, Tennessee died January 1, 2011 of congestive heart failure. Although she was born in Obion County, Tennessee she called Smyrna home. She was the daughter of the late Evan and Helen Payton. She is also preceded in death by two sisters, Claudia Coleman and Earlene Thomason;...
Ruth Gibson
January 1, 2011
RUTH GIBSON, age 92 of Murfreesboro died January 1, 2010. She was a native of Chicago Illinois and was preceded in death by her parents, Ralph and Edith Bloom Bodamer. She is survived by her children, Sharon B. Wells of Murfreesboro, Parry Todd Haines of Washington D.C. and Michael Scott Haines of California; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; one brother,...
Frances Hamblin Kimberlin Cupp
January 1, 2011
Frances Hamblin Kimberlin Cupp, age 89, passed away peacefully January, 1, 2011 at her home in Smyrna, TN. She was preceded in death by her parents, Frankfort Hamblin and Doxie Jones Hamblin, her husband, Frank Kimberlin, husband, Grady Cupp, son, Norman Timberlin, Sr., and granddaughters, Terry Lynn Kimberlin, Teresa Ann Mendenhall, Susan Skaggs, and granddaughter-in-law, Tonya Kimberlin. She is survived...
Wilma Estes Adcock
December 31, 2010
Wilma Estes Adcock, age 95, of Murfreesboro, TN. died Friday, December 31st, 2010 at Boulevard Terrace. A native of Rutherford County she was the daughter of the late Dr. Sam E. and Sarah Ava Bennett Estes. She is also preceded in death by her husband Charles Estil Adcock who died in 1962, two sisters, Lillian and Alma Estes, and six...
