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Suzanne Chappin

Suzanne Chappin

December 22, 2023

Mrs. Suzanne Moore Chappin, age 81, of Murfreesboro, TN passed away Friday, December 22, 2023. She was born on Wednesday, February 25, 1942 in Nashville, TN to the late Paul and Marion Whitesell Moore. Mrs. Chappin was a graduate of David Lipscomb High School and Lipscomb University. She was a long-time member of the Church of Christ most recently...

Edith Stone

Edith Stone

December 22, 2023

Edith Stone age 85 of Lascassas, TN. They say good things come in small packages and one of the best came into this world November 29, 1938, and left it December 22, 2023, way larger than how she arrived. She was larger than life and did it her way.

Edith never met a stranger, and she left...

Donald A. Hazlett

Donald A. Hazlett

December 22, 2023

Donald A. Hazlett, age 83 of Smyrna, TN, passed away Friday, December 22, 2023. A native of Shelbyville, TN, he was the son of the late Jack and Janie Flippo Hazlett. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Christine Hazlett and a brother, Jerry Hazlett.

Mr. Hazlett is survived by his nieces, Valerie Blanks of...

Erwin Varns

Erwin Varns

December 22, 2023

Erwin was born April 26, 1927 in Hennepin, Minesota to Virgil Delbert Varns and Ester Johnson. Being born at the onset of the Great Depression, Erwin, along with his older brother Virgil, were placed in the Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children. This experience guided the path of his life. At the age of 17, he...

Mary Blanche Pearson

Mary Blanche Pearson

December 21, 2023

Mary Blanche Becton Pearson, age 97 of Smyrna, Tennessee died Thursday, December 21, 2023. She was a native of Liberty, TN and a daughter of the late Raymond Thomas Becton and Dovie Rhea King Becton. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Reginald Dean Pearson in 1970, a brother, Thomas Becton, and...

Mary Alice Dickson

Mary Alice Dickson

December 21, 2023

Mrs. Mary Alice Smythe Dickson, age 77, of Murfreesboro, TN went to be with the Lord Thursday, December 21, 2023. She was born in Jackson, TN to the late Jack and Martha Jones Smythe. Mrs. Dickson earned her bachelor's degree from Middle Tennessee State University where she majored in home economics with an emphasis on interior design. She participated...

Eddie Smythia

Eddie Smythia

December 20, 2023

Eddie Smythia, age 78 of LaVergne, TN died Wednesday, December 20, 2023, at the Residence at Alive Hospice, Nashville. He was a native of Rutherford County and a son of the late Jimmy Lee Smythia and Mary Ella Simmons Smythia. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Linda Smythia; a son, Chris Smythia;...

Charlie Smith

Charlie Smith

December 20, 2023

Mr. Charles "Charlie" Melvin Smith, age 76, of Murfreesboro, TN passed away Wednesday, December 20, 2023. He was born in Sewanee, TN to the late Charles F. and Lou Ella Matthews Smith. Mr. Smith earned his bachelor's degree in engineering from Tennessee Tech University. He worked for Nissan until his retirement. Mr. Smith was a long time member of...

Elizabeth Stearns

Elizabeth Stearns

December 19, 2023

Elizabeth Stearns, age 88 of Smyrna died Tuesday December 19, 2023. She was a native of Germany and was preceded in death by her husband Charles David Stearns, children, John Norris and Russell Norris, and infant twins; granddaughter, Rachel Yurina.

Mrs. Stearns was a member of St. Luke Catholic Church. She had worked many jobs in her...

Stephen Douglas "Steve" Young, Sr.

Stephen Douglas "Steve" Young, Sr.

December 19, 2023

Stephen Douglas "Steve" Young, Sr., age 60 of LaVergne, TN, passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2023. He was born October 23, 1963, to the late Robert Edward, and Gwendolyn Felts Young.

Steve is survived by his wife Joye Jacobus Young; children, Stephen Douglas Young, Jr. and his wife Latisha of North Little Rock, AR, Samantha Young Hodge...

Mariann Worthington

Mariann Worthington

December 18, 2023

Mariann Moorer Worthington passed away on December 18, 2023, at 93 years old. Mariann Moorer was born to Emmett Lewis Moorer and Mary Tatum Moorer on July 18, 1930, in Centreville Mississippi.  The area of South Mississippi was the home of her mother's ancestors for over a hundred years. The family moved to her father's hometown, Henning Tennessee when...

Lathdavanh Phomsopha

Lathdavanh Phomsopha

December 18, 2023

Lathdavanh Phomsopha, age 44 of Bon Aqua, TN, passed away Monday, December 18, 2023. She was a native of Laos.

Lathdavanh is survived by daughters, Misty Wingate of Nashville, TN and Alyia Joan Soxayaseng of Bon Aqua, TN; sons; Teerasak Phomsopha of Bon Aqua, TN and Andy Tee Soxayaseng of Bon Aqua, TN; grandchildren Callie Dotson, Mallory...

Richard B. "Dick" Johnson

Richard B. "Dick" Johnson

December 17, 2023

Richard B. "Dick" Johnson, age 91, of the Fellowship Community, passed away Sunday, December 17, 2023. A native of Rutherford County, TN, he was the son of the late Buford B. and Mamie Barnett Johnson. He was also preceded in death by his twin brother, Thomas "Tom" Johnson.

Dick is survived by his wife of 63 years,...

Tommy Roddy

Tommy Roddy

December 17, 2023

Thomas "Tommy" Roddy, age 73 of Murfreesboro, Tennessee died Sunday, December 17, 2023, at Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital following a lengthy illness. He was a native of Trousdale County and a son of the late Charles Edward Roddy and Lucy Jean Clariday Roddy.

Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Sharon Roddy; a son, Thomas Roddy...

Flora Lee Kusch

Flora Lee Kusch

December 16, 2023

Flora Lee Kusch, age 94, of Enid, OK passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2023 in Murfreesboro, TN. She was born in Jefferson City, MO to the late Constantine Doerfler and Victoria Stressler. She was an L.P.N for over 50 years. Flora saw mankind at its lowest and highest, believing in hard work, and blood, sweat, and tears, but...

Jean Jones

Jean Jones

December 16, 2023

Jean Jones, age 88, of Murfreesboro, TN died December 16, 2023 at her niece's home in Smyrna, TN. She was the daughter of the late William Warmuth Ryan and Lurene Harrell Ryan. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Lytle Smith, and her second husband, James Jones.

She is survived by three nephews, Bishop...

Seng Amphone Sihamontry

Seng Amphone Sihamontry

December 16, 2023

Mrs. Seng Amphone Sihamontry, age 49 died Saturday, December 16, 2023, at St Thomas Rutherford Hospital. She was born in Vientiane, Laos to the late Khampheng and Thongkhoun Chounramany.

She is survived by her children, three sisters, a brother, and a host of other loving family and friends.

A service in the Buddhist tradition will...

Jerry Miller

Jerry Miller

December 14, 2023

Mr. Gerald "Jerry" Murray Miller, age 78, of Murfreesboro, TN passed away Thursday, December 14, 2023. He was born in Newark, NJ to the late Charles and Elsie Genesson Miller. Jerry was a graduate of Hillside High School in Hillside, NJ and The Brooks Institute in Montecito, CA where he majored in photography. He proudly served his country in...

Martha Alexander

Martha Alexander

December 14, 2023

Martha Alexander, age 88 of Murfreesboro died Thursday December 14, 2023. She was a native of College Grove and was preceded in death by her husband, Ross E. Alexander, parents, Url Smithson, and Mary Watson Smithson.

Mrs. Alexander was a member of St. Marks United Methodist Church and was a devoted, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

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Aranya Chareunsouk

Aranya Chareunsouk

December 14, 2023

Mr. Aranya Chareunsouk, age 49, of Nashville, TN passed away peacefully Thursday, December 14, 2023 with this family by his side. He was born in Thailand to the late Mai and Ny Onta. Mr. Chareunsouk was a senior assembly technician for Schneider Electric. He attended Wat Lao Buddhapathip. Mr. Chareunsouk enjoyed spending time with his family and friends and...

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