Obituaries
Kenneth Allen Byrd
Mar 12, 2010
Mr. Kenneth Allen “Ken” Byrd, age 56 of Dyersburg, TN, died Friday morning in Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Lima, OH and son of the late Kermit Byrd and Delores Spurlock Byrd Phillips, who survives. Ken was a graduate of Marshall University with a fierce pride in being part of the Thundering Herd. He served his...
Gerald Erillion Braswell
Mar 8, 2010
Mr. Gerald Erillion Braswell, age 67 of Lawrenceburg, TN died Monday at Crockett Hospital in Lawrenceburg. A native of Lawrence Co, TN, he was the son of the late Emmett Erillion and Era Grace Wilder Braswell. He worked in construction and was a member of the Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by a son: David Gerald Braswell and...
Mark Linkous
Mar 6, 2010
Frederick Mark Linkous departed this life on March 6, 2010 in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was born and raised in Virginia, spending much of his childhood in Charlottesville and Southwestern Virginia. Shortly after graduating high school, Mark left Virginia for New York, where he co-founded the band The Dancing Hoods. After a move to Los Angeles, he went back to Virginia...
Mildred A. Wallace
Mar 1, 2010
Mildred A. Wallace, age 92 of Columbia, TN, left this earth peacefully at NHC-Columbia. Mildred was born and raised in West Virginia, and moved to Nashville in 1956. She worked for many years at Harvey’s and Castner Knott Department stores. She was a Nazarene by faith, loved her family, reading, crocheting, baking and talking on the telephone. She was preceded...
Thomas F. Clancy
Feb 28, 2010
Thomas F. Clancy, age 63 of Culleoka, TN died Sunday afternoon at Hillside Hospital in Pulaski, TN. Tom was born in Bronx, NY on October 4, 1946, the son of the late Peter and Neoma Bower Clancy. He lived in New York for 18 years, then spent his next 40 years living in Maryland, and moved to Tennessee 5 years...
Anna Sudut
Feb 14, 2010
Mrs. Anna Kroll Sudut, age 88 of Franklin, TN, died Sunday evening at her residence. A native of Posen, MI, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Helen Szatkowski Kroll, and widow of Chester Sudut, who preceded her in 1992. Mrs. Sudut was a homemaker, with a talent and fondness for crochetting and baking. She is survived by...
Mahalinda White
Feb 13, 2010
Mrs. Mahalinda White, age 88 of Hendersonville, TN, died Saturday afternoon in Hendersonville Medical Center. A native of Onancock, VA, she was the daughter of the late Everett Powell and Mahalinda Kellam Parks, and preceded in death by her husband, Richard Downing White Sr, and a son, Everett P. White. Mrs. White was a retired Occupational Therapist with Accomack County...
Robert Premeaux
Feb 12, 2010
Robert Premeaux, age 51 of Murfreesboro, TN died Friday in Middle Tennessee Medical Center. A native of Biloxi, MS, he was the son of the late Edward Joseph and Gertrude Skinner Premeaux. Robert worked at the MAPCO on Old Fort Pkwy in Murfreesboro, and loved fishing and bowling. He is survived by four children: Kara Perry of Biloxi, MS; Crystal...
Ruth Lucas Vannatta
Feb 11, 2010
Mrs. Ruth Lucas VanNatta, age 82 of Thompson’s Station, TN, died Thursday morning in Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, TN. Mrs. VanNatta was a native of Louisville, KY and a retired Executive Secretary for the Southern Baptist Convention. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Carl Lucas 1969 and Paul VanNatta 1982 and her parents, Albert and Mamie Able...
James Michael Colt
Feb 5, 2010
James Michael Mike Colt passed away peacefully on Friday, February 5, 2010 at the age of 67 in Cumming, GA. Born in Atlanta on August 7, 1942 and a graduate of Marist High School and both Georgia Tech and the University of Alabama in Birmingham, he lead a rich and fulfilling life that took him from the early days of...
Billie Jean Muhith
Feb 3, 2010
Billie Jean Muhith, age 55 of Columbia, died Wednesday evening in Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, TN. Billie was a native of Springfield, IL and daughter of the late Harry and Thelma Garvin Eyman. She was a retired cosmetology instructor and loving grandmother to Breauna, Demund, and David. She is also survived by her daughter, Medenna Lewis of Columbia,...
Robert M. Dunn
Jan 25, 2010
Robert Dunn, 60, of Franklin, TN, passed away on January 25, 2010 after a courageous and lengthy battle with cancer. Robert was the devoted husband of Joan Dorfman; loving father of Jeffrey, Michelle, and Michael Dunn; cherished brother of Cathy Dunn; nephew of Shirley and Donald Reisman. He was preceded in death by his father, David “Buddy” Dunn and his...
Michael Lee Williams Sr.
Jan 18, 2010
Michael Lee Williams, Sr., age 45 of Chapel Hill, TN, died Monday afternoon in Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, TN after battling diabetes for several years. Preceded in death by his father, Thomas Williams, he is survived by his mother: Janice Hayes Williams of Chapel Hill, TN; a son: Michael Lee Williams, Jr. of Lavergne, TN; two sisters: Lori...
Jackie Edward Napier
Jan 16, 2010
Jackie Edward Napier, age 57 of Cornersville, TN, died Saturday afternoon in Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, TN. A native of Detroit, MI, he was the son of the late Gerald Edward and Iris Anita Cartwright Napier, and a self-employed truck driver. He is survived by a daughter: Crystal Thompson of Hendersonville, TN; two sons: Gerald Napier of Hermitage,...
Glen Smith
Jan 7, 2010
Mr. Glen Smith, age 62 of Sparta, TN, died Thursday morning in Stonecrest Medical Center in Smyrna, TN. He was a native of Crossville, TN, son of the late George and Minnie Gunnels Smith, and an Army trained LPN. He spent his career serving in the US Army in the medical field. He was known for his care, compassion, and...
Cindy Lea Griggs Street
Jan 1, 2010
Cindy Lea Griggs Street, age 46 of Hampshire, died Friday, Jan. 1 at her residence. Born in Evansville, IN, Cindy was the daughter of the late Milton Young and Carolyn Ann Benson Griggs. She is survived by a daughter: Carol Gish Stevenson of Henderson, KY; two sons: Wayne Street of Columbia, TN and Ronnie of Lewisburg, TN; a sister: Mona...
Marchell Viscio Brown
Jan 1, 2010
Marchell Viscio Brown, age 52 of Lawrenceburg, died Friday morning at her residence. She was a native of Bristol Township, Pennsylvania and daughter of Joseph and Vestia Williams Viscio of Ethridge, TN. Marchell was a 1975 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Levittown, PA, and formerly employed with the Bucks County PA Courrier Times. She was a member of...
Ruth M. Salchow
Dec 12, 2009
Mrs. Ruth M. Salchow, age 90 of Frankin, died Saturday afternoon in the Grace Health Care Center of Franklin, where she has resided for several years. Private family services are planned.
Marlene Ann Rogers
Nov 8, 2009
Marlene Ann Rogers, age 76 of Columbia, TN, died Sunday evening in Maury Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Ithaca, NY and daughter of the late Carl and Eleanor Fulkerson Hinger, and of the Catholic Faith. Mrs. Rogers is survived by four daughters: Darlene Withrow of Columbia, TN, Debi Meadows of Thompson Station, TN, Rosey Fitchpatrick-Brill of Choctaw,...
Berenice Weaver Giles
Nov 3, 2009
Mrs. Berenice Weaver Giles, age 91 of Nashville, died at her residence on Tuesday, November 3, 2009. She was born in Thorpe, WV to Robert Lee and Mally Stamper Weaver, and was a homemaker. She married Jacques Edwin Giles in 1943. He preceded her in death in 2002. Mrs. Giles is survived by two sons: Rick Giles of Brentwood, TN...
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