Obituaries

Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Chapel Hill, TN & Surrounding Areas

Matthew Wilson

Matthew Wilson

Dec 15, 2020

Mr. Matthew Tyler Wilson, age 22, of Lewisburg, died Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at his home. Born in Clarksville, TN, Matthew is the son of Matthew C. and Kimberlee Wymer Wilson. He had a love for animals, but cats were his favorite. Matthew enjoyed photography and his cats were the subject of most of his photos. He also...

Kerry Calahan

Kerry Calahan

Dec 11, 2020

Mr. Kerry Calahan, age 48, of Lewisburg, TN, died Friday, December 11, 2020, in Lewisburg, TN.  He was born in Marshall County, TN and was a son of David and Fran Lunn Calahan.  Kerry attended the Nazarene Church.  He was a graduate of the Class of 1990 from Marshall County High School.  Kerry was an avid fisherman, working on...

Jean Hill

Jean Hill

Dec 11, 2020

Mrs. Jean Hafemeister Hill, age 74, died Friday, December 11, 2020 at her home in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Hill was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was a daughter of the late Edmund Adolph and Lucille Krause Hafemeister. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her brother, Jim Hafemeister.

Mrs. Hill retired after...

Ingeborg Lore Lima

Ingeborg Lore Lima

Dec 10, 2020

lngeborg Lore Lima (nee Berger), age 91, passed away due to complications from Covid-19 on Thursday, December 10,2020 in Franklin, Tennessee.  She was the widow of Manuel Martin Lima, Jr. of Bristol, Rhode lsland. They were married 62 years at the time of his passing in 2014.

Born in Johannisburg, East Prussia (Germany), she was the youngest...

Sandra Kelley

Sandra Kelley

Dec 10, 2020

Mrs. Sandra Kelley, age 64, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, died Thursday, December 10, 2020 at her home in Chapel Hill.

No visitation or funeral services are planned at this time.

Linda Scales

Linda Scales

Dec 9, 2020

Mrs. Linda Scales “Grandma”, age 76, of Chapel Hill, TN, died Wednesday, December 9, 2020 in Murfreesboro, TN. Born in Nashville, Linda was the daughter of the late John Hershel and Ada Francis Finn Eatherly. She loved being a Grandmother, spending time with her family, going on camping trips, and crocheting.  In addition to her parents, Mrs. Linda is...

Argie Simmons

Argie Simmons

Dec 8, 2020

Mrs. Argie Simmons, age 77, of the Laws Hill Community of Marshall County, died Tuesday, December 8, 2020 in Columbia, Tennessee. Mrs. Simmons was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee and was a daughter of the late Charlie Thomas and Purnie Ashby Sumners. In addition to her parents, Argie was also preceded in death by her husband, Don Simmons, who...

Brenda Marks

Brenda Marks

Dec 7, 2020

Mrs. Brenda Lynn Marks, age 69, of Unionville, TN, died Monday, December 7, 2020. Born in Saginaw, MI, Mrs. Marks was a daughter of the late Walter Elwell Tatroe and Rosella Alice McCaw Tatroe. She was a business owner in the retail industry, a proud grandmother to her 8 grandchildren, and attended Chapel Hill United Methodist Church....

Virginia Spence

Virginia Spence

Dec 7, 2020

Mrs. Virginia White Spence, age 81, of the Rover Community of Bedford County, died Monday, December 7, 2020 in Kingsport, Tennessee. Mrs. Spence was born in Bedford County and was a daughter of the late Allen and Laura Virginia “L V” Sanders Hudson. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Harold Haskins...

Clifford Leverette

Clifford Leverette

Dec 5, 2020

Clifford “Cliff” Leverette, age 70, of the Cedar Grove Community, died Saturday, December 5, 2020 in Murfreesboro, TN. Born in Chapel Hill, TN, Mr. Leverette was the son of the late James Elroy and Mayme Slaughter Leverette. Cliff worked as a supervisor at Holt Specialty Equipment. He loved the outdoors, whether fishing, mowing grass or watching dirt track racing....

Willie D. Douglas

Willie D. Douglas

Dec 4, 2020

Mr. Willie D. Douglas, age 44, of Unionville, TN, died Friday, December 4, 2020, in Murfreesboro, TN.  He was born in Bedford County, TN and was the son of Walter Phillip and Brenda Fay Adcock Douglas.  Willie worked as a general manager for Shelbyville Lumber Company and was a member of the Emmnauel Pentecostal Church.  He was a graduate...

Sara Robinson

Sara Robinson

Dec 3, 2020

Mrs. Sara Ruth Puckett Robinson, age 93, of the Wheel Community of Bedford County, died Thursday, December 3, 2020 in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Mrs. Robinson was born in Rutherford County and was a daughter of the late Edgar James and Florence Ethel Redmond Puckett. She was a member of Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church and was retired from the former Faber-Castell...

John Brown

John Brown

Dec 2, 2020

Mr. John D. Brown, age 51, of Lewisburg, TN, died Wednesday, December 2, 2020 in Nashville, TN. He was born in Florence, Alabama and was a graduate of the Marshall County High School Class of 1987. John worked as an installation technician for Kitt’s Service Company of Chapel Hill for many years.

Mr. Brown served his country...

William Underwood

William Underwood

Dec 1, 2020

Mr. William Vernell Underwood, age 75, of Eagleville, TN, died Tuesday, December 1, 2020. Born in Rutherford Co., Mr. Underwood was a son of the late William Clay Underwood and Louise  Morris Underwood. He was self-employed as a carpenter and licensed contractor. He was a member of the Calvary Apostolic Church. In addition to his...

Bill Messick

Bill Messick

Nov 30, 2020

Mr. Bill Messick, age 79, of Petersburg, TN, died Monday, November 30, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Louisa County, Virginia to the late John Randolph and Virginia Maude Smith Messick. Bill worked as a window washer and was one the first to clean the formerly known Sears Tower in Chicago, IL. He was a novice...

Charles Herbert Brisby

Charles Herbert Brisby

Nov 30, 2020

Mr. Charles Herbert Brisby, age 86, of Franklin, TN, died on Monday, November 30, 2020 in Franklin, TN.  He was born in Meridian, MS and was the son of the late Samuel Russell and Helen Peters Brisby.  Mr. Brisby was a retired realtor and a photojournalist.  He served our country in the United States Air Force.  Mr. Brisby was...

Teresa Tinsley

Teresa Tinsley

Nov 28, 2020

Ms Teresa Ann Tinsley, age 62,of Shelbyville, TN, formerly of Chapel Hill, TN, died Saturday, November 28, 2020.  Born in Gibson Co., IN, Ms Tinsley was preceded in death by her parents, James William Tinsley and Wanda Jean Morris Tinsley. She was a homemaker.

Survived by her daughter, Sara Tinsley of Evansville IN; 3 grandchildren,Wesson, Keegan and...

Margaret Langley O'Neal Nutt

Margaret Langley O'Neal Nutt

Nov 27, 2020

Ms. Margaret Langley O’Neal Nutt, age 77, of Murfreesboro, TN, formerly of Chapel Hill, TN died on Friday, November 27, 2020 in Murfreesboro, TN.  She was born at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN to the late T J and Mary Margaret Ferguson Nutt.  She was a retired educator and a member of the Church of Christ.  Ms. Margaret...

Phillip Cecil Hart

Phillip Cecil Hart

Nov 24, 2020

Mr. Phillip Cecil Hart, age 74, of Chapel Hill, TN, died on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 in Lewisburg, TN.  He was born in Bicknell, IN and was the son of the late Gleason Faye Hart and Audrey Mengedoht Hart.  Mr. Hart was a retired school teacher.  He was an avid gardener raising gourds for which he won several national...

Grady Martin

Grady Martin

Nov 22, 2020

Mr. Grady T. Martin, age 80, died Sunday morning, November 22, 2020 at his home in College Grove, Tennessee. Mr. Grady was born in Nashville, Tennessee and was a son of the late Ellis D. and Bertha Spillman Martin. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by two brothers, Horace Hayes Martin and Ellis “Dick”...

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