Obituaries

Feb 22, 2014

Mr. Arthur Folgers, age 70, of the Rover Community of Bedford County, died Saturday, February 22, 2014 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Mr. Folgers was born in Chicago, Illinois and was a son of the late Clarence and Eileen Ford Folgers. He served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Mr. Folgers retired from the security department...

Feb 21, 2014

Mr. Winfred Forrest Perryman, age 71, of the Cedar Grove Community of Bedford County, died Friday, February 21, 2014. Mr. Perryman was born in Bedford County and was a son of the late Cecil Forrest and Estelle Crick Perryman. He was a member of the graduating Class of 1961 of Forrest High School in Chapel Hill. Mr. Perryman was...

Feb 20, 2014

Darlene Johns, age 56, died Thursday evening, February 20, 2014 after a short illness. Most of her life, Darlene was a resident of the Holts Corner Community of Marshall County. She graduated from Forrest High School in Chapel Hill and was a member of Victory Baptist Church in Shelbyville, TN. Darlene was preceded in death by a son, Cody...

Feb 19, 2014

Mrs. Dorothy Jean King Sudberry, age 83, of Shelbyville, TN died Wednesday, February 19, 2014 in Shelbyville, TN. She was born in Bedford County, TN to the late F.Z. and Clatie Elizabeth Neal King, Sr. Mrs. Sudberry was a retired bookkeeper and secretary for Canter Oil Company of Shelbyville, TN. In addition to her parents, she was...

Feb 16, 2014

Mrs. Reda Louise Davis Ferguson, age 85, of the Holts Corner Community of Marshall County, died Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Alive Hospice facility in Nashville, Tennessee. Mrs. Ferguson was born in the Holts Corner Community and was the youngest of six children of William Oscar and Esther Ellen Lamb Davis. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

Feb 9, 2014

Mr. Justin Leverette, age 22, of Shelbyville, Tennessee, died Sunday, February 9, 2014. Justin was a native of Bedford County and was an avid guitarist. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Dot and Virgil Leverette and by an uncle, Johnny Leverette.

Justin is survived by his mother and father, Wendy and Jason Leverette, Shelbyville, TN;...

Feb 4, 2014

Mrs. Linda Ann Redmond, age 61, of Lemoore, California, died Tuesday evening, February 4, 2014 in Fresno, California.  Mrs. Redmond was born in Glendale, California, was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her father, Robert Herbert Jacobson.

Survivors include her husband, Dr. Billy Glenn Redmond, Jr. of...

Jan 30, 2014

Mrs. Mable Massey, age 83, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, died Thursday evening, January 30, 2014.  Mrs. Massey was born in Illinois and was a life long homemaker. She was a member of Chapel Hill Community Baptist Church.  She was preceded in death by her mother, Evelyn Smith.

Mrs. Massey was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and...

Jan 26, 2014

Mr. Clarence “Slick” Crowell, age 80, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2014 in Shelbyville, TN. He was born in Bedford County, TN to the late Thomas M. and Flossie Mae Helton Crowell. In addition to his parents, Mr. Crowell was preceded in death by his wife, Sue Carolyn Haynes Crowell. He was a retired brick and rock mason...

Jan 25, 2014

Ms. Priscilla Adams, age 62, of Murfreesboro, TN, died Saturday, January 25, 2014 in Murfreesboro, TN. She was a native of Williamson County, TN and of the Christian Faith.  Priscilla was employed by Vijon Laboratories.  She was preceded in death by her father, T. W. Vaughn who died in March of 2010.

Survivors...

Jan 24, 2014

Patricia Diane Hart Krueger, age 70, of Chapel Hill, Tn, died Friday, January 24, 2014 in Franklin, TN.  Mrs. Krueger was born in Chicago, illinois and was a daughter of the late Robert and Virginia Short Hart.  She was a retired property manager.

Survivors include her husband, Robert Joseph Krueger of Chapel Hill, TN.

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Jan 20, 2014

Joshua R. Woody, age 15, of the Caney Spring community of Marshall Co., died Mon., Jan. 20, 2014. A native of Chico, CA, Joshua was the son of Todd Adam Smith and Tracy Woody Smith. He was a 7th grader at Forrest School and also had attended Chapel Hill Elementary School. Joshua was always happy and was indeed a...

Jan 17, 2014

Ralph Odell Osteen, age 83, passed away on January 17, 2014, at his home in Brentwood, TN.  He was born in Caney Spring, TN to parents Willie Homer Osteen and Pauline Walker Osteen. He was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Maxine Chambers Osteen, who passed away on July 16, 2013, and his three brothers, Willie...

Jan 11, 2014

Miss Kathy Jean Morgan, age 59, of Chapel Hill, TN, died Saturday, January 11, 2014. Kathy was born in Marshall County and was a daughter of Mildred Nadene Cromer Morgan and the late Leonard Asahel Morgan. She was a member of the Chapel Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Kathy was a lobby person and processor at Goodwill Industries in Lewisburg...

Jan 10, 2014

Mrs. Emily Jean Weiland, age 78, of Chapel Hill, TN, died Fri., Jan. 10, 2014. A native of Bells, TN, Mrs. Weiland was a daughter of the late Isaac Carlyle Shaw and Mary Elizabeth Wainright Shaw. Mrs. Weiland was the the Music Librarian for the former WSM morning news orchestra and for 18 years she was involved in music...

Jan 7, 2014

Mr. James Milton Simpson, age 85, of the Rover/Eagleville Community, died Tuesday evening, January 7, 2014 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Mr. Simpson was an avid lover of basketball and baseball, of which he used to play. He was a life long farmer and carpenter and enjoyed his time loafing at Carlton’s General Store with his many friends. He was an...

Jan 4, 2014

ELLA TAYLOR MOORE, age 107, was born in Rover, Bedford County, Tennessee on March 27, 1906, to the late James Thomas and Susie Lou Davis Taylor. She died January 4, 2014 at her home in Nashville.

Ella grew up in Rover and graduated from Rover High School. She traveled throughout the UnitedStates and Canada with her first...

Jan 2, 2014

Mrs. Velma Maxwell Cooper Cartwright, age 95, of Unionville, Tennessee, died Thursday, January 2, 2014 in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Mrs. Cartwright was born in Bedford County and was a daughter of the late Willie Newt and Edna Sudberry Maxwell. She was a member of the Unionville United Methodist Church and was retired from the United Postal Service as a postal...

Dec 30, 2013

Mr. Larry Calendine, age 66, of Columbia, TN, died Monday, December 30, 2013 in Nashville, TN. He was a native of Morgan County, OH and a son of the late Ralph Leonard and Louise White Calendine.  Mr. Calendine served in the United States Army and was a Church of Christ Minister serving numerous congregations and currently serving...

Dec 29, 2013

Sara Frances Quirk Smithson,  age 82 of Chapel Hill, TN, died December 29, 2013. Preceded in death by parents, Luther and Lena Wright Quirk; husband of 59 years, Charles Wade Smithson; and infant son, Darrell Wade Smithson.

Survived by daughter, Lesa (Bill) Piper; grandchildren,Natalie (Drew) Bingham, Leigh (Josh) Orendorf, Bill Reid (Sophie) Piper; great-grandchildren, Luke and Emily Bingham,...