Obituaries

Mary Jo Gibson Cooke, 88, of Bell Buckle, died Saturday, April 17, 2021 at Viviant Healthcare of Shelbyville. Per her wishes, she will be cremated with no public services. Gowen-Smith Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Robert Allen “Bob” Hickerson, 74, of Shelbyville, passed from this life April 16, 2021, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. A graveside service will be held 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at Willow Mount Cemetery with Reverend David Adams officiating. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Deedy Sue Decker, 80, of Shelbyville died Saturday, April 17, 2021. A Celebration of Life Service will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, April 25th, at Grace Baptist Church, Rev. Bobby McGee officiating. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Hillcrest Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

William E. “Bill” Doak, age 68, passed away Friday, April 16, 2021, at his home surrounded by his family and friends. A private graveside service was held April 18, 2021. A Gathering of Family and Friends was held 5:00-8:00 p.m. Saturday, April 17, 2021, in the chapel of Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

Dottie J. Stewart, 86, of Shelbyville died Monday, April 12, 2021. Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M. Saturday, April 17th, at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Rev. Bobby McGee officiating. Visitation will begin at 12:00 P.M.

Robert Edmon Windrow, 90, of Brentwood died Saturday, April 10, 2021. Funeral services 1 p.m. Friday, April 16 at Woodson Chapel Church of Christ, 5800 Edmondson Pike, Nashville, with visitation from 10:30 a.m. –1 p.m. at the church. Entombment in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Woodbine Funeral Home, Hickory Chapel, Nashville is in charge of arrangements.

Naomi Cline Thompson, 93, of Shelbyville died Monday, April 12, 2021. A memorial service will be held 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at First Christian Church. Reverend Dan Asche will officiate. Burial will be in Willow Mount Cemetery.

Virginia Jane Martin, 74, died Friday, April 9, 2021 at Community Care of Rutherford County. Graveside services 11 a.m. Saturday, April 17 at New Hope Cemetery, 134 Clyde Gleaves Road, with Elder Paul Rippy as eulogist. Public walk-through visitation 4-6 p.m. Friday, April 16 at Hellum Funeral Home, Murfreesboro.

Walter Lawrence Higgins, 75, of Pompano Beach, Florida, a Shelbyville native, died Sunday, April 11, 2021. A private burial will be at Willow Mount Cemetery in Shelbyville. No memorial event is planned at this time. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Harvey Allen ‘Tooter’ Fulton, 78, of Shelbyvillle died Monday, April 12, 2021, at his home. A Celebration of Life service will be 6 p.m. Wednesday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Wallace Cartwright officiating. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m.

Michael Lee Swift Sr., 67, of Wheel died Monday, April 12, 2021, at his home. Funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Friday, April 16, 2021, at First Assembly of God Church with Pastor Glenn Forsee officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be held 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the church.

Roy Campbell, Jr., 95, of Shelbyville died Friday, April 9, 2021. Funeral services will be noon Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Rev. John “Tommy” Flack will officiate, and Pastor Glenn Sutton will be eulogist. Burial, with full military honors, will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be 3-7 p.m. Tuesday and beginning 10 a.m. Wednesday. The family strongly requests masks and social distancing.

Lanny Leon “Man” Buchanan, 54, died Wednesday April 7, 2021 at Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, April 17, 2021, at Manchester Funeral Home with Pastor Glenn Sutton as the eulogist. Visitation will begin at noon.

Kevin Okeefe Taylor, 52, of Wartrace died Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Funeral services will be Friday, April 9, 2021, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. The family will receive visitors 11 a.m. until service time Friday.

Martha Ann Hazelwood, 83, of the Flat Creek Community in Williamson County, died Tuesday, April 6, 2021. She was the grandmother of Brad (Heather) Beard of Wartrace. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Friday at Lawrence Funeral Home with Bro. Steve Rogers officiating. Interment will follow in Crutcher Cemetery in Williamson County. Visitation with the family will be 4-8 p.m. Thursday.

Lawrence Edward Brown, 65, of Shelbyville died Monday, April 5, 2021, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. A Celebration of Life Service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.

Connie Leigh Davis, 54, of Shelbyville died Sunday, April 4, 2021, after a long fight with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis liver disease. A Celebration of Life will be held 5 p.m. Monday, April 12 at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Jeff Rasnick officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Bank Cemetery in Flat Creek. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m.

Rayburn Richardson, 81, of Shelbyville died Saturday, April 3, 2021. Graveside services will be 2 P.M. Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at Willow Mount Cemetery. Reverend Kenneth Smith will officiate. Visitation will be 3-7 p.m. Tuesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Vincent Paul Burns, 77, of Shelbyville passed away Saturday, April 3, 2021. Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, April 11 at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at noon Family asks that masks be worn and social distancing be practiced at all services.

Fredrick Lee Barnes Jr. 78 of Tulsa, Oklahoma died Saturday, March 27, 2021. Graveside services will be held 12:00 P.M. Friday, April 9th, at Hollywood Cemetery in Wartrace. Hillcrest Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Patricia Ann Black, 73, of Shelbyville died Friday, April 2, 2021 at her residence Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Brother Jamie Bailey officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Social distancing will be practiced and masks will be required.

Melissa Carter Comstock, 60, of Shelbyville died Saturday, April 3, 2021, at her home after an extended illness. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, April 6th, at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Rev. Randall Harmon officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 11:00 A.M.

Mrs. Connie Ruth Clanton Hayes Curry, age 81, of Shelbyville, passed away Saturday, April 3, 2021. Funeral services will be 1 PM Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Reverend Bobby McGee and Reverend Drew Hayes will officiate, with burial to follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. The family will receive visitors 11 AM until service time Tuesday at the funeral home.

Jennie Stafford Rhoten, 74, of Manchester died Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at her home. A memorial service may be held at a later date. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Patsy Lane, 74, of Wartrace died Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at her home. Per her wishes she was cremated. A memorial service will be held at a later date with the family.

Duane South of Shelbyville died Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital. Arrangements pending from Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

Aubrey D. Ellis, 88, of Wartrace died Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Funeral Services will be held 1 p.m. Friday at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Casey Brown and Michael Denton officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Family requests that masks be worn and social distancing be practiced at all services.

Cathy Giles Davis, 68, of Lewisburg died Tuesday, March 30, 2021. She was a sister of Dorothy Beasley of Unionville. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with Bro. Danny Freeman officiating. Interment will follow in Lone Oak Cemetery in Lewisburg. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday.

Gary Arthur Neese, 78, died in the early morning of Monday, March 29, 2021, at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital after an extended illness. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home, Pastor Ron Skeeters officiating. Burial will follow at Hazel Cemetery in Bell Buckle. Visitation will begin at noon.

Lisa Kim Pigg, 63, of Shelbyville died Sunday, March 28, 2021 after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon.

Mattie Rachelle “Patricia” Murray, 63, died Friday, March 26, 2021 at Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Saturday, April 3 at Manchester Funeral Home with pastor Robert McClean officiating. Burial will follow in Little Hurricane Cemetery in Manchester. Visitation will begin at 12 noon.

Paul Lofton McCrary, 75, of Shelbyville died Friday, March 26, 2021, at his home. Arrangements pending from Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Boone Brandon, 86, of Shelbyville died Saturday, March 27, 2021 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Doak- Howell Funeral Home with Pastors Jim Sorrells and Jimmy Gray officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 12 noon.

William Edward Ewing, 69, of Nashville died Sunday, March 21, 2021. Funeral services will be noon Saturday, April 3, 2021 at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with burial to follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Belfast. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

Frances Juanita Bennett, 79, of Shelbyville died Thursday, March 25, 2021 at Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, March 27 at Kilgore Funeral Home in Tullahoma. Burial will follow in Hillsboro Methodist Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

Rickie Ann Landeck, 70, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at Quality Health Care Center in Lebanon. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 10 at Doak-Howell Funeral Home, Pastor Rock Stephens will be officiating. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m.

Jewell L. Bailiff Fisher, age 87, of Shelbyville died Thursday, March 25, 2021, at Vanderbilt-Bedford Hospital. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Monday at Fellowship For Christ Church with Brother Ray Armstrong and Jay Dearing officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mary Bolden, 75, of Murfreesboro died on Thursday, March 2, 2021 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at noon Saturday ay Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Ho;; with Rev. Larry Chatman officiating. Interment will follow in Simpson Cemetery in Rover. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m.

Kimberly Diane Simmons, 55, of Shelbyville died suddenly Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, March 27, 2021, at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Brother Eddie Reed officiating. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday.

Ricky McClain, 78, died Sunday, March 21, 2021. Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, March 27 at Bird Street Church of Christ. Burial will follow at Mt. Ararat Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon. Nelson & Sons Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

William Allen “Bill” Anderson, 78, of Shelbyville died Friday, March 19, 2021, at his home. A Celebration of Life service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, March 27, 2021, at First Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Ron DeWitt officiating. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Mrs. Cynthia Nanette Carter Boyce, 44, of Shelbyville died Saturday, March 20, 2021 at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 24, at Adair Funeral and Cremation Services with Brother Nathan Duncan officiating and Danny Carter reading the eulogy. Burial will follow a graveside service at Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Shelbyville with Brother Brent Haley officiating. Visitation will be 4-9 p.m. Tuesday.

Melissa Long Sanders, 59, of Shelbyville died Saturday, March 20, 2021 at her home. A Celebration of Life may be held at a later date. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.