Obituaries

Johnny Price ‘Hair’ Carr, 66, of Wartrace died Tuesday, February 23, 2021. The family will receive visitors 4-6 p.m. Friday, February 26, 2021, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. No public funeral service is scheduled.

James William “Jimmy” Woodson, Jr., 71, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at his home. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at First Assembly of God with Reverends Glenn Forsee and Mark Thrasher officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Saturday at the church. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is serving the family.

Mai Neal Norris Shelton, 92, formerly of Kankakee, Illinois , died Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at Trevecca Health Care Center, Nashville. She will lie-in-state Saturday, February 27, 2021, 10 a.m.-noon, family visitation noon-1 p.m. at Hellum Funeral Chapel, Murfreesboro.

Rudyard B. “Rudy” Magallanes Sr., 81, of Shelbyville died February 21, 2021. “A Gathering Of Friends Visitation with the family” will be held Friday, February 26th, from 3:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. at Hillcrest Funeral Home.

Earl Beasley Gragg, 68, of Shelbyville, passed away Friday, February 19, 2021, due to complications from COVID 19. Funeral services will be 10 AM Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at Gateway Church. Burial will follow in the Gragg Family Cemetery. The family will receive visitors 4-8 PM Tuesday at the church. We will provide an outdoor drive-through receiving line between 4:00 and 6:00, and a traditional walk up receiving between 6:00 and 8:00 indoors, with social distancing at the Gateway Church. Body will be available for viewing both times. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Paul Edward Armstrong, 86, of Shelbyville died February 20, 2021 at Saint Thomas West Hospital in Nashville after a short illness. Graveside services will be held 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, February 23rd, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Robert Montgomery, Ray Armstrong and Jeff Smith officiating. Hillcrest Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. There will be no public visitation prior to service. Family asks that masks be worn and social distancing practiced. Hillcrest Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Jerry Morrell Peoples, 70, of Shelbyville, died Tuesday, February 16, 2021, at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. Graveside service will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at Wheel Cemetery with Pastor Ray Armstrong officiating. The family request that masks be worn and social distancing guidelines be followed. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Jerry Junior Brown, 78, of Shelbyville died Thursday, February 18, 2021, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, February 22 at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Pastor Lloyd Warren officiating. Burial will follow at Booneville Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 5-8 p.m.

Barbara Faye Harris, 75, of Bell Buckle died Thursday, February 18, 2021. Funeral Services will be held 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 24th, at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Rev. Ben Curtis officiating. Burial will follow at Smotherman Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday evening from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Family asks that masks be worn and social distancing practiced at all services.

Rebecca Norene Smith Adcock, 88, of Shelbyville died Thursday, February 18, 2021. Due to the current health crisis, a private family service will be held at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with burial following at Pressgrove Cemetery.

Sarah Milholen Mason, 76, formerly of Shelbyville, died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 at her home in Bethesda, Maryland. A memorial service will be held at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church in Bethesda on a later date. A memorial service will also be held at First Presbyterian Church in Shelbyville at a later date. A private interment will be in Willow Mount Cemetery, Shelbyville. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling local arrangements.

William Frankie Cook, 63, of Wartrace, died Tuesday, February 16, 2021. The family will receive visitors 12-2 p.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. He will be cremated.

Bobby G. Mooneyham, 83, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, February 17, 2021. A memorial service will be held 3:00 P.M. Saturday, February 27th, at Horse Mountain Church of Christ Mark Pierce officiating. Visitation will begin at 2:00 P.M. Hillcrest Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Linda M. Mangrum, 79, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, February 17, 2021. Linda M. Mangrum, 79, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, February 17, 2021. Funeral services will be held 1:00 P.M. Monday, February 22nd, at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Nathan Mangrum and Bill Rhoton officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 11:00 A.M. Family asks that masks be worn and social distancing practiced at all services.

Jerry Peoples, 70, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, February 16, 2021, at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. Arrangements pending from Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

Hildabrand B. “H.B.” Marsh Jr., 88, of Unionville died Saturday, February 13, 2021. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Hillcrest Funeral Home.

Daniel J. Jacobs, 35, of Shelbyville died Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23 at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with Bro. Bill Sasser officiating. Interment will follow in Whitworth Cemetery in the Link community in Rutherford County. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22.

Herbert Dennison Dixon, 72, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital. A graveside service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, February 23 at Willow Mount Cemetery with Brother Lloyd Warren officiating. Gowen-Smith Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Kristie Lynn Dennis Pruitt, 54, of Bell Buckle, died early Thursday morning, February 18, 2021, at her home. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, February 21 at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Pastor Rob McKamey officiating. Burial will follow in Pressgrove Cemetery. Visitation will be 3-6 p.m. Saturday. The family requests that masks be worn during services and social distancing guidelines be followed.

Mary Ruth “Cricket” Comstock, 58, of Shelbyville, died suddenly on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center in Smyrna. Funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Friday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Pastor Jimmy Gray officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held prior to funeral service starting at 11 a.m. Friday, at the funeral home.

Merry Carol Root, 79, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, February 9, 2021. Memorial services will be 3 p.m. Saturday, February 13, 2021, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.

Wesley Jacob Wylie, 26, of Shelbyville, passed away Saturday, February 6, 2021. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, February 14, 2021, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Brother Ron Adams will officiate. Visitation will be 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Franklin Leroy Atkins, 81, of Wartrace died Saturday, February 6, 2021. No services will be held at this time. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Thomas Crockett Smotherman, Sr., 88, of Shelbyville died Sunday, February 7, 2021, at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro. A family graveside service will be held at a later date at Hazel Cemetery in Bell Buckle. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Geneva Wright Leverette, 91, of Unionville died Friday, February 5, 2021 at her residence. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, February 13 at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill, with David Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Simpson Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday.

Nancy Joyce Pigg Derryberry, 85, of Shelbyville, died Sunday evening, February 7, 2021, at Maury Regional Hospital. A private graveside service will be held at Bryant Cemetery in Mooresville. Memorial donations may be made to Westview Church of Christ, 1710 Mooresville Hwy., Lewisburg, TN 37091. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Rebecca May Cortner, 99, of Shelbyville, died Sunday, February 7, 2021. A family graveside service will be held. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Sylvia Jean Napper, 79, of Shelbyville died Thursday, February 4, 2021 at her home. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Brother Lloyd Warren officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Monday and beginning 10 a.m. Tuesday. Social distancing will be practiced and masks will be required.

Mary Joyce Wilhoite, 78, of Shelbyville died Thursday, February 4, 2021. The family will be gathering for a graveside service at 11 a.m. Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at New Herman Cemetery. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Mark Anthony Smotherman, 62, of Unionville died Saturday, February 6, 2021 in Murfreesboro. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, February 10 at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill, with Bro. Mike Hannah officiating. Interment will follow in Whitworth Cemetery in the Link Community of Rutherford County. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Tuesday.

Joe Paul Freeman, 95, died Tuesday, January 26, 2021 and Bessie D. Glasscock Freeman, 92, died Saturday, February 6, 2021, in their home in Nashville. They were formerly of Shelbyville. Joint funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at Hollywood Cemetery in Wartrace with Laws Rushing II officiating. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. The family requests that masks be worn during services and social distancing guidelines be followed. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Andrea Lee Troupe Bolden, 65, of Unionville, died Saturday, February 6, 2021, following an extended illness. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday, February 9 at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill. Burial will follow at Simpson Cemetery in Rover. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Monday.

Emogene “Jean” Wright Boyce, 88, of Unionville died Friday, January 29, 2021 in Shelbyville. Due to the present health crisis, a private family service was held earlier with burial following in Simpson Cemetery in Rover. Lawrence Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Chapel Hill was in charge of arrangements.

Linda Fay Williamson Bramblett died Tuesday, February 2, 2021. A private family service will be held in her honor in spring 2021. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Roy Wayne “Papa” Adams, 68, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, February 3, 2021, at his home. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Friday.

Jeanne Marie Wiggins Haithcote, 94, of Greenbrier, Arkansas, formerly of Shelbyville, died Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at the Greenbrier Nursing and Rehab Center. Funeral service for Ms. Haithcote will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, February 6, 2021 at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home in Greenbrier, Arkansas with Steve Norris officiating. Burial will follow in the Woodland Memorial Park, State Highway 16W in Cleburne County, Arkansas.

Jeffrey Dale Holman, 61, died Friday, January 29, 2020. A private graveside service for the family will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 7 at Erwin Cemetery in Wartrace with Pastor Joe T. Parks officiating. Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Saturday, February 6 at Nelson & Sons Memorial Chapel with facial coverings required and social distancing observed,

Hoyte Eugene Hall, 84, of Estill Springs died Sunday, January 31, 2021, at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. No public services will be held. Hewill be laid to rest at Hazel Cemetery in Bell Buckle. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mary Sanders Lovvorn Hix, 93, of Shelbyville died Saturday morning, January 30, 2021, at her home. Funeral service will be 12 noon Tuesday, February 2, 2021, at Fair Haven Baptist Church with Pastors Charles Williams and Rob McKamey officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday and beginning 11 a.m. Tuesday.

William (Bill) Tocchio, 88, of Shelbyville died early Friday morning, January 15, 2021, at Maury Regional Medical Center. Graveside service will be held 1:00 p.m. Monday, February 8, 2021, at Wheel Cemetery with Reverend Jon Bell officiating. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is serving the family.

Vikki Lynn “LuLu” Taylor, 17, of Unionville died Monday, January 25, 2021 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A Celebration of Vikki’s life will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill, with Jason Richardson officiating. Visitation will be held 4-8 p.m. Friday. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic all are asked to observe social distancing guidelines and wear masks.

Donna Ann Bush, 71, of Wartrace died Sunday, January 24, 2021 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. Private family services are scheduled. Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home of Tullahoma is in charge of arrangements.

Timothy Lewis Emerton, 52, of Shelbyville died Saturday, January 23, 2021. A memorial service may be held at a later date. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

George Dwyer “Corky” Winnette, 77, of Fairfield died Monday, January 25, 2021, after an extended illness. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Joe Paul Freeman, 95, of Nashville died Tuesday, January 26, 2021, at his home. Funeral arrangements pending from Doak-Howell Funeral Home.