Obituaries

Helen Johnson Pittack, 74, of Bell Buckle, died Sunday, September 15, 2019. A Celebration of Life Service will be 5 p.m. Thursday,at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m.

Emmett Buckingham, 87, of Shelbyville died Sunday, September 15, 2019. Arrangements pending from Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

David Wilson Barrett, 74, of Rockvale died Sunday, September 15, 2019. Arrangements pending from Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Karen Burk, 77, of Tullahoma, passed away Sunday, September 15, 2019. Arrangements pending from Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Jeannie Mathis, 72, of Cornersville died Saturday, September 14, 2019 in Franklin. She was a member of Miracle Tabernacle Church in Shelbyville. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. Burial will follow in Beechwood Cemetery in Cornersville. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Monday.

Dennis Jerome Banks, 56, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, September 10, 2019. Funeral services will be held 12 noon Saturday, September 21 at Galilee Primitive Baptist Church. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Stephen Lee Neeley, 68, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at his home. Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Sunday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Brother Ray Armstrong officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.

Rubye Grace Walters Howell of Columbia, formerly of Shelbyville, died Tuesday, September 10, 2019. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Brother Jeff Rasnick officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

Marilyn Pfeffer, 80, of Bell Buckle died Tuesday, September 10, 2019, at her home. Arrangements pending from Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

Nakeyisha Davis Muse, 41, of Shelbyville died Sunday, September 8, 2019. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Visitation will begin at noon. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Earleen Dalton Young, 77, of Lewisburg died Sunday, September 8, 2019. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with Bro. Terry Golden officiating. Interment will follow in Harris Cemetery near Chapel Hill. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Tuesday.

Frieda Uselton Stephens, 88, of Murfreesboro died September 8, 2019 after an extended illness. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Hillcrest Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Rebecca Sue Morris. 61, of Texas, formerly of Tullahoma, died Aug. 28 in Shelbyville. Per her wishes, she was cremated.

James Wilburn Pack, age 91, of Bell Buckle died Wednesday, September 4, 2019, at his home after an extended illness. A Celebration of Life service will be held 4 p.m. Friday, September 13 at Doak Howell Funeral Home with Dr. Tracy Pack, Neal Crowell, and Robert Mifflin speaking. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m.

Henry C. Hunley, Jr., 83, of Shelbyville died Monday, September 9, 2019, at his home. A memorial service will be held 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Per his request, his remains were cremated.

Betty Lou Anderson, 81, of Shelbyville died Saturday, September 7, 2019. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, September 14, at Beech Grove Baptist Church in Eagleville with Reverend R.L. Jackson as eulogist. Burial will follow in Johnson Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Friday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel and beginning noon Saturday at the church.

Ray Randolph Via, Jr., 86, died Thursday, September 5, 2019 at the Arbors at Streetsboro nursing home in Streetsboro, Ohio. A family-only graveside service will be conducted at Mt. Hermon Cemetery in Bedford County at 10 a.m. Monday with Rev. Blake Stephens officiating. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Sunday at Moore-Cortner Funeral Home in Lynchburg with a brief service to follow.

Clover Lee “CloClo” Yancey, 11, of Chapel Hill, died Saturday, August 31, 2019 at Monroe Carell, Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville. Celebration of Life Services will be held 3 p.m. Saturday, September 7 at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill, with Pastor Jason Daughdrill officiating. Visitation will begin at noon. Memorial donations may be made to the Clover Yancey memorial fund at Heritage South Community Credit Union.

Estill Lee Cook, 64, of Wartrace, died Wednesday, September 4, 2019. Funeral services will be 12 noon Friday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Jason Williams will officiate, with burial to follow in Hollywood Cemetery in Wartrace. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m.

Travis Berry Petty, 92, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, September 3, 2019. Graveside services with military honors will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 11, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Rev. Dr. Paul Mullikin officiating. Visitation will be 6-7 p.m. Tuesday at Hillcrest Funeral Home.

George Quick, 71, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at his residence. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Friday at Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home, Fayetteville, with Bro. John Gibson and Bro. Eddie Graves officiating. Burial will follow in Hopper Cemetery. VIsitation will be 5-8 p.m. Thursday.

Mr. Doyle Keith Gattis, age 78, of Lewisburg, TN, died Tuesday, September 3, 2019. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Lawrence Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Wheel Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday.

Everett Levon Walker, 74, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, September 3, 2019. Memorial services will be held 5 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m.

John Wesley Smotherman, 91, of Shelbyville died Friday, August 30, 2019. Funeral services were held Monday at Living Stones Church with Pastor Eddie Reed officiating. Burial followed at Reed-Walker Cemetery. Doak-Howekk Funeral Home handled arrangements.

Leonard Thomas Lewis, 89, of Lynchburg passed from this life Monday, September 2, 2019. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Darryl Lewis officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Thursday.

Sammy W. Ralston, 91, of Chapel Hill died Monday, September 2, 2019 in Lewisburg. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with Russell Wyatt and Jimmy Carver officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Bedford County. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

Frank G. Mikeals, 65, died Sunday, September 1, 2019 in Tennessee. Per his wishes, he was cremated. There will be no memorial. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel handled arrangements.

Robert Edgar "R.E." Alexander, Jr., 100, of Tullahoma, a native of Bedford County, died Wednesday, August 28, 2019. A Celebration of Life service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, September 7 at Tullahoma Funeral Home with Rev. Rickey Wade officiating. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m.

Andrew Jackson 'A.J.' Ratleph died Friday, August 30, 2019 at his son’s home in Manchester after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Brother Jeff Collet officiating. Burial will follow in Hazel Cemetery in Bell Buckle.

Mary E. Ewing, 87, of Shelbyville died Friday, August 30, 2019. Funeral services will be 5 p.m. Wednesday,, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Brother Anthony Booker will be eulogist. Burial will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Willow Mount Cemetery. The family will receive visitors 4-5 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Mary Louise Lamb, 71, of Unionville died Friday, August 30, 2019, in Shelbyville, Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. Burial will follow at Pressgrove Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

Jean Thompson, 81, of Lewisburg died Friday, August 30, 2019, in Shelbyville. Graveside services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at Hopper Cemetery in the Laws Hill community of Marshall County. Lawrence Funeral Home of Chapel Hill is handling arrangements.

Mrs. Ruby Estell Cummins, age 85, passed away Thursday, August 29, 2019. Graveside services will be 3 p.m. Sunday, September 1, 2019, at Mars Hill Cemetery in Cornersville. The family will receive visitors 12 noon until 2 p.m. at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel...

Eleanor Elizabeth Keller, 92, of Shelbyville died Thursday, August 29, 2019 at Celebration Way Assisted Living. Celebration of Life Services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, September 8 at Celebration Way. Burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Gowen-Smith Chapel is handling arrangements.

Mary Searcy (Couch) King Hopkins, 96, of Tullahoma, formerly of Shelbyville, died Thursday, August 22, 2019 at her home. Funeral services were held Wednesday at First Christian Church in Tullahoma. Burial followed at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens in Tullahoma. Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home handled arrangements.

Ernest Wayne Binkley, 56, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, August 28, 2019. Arrangements pending from Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Barbara Ann Inmon, 57, of Bay Minette, Alabama, formerly of Shelbyville, died early Friday, August 23, 2019. Funeral services will be 6 p.m. Friday, August 30 at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Brother Jeff Collet will officiate. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m.

James Wallace Brandon, 92, of Shelbyville, died Monday, August 26, 2019. A Celebration of Life will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, September 8 at Blue Ribbon Circle in Shelbyville with Josh Huffman and Steve Murphree speaking, followed by a reception. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Rodney Lee Vaughn, 58, of Rover died Monday, August 26, 2019 at his home. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with Rev. Steve Puckett officiating. Burial will follow in Triune Cemetery in Williamson County. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Thursday.

Ronnie Porter, 60, of Shelbyville died Friday, August 23, 2019. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, August 31 at Bird Street Church of Christ. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Friday at Nelson & Sons Memorial Chapel. Family visitation will begin 10 a.m. Saturday at the church.

Gloria Joyce Hicks Duke, 78, of Chapel Hill died Sunday, August 25, 2019. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. Interment will be Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Wednesday.

Brenda Faye Lynch Upton, 64, of Taft, died Saturday, August 24, 2019, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with Pastor Eddie Graves officiating. Burial will follow in Wheeler Cemetery in Chapel Hill. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Tuesday.

Coy Allen Claxton, 82, of Shelbyville died Monday, August 26, 2019. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Rev. Billy Joe Calvert officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Wednesday.

Shawn Catherine Devlin, 41, of Shelbyville died Saturday, August 24, 2019 at her home following an extended illness. A private Celebration of Life Service will be held at the home of her maternal grandmother, aunt and uncle in Shelbyville on Saturday, September 7.

Carl David “Uncle Bubba” England, 75, of Sparta died Friday, August 23, 2019 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. Funeral services 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at Oak Lawn Funeral Home in Sparta with David Lipe and David England officiating. Burial to follow at Oak Lawn Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

Rev. Annie Mai Couch, 92, died Wednesday, August 21, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 12 noon Wednesday, April 28 at Mullin Chapel AME Church. Interment will follow at Erwin Stokes Cemetery. Lie-in-state will be noon-5 p.m. Tuesday at Scales & Sons Funeral Home in Murfreesboro. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church.

Brenda “Pie” Smith, 62, of Shelbyville died Friday, August 23, 2019, at her home. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, August 29, 2019, at Woodfork A.M.E Church with burial to follow at Mt. Ararat Cemetery. Reverend Randall Webster will serve as eulogist. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Jan Shapard, 72, of Murfreesboro, a native of Shelbyville, died suddenly Saturday, August 24, 2019 at her home. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Jennings & Ayers Funeral Home in Murfreesboro with Rev. Dwight Bledsoe officiating. A graveside service will follow at 12 noon at Hopper Cemetery in Marshall County. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Tuesday.

Jeffrey Lee “Jeff” Eley, 55, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, August 21, 2019. Per his request, he was cremated and no memorial service has been planned at this time.

Stephen Michael Oiler, 66, of Shelbyville died Thursday, August 22, 2019. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Burial, with full military honors, will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Saturday.