Obituaries

Sheryl Long, 48, of Lewisburg died Monday, January 20, 2020 in Nashville. A Celebration of Life service will be 7 p.m. Friday at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill, with Rev. Larry Chatman officiating. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m.

James J. Mitchell Sr. of Bell Buckle died Wednesday, January 15, 2020. A memorial meeting will be held 5 p.m. Saturday, February 1 at Episcopal Church of the Redeemer.

Susan Thompson Derryberry, 89, of Shelbyville died Monday, January 20, 2020. A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at First Christian Church with Jared Ruari officiating. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. at the church. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Rhonda Joy Howard, 59, of Taft died Thursday, January 16, 2020 at Huntsville Hospital. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Higgins Funeral Home in Fayetteville with Bro. Phillip Kelly officiating. Burial will follow in Stewart Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Monday.

Elizabeth A. “Sibbie” Brewer, 83, of Normandy died Thursday, January 16, 2020. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home in Tullahoma. Burial will follow at Bethany Cemetery. Visitation will be 3-6 p.m. Sunday.

Virgie Nora Blackwell, 97, of Shelbyville died Thursday, January 16, 2020. Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, January 19th, at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Rev. Tommy Dye officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 12 noon.

Martha Loraine Davis Sutton, 72, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, January 15, 2020 in Shelbyville, Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church. Visitation will be 3-7 p.m. Sunday. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

William Donald Phillips, 83, of Tullahoma died Wednesday, January 15, 2020. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, January 18, at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Rev. Rickey Wade officiating. Burial with military rites will follow at Hollywood Cemetery in Wartrace. Visitation will begin at 12 noon.

Loraine Sutton, 72, of Shelbyville died suddenly and unexpectedly Wednesday, January 15, 2020. Arrangements pending from Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Barbara Ann Kirby Helms, 77, of Shelbyville died Monday, January 13, 2020, at St. Thomas West. A Celebration of Life service will be held 2:30 p.m. Friday at Gateway Church with Pastor Jason Daughdrill officiating. Visitation will be held at the church starting at 12 noon. Burial will follow at Holden Cemetery. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Barbara was born January 13, 1944, in Columbus

Ann R. Stone, 94, of Shelbyville died Monday, January 13, 2020. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Mike Richardson and Tim Saylor officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Wednesday.

Fred Thomas Davis Sr., 94, of Shelbyville died Monday, January 13, 2020, at his home. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Brother Jimmy Gray will officiate. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be 3-7 p.m. Wednesday.

Travis Gregory Helton, 51, of Shelbyville died Saturday, January 11, 2020. There will be no services. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements,

Clay Pettit, 65, of Belfast died Saturday, January 11, 2020 following an extended illness. A Celebration of Life Service will be 7 p.m. Wednesday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Burial will be in Kentucky.

Donald Aldrick Peterson, 43, of Shelbyville died Sunday, January 5, 2020, at his home. Funeral services will be 7 p.m. Saturday, January 18 at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Richard Dugger officiating. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m.

Brent Wheeler Curry, 61, of Shelbyville, passed from his life Thursday, January 9, 2020. Per his request he is to be cremated, and his ashes scattered at his favorite fishing hole. No public services will be held. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

William Philey Crowell-Davis, 72, died October 21, 2019. A memorial service will be announced at a later date.

Annie Gray “Granny Grunt” Woods, 101, of Shelbyville died Thursday, January 9, 2020. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

Rebecca Colleen Kennemer, 62, of Shelbyville died Monday, January 6, 2020. There are no services scheduled at this time. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family.

Nathan David West, 18, of Shelbyville died Sunday, January 5, 2020. Funeral services 2 p.m. Sunday, January 12 at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Brother James Erwin will officiate. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Saturday.

Alda Marie Moran, 79, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, January 8, 2020, at her home. A Celebration of Life service will be 12 noon Saturday at Fairfield Church of Christ. The family will receive visitors beginning 11 a.m. Saturday. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Sherry Eastep Wallace, 83, of White House, formerly of Chapel Hill, died Wednesday, January 8, 2020, in White House. Funeral services at 11 a.m. Saturday at Austin & Bell Funeral Home, White House, with Matt Shouse officiating. Graveside service will follow at 2 p.m. at Swanson Cemetery in Chapel Hill. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Friday at Austin & Bell Funeral Home. Lawrence Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Chapel Hill, is also handling arrangements.

Clayton Davis Moore, 95, of Bell Buckle died Tuesday, January 7, 2020. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Mike Bynum officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at noon.

Zuella Templeton Sutton, 95, of Shelbyville died Monday, January 6, 2020, at her home. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Pastor Jimmy Gray officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m.

Sam Baker Crockett Jr., 75, died Monday, January 6, 2020 at Richland Place in Nashville. Graveside service 11 a.m. Monday, January 13 at Hollywood Cemetery in Wartrace. Kilgore Funeral Home in Tullahoma is handling arrangements.

Michael Gant died Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, January 11 at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Visitation will begin at 12 noon.

Thelma Lynn “Sally” Pendergrass, 90, of Shelbyville died Sunday, January 5, 2020 at Glen Oaks Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home, Fayetteville. with Rev. Ron Chilton officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery. Visitation begins at 11 a.m.

Mary Ann Reed, 77, of Shelbyville died Friday, January 3, 2020 at her home. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Brother Bobby McGee officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Tuesday.

John O. Patterson, 92, of Shelbyville, died Saturday, January 4, 2020. Funeral services will be held 12 noon Tuesday, January 7, 2020, in the chapel of Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Brother Jack Carney officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held beginning 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Nancy Irene DelPrincipe, 66, of Deatsville, Alabama died Friday, January 3, 2020. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 7, at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Pastor Alex Hoffner officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Monday from 4-8 p.m.

Lee Ann Collins, 46, of Lewisburg, died Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at her residence. She served as manager of Collins and Miller Insurance in Shelbyville. Funeral services were held Saturday at London Funeral Home in Lewisburg. Burial followed in Lone Oak Cemetery.

Funeral services for James Larry “Jimmy” Smith, age 78, of Bell Buckle, will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 6, 2020, in the Chapel of Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Brother Ron Dewitt officiating. Burial will follow at Cross Road Church of Christ and Cemetery in Bell Buckle. Visitation will be held 3-6 p.m. Sunday, January 5, 2020, at the funeral home.

Thomas Edward McCroskey, 83, died Thursday, January 2, 2020 Funeral services will be 12 noon Monday at Nelson & Sons Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at Mount Ararat Cemetery. Visitation begins at 11 a.m.

Jonathan Jackson 'Jon' Vannatta, 48, of Maumelle, Arkansas, a native of Shelbyville, died Tuesday, December 31, 2019, in a plane crash near Kansas City, Kansas. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Thursday at Fairlane Church of Christ with Mark Pierce officiating. Burial, with full military honors, will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. A memorial service is scheduled in Little Rock, Arkansas at a later date.

McCleish Christmas “Mac” Benham, 33, died suddenly Tuesday, December 31, 2019. A Celebration of Life service will be 5 p.m. Saturday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Pastor Steven Murphree officiating. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m.

Kathy Smith Collins, 67, of Shelbyville died Thursday, January 2, 2020. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Pastor Carl Hall will officiate, with burial to follow in Jones Haynes Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Sunday.

Samuel Arthur Oates, 94, died Thursday, December 26, 2019. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, January 4, 2020 at Galilee Primitive Baptist Church, 917 Sevier St, Shelbyville. Burial will follow at Mount Ararat Annex Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m.

Joe Harry Beech, Sr., 78, of Shelbyville died December 28, 2019 at his home. He was entombed at Willow Mount Cemetery in a private gathering of his family. There will not be another public service for Mr. Beech.

Mary Ruth Walker Shelton, 77, of Christiana died Monday, December 30, 2019. Funeral services will be 2 p.m.Sunday, January 5, 2020, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with burial to follow at New Beechgrove Cemetery. Brother Tim Key will officiate. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

Bonnie Bates, 65, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at Tennova Healthcare-Shelbyville. Arrangements pending from Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

Beulah Mai Haynes Russell, 88, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, January 4 at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Rev. Dr. Paul H. Mullikin will officiate, with burial to follow in Swanson Cemetery in Chapel Hill. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday.

Keith Anthony, 51, of Madison, Tennessee died Friday, December 27, 2019. A Celebration of Life will be 1 p.m. Sunday, January 5, 2020 at Kingdom Cultivation Ministries, 701 Kingree Road, with Pastor Jay Pope officiating. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Margaret Ann “Ninny” Fulmer Smith, 82, of Estill Springs died Thursday, December 26, 2019, at her residence following a brief illness. She was the mother of Kim Smotherman of Shelbyville. Services were held Monday at Grant Funeral Services, Estill Springs, with Bro. Jason Powers officiating. Interment followed in Watson-North Memorial Park in Winchester.

Katherine Ann Watson Martin died Sunday, December 13, 2019. Per her request, she will be cremated by Feldhaus Memorial Chapel and a Celebration of Life will be held at Fellowship of Christ Church in Shelbyville on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020 at 2 p.m.

Margie Nell Seibers, 85, of Shelbyville died Sunday, December 29, 2019, at Tennova Healthcare-Shelbyville. Arrangements pending from Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

Rex Allen Elliott, 67, of Hillsboro died Saturday, December 28, 2019. Funeral Services will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday, December 31, at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Rev. Jake Dorak officiating. Visitation will begin at 11:30 a.m. He was a native of Kokomo, Indiana; a retired employee of Cooper Steel of Shelbyville; a veteran of the U.S. Navy and a...

Emily Shofner Bartlett, 91, of Shelbyville died Friday, December 27, 2019 at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro. Funeral services 2 p.m. Tuesday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Shofner Lutheran Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon.

Danny Lamb, 44, of Murfreesboro died Saturday, December 21, 2019, at NHC Murfreesboro where he had been a resident for 21 years following an automobile accident. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill, with Bro. Ronnie Grooms officiating. Burial will follow in Simpson Cemetery in Rover. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

Curtis Darrell Zane, 68, of Unionville died Wednesday, December 25, 2019, at Standifer Place in Chattanooga. Per his request there will be no public services held. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Leslie Eugene Watkins, 82, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at NHC of Tullahoma. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Brother Jimmy West officiating. Burial will follow at Rosebank Cemetery in Flat Creek. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.