Obituaries from March 2005

Lera Hazelwood Tucker (03/01/05)
Funeral services for Lera Hazelwood Tucker, 79, of Manchester, who died Friday at her home, were held Monday at Gilmore Funeral Home in Manchester. Johnny Burgess officiated and burial followed in Oakwood Cemetery.

Robert Orr (03/01/05)
Funeral services for Robert Orr, 68, of Lewisburg, who died Sunday at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at London Funeral Home in Lewisburg. Burial will follow in Temple Cemetery.

Purmie Ashby Sumners (03/01/05)
Graveside services for Purmie Ashby Sumners, 96, of Fayetteville, who died Sunday in Lewisburg after an extended illness, will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Old Orchard Cemetery in Petersburg. The Rev. Timothy Wright will officiate.

Mary Lee Harris Gibson (03/02/05)
Funeral services for Mary Lee Harris Gibson, 91, of Wheel, who died Feb. 24 at Bedford County Nursing Home, will be 3 p.m. Thursday at Thompson Grove Baptist Church. The Rev. Herbert Lee Stewart will officiate and burial will follow in Gibson Cemetery.

Mattie L. Harris (03/04/05)
Funeral services for Mattie Leone Harris, 88, of Shelbyville, who died Wednesday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center, will be held 1 p.m. today at Gowen-Smith Chapel. Randy Davis will officiate and burial will follow in Houston Whitworth Cemetery.

Robert O. Barrett (03/04/05)
Funeral services for Robert O. "Bobby" Barrett, 70, of Shelbyville, who died Thursday morning at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. David Davenport and Reggie Smith will officiate and burial will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

Darkasa Eunavae Clemmons Lynn (03/06/05)
Memorial services for Darkasa Eunavae Clemmons Lynn, 62, who died Friday at her home in Wartrace, will be 2 p.m. Monday at Gowen-Smith Chapel. Richard Dugger will officiate.

Howard Jackson Burks Sr. (03/06/05)
Howard Jackson Burks Sr., a Unionville farmer, died Saturday at Bedford County Medical Center. He was 69. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with the Rev. Mike Hannah officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service...

Karl Lamont Krause (03/06/05)
Memorial services for Karl Lamont Krause, 55, of Lynchburg, who died Wednesday at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma, will be 4 p.m. today at Jennings Funeral Home in Lynchburg.

James Owen (03/06/05)
Funeral services for James Owen, 64, of Eagleville will be 2 p.m. today at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill. Burial will follow at Cothran Cemetery. Mr. Owen died Thursday in Murfreesboro.

Valter Ray Jones (03/07/05)
Funeral services for Valter Ray Jones Jr. of Unionville will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Mike Hannah officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Mr. Jones, 83, died Saturday at Bedford County Medical Center.

Joe Mason Ingram (03/07/05)
A memorial service for Joe Mason Ingram, 85, of Shelbyville, who died suddenly at his home on Sunday, will be 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home. Russ Countess will officiate.

Flora Jean Burrum (03/07/05)
Funeral services for Flora Jean Burrum, 74, of Goodrich, Mich., formerly of Shelbyville, who died Feb. 27 after an extended illness, were held March 2 at Hill Funeral Home in Grand Blanc, MIch. She was the sister of Mary Clifford of Shelbyville.

Denise Lyn Ibis (03/09/05)
Funeral services for Denise Lyn Ibis, 33, of Murfreesboro, who died March 6 will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at the St. Williams Catholic Church. Burial will follow in the Willow Mount Cemetery.

Earl Richardson Harden (03/09/05)
Funeral services for Earl Richardson Harden, 72, of Shelbyville, who died Monday at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Doug Moore will officiate and burial, with full military honors, will be in Willow Mount Cemetery.

Reuben Earl Butler (03/09/05)
Funeral services for Reuben Earl Butler, 78, of Shelbyville, who died Monday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. The Rev. Wallace Rowland and the Rev. Gary Williams will officiate and burial will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

William Robert Pitts (03/09/05)
Funeral arrangements for William Robert Pitts, 84, of Shelbyville, who died Sunday at Harton Regional Medical Center, will be Thurs. at 2 p.m. at Gowen-Smith Chapel. Burial will follow at Hazel Cemetery. Bryan Nerren and Donnie Jones will officiate.

Ronald Britt Bailey (03/09/05)
Funeral services for Ronald Britt Bailey, 56, of Tullahoma, who died Monday at the Alvin C. York Veterans Administration Medical Center in Murfreesboro, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Elm Street Church of Christ in Lynchburg.

James Lawrence Corkern (03/10/05)
Funeral services for James Lawrence Corkern, 74, of Petersburg, who died Thursday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Hillcrest Funeral Home.

Lizzie Lee Clay (03/13/05)
Funeral services for Lizzie Lee Clay, 81, of Shelbyville, who died Thursday at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma, will be 2 p.m. today at Gowen-Smith Chapel with the Rev. Lamar Dotson officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery.

Billy Joe Melton (03/13/05)
Funeral arrangements for Billy Joe Melton, 50, of Shelbyville, who died Friday at Bedford County Medical Center, are incomplete and will be announced by Gowen-Smith Chapel.

James H. "Buddy" Overcast (03/13/05)
Shelbyville Parks and Recreation Department director James H. "Buddy" Overcast, 68, died Friday at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Mark Pierce officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens...

Elizabeth Mozelle Molder Caldwell (03/14/05)
Elizabeth Mozelle Molder Caldwell, 90, of Shelbyville, died Friday at Bedford County Medical Center. Funeral services were today at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Jimmy Gray and Arnold King officiating. Burial followed at Willow Mount Cemetery.

Lorine Mayberry Stafford (03/14/05)
Funeral services for Lorine Mayberry Stafford, 79, of Shelbyville, who died Sunday at Bedford County Nursing Home, will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Mike Bayne will officiate, with burial to follow in Willow Mount Cemetery.

Terry Wayne Farrar (03/15/05)
Funeral services for Terry Wayne Farrar, 41, of Wartrace, who died Friday in Nashville, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Doug Moore officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery.

Lucy Kate Norris Lumpkin (03/15/05)
Celebration of Life services for Lucy Kate Norris Lumpkin, 85, of Rockvale, who died Tuesday, will be 6 p.m. today at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. Funeral services will be 4 p.m. Thursday at Ebenezer United Methodist Church in Clarkesville, Ga., with burial to follow in the Ebenezer UMC cemetery.

Charles Edward Biggers (03/16/05)
Funeral services are Charles Edward Biggers of Shelbyville will be held at noon Saturday at Bird Street Church of Christ, where he was a member. Anthony Booker will officiate with burial to be at Egypt Cemetery in Chapel Hill.

Shirley Lee Richardson (03/16/05)
Funeral arrangements for Shirley Lee Richardson, 45, of Shelbyville, who died Tuesday at Bedford County Medical Center, are incomplete and will be announced by Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Grady L. "Pepper" Simpson (03/17/05)
Grady L. "Pepper" Simpson of Brentwood died Wednesday at Southern Hills Medical Center. He was 41. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Friday at Keller Cemetery with Don Gallagher officiating.

Ronald J. Winkler (03/17/05)
Funeral services for Ronald J. Winkler, 55, of Shelbyville, who died Wednesday at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Dr. Lloyd Doyle officiating. Burial, with full military honors, will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery...

Robert Wayne Steele (03/17/05)
Funeral services for Robert Wayne Steele, 65, of Shelbyville will be 2:30 p.m. Friday at Moore-Cortner Funeral Home in Winchester. Burial will follow at Cowan Montgomery Cemetery in Cowan.

Dorothy Sue Angus-Akins (03/18/05)
Funeral services for Dorothy Sue Angus-Akins, 31, of Shelbyville will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery.

Shirley Lee Richardson (03/18/05)
Private burial services will be held for Shirley Lee Richardson, 45, of Shelbyville, who died Tuesday at Bedford County Medical Center. No family visitation is planned. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Robert R. "Bob" McGee (03/18/05)
Robert R. "Bob" McGee of St. Augustine, Fla., a Shelbyville resident until 2002, died Wednesday at Glenmoor Nursing Home in St. Augustine. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church of Hogansville, Ga. The Rev. Stan Ayer will officiate with burial following at Myrtle Hill Cemetery...

Dorothy Cantrell Bearden (03/18/05)
Funeral services for Dorothy Cantrell Bearden, 81, of Shelbyville will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Jonathan Sims officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

Judy Strode (03/20/05)
Former Shelbyville resident Judy Strode, 54, of Murfreesboro died Friday at Alive Hospice in Nashville. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Emmet Arnold and Linda Arnold officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens...

Viola Buckingham (03/21/05)
Funeral services for Viola Buckingham, 95, of Bell Buckle, who died Saturday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be noon Wednesday at J.A. Welton & Son Funeral Home. The Rev. James A. Crutchfield will officiate and burial will follow in Whitworth Cemetery...

Norman Taylor (03/21/05)
Memorial services for Norman Taylor, 50, of Shelbyville, who died Thursday in an automobile accident, will be held at First Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church in North Chicago, Ill.

Jack Edward Ray (03/21/05)
Funeral services for Jack Edward Ray, 78, of Shelbyville, who died Sunday at Alvin C. York Veterans Administration Medical Center in Murfreesboro, will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hillcrest Funeal Home. Paul Shearin and Anthony Lee "Butch" Williams will officiate and burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery...

Jesse Will Cummings (03/22/05)
Funeral services for Jesse Will Cummings, 78, of Wartrace, who died Sunday at his home after an extended illness, will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. The Rev. Jack Carney and the Rev. Paul McKee will officiate and burial will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

Bruce William Hackemann (03/22/05)
Bruce William Hackemann, 52, of Mt. Juliet, son of William and Iris Hackemann of Shelbyville, died Sunday. Funeral services will be 6 p.m. Thursday at Bond Memorial Chapel in Mt. Juliet with the Rev. Chuck Groover officiating.

Rev. Franklin Ray Sanders (03/23/05)
Memorial services for the Rev. Franklin Ray Sanders, 65, of Lake City, Fla., who died March 15 at his home following an extended illness, were held Friday at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Live Oak, Fla. Shelbyville survivors include a brother, Tom Sanders, and two sisters, Betty Sue Tipper and Joyce Elliott...

Treva Mae Sisco Holloway (03/23/05)
Mrs. Treva Mae Sisco Holloway, 75, of Shelbyville died Tuesday at Glen Oaks Nursing Home. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday at McCauley Funeral Home in Petersburg with the Rev. Troy Green, the Rev. Harold Bates and John Foster officiating. Burial will follow at Old Orchard Cemetery...

Mary Elizabeth Ratleph (03/23/05)
Graveside services for Mary Elizabeth Ratleph, 76, of Shelbyville, who died Tuesday at Bedford County Medical Center after an extended illness, will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Ron Mosby and Ken Green will officiate.

Jasper D. "Bate" Vance (03/24/05)
Funeral services for Jasper D. "Bate" Vance, 72, of Tullahoma, father of Jerome Vance of Shelbyville, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Revival Center Church of God in Christ in Tullahoma with Pastor James A. Crutchfield officiating. Burial will follow at Highview Cemetery, Lynchburg. J.A. Welton & Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Vance died Saturday in Tullahoma.

Lois Marie Kent Bledsoe (03/24/05)
Funeral services for Lois Marie Kent Bledsoe, 76, of Shelbyville, who died this morning at Bedford County Nursing Home, will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Wayne Kent officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

Mrs. Minnie Myrtle Sandlin King (03/25/05)
Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Myrtle Sandlin King, 92, of Midland will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel in Murfreesboro with the Revs. Monty Kapavik and Vance King officiating. Burial will follow at Smotherman Cemetery in Midland. Mrs. King died Thursday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro...

Aaron F. Buttner (03/25/05)
Funeral services for Aaron F. Buttner, 80, of Wartrace, who died this morning at Bedford County Nursing Home after an extended illness, will be 11 a.m. Monday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Jack Carney officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

Townsend W.K. Smith (03/25/05)
Townsend W.K. Smith of Thomasville, Ga., formerly of Shelbyville, died Saturday at Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Bright Temple Church of God in Christ with Herbert L. Stewart officiating. Burial will follow at Holden Cemetery...

Joan Rollins (03/27/05)
Funeral services for Joan Rollins, 72, of Murfreesboro, who died Thursday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, will be 2 p.m. today (Sunday) at Jennings and Ayers Funeral Home in Murfreesboro. The Rev. Don Morris will officiate and burial will follow in Zions Hill Cemetery in Unionville...

John Denton Peck (03/27/05)
Graveside services for John Denton Peck, 90, of Shelbyville, who died Tuesday, were held Saturday at Hamilton Memorial Gardens in Chattanooga. The Rev. Jim Millard officiated. Chattanooga Funeral Home in Hixson is in charge of arrangements. Thoughts and remembrances may be left at www.mem.com...

Virginia Sullenger (03/27/05)
Virginia Sullenger, 70, of Lynchburg died Saturday at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday at Lynchburg Church of Christ with burial following at Lynchburg Cemetery. Jennings Funeral Home of Lynchburg is handling arrangements...

Ann Marie Mooneyham Philpot (03/27/05)
Funeral services for Mrs. Ann Marie Mooneyham Philpot, 70, of Shelbyville, who died Saturday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 2:30 p.m. Monday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

Donald Lee Cruse (03/27/05)
Funeral services for Donald Lee Cruse, 72, of Wartrace, who died Sunday at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma, will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Issac McDuffie officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Tullahoma...

Harry Phillips Stacy (03/29/05)
Funeral services for Harry Phillips Stacy, 57, of Flat Creek were March 16 at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Burial followed at Rosebank Cemetery. He died March 13 at Bedford County Medical Center.

Joseph Morris Morgan (03/29/05)
Joseph Morris Morgan of Orange, Calif., son of Frederica Edwards of Wartrace, died March 21 at UCI Medical Center, Orange. He was 52. Arrangements for memorial services are incomplete.

Leonard Clayton "Scoop" Malone Sr. (03/30/05)
Graveside services, with full military honors, for Leonard Clayton "Scoop" Malone Sr., 80, of Belfast, who died Monday evening at his home, will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Middleview Memorial Gardens in Lewisburg. The U.S. Navy and the Tennessee Army Reserve will participate...

Euless Katherine Rogers (03/31/05)
Miss Euless Katherine Rogers of Shelbyville died Wednesday at Bedford County Nursing Home after an extended illness. She was 92. Graveside services 2 p.m. today at Willow Mount Cemetery with Dr. Lloyd A. Doyle officiating.