Stories from Monday, January 18, 2010

Robert Julius Fishback, 62, of Shelbyville died Saturday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Anthony Booker officiating. Burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery.

Eston Keith Johnson died Monday. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and wil be announced by Nelson & Sons Memorial Chapel.

Bessie Ruth Parsons Smith, 85, of Shelbyville died Sunday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Jeremy Vanatta and the Rev. Jimmy Gray officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Ruth Smotherman Newcomb, 96, of Holts Corner died Monday. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill, with John Hyden and James Basham officiating. Burial will follow at Simpson Cemetery in Rover. Visitation with the family will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.