OBITUARIES

Nov 22, 2014

Steven Marshall Finley, age 62 of Lewisburg, passed away on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at his residence. A native of Marshall County, Mr. Finley was the son of the late Billy Finley and Dorothy Ramsey Parker of Lewisburg, who survives. He worked for the VA Administration, was a deacon at East Commerce Baptist Church, and served his country with...

Nov 19, 2014

Ernestine Miles Cowden, age 90 of Petersburg, passed away on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at Adams Place in Murfreesboro. A native of Henry County, KY, Mrs. Cowden was the daughter of the late J. Mason Miles and Nell Chisholm Miles. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John Edward Cowden, who passed away in 2013. She retired...

Nov 18, 2014

Helen Marie Rogers Hayes, age 76 of Lewisburg, passed away on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at her residence. A native of Marshall County, Mrs. Hayes was the daughter of the late Luther Allen and Jewel McMillian Allen. She was also preceded in death by one grandchild, Richard Brian Rogers. She was a plant manager with Jama Manufacturing and a...

Nov 11, 2014

James Franklin Hood, age 67, passed away on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Mr. Hood was the son of the late, David Shipman Hood, Sr. and Mary Frances Hutchins Hood Strickland. Also preceded in death were two brothers, David Shipman Hood, Jr. and Johnny Lee Hood; two sisters, Patricia Hood and Mary Kay Indinger; and...

Nov 11, 2014

Biography Mr. James William Harris, Jr., age 61 of Franklin, Tennessee passed away on Tuesday, November 11, 2014, at Williamson Medical Center in Franklin. He was the son of James Harris, Sr. and Alberta Harris, both of Indianapolis, IN Mr. Harris was born in Indianapolis, IN on July 16, 1953. Jimmy was baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses in...

Nov 11, 2014

Biography Ruby Adcock Bridges, age 75 passed away on Tuesday, November 11, 2014. She is survived by two children, Laurrie Lynn (Tommy) Batey of Lewisburg and Steven (Donna) Bridges of Hendersonville; three grandchildren, Daniel Batey of Lewisburg, Dana Mires of Vanntown and Raegan Bridges of Hendersonville; two great-grandchildren, Jeremy and Amber Batey of Lewisburg; two sisters, Zenith Graves of...

Nov 7, 2014

Adelaide Sanders Bigham, age 92 of Lewisburg, passed away on Friday, November 7, 2014 at her residence. A native of the Delina Community, Mrs. Bigham was the daughter of the late Alex Sanders and Grace Taylor Sanders. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Lt. Col. Hughey W. Bigham, who passed away in 2001, and one sister,...

Nov 4, 2014

Mr. Dorris Weaver, age 80, of Lewisburg, Tennessee, died Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at his home in Lewisburg. Mr. Weaver was born in Marshall County and was a son of the late Frank Lee and Beulah Mae Phifer Weaver. He served his country as a soldier with the Tennessee Army National Guard, from which he retired in 1991, after...

Nov 1, 2014

Garry Wayne Jett, age 30 passed away at University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. Mr. Jett was the son of Annette Jett Vaughn and Terry Jett. He is survived by three brothers, TJ, Matthew, and Ryan Jett; one sister, Lynnette Jett; two nephews, Dante Kidder and Shawn Jett; one niece, Nevaeh Kidder; and a grandmother, Corrine Collins. A...

Oct 31, 2014

Biography William "Radar" Wayne Lentz, age 46, of Lewisburg, passed away on Friday, October 31, 2014 at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia. A native of Lewisburg, Mr. Lentz was the son of the late Wilma Lee Troop and William F. Stewart of Lewisburg, who survives and he worked many years at ICP. In addition to his father, he...

Oct 26, 2014

Betty June Slagle, age 84 of Columbia, formally of Lewisburg, passed away on Sunday, October 26, 2014 at Life Care Center in Columbia. Mrs. Slagle was the daughter of the late Hobert Moore and Clara Davis Moore. She was also preceded in death by her husband of sixty years, Ernest Slagle, who passed away in 2008; one brother, Don...

Oct 26, 2014

Eddie Wayne Blackwell, age 53 of Lewisburg, passed away on Sunday, October 26, 2014 at Alive Hospice in Nashville. A native of Marshall County, Mr. Blackwell was the son of the late Bobby Blackwell and Linda Fay Curtis Blackwell from Lewisburg who survives. He was also preceded in death by one granddaughter, Dixie Lynn Blackwell. Mr. Blackwell was self-employed...

Oct 23, 2014

Bryant Reavis Harris, age 83 of Lewisburg, passed away on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at Sterling House Assisted Living in Columbia. A native of Columbia, Mr. Harris was preceded in death by the late T. Earl Harris and Martha Reavis Harris. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by firs first wife, Barbara R. Harris, and...

Oct 20, 2014

Oct 19, 2014

Thomas Sparkle Alfred Nation, age 67, of Pulaski, passed away on Sunday, October 19, 2014 at his residence. Mr. Nation was educated in Giles County Schools in Pulaski and graduated as one of the top ten students from the last graduating class of Bridgeforth High School in 1965. He served as an employee at Union Bank, Giles County Impact...

Oct 15, 2014

Biography Mr. William Alexander " Bill" Lowe III, age 79 of Lewisburg, passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at NHC- Oakwood. A native of Marshall County, Mr. Lowe was the son of the late William Lowe II and Beatrice Towry Lowe. He was a retired tool and die maker with Heil Quaker Corp and a member of Farmington...

Oct 10, 2014

Martha V. "Gongie" Cheek Cathey, age 93 of Lewisburg, passed away on Friday, October 10, 2014 in NHC Healthcare-Lewisburg. A native of Marshall County, Mrs. Cathey was the daughter of the late Oslin G. Cheek and Vandillia Tindell Cheek. She was a homemaker and a member of Antioch Church of Christ. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

Oct 4, 2014

Ike Ray Stafford, age 61 of Fayetteville, passed away on Saturday, October 4, 2014 at his residence after a long illness. Mr. Stafford was a native of Marshall County and was the son of the late Colen Stafford and Bessie Journey Holland Bradford. He was also preceded in death by two sisters, Rebecca Mitchell, who passed away in 2004...

Sep 26, 2014

Earl D. Foster, age 89 of Murfreesboro, passed away on Friday, September 26, 2014 at NHC Healthcare-Murfreesboro. Mr. Foster was born in Maury County and was the son of the late Connie N. Foster and Ramona Dortch Foster. He was in civil service with the United States Government and was a member of the Church of Christ. He is...

Sep 26, 2014

Terry Lee Deering, age 62 of Columbia, passed away on Friday, September 26, 2014 at his residence after an extended illness. Mr. Deering was born in Nashville, was retired from B&R Tool, and was the son of the late Willie Deering and Bessie Miles ODell. He was also preceded in death by his step-father, Richard ODell and a sister,...