OBITUARIES

Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson

Aug 31, 2005

Mr. Andrew Johnson, age 55, died Wednesday evening in Kindred Hospital in Nashville. A native of Davidson Co., he was a construction worker and member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Johnson is survived by his mother: Claudia Johnson of Lewisburg; wife: Katherine Johnson of Nashville; 5 sisters: Valorie Johnson, Deborah Johnson, Lorraine Johnson, Freida Johnson, and Shirley Moore, all...

Ruby Dean Winsett

Ruby Dean Winsett

Aug 31, 2005

Miss Ruby Dean Winsett, age 57, died Wednesday evening at her home in Shelbyville, following an extended illness. She was born in Fayetteville, and was affiliated with the Baptist Church. Ruby Dean led a simple life, enjoying car rides, music, the people around her, and the fall of the year. She is survived by her parents: Darwin and Ruby...

Martha Woolbright

Martha Woolbright

Aug 28, 2005

Mrs. Martha Jane Woolbright, age 85 , died Sunday at NHC-Oakwood. A native of Eldon, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of the late Dixon Collier and Etta Jane Tudor Phillips, and a homemaker. She is survived by five children: Richard Oxford of Belfast, Janie Joyce Frank of Bakersfield, CA, Robert Glenn Woolbright of Shelbyville, Brenda Barton of Bakersfield, CA,...

Dorris Wright

Dorris Wright

Aug 20, 2005

Mr. Dorris Wright, age 70 of Lewisburg, died Saturday morning in Winchester. A native of Marshall County, he was the son of the late Andrew and Emma Chrisman Wright, and retired from Walker Die Casting and Genesco, with 27 years of service. He was a member of the Lewisburg Methodist Chapel and served his country in the United States...

Sarah Kay Bowden

Sarah Kay Bowden

Aug 10, 2005

Mrs. Sarah Kay Matthews Bowden, age 54, died Wednesday afternoon, surrounded by her family, at her Lewisburg residence. Mrs. Bowden was the daughter of the late William Edwin and Sarah Christine Kit Wall Matthews and a member of the Parkview Baptist Church. She received her Bachelors in Psychology and Masters in Guidance & Counseling from Middle TN State University....

Gordon Winford Leonard

Gordon Winford Leonard

Jul 29, 2005

Gordon Winford Leonard, age 67, died Friday at his Lewisburg residence. A native of the Farmington Community, he was the son of the late Cyril A. and Lillie Winford Leonard, retired supervisor with Sanford Corporation, and a member of the Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by two brothers: Howard and Frank Leonard, and is survived by...

J W Smith

J W Smith

Jul 15, 2005

Mr. J. W. Smith, age 71 of Lewisburg, died Friday morning in Maury Regional Hospital. A native of Lincoln Co, he was the son of the late Tom and Ally Smith, and a member of the Baptist church. He was a truck driver for Nora Mills and Deason, and retired from the maintenance department of ICP. He is survived...

Mac Bruington

Mac Bruington

Jul 7, 2005

Mr. Mac Bruington, age 90 of Richmond, Virginia, formerly of Lewisburg, died Thursday, July 7, 2005. Born in Kentucky, he was the son of the late Charles and LuAnna Bessie Roberts Bruington. Mr. Bruington was a retired service manager with General Electric Radio division and a member of Heritage Baptist Church in Chesterfield, VA. Known as W4NJE, Mac was...

Alvin Winston Rutledge, Jr

Alvin Winston Rutledge, Jr

Jul 6, 2005

Alvin Winston Rutledge Jr, age 52, formerly of Lewisburg, died Wednesday, July 6 at his home in Kodiak, Alaska. A native of Marshall County, Winston was the son of Alvin Winston Rutledge who preceded him in death and Frances Murdock Rutledge Cater of Kodiak, Alaska. He was also preceded in death by his step-father, Blain Cater. Winston was educated...

Joe Billy Pruitt

Joe Billy Pruitt

Jul 2, 2005

Mr. Joe Billy Pruitt, age 84, died Saturday in Hillside Hospital in Pulaski. A native of Marshall County, he was the son of the late Willie & Ruby Pruitt and retired from Faber-Castell with over 30 years of service. He grew up in the Yell Community and was raised in the New Hope Methodist Church. Mr. Pruitt was a...

Miss Sydney Murl Leonard

Miss Sydney Murl Leonard

Jun 30, 2005

Sydney Murl Leonard was born December 2, 1912 at the Leonard Family home in the Possum Trot Community of Marshall County. She was the third of four children of Tolbert Stuart and Eunice Hamilton Leonard. An unnamed infant brother died shortly after birth and her other two brothers preceded her in death: Hugh Albert Leonard and Jessie Elbert Leonard....

Maribelle Young

Maribelle Young

Jun 26, 2005

Mrs. Maribelle C. Young, age 84 of Lewisburg, died Sunday morning in NHC-Oakwood. A native of Rome, TN, she was the daughter of the late Julian & Mary Carter Cooksey, a homemaker and mother, and member of the Lewisburg First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband: Horace B. Young in Oct. 2000 a son: Ben...

Marguerite Mcadams

Marguerite Mcadams

Jun 13, 2005

Mrs. Marguerite E. McAdams, age 92, died Monday morning in Woodbury Nursing Center. A native of Hamilton Co., she was the daughter of the late Ernest & Virgie Shetter, a homemaker, and a member of the Hickory Heights Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband: M.C. McAdams in June of 2004. She is survived by...

Robert Joseph Rj Drafton

Robert Joseph Rj Drafton

Jun 4, 2005

Memorial services for Robert Joseph RJ Drafton, age 18 of Lewisburg, will be conducted Thursday at 6:00 PM from the chapel of Bills McGaugh Funeral Home. He was born in Corona, CA and had been employed with Pizza Hut and Cracker Barrel. He loved the outdoors, spending much of his time fishing and playing sports. He moved to Lewisburg...

William Andrews, Jr

William Andrews, Jr

Jun 2, 2005

William L. Andrews, 88 years, died of heart failure peacefully at his home Thursday at 1:30 am on June 2, 2005. A World War II veteran, an attorney, an educator and a farmer, he regarded his greatest accomplishment being a father. His best times were those years spent with his wife of sixty years and his six children on...

Margaret Park

Margaret Park

May 31, 2005

Mrs. Margaret Foster Park, age 88 of Lewisburg, died Tuesday morning in NHC-Lewisburg. A native of Marshall County, she was the youngest and last of four children to George Leonard and Nannie Aldridge Foster. She was retired from Genesco Shoe Company and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Lewisburg. Mrs. Park will be remembered for...

Grace Raver

Grace Raver

May 27, 2005

Mrs. Grace Lenora Raver, age 90 of the Delina Community, died Friday morning in Lincoln Medical Center of Fayetteville. She is survived by five children: Kay Herbig and Ben Raver, both of Cornersville, Wayne Raver and Lois Martin, both of Flint, MI, Douglas Raver of Homestead, FL, and Terry Lee Raver of St. Cloud, FL. 21 granchildren, 44 great-grandchildren,...

Martha Clay Woodward Sadler

Martha Clay Woodward Sadler

May 21, 2005

Mrs. Martha Bella Clay Woodward Sadler, age 90 of Lewisburg, died Saturday night, May 21, in Marshall Medical Center. A native of Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late Edwin Morris & Mattie Belle Liggett Clay, a homemaker, and member of the Farmington United Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband of 39 years: Karl Sadler...

Donald Gipson

Donald Gipson

May 15, 2005

Donald Wayne Gipson, age 51 of Lewisburg, died Sunday, May 15, 2005. A native of Marshall County, he was the son of the late Billy Paul Gipson, Sr. and Mrs. Georgia Mae Ervin Harris, and had been employed by International Comfort Products. He is survived by two sons: Matthew Wade Gipson of Birmingham, and Billy Wade Gipson of Lewisburg;...

Dorothy Stocstill

Dorothy Stocstill

May 3, 2005

Mrs. Dorothy Eloise Pigg Stocstill entered her heavenly home and there joined her beloved husband, George Wilson Stocstill known my most people as Tootle on May 3, 2005. She passed away at the home of Steve Stocstill, her son, in Kansas City, Kansas. She will be buried next to her beloved husband in the Lone Oak Cemetery in Lewisburg,...

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