OBITUARIES

Dorris Jones

Dorris Jones

Sep 20, 2003

Mrs. Dorris Faye Young Jones, age 67 of the Berlin Community, died Saturday at her residence. The Maury county native was the daughter of the late Burk Buck Taylor Young and Annie Jones Young, and a member of the Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ in Columbia. She was employed with Genesco for 28 years, and until her health failed,...

Vinson Young, Jr

Vinson Young, Jr

Sep 16, 2003

Mr. Vinson H. Young, Jr., age 83 of Lewisburg, died Tuesday morning in St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. Mr. Young was a native of Alabama, son of the late Vinson H. Young Sr. and Gertrude Park Young. He was retired from Dairyman Inc, where he was a machine operator, and was an active member of the Farmington United Methodist...

William Eldridge, Sr

William Eldridge, Sr

Sep 16, 2003

Mr. William Kent Eldridge, Sr., age 93 of Nashville, died Tuesday morning in Richland Place in Nashville. A native of the Spring Place community of Marshall County, Mr. Eldridge was the last of six children of the late William B. and Carrie Kerr Eldridge, and a member of the West Nashville Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was a sales representative...

Mildred Terry

Mildred Terry

Sep 7, 2003

Ms. Mildred Lois Hamby Terry, age 75 of Lewisburg, died Sunday evening in NHC-Dickson. A native of Hugo, OK, Ms. Terry was the daughter of the late William J. and Cleo McMillan Hamby, and owner of the Caney Spring Store. A member of the Lutheran church, Ms. Terry was affiliated with the Caney Spring Baptist Church in recent years....

Edgar ' 'Ed Willis

Edgar ' 'Ed Willis

Sep 1, 2003

Mr. Edgar B. 'Ed' Willis, age 81 of Lewisburg, died Monday, September 1 at his residence on Tiger Blvd. in Lewisburg. A native of Clifton, TN, he was the son of the late Edwin Birnie Willis and the late Alice Sweney Willis. Mr. Willis served his country in the US Coast Guard during World War II, and was a...

Bonnie Ayers

Bonnie Ayers

Aug 27, 2003

Mrs. Bonnie Mae Ayers, age 64 of Lewisburg, died Wednesday afternoon at her residence. A native of Marshall Co, she was the daughter of the late Bonnie Thomas and Rosie Mae Fitzgerald Stinnett, and a member of the Free Will Baptist Church. Mrs. Ayers family recalls her love for needlework and flowers, but she will be remembered most for...

Elsie Beech

Elsie Beech

Aug 25, 2003

Mrs. Elsie Virginia Anderton Beech, age 83 of Lewisburg, died Monday evening in NHC-Oakwood. A native of Davidson Co, she was the daughter of the late Burvle Alvin and Belle Shofner Anderton, a homemaker, and member of the East Commerce Baptist Church. Mrs. Beech was preceded in death by her two sisters: Mable Willis and Dorothy Tate. She is...

Lizzie Henson

Lizzie Henson

Aug 22, 2003

Mrs. Lizzie V. King Henson, age 76 of Lewisburg, died Friday morning in NHC-Lewisburg. A native of Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late Carl Monroe and Alice Frisco King, a homemaker and member of the Smyrna Church of Christ. She is survived by a son: Danny King of VanLeer, TN; 3 daughters: Gayle Martin and Margaret...

Cyrus Hopper

Cyrus Hopper

Aug 19, 2003

Mr. Cyrus Melton Hopper, age 81, formerly of Lewisburg, died Tuesday in Denton Community Hospital in Denton, TX. A native of Denton Co, TX, he was the son of the late C W & Zula Champion Hopper and served during World War II in the United States Army as a military policeman. While living in Lewisburg, he was a...

Ray Mealer

Ray Mealer

Aug 15, 2003

Mr. Ray Edward Mealer, age 74 of Lewisburg, known to many as 'Monkey Man', died Friday morning in Marshall Medical Center. A native of the Verona Community of Marshall County, he was the son of the late Buford and Opal Spink Mealer and a member of the Church of Christ. He spent his life as a truck driver, first...

George Thomas ' 'Tommy Wade

George Thomas ' 'Tommy Wade

Aug 9, 2003

Lewisburg resident George Thomas Tommy Wade, age 74, died Saturday morning in NHC-Oakwood. A native of Marshall County, Mr. Wade was the son of the late Roscoe Eugene Wade and Martha Wade Harper, and a member of the Church Street Church of Christ. He retired from Jamison Bedding Company in Franklin, where he had served as Treasurer and Executive...

John Carpenter

John Carpenter

Aug 8, 2003

Mr. John Ewing Carpenter, age 59 of Atlanta, GA, died Friday evening in the Dunwoody Medical Center in Dunwoody, GA. A native of Marshall County, John was raised in the Atlanta area. He was the eldest son of the late Ira Harlon and Margaret Ewing Carpenter and a member of the Church of Christ. He graduated from Georgia Tech...

Frances Potter

Frances Potter

Jul 24, 2003

Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Potter, age 75 of Lewisburg, died Thursday night in Maury Regional Hospital. A native of Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Bessie Isley Adams, a homemaker, and member of the First Baptist Church. Mrs. Potter is survived by two daughters: Betty Bradford Neese and Linda Hickman both of Lewisburg; a son:...

Vergil Cheatham

Vergil Cheatham

Jul 21, 2003

Mr. Vergil A. Cheatham, age 80, died Monday morning at his South Berlin residence. A native of Marshall County, he was the son of the late Josiah Daley and Ginnie Mae Hilliard Cheatham, a retired carpenter, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Woodmen of the World. He is survived by his wife of 61 years:...

Charles Stegall

Charles Stegall

Jul 20, 2003

Mr. Charles Brisby Stegall, age 70 of Lewisburg, died Sunday morning in the VA Medical Center in Nashville. A native of Marshall County, he was the son of the late Charlie and Mary Brisby Stegall, a retired auto mechanic, veteran of the United States Army, and member of the First Baptist Church. He is survived by a brother: Jimmy...

David Kranich

David Kranich

Jul 19, 2003

David Neal Kranich, 53, of Cornersville, Tennessee passed away Saturday, July 19th, 2003. At the time of his death, David was on a late afternoon trail ride near his farm with two faithful companions, his mule, Levi, and dog, Molly. A native of Detroit, Michigan, David relocated to middle Tennessee thirteen years ago to become advertising director for the...

Estelle Lyden

Estelle Lyden

Jun 25, 2003

Mrs. Estelle Wagnon Lyden, age 90, died Wednesday morning in Marshall Medical Center. A native of Augusta, GA, Mrs. Lyden was the daughter of the late Edwin and Caroline Wise Wagnon, a homemaker, educator, and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Lyden. Survivors include a son: David...

Walter Ewing

Walter Ewing

Jun 23, 2003

Mr. Walter Hooten Ewing, age 83 of Lewisburg, died Monday morning in NHC-Oakwood. He is survived by his wife of 53 years: Grace Hunter Ewing; two sons: Tony Cheryl Ewing and Mickey Paulette Ewing, all of Lewisburg; two grandsons: Clay Ewing of Thompson Station and Drew Ewing of Lewisburg; 1 sister: Rachel Hosey of Memphis, TN. A native of...

Miss Martha Fox

Miss Martha Fox

Jun 21, 2003

Miss Martha Fox, age 89 of Lewisburg, died Saturday at her residence. A native of Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late Walter William and Suella Davis Fox. She was retired from First National Bank and a member of the Church of Christ. She is survived by a brother: Warren Fox of Lewisburg and nieces and nephews....

James Robert ' 'Bobby Hopkins

James Robert ' 'Bobby Hopkins

Jun 19, 2003

Mr. James Robert Bobby Hopkins, age 58 of Lewisburg, died Thursday evening in Marshall Medical Center. Mr. Hopkins was a native of Marshall County, son of the late Gifford & Mary Elizabeth Moore Hopkins, a retired foreman at Walker Die Casting, and a member of the Antioch Church of Christ. Mr. Hopkins served in the United States Army during...

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