
Mary Evelyn Blackwell
Apr 10, 2003
Mary Evelyn Blackwell, age 75 of Lewisburg, died Thursday evening in Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. A native of Lincoln County, TN, she was the daughter of the late James Thomas and Allemai Cowan Smith, a homemaker, member of the First Baptist Church of Lewisburg, and widow of Leslie Blackwell, who preceded her in death in 1989. She is...

Margaret Hodge
Apr 2, 2003
Mrs. Margaret E. Hodge, age 76, a resident of Garden Terrace in Douglasville, GA, died Wednesday morning in the Wellstar-Douglas Hospital in Douglasville. Mrs. Hodge was a Lewisburg native, daughter of the late John and Lena Beth Little Davis, a homemaker, and member of the Baptist church. She is survived by two sons: Jack L. Martin of Douglasville, GA,...

Charles Lewis
Mar 27, 2003
Charles Edward 'Chuck' Lewis, age 40, died Thursday in Nashville. A native of Fairfield, CA, Chuck was a 1980 graduate of Bartlett TN High School and worked as a cable intaller. He was preceded in death by his father, Samuel Edward Lewis, and a half-sister, Janice Lewis. Chuck is survived by his wife: Jennifer Lewis; and a son: Daniel...
John Kinser
Mar 19, 2003
Mr. John Raymond Kinser, age 57 of Lewisburg, died Wednesday evening in the VA Medical Center in Nashville. A native of Orlando, FL, John was raised in East Tennessee. He was a 1963 graduate of Oak Ridge High School in Oak Ridge, TN, and received his Masters degree in Industrial Management from Northeastern State University. Following his military service...

Russell Mars
Mar 15, 2003
Mr. Russell R. Mars, age 77 of Petersburg, died Saturday in NHC-Oakwood. Mr. Mars was a native of Pine Grove, PA, and the son of the late Claude R. and Myrtle Kantner Mars. He was a truck driver and member of the Baptist church. He was also a veteran of World War II and a life member of the...

George Hazlett
Mar 13, 2003
Mr. George Thomas Hazlett, age 75 of Lewisburg, died Thursday evening in Marshall Medical Center. Mr. Hazlett was a native of Marshall County, son of the late Arthur Lee and Sallie Williams Hazlett, and retired from Genesco Corporation and the Marshall County Highway Department. He is survived by his wife: Mattie L. Hazlett; two daughters: Nancy Fagan and Emily...

Mrs. Porter Crawley
Mar 8, 2003
Mrs. Porter Duncan Crawley, age 93 of Lewisburg, left to be with her Lord on Saturday, March 08, 2003, in NHC-Oakwood. In death, she joins two husbands: James Rufus Sims and Walter Crawley, and her sisters: Eudy Johnson and Alfred Duncan. Mrs. Crawley was a native of the Caney Springs Community of Marshall County, born in 1909 to Morgan...
Oma Williams
Mar 4, 2003
Mrs. Oma R. Williams, age 94 of Lewisburg, died Tuesday evening in NHC-Oakwood. Mrs. Williams was born in Bedford County in 1909. She was the oldest and last of the six children of Fred and Eula Bearden Reed, a housewife, and a member of the East Commerce Baptist Church. She was a past member of the Lewisburg Home Demonstration...

Dan Short
Mar 2, 2003
Dan William Short, age 76 of Lewisburg, died Sunday morning in Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. Mr. Short was a native of the Spring Place Community of Marshall County, son of the late Marvin and Iris Dyer Short, and retired from the United States Postal Service with 37 years of service. He was a member of the Hardin Chapel...

Clara Harwell
Mar 2, 2003
Mrs. Clara Ayers Harwell, age 68 of Columbia, died Sunday in Maury Regional Hospital. Mrs. Harwell was a native of Marshall County, daughter of the late J. W. and Beulah Umbles Ayers, a homemaker, and a member of the Berea Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband: Norman Harwell in 1996; a great-grandchild: Breonna Walls and...

Margaret Barton
Feb 17, 2003
Mrs. Barton died Monday morning in the White Cliff Nursing Home in Greenville, PA. She was born in Chapel Hill, TN on September 21, 1914 to Richard Watson and Emily McRory Brooks. She was a graduate of Forest High School in Chapel Hill, and Andrew Jackson Business College in Nashville, TN. She was the Executive Secretary at Heil-Quaker Corporation...

Gwendolyn Alberts
Feb 9, 2003
Gwen died Sunday morning in Maury Regional Hospital in Columbia following a brief battle with cancer. A native of Williamson County, she was employed with Haley Industries in Franklin, and a member of the 7th Day Adventist Church. Gwen is survived by her parents: John W. Demumbran, Jr. of Linden, TN and Shirley Goins Wise of Franklin; her husband:...

Joe Robinson
Feb 8, 2003
Mr. Robinson died Saturday evening in Williamson Medical Center in Franklin. A native of Giles Co., TN, he was the son of the late Frank and Emma Adams Robinson, a World War II veteran, and retired from the United States Postal Service after 39 years of service. He is survived by one brother: Howard Robinson of Lewisburg, several nieces...

Jay Rev. Perry
Feb 6, 2003
Rev. Perry died Thursday afternoon in St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. The following was written by Rev. Perry some ten years ago: ~~ I was born Nov. 9, 1912 on Hampton Creek, Roan Mountain, Tennessee. During my boyhood, my family and I attended Sunday School and Worship Services in the Hampton Creek Elementary School Building each Sunday afternoon. Those...

Vernon Adams
Feb 5, 2003
Vernon W. Adams died Wednesday at his Triune home. He was the son of the late Henry Virgil and Minnie Floyd Davis Adams, a farmer, and a member of the Baptist church. He is survived by a brother: Billy Wayne Adams; and a sister: Margie Adams Tyree, both of Lewisburg; and three half-brothers: Wade, William, and David Adams, all...

Madison Lentz
Feb 5, 2003
Madison Nicole Lentz, infant daughter of Charles Thomas and Michelle Callahan Lentz, died Wednesday in Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. In addition to her parents Chuck and Michelle, she is survived by her grandparents: Joe M. Callahan of Lewisburg and Peggy Lentz of Shelbyville; and two half-sisters: Chasity and Kimberly Lentz of Nashville. She was preceded in death...

Lillian Cooper
Jan 24, 2003
Mrs. Cooper died Friday evening in Marshall Medical Center. A native of Marshall County, she was a homemaker and a member of the Methodist Church. She is survived by a son: Paul Wiles Lewisburg; sister: Martha Wiles Memphis; grandchildren: Amy Richardson, Will Wiles, and Jeremy Wiles; and a great-grandchild: McKinley Richardson. With Rev. Claude McMillion officiating, services will be...

Barbara Tepedino
Jan 16, 2003
Mrs. Tepedino died Thursday evening in Marshall Medical Center in Lewisburg. From an early age, she was loving refered to as 'Cookie.' Her life became defined by her love of travel, reading, and trying her hand at writing. Described by her children as a fabulous cook, her most treasured hours were entertaining her friends and family. Cookie received her...

Frank Houston, Jr
Jan 7, 2003
Retired banker Frank B. Houston, Jr., age 99, died Tuesday morning in Whitesburg Gardens in Huntsville. Born in Marshall County, Mr. Houston was the last of the nine children of Frank B. and Georgiana Brown Houston, Sr., and a member and elder of the Bethbirei Presbyterian Church. Early in his career he worked in the Marshall County Trustees Office,...

Tammy Campbell
Dec 26, 2002
Having fought a brave battle, Tammy passed away Thursday afternoon at her residence. She was affiliated with the Baptist Church, and worked at several local factories through Ledford Employee Exchange. She is survived by her mother: Maggie Campbell Cobb and her boyfriend: Richard Hunt, both of Cornersville.