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Rayburn Delmore Gray

Rayburn Delmore Gray

Jan 4, 2021

Please note ****For Mr. Gray's visitation and service, please enter building through back entrance where temperatures will be taken at family's request*** Rayburn Delmore Gray, age 82, passed away at St. Thomas West in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 4, 2021. Delmore was born in White Bluff, Tennessee on October 16, 1938, to the late William and Rosabelle Spann Gray. He...

Linda F. Caldwell

Linda F. Caldwell

Dec 30, 2020

Linda F. Caldwell, age 74, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 30, 2020, at her home. Linda was born in Dyersburg, Tennessee, on January 10, 1946, to Pinky Bailey and Mildred Rushing Glascoff. Linda was a server for The Hermitage House Café for over 20 years. She is preceded in death by her parents, infant son Robert Caldwell and sister,...

Amy Colleen (Baker) Ferry

Amy Colleen (Baker) Ferry

Dec 28, 2020

Amy Colleen Ferry, age 48, passed away suddenly at her home on December 28, 2020. Amy was born January 11, 1972, in Nashville, Tennessee, to Carl F. "Spider" and Carolyn Bellar Baker. She was a graduate of Cheatham County Central High School, Class of 1990, and received a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Marine Biology from University of Western Florida....

Anthony Darrell Read

Anthony Darrell Read

Dec 27, 2020

Anthony Darrell Read, age 70, passed away at his home in Ashland City surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, December 27, 2020. Darrell was born in Dickson, Tennessee to the late Claud and Ollie Fogus Read on July 1, 1950. He was a member of the graduating class of 1969 of Cheatham County Central High School, a Mason with...

Donald Lee Kemp Jr.

Donald Lee Kemp Jr.

Dec 25, 2020

All Flowers - please deliver to church on Monday, December 28, 2020 Donald Lee Kemp, Jr. Age 65, of Ashland City, Tennessee passed away suddenly on Christmas morning, Friday, December 25, 2020. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee on April 11, 1955 to Donald and Ruth Roy Kemp. Donnie, a 1973 graduate of Cheatham County High School, was a well...

Mary "Snapper" Elizabeth Ford-Palmer

Mary "Snapper" Elizabeth Ford-Palmer

Dec 23, 2020

Mary Elizabeth "Snapper" Ford-Palmer, age 80, passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2020, at Diversicare of Smyrna in Smyrna, Tennessee. Mary was born in Ashland City, Tennessee, on September 3, 1940, to the late Joshua and Anna Pearl Binkley Ford. She was a graduate of Cheatham County Central High School, Class of 1960 and worked for Acme Boot for over...

Rita Jo Hardin

Rita Jo Hardin

Dec 20, 2020

Rita Jo Hardin, age 63, passed away peacefully on December 20, 2020, at her home surrounded by her family. Rita Jo was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 22, 1957, to Arvin Neil Meadows and Ruth Helen Hensley Perry. Rita Jo worked for Strickland Produce Co. for many years. She is preceded in death by her father, Arvin Neil Meadows;...

Johnny Jenkins

Johnny Jenkins

Dec 19, 2020

Johnny Jenkins, age 65, of Pleasant View, passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2020. Johnny was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 8, 1955. He was a member of the graduating Class of 1973 at Cheatham County Central High School, a member of Ashland City Free Will Baptist Church, a Mason with Lodge #604, on the Director's Staff with the...

Donna Faye Biggs

Donna Faye Biggs

Dec 18, 2020

Donna Faye Ankenbauer Biggs, age 54, passed away on Friday, December 18, 2020, at St. Thomas Hospital Midtown surrounded by her family. Donna was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 3, 1966, to the late Martin Leo Ankenbauer, Jr., and Mary Elizabeth Russell Ankenbauer. Donna worked for St. Thomas Heart and was a member of the Lady's Auxiliary VFW Post...

Madolyn Iva Johnson Mitchell

Madolyn Iva Johnson Mitchell

Dec 17, 2020

Madolyn Iva Johnson Mitchell, age 90, passed away at her home on Thursday, December 17, 2020, surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Mitchell was born in Cheatham County on June 5, 1930, to the late Phillip Johnson and Nellie Reed Johnson Williams. She was a homemaker to her husband and family. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother....

Patricia Allen Devers

Patricia Allen Devers

Dec 17, 2020

Patricia Allen Devers, age 73, passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2020, at her home. Patricia was a homemaker to her family. She is preceded in death by her father, Charles Edward Allen; sister, Mary Allen Merritt; and husband, James Devers. She is survived by her mother, Annie Grace Seaborn Allen; son, Larry Knight, Jr.; daughters, Shelley (Tracy) Givens and...

Perry Eugene Shadowens

Perry Eugene Shadowens

Dec 11, 2020

Perry Eugene Shadowens, age 56, passed away at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, on Friday, December 11, 2020. Perry was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on July 24, 1964, to the late James and Patricia Hood Shadowens. He was a retired block layer in the construction industry. He is preceded in death by his parents and sister, Lisa Matthews. He is...

Paul Alfred Fine Jr.

Paul Alfred Fine Jr.

Dec 10, 2020

Paul Alfred Fine Jr., 74 years old, passed away peacefully at his home in Charlotte, TN surrounded by family on December 10, 2020 following a battle with cancer. Paul was born on November 06, 1946 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Paul A Fine and Ruby McMurtry Fine. He graduated from Davis High School in Davis, OK in 1965, then attended East...

David Lee Mundy

David Lee Mundy

Dec 8, 2020

David Lee Mundy, age 41, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2020. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on February 21, 1979, to David Mundy and Vicki Drumright Mundy. Lee had a love for sports. He loved fishing and golf. He is preceded in death by his grandmothers, Faye Mundy and Ulene Drumright. He is survived by his parents, David...

Wallace Estell Louallen

Wallace Estell Louallen

Dec 7, 2020

LOUALLEN, Wallace Estell, age 82 passed away on Monday, December 7, 2020, at The Waters of Cheatham in Ashland City, Tennessee. He was born in Chapmansboro, Tennessee, on April 24, 1938, to the late Henry Wallace Louallen and Ollie Mae Crocker Louallen. He worked in manufacturing and before retirement at Kemps Foodland. He is preceded in death by his parents,...

Jerry C. Hardin

Jerry C. Hardin

Dec 3, 2020

Jerry Clerance Hardin, age 72, passed away on Thursday December 3, 2020, at Tri-Star Centennial in Ashland City, Tennessee. Jerry was born in Scottsboro, Alabama, on July 11, 1948. He served in the United States Marines and later worked at McDonalds. He is preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife, Norma Jean Daniels Hardin; one...

Nelda Harris Boyte

Nelda Harris Boyte

Dec 3, 2020

Nelda Boyte, age 96, passed away peacefully to be with her Big Family in Heaven on Thursday, December 3, 2020, at NHC in Bellevue, Tennessee. Nelda was born in Cheatham County, Tennessee, one of eleven, to the late Jesse and Dola Pardue Harris. She was a graduate of Cheatham County Central High School, Class of 1941, a member of Bethlehem...

William "Bill" Clayton Dill

William "Bill" Clayton Dill

Nov 26, 2020

William "Bill" Clayton Dill, age 76, passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 26, 2020, at TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Bill was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 6, 1944, to the late William Marvin Dill and Lula Geneva Murphy Dill. Bill worked at Firestone/Bridgestone Plant. He is preceded in death by his parents and brother, Stanley Dill....

Billy Thomas Wilson

Billy Thomas Wilson

Nov 26, 2020

Billy Wilson, age 65, passed away on Thursday, November 26, 2020, at his home in Waverly, Tennessee surrounded by his loving family. Billy was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 10, 1955 to the late Felix Wilson and Almatta Marable. Billy and Catherine owned and operated their own Catering and Floral business. He is preceded in death by his parents,...

Donna Kay Allen

Donna Kay Allen

Nov 23, 2020

Donna Kay Allen, age 78, passed away November 23, 2020. She was born July 31, 1942, to the late Buster and Blanche Nicholson. Donna was preceded in death by her parents; loving husband, Hicks Allen (the love of her life), brother, Bernard Nicholson and sister, LaVerne (Myrnie) Corbin. She is survived by her children, Cheryl Logan, Jill (Les) Scott, and...

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