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Glendon "Waydell" Williams

Glendon "Waydell" Williams

Aug 7, 2020

Glendon "Waydell" Williams, age 86, passed away Friday, August 7, 2020, at his home in Chapmansboro, Tn. Waydell was born in Chapmansboro, Tennessee, on June 10, 1934, to the late Lillard Williams and Gracie Reeves Williams. Waydell was a graduate of Cheatham County High School, and after graduating served in the U.S. Air Force as an Air Policeman during the...

Mary Helen Meadows

Mary Helen Meadows

Aug 5, 2020

Mary Helen Meadows, age 85, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2020, at her home in White Bluff, Tennessee. Mary Helen was born in Nashville, Tennessee on May 9, 1935, to the late Charles F. Kost and Martha Ada Vester. Mary Helen owned and operated Mary Helen's Grocery Store on Claylick Road road in White Bluff, Tennessee for many years. Mary...

Barbara Ann Gorman

Barbara Ann Gorman

Aug 4, 2020

Barbara Ann Gorman, age 69, passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at her home in Ashland City, TN. Barbara was born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin on August 4, 1951, to the late Charles Sindelar and Janet Zima. Barbara was a dedicated homemaker. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, James Gorman, brother; Pete Sindelar, sister; Ann Sindelar. She is...

Thomas Eugene Williams

Thomas Eugene Williams

Aug 3, 2020

Thomas Eugene Williams, age 90, passed away on Monday August 3, 2020, at his home in Ashland City, TN. Thomas was born in Hermitage, Tennessee, on July 31, 1930, to the late Lowell L. Williams and Bessie Morris. Thomas served our country in the U.S. Navy from 1947 to 1952 he was a seaman on the U.S.S Toledo. Thomas received...

James Howard Ray

James Howard Ray

Aug 2, 2020

James "Sammy" Howard Ray, age 72, passed away Sunday, August 2, 2020, at The Waters of Cheatham in Ashland City, TN. James was born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, on August 25, 1947, to the late Harvey Woodson Ray and Audie Mae (Staggs) Ray. James worked as a maintenance supervisor for NHC for many years. He is preceded in death by his...

Jennie Ruth Reed Harris

Jennie Ruth Reed Harris

Aug 1, 2020

HARRIS, Jennie Ruth (Reed), age 88, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, August 1, 2020. Jennie Ruth was born in Ashland City, Tennessee, on November 16, 1931, to the late B.W. "Shorty" Reed and Eddie Lee Harris Reed. She was a lifelong member of Petway Church of Christ, a homemaker to her husband and family and from 1966-1990...

Charles "Rockin Randell" Tansil

Charles "Rockin Randell" Tansil

Jul 31, 2020

Charles "Rockin Randell" Tansil, age 67, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 31, 2020, at TriStar Centennial in Nashville, TN. Randell was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on August 14, 1952, to Allen "Mack" Tansil, Sr. and Dorothy "Micki" Ford Tansil. He was a graduate of Cheatham County Central High School Class of 1971 and continued his education in industrial and...

Ginny Leah Temple

Ginny Leah Temple

Jul 28, 2020

Virginia "Ginny" Temple, age 55, passed away on Monday, July 27, 2020, at her home in Joelton, Tennessee. Ginny was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 16, 1965, to Robert Taylor Temple and Donna Robison Temple. She worked as a caregiver in a daycare center. Ginny graduated from Cheatham County Central High School class of 83. She is preceded in...

Maria Stone Elliott

Maria Stone Elliott

Jul 22, 2020

Maria Stone Elliott, age 75, passed away on Wednesday, July 22, 2020, at her home in Pleasant View, Tennessee. Maria was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on February 26, 1945, to the late Joseph Stone and Ruth Harvey Stone. She worked and retired as an executive assistant for A.O. Smith and a member of Master Gardeners. Maria was preceded in death...

Shirley Ann Louallen

Shirley Ann Louallen

Jul 17, 2020

Shirley Ann Louallen, age 74, passed away on Friday, July 17, 2020, at Tri Star Centennial Nashville. Shirley was born in Cheatham County, Tennessee, on May 4, 1946, to the late Joseph C. Biggs and Serena Elizabeth Travis Biggs. She worked as a seamstress at Horace Small, worked at Electrolux as a assembly line worker and in retirement was a...

Shelby Lee Tinch

Shelby Lee Tinch

Jul 15, 2020

Shelby "Cubby" Lee Tinch, Sr., age 82, passed away on Wednesday July 15, 2020, at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Shelby was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on December 23, 1937, to the late Alker Shelby Tinch and Lucille Gertrude DeMoss Tinch. Shelby is preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Francis Wilburn and Carolyn Manier; and brother, Carl Tinch....

Carol Legg

Carol Legg

Jul 7, 2020

Carol Callicoat Legg, age 86, passed away Monday, July 7, 2020, at Lynch's Residential Home in Cedar Hill, Tennessee. Carol was born in Polkadotte, Ohio, on August 17, 1933, to the late Burke Callicoat and Iva Sowards Callicoat. She lived in Ohio, Florida and moved to Tennessee in 1999. Her work career was spent in banking. But her greatest joy...

Ginnifer Colleen Line

Ginnifer Colleen Line

Jul 6, 2020

Ginnifer Colleen Line (née Davis) age 40, passed away on Sunday, July 5, 2020, in her home in Chapmansboro, Tennessee. Ginnifer was born in Westlake, California, on March 15, 1980, to Michael Davis and Becky Rogers-Tishman. She worked as a Hairstylist at Cost Cutters, as well as donated her time giving free hair cuts at the Bethesda Center in Ashland...

Beverly Wondell Tansil

Beverly Wondell Tansil

Jul 6, 2020

Beverly Wondell Tansil, age 64 passed away on Monday, July 06, 2020, at her home in Chapmansboro, Tennessee. Beverly was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 05, 1956, to Bruce Newland Sr. and Nancy Cannon Newland. She was a Human Resource Manager for Hillcrest Healthcare in Ashland City, Tennessee. Beverly was preceded in death by her daughter; April Tansil....

Jimmy Dale Sanders

Jimmy Dale Sanders

Jul 5, 2020

Jimmy Dale Sanders "THE TANK", age 34, passed away Sunday, July 5, 2020, at his home in Ashland City, Tennessee. Jimmy was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 19, 1985, to Bill M. (Terri) Marshall) Sanders, Sr., and Gwin Felts Taylor. Jimmy was an active member of Linden Church of God. He was a graduate of Perry County High School...

Jennifer Lynn Atkinson

Jennifer Lynn Atkinson

Jul 5, 2020

Jennifer Lynn Atkinson, age 43, passed away on Sunday, July 5, 2020, at her home in Ashland City, Tennessee. Jennifer was born in Springfield, Tennessee, on August 14, 1976, to Carl Gibson and Charlotte Newman Napier. Jennifer was preceded in death by her father, Carl Gibson and step-father, Joseph (Sherman) Napier; and son, Dallas Atkinson. She is survived by her...

Jeanne Kay Hester

Jeanne Kay Hester

Jul 3, 2020

Jeanne Kay Hester, age 47, passed away on Friday, July 03, 2020, in Ashland City, Tennessee. Jeanne was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on December 2, 1972, to the late King Hester and Jean Ellis Hester. She worked as an IT dispatcher for Spencer Technology. Jeanne is preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her Husband; Hugh Duffy,...

Joseph Walter Dillard

Joseph Walter Dillard

Jun 27, 2020

Joseph Walter Dillard, age 31, passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2020, at his home in Ashland City, Tennessee. Joseph was born in Forsyth County, North Carolina on Apri1 13, 1989 to the late Joseph Franklin Dillard and Tammie Diane Pankow Dillard. He was a self- employed Plumber. Joseph was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by...

Richard A Smithson

Richard A Smithson

Jun 22, 2020

Richard ("Soap") A. Smithson, age 84, passed away on Monday, June 22, 2020 in Nashville, TN. Rich was preceded in death by his parents, Howard Smithson and Mildred Dalton Smithson; his daughter Kimberly O'Shaughnessey; the mother of his children Joyce Haldeman; and brothers Bob and Howard Smithson. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Peggy Lee Popplewell Smithson;...

Mary Elizabeth Rupe

Mary Elizabeth Rupe

Jun 20, 2020

Mary Elizabeth Rupe, age 81, passed away on Saturday, June 20, 2020, in Houston County Community Hospital in Erin, Tennessee. Mary was born on March 18, 1939, in Topeka, Kansas, to the late Elsie Antonio Rupe and Naomi Juanita Kierns Rupe. She was a retired assembly worker for Bruce Hardwood Flooring. She is preceded in death by her parents and...

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