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Dorris Ellen Johnson
Jul 9, 2019
Johnson, Dorris Ellen, age 98, passed away on July 9, 2019. Dorris was born in Charlotte, Tennessee, on November 7, 1920, to Baxter Smith Johnson and Bertha Mai Justice Johnson. She was employed as a caregiver to family, farmer, homemaker, and assistant beautician to her sister. She is preceded in death by her parents and her infant brother, James Thomas...
David Lee Brown
Jun 25, 2019
David Lee Brown, age 57, passed away at his home on June 25, 2019. David was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on August 26, 1961, to the late Wilson and Gladys Ramsey Brown. He was a meat cutter for Kemps Foodland and Bordeaux Foods. David was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers and sisters, Jimmy Ramsey, Terrell Brown, Stevie...
Kathleen Lavonne Bowden
Jun 24, 2019
Bowden, Kathleen LaVonne, age 76, passed away June 24, 2019. Kathleen was born in Wooster, Ohio, on December 1, 1942, to the late Charles Lee Warner and Arlie Shelley Miller. Kathleen worked as a machine shop worker for IT&T and as a caregiver for 25 years for T&R Residential Caregivers. She is preceded in death by her parents and her...
David Michael "Mike" Brown
Jun 19, 2019
David Michael "Mike" Brown, age 69, passed away at his home on June 19, 2019. Mike was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 27, 1949, to the late Bithel Floyd Brown and Dorothy Duff Proctor Brown. He worked in construction as a brick layer. He is preceded in death by his parents and sisters, Sandra Nicholson and Sherry Justice. He...
William Warner Strain
Jun 18, 2019
William Warner Strain was born on Monday, February 21, 1938 to the late Floyd and Nancy Chatman Strain. He answered God's call on the morning of Tuesday, June 18, 2019. William was educated in the Robertson County, Tennessee school system. He attended Bransford High School in Springfield, Tennessee where he was a star running back for the football team and...
Burke Howard Vandgrift
Jun 18, 2019
Vandgrift, Burke Howard, age 69, passed away on June 18, 2019. Burke was born in Evansville, Indiana on March 15, 1950, to the late Ben Hardin Vandgrift and Elsie Catherine Tanner. He is preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his sister, Lana Vandgrift and a host of cousins. Graveside service will be in the Middle Tennessee...
James Mark Caruthers
Jun 16, 2019
James "Mark" Caruthers, age 57, passed away Sunday, June 16,2019 at St. Thomas West in Nashville, Tennessee. Mark was born in Dickson County, Tennessee, on December 13,1961, to the late James Elbert Caruthers and Mattie Elizabeth Sullivan Caruthers-White. Mark worked as an auto diesel mechanic. He is preceded in death by his companion of over 20 years, Selene Railey; grandparents,...
Jason Andrew Hoilman
Jun 14, 2019
Jason Andrew Hoilman, age 42, went to his heavenly home on Friday, June 14, 2019. Jason was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, on October 11, 1976, to Terrance and Elizabeth Ford Hoilman. He was a member of Walton's Chapel UMC and worked as a train engineer for R.J. Corman Railroad. He was a member of Gideons International. Jason was a...
John Steve Palla
Jun 13, 2019
John Steve Palla, age 77, passed away on Wednesday, June 13, 2019. John was born in Hungary on November 4, 1941, to the late Janos Palla and Veronika Koczan Palla. John was a United States Army Veteran and a master cabinet maker. He is preceded in death by his parents; wife, Delois Carney Palla; and brother, Anthony Palla. He is...
Richard "Rick" Edward Neill Sr.
Jun 13, 2019
Richard "Rick" Edward Neill, Sr., age 63, passed away on Friday, June 14, 2019, at Centennial Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. Rick was born in Chicago, Illinois, on August 6, 1955. Rick was a United States Army Veteran from the Vietnam Era and served for many years in the Army Reserves. He was a retired truck driver and a former worker...
Barbara Ann Porter
Jun 9, 2019
Porter, Barbara Ann, 82, passed peacefully June 9, 2019 at her home surrounded by family. Barbara was born July 19, 1936 on Crocker Road in Chapmansboro, Tennessee, where she lived the remainder of her life. She was the second child born to Richard M. Crocker and Susanna Bateman Crocker. Barbara worked for Acme Boot for 30 years. During this time...
Motie Marie Shadowens
Jun 8, 2019
Motie "Marie" Shadowens, age 83, passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2019, at Hillcrest Health Care Center in Ashland City, Tennessee. Marie was born in Smithville, Tennessee, on March 8, 1936, to the late Willie Herbert Puckett and Myrtle Irene Foutch Puckett. She worked and retired from Horace Small as a seamstress. Marie is preceded in death by her parents;...
Bettina J Shivers
Jun 6, 2019
Jacqueline Bettina Shivers, Age 82, passed away on Thursday June 6, 2019 at Centennial Hospital in Ashland City, Tennessee; Bettina Bracey was born in Cheatham County, Tennessee on January 28, 1937 to the late, Willie Edward Bracey and Christine Harris Bracey. Bettina was known as "Miss" Tina to a lot of children in Cheatham County as the owner of Tina's...
Cheryl Ann Dodd
May 27, 2019
Cheryl Ann Dodd, age 63, passed away on Monday, May 27, 2019, at TriStar Centennial in Ashland City, TN. Cheryl was born in Sherman, Texas, on June 1, 1955, to the late Joe and Faye Miller Leverett. She worked in customer service at Walgreens and formerly worked at The Senior Center @ Ashland City as well as the Bethesda Center....
Magdalene "Madge" Ione (Johnson) Hisamoto Mitchell
May 24, 2019
Mitchell, Magdalene "Madge" Ione (Johnson) Hisamoto, age 89, passed away Friday, May 24, 2019, at Gulfside Hospice in Florida. Madge was born on March 24, 1930, in Cheatham County, Tennessee, to the late Wiley and Addie "Beatrice" Read Johnson. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband Wallace Hisamoto, and sisters, Louise Binkley and Frances Weakley. She is survived...
Mary Margaret Sanders
May 9, 2019
SANDERS, Mary Margaret, age 94, passed away on Thursday, May 9, 2019, at Hillcrest Health Care Center in Ashland City, Tennessee. Mary Margaret was born in Cedar Hill, Tennessee, on October 2, 1924, to the late Leonard and Mamie Basford Stack. Mary Margaret was a member of the Bethlehem Free Will Baptist Church and she worked and retired from the...
Geneva C. Newman
May 9, 2019
Geneva C. Newman, age 84, passed away on May 9, 2019, at Hillcrest Health Care Center in Ashland City, Tennessee. Geneva was born in Rhea County, Tennessee, on July 29, 1934, to the late Clayten Edward Crisp and Minerva Edwards Crisp. She worked as an LPN for Hillcrest Health Care and for the Cheatham County Board of Education at East...
James "J.W." William Clouse
May 8, 2019
James "J.W." William Clouse, age 88, passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at Hillcrest Health Care Center in Ashland City, Tennessee, surrounded by his loving family. J.W. was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on December 30, 1930, to the late Teaton and Emma Barnes Clouse. He worked and retired from Metro Government as a mechanic for the fire department. He...
Claudiena S. Moody
May 3, 2019
Claudiena Moody, age 89, passed away on May 3, 2019, at Vantage Pointe Village in Ashland City, Tennessee. Claudiena was a retired office manager from Kroger, where she worked over 50 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Horace and Martha Williams Vester; husband, Jack Moody; daughter, Cheryl Simmons; sister, Adelle Hopkins; and grandsons, Shane and Stratton Jones....
Robert "Bud" Blair Prentice
Apr 30, 2019
Robert "Bud" Blair Prentice, age 71, passed away at his home on April 30, 2019. Bud was born in Independence, Iowa, on December 26, 1947, to the late Carl and Opal Ambler Prentice. Bud was a retired sheriff for Dewey County, Oklahoma, and drove a bus in his retirement for Cheatham County Schools. He was preceded in death by his...
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