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William James "Jay" Green

William James "Jay" Green

Apr 27, 2015

GREEN, William James "Jay", age 90, passed away at St. Thomas Rutherford County on April 27, 2015. He was born November 6, 1924, in Columbia, Tennessee, to Johnny Martin Green and Janie Gertrude Foster Green. He was a United States Army Veteran and worked as a truck driver. He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife Helen Sanders...

Marshal Gene Williams

Marshal Gene Williams

Apr 24, 2015

WILLIAMS, Marshal Gene, age 75, passed away at NHC Hendersonville on April 24, 2015. He was born September 13, 1939, in Malden, Missouri, to Elmer Eugene Williams and Shella Juanita Woods Williams. Mr. Williams was a United States Army Veteran and worked as a tire salesman. He is preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Janet Williams. He...

Ronald T. "Ronny" Thornton

Ronald T. "Ronny" Thornton

Apr 22, 2015

THORNTON, Ronald Thomas "Ronny", age 61, passed away on April 22, 2015. He was born on September 28, 1953, in Nashville, Tennessee, to James Thornton and Beatrice Barnes Thornton. Ronny lived in the Scottsboro Community and was a member of the Scottsboro First Baptist Church. He worked for the Metro Fire Department as a mechanic. He is preceded in death...

Shelley Denise Heath

Shelley Denise Heath

Apr 18, 2015

HEATH, Shelley Denise, age 49, passed away on April 18, 2015. She was born on September 15, 1965, in Nashville, Tennessee, to Paul Oliver Heath, Sr. and Jo Ann Carter Heath. She is preceded in death by her mother, Jo Ann Carter Heath. Shelley was a member of the CCHS Class of 1983. She is survived by her father, Paul...

Ollie Leon Legon Sr.

Ollie Leon Legon Sr.

Apr 18, 2015

LEGON, Ollie Leon, Sr., age 69, passed away at his home on April 18, 2015. He was born November 27, 1945, to William Henry Legon and Mildred Leona Lackey Legon in Nashville, Tennessee. He worked as a certified nursing tech. He is preceded in death by his parents; four brothers and two sisters. He is survived by his wife of...

William H. Kohal

William H. Kohal

Apr 12, 2015

KOHAL, William Harold, age 77, passed away on Sunday, April 12, 2015, at his home in Ashland City, Tennessee. He was born in Winona, Minnesota, on May 16, 1937. He worked as a manager and retired after 35 years from Caterpillar in Peoria, Illinois. He later lived in Honolulu, Hawaii, working for the University of Hawaii Student Housing and was...

Thomas "Tommy" Liston Jackson

Thomas "Tommy" Liston Jackson

Apr 9, 2015

JACKSON, Thomas "Tommy" Liston, age 49, passed away on Thursday, April 9, 2015, at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on July 1, 1965, to Claude Thomas Jackson and Linda Diane Hicks Jackson. Tommy was a member of the Cheatham County High School Class of 1983, attended Austin Peay State University and was the...

Kathy Denise Poole

Kathy Denise Poole

Apr 9, 2015

POOLE, Kathy Denise, age 60, passed away on Thursday, April 9, 2015. She was born in Terra Haute, Indiana, on November 7, 1954. Kathy was a retired secretary for Reeves Septic Service in Ashland City, TN. She is preceded in death by her parents, John Russell White and Nina Mae White and a brother, Leonard Wilkins. She is survived by...

Dorothy Ethel Rudinsky

Dorothy Ethel Rudinsky

Apr 3, 2015

RUDINSKY, Dorothy Ethel, age 94, passed away at her home on Friday, April 3, 2015. She was born in Cheatham County, Tennessee, to Elizah Smith and Margaret Neal Smith. She was of Methodist faith, and worked as a factory worker. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John Rudinsky; and her children, Shirley Farmer, Billy Farmer, Michael...

Mary Louise Major

Mary Louise Major

Mar 26, 2015

MAJOR, Mary Louise, age 89, passed away on March 26, 2015. Mary Louise worked as a healthcare technician. She is preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Wilbert Glenn Major. She is survived by her four daughters, Linda Faye (Roy) Buttrey, Mary Darlene (Robert) McQuiston, Rachael (Larry) Hensley, and Margaret Major; one brother, McKinley Meadows; 5 grandchildren and...

Bennie Clayton Story Jr.

Bennie Clayton Story Jr.

Mar 17, 2015

STORY, Bennie Clayton, Jr., age 69, passed away at Grace HealthCare – Whites Creek in Nashville, TN, on March 17, 2015. He was born February 28, 1946, in Cheatham County, Tennessee, to Bennie Clayton Story, Sr., and Claire Leona Hooper Story. Clayton was a 1965 graduate of Cheatham County High School. He served in the United States Army in the...

Charles "Buster" Edward Nickens Sr.

Charles "Buster" Edward Nickens Sr.

Mar 17, 2015

NICKENS, Charles "Buster" Edward, Sr., age 74, passed away on March 17, 2015, at St. Thomas Midtown in Nashville, TN. He was born in Nashville, TN, on March 16, 1941, to Irvin Nickens and Margaret Barnes Nickens. He was a United States Air Force veteran. He worked as a mechanic most of his life and last in the Parts Department...

Jennifer Anne Fitts

Jennifer Anne Fitts

Mar 15, 2015

Jennifer Anne Fitts, age 48, passed away on March 15, 2015, at her residence. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 23, 1966, to Jean Alice Barrett and Joseph Anthony Holland, Jr. She was a United States Navy veteran. She was a homemaker. She is preceded in death by her father, Joseph Anthony Holland, Jr. She is survived by...

Linda Coleman Bess

Linda Coleman Bess

Mar 13, 2015

BESS, Linda Coleman, age 69, passed away peacefully on March 13, 2015, following a long illness and complications from a stroke. She is preceded in death by her father, George Coleman; mother, Mae Belle Agee Coleman, and a brother, Jerry Coleman. She is survived by her spouse of 51 years, Melvin Windle Bess; sons, Ronald (Bridgett) Bess and Donald Bess;...

Barbara Jean Apple

Barbara Jean Apple

Mar 9, 2015

APPLE, Barbara Jean, age 71, passed away on Monday, March 9, 2015. She was born March 8, 1944, in Greenbrier, TN, to William Cecil Hackney and Goldie Jewel Bedwell Hackney. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jimmy Apple; brothers, Hilliard Thomas Hackney and Phillip Vaughn Hackney; and sisters, Evelyn Gower and Betty Brothers. She is survived by...

Deborah Presson Hardy

Deborah Presson Hardy

Mar 6, 2015

HARDY, Deborah Presson, age 50, passed away on Friday, March 6, 2015, at St. Thomas Rutherford in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She was born August 4, 1964, to Paul Presson and Brenda Davis Presson in Nashville, Tn. She was a Christian, a nurturer of her siblings' children, as well as the church nursery, and a homemaker. Debbie was a member of Bethel...

Claudine Lowry

Claudine Lowry

Mar 1, 2015

LOWRY, Claudine, age 57, passed away at TriStar Ashland City on Sunday, March 1, 2015. She was born on June 29, 1957, to Ernest Forrester and Mary Forrester in Waverly, Tennessee. Claudine was a homemaker and worked for a time at HillCrest Nursing Center in Ashland City, TN. She is preceded in death by her parents; her son, Mackie Welch...

Carl F. "Spider" Baker

Carl F. "Spider" Baker

Feb 24, 2015

BAKER, Carl F. "Spider", age 75, passed away on Tuesday, February 24, 2015, at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, TN. He was born in Cheatham County, Tennessee, on January 1, 1940, to Thomas Harris Baker and Mary Lovell Baker. He was a graduate of Tennessee Tech in Cookeville, TN, with an engineering degree. He worked at State Industries and retired...

Jean S. Rogers

Jean S. Rogers

Feb 23, 2015

ROGERS, Jean S., age 82, passed away on Monday, February 23, 2015, at her home. She was born on July 29, 1932, in Nashville, Tennessee, to Molten Simpkins and Susie Tidwell Simpkins. Mrs. Rogers was a member of the Scottsboro United Methodist Church and a homemaker, mother and caretaker. She was preceded in death by her parents, Molten and Susie...

Elizabeth Ann Louallen

Elizabeth Ann Louallen

Feb 20, 2015

LOUALLEN, Elizabeth Ann, age 75, passed away on Friday, February 20, 2015. She was born in Cheatham County, Tn, on May 1, 1939, to Baxter Newman and Maude Allen Newman. She was a Christian, homemaker and mother. She is preceded in death by her parents, Baxter and Maude Newman; father of her children, Walter Cathey; daughter, Glory Ann Cathey and...

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