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Harris Courtney Knox

Harris Courtney Knox

Feb 16, 2015

KNOX, Harris Courtney, age 72, passed away on February 16, 2015, at Christian Care Center of Cheatham County in Ashland City, TN. He was born October 7, 1942, in Thomasville, TN, to James Leonard Knox and Mattie Blancette Knox. He was a lifelong member of Mallory's Methodist Church in the Thomasville Community, a U.S. Army Veteran and worked as an...

Billy R. Bolton

Billy R. Bolton

Feb 7, 2015

BOLTON, Billy R., age 68, passed away on February 7, 2015, at his home. He was born October 31, 1946, to Billy Howard Bolton and Millie Lee Pittman Bolton in Nashville, TN. He was a member of the Petway Church of Christ and worked and retired from Citi Group Financial after forty years. Billy loved to fish, cook and work...

Alia Jean Plant

Alia Jean Plant

Jan 29, 2015

PLANT, Alia Jean, age 19 months, passed away peacefully in her mother's arms on Thursday, January 29, 2015, at 10:55 am at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital in Nashville, TN. She is survived by her parents, Caleb Plant and Carman Briscoe-Lee; maternal grandparents, Willie Lee and Carolyn (Russell) Price; paternal grandparents, Richie Plant and Beth Plant; great-grandparents, Boyde Jones and Patricia Jones;...

James Cecil "Peepaw" Crutcher Sr.

James Cecil "Peepaw" Crutcher Sr.

Jan 28, 2015

CRUTCHER, James Cecil "Peepaw", Sr., age 76, passed away at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, TN. He was born November 21, 1938, in Franklin, TN, to Johnny C. Crutcher and Nellie V. Hall Crutcher. He worked as a painter. He was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers, Bobby Crutcher and Larry Martin; sisters, Dorothy Goddard and Geneva Williams;...

Phyllis Ann Batey

Phyllis Ann Batey

Jan 28, 2015

BATEY, Phyllis Ann, age 80, passed away on January 28, 2015. She was born January 13, 1935, to William M. Gray and Rosie Bell Spann Gray. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Terry Dean Hooper and Bobby Slayden Batey; her son, William Daniel Hooper; her brother, Alton Gray; and her great-grandchild, Cash Hayden Pewitt. She is...

Lillie Maie Morrow

Lillie Maie Morrow

Jan 22, 2015

MORROW, Lillie Maie, age 73, passed away at St. Thomas MidTown in Nashville, TN, on Thursday, January 22, 2015. She was born in Nashville, TN, on February 5, 1941, to Pat Dickson and Nellie Scott Dickson. She is preceded in death by her parents; her son, Gene Watson; and her brother, Willie B. Dickson. She is survived by her husband,...

Simelee Cook Poole

Simelee Cook Poole

Jan 20, 2015

POOLE, Simelee Cook, age 84, passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at Hillcrest HealthCare Center in Ashland City, TN. She was born in Lafayette, Tennessee, on September 20, 1930, to Samuel Cook and Virgie Caruthers Cook. She was a homemaker, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She is predeceased by her parents; her husband, John C. "Preacher" Poole; son, Larry C....

Loretta Branham

Loretta Branham

Jan 16, 2015

BRANHAM, Loretta, age 78, passed away on Friday, January 16, 2015, at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Loretta was born in Inez, Kentucky, on December 31, 1936, to Ely Crum and Anna Horn Crum. She was a cabinet maker by trade. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Martin L. Branham; and sons, Martin E. and...

Mary Alice Murray

Mary Alice Murray

Jan 15, 2015

MURRAY, Mary Alice, age 70, passed away at her home on January 15, 2015. Mary was born March 11, 1944, to Eldon Victor Richardson and Lavenia Farley Richardson in Nashville, Tennessee. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Charles Richardson; and sisters, Joyce, Betty, and Dorothy. She is survived by her husband, Haskell Murray; daughters, Vickie Murray-Highers (Mike),...

Alexander Mathew "Poochie" Evans

Alexander Mathew "Poochie" Evans

Jan 14, 2015

EVANS, Alexander "Poochie" Mathew, age 75, passed away on January 14, 2015, at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. He was born April 8, 1939, to Thomas Evans and Mattie Lou Dickerson in Cheatham County, Tennessee. He worked as an auto mechanic and was well known throughout Cheatham County for his trade. He is preceded in death by his parents;...

Wilma Ruth Bolton Phillips

Wilma Ruth Bolton Phillips

Jan 12, 2015

PHILLIPS, Wilma Ruth Bolton, age 90, passed away at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Monday, January 12, 2015. She was born in Du Quoin, Illinois, on February 21, 1924, to Andrew Jackson Bolton and Jenny Manning Bolton. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Fred Phillips; her daughter, Brenda Ruth Phillips; brothers, Taylor Bolton and Billy Bolton;...

Dawn Hatter-Fairbanks

Dawn Hatter-Fairbanks

Jan 10, 2015

HATTER-FAIRBANKS, Dawn, age 43, passed away at TriStar of Ashland City, TN, on Saturday, January 10, 2015. She was born in Detroit, Michigan, on March 11, 1971, to Talmadge McMillan and Pamela Collins. She worked as a caregiver in her past. She is survived by her parents; her children, Kandice Pontious (Morgan Hendricks), Elijah Hatter, Kodie Hatter, Katie Hatter and...

Roy "Burt" Burtis Watson Jr

Roy "Burt" Burtis Watson Jr

Jan 10, 2015

WATSON, Roy "Burt" Burtis, Jr., age 51, passed away NorthCrest Medical Center on Saturday, January 10, 2015. Burt was born February 1, 1963, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN, to Roy Burtis Watson, Sr., and Linda Jean Stroud Watson Moore. Burt worked for Cremation Funeral Services as a delivery driver. He is preceded in death by his father;...

Mildred Evelyn Osborne

Mildred Evelyn Osborne

Jan 10, 2015

Mildred Evelyn England Williams Daugherty Osborne closed her beautiful blue eyes for the last time on Saturday, January 10, 2015. She was born on September 18, 1930 to Leslie England and Ola Aileene Lindsey England. She is preceded in death by her mother and father, her beloved sister Katherine Reed, great uncle and aunt Henry Clay and Vivian Lindsey, grandmother...

Martha "Cotton" F. Owen

Martha "Cotton" F. Owen

Jan 2, 2015

OWEN, Martha F. "Cotton", age 89, passed away on January 2, 2015. She was born March 3, 1925, to Ramah Shaw Nicholson and Bertie Stuart Nicholson in Cheatham County/Neptune Community, Tennessee. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, William Clarence Owen, Jr.; 1 brother and 3 sisters. She is survived by her two daughters, Martha "Nicki" O....

Emma Henrietta Poole Rawls

Emma Henrietta Poole Rawls

Jan 2, 2015

RAWLS, Emma Henrietta Poole, age 95, passed away on January 2, 2015. She was born June 16, 1919, to Henry Poole and Lyda Emma Witt Poole in Springfield, TN. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Clarence Odell Rawls; brothers and sisters, Nannie Belle Poole Draughon, Margaret Elizabeth Poole Walker, Louise Poole Cripps, James Leonard Poole, George...

Sharon R. Yates

Sharon R. Yates

Jan 1, 2015

YATES, Sharon R., age 71, passed away at Gateway Medical Center in Clarksville, TN, on January 1, 2015. She was born December 23, 1943 in Nashville, Tn, to Robert J. Spain and Elva Ruth Trull Spain. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Charlie Yates; her granddaughter, Ashley Yates, and her brothers, Ricky and Jimmy Spain. She...

Edna N. Steele

Edna N. Steele

Dec 19, 2014

STEELE, Edna N., age 83, passed away on December 19, 2014. She was born August 31, 1931, in Nashville, Tennessee, to Edward Allen Nunley, Sr., and Grace Allen Nunley. Edna was a member of the Cheap Hill Church of Christ since 1960 and worked and retired from the V.A. Medical Center in Nashville, TN, where she was a medical administrative...

Eleanor Sills Brandon

Eleanor Sills Brandon

Dec 18, 2014

BRANDON, Eleanor Sills, age 101, passed away at her home on December 18, 2014. She was born on May 10, 1913, in Model, TN, to William Franklin Sills and Lou Bartee Sills. Mrs. Brandon was a devoted member of the Ashland City United Methodist Church for many years. She received her degree from Murray State University and received a Masters...

David Roy Powers

David Roy Powers

Dec 14, 2014

POWERS, David Roy, age 77, passed away on December 14, 2014. He was born on May 26, 1937, to Olan Roy Powers and Ethel Taylor Powers in West Branch, Iowa. He proudly served in the U.S. Army following high school and worked as a diesel mechanic for most his life. He retired from United Structural Systems after working as a...

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