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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...

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...

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