Obituaries
Buddy Robert Bain, Sr.
Mar 16, 2013
Mr. Buddy Robert Bain, Sr., 49, of Smithville died March 16, 2013. He was born on December 24, 1963 in Murfreesboro, TN. His parents were the late Buddy Bill Bain and Gertie (Stanley) Bain. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Dewey Bain and sisters, Effie Ashford and Virginia Davis. He is survived by his wife, Debbie Bain...
Thomas A. Lancaster, Jr.
Feb 28, 2013
Mr. Thomas A. Lancaster, Jr., 85, formerly of Woodbury died February 28, 2013 at his home. He was born in Nashville, TN on July 22, 1927. His parents were the late Thomas A. Lancaster, Sr. and Alice (Terry) Lancaster. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Eva (Howell) Lancaster; sons, Tom Lancaster, III of Oak Ridge and Esther...
Lillian Sanders
Feb 24, 2013
Mrs. Lillian Sanders, 99, of Woodbury died on February 24, 2013. She was born March 11, 1913 in Hillsboro, New Mexico. Her parents were the late Charles E. Meyers and Dovey (Goins) Meyers. She was also preceded in death by her husbands, Truman Elva Sullins and Glen White Sanders and by four sisters. She is survived by her daughter, Frieda...
David Wilson Mullins
Feb 7, 2013
Mr. David Wilson Mullins, 74, of Bradyville died February 7, 2013. He was born December 21, 1938 in LaVergne, TN. His parents were the late Freeman Mullins and Angie (Perry) Mullins. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Roy Mullins and Clifford Mullins. He is survived by three sons, Rick & Francine Mullins, Wayne Mullins and David Bruce Mullins...
Joyce H. Smith Pigg
Jan 27, 2013
Mrs. Joyce H. (Smith) Pigg, 85, of Crossville died on January 27, 2013. She was born in Woodbury, TN on January 29, 1927. Her parents were the late Henry H. Smith and Margaret Pearl (Reed) Smith. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert H. "Sonny" Pigg; brothers, Hayden Smith and Hobert Smith; sisters, Myra Bryson, Grace Engle...
Catherine Denny
Jan 27, 2013
Mrs. Catherine Toliver Denny, 91, passed away on January 27, 2013 at the Woodbury Nursing Center after an extended illness. She was born in Cannon County on February 24, 1921. Her parents were the late Benny Toliver and Edd & Octie Lyon Haley. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Gerald Denny; two sons, Ray...
John Alex Blanks
Jan 24, 2013
Mr. John Alex Blanks of Woodbury passed away on January 24, 2013 at the age of 79. He was born June 2, 1933 in Detroit, Michigan. His parents were the late Hoyte Stewart Blanks and Mary Belle (Holder) Blanks. Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Margaret Ruth Blanks of Woodbury; son, Clay Blanks of Los Angeles, California; daughter, Karen...
Robert "Hoppy" Davenport
Jan 22, 2013
Robert H. "Hoppy" Davenport, 68, of Woodbury, passed away on January 22, 2013. Hoppy, as he was known from an early childhood nickname, was loved and adored by everyone he encountered. He was born to the late Ben and Lola Davenport on April 1, 1944, in Woodbury, Tennessee. Hoppy married Helen Hayes in 1964, and they were married for 48...
Lawrence B. Bean
Jan 21, 2013
Mr. Lawrence B. Bean, 83, of Liberty, TN, died January 21, 2013. He was born in Washington, DC on November 11, 1929. His parents were the late Edwin Temple Bean, Sr. and Mary (a’Becket) Bean. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Mary Osborne. Survivors include his wife, Bonnie (Axley) Bean of Liberty; son, Lawrence B. Bean, Jr....
Andrew David Mitchell
Jan 20, 2013
Mr. Andrew David Mitchell, Retired Lieutinant Colonel with the U.S. Air Force, of Bradyville died at his home following an extended illness on January 20, 2013 at the age of 80. He was born in Laurens, South Carolina on April 14, 1932. His parents were the late Andrew Mitchell and Mittie (Burton) Mitchell. He was also preceded in death by...
Colleen Marie Mundy
Jan 16, 2013
Ms. Colleen Marie Mundy, 61, died January 16, 2013. She was born on Dec. 1, 1951 in Montclair, New Jersey. She lived all her life in New Jersey until the last few years where she resided in Readyville, TN. She loved riding motorcycles and going to Bike Week in Daytona, FL every year. She met a lot of friends among...
Virginia Ruth (Prater) Blair
Jan 8, 2013
Mrs. Virginia Ruth (Prater) Blair, 75, of McMinnville died on January 8, 2013. She was born in McMinnville, TN on June 15, 1937. She was preceded in death by her father, James C. Prater; a daughter, Sarah Jane Miller and a son, Jerry Stephen Blair. She is survived by her mother, Mary Jane (Ferrell) Prater of McMinnville; son, Bobby Carlton...
Jerry Stephen Blair
Jan 4, 2013
Mr. Jerry Stephen Blair, 50, of Cannon County died January 4, 2013. He was born in Warren County, TN on January 13, 1962. He was preceded in death by his sister, Sarah Jane Miller. He is survived by his father, Carlton Blair and his mother, Virginia Ruth (Prater) Blair both of Cannon County; a brother, Bobby Carlton Blair of Nashville;...
Bobby Bynum
Jan 3, 2013
Mr. Bobby Bynum, 75, of Woodbury died on January 3, 2013. He was born in Bradyville on May 2, 1937. His parents were the late Monroe Bynum and Minnie Lou (Mears) Bynum. He was also preceded in death by four brothers, James D. Bynum, Grady Bynum, Clifton Howard Bynum and Doc Bynum; a sister, Ruth Reynolds; a daughter, Deborah Perry...
Ronnie Elgin Ramsey
Dec 15, 2012
Mr. Ronnie Elgin Ramsey, 23, of Woodbury died December 15, 2012. He was born in Murfreesboro, TN on January 19, 1989. Survivors include his parents, Doug & Sherry (Smith) Ramsey of Woodbury; grandmothers, Ernestine Smith Bryant of Woodbury and Ethal Elizabeth Ramsey of Belvedere, TN; sister, Denise & Daniel Young of Portland, TN; uncles and aunts, Nevin & Darlene Ramsey...
Sammie Higgins
Dec 14, 2012
Mrs. Sammie (Davenport) Higgins, 100, a native and lifelong resident of Cannon County died December 14, 2012. She was born on July 15, 1912. She was the daughter of the late Sam and Ida (Richards) Davenport. Also preceding her in death are her husband, Jessie Higgins; daughter, Jean Bise; granddaughter, Pamela Jenice Maxwell; siblings, Lawrence, Ray, Bertha and Elizabeth Davenport,...
William Hildreth Fugitt
Dec 11, 2012
Mr. William Hildreth Fugitt, 88, of Centertown died December 11, 2012. He was born in Louisa, Kentucky on December 27, 1923. His parents were the late Geyger Fugitt and Ethel Bernice (Belcher) Fugitt. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Juanita Frances (Hall) Fugitt and a son, Jonathan Fugitt. Survivors include his two daughters, Sharon...
Homer McBroom
Dec 7, 2012
Mr. Homer McBroom, 86, of Woodbury died December 7, 2012. He was born in Woodbury on April 15, 1926. His parents were the late Clarence McBroom and Kathleen (Odom) McBroom. He was also preceded in death by his wife Stella (Davis) McBroom; sisters, Luree Tenpenny & Pauline Elliot and a brother, Alex Bratten McBroom. He is survived by a sister,...
Johnny Whittemore
Dec 6, 2012
Mr. Johnny Whittemore, 53, died December 6, 2012 after an extended illness. He was born January 19, 1959 in Cannon County. His parents were the late Eldred Whittemore and Della Louise (Gann) Whittemore. He was also preceded in death by brothers, Ronnie Whittemore and David Whittemore. He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Wendy (Youngblood) Whittemore of Woodbury;...
James Dalton Reed
Dec 5, 2012
James Dalton Reed, 18, of Woodbury went home to be with his Lord on December 5, 2012. He was born in Joplin, Missouri on July 19, 1994. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Melvin Lawrence "Corky" Reed, Sr. He is survived by his father and step-mother, Michael & Stormi (Smith) Reed of Woodbury; his mother, Michelle Reed...
