Obituaries

Algood, Baxter, Cookeville and Monterey, TN Obituaries

Harry "Skeet" Ashmore

Harry "Skeet" Ashmore

Aug 22, 2019

Graveside services and interment with military honors services for Harry “Skeet” Leroy Ashmore, age 97, of Cookeville, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday August 27 at Camp Butler Cemetery in Springfield, IL. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 10 a.m. until 12 noon at Bass Patton Funeral Home in Hillsboro, IL. Mr. Ashmore passed away Thursday August 22,...

Steve Potter

Steve Potter

Aug 20, 2019

Mr. Stephen (Steve) Earl Potter, age 56, of Silver Point, passed away suddenly Tuesday morning August 20, 2019 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. Steve was born July 14, 1963 in Syracuse to the late Delores Anderson Potter and Leslie Potter of Syracuse. He was a truck driver at Saunder's Concrete for over 18 years prior to moving to Tennessee....

Caroline Defazio

Caroline Defazio

Aug 20, 2019

Graveside services and interment for Mrs. Caroline DeFazio, age 89 of Cookeville, will be held Thursday, August 22nd at 9:00 a.m. at Smyrna Cemetery. Visitation will follow the service at the cemetery. She was born June 26, 1930 in California. She passed away Thursday, August 15, 2019 at Signature Healthcare of Putnam County in Algood. She is survived by...

Kenneth Ford

Kenneth Ford

Aug 19, 2019

Funeral services for Kenneth Lee Ford, 69 of Manchester, TN. formerly of Cookeville will be Thursday, August 22 at 1 PM from the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Vinson Cemetery in Jackson County, TN. Family will receive friends Thursday from 11 AM until time of service. Bro. Larry Self will officiate. Mr....

Janet Bush

Janet Bush

Aug 18, 2019

Graveside services and interment for Janet Lee Bush, age 76, of Cookeville, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday August 20 at Double Springs Cemetery. Bro Kerry Higgins will officiate. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the cemetery. Mrs. Bush passed away Sunday evening August 18, 2019 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. She was born March...

Gwen Trickie

Gwen Trickie

Aug 17, 2019

Graveside services and interment for Mrs. Gwendolyn Estelle Trickie, age 77 of Cookeville, will be held Wednesday August 28, 2019 at 9 a.m. at the Cookeville City Cemetery. Pastor Bobby Ray will officiate. Mrs. Trickie died Saturday August 17, 2019 at Raintree Manor in McMinnville. She was born August 26, 1941 in Ladysmith, Wisconsin to the late George and...

Deborah C. Burkeen

Deborah C. Burkeen

Aug 10, 2019

Deborah Burkeen, 67, of Celina, Tennessee, died August 10, 2019 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Cookeville, TN. She was born July 18, 1952 in Havelock, NC, to the late Jackie and Claretta Crenshaw . Deborah was known as a wonderful homemaker for her family. Surviving are husband, Donnie R. Burkeen of Celina, TN, and son, Dustin Gray. No...

Michael Silvey

Michael Silvey

Aug 10, 2019

Michael Vincent Silvey, age 37, of Cookeville, passed away on Saturday, August 10, 2019. He was a loving father, husband, son, brother, and friend, and he will be sorely missed. Private services will be scheduled at a later date. Michael was born in Cookeville, TN on March 16, 1982 to the late Terry Lee Silvey and Carol Silvey Wilson...

Mancil Johnson

Mancil Johnson

Aug 8, 2019

Mancil Malvin Johnson, 71, of Cookeville and a native of Alabama passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2019 at home with his canine friend, Abbie at his side. Never one to want attention, there will be no service as he has chosen cremation and to become part of the special collections at "easily one of the most spiritual places"...

Marie Pearson

Marie Pearson

Aug 6, 2019

A celebration of life service for Mrs. Marie Irene Pearson will be held Friday, August 9th at 5:00 p.m. at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Dr. Charles McCaskey and Rev. Albert Willis will officiate. Her family will receive friends Friday from 3:00 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. Marie passed away Tuesday morning,...

Sue Ray Lamb

Sue Ray Lamb

Aug 5, 2019

Funeral services for Mrs. Sue Ray Lamb, age 79 of Cookeville, will be held Thursday, August 8th at 11:00 a.m. at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Rev. Mike Head will officiate. Interment will follow in the Dry Valley Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Sue Ray's family will receive friends Wednesday from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. and...

Belle Greenwell

Belle Greenwell

Aug 3, 2019

Bertha Belle King Greenwell was born July 27, 1923 in Monroe County, Kentucky to Otto Milton King and wife Martha Etta Hestand King. Her childhood was spent on a farm in the Oak Grove Community of Clay County, TN with her parents and her six siblings. Bertha left Tennessee and moved to Owensboro, KY during WWII. In Owensboro, she...

Betty Mullins

Betty Mullins

Aug 2, 2019

Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Jo Mullins, age 89, of Mt. Juliet and formerly of Cookeville, will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday August 6 at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home. Rev. Gary Farris and Rev. Ken Riggs will officiate. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 1 p.m. until service time. Graveside services and...

Walter Fitzpatrick

Walter Fitzpatrick

Jul 30, 2019

Funeral services for Walter Smartt Fitzpatrick, Jr., age 82 of Cookeville, will be held Friday August 2nd at 12 noon at Collegeside Church of Christ with Bro. John Nichols and Bro. Buddy Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in the Crest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday from 4 - 8 p.m. at Collegeside Church of Christ and...

Jack Burdette

Jack Burdette

Jul 29, 2019

Mr. Jack Burdette, age 67, of Sparta, passed away suddenly July 29, 2019 at his home. Jack was born June 14, 1952 in Wheeling, WV to the late Howard and Shirley Bockes Burdette. He was retired from the maintenance department at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. Jack is survived by his brother, Fred (Charlotte) Burdette of Muskegon, MI; sister, Kay...

John Alfred Johnson

John Alfred Johnson

Jul 27, 2019

John Alfred Johnson, age 63 of Dayton, OH born September 3, 1955 in Cookeville, TN, departed this life Friday, July 19, 2019. John was a member of the Residence Park Church of Christ. Preceded in death by parents, John Arthur and Libbie Lucille, two sisters, two brothers. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Mary Jane (Western)...

Gary Brewington

Gary Brewington

Jul 27, 2019

Funeral services for Gary Howard Brewington, age 69, of Cookeville, will be held Tuesday July 30 at 3:00 p.m. at Washington Avenue Baptist Church with Blake Pierce and Rev. Mark Gaw officiating. Interment will follow in the Double Springs Cemetery. Gary's family will receive friends Monday from 4 - 8 p.m. at Washington Avenue Baptist Church and Tuesday from...

Buddy Franklin

Buddy Franklin

Jul 25, 2019

Waymon (Buddy) Franklin, age 69, of Crossville, passed away Thursday evening July 25, 2019 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville TN. No services are scheduled at this time.

Chuck Buckner

Chuck Buckner

Jul 25, 2019

Memorial services for Mr. Charles Robert Buckner, 82 of Cookeville, formerly of Medina, TN, will be held Tuesday, July 30th at 1:00 p.m. at the Cookeville chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Jeff Eddlemon will officiate. His family will receive friends Monday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. and again Tuesday from 12:00 p.m. until service time at...

Judy Denson

Judy Denson

Jul 25, 2019

Funeral services for Judy Mathis Denson, 72 of Cookeville, will be Sunday, July 28 at 2 PM from the Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Crest Lawn Cemetery. Bro. Tim Sharp will officiate. Mrs. Denson died Thursday, July 25, 2019 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. She was born April 10, 1947 in Putnam...