Obituaries

Algood, Baxter, Cookeville and Monterey, TN Obituaries

Linda Carlen

Linda Carlen

May 18, 2017

Linda Puckett Carlen, raised in Smithville, Tennessee, was born on May 4, 1943, and died on May 18, 2017. She was the daughter of the late Milns Thoburn Puckett and the late Alvilda Shanks Puckett. Linda was deeply loved by her family and numerous lifelong friends. She was a loving wife and mother, an avid tennis player, and a...

Herman Cupp

Herman Cupp

May 17, 2017

Mr. Herman Cupp age 83 of New Tazewell, TN was born March 11, 1934 in Claiborne County and passed away May 17, 2017 at the Claiborne Medical Center with his family by his side. He was a member of Church of Christ in Tazewell, TN. Herman was in the funeral business for 40 years. Bauum Carlock Funeral Home of...

Alvin Will

Alvin Will

May 14, 2017

Visitation for Alvin Eugene Will, age 66, of Cookeville, will be Wednesday, May 17 from 5 - 7 p.m. at Dyer Funeral Home. Mr. Will is survived by his wife Nancy Geist; three step-sons, Matthew Geist and his wife Carrie, William Geist, and Jeromy Geist all of Western PA; two brothers and sister-in-law, Ricky Will, Michael and Bernice Will...

Grant Cooper

Grant Cooper

May 14, 2017

Funeral services for Grant Wilson Cooper, 39 of Baxter, will be held Friday, May 19 at 6:00 p.m. at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Pastor Bobby Davis will officiate. His family will receive friends Friday from 4:00 P.M. until service time at the funeral home. Grant died suddenly, Sunday, May 14, 2017 at Cookeville...

Lynette Barber

Lynette Barber

May 10, 2017

Lynette Barber, of Crossville, passed away on Wednesday, May 10th, at the age of 59. She is preceded in death by her parents Leola and Clyde Montgomery, brother Charles Montgomery, and her beloved dogs Penny and Ditto. Lynette was born on August 19, 1957 in Flint, Michigan. She raised 3 children and had a love for dogs, cooking and...

Ray Wright

Ray Wright

May 10, 2017

Private family graveside service for Elmer Ray Wright, 80 of Cookeville, will be held at a later date at Paran Cemetery in Overton County. Mr. Wright died Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. He was born January 29, 1937 in Jamestown to the late Travis and Rosetta Cobb Wright. He was a veteran of the U.S....

Betty Ashburn

Betty Ashburn

May 9, 2017

Memorial services for Mrs. Betty Jo Myers McDonald Ashburn, age 84, of Cookeville, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 13 at Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home with Pastor David Price officiating. Interment will follow in Shiloh Cemetery in Overton County, TN. The family will receive friends Saturday from 9 a.m until service time at...

John Donnelly

John Donnelly

May 8, 2017

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday May 12 at 11 a.m. at Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church for Mr. John Joseph Donnelly Jr. of Cookeville. Father Paul Nguyen will officiate. Interment with Military Honors will follow in Green Hills Cemetery in the Alpine Community of Overton County. John died suddenly Monday May 8, 2017. He was...

Ignacio Diego

Ignacio Diego

May 8, 2017

A Funeral Mass of Christian Burial for Mr. Ignacio Gaspar Ignacio Diego, age 50 of Cookeville, will be held Saturday, May 13th at 9:00 a.m. at Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. Father Paul Nyuyen will officiate. Interment will be held at a later date in San Sebastian Cemetery in Aldea Yolaxito San Sebastian Coatan Huehuetenango, Guatemala. His family will...

Ruth Nevins Johnson

Ruth Nevins Johnson

May 5, 2017

Graveside services and interment for Mrs. Anna "Ruth" Nevins Johnson, age 93 of Cookeville and formerly of Anderson, Indiana and Venice, Florida, will be held Thursday May 18, 2017 at 10:30am EDT at Gulf Pines Memorial Park in Englewood, FL. Ruth died Thursday May 5, 2017 in NHC Healthcare Cookeville. She was born October 23, 1923 in Bloomington Springs,...

Juanita Dunn

Juanita Dunn

May 3, 2017

BAXTER-Funeral services for Juanita Dunn, 83 of Cookeville formerly of Baxter, will be Saturday, May 6 at 1 PM from the Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Pleasant View Cemetery in Putnam County. Mrs. Dunn died Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at Select Specialty Hospital in Powell, TN. She was born November 29, 1933...

Bob Lowry

Bob Lowry

May 2, 2017

GARDEN CITY MICHIGAN-Mr. Robert Lowry, age 72 of Garden City, Michigan, died suddenly Tuesday May 2, 2017 in Cookeville (TN) Regional Medical Center from injuries sustained from an automobile accident. Mr. Lowry was born April 7, 1945 in Detroit to the late Carl Oscar and Josephine Margarette Farmer Lowry. He attended Detroit schools and always loved the old neighborhood...

Chester Dyer

Chester Dyer

Apr 30, 2017

Visitation services for Chester Dyer, age 83, of Cookeville, TN and formerly of Ranger, WV will be from 4 -7 p.m. Tuesday, May 2 at Dyer Funeral Home. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. EST on Friday, May 5 at Upper Ten Mile United Baptist Church in Ranger, WV. Pastor Tim Davis will officiate. Interment will follow at...

Mary Elizabeth Grider

Mary Elizabeth Grider

Apr 28, 2017

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Grider, age 74, of Cookeville, will be at 11 a.m. Monday, May 1, at Dyer Funeral Home with Bro. David Eldridge officiating. Interment will follow at the Allison Cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday, from 5 - 8 p.m. and again Monday from 10 a.m. until service time at the funeral home....

Michael John Delape

Michael John Delape

Apr 27, 2017

A Funeral Mass of Christian Burial for Michael John Delape Jr., age 54, of Cookeville, will be held Wednesday, May 3, at 1 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Crest Lawn Cemetery. His family will receive friends Wednesday from 11 a.m. until service time at the church. Mr. Delape passed away suddenly Thursday, April...

Tiffany Hood Jensen

Tiffany Hood Jensen

Apr 27, 2017

Funeral services for Tiffany Hood Jensen, age 37, of Lehigh Acres, FL and formerly of Cookeville, will be 1 p.m. Sunday, April 30 at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home with David Day officiating. Interment will follow at Boiling Springs Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday from 5 - 8 p.m. and again Sunday...

Estelle Verble

Estelle Verble

Apr 25, 2017

Mrs. Vina Estelle Verble, age 84, of Algood, passed away Tuesday, April 25,2017 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. A private family graveside service and interment will be at Paran Cemetery. Mrs. Verble was born October 11, 1932 in Overton County, TN to the late H Williams and Flora Isabelle Emerton Williams. She was a member of Algood Church of...

Barbara Hatcher

Barbara Hatcher

Apr 23, 2017

Barbara H. Hatcher, 83, of Wilmington, NC died Sunday, April 23, 2017 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. She was born in Big Springs, TN, on July 5, 1933, the daughter of the late Homer G. and Lena Brient Hunt. Also remembered is her husband, Charles Henry Hatcher; two sisters, Geraldine Petty and Eileen Owsley; and a brother, Lester...

Virginia Helen Johnston

Virginia Helen Johnston

Apr 17, 2017

Memorial service will be held Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at Dogwood Park. Mrs. Virginia Helen Johnston, age 78, of Allons, TN. died at Cookeville Regional Medical Center on Monday, April 17, 2017. She was born in San Jose, CA. to the late Ralph Stanley Miller and Hilda Rasmusson Miller. In addition to her parents she was...

Katherine Adkins Haynes

Katherine Adkins Haynes

Apr 14, 2017

Graveside services and interment for Katherine Haynes, 81, of Cookeville, will be Monday, April 17 at 10 AM at Algood City Cemetery. Her son, Chaplain Philip Smith will officiate. Mrs. Haynes passed away Friday, April 14, 2017 at her home. She was born July 3, 1935 in Overton County to the late Jess Franklin "Frank" and Edith Bilbrey Adkins....