Obituaries

Algood, Baxter, Cookeville and Monterey, TN Obituaries

Geraldine Cawthon

Geraldine Cawthon

Feb 5, 2017

Graveside Service and interment for Geraldine "GERRY" McDonald Cawthon, 88 of Algood will be Wednesday, February 8 at 12 Noon at Crest Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Cawthon passed away Sunday morning, February 5, 2017 at Signature Healthcare-Putnam County in Algood following an extended illness. She was born May 12, 1928 in Putnam County to the late Carse Field and Rhoda...

Anna Ketterman

Anna Ketterman

Feb 4, 2017

Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Faye Ketterman, age 74, of Red Boiling Springs, will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, February 8, at Dyer Funeral Home. Rev. Ken Haney will officiate. Interment will follow at the West Cemetery in the Burgess Falls community of Putnam County. The family will receive friends Tuesday 5 – 7 p.m. and again Wednesday...

Jeanette Hearn

Jeanette Hearn

Feb 3, 2017

Funeral services for Mrs. Jeanette Hearn, of Cookeville, will be held Monday, February 6th at 4:00 p.m. at Cookeville First United Methodist Church with Rev. Whitney Mitchell officiating, Entombment will follow at Crest Lawn Cemetery. Her family will receive friends Sunday from 1 - 3 p.m. at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home and again...

Johnny Turner

Johnny Turner

Feb 2, 2017

Mr. Johnny Calvin Turner, age 64, of Spencer, passed away Thursday, February 2, 2017 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. Memorial services will be held at a late date. He was born November 6, 1952 in Lenoir, NC to the late James Knight and Danie Ray Turner. Johnny was a retired truck driver. In addition to his parents, he was...

Eddie Jared

Eddie Jared

Jan 30, 2017

Funeral services for Mr. Carl Edward (Eddie) Jared, age 70, of Sparta, will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, February 2, at Dyer Funeral Home with Rev. Jerry Womack officiating. Interment will follow at the West Cemetery in the Burgess Falls community of Putnam County. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 4 - 8 p.m. and again Thursday from...

Nancy Carol Watkins

Nancy Carol Watkins

Jan 24, 2017

Nancy Watkins, age 61, of Crossville, passed away Thursday, January 24, 2017 at Cumberland Medical Center in Crossville, TN. Family has chosen cremation and no services are planned at this time.

Hubert Ray Reeves

Hubert Ray Reeves

Jan 23, 2017

Hubert Ray Reeves, of Normandy, passed this life on Monday, January 23rd, 2017 at his home at the age of 89. Mr. Reeves was born in Monterey, Tennessee to the late Lawrence Winfred Reeves and Martha Tays Reeves. He served his country in the United States Army during Korea and went on to work as a Logger with Reeves...

C. O. Wynne

C. O. Wynne

Jan 20, 2017

Collie Odell (C.O.) Wynne, 95, departed this life on Friday, January 20, at Heritage Pointe surrounded by his family. Mr. Wynne was born on June 19, 1921, to the late Aubrey Austin and Irene Young Wynne in Elkton, Tennessee. He was preceded in death by his dearly beloved wife, Virginia (Ginny) Abernathy, also by five brothers and sisters and...

A. C. Clark

A. C. Clark

Jan 19, 2017

Funeral services for A. C. Clark, 94, of Cookeville, will be held Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Jefferson Avenue Church of Christ. Buddy Johnson, minister, will officiate. Interment with military honors will follow at 3 pm at the Donaldson Family Cemetery in Clay County, Tennessee. The Clark family will receive friends on Tuesday from 4 until...

Gary Clemons

Gary Clemons

Jan 18, 2017

Funeral services for Gary Mack Clemons, 57, of Cookeville and formerly of Baxter, will be Saturday at 11 AM from the Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Stewart Cemetery on Old Baxter Road. Mr. Clemons passed away Wednesday night, January 18, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born...

Henry Godwin

Henry Godwin

Jan 17, 2017

Funeral services for Henry W. Godwin, age 78, of the Shaw Branch Community of Putnam County, will be at 1 p.m. Friday, January 20 at the Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home with Rev. Frank Rodgers officiating. Interment with military honors will follow at the Godwin Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday from 5...

Evelyn Holloway

Evelyn Holloway

Jan 16, 2017

Funeral services for Evelyn Holloway, 85 of Cookeville will be Wednesday, January 18 at 1 PM from the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Cookeville City Cemetery. Mrs. Holloway passed away Monday morning, January 16, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born November 1, 1931 in Putnam County...

Betty Dyess

Betty Dyess

Jan 14, 2017

Betty J. Dyess, age 93, of Cookeville, TN, passed away peacefully and went to be with her Lord on Saturday, January 14, 2017. Betty was born on January 2, 1924, in Minneapolis, MN. In 1945, during WWII, she married Edward Dyess during his Navy service in San Diego and her service as a "Rosie the Riveter." She worked many...

Dean Riddle

Dean Riddle

Jan 12, 2017

Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Dean Riddle, age 69, of Cookeville, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 15 at Dyer Funeral Home with Lynn Bullock officiating. Interment will follow at Shipley Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday from 4 – 8 p.m. and again Sunday from 12 noon – 2 p.m. Dean passed away peacefully in her...

Margie Stricker

Margie Stricker

Jan 12, 2017

Graveside services and interment for Mrs. Margie Christeen Harris Tucker Stricker, 84 of Cookeville, will be held Monday January 16 at 1 p.m. at Davis Cemetery in Huntingdon, Tennessee. Rev. Alex Hilliard will officiate. Mrs. Stricker's family will visit with friends following services at the cemetery. Mrs. Stricker died Thursday January 12, 2017 at her home. She was born...

Jimmie Thompson

Jimmie Thompson

Jan 12, 2017

Jimmie Katherine Howard Thompson, age 91 of Knoxville, daughter of the late John Henry and Estalee Rippetoe Howard of Cookeville, died Thursday, January 12, 2017, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Jimmie was a founding member of Norwood United Methodist Church. She and her former husband Marvin Thompson were early pioneers in Knoxville and East Tennessee radio....

Ethel L. Schultz

Ethel L. Schultz

Jan 11, 2017

Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel L. Schultz, age 100, of Cookeville, will be 2 p.m. Saturday, January 14 at Heavenly Host Lutheran Church with Rev. Andrew Smith officiating. Inurnment will follow at a later date at Cookeville City Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday from 6 - 8 p.m. at Dyer Funeral Home. Mrs. Schultz passed away Wednesday...

Betty Long

Betty Long

Jan 11, 2017

Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Jo Long 81 beloved mother, grandmother, aunt and sister of Cookeville, will be held Saturday January 21 at 11 a.m. at Algood United Methodist Church. Interment will follow in Crest Lawn Cemetery. Rev. Brent Davis and Rev. Pat Smith will officiate. Mrs. Long's family will receive friends Saturday from 10 a.m. until service time...

Betty Lou Nunnally

Betty Lou Nunnally

Jan 11, 2017

Betty Lou Nunnally of Memphis, TN, formerly of Grand Junction, TN, passed away January 11, 2017 following a brief illness at Baptist East Hospital in Germantown, TN. Betty graduated from Grand Junction High School in 1961 where she enjoyed her years as a cheerleader and her many friends. She then attended Blue Mountain College in Blue Mountain, MS. Betty...

Kayla Jones

Kayla Jones

Jan 9, 2017

Funeral services for Kayla Michelle Jones, age 18 of Cookeville, will be held Sunday January 15th at 1 p.m. at the Cookeville chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Algood City Cemetery. Kayla's family will receive friends Sunday from 12 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. She died suddenly Monday, January 9, 2017...