Obituaries

Algood, Baxter, Cookeville and Monterey, TN Obituaries

Edith Vasquez

Edith Vasquez

Dec 28, 2022

Memorial services for Edith Vasquez, age 83 of Cookeville, will be at 6 p.m. Saturday January 7 at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home. Rev. Tommy Harris and Dr. Elousie Jackson will officiate.

Her family will receive friends Saturday from 5 p.m. until time of services.

Edith passed away Wednesday December...

Nowlen Simmons

Nowlen Simmons

Dec 27, 2022

Graveside services and interment for William Nowlen Simmons, age 81 of Cookeville and formerly of Sparta, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, December 29 at Carter Cemetery in White County. Dr. Jason Yarbrough will officiate.

His family will receive friends immediately following the service at the cemetery.

Nowlen passed away Tuesday,...

Tom Stricklin

Tom Stricklin

Dec 27, 2022

A graveside service and interment for Mr. Thomas D Stricklin, age 87 of Cookeville, will be held Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at 3pm at Cookeville City Cemetery. Bro. Johnny Fox will officiate.

Mr. Stricklin died Tuesday morning December 27, 2022 at Cedar Hills Senior Living.

He was born March 21, 1935...

David  Wilmoth

David Wilmoth

Dec 27, 2022

ALGOOD-A graveside service for Mr. David Owen Wilmoth, age 72 of Algood, will be held Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10am at Paran Cemetery. Pastor Mark Gaw will officiate.

Mr. Wilmoth died Tuesday December 27, 2022 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.

He was born March 13, 1950 in Cookeville, TN to...

James Foster

James Foster

Dec 26, 2022

BAXTER-Funeral services for James "Jim" Warren Foster, 62 of Baxter, will be Friday, December 30 at 1 PM at the Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Smellage Memory Gardens in the Boma Community.  The family will receive friends Thursday from 5 to 8 PM and after 10 AM Friday until service time at...

Georgina Barnes

Georgina Barnes

Dec 26, 2022

Georgenia Lee Barnes, age 70, of Dayton, passed away December 12, 2022. She was born January 15, 1952 in Dayton, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her brother, Dennis James Huber; father, George Washington Huber; husband, Waylen Henry Barnes, Sr.; grandson, Tommy Lee David Owens; son, Waylen Henry Barnes Jr.; and great-granddaughter, Sequoia Gail Buckland.

Georgenia...

Robert Sturgeon

Robert Sturgeon

Dec 23, 2022

Mr. Robert Scott Sturgeon passed away Friday December 23, 2022 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center, in Cookeville, TN. He was born October 22, 1954 in Rochester, NY to the late Robert and Patricia Coon Sturgeon. He moved to Gatlinburg, TN in the late 1970s to join the Gatlinburg Arts & Crafts community as a talented woodworker making cabinets and...

Anna Ruth Burroughs

Anna Ruth Burroughs

Dec 22, 2022

Funeral services for Anna Ruth Burroughs, age 80 of Cookeville, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday December 28 at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home. Wayne Nabors and Steve Goens will speak and Michael Webb will officiate. Interment will follow at Cookeville City Cemetery.

Her family will receive friends Tuesday from 4 -...

Theodore "Teddy" Looper

Theodore "Teddy" Looper

Dec 21, 2022

A graveside memorial for Theodore "Teddy" Jennings Looper, infant son of Stephen Curtis and Leah Spear Looper, were held Friday, December 16, 2022 at Crest Lawn Memorial Cemetery.

Teddy was born and received into heaven Monday December 12, 2022 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.

In addition to his parents, he is...

Christmas Luminary  Lighting

Christmas Luminary Lighting

Dec 21, 2022

Our Third Annual Luminary Lighting is scheduled for Friday, December 23, 2022 at 4 p.m.  Because of the inclement weather and freezing temperatures, we will live stream the reading of the names of those we have lost this year.  The event will be indoors and will not include placing luminaries outdoors.  We are concerned about the  wellbeing of the...

Dean Davis

Dean Davis

Dec 19, 2022

Funeral services for Wava Dean Bussell Davis, age 80, of Baxter, will be held Thursday, December 22nd at 1pm at the Dyer Chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Bro. Dwight Fuqua will officiate. Interment will follow at Pleasant View Cemetery.

Her family will receive friends Thursday from 11am until service time at the funeral...

John Wall

John Wall

Dec 17, 2022

Funeral services for John Douglas Wall Sr., age 91 of Algood, will be at 1 p.m. Friday, December 30 at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home. Dr. Kevin Conrad will officiate. Interment with military honors will follow at Algood City Cemetery. His family will receive friends Friday from 11 a.m. until service time.

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Jerry Parris

Jerry Parris

Dec 16, 2022

Funeral services for Jerry R. Parris, age 85 of Cookeville will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday December 20 at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Crest Lawn Cemetery.

His family will receive friends Tuesday from 11 a.m. until service time.

Jerry passed away Friday December 16, 2022....

Casey Bell

Casey Bell

Dec 14, 2022

Casey Bell

Funeral services for Casey Bell, age 76 of Cookeville, will be at 2 p.m. Monday December 19 at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home. Rev Tony Barnett will officiate. Interment with military honors will follow at Cookeville City Cemetery.

His family will receive friends Monday...

Bernes Johnson

Bernes Johnson

Dec 13, 2022

Bernes Malcolm Johnson, 93, of Somerville, Tennessee and formerly of Baxter, Tennessee passed into the arms of his Lord on December 13, 2022. He was born August 16, 1929 in Baxter, Tennessee to the late Thomas "Tomie" and Ida Johnson. Bernes was married to his late, loving wife of 65 and a half years, Anna Frances Johnson.

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Hugh Hix Stubblefield

Hugh Hix Stubblefield

Dec 13, 2022

Hugh Hix Stubblefield, age 90, died quietly and swiftly Wednesday November 9, 2022 at Bailey Manor Memory Care in Cookeville.

He was attended by loving and caring staff and by his wife of 63 years, who arrived about four minutes after he snuck out. Mr. Stubblefield was born October 14, 1932 in Grundy County near Viola, TN...

Bernes Johnson

Bernes Johnson

Dec 13, 2022

Bernes Malcolm Johnson, 93, of Somerville, Tennessee and formerly of Baxter, Tennessee passed into the arms of his Lord on December 13, 2022. He was born August 16, 1929 in Baxter, Tennessee to the late Thomas "Tomie" and Ida Johnson. Bernes was married to his late, loving wife of 65 and a half years, Anna Frances Johnson.

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Robert Kerr

Robert Kerr

Dec 12, 2022

A Memorial service for Mr. Robert Hilrey Kerr (Bobby), age 69 of Ashland City, Tennessee, formerly of Greenwell Springs, Louisiana and Cookeville, Tennessee will be at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, December 15 at Hooper, Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home. His family will receive friends Thursday from 12:00 p.m. until time of services at the funeral home.

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Doris Whittaker

Doris Whittaker

Dec 8, 2022

Doris Ann Hampton Whittaker, age 82, passed away peacefully at Cookeville Regional Medical Center on December 8, 2022. Mrs. Whittaker was born in White County, Tennessee, on September 20, 1940, to parents Joe Dib and Linnie Mae Clouse Hampton.

Doris Whittaker was a cherished wife to Glen, her husband of 65+ years, and a devoted...

Doris Whittaker

Doris Whittaker

Dec 8, 2022

Doris Ann Hampton Whittaker, age 82, passed away peacefully at Cookeville Regional Medical Center on December 8, 2022. Mrs. Whittaker was born in White County, Tennessee, on September 20, 1940, to parents Joe Dib and Linnie Mae Clouse Hampton.

Doris Whittaker was a cherished wife to Glen, her husband of 65+ years, and a devoted...