Obituaries

Algood, Baxter, Cookeville and Monterey, TN Obituaries

Amanda Chatman Alexton & Braydon Henley

Amanda Chatman Alexton & Braydon Henley

Jan 26, 2021

Private family funeral services for Amanda Beth Chatman, age 24, and her sons, Alexton Cole Henley, age 4, and Braydon Wayne Henley, age 3, were held Monday February 1 at Dyer Funeral Home. Kevin Daughrity, Chase Fletcher and Steve Thornton officiated. Interment followed at the West Cemetery in the Burgess Falls community. A public memorial service will be planned...

James Wicker

James Wicker

Jan 26, 2021

Mr. Ballard James "Jim" Wicker, age 92 of Cookeville, died Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. He was born September 22, 1928 in Kentucky to the late Kelly and Edna Gibson Wicker. Jim worked as a controller for the Grey Poupon company in Chicago, Illinois. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...

Joseph Harvey Collins

Joseph Harvey Collins

Jan 25, 2021

Joseph Harvey Collins, 69, passed away on January 25, 2021, after contracting COVID 19. He was born in Alton, Illinois on March 31, 1951 to Harvey and Faye Collins and raised in Jerseyville, Illinois where he attended Catholic grade school and the local high school. Joe enlisted in the United States Air Force immediately after high school at the...

Virginia  Burris

Virginia Burris

Jan 25, 2021

Graveside services and interment for Mrs. Virginia C. Burris, age 91 of Cookeville, were held Friday, January 29, 2021 at 11:00 am in Burris Cemetery in Jackson County. Mrs. Burris died Monday, January 25, 2021 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. She was born January 31, 1929 in Jackson Co. to the late WK Lawson and Ova Green Scantlin Lawson....

Kimberly Mathis

Kimberly Mathis

Jan 25, 2021

BAXTER-Funeral services for Kimberly "Kim" Carol Mathis, 51 of Baxter, were held Thursday, January 28 at 11 AM at the Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Interment followed in the Thurman Mathis Family Cemetery. The family received friends Wednesday from 4 to 8 PM and after 9 AM Thursday at the funeral home. Bro. Fabron Nicholson and...

Cecil Gentry

Cecil Gentry

Jan 25, 2021

Graveside services and interment with military honors for Cecil Edwin Gentry, age 82 of Cookeville, were held at 3 p.m. Friday January 29 at Crest Lawn Cemetery. Bro. Johnny Fox officiated. Social distancing and the use of masks was observed. Cecil passed away from injuries he sustained in an automobile accident in Overton County, TN on Monday January 25,...

Larry Boswell

Larry Boswell

Jan 23, 2021

Larry Revelle Boswell, age 80 of Cookeville passed from this life Saturday morning, January 23, 2021 at home with his wife and son by his side. He was born Friday, March 1, 1940 at Mayland, Cumberland County, TN, the son of Rufus Edward (Ed) and Beryl Wightman Boswell. The family moved from Cumberland County to Cookeville in 1946. Larry...

Pat Spence

Pat Spence

Jan 23, 2021

COOKEVILLE- Mrs. Patricia Love Spence, age 76, DeKalb County native and Cookeville resident, died Saturday evening, January 23, 2021, at her home. She was born September 21, 1944, to the late Robert Taylor and Dorothy Foutch Love in DeKalb County. No services were planned. Pat was a paralegal who worked for many years in the office of Cookeville office...

Patricia E. Bowen

Patricia E. Bowen

Jan 22, 2021

Patricia Ellen Burgess Bowen died at home January 22, 2021. Born May 29, 1954, to William McKinley Burgess and Ella Mae Maxwell Burgess in Madison Heights, Michigan. After graduating from Madison High School in 1972, marrying and moving a couple times for the U.S. Army, she and her husband settled in Cookeville. Together, they raised a family and built...

Mike Clark

Mike Clark

Jan 20, 2021

ALGOOD, TN--Funeral services for Mr. Michael Thomas Clark, age 70 of Middletown, Ohio, were held Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at the Algood Family Event Center. Interment with Military Honors rendered by the Veterans Honor Guard followed in Algood City Cemetery. Dr. Jim McAfee officiated. His family received friends Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until service time at...

George Ray

George Ray

Jan 20, 2021

Funeral services for George William Ray, age 76 of Monterey, were held at 1 p.m. Saturday January 23 at Horner Funeral Home in Monterey. Pastor Rick Lacy and Pastor Scott Parkison officiated. Interment followed at Ray Cemetery. The family received friends Saturday from 11 a.m. until service time. Social distancing and the use of masks were appreciated. George passed...

Betty Clinton

Betty Clinton

Jan 19, 2021

Betty Deloise Clinton, 55 of Cookeville, passed away Tuesday morning, January 19, 2021 at her home. Memorial services were planned for a later date. Betty was born March 10, 1965 in Detroit to the late Tommy Loyd and Judy Deloise Comstock Chilton. She was preceded in death by mother, Judy and step-father Ralph Chilton; son, Matthew Tinsley; grandson, Elijah...

Sue Copeland

Sue Copeland

Jan 19, 2021

Carol Sue Copeland, 78, of Cookeville passed away Wednesday January 19th at Cookeville Regional Medical Center from complications of COVID pneumonia. Sue was born September 8, 1942 in Livingston, Tennessee to the late Como and Gladys Hicks Franklin. She is survived by her husband Dr. Steve Copeland D.V.M. and sons Dr. Scott Copeland M.D. (Mona) and Steven R. Copeland,...

Sharon Hall

Sharon Hall

Jan 19, 2021

BAXTER-Funeral Services for Sharon Mathis Hall, 62 of Sparta and formerly of Baxter, were held Monday, January 25 at 10 AM at the Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Interment followed in the Thurman Mathis Family Cemetery. The family received friends Sunday from 2 to 8 PM and after 8 AM Monday. Bro. Herb Leftwich officiated. Miss...

Mary Higdon

Mary Higdon

Jan 19, 2021

Visitation for Mary Angela Crawford Higdon, 78 of Cookeville, were held 4-7 p.m. Friday, January 22nd at the Cookeville chapel of Hooper-Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home. She passed away peacefully with her children at her side at Cookeville Regional Medical Center on Friday, January 1, 2021. Mary will be lovingly remembered by her children: Brian Higdon (Kimberly) of Nashville,...

George D. Pappas

George D. Pappas

Jan 16, 2021

George Pappas, 84, of Cookeville, TN and previously of Michigan City, IN, passed away on January 16th peacefully at home in his sleep with his wife, daughter and son-in-law by his side. George was born on July 5, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois to parents, Constantine and Helen Pappamikos, the 6th of 7 children. He was preceded by twin brothers,...

David Hunter

David Hunter

Jan 16, 2021

Graveside services and interment for David Thomas Hunter, age 57 of Cookeville, were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday January 20 at Cookeville City Cemetery. Bro. Mickey Leftwich and David Dukes officiated the services. The family received friends Wednesday from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home. Social distancing and the...

Jim Gourley Jr.

Jim Gourley Jr.

Jan 15, 2021

BAXTER-Funeral services for James "Jim" Randolph Gourley, Jr. 78 of Silver Point, were held Thursday, January 21 at 1 PM at the Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Bro. John Pippin officiated. Military honors were provided by the Veterans Honor Guard. The family received friends Thursday after 11 AM at the funeral home. Due to COVID-19, social...

David Brown

David Brown

Jan 14, 2021

Funeral services for David Brown Jr., age 43 of Cookeville, were held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home. Rev. Roger Cooper officiated. The family received friends Friday from 11 a.m. until service time. Social distancing and the use of masks were appreciated. David passed away suddenly Thursday January 14, 2021...

Pete Helton

Pete Helton

Jan 14, 2021

Private graveside services for Dr. Walter Lee (Pete) Helton 87, of Cookeville, Tennessee were held Saturday, January 23, 2021 at Sloans Valley Cemetery in Pulaski County, Kentucky. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date. Pete, as he was affectionately known, died Thursday, January 14, 2021 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. He was born on...