Obituaries

Algood, Baxter, Cookeville and Monterey, TN Obituaries

William Howell

William Howell

Feb 4, 2021

Mr. William (Bill) A. Howell, age 87 of Cookeville, passed away after a long illness on Thursday February 4, 2021 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. No services were held. He was born November 30, 1933 in Old Hickory, TN to the late Wesley and Maidell Fulghum Howell of White Bluff, TN. He is survived by his wife of 65...

Imogene Delape

Imogene Delape

Feb 3, 2021

A Funeral Mass of Christian Burial for Imogene Frances Delape, 89 of Cookeville, was held Saturday, February 6 at 12 Noon at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church with Father Aby B. Thanickal officiating. Interment followed in Crest Lawn Cemetery. Her family received friends Saturday from 11 AM until service time at the church. Mrs. Delape died Wednesday morning, February...

Paul Chaffin

Paul Chaffin

Feb 2, 2021

Private funeral services for Paul Edward Chaffin, age 62 of Cookeville, were held on Thursday February 4 at the Dyer Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Richard Harris, Jr. officiated. Interment was in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Paul passed away suddenly Tuesday morning February 2, 2021 at his home. He was born May 10, 1958 in Cookeville to his...

Jean Cody

Jean Cody

Jan 31, 2021

Funeral Services for Mrs. Gladys Jean Cody, age 86, were held Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. at Washington Avenue Baptist Church, 1621 North Washington Ave., Cookeville, TN. Visitation for family and friends was Thursday at 11:00 AM and continued until service time at the church. Interment was in Crest Lawn Cemetery. Pastor Mark Gaw officiated. Mrs. Cody...

Lance Jackson

Lance Jackson

Jan 30, 2021

Funeral services for Mr. Lance David Jackson, age 22 of Rickman, were held Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 2:00 pm at Netherland Church of Christ. Interment followed in Netherland Cemetery. Bro. Mark Loftis and Dr. Donnie Holman officiated. His family received friends Tuesday from 3:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and again Wednesday from 12:00 p.m. until service time at...

Myra Chaffin

Myra Chaffin

Jan 28, 2021

Graveside services and interment for Myra Elizabeth Chaffin, age 90 of Cookeville, were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday February 2 at Burris Cemetery in Jackson County. Social distancing and the use of masks was appreciated. Myra passed away Thursday January 28, 2021 at Bailey Manor with her family by her side. She was born December 9, 1930 in Jackson...

Wanda Maxwell

Wanda Maxwell

Jan 27, 2021

Funeral services for Wanda Faye Maxwell, age 63 of Cookeville, were held at 12 noon Saturday January 30 at the Algood Family Event Center, 124 1st Ave., Algood, TN. Bro. Roger Cooper officiated. The family received friends Saturday from 11 a.m. until service time. Social distancing and the use of masks were appreciated. Wanda passed away Wednesday January 27,...

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,...