Algood, Baxter, Cookeville and Monterey, TN Obituaries

Nov 8, 2020

A graveside service and interment for Mrs. Virginia "Jan" Jane Shuster, age 79 of Cookeville, will be held Thursday, November 12th at 1:00 p.m. at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Sparta. Bro. Clarence Deloach will officiate. Her family will receive friends preceding and following the service at the cemetery. Everyone is kindly asked to wear a face covering and to...

Nov 7, 2020

Donald Lee Gatts Sr. age 78, passed from this life on Saturday, November 7, 2020. He was born in Washington D.C. to the late Raymond Chester and Lydia Olive Gatts. He had two brothers and two sisters all of whom preceded him in death. Don was a retiree of Fleetguard with over 37 years of service. He was also...

Nov 7, 2020

Spencer Walker Amonette, age 50 of Nashville, passed away Saturday November 7, 2020 suddenly from a heart attack at his residence in Nashville. Services will be held Wednesday November 18 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Cookeville, TN. Spencer was born October 27, 1970 in Nashville to Marcia Herron Curtis of Nashville and the late Gene...

Nov 6, 2020

Mrs. Patsy Chandler Williams, 81, passed away peacefully on Nov 6th at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville after suffering a fall earlier in the week. Patsy Williams was born in Atlanta, Georgia on August 31, 1939 and spent her childhood living in Birmingham, Alabama. Her summers were spent at Camp Monterey in Monterey, TN both as a camper and...

Nov 5, 2020

BAXTER--Graveside services and interment for Mr. Raymond Thomas Nichols, age 74 of Baxter, will be held Saturday, November 7, 2020 at 2:00 pm in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Pastor Bobby Sebastian will officiate. Interment will follow in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Mr. Nichols died Thursday morning, November 5, 2020 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He was born May 14, 1946...

Nov 4, 2020

Jannet Alred Pickett, 74, passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, comforted by her family. She will always be remembered as a fun-loving person who loved her family and friends, and for her signature red hair and fiery spirt. Although she resided in Murfreesboro, Cookeville was her birthplace and where she called home. Jann,...

Nov 3, 2020

Mr. David Lee Andrews, age 69 of Cookeville, passed away Tuesday, November 3rd at his residence. No services are planned. A complete obituary will post here later.

Oct 31, 2020

MARY MARTIN BAXTER-Graveside service and interment for Mary Dimple Sherrell Martin, 84 of Baxter will be Tuesday, November 3 at 1 PM at Martin Family Cemetery. Pastor Steve Tiebout will officiate. There will be no visitation at the funeral home. Mrs. Martin died Saturday, October 31, 2020 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. She was born March 5, 1936 in...

Oct 31, 2020

Funeral services for Mr. John Carson Bilbrey, age 93 of Cookeville, will be held Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 11:00 am in the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Pastors Ed Malone and Keith Tosh will officiate. Interment, with Military Honors will follow in Green Hill Cemetery in Alpine, TN. His family will receive friends Tuesday...

Oct 30, 2020

Oct 30, 2020

Graveside services and interment for Edward B Phipps, age 89 of Baxter. TN and formerly of Decatur, IL, will be at 11 a.m. Friday November 6 at Bement Township Cemetery in Bement, IL. Pastor Naomi Roberts will officiate. Edward passed away Friday evening October 30, 2020 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. He was born Wednesday September 23, 1931 in...

Oct 29, 2020

Graveside services and interment for Mrs. Johnnie Ruth Johnson, age 83, will be held Sunday, November 1, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Welch Cemetery in Monterey. Bro. Tim Frank will officiate. Johnnie Ruth Johnson passed away Thursday, October 29, 2020, at Life Care Center in Crossville, TN. She was born in Monterey, Tennessee on October 13, 1937, and was...

Oct 26, 2020

Peggy Dilldine Gunter, 83, went to be with the Lord Oct. 26, 2020, in Birmingham, Alabama. During her lifetime, she was a loving daughter, sister, mother and grandmother, and her friends and family will remember her as a smart, generous Christian woman who faced life’s challenges with grace, dignity and unassailable character. She was predeceased by her parents William...

Oct 26, 2020

Mr. Arvel Leonard "Shorty" Whitaker, 91, of Cookeville, passed away Monday, October 26, 2020 in Mabry Health and Rehabilitation Center in Gainesboro. A private graveside service and interment will be held at West Cemetery Sunday, November 1. A Celebration of Life and memorial service will be held at a later date. Arvel Leonard Whitaker was born September 29, 1929,...

Oct 26, 2020

A Celebration of Life for Brenda Joyce Tiebout, age 76 of Cookeville, will be at 12 noon Saturday October 31 at The River Community Church. Pastor Steve Tiebout will officiate. Her family will receive friends Saturday from 10 a.m. until service time at the church. Brenda passed away Monday morning October 26, 2020 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. She...

Oct 23, 2020

JOHN FERRELL COOKEVILLE-A gathering of family and friends for Johnny "JOHN" Dawane Ferrell, 62 of Cookeville will be Monday, October 26 from 1 to 3 PM. Chaplain Jim McAfee will officiate and military honors by the Veterans Honor Guard at 3 PM. Mr. Ferrell died Friday, October 23, 2020 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. He was born October 11,...

Oct 22, 2020

Graveside services and interment for Catherine Agnes Fraser Brock, age 70 of Houston, Texas, and formerly of Cookeville, will be 2:00 p.m. Monday October 26 at the Cookeville City Cemetery. Cathy passed away Tuesday October 20, 2020, in Houston, Texas. She was born on October 28, 1949, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Richard Hobbs and Vivian Brumfield Fraser and...

Oct 22, 2020

Funeral services for Mrs. Jo Nelda Stamps, 88 of Cookeville and formerly of Monterey, will be held Saturday, October 24 at 4:00 p.m. in the chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Crest Lawn Cemetery. Jeremy Flatt and Johnny Bowman will officiate. Jo Nelda’s family will receive friends Saturday from 2:00 pm until service time...

Oct 21, 2020

Funeral services for Mrs. Geraldine Waller Steakley Billingsley, age 87 of Cookeville, will be at 3 p.m. Sunday October 25 at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home. Bro. Gary Farris will officiate. Interment will follow at Odd Fellows Cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday from 1 p.m. until service time. Due to COVID-19 precautions...

Oct 18, 2020

Funeral services for James “Lester” Sparks , age 78, of Cookeville, will be held Tuesday, October 27th at 1:00 p.m. at the Willow Avenue Church of Christ with James Allen Sparks, Ken Stone, John Sparks, and Robert Sparks officiating. Interment will immediately follow at O’Connor Cemetery in Sparta, Tennessee. His family will receive friends Monday evening, October 26th from...