Juanita Buckner

JUANITA BUCKNER COOKEVILLE--Funeral services for Mrs. Juanita L. Buckner, age 89 of Cookeville, will be held Monday, July 6, 2020 at 11:00 am in the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Rev Mike Head will officiate. Interment will follow in Cookeville City Cemetery. Her family will receive friends Sunday 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM and Monday from 9:00 AM until service time at the funeral home. Due to Covid-19 precautions, social distance measures will be observed. Mrs. Buckner died Friday July 3, 2020 at Bethesda Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born July 17, 1930 in Algood, TN to the late Thurman and Allie Mae Judd Loftis and was a graduate of Algood school. Juanita was a precious lady and a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She and husband Donald have been members of Cookeville First Baptist Church for over 28 years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brothers, Frank, Jack, Billy and Kenneth Harris and Lloyd Loftis. Mrs. Buckner is survived by her husband of 70 years, Donald Buckner; daughter, Debbie (Patrick) McMichael of Springboro, OH; sons, David (Tawnya) Buckner and Mike (Shauna) Buckner, all of Cookeville; ten grandchildren, Jonathan Zimmerman, Sara (Shrishail) Nashi, Patrick (Samantha) Buckner, Matthew (Kara) Buckner, Andrew (Abby) Buckner, Stephen (Megan) Buckner; Jacob (Claudia) Buckner, Courtney (Justin) Pearson, Arielle (Ryan) Hall, and Joshua Buckner. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Cookeville Rescue Mission, 1331 S. Jefferson Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38506 or at www.cookevillerescuemission.org. If you wish, you may post an online condolence for the family on this page at "Share A Memory."