Obituaries

Algood, Baxter, Cookeville and Monterey, TN Obituaries

Henry Godwin

Henry Godwin

Jan 17, 2017

Funeral services for Henry W. Godwin, age 78, of the Shaw Branch Community of Putnam County, will be at 1 p.m. Friday, January 20 at the Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home with Rev. Frank Rodgers officiating. Interment with military honors will follow at the Godwin Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday from 5...

Evelyn Holloway

Evelyn Holloway

Jan 16, 2017

Funeral services for Evelyn Holloway, 85 of Cookeville will be Wednesday, January 18 at 1 PM from the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Cookeville City Cemetery. Mrs. Holloway passed away Monday morning, January 16, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born November 1, 1931 in Putnam County...

Betty Dyess

Betty Dyess

Jan 14, 2017

Betty J. Dyess, age 93, of Cookeville, TN, passed away peacefully and went to be with her Lord on Saturday, January 14, 2017. Betty was born on January 2, 1924, in Minneapolis, MN. In 1945, during WWII, she married Edward Dyess during his Navy service in San Diego and her service as a "Rosie the Riveter." She worked many...

Dean Riddle

Dean Riddle

Jan 12, 2017

Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Dean Riddle, age 69, of Cookeville, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 15 at Dyer Funeral Home with Lynn Bullock officiating. Interment will follow at Shipley Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday from 4 – 8 p.m. and again Sunday from 12 noon – 2 p.m. Dean passed away peacefully in her...

Margie Stricker

Margie Stricker

Jan 12, 2017

Graveside services and interment for Mrs. Margie Christeen Harris Tucker Stricker, 84 of Cookeville, will be held Monday January 16 at 1 p.m. at Davis Cemetery in Huntingdon, Tennessee. Rev. Alex Hilliard will officiate. Mrs. Stricker's family will visit with friends following services at the cemetery. Mrs. Stricker died Thursday January 12, 2017 at her home. She was born...

Jimmie Thompson

Jimmie Thompson

Jan 12, 2017

Jimmie Katherine Howard Thompson, age 91 of Knoxville, daughter of the late John Henry and Estalee Rippetoe Howard of Cookeville, died Thursday, January 12, 2017, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Jimmie was a founding member of Norwood United Methodist Church. She and her former husband Marvin Thompson were early pioneers in Knoxville and East Tennessee radio....

Ethel L. Schultz

Ethel L. Schultz

Jan 11, 2017

Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel L. Schultz, age 100, of Cookeville, will be 2 p.m. Saturday, January 14 at Heavenly Host Lutheran Church with Rev. Andrew Smith officiating. Inurnment will follow at a later date at Cookeville City Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday from 6 - 8 p.m. at Dyer Funeral Home. Mrs. Schultz passed away Wednesday...

Betty Long

Betty Long

Jan 11, 2017

Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Jo Long 81 beloved mother, grandmother, aunt and sister of Cookeville, will be held Saturday January 21 at 11 a.m. at Algood United Methodist Church. Interment will follow in Crest Lawn Cemetery. Rev. Brent Davis and Rev. Pat Smith will officiate. Mrs. Long's family will receive friends Saturday from 10 a.m. until service time...

Betty Lou Nunnally

Betty Lou Nunnally

Jan 11, 2017

Betty Lou Nunnally of Memphis, TN, formerly of Grand Junction, TN, passed away January 11, 2017 following a brief illness at Baptist East Hospital in Germantown, TN. Betty graduated from Grand Junction High School in 1961 where she enjoyed her years as a cheerleader and her many friends. She then attended Blue Mountain College in Blue Mountain, MS. Betty...

Albertine Epps

Albertine Epps

Jan 9, 2017

Funeral services for Albertine (Tine) Epps, 87, of Cookeville, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, January 17 at Cookeville First Baptist Church with Rev. Charlie Hutchison and Chuck Overton officiating. Interment will follow at 3 p.m. EST at Foster Cemetery in Sweetwater, TN. The family will receive friends Monday from 5 – 8 p.m. at the Cookeville Chapel...

Kayla Jones

Kayla Jones

Jan 9, 2017

Funeral services for Kayla Michelle Jones, age 18 of Cookeville, will be held Sunday January 15th at 1 p.m. at the Cookeville chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Algood City Cemetery. Kayla's family will receive friends Sunday from 12 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. She died suddenly Monday, January 9, 2017...

Grace Presley

Grace Presley

Jan 9, 2017

Funeral services for Mrs. Dona Grace Presley, 86, of Baxter, will be held at 11a.m. Thursday, January 12th at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home with Bro. John Pippin officiating. Interment will follow in Crest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. and again Thursday from 10 a.m....

Taylor Palmer

Taylor Palmer

Jan 9, 2017

BAXTER-Funeral services for James Taylor Palmer, 94 of Silver Point, will be Thursday, January 12 at 11 AM from the Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Crest Lawn Memorial Cemetery. Mr. Palmer passed away Monday night, January 9, 2017 at his home. He was born September 14, 1922 in Silver Point to the...

Earl Jesse Reed

Earl Jesse Reed

Jan 6, 2017

Funeral services for Mr. Earl Jesse Reed, age 84, of Boonville, IN and formerly of Cookeville, will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 10 at Dyer Funeral Home with Rev. Glen Price officiating. Interment will follow in Cookeville City Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday from 5 - 8 p.m. and again Tuesday from 11 a.m. -...

Doyle Burton

Doyle Burton

Jan 6, 2017

Funeral services for Mr. Doyle Stephen Burton, age 87, of Algood, will be at 1 p.m. Monday, January 9 at Algood Family Event Center, 124 1st Avenue, Algood, TN with Rev. Richard Bond officiating. Interment will follow at Algood City Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday from 11 a.m - 1 p.m. Cookeville Masonic Lodge #266 F&AM will...

Willie Elrod Ashburn

Willie Elrod Ashburn

Jan 6, 2017

BAXTER-Funeral services for Mrs. Willie Elrod Ashburn, 77, of Baxter, will be Tuesday, January 10 at 1 PM from the Baxter Chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Pleasant View Cemetery. Mrs. Ashburn passed away Friday, January 6, 2017 at St. Thomas Highlands Hospital in Sparta. She was born June 28, 1939 in Putnam County...

Allie Vickers

Allie Vickers

Jan 5, 2017

Funeral services for Dr. Allison (Allie) Leann Vickers, age 35, of Cookeville, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, January 7 at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home with Bob McCoy officiating. Interment will follow at Crest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday from 5 - 8 p.m. and again Saturday from 11 a.m....

James Brent

James Brent

Jan 5, 2017

Mr. James B. Brent, age 78, of Cookeville and formerly of Orlando, Florida, died on Thursday January 5, 2017 at Signature HealthCARE of Putnam County. No services are planned Mr. Brent was born August 3, 1938 in Mayfield, Kentucky to the late Flavius and Metta Irene Humphries Brent. He was a graduate of Mayfield High School. He served his...

Kenneth Vaden

Kenneth Vaden

Jan 4, 2017

Funeral services for Mr. Roy Kenneth Vaden, 81 of Monterey will be held Saturday January 7 at 2 p.m. at Monterey First Baptist Church with his grandson Jon Trevor and Rev. Corey Carroll officiating. Interment will follow in Whittaker Cemetery. Kenneth's family will receive friends Saturday from 11 a.m. until service time at the church. Kenneth died peacefully Wednesday...

Lee Brown

Lee Brown

Jan 1, 2017

Baxter Funeral services for Mr. Hermon Leon (Lee) Brown, age 86, of Baxter, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, January 4 at the Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home with Bro. Bob Pharris officiating. Interment with military honors will follow at Smellage Memory Gardens. Cookeville Masonic Lodge #266 F&AM will hold a Masonic Service at 7...

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