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Algood, Baxter, Cookeville and Monterey, TN Obituaries
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
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.
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
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
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...
Ruth Zibart
Jan 12, 2021
Ruth Grace Zibart, professor of French at Vanderbilt University and later the first woman elevated to Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, slipped away in her sleep on Dec. 26, three days after her 101st birthday. Ruth was born Dec. 23, 1919, to Vinnie Gentry and Lawrence Grace, Baxter's first banker, and a small businessman with...
Suu Le
Jan 12, 2021
Le Thi Suu, a previous resident of Cookeville, passed away on January 12, 2021 at a hospice in Aldie, VA at the age of 80 after several years of battling Parkinson’s. She is survived by her husband of 62 years Sam Do, their eight children: Nguyet (Le), Anh, Hoang (Thuy Lien), Tuy, Hung, Ha, David (Erin) and Jennifer (Ken),...
Jan Burton
Jan 11, 2021
SILVER POINT-Funeral services for Martha Janice "Jan" Burton, 78 of Silver Point, were held Thursday, January 14 at 1 PM at Silver Point Church of Christ. Interment followed in the G.V. Herren Family Cemetery. The family received friends at the church Thursday after 11 AM. Bro. Luke Wilken officiated. Mrs. Burton died Monday, January 11, 2021 at her home....
Ralph Medley
Jan 11, 2021
BAXTER-Funeral services for Ralph Hill Medley, 92 of Baxter, ere held Wednesday 1 PM, January 13 from the Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Interment followed in Cooke Cemetery. Bro. Buddy Johnson, Bro. Andrew Brewster and Harold Ralph Maynard officiated. The family received friends Wednesday after 11 AM until service time at the funeral home. Due to...
Joyce West
Jan 11, 2021
Family graveside services and interment for Joyce Marie West, age 89 of Baxter, were held at 11 a.m. Thursday January 14 at Smellage Memory Gardens. Bro. Archie Whitefield officiated. Mrs. West passed away Monday January 11, 2021 at her home. She was born May 21, 1931 in Cookeville, TN to the late Clive and Mary Ruth Helms Waller. She...
Barbara Gill
Jan 11, 2021
MONTEREY-Funeral services for Mrs. Barbara Horn Gill, 83, of Monterey, were held Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 11 am from the Chapel of Horner Funeral Home with Rev. Gaylord (Bud) Rich and Rev. James Staggs officiated. Interment followed in Welch Memorial Cemetery. Barbara died Monday morning, January 11th at Cookeville Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. She was...
Sonja Dickson
Jan 10, 2021
Funeral services for Sonja Lee Dickson, 57 of Cookeville were held Wednesday, January 13 at 11 AM from the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Interment followed in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Bro. Jerry Harris, Bro. John D. Davis, Bro. Bennie Ray Fields and Justin Qualls officiated. The family received friends Wednesday from 9 AM until service time....
Patti Soard
Jan 10, 2021
Funeral services for Mrs. Patricia "Patti" Soard, age 85 of Cookeville were held Tuesday January 12 at 1 pm in the Chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Dr. Charles McCaskey officiated. Interment followed in Cookeville City Cemetery. Her family received friends Tuesday from 11 am until service time at the funeral home. Patti died Sunday morning January 10,...
Erwin "Bill" Parmelee
Jan 10, 2021
Erwin William (Bill) Parmelee, 76, of Cookeville, TN, son of the late Harold & Alice (Stacey) Parmelee, Haddam, CT, passed away on Sunday January 10, 2021 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center, TN. He was born on July 7, 1944 in Middletown, CT and graduated from Middletown High School in 1962. He then graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College with...
Gordon Wells, Jr.
Jan 9, 2021
BAXTER, TN-Mr. Gordon Emanuel Wells, Jr., age 62 of Baxter and former longtime resident of Syracuse, New York, passed away Saturday, January 9th at his residence with his wife by his side. A celebration of life service will be in Syracuse in the summer of 2021. He was born June 5, 1958 in Potsdam, NY to the late Gordon...
Gary Holt
Jan 9, 2021
Graveside services and interment for Gary Wayne Holt, age 63 of Lewisburg and formerly of Cookeville, were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday January 13 at Arlington of TN Cemetery. Pastor Kevin Frieze officiated. Friends were invited to come by the funeral home to sign the guest book and pay their respects on Tuesday January 12 from 5 - 7...
John Henley
Jan 8, 2021
Graveside services and interment with military honors for Mr. John Robert Henley, age 35, of Sparta, were held Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 2:00 PM at Boiling Springs Cemetery. Houston Austin officiated. John passed away Friday, January 8, 2021. He was born May 4, 1985 in Cookeville to Maudie Henley and the late John Thomas Henley. He was a...
Norma Jean Verble
Jan 8, 2021
Norma Jean Verble died peacefully in her home on December 27th, 2020 in Las Vegas NV, at the age of 82. Norma is survived by her husband, Hoover Verble, and children, Cynthia Burns, Danny Murphy, Kelvin Verble and Karolyn Witcher, son-in-law’s and daughter-in-law’s, eight grandchildren and many great grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. She is preceded in death by her...
Bill Dunn
Jan 7, 2021
Funeral services for William (Bill) W. Dunn, age 87 of Cookeville, were held at 3 p.m. Sunday January 10 at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home. Bro. Buddy Johnson officiated. Interment followed at Cookeville City Cemetery. The family received friends Sunday from 1 p.m. until service time. Bill passed away Thursday morning January 7, 2021...
Edna Webb
Jan 6, 2021
Edna Webb, RN, formerly of Tucson, Arizona, died peacefully on 6 January, after a long illness. She is survived by two sons: George, a retired history professor at Tennessee Tech; and Mark, a lawyer and policy analyst in Pasadena, California. As she wished, there were no services. Her ashes will be scattered over the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson....
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