Obituaries

Algood, Baxter, Cookeville and Monterey, TN Obituaries

Johnnie Ruth  Johnson

Johnnie Ruth Johnson

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...

Peggy Ann Gunter

Peggy Ann Gunter

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...

Arvel Leonard Whitaker

Arvel Leonard Whitaker

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,...

Brenda Tiebout

Brenda Tiebout

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...

John Ferrell

John Ferrell

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,...

Catherine  Brock

Catherine Brock

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...

Jo Nelda Stamps

Jo Nelda Stamps

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...

Geraldine Billingsley

Geraldine Billingsley

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...

Lester Sparks

Lester Sparks

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...

Rijetta Fracker

Rijetta Fracker

Oct 17, 2020

A memorial gathering for Ms. Rijetta Fay Fracker, age 64 of Cookeville, will be held Wednesday evening, October 21st from 4:00p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Cookeville chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Ms. Fracker died Saturday evening, October 17, 2020 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. She was born November 23, 1955 in Daytona, FL to Gary "Lee"...

Jose Lopez

Jose Lopez

Oct 15, 2020

Funeral services for Jose Lopez, age 61 of Cookeville and formerly of Guatemala, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday October 24 at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Cookeville City Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday from 9 a.m. until service time. Jose passed away Thursday October 15, 2020 at...

James Moss

James Moss

Oct 13, 2020

Funeral service for James E Moss, age 90 of Cookeville, will be Saturday, October 17, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home with Mike Dyer officiating. Interment with military honors will follow at Algood City Cemetery. Friends may visit from 9:00 am until service time at the funeral home. Mr. Moss passed away Tuesday, October 13,...

Joyce Stoltz

Joyce Stoltz

Oct 12, 2020

A celebration of life service for Joyce Ann Stoltz, age 29 of Nashville, will be at 3 p.m. Saturday October 17 at Brotherton Missionary Baptist Church. Bro. Jason Groe will officiate. The family will receive friends Saturday from 2 p.m. until service time at the church. Joyce passed away suddenly Monday October 12, 2020. She was born March 17,...

Earl Nichols

Earl Nichols

Oct 12, 2020

Graveside services and interment with military honors for Earl Young Nichols, age 90, of Cookeville, will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, October 15th, at Algood City Cemetery. Due to COVID-19 precautions, social distancing measures will be observed and masks are required. Earl passed away Monday, October 12, 2020, at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. He was born February 7, 1930,...

Mildred Varner

Mildred Varner

Oct 12, 2020

Graveside services and interment for Mildred Charletta Myers Varner will be at 1 p.m. Saturday October 17th at Bethlehem Cemetery in Livingston. She was born on November 10, 1956 in Livingston to Roselene Charlene (Myers) Darty and the late Walter Floyd Savage, Jr. Mildred accepted Christ at an early age. Mildred attended the Detroit Public School system. While in...

Sarah Brown

Sarah Brown

Oct 11, 2020

Sarah Avalon Brown, age 84 of Cookeville, passed away Sunday October 11, 2020 at Signature Health Care of Putnam County. No services are planned. Sarah was born March 12, 1936 in Nashville, TN to the late Lloyd and Nora Jackson Myatt. She is survived by her daughter, Teresa Johnson; and grandchildren, Sean Clinard, Scott Clinard, and Olivia Clinard. Hooper...

Matthew Srodka

Matthew Srodka

Oct 8, 2020

Matthew "Matt" James Srodka, age 37 of Smyrna, TN, is the beloved son of Gregory and Sally Mansell Srodka of Smyrna; brother to Jacob and Lauren (Jones) Srodka of Franklin, and Charles and Elizabeth (Vollbrecht) Srodka of Smyrna; loving uncle to: Camden, Colin, Oliver, and Henry Srodka; and was loved by many aunts, uncles, and cousins. Matt passed away...

Erma Maxwell

Erma Maxwell

Oct 8, 2020

BAXTER-Funeral services for Erma V. Maxwell, 86 of Baxter, will be Friday, October 16 at 1 PM from the Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Maxwell Cemetery South. Bro. Johnny Fox will officiate. The family will receive friends Thursday from 5 to 8 PM and after 11 AM Friday at the funeral home....

Suzette Patton

Suzette Patton

Oct 8, 2020

On Thursday, October 8, 2020, Suzette Royce Patton, loving mom and grandmother, passed to her rest at the age of 73 in Sparta, TN. No services are planned. Suzette was born on December 11th, 1946 in Louisville, KY. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ollie and Julia (Grasmick) Patton; and sisters, Karen Patton and Nannette Smith. She...

Tina Lynn Stafford

Tina Lynn Stafford

Oct 7, 2020

A private memorial service will be held at a later date for Tina Lynn Stafford, 62 of Baxter. Mrs. Stafford died Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. She was born July 28, 1958 in Cookeville to Edith Joyce Johnson Dunn of Baxter and the late Ethry Dariel Dunn. In addition to her father, she was preceded...