Obituaries

Feb 6, 2022

Janet F. Hawkins Payne, February 6, 2022, age 69.  She is preceded in death by her father, Champ Hawkins; sisters, Betty Hawkins and Deborah Hubbell.  Survived by her mother, June E. (Billy R.) Hawkins- Ragsdale; husband, Grant Payne; daughter, Amy Rene Taylor; son, Chris M. (Kelly) Taylor; grandchildren, Sophie, Sydney, and Seaton Taylor; sister, Teresa (Bobby) McAnally; brothers, Gary...

Feb 6, 2022

Edna Faye Sloan Watson, age 76 of Greenbrier, passed away Sunday February 6, 2022.  She was one of eight children born to the late Woodrow and Jessie Sloan on March 31, 1945.  She was also preceded in death by her husband Wayne Watson.  She is survived by her children, Brian (Leah) Watson, Darin (Tracy) Watson, Susan (Kevin) Adamson, Niki...

Feb 4, 2022

Dorothy Helen Alexander, age 99 of Nashville, passed away Friday February 4, 2022.  Dorothy was born in Creelsboro, Kentucky on September 12, 1922 to the late Eli and Ella Rabon.  She was also preceded in death by her husband Kenneth Alexander and daughters Helen Newhouse and Loella Coffey.  She is survived by her children Larry (Judy) Coffey, Sharon Coffey,...

Feb 4, 2022

Marilyn Marie Middleton, age 75 of Cross Plains, passed away February 4, 2022.  She was born in Hastings, Michigan on June 18, 1946.  She is preceded in death by her husband Earl Daniel Middleton.  Survived by her children, Brenda (Russell) Burks, Steve (Sharon) Middleton, Mike (Angie) Middleton, and Lisa (James) Rutherford; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.  A private graveside...

Feb 3, 2022

Herbert Douglas Hardcastle (Doug), left God's beautiful Earth to join his Lord and Savior for eternity on Thursday, February 3, 2022. Doug was given the gift of 76 years of life filled with adventures of all sizes, tall tales (some embellished and some significantly embellished), and an abundance of friends and family to share them with. He was preceded in death...

Feb 3, 2022

It is with immense sorrow that the family of Nicholas Ghassan Daaboul conveys his sudden passing from this life on February 3, 2022. Born only 23 short years ago, on March 17, 1998, in Nashville, to Laurie Daaboul and the late Georges Ghassan Daaboul, Nicholas’ light shone brightest in the presence of those he loved. Though he was...

Feb 2, 2022

MARY FRANCIS PEACOCK LAY

Mary Francis Lay, age 60 of Cottontown, Tennessee, passed away on February 2, 2022, in Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, TN.    Mary was born May 1, 1961 in Adrian, Michigan, the seventh of eight children born to Thomas and Lois (Giles) Peacock.  Mary graduated Salutatorian of the Hudson Area High School...

Jan 30, 2022

Alfred Douglas “A.D. – Paw Paw” Gosnell, 92, passed away Sunday, January 30, 2022. Born June 27, 1929 in Simpson County, KY.  He was the son of the late William Hankins and Edna (McClendon) Gosnell. Alfred was also preceded in death by his wife, Audrey L. Gosnell in 2010 and by his siblings, Jimmy, Charles, Wayne, Donald, Billy, Sue...

Jan 25, 2022

Evelyn H Tanksley, 85 of Crossville and a longtime Hendersonville resident passed away Tuesday at Cumberland Medical Center. Born November 17, 1936 in Brush Creek, TN she was the daughter of the late Wilson Taylor Hunt and Lola Mai Moore Hunt. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Vance R. Tanksley. She and Vance had married at...

Jan 25, 2022

Harold  Carlton Bowden, Jr (November 5, 1931 – January 25, 2022) grew up in Durham, North Carolina, and he graduated from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill (where he played basketball) in 1955 with a Masters of Business Administration (as well as an undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Industrial Relations). He spent his entire working life with...

Jan 23, 2022

Elsie “Modene” Grosse of White House, TN

Age 92, residing at White House HealthCare and Rehabilitation, passed away January 23, 2022. Ms. Grosse was born January 29, 1929, in Bloomington Springs, TN to Tottie and Emmit Bryant. She was a member of the Baptist faith and loved her family, the outdoors, gardening, and caring for the birds....

Jan 23, 2022

Camron Adauntaye Smith, age 20 of White House, passed away January 23, 2022.  Camron was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania on March 15, 2001 to Wesley Smith and Rebecca Jewell.  Camron loved cars and video games.  He was very passionate about music, and played the drums.  He was a graduate of White House High School class of 2019.  He was...

Jan 16, 2022

Mary Agnes Crabtree — Age 98 of Hoschton Georgia. January 16,2022.

Formerly of Chicago, IL.  She was preceded in death by Husband John E. Crabtree and son, Elvis Hall Crabtree.  Survived by Sons, Gordon Crabtree (Marnie) and Phillip Crabtree; daughters Nancy Crabtree and Sandra Norris (Steve); seven grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.

Visitation with the...

Jan 16, 2022

Gene McLean Adams PHD, 77 of White House, passed away at his home Sunday, January 16, 2022. Born on September 18, 1944, in Wyandotte, MI. Gene was the son of the late Reece Roland Adams and Lula Enoch Adams. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Donald Reece Adams and Bobby Lee Adams. Gene was raised in...

Jan 15, 2022

Ms. Flo E. Sadler of McMinnville, TN passed away January 15, 2022 at age 91.  She was born in McMinnville, TN on September 20, 1930 to the late Anderson and Louise Gribble of Rock Island, TN.  She is also preceded in death by her husband, Walter L. Sadler, McMinnville, TN; infant daughter Kathy Elaine Goodman; siblings, Nona Morgan, Sylvia...

Jan 13, 2022

Gail Shawl Foster, 68 of Goodlettsville passed away Thursday, January 13, 2022 at Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville. Born January 21, 1953 in Bruceton, TN, she was the daughter of the late James R. Shawl and Nancy Owens Shawl. Gail was also preceded in death by a sister, Sandra Nichols; a brother, David Shawl; and a niece, Shawn Foster. Gail...

Jan 13, 2022

Barbara Jean Norman Haynes passed away on January 13, 2022.  She was born on September 6, 1937, to J.D. and Nina Norman in Nashville.  She grew up in North Nashville, Bordeaux and eventually in Inglewood and attended Isaac Litton High School.

She was the first person in her family to go to college...

Jan 13, 2022

Kenneth Wayne Allen, 60, of Nashville passed away Thursday, January 13, 2022 at his home. Born in Nashville, December 5, 1961, he was the son of the late William H. Allen and Barbara Joann Maffit Allen. Ken was also preceded in death by his sisters, Jane Allen, Sally Mitchell, and Barbara Janet Allen. Ken worked as a house mover....

Jan 10, 2022

Lula Mai Cliburn Allen, 83 of Hendersonville passed away Monday January 10, 2022. Born October 2, 1938 in Nashville, TN, Lula was the daughter of the late Ernis DeSheles and Martha Williamson DeSheles. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Thomas Cliburn, Sr.; her second husband, Don Allen; her son. Terry Cliburn; her grandson, Thomas Cliburn...

Jan 7, 2022

Bruce F. Herndon, 57 of Greenbrier, TN passed away Friday January 7, 2022 at Northcrest Medical Center. Born in Nashville July 1, 1964, he was the son of Roy L Herndon and Linda R. Putman Herndon. Bruce was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents Walter and Eudell Herndon; and also by his maternal grandparents, Buford and Gladys Putman....