William Allen "Bill" Wise, 87, of Hickory Street, Albertville, Ala., died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2011, at Marshall Medical Center South. Mr. Wise was born near Lewisburg on Dec. 31, 1924. He was drafted into the Army while still in high school in 1943. He became a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne division and was injured in the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium. ... more

Steven Roy Snell, 58, of Chapel Hill, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Auburntown, Tenn. following a lengthy illness. Mr. Snell was born in Denver, Colo. and was a truck driver. He served in the United States Air Force during the Desert Storm campaign. Steven was a true man of God, a fabulous husband and a wonderful son and father... more

Birdie Warren Coble, 95, passed away on Sunday evening, Feb. 12, 2012, at her home in Village Manor in Lewisburg. Birdie was born in Scuba, Miss., the daughter of Felix Eugene and Birdie Morrison Warren. She was married for 61 years to W.H. "Bill" Coble Sr. who preceded her in death in 1999. Together, Bill and Birdie owned and operated the Lewisburg Western Auto Store for over 40 years, later retiring in Okeechobee, Fla., for 20 years, before returning to Lewisburg... more

Mary Louise Haynes Blackwell, 86, of the Holts Corner Community, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. Mary Louise was the daughter of the late George and Annie Cole Haynes. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 58 years, Bob Blackwell, and an infant daughter... more

Christine V. Eady, 83, of Chapel Hill, died Saturday morning, Feb. 11, 2012, in Columbia. Mrs. Eady was born in Marshall County and was a daughter of the late Malcolm Patterson and Bessie Viola Hardison Harris. She was a homemaker and was a former employee of Genesco Corp. of Chapel Hill. Mrs. Eady was a member of the Chapel Hill Church of Christ... more

Ena Marie Shelton Bradford, 91, of Fayetteville. passed away Saturday morning, Feb. 11, 2012, at Donalson Care Center. A native of Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late John R. and Burlie Steelman Shelton. Mrs. Bradford worked for the Lincoln County School Systems, and was a member of the Beech Grove United Methodist Church... more

Betty Sue Agle-Norton, 53, of Chapel Hill, died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. A native of Flint, Mich., Mrs. Agle-Norton was a daughter of Arnold Agle and the late Pearl Agle. She was a retired assembly worker with General Motors. She is survived by her husband, Matthew Norton of Chapel Hill; three daughters, Nicole Thomason of Tullahoma, Kimberly Broughman of Jackson, Mich. ... more

Billy Bryant, 61, died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at his residence in Lewisburg. The Marshall County native was the son of the late Carroll Monroe Bryant and Bessie Margaret Lee Bryant. He was a 1969 graduate of Marshall County High School and a 1971 graduate of the Vanderbilt Radiologic Technology program. ... more

Ruth Gillespie Hastings, 85, of Nashville, formerly of the Berlin Community, died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Bethany Health and Rehab Center. Ms. Hastings was a native of Maury County, and daughter of the late Bob and Lillian Gray Gillespie. She was retired from the State of Tennessee Revenue Department and was a member of the Berlin Methodist Church... more

Donna Gail McMillin Burns, 61, of Lewisburg, passed away Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at Maury Regional Medical Center, Columbia. Mrs. Burns was a native of Lincoln County, a member of Medium Methodist Church at Delina, and a factory worker. She was the daughter of the late Curtis L. McMillin and Fannie Fanning... more

Martha Elizabeth Bowden Wiles, 100, of Memphis, passed away on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, after a brief illness. Martha was born in Lewisburg. She married her high school sweetheart, Paul Wiles, and they settled in Memphis. Together they established Wiles Drug Store on Union Avenue. ... more

Sylvia Faye Johnson, 68, passed away Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville. A native of Marshall County, she was a retired pencil factory worker. She was the daughter of the late Dorothy Christine Polly and Wallace Woodson Murray. One sister, Patricia Gail Agent, one son, Christopher Keith Clark, and grandson, William Keith Edmiston, also preceded her in death... more

Omar A. Boyce, 56, of the Wheel Community, passed early Wednesday morning, Feb. 1, 2012, at Alive Hospice of St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville after an extended illness. A native of Bedford County, Mr. Boyce was a farrier by trade and was a member of Victory Baptist Church. He was the son of the late Hershel Byron Boyce who passed in 1973 and Myrtle Perryman Boyce who passed in 2006... more

Eva Castella Hamlet, 92, formerly of Cornersville, died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Cook County, Ill. She was the eldest child of the late John and Mattie Christine Mitchell. She moved to Detroit, Mich. in the 1940s and worked for The Chrysler Corporation for 40 years... more

Dorothy Virginia Wilhelm, 87, of Liberty Valley, died Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, in NHC Lewisburg Healthcare. Mrs. Wilhelm was a native of Madison County, Ala. and daughter of the late Oty and Maude Wood Buford. She was a homemaker and member of the Presbyterian Church... more

Mamie Trice, 97, of the Pottsville Community, died Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, in Lewisburg. Mrs. Trice was born in the Hardison Mill Community of Maury County and was a daughter of the late David Lee Davis and Alta Bell Cole Davis Moore. She was a homemaker and a lifelong member of Old Lasea Church of Christ in the Pottsville Community... more

Sarah Elizabeth Phifer Hill, 87, of the Farmington Community of Marshall County, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. A native of Marshall County, Mrs. Hill was a daughter of the late Joseph Columbus Phifer and Sadie Emma Williams Phifer. She was a homemaker and member of the Farmington Church of Christ... more

Lewisburg businessman Thomas Hale "Tommy" Hawkins III died unexpectedly Thursday morning, Jan. 26, 2012. He was 68. Tommy was well known throughout Tennessee as a family man who loved his family, friends and community. Hawkins was the patriarch of Lewisburg Printing and also the publisher of the Lewisburg Tribune and the Marshall County Gazette until 2005. ... more

Addie Elizabeth "Lib" Haislip, 89, of Lewisburg, formerly of Cornersville, died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, in NHC Lewisburg. Mrs. Haislip was a native of Giles County, and daughter of the late Willie and Lola Wolaver Worsham. She was a homemaker and member of the Medium United Methodist Church... more

Nancy Jewell "Judy" Ortner Ownby, 86, of Tullahoma, went to be with Jesus, her best friend, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. She died of an aortic aneurysm at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma. Born June 17, 1925, in Fayetteville, she had made her home in Lewisburg for 51 years before moving to Tullahoma in 1997 to be near her beloved sister, Jean McNutt, who survives... more