Alma Newcomb Rummage, 80, of Wartrace, formerly of Murfreesboro, died Sunday evening, Feb. 20, 2011, in Murfreesboro. Mrs. Rummage was born in Williamson County and was a daughter of the late Robert and Opal Vaughn Newcomb. She was a homemaker and a member of the New Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church... more

Sally Ann Wright, 61, of Petersburg, died Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011, in Lincoln Medical Center. Mrs. Wright was a native of New Haven, Conn. and daughter of the late Walter James and Alma Miller Linsley. She was a housewife and member of the First Baptist Church of Petersburg... more

David William Smith Sr., 65, of Lewisburg, died Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, at Maury Regional Medical Center. He was the son of Flora Lee Miller and Willie P. Gibson. He was a Tennessee Walking Horses employee. He is preceded in death by his brother, Michael Morrison, and son, Justin Bishop... more

Helen Curtis Hopper, 84, died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011, at NHC-Healthcare in Franklin. She was the daughter of the late William Charles Curtis and Mildred Brownlow Curtis and the wife of the late Dr. Charles T. Hopper Survivors include her son, Curtis C. Hopper and his wife Mary Ellen; one granddaughter, Carolyn Marie Hopper; two sisters, Marie C. Brewer and Edith C. Francis; and a multitude of nieces and nephews... more

John Walker, 55, of Chapel Hill, died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, in Nashville. Mr. Walker was born in Davidson County and was a son of the late Charles Edward and Mary Louise Hood Walker. He was a self-employed plumber and nurseryman. Mr. Walker was a member of the former Chapel Hill Church of God... more

Joe Fielding Lee Jr., 75, of Lewisburg, died Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, in NHC Lewisburg Healthcare. Mr. Lee was a native of Marshall County, and son of the late Joe Fielding Sr. and Clara Toseland Lee. He is survived by one sister, Wanda Ledbetter of Lewisburg; niece, Amy (Scott) Sumners of Spring Hill; nephew, Keith (Lauren) Ledbetter of Lewisburg; and caregiver, Judy Haynes of Verona... more

Beulah Elmore Beech, 72, of Shelbyville, died Friday, Feb. 11, 2011, in Shelbyville. Mrs. Beech was born in Marshall County and was a daughter of the late Arthur H. and Gertrude Mae Brown Elmore. She was a member of El Bethel Baptist Church near Shelbyville... more

Rose Scott Kennon, a long-time resident of Nashville, passed away after an extended stay at Somerfield Health Center in Brentwood. Mrs. Kennon, the daughter of Callie and Frank Scott, was born in Chattanooga on Sept. 2, 1916. She and her husband were members of Brentwood Baptist Church and long-standing members of Richland Country Club. In 1949 she and her husband founded Kennon Construction, which continued in operation until his death in 2009... more

Billy Wayne Childress, 61, of Lewisburg, died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011, at his residence. Mr. Childress was a native of Giles County, and son of the late Harry Childress and Louise Brown Childress of Lewisburg. He was a farmer. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Linda Fay Childress of Lewisburg; one son, Scottie Childress of Lewisburg; two daughters, Jerri Lyn Childress-Moore of Lewisburg and Janette Childress of Mt. ... more

Myrta Virginia Perry, 82, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, at Marshall Medical Center. A native of Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late Hazel Harris Tennison and Sam Tennison. … more

Frances Vestal Brintle, 100, of Barstow, Calif., formerly of Cornersville, died Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, at her residence. Mrs. Brintle was a native of Maury County, and daughter of the late Maury Petway Sr. and May Eugenia Sowell Vestal. She taught school for many years at Cornersville High School and retired while teaching in the Davidson County School System. ... more

Rena Belle Coble Pruitt, 99, of Nashville, formerly of Cornersville, died Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Pruitt was a Marshall County native and daughter of the late Henry Harrison and Myrtle Louise Rone Coble. She was a homemaker and member of the Cornersville Church of Christ... more

Harold Daniels, 82, of Chapel Hill, died Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, at his home following an extended illness with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP). Mr. Daniels was born in Maury County and was a son of the late Clarence Filmore and Nelle Hardy Daniels. ... more

Nadean Coyle Humbles, 70, of Atlanta, Ga., formerly of Lewisburg, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, in Northside Hospital. Mrs. Humbles was a Marshall County native and daughter of the late Eloit and Robbie McAdams Coyle. She was retired as an accounts supervisor with Railcar Management. She was a member of the Church of Christ... more

Marvolyn Ann Liggett, 80, of Smyrna, formerly of Lewisburg, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011, at Middle Tennessee Medical Center. A native of Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late Eddie Marvin Pruitt and Maggie Shaw Pruitt. She was a former employee of Heil Quaker Corporation as an office manager and was a member of the Presbyterian faith... more

Lottie Mae Jones Chapman, 90, of Cartersville, Ga., died peacefully on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Chapman was born in Shelbyville on Aug. 12, 1920, and was the daughter of Ilie Albert and Beulah Belle Haskins Jones. She was educated in the public schools of Marshall County and worked for the telephone company during World War II. She was of the Baptist faith, and had been a Cartersville resident since 1972... more

Billye Bryant McConnelle, 90, died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011, at NHC-Lewisburg. A native of Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late Edwin Baxter Bryant and Jennie Maude Walker Bryant. She was married to the late Oscar McConnelle who died in 2001 and the late Robert "Bob" Loyd who died in 2007... more

Nancy Jewell Leverette, 74, of Chapel Hill, died Monday, Feb. 7, 2011, in Vanderbilt Medical Center. Mrs. Leverette was a native of Giles County, and daughter of the late Ben and Myrtle Lewis Luna. She was retired from Sanford Corporation and was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church... more

William Mark Whitaker, 90, of Petersburg passed away Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, at Lincoln Medical Center. He was a native of Marshall County, and the son of the late Holland Benjamen and Mary Gillespie Whitaker. Mr. Whitaker was retired from the Department of OEO, a veteran of the Army Air Corps serving during World War II and a member and Elder of the First Presbyterian Church. ... more

Stanley Wayne Moore, 60, of Lewisburg, formerly of Austin, and Graham, Texas, passed away Monday, Feb. 7, 2011, at Maury Regional Hospital. Stanley was a pawnbroker and a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jimmie Frank and Katherine Bromley Moore; son, J.W. "Dubs" Moore; and stepson, Calvin Harris... more