William "Bill" Joseph Talley, 64, of Lewisburg, died Monday, May 10, 2010, at his residence. Mr. Talley was a Marshall County native and son of the late Cecil and Rebecca McLain Talley. He was retired from International Comfort Products. He is survived by two daughters, Jessica Talley and Jenny Talley, both of Nashville; sister, Carolyn Hamilton of Lewisburg; two nephews and one niece... more

Alma Lucille Filley, 97, of Cornersville, died Monday, May 10, 2010, in Maury Regional Hospital. Mrs. Filley was a native of Liberty, Neb. and daughter of the late Charles W. and Effie P. Crosier Dewey. She was in the education field for over 45 years teaching in Nebraska and Missouri before retiring and coming to live with her daughter and son-in-law in Cornersville. ... more

Hazel Nadine Hayes Defoe, 83, of Cornersville, died Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at her residence. Mrs. Defoe was a native of Marshall County, and daughter of the late Herman Macklin and Lillie Vance George Hayes. She owned and operated a children's day care business in Cornersville for several years and then retired from NHC Merihil as a nurse technician after 13 years. She was a member of Cornersville Church of Christ... more

Martha McCaleb Lingner Boote, of Lewisburg, died Friday, May 7, 2010, at her home on Oakwood Drive, following a long illness. She was the daughter of the late Flemon B. and Sadie Hollister McCaleb. Martha was a native of Dyersburg, Tenn. and grew up in Oklahoma, but had been a resident of Lewisburg since 1947 when she and her husband, Louis Lingner, moved to Lewisburg to put WJJM Radio on the air. ... more

Sarah Ruth Rutledge Thompson, 86, of Lewisburg, died Saturday, May 8, 2010, at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville.
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Wilma Alene Turner, 94, of Lewisburg, died Saturday, May 8, 2010, in Marshall Medical Center. Mrs. Turner was a native of McBurg, Tenn. and daughter of the late John Calvin and Mamie Lovett Jackson. She was retired from Genesco and was a member of Church Street Church of Christ... more

LaVerne Adamson, 85, of Chapel Hill, died Saturday, May 1, 2010. She was preceded in death by her parents, James Edward and Eliza Lodema Duke Walker, and husband, Walter J. Adamson. She is survived by her daughters, Sheri L. Nelson and Lisa (Dr. Arthur P.) Wheeler; grandchildren, Michael (Susan) Whitt, Aaron Wheeler, and Eric Wheeler; and great-grandchildren, Andrew and Connor Whitt... more

Thomas Buchanan Barnett, 90, retired professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, died Saturday, May 1, 2010, in Chapel Hill, N.C. Born May 27, 1919, in Lewisburg, Tom was the son of William L. and Erma Halbert Barnett. He graduated from the University of Tennessee and attended UT medical school in Memphis. After a hiatus of several years, he completed his medical degree at the University of Rochester in New York... more

Fount MacDonald Webb, 89, of Lewisburg, died Friday, April 30, 2010, in NHC Lewisburg. Mr. Webb was a native of Lawrence County, and was the son of Mansville and Maude Valentine Webb. He served his country during World War II in the U.S. Army. He retired from the State of Tennessee in the Sales Tax Division. He was a member of the Church of Christ and the VFW... more

Marie Montez Stapp Talley, 66, of Nashville, died Sunday, May 2, 2010. She attended David Lipscomb College; worked in the real estate office of J. Richard Freeman; worked with Sharon Brandon at the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' Association and was secretary to Dr. Gene Shaw at MTSU in public relations. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother... more

Joshua Heath Landtroop, 21, died Saturday, May 1, 2010, in Antioch. Born in Torrejon, Spain, he was the son of Brian Heath Landtroop of Spring Hill and Lynn Webster of Taft. He was attending Middle Tennessee State University and worked as a server at Olive Garden restaurant in Antioch, TN... more

Danny Leon Nunley, 49, of Winchester, died Sunday, May 2, 2010, in Southern Tennessee Medical Center in Winchester. Mr. Nunley was a native of Franklin County, and son of the late Herman Leon Nunley and Dorothy Irene Cornelison Derryberry. He was a mechanic and a member of the Church of Christ... more

Mary Campbell Hughes, 89, of Cornersville, died May 1, 2010, in NHC Oakwood Healthcare. Mrs. Hughes was a native of Giles County, and daughter of the late Henry Jordan and Amanda Randolph Campbell. She was a homemaker and member of the Primitive Baptist Church... more

Tony Steve Hargrove, 50, of the Spring Place Community, died Saturday, May 1, 2010, at his residence. Mr. Hargrove was a native of Marshall County and son of the late J.W. and Mary Annie Pearson Hargrove. He was employed as a mechanic for several area businesses over the years. He was a member of Hardin Chapel Church of Christ... more

Charles Hershel Darnell of Chapel Hill, died Sunday, May 2, 2010, in Nashville. Mr. Darnell was born in Marshall County and was a son of the late Leslie Allen Darnell and Gertrude Boling Darnell Rainey. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. Mr. Darnell was the retired owner of Darnell and Son Tile Company in Chapel Hill. He was a member of Smyrna Baptist Church in Chapel Hill... more

Wilma Gertrude Cook, 79, of Lewisburg, died Thursday, April 29, 2010, in NHC Oakwood Healthcare. Mrs. Cook was a native of Hazel Green, Ala. and daughter of the late Ervin and Lela Mae Fulghum Humphrey. She was a school cafeteria cook and homemaker and was a member of the Church Street Church of Christ... more

Bettie June Burrow, 80, of Lewisburg, died Monday, May 3, 2010, in NHC Oakwood Healthcare. Mrs. Burrow was a native of Marshall County, and daughter of the late Jackson Batey and Ruby Ledbetter Wheatley. She was retired from NHC Oakwood Healthcare. She was preceded in death by her son, Michael J. ... more

James Carey "Karo" McCollum, 69, of Rogersville, Ala., died Thursday, April 8, 2010, at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 2, in the fellowship hall of Richland Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 3452 Spring Place Road, Cornersville. Ashes will be placed in state following the service at Short Cemetery (next door)... more

Eldon Dugger Brown, 90, of Cornersville, died Tuesday, April 27, 2010, in Maury Regional Hospital. Mr. Brown was born and raised in Giles County. He served his country in the U.S. Army Air Force as a Staff Sgt. in military campaigns in New Guinea, Bismarck-Archipelago, Northern Solomon (Central Pacific), and Luzon, Southern Philippines from 1942 until 1945. ... more

Barbara Louise "Bobbie" Taylor, 80, of Chapel Hill, died Monday, April 26, 2010, in Nashville. Mrs. Taylor was born in the Holts Corner Community of Marshall County. She was a graduate of Forrest High School, Class of 1947. Bobbie and her late husband were married Jan. 1, 1948, and started a registered Holstein dairy farm, which eventually became recognized as one of the state's best. She was a member of Cedar Grove United Methodist Church in Bedford County... more