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Obituaries are presented by Presley Funeral Home, West Jackson Street in Cookeville.
Obituaries For Monday, June 10
Celebration of Life for Judy Irene Davis, 69 of Cookeville will be held Tuesday, June 11, 2019, at 1:00 pm from the chapel of Crest Lawn Funeral Home. Davis passed away on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Judy was born Tuesday, November 1, 1949, in Gainesboro, Tennessee. She was the daughter of the late James and Colleen (Stafford) Barefield. Judy was a loving daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, and aunt. She was an RN for many years, serving as Director of Nurses at several facilities in the Houston, Texas area. She loved to read and cook for others. Judy was loved by all that knew her and will be greatly missed. The family will receive friends Tuesday, June 11, 2019, from 10:00 am until time of service at Crest Lawn Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Mr. Russell Eugene Cyphers, age 94, of Cookeville, will be held at 10 am. Wednesday June 12 at Dodson Chapel United Methodist Church. Rev Jackie Wheeler will officiate. Interment with military honors will follow in the Dodson Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Cyphers passed away Sunday evening, June 10, 2019 at NHC of Cookeville. The family will receive friends from 4 – 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home and again Wednesday from 9 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.
Funeral services for Mike Jones, 63, of Gainesboro, TN, will be held at 1 P.M. on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at Anderson – Upper Cumberland Funeral Home in Gainesboro, TN. Burial will follow in the Pharris Cemetery in the McCoinsville community of Jackson County, TN. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 2 P.M. – 9 P.M., and Wednesday from 11 A.M. until time of services. He passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2019, at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. He was born January 17, 1956, in Gainesboro, TN, to the late James E. “J.J.” Jones and Elise Trisdale Jones. On January 14, 1978, he was married to Patricia Pigg Jones, who survives. He worked as an electrician and bio-med tech at Cookeville Regional Medical Center, and retired after 37 years of service
there. He was a member of the Dudneys Hill Church of Christ.
Funeral Service for Johnnie Defoy Collins, age 79 of Cookeville, will be held Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at 1:00 pm from the chapel of Crest Lawn Funeral Home with full military honors. Interment will follow in the Double Springs Cemetery. He passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2019, at Erlanger Baroness Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Johnnie was born Tuesday, July 4, 1939, in Livingston, Tennessee, he was the son of the late Robert Collins and the late Sarah (Ledford). The family will receive friends Tuesday, June 11, 2019, from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm and again on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, from 11:00 am until time of service at Crest Lawn Funeral Home.
Celebration of Life for James (Jim) Harold Moore, 74 of Cookeville, will be held Thursday, June 13, 2019 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Hampton’s Crossroads Baptist Church with Pastor Maston Jackson officiating. Inurnment will be on Friday, June 14 at Cookeville City Cemetery at 11:00 am. Jim,born July 3, 1944 in Cookeville, loving Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great Grandfather and Friend passed away into the arms of our Creator God the Father June 3, 2019 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center Hospital. He was a retired Army Veteran and was awarded 2 Purple Heart medals. He was dearly loved and will be missed. He is survived by his loving wife Donna Moore and his three daughters Sarah L Moore of Texas. Kathrine Harris and her husband Randy Harris and Rebekah Wilson and her husband Robert Wilson. Eight grand children Sasha Moore, Tyler Cross and his wife Katrina Cross, Ashley Reynolds, Levi Colwell and his wife Elaina Colwell, Stephen Real and his fiance Jade Tripp, Michael Harris, Mary Harris and eight great grandchildren Mackenzie Reynolds, Bobby Lee Reynolds, Destiny Reynolds, Paisley Reynolds, Aden Colwell, Harmony Cross, Atticus Real and the soon to be Miss Melanie Colwell. He and his family attended Hamptons Crossroads Baptist Church of Cookeville for many years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harold Moore and Edith Robinson; and his brothers, Warren K Moore and Gene Moore.
