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Obituaries For Monday, February 6
Mary Allen, 98 of Cookeville died Sunday February 5, 2023 Bailey Manor in Cookeville. Arrangements are incomplete at this time.
Dr. R.K. Fletcher, Jr., age 86 of Cokeville, died Friday, February 3rd at Charter Senior Living. Arrangements are incomplete.
Funeral Services for Ms. Brenda Ann Dailey, age 69 of Cookeville, will be conducted 12 noon Tuesday, February 6th from the chapel of Livingston Funeral Home. Bro. Mike White will officiate. Burial will be in the Overton County Memorial Gardens. The family will welcome friends on Monday evening from 5 until 8 PM. Ms. Dailey passed from this life on Sunday morning, February 5, 2023, from her residence. She was born in Detroit, Michigan, on April 25, 1953, to the late Billy C. and JoAnn Bilbrey Dailey. Brenda loved going to the park, listening to the birds singing, and listening to country music. Most of all she loved spending time with her family. Ms. Dailey leaves behind her brother Billy W. Dailey and wife Kim of Cookeville; sister Tresia Coffey and husband Jimmy of Livingston; nieces Melissa Coffman and husband Justin of Hilham and Ashley White of Livingston; nephews Brad Dailey and wife Summer of Palm Coast, Florida, and Zack Burgess and wife Tara of Cookeville; and a host of great nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, Ms. Dailey was preceded in death by her brothers Bobby Dailey and Kenneth “Bull” Dailey and nephew Andy Dailey.
Dale Lee, 75 of Gainesboro passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2023. Born Thursday, January 1, 1948 in Gainesboro, Tennessee, he was the son of the late Howard Lee and the late Decie Ramsey Lee. Dale was a loving husband father and grand father. He Enjoyed his music and shooting guns in his free time. Dale is survived by Wife Rita Holloway Lee of 52 Years. Sons:
Quentin Lee, Jayson (Lorrie) Lee, Grandson: Cody Lee, Sisters: Linda Ward, Brenda (Billy) Oakley, Brothers: Mark Lee, Donnie (Wanda) Lee, David Lee, Dale is preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Joann Racz and Betty Allen. A Funeral service will be at 1:00 PM on Tuesday at Presley Funeral Home located at 695 Buffalo Valley Road Cookeville, Tennessee 38501. Interment will be in Dodson Branch Cemetery, Dodson Branch, TN. The family will receive friends from 12:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, at Presley Funeral Home
Funeral Services for Mary Ann Blankenship, age 86, of Livingston, Tennessee, will be conducted on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, at 1:00 PM from The Chapel of Goff Funeral Home. Rev. Eugene McCowan will officiate with interment to follow in the Wilson Cemetery. Mrs. Blankenship was born on Monday, May 11, 1936, in White County, Tennessee, to the late Luther Clarence and Claudia Mae Parks Patton. Mrs. Blankenship passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2023, at Pikeville Medical Center in Pikeville, Kentucky. Mrs. Blankenship was retired from Ford Motor Company in Wayne, Michigan, previously working at Wayne Assembly Plant. She was a member of Rickman First Freewill Baptist Church. She is survived by, 2 Daughters, Hazel Marie Allen of Pikeville, KY, Norma Jean Blankenship of Pikeville, KY; 2 Sons and a Daughter-in-Law, Thomas Blankenship of Livingston, TN, Anthony and Kathy Blankenship of Inkster, MI; 9 Grandchildren; and 19 Great Grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Oscar Blankenship; Son-in-Law, Donnie Ray Allen; Granddaughters, Donna Allen and Brittani Allen; Great Grandsons, Elijah Matthew and Isiah Matthew; Sisters, Clara Mae Hensley and Margaret Naomi Phipps; and Brothers, Earl, Clarence, Charlie, and Bill Patton. The family will receive friends at Goff Funeral Home on Monday, February 6, 2023, from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM. Arrangements and Care provided by D.M. Goff Funeral Home, Inc., 205 East Cleveland Avenue, Monterey, Tennessee 38574, Phone, 931.839.2311.
