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Obituaries are presented by Presley Funeral Home, West Jackson Street in Cookeville.
Obituaries For Thursday, December 20
Mr. Owen Sparks, age 85 of Cookeville died Thursday December 20, 1018 at 1:35 a.m. in Life Care Center in Sparta. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Graveside services for Peter Daniel Gebarowski, age 74, of Cookeville will be held Friday, December 21st, 2018 at 1:00 pm at Crest Lawn Memorial with Pastor Jerry Blair officiating. Peter Daniel Gebarowski passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at his home in Cookeville. He was born Friday, March 31, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan to the late Peter Gebarowski and Dorothy Pangborn Gebarowski. In addition to his parents, Peter Daniel Gebarowski was preceded in death by a son, Peter Daniel Gebarowski, Jr. He is survived by: his wife of 52 years, Yarlette Stratton Gebarowski; daughter, Lora Gebarowski Greenwood and her husband, Glenn Greenwood; two granddaughters, Heather Greenwood and Haleigh Bumbalough and her husband, Dois Bumbalough. At Peter’s request, there will be no visitation or service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made to: Avalon Hospice – 1080 Neal St., Ste. 300, Cookeville, Tennessee 38501.
Funeral Services for Ms. Johnnie Mildred Beatty, age 90, of Alpine will be conducted 11 A.M. on Saturday, December 22, 2018, from the Chapel of Speck Funeral Home in Livingston. Rev. James Shenko will officiate. Burial will be in the Copeland Cemetery on Conatser Lane. The family will welcome friends on Friday evening from 5 to 8 P.M.. Ms. Beatty passed from this life on Tuesday morning, December 18, 2018, from the comfort of her own home. She was born in Beckley, West Virginia, on November 4, 1928, to the late Ross and Odell Waites Beatty. She loved to read her Bible, playing music on her guitar, studying geology, and tending to her cats, dogs, and other animals.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian Cibol Breeding Graham, age 86 of the Cherry Creek Community, will be conducted 2:00pm Saturday, December 22, 2018 from the Chapel of Hunter Funeral Home with burial in Howard Cemetery. The family will receive friends from noon until service time Saturday at Hunter Funeral Home. Caleb Mackie will officiate. Rodney Owen, James David Mackie, Phillip Graham, Gary Goodwin, Greg Goodwin and Jeff McGehee will serve the family as pallbearers. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Concord, Sonshine Ministries, 11704 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37934
A Celebration of Life for Richard L Harding, 80 of Cookeville, will be at 12:00 PM on Saturday December 22, 2018 at Algood United Methodist Church at 2:00 with the Pastor Albert Willis officiating. Mr. Harding passed on Friday, December 7, 2018. Born Wednesday, March 23, 1938 in Owasso, Michigan, he was the son of the late Donald Harding and the late Etith Palk Harding. Richard grew up in Cookeville and was very active in Scouting, being one of therefrom Troop 108 who earned Eagle Scout Gold Palm, God and Country and Explorer Silver Award in the mid 1950’s. After proudly serving in the U S Navy he came back to Cookeville attending Tennessee Tech and earning a degree in math. Then spending a brief stent in Maryland he moved to home open a family business, Exotic Tropicals with his Uncle and Aunt Alard and Lovey Harding. The family will receive friends at the Church from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Saturday, December 22, 2018. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Algood Methodist Church.
