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Obituaries are presented by Presley Funeral Home, West Jackson Street in Cookeville.
Obituaries For Thursday, July 25
Funeral Services for Mrs. Patricia R. Carmack Coleman, age 68, of Livingston will be conducted 2 p.m., Friday, July 26, 2019 from the chapel of Speck Funeral Home. Bro. Danny Staggs will officiate. Burial will follow in the Mt. Gilead Cemetery. Mrs. Pat passed from this life on Monday evening, July 22, 2019 from the Overton County Health & Rehab. She was born in Overton County on October 1, 1950 to the late Ray & Zilpha Lee Carmack. She was a 1969 graduate of Livingston Academy, and a member of the Church of Christ. Pat loved her family very much and enjoyed spending time with them. She took great joy in cooking, listening to gospel music and watching and listening to preaching on TV. Pat was always there for others. Pat leaves behind her son, Scott Colman & wife Brandy of Livingston; step-son, Jeffrey Coleman of Oklahoma City, OK; step-daughter, Jenny Coleman of SC; brother, Joe Carmack & wife Hazel of Gainesboro; grandchildren, Toni, Cody, Colson, Paxton, Maddox, Dawson, Dillon, Casey, Christen, and Katelyn; great-grandson, Leo James Coleman. In addition to her parents, Pat was preceded in death by her husband, James “Buck” Coleman; daughter, Deborah Faye Cravens; grandson, James Clifton Cravens. The family will welcome friends on Thursday evening from 5 until 9 p.m. at Speck Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Mrs. Candida Leon, 61 of Cookeville, will be held Saturday, July 27th at 1:00 p.m. at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Pastor Carlos Morales will officiate. Interment will follow at Cookeville City Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday 5-8 p.m. and again Saturday from 12:00 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. Mrs. Leon passed away Monday, July 22, 2019 at her residence. She was born March 8, 1958 in San Miguel Acatan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala to Teresa Mendez and the late Miguel Pascual. The family matriarch, Candida was a caring person who placed the needs of others before her own. She was a mother to extended family and too many others. She loved and faithfully attended her church, Tabernaculo La Roca-Cookeville.
Funeral services for Mrs. Geneva Irene Rhoton Hickey, age 93 of Sparta, will be conducted 3:00pm Sunday, July 28, 2019 from the Chapel of Hunter Funeral Home with burial in Matt Hickey Cemetery in Putnam County. Survivors include her three sons Bobby (Sue) Hickey, Lonnie (Robin) Hickey and Ronnie (Cindy) Hickey. The family will receive friends after 1:00pm Sunday at Hunter Funeral Home. She passed away Thursday, July 25, 2019 at Life Care Center of Sparta.
