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Obituaries are presented by Presley Funeral Home, West Jackson Street in Cookeville.
Obituaries For Tuesday, April 30
Mr. Morris Mancel Brackman, age 81 of Sparta, passed away on Monday, April 29, 2019, at NHC Healthcare of Sparta. Born Thursday, January 13, 1938 in Aragon, Georgia, he was the son of the late Mancel Brackman and the late Martha Emerson Brackman. The family has chosen cremation. No services are scheduled at this time..
Funeral services for William Clark “W.C.” Bohannon, age 97 of Sparta will be conducted 11:00am Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at Sparta First United Methodist Church. Masonic Funeral Rites will be conducted by Sparta Lodge #99. Burial with full military honors by the Veterans’ Honor Guard will follow in Oak Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 5-8:00pm at the church. Jeff Guth and Ken Wallace will officiate. He passed away on Sunday morning April 28, 2019 at River Park Hospital in McMinnville. Mr. Bohannon was born April 12, 1922 in the Eastland Community of White County. He was the seventh of thirteen children born to the late James Franklin & Beulah Dunn Bohannon. He had a long work career that spanned from building bridges and overpasses on the construction of I-40 from Buffalo Valley to Harriman to working at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. William started at Watts Bar as a crane operator and retired as manager of the Ice Plant. He retired in 1984 and planted some apple trees as a hobby. In 1988, his hobby turned into a small fall business until he retired again at the age of 90 in 2012. Mr. Bohannon was a longtime active member of Sparta First Methodist Church where he was a former trustee, served as an usher, and a member of the Dixon Bible Class. He was a proud U.S. Army World War II Veteran, serving as a gunman in Paris, Belgium, and Germany. Mr. Bohannon experienced D-Day at Normandy and was a Purple Heart Recipient. Aside from his busy work career and active church commitments, he was the oldest and longest standing member of the Sparta Masonic Lodge #99. He served there for 69 years.
Funeral services for Gary Bruce Hoese, age 73, of Cookeville, will be at 11 a.m Wednesday May 1 at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home. Pastor Tim Sharpe will officiate. Interment will follow at McDonald Cemetery. Bruce passed away Sunday evening April 28, 2019 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. He was born August 23, 1945 in Cookeville to the late Max and Christine Hull Hoese. Bruce was a member of Boma First Church of God. He formerly was employed at Bruce Marble in Cookeville and currently was employed as a security associate at Cummins Filtration. He is survived by his wife 37 years, Joyce Hoese; three sons, Gary (Cassandra) Hoese, Terry (Amy) Hoese and Brian Hoese all of Greenville; step-son, Kevin Harley of Cookeville; brother, Jerry Hoese of Marianna, FL, uncle, Keith Hull of Celina; special friends, Gayle Turnage and Pastor Tim Sharpe; and five grandchildren. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 5 – 8 p.m. and again Wednesday from 10 a.m. until service time.
Graveside services for Evelyn Lois Solt, age 88, of Cookeville will be held Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 at 11:00 am in Cookeville City Cemetery with Buddy Johnson officiating. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM and at Presley Funeral Home. Evelyn Lois Solt passed away Saturday, April 27, 2019 at NHC HealthCare in Cookeville, Tennessee. She was born Saturday, March 21, 1931 in Gainesboro, Tennessee to the late James Madison “Matt” Burgess and America Susanna “Annie” Pippin.
Funeral services for William “Bill” Wright, age 73, of the Muddy Pond Community, will be conducted on Thursday, May 2, 2019, At 1:00 PM at the Pilgrim Christian Fellowship Church, 3068 Muddy Pond Road, Monterey, Tennessee. The family will receive friends at the Pilgrim Christian Fellowship Church on Thursday, May 2, 2019, from 11:00 AM until the time of services at 1:00 PM. Interment will follow in the Weeks Cemetery. There is so much to say about Bill, to know him is to love him. He was quite the character. Funny, witty, charming and known for his story telling of the good ole’ days. He was a generous man with a big heart that loved the Lord. He was also a simple man that didn’t need possessions to be happy, he used his time on earth to be helpful and serve others. Bill was born In Keiser, Arkansas, and lived in many different places throughout his life and loved to travel, but the place he called home was a little house on a hill (that he called his mountain) in the community of Muddy Pond. Everyone knew that on any beautiful day, he could be seen doing what he loved the most, riding around on his 4-wheeler visiting people and going entirely too fast! This community and the people in it meant so much to Bill. He was intentional in the way he kept in touch with people to let them know he cared for or was thinking about them. If you asked him, “Bill, how are you doing today?”, he would tell you “Justrite!”
Funeral services for Magdalena Pascual Sebastian will be Saturday, May 4th at 10:00 a.m. at Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be Friday from 5-8 p.m. She died on April 26, 2019 from injuries received in an automobile accident. Burial will be in Guatemala at a later date.
Funeral Services for Reba Maxine (Dale) Smith Gaw, 88 of Cookeville, will be held Saturday, May 4, 2019, at 11:00 am from the chapel of Crest Lawn Funeral Home with Bro. Johnny Fox officiating. Interment will follow in the Crest Lawn Memorial Cemetery. Reba passed from this life on Monday, April 29, 2019, at her home. Reba was born Wednesday, June 11, 1930, in Livingston, and she was the daughter of the late Ance Mitchell and Ila Mae (Smith) Dale. Reba was a loving Daughter, Sister, Wife, Mama, and Granny. She worked outside the home at Fleetuard for about 30 years where she was an inspector. Reba was extremely gifted and would be known to tackle anything someone needed to be done. She was a wonderful seamstress and she even helped build a house. She loved working outside, especially with her flowers. Reba was a faithful Christian all of her life and was baptized at a young age. Reba is survived by: 3 Children: Betty and Bob Davidson, Ronald and Beverly Smith, Donald and Melissa Gaw; 12 Grandchildren; 17 Great-Grandchildren; Brother: Bobby Dale. In addition to her parents, Reba was preceded in death by First husband, Odus Maccum Smith; Son, Michael Ray Smith; Second husband, Dale Gaw; and Brother, Earl Ray Dale. The family will receive friends from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Friday, May 3, 2019, and Saturday, May 4, 2019, from 10:00 until time of service at Crest Lawn Funeral Home.
