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Obituaries are presented by Presley Funeral Home, West Jackson Street in Cookeville.
Obituaries For Tuesday, November 20
Graveside services for Mrs. Clarcie Bush, age 97 of Cookeville will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, November 21, at Crest Lawn Cemetery. Buddy Johnson is officiating. Mrs. Bush died Sunday November 18, 2018 at 8:28 a.m. in Cookeville Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services for Gwendolyn Irene West, age 71, of Smithville and formerly of Cookeville, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday November 21 at New Beginnings Fellowship Church. Interment will follow in the West Cemetery in the Burgess Falls Community of Putnam County. Her family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 5 – 7 p.m. at Dyer Funeral Home and again Wednesday from 10 a.m. until service time at the church. Mrs. West passed away Saturday evening November 17, 2018 at St Thomas Dekalb Hospital in Smithville, TN. She was born July 31, 1947 in Hinton, OK to the late Earl and Fay McGar Taylor. Mrs. West was a member of New Beginnings Fellowship Church. She was retired from Russell Stover Candies in Cookeville, and served as the former president of the employee union. She is survived by two sons, Teral (Tammy) West of Smithville, Kenneth (Holly) West of Cookeville; five grandchildren, Chelsea, Jordan, Tanner, and Gavin West, and Savannah (Jonathon) Warren.
Graveside services for Ruth Haston, age 64, of Cookeville will be held Wednesday, 12 noon at Spencer Town Cemetery, Spencer, Tennessee. Interment will follow in Spencer Town Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, November 21, 2018, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM at Presley Funeral Home. Ruth passed away Saturday, November 17, 2018 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Cookeville, Tennessee. She was born Friday, January 1, 1954 in McMinnville, Tennessee to the late Charles Verble Haston and Thelma Lee Hodges Haston. Ruth was a Certified Nurse’s Aid. She loved to trail ride on her Mule. She loved to country line dance. She loved dogs, especially her beloved dog, Pooh.
Funeral services for Mr. Terry Lamb, age 79 of Cookeville will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Dry Valley Cemetery. Terry’s family will receive friends Tuesday from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 12 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. Terry died Monday November 19, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. in Life Care Center in Sparta.
Funeral services for Mrs. Loami T. Hawkins Morgan, age 95 of Hilham, will be held Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 1 PM at the Standing Stone Praise and Worship Center with burial to follow in the Old Union Cemetery. Mrs. Morgan passed away at Centennial Medical Center on Saturday, November 17, 2018. Mrs. Morgan was born in Hilham on Monday, June 18, 1923 to the late Roscoe R. Lawson and Fannie B. Crowder Lawson. Survivors: 2 Daughters: Pam Garthwait, Becky Bull and husband Donnie; 3 Sons: Willie Hawkins and wife Kathy, Mike Hawkins and wife Tammy, Johnny Hawkins and wife Jay; 25 Grandchildren; 49 Great Grandchildren; 7 Great Great Grandchildren; A host of nieces, nephews, family and friends also survive. Preceeded in death: In addition to her parents; 2 Husbands: Waymon Hawkins, Vestal Morgan; 2 Daughters: Angela Hawkins, Barbara Barlow; 1 Son: Waymon Hawkins Jr. Family will receive friends on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 4 PM to 8 PM and on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 9 AM to 1 PM at the church.
Funeral services for Mr. Landon Staggs, age 57 of Allons, will be held on Friday, November 23, 2018 at 11 AM from the Chapel of the Hall Funeral Home of Livingston with burial to follow in the Hunter Cove Cemetery located in Allons. Mr. Staggs passed away from this life on Monday, November 19, 2018 at the Livingston Regional Hospital. Mr. Staggs was born in Livingston on October 25, 1961 to the late Clarence and Jean Sebers Staggs. Landon was a member of the 1st Assembly of God. Landon never met a stranger, he was a friend to all who knew him. He was a loving brother, uncle, and friend. Survivors: 3 Sisters: Linda Cantrell and her husband Jewell, Shelia Carr and her husband Darroll, Sharon Eldridge and husband Jimmy; 1 Brother: Larry Staggs; A host of nieces, nephews, family and friends also survive. Preceeded in death: By his parents. Family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday, November 22, 2018 starting at 5 PM until 9 PM.
Funeral services for Lula Mae Haney Young, age 91, of the Dodson Branch Community will be held Friday at 1:00 pm at Dodson Branch Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. Eddie Young (son), Rev. Ken Haney (nephew) and Rev. Ronnie Dunn (her pastor) officiating. Interment will follow in Dodson Branch Cemetery. Mrs. Young, surrounded by loving family, went HOME to her heavenly Father on Monday, November 19, 2018 from her earthly home on Dodson Branch Road where she had lived since 1958. She was born November 16, 1927 in Cookeville to the late Isaac (“Big Ike”) and Mary Poston Haney. In addition to her parents, Delbert Young, the love of her life and “best man and the most handsome man ever,” preceded his wife in death after they celebrated their 68th anniversary. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Patsy Bell and siblings, Fred Haney, Gladys Haney and Garland Haney. Lula is survived by her sons, Ronnie (Wilma) Young of Cookeville and Eddie (Dale) Young of Timmonsville, SC, and daughter, Sandra (Brian) Johns of Madison, MS; son-in-law, Bobby Bell of Cookeville; grandchildren, Ronda (Chuck) Haney, Lora (Jacen) Jared, Miranda Young, Sam Young, Jamie (Leslie) Brewer, Mark (April) Brewer, and Lacie (Daniel) Dillon; great grandchildren, Isaac (Ashley) Haney, Luke Haney, Jordan Allen, Jesse Hooten, Kelli Hooten, and Charleston Dillon; great-great grandchildren, Ezra Haney and Gunnar Ledbetter; siblings, Lester Haney of Brookville, OH, Delma (Charles) Maberry of Cookeville and Veachel Pond of Cookeville. The family will receive friends at the church on Friday from 11:00 am until time of services.
Funeral services for James E. Maddox, age 95, of Cookeville will be held Saturday, November 24th, 2018 at 12:00 pm in the chapel of Presley Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Friday, November 23, 2018, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM and Saturday, November 24, 2018, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM at Presley Funeral Home. James E. Maddox passed away Saturday, November 17, 2018.
Graveside services and interment for Nancy Jean Baker, age 66, of Cookeville, will be at 2 p.m. est. Saturday November 24 at Elk Cemetery in McArthur, OH. Nancy passed away Sunday November 18, 2018 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. She was born March 12, 1952 in Delaware, OH to the late Bryant and Rachel Morrow White. Nancy was a dedicated mother and homemaker. She is survived by two sons, Patrick (Shawna) Wilson of Nashville; and George Wilson of Cookeville; two brothers, Jim White of McArthur, OH, and David Lowry of Raleigh Durham, NC; two sisters, Linda (Glenn) Huff, and Carol Sands all of Phoenix, AZ; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1893, Memphis, TN 38101 or Arthritis Foundation, 1355 Peachtree St NE, Suite 600, Atlanta,GA 30309.
