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Obituaries For Tuesday, September 1
Graveside services for Rita Lorraine (Baryiski) Clouse, age 81 of Baxter, will be held Wednesday September 2, 2020 beginning at 11:00 am Goff Cemetery in Baxter with Gary West officiating. Mrs. Clouse passed from this life Friday, August 28, 2020, at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. Rita was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend to all who knew her. She worked at Aquatech in Cookeville for many years. She was a member of Nash Grove Baptist Church. She is survived by her daughtes, Patricia Bohannon of Cookeville, Brenda Dunton of Salinas, CA, Elaine Clouse of Baxter, Gail Clouse of Baxter, and sons, Lester (Pokie) Clouse of Pikeville, and William (Billy) (Goat) Clouse of Cookeville.
Funeral services for Eulene Brewington Holmes, 77 of Cookeville will be Wednesday, September 2 at 12 Noon at Dyer Funeral Home with interment to follow in West Cemetery in the Burgess Falls Community. Bro. Kevin Daughrity will officiate. Mrs. Holmes died Saturday, August 29, 2020 at her home. She enjoyed reading, dancing and was a friend to all who knew her. Survivors include daughters LuWanna Baggett of Louisville, KY, Tammy Alverson of Florida, Dana Gubics-Moss, Latecia Holmes, Alecia Holmes all of Michigan, and son Shannon Holmes of Michigan. The family will receive friends Wednesday after 10 AM until service time. The family requests all attendees to wear a mask due to COVID-19.
Funeral services for Mr. Roy William Gilreath, age 76 of Sparta, will be conducted 1:00pm Wednesday, September 2, 2020 from the Chapel of Hunter Funeral Home with burial in Stone Seminary Cemetery. He passed away at 11:55pm on Sunday, August 30, 2020 at Life Care Center of Sparta. Mr. Gilreath was born January 2, 1944 in Roane County, Tennessee to the late William Milten & Evelyn Carter Gilreath. He was a hard worker, starting out as a farm laborer for many years before ultimately retiring from Sparta Spoke Factory. In retirement, he enjoyed watching westerns and doing word search puzzles. He was a member of the Church of Christ.The family will receive friends Wednesday after 10:00am at Hunter Funeral Home. Joe Neal will officiate. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Roy Gilreath Funeral Fund in care of Hunter Funeral Home, PO BOX 90, Sparta, TN 38583
Funeral Services for Mrs. Willadean Friedrich, age 87 of Rickman, will be conducted 2 pm Wednesday, September 2nd, from the chapel of Speck Funeral Home in Livingston. Bro. Nolen Cantrell will officiate. Burial will be in Bethlehem Cemetery. Mrs. Friedrich passed from this life on Saturday evening, August 29, 2020, from the comfort of her residence. She was born in Overton County on October 4, 1932, to the late Joe Davis Brown and Nancy Ellen Copeland Brown. Willa enjoyed flowers, working in her garden, and playing with her cats. She was an excellent cook and enjoyed drawing and painting. Mrs. Willadean Friedrich is survived by her loving husband Harry Friedrich of Rickman; daughter Deborah Johnson of Nashville, Tennessee; sons Kevin Friedrich and wife Kim of Nunley, Tennessee, and Allen Friedrich and wife Nancy of Ocala, Florida. The family will welcome friends on Wednesday from 11 am until the time of services at 2 pm.
Funeral services for Mrs. Rita Jenkins, 94, of Whitleyville, TN, will be held at 2 P.M. on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, at Anderson Upper Cumberland Funeral Home in Gainesboro, TN. Burial will follow in the Cubb Creek Cemetery in Jackson County, TN. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 4 P.M. – 8 P.M., and Wednesday from 12 Noon until time of services. She passed away on Friday, August 28, 2020, at her residence. She was born September 28, 1925, in Jackson County, TN, to the late Sidney Cicero Sloan and Zona Sisco Sloan. On August 14, 1942, she was married to the late Jack E. Jenkins. She worked as a secretary, bookkeeper, as well as a rural letter carrier for the U.S. Post Office in Whitleyville and Gainesboro. She was a member of the Whitleyville Church of Christ.
Funeral services for Harold “Seth” Russell Langley, 21 of Sparta, will begin at 3:00 PM on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at Central Church of Christ. Officiating Bro. Doug Downs, Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery. He passed from this life on August 26, 2020, at his home in Hubert, North Carolina. Seth was a loving father, husband, son, brother, and friend. He is loved and missed by so many because of his abundant generosity and carefree spirit. He never met a stranger and made it a point in life to have fun and make the most of every day. He worked hard, even when he was small, always wanting to find something to fix… even if it wasn’t always broken. His love and his heart were too big for this world, and while he may have been broken by that, we know that the Lord has mended him. God has fixed his heart and healed his pain. There is, and always will be, a very large void where he used to be. We can only hope to pacify this by spreading his love and generosity to everyone. He is already very, deeply missed. He is survived by his wife, Brittney Langley of Hubert, NC; His beloved son, Jett Russell Langley; His father, Tony (April) Langley of Sparta, TN.; His mother, Jennefer (James) Willard of Sparta. The family will accept visitors from 11:00 AM until 3:00 PM on Wednesday at the church.
Funeral services for Charles “Chuck’ Michael Shanks, 67 of Baxter, will be Thursday, September 3 at 1 PM from the Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home with Dr. Jim McAfee officiating. Interment with military honors by the Veterans Honor Guard will be in Smellage Memory Gardens in The Boma Community. He was a driller in the construction industryHe was a Army veteran in the Vietnam Era. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He is survived by his Mother, Margie Allen Shanks, his Daughter, Tammy Shanks and his Son, Charles Todd Shanks. The family will receive friends Thursday after 11 AM until service time at the funeral home.
Funeral services for Linda Jean Dailey, 75, of the Shiloh community of Jackson County, TN, will be held at 2 P.M. on Thursday, September 3, 2020, at Anderson Upper Cumberland Funeral Home in Gainesboro, TN. Burial will follow in the Pharris Cemetery in the McCoinsville community of Jackson County, TN. She passed away on Sunday, August 30, 2020, at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.
She was born October 13, 1944, in Jackson County, TN, to the late Arthur Hamlet and Elizabeth Allen Hamlet. On June 8, 1963, she was married to the late Joe Frank Dailey, who passed away August 17, 2020. She was a factory worker and homemaker, and associated with the Cummins Mill Baptist Church. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 4 P.M. – 8 P.M., and Thursday from 10 A.M. until time of services.
Funeral Service for Thomas “Tom” “Fox” Milton Fowler, 85 of Cookeville, will be held Friday, September 4, 2020 at 2:00 pm from the chapel of Crest Lawn Funeral Home with Bro. Johnny Fox officiating. Entombment will follow in the Crest Lawn Memorial Cemetery – Mausoleums. Mr. Fowler passed away on Monday, August 31, 2020, at his home. He is survived by, his wife of almost 63 years, Elsie Fowler, children, Marcia Gibson, Jeff and Dorothy Fowler, Tommy and Tina Fowler, and Steve Bryant. Visitation with the family will be held Thursday, September 3, 2020 from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm and again, Friday, September 4, 2020 from 11:00 am until time of service at Crest Lawn Funeral Home.
