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Obituaries are presented by Presley Funeral Home, West Jackson Street in Cookeville.
Obituaries For Wednesday, October 10
Larry McBroom, 69 of Cookeville, died on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, in Lebanon, Tennessee. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Mr. Billy T. Rush, age 66 of Cookeville died Tuesday October 9, 2018 at 2:50 a.m. in Life Care Center of Sparta. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Funeral service for Emma Jean (Elrod) Copeland, 83 of Sparta, will be held at 4pm on Thursday, October 11, 2018 at Oak Lawn Funeral Home with Wil Copeland and Fred Copeland officiating. Burial will follow in Copeland Chapel Cemetery. Emma Jean passed away on October 7, 2018. She is survived by her son, David Wayne Copeland and wife Debbie (Mason) Copeland, her son, Daniel Ray Copeland and wife Donna (West) Copeland, in addition to her daughter Carol Jeannette (Copeland) Bohannon and husband Derek Bohannon. Emma Jean is also survived by her sister, Ruth West of Georgia. In addition to her parents, Emma Jean is preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, David Bradley Copeland. Family will receive friends from 12 noon until the time of service on Thursday at the funeral home.
Funeral services for Madie Ruth Russell, 95, of Cookeville will be held in the chapel of Dyer Funeral Home on Friday, October 12th at 11:00 a.m. with Bro. Bill Stone and Bro. Charles Hutchinson officiating. Graveside services will follow at 2:30 p.m. (C.S.T.) at Foster-Borum Cemetery in Oliver Springs with Bro. Hershel Kreis officiating. Madie Ruth Russell was born on Friday June 8, 1923 in Oliver Springs to the late Silvanus (S S) McFarland and Eva Morton McFarland. She lived in the Blair Community near Oliver Springs until she moved to Cookeville about 35 years ago. She passed away on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018 at her residence in Cookeville with her daughter and great-grandson by her side. She married Walter E. Russell and together they raised his 3 children and took care of many children in the Blair Community. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her sister, June Eubank, two children, several grandchildren, and sister-in-law, Susie and her husband, Tom Lowery, who were Madie Ruth’s caregivers for many years. She is survived by a daughter, Ruth Warren; grandson, Hershel Kreis; great grandsons, Stephen Kreis and John Kreis; great granddaughter, Emma Kreis; nephews, Michael Russell, John Wayne Russell, Ted Davis and Ned Davis; nieces, Annie Boyer, Carolyn Ladd, Wanda Phillips and Sandra Collins, Cecil Russell; great nieces, Christy Crownover, Mandi Sanders, Cindy Davis, Roseanne Davis and Jamie Mitchell. Ruth’s family will receive friends at the Dyer Funeral Home Friday from 9:30 a.m. until time of service.
Funeral services for Mr. Harold Jackson, 79 and father of Jenny Spurlock, will be held Friday October 12 at 1 p.m. in the Chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Crest Lawn Cemetery. Harold died suddenly Friday October 5, 2018 at his home. Harold’s family will receive friends Friday from 11 a.m. until service time at Hooper-Huddleston & Horner funeral home.
Memorial Services for Mrs. Margaret Carol Carter Mounts, age 69 of Sparta, will be conducted 11:00am Saturday, October 13, 2018 from the Chapel of Hunter Funeral Home with burial in Highland Cemetery. Mrs. Mounts passed away Saturday morning October 6, 2018 at Life Care Center of Sparta. The family will receive friends Saturday from 9:00am until service time at Hunter Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Frederick “FRED” John Shellenbarger, Jr., 55 of Baxter, will be Saturday, October 13 at 1 PM from the Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Smellage Memory Gardens in the Boma Community of Putnam County. Fred died Monday, October 8, 2018 in Cookeville Regional Medical Center. He was born April 9, 1963 in Cleveland, Ohio to the late Frederick John Shellenbarger, Sr. and Nancy Lowry Shellenbarger. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister Annette Stephenson and a brother-in-law Donald Cowan. He was a 1981 graduate of Upperman High School in Baxter. He was pipeline welder and enjoyed riding Harley-Davidson motorcycles. He attended Duncan’s Chapel Free Will Baptist Church. Pastor Ted Kocher will officiate. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Family will receive friends Friday 5 to 8 PM and after 11 AM Saturday at the funeral home.
Funeral services for Miss. Mary “Sandra” Brown, age 57 of Cookeville, will be held Saturday October 13 at 1 p.m. in the Chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home with Bro. Buddy Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in Cookeville City Cemetery. Sandra died Suddenly Saturday afternoon, October 6, 2018 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. Sandra’s family will receive friends Friday from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. and Saturday from 12 noon until service time at Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Eunice Avenell Adams, age 88, of Cookeville will be held Tuesday, October 16th, 2018 at 11:00 am in the chapel of Presley Funeral Home with Pastors Steve Thornton and Roger Cooper officiating. Interment will follow in Cookeville City Cemetery. Eunice Avenell Adams passed away Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at her home in Cookeville. She was born Friday, October 18, 1929 in Ferndale, Michigan to the late William Jason Alfrey and Della Callaway Alfrey. Mrs. Adams was a long time member of 15 Mile Free Will Baptist Church in Sterling Heights, Michigan. She will always be remembered as a loving, wife, mother, and grandmother. She enjoyed gardening, canning, cooking, baking, and being a homemaker. She was very talented, sewing her children’s clothes. She also enjoyed collecting dolls. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by: husband, John Adams, Sr.; son, Dennis Shellnut; sisters, Virginia Smith and Marie Caskey. She is survived by: her children, Brenda (Bernie) Morlock of Florida, Bonnie (Al) Leveque of Cookeville, John Adams, Jr. of Cookeville, and Chuck Adams of Cookeville; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; very special twin girls, (they were like her own children) Barbara and Brenda; many nieces, nephews and friends. The family will receive friends on Monday, October 15, 2018, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM and Tuesday, October 16, 2018, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM at Presley Funeral Home.
