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MSgt. (RET.) MARSHALL LEE ANDREWS, SR., age 87, of Smyrna, died Sunday, October 7, 2007 at his home surrounded by his family. He was a native of Leeville, TN and the son of the late Wilburn Lee and Anna F. Bingham Andrews. Funeral services will be 10:30 am Wednesday at Woodfin Chapel, Smyrna with Rev. Nathan Hale officiating. Graveside services 1:00 pm Wednesday at Middle Tennessee Veterans Cemetery in Pegram, TN with Full Military Honors. He is survived by his loving wife: Betty Crafton Andrews, sons: Marshall Lee Andrews, Jr. of Smyrna, James Mullins, Jr. of Rockvale, daughters: Damah Reeves Gilbert of Robertsdale, AL, Ronda Denise Laureigh of Murfreesboro, Anissa Leeann Andrews of Smyrna, 13 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Ret. M/Sgt Andrews served his country for 20 years in the U.S. Air Force during WWII, Korea, and Vietnam before his retirement. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 8:00 pm Tuesday at Woodfin Chapel, Smyrna.
WALKUP, CORA WILSON
WALKUP, CORA WILSON, age 98, of Murfreesboro, died Monday October 8, 2007. A native of Rutherford Co., she was the daughter of the late Albert D. and Sallie Pace Wilson.
Funeral service will be 1:00 PM Wednesday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel, with Stephen Brooks and Danny Walkup officiating, burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. She is survived by her children, Billy (Pat) Walkup of Beech Grove, Thelma Nixon of Bradyville, and June Walker of Beech Grove, grandchildren, Larry (Mary Alice) Nixon, Donna Boyd, Allan (Penny) Walker, Tina Walkup, Danny (Della) Walkup, six great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Walkup was a member of South East Baptist Church and a devoted wife and mother. Visitation will be 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM Tuesday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel.
Loyd Thomas "Tommy" Nokes, Jr.
August 15, 1935 - June 15, 2013
Loyd Thomas “Tommy” Nokes, Jr., age 77, of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Saturday, June 15, 2013 at his home. A native of Wilson county, he was the son of the late Loyd Thomas Nokes, Sr. and Catherine Nokes. He was also preceded in death by his brother-in-law, Jacob Lee Christiansen.
Mr. Nokes is survived by his wife, Betty Ruth Nokes; sons, Thomas Eric Nokes and his wife Paula of Dickson, TN and David Ethan Nokes and his wife Shani of Donelson, TN; daughters, Catherine Amanda Van Vactor and her husband, Dwain of Murfreesboro, TN and Andrea Ruth Hale of Murfreesboro, TN; sister, Shirley Ann Christiansen of Mt. Juliet, TN; nephew Shawn Christiansen of Mt. Juliet, TN; grandchildren, Andrew Scott Nokes and his wife Allison, Rachel Nokes, Daxton Hale, Elijah Nokes, and Josiah Nokes; great-grandchild, Alexis Nokes.
Funeral service will be 1:00pm Monday at the First Baptist Church of Lebanon, with Rev. Don McElroy, Rev. Terry Cathey, Rev. Nathan Hale, Clark Harrell and Dr. David Freeman officiating. Burial will be at Wilson County Memorial Gardens in Lebanon.
Active pallbearers will be B. J. Reich, Kenny Reich, Bobby Johnson, Bob Evans, Kenneth Eskew, Charles Fitch, Shawn Christiansen, and Andrew Nokes.
Honorary pallbearers will be LHS Breakfast club, Byron Adams, Rodney English, Frank Garcia, Dwight Manning, and the late William Gunter.
Mr. Nokes was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lebanon, a 1953 graduate of Lebanon High School and received his BS degree from MTSU. Mr. Nokes was an Underwriter Specialist with State Farm Insurance Company for 40 years before his retirement in 1995. He was a 33rd Degree mason and a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge # 18 and was adviser to Troop 398 of the Boy Scouts of America for 15 years. Mr. Nokes was former Director of Music at Hillcrest Baptist Church in Lebanon, TN, Woodbury Road Baptist Church, Southeast Baptist Church, Brinkley Road Baptist Church presently West Wood Baptist Church, Immanuel Baptist Church, and Fosterville Baptist Church in Rutherford County.
Memorials may be made to the charity of your choice in memory of Mr. Nokes.
Visitation will be 4:00 until 8:00pm Sunday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel and one hour prior to the service on Monday at First Baptist Church of Lebanon.
Woodfin Memorial Chapel. 893-5151.
Cheryl Emmett
June 15, 2013
Cheryl Emmett, age 62, of Smyrna, died Saturday surrounded by her family at MTMC. She was a native of Rutherford County, and the daughter of the late George and Evelyn Adams. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a brother William Randall Adams.
Survivors include her husband of 45 years, Nolan Emmett; children Lori Hannington and her husband Jason of Murfreesboro, Regina White and her husband, Eddie of Watertown, and Nick Emmett and his wife Tiffani of Murfreesboro; brothers George Stephen Adams and his wife Sonia of Murfreesboro and Stanley Wayne Adams and his wife Tammy of College Grove; grandchildren Caitlin Pollard, Alex and Justin Emmett, Zech Al-Ghanem, Sheyenne Hannington and Jeffery Bing; great grandchildren Chloe Hurst and A.J. Emmett and many nieces, nephews and loving cousins. The family wishes to thank their extended family and special friends Jim Pickett, Krystal Crocker, Stacey Hooper, Kerri Bolton, Marsha Adams, Patricia Blaylock, Laura Davis and Camille Bunn for their love and support during Mrs. Emmett’s lengthy illness.
Mrs. Emmett was a floral designer at Flowers by Joyce in Smyrna and for over 20 years was known for and took pride in her quality work and attention to detail. In addition to driving a school bus, her husband, Nolan, was often recruited to help alongside their children at the flower shop.
Visitation with the family will be Tuesday night from 4:00 until 8:00pm at Woodfin Chapel, Smyrna. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 am Wednesday at the Ross-Cunningham Cemetery with Minister Kenneth Sharp officiating. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Shawnta Monique Crook
Lie-in-State Location: Scales & Sons
Date: October 15, 2004 Time: 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Murfreesboro Visitation Location: Scales & Sons
Date: October 15, 2004 Time: 7 - 8 p.m.
Nashville Location: St. Theresa Holiness Science Church at 409 E. Trinity Lane in Nashville, TN
Date October 16, 2004 Time: 12 noon - 1 p.m.
Funeral Location: St. Theresa Holiness Science Church at 409 E. Trinity Lane in Nashville, TN
Date: October 16, 2004 Time: 1 p.m.
Shawnta Monique Crook was a person who loved life to the fullest and actually lived life to the fullest. She was born 50 years ago in Nashville, Tennessee to Gwendolyn Louise Crook, but the majority of her life was spent working at the Peachtree Center in Smyrna, Tennessee and living in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. For the past 17 years, she worked at Peachtree Center and most recently, was their Director of Medical Records. She enjoyed her professional career at Peachtree Center and she also enjoyed her personal life in Murfreesboro.
"LaLa" was a social being who loved to be around people and befriended most everyone around her. Her talkative manner, her colorful way of dressing and her way of just "being herself" will be sorely missed by her family, friends and co-workers.
She was extremely particular about the way she dressed and paid strict attention to her fingernails, her hair, her color-coordinated outfits, hats and shoes. Her classy way of dressing was not complete unless she had a ring on every finger and her special diamond earrings in her ears. She prided herself on being an imitation of Patti Labelle, who was her favorite singer.
"LaLa" loved to travel and she enjoyed cooking, as well as eating. She and her companion, "Penny" traveled to Canada, New York, Philadephia and Cleveland. Those trips always included at least a few hours - spent shopping for items to complement her expansive wardrobe. Although she especially enjoyed eating chess pie at Thanksgiving, she loved to eat just about everything. Her cooking specialities included ribs and roast beef.
Her memory will be cherished by her devoted companion, Carolyn "Penny" Odom; daughter, Earica Odom; sons, Darrell Odom, Derenta Odom; grandson, Dovar Odom; aunts, Rowena (Hershell) Williams, of Los Angeles, CA, Soline (Nathan) Bates, Dorothy (Rev. Clifton) Sawyers, Brenda (James) Cathey, Gloria R. Glenn, Geraldine Crook, Lizzie McGowan, Geneva Crook; mother-in-law, Effie Verge; brother-in-law, Rev. Willie Puckett; special friends and staff at Peachtree Center; numerous cousins and extended "play" family and many other relatives and friends.
The following friends will serve as flower ladies and pallbearers: Lisa Tiggs, Doris Tiggs, Cille McAdoo, Sonya White, Lorenzo "Booga" North, Doris Tatum, Vocka Gaines, Yomi Clark, Christine, Mary White, Linda Peebles, Judy Johns, Beverly, Aaron, Jeffery Blackman, Franki, Michael Dunn, Kenny Lillard, Kenneth Evans, Michael, Lester "Bay Bro" Martin, John Wade, George Wade, Trent Lawrence and Raymond Mitchell.
Evelyn Ruth Johnson
February 17, 1930 - June 15, 2013
Evelyn Ruth Hopkins “Polly” Johnson, 83, died Saturday, June 15, 2013. Born in Murfreesboro, Tenn., she was a daughter of the late George Washington Hopkins and Beulah Mae Gannaway Hopkins. She was a member of Lascassas Baptist Church.
Surviving are her husband of 64 years, Robert Henry Johnson; daughters, Carol Close (Rory) of Lugoff, SC and Pam Johnson of Lugoff, SC; son, R.W. Johnson (Darlene) of Murfreesboro; sister, Mary Parker of Murfreesboro. She was a loving “Goggy” to her grandchildren, Kim Lunsford, William Andrew Johnson and Robert Evan Johnson; and 5 great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by grandchildren, Jason Todd Close and Pamela Suzanne Close; and brothers, Irvin Hopkins, Clarence Hopkins, George “Bud” Hopkins, John Hopkins and Thomas Hopkins; and sisters, Margaret Allen, Christine Adams, Gladys Puckett, Ruby Marie Hopkins, Cornelia Herrod, Sara Givens, Betty Jernigan and Jean Poteet.
Mrs. Johnson worked many years as a food service dietician in Tennessee and South Carolina. She enjoyed ceramics, gardening, cooking, and most of all her family.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Harvest Hope Food Bank, 2220 Shop Road, Columbia, S.C. 29201.
Visitation will be from 1:00 until 2:00pm Friday with a Memorial Service 2:00pm Friday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Bob Bush will officiate.
ROBERT ERNEST VAUGHTER, SR.
VAUGHTER, SR., ROBERT ERNEST, age 66, of Lascassas, died Monday, October 8, 2007 at his home. A native of Rutherford County, he was the son of the late Baxter & Gertie McKee Vaughter and was preceded in death by his sister, Sue V. Copeland. He is survived by his wife, Carol McKnight Vaughter; son, Rob (Felecity) Vaughter, Lascassas; daughters, Charlotte (Jamie) Beard, Cookeville and Laura Vaughter of Lascassas; sister, Janice Vaughter, Murfreesboro; grandchildren, John Bradley Vaughter, Maggie Vaughter, and Macy Vaughter; father in law and mother in law, Jimmy and Alta McKnight, Sisters in law, Neika Bedsaul, Nyla Satterfield, Rita (Lannie) Lester, Nancy (Mike) Miller, Darlene (Stanley) Miller; brothers in law, Kenny McKnight and Tom Copeland. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am Thursday at Bradley’s Creek Baptist Church with Tony Holt and David West officiating. Burial will follow in the Bradley Creek Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 4-8 pm Wednesday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Mr. Vaughter was a veteran of the United States Army serving in Europe where he received the Army Service Ribbon, was also a Staff Sgt. with the Tennessee National Guard where he received the Army Reserve Componets Achievement Metal, TNARNG Volunteer Ribbon, TNARNG Service Ribbon and the Tennessee Governor’s Meritorious Unit Citation, and a member of Kingwood Heights Church of Christ. Active pallbearers will be Curly Lewis, Kenny McKnight, Lannie Lester, Mike Miller, Stanley Miller, Tom Copeland, Thomas McMillan, Buford Christopher, Stephen Lester and Nathan Miller. Honorary pallbearers will be Joe Bills, Wendell Hix, Luke Lewis, Cody Dunnaway, Harris Florida, Malcolm Campbell, John Miller and Marty Bedsaul.
Tolbert, Mrs. Willie Evelyn Dunn
Tolbert, Mrs. Willie Evelyn Dunn died Friday January 12, 2007 in Arlington, TX.
Graveside Thursday 3 pm, Evergreen Cemetery.
Edna Mae Glass
December 5, 1930 - June 18, 2013
Edna Mae Glass, age 82, formerly of Melvindale, Michigan, and Lakeland, Florida, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Born December 5, 1930 in Portage, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late John and Anna O’Green Killinger. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 50 years; Eugene George Glass.
Ms. Glass is survived by her sister; Jean Petok of Murfreesboro, and her niece; Roberta and her husband David Bramlett of Thompson Station, Tennessee.
Ms. Glass was an avid golfer at Cleveland Heights Golf Course in Lakeland, Florida. Burial will be at a later date in the Florida National Cemetery.
Woodfin Memorial Chapel is in charge of local arrangements.
