Ovella Jones Farley
Ovella Jones Farley, 87, of Sparta, passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2000, at NHC of Sparta.
Farley was born April 29, 1913, in White County, to John and Sarah Goodson Jones.
She was a homemaker.
Farley was preceded in death by her husband, Sylvester Farley and one daughter, Polly Stinnett.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Gene and Dot Farley of Silver Point; one son-in-law, Bob Stinnett of Sparta; two sisters, Lucy Usrey and Beulah Betterton both of Sparta; one brother, Ammon Jones of Murfreesboro; five grandchildren; and 11 great grandchildren.
Services will be held Thursday, August 17, 2000, at 11 a.m. at Hunter Funeral Home with burial in Old New Hope Cemetery. Fate Wilson will officiate.
Hunter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Agnes Pearl Bohannon Hodge
Agnes Pearl Bohannon Hodge, 72, passed away August 15, 2000 at National Health Corporation of Sparta.
Hodge was born January 18, 1928, in White County, to Claude and Annie Rice Bohannon.
She was a housewife.
Hodge is survived by her husband, William Filmore (Bill) Hodge of Sparta; two daughters and sons-in-law, Anna and Steve Jones and Doris and Ronnie Prater, all of Sparta; two sons and daughters-in-law, Gene and Gale Hodge of Chattanooga and Carl and Dorothy Hodge of Sparta; eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, August 18, 2000 at Hunter Funeral Home with burial in the Shockley Cemetery in Spencer. David Lee England will officiate. Hunter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Herman W. Hollingsworth
Herman W. Hollingsworth, 70, of Bartow, Florida, passed away Monday, October 9, 2000.
Hollingsworth was born July 3, 1930, in Wray, Colorado.
He attended the First Presbyterian Church.
Hollingsworth was a music teacher in the school system in Florida for 35 years. He was a former member of the United States Air Force Band.
Survivors include his wife, June A. Hollingsworth of Bartow, Florida; one son, Bryan E. Hollingswoth of Tampa, Florida; one daughter, Leisel M. Hollingsworth of Bartow, Florida; mother, Mary Hollingsworth of Bartow, Florida; and one granddaughter.
Services were held Thursday, October 12, 2000, at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Bartow, Florida.
Whidden-McLean Funeral Home in Bartow, Florida, was in charge of arrangements.
Clara Sherrard
Clara Sherrard, 88, passed away Friday, October 13, 2000, at NHC Healthcare in Smithville.
Sherrard attended the Baptist Church and was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Jim S. Robinson and Gracey West Robinson.
Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Jo Ana and Richard Gravely of Sparta; Tony Sherrard (adopted son) of Sparta; four grandchildren; one sister, Sally Goodwin of Murfreesboro; and two brothers, Bill Robinson and Jim Robinson both of Sparta.
Services were held Sunday, October 15, 2000, at 2 p.m. at Johnson's Chapel Baptist Church with burial in Johnson's Chapel Cemetery. Bro. David Wilson and Bro. Arvil Lee officiated.
Love-Cantrell Funeral Home of Smithville was in charge of arrangements.
Charles Franklin Luna
Charles Franklin Luna, 71, passed away Tuesday, October 10, 2000, at River Park Hospital.
Luna was born September 25, 1929, in White County to Rastus Burton Luna and Bessie Pollard.
He was a retired assemblyman from Ford Motor Company.
Survivors include four sons, Charles Winfred Luna of Washington, Clyde Burton Luna of Florida, and Paul Allen Luna and Terry Wayne Luna both of McMinnville; two daughters, Brenda Starr of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Robie Elina Johnson of McMinnville; 25 grandchildren; four great grandchildren; one brother, Royce Luna of Sparta; two sisters, Rocelle Luna of Alabama and Myrtle Luna of Sparta; and several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services were held Friday, October 13, 2000, at 11 a.m. at Taylor's Providence Cemetery. David England officiated.
High Funeral Home in McMinnville was in charge of arrangements.
Inez Bumbalough Dunham
Inez Bumbalough Dunham, 72, of Cookeville, formerly of Sparta, passed away Saturday, October 14, 2000, at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.
Dunham was born January 9, 1928, in White County, to Beecher and Dailey Ann Kinnard Bumbalough.
She was a member of Copeland Chapel Church and was a homemaker.
Dunham was preceded in death by her husband, James Beecher Dunham; one daughter, Linda Swindell; two grandsons, Scott Swindell and Ryan Dunham; three sisters, Beulah Williams, Ruth Foster, and Annie Jewell Bumbalough; and six brothers, Herman, Sam, Riley, C. J., Thomas, and Herbert Bumbalough.
Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Judy and Jerry Cantrell of Cookeville, Melissa and Junior Hill of Cookeville, and Carolyn and Joe McDonald of Hoover, Alabama; one son and daughter-in-law, Ronnie and Debbie Dunham of McMinnville; eight grandchildren, Ricky Swindell, Jason Cantrell, Jill Cantrell Moore, Chase McDonald, Layne McDonald, Scott Dunham, Matthew Hill, and Mitchell Hill; one great grandchild, Shannon Swindell; two sisters, Lois Bohannon of Maryville and Evelyn Ashton of Anderson, Indiana.
Services were held Saturday, October 14, 2000, at 1 p.m. at the chapel of Hooper and Huddleston Funeral Home with burial in Copeland Chapel Cemetery in White County.
Hooper and Huddleston Funeral Home in Cookeville was in charge of arrangements.
Paul Edwin Swift
Paul Edwin Swift, 87, formerly of Sparta, passed away Sunday, December 10, 2000, at Wharton Nursing in Pleasant Hill.
Swift was the son of James Daniel and Annie Dunn Swift.
He was a retired store manager of Jenkins and Darwin's Department Store.
Swift was preceded in death by his parents; one step son, Sid Buck; and one grandson, Edwin Douthit.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Swift of Sparta; two daughters, Betty Brown of Harrison and Paulette Douthit of Ringgold, Georgia; two step sons, Joe Buck of Hixon and Mike Buck of Indiana; three step daughters, Wilda Goleb and Carolyn Barrett both of Crossville and Shirley Walker of Florida; and several grandchildren; and nephews, Bill Swift of Doyle and Jimmy Swift of Sparta.
Services will be held Tuesday, December 12, 2000, at 1 p.m. at Bilbrey Funeral Home in Crossville with burial in Crossville City Cemetery.
Bilbrey Funeral Home in Crossville is in charge of arrangements.
This information is courtesy of Hunter Funeral Home.
Loyd Goolsby
Loyd Goolsby, 81, of Gainesboro, passed away Friday, December 8, 2000, at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.
Goolsby was born October 3, 1919, in Jackson County, to William Fowler and Cynthia Ann Buck Goolsby.
He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Goolsby was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; one brother; three grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.
Survivors include four sons, Harlon Goolsby of Gainesboro, Junior Goolsby of Clay, Michigan, Troy Goolsby of Madison Heights, Michigan, and David Calap Goolsby of Warren, Michigan; five daughters, Virginia Louise Blanken of New Tazewell, Loure Barlow and Barbara Wheeler both of Gainesboro, Martha Burton of St. Claire Shores, Michigan, and Wanda R. Brown of Mt. Juliet; four brothers, Herman Goolsby and Buddy Goolsby both of Gainesboro, Omer Goolsby of Whitleyville, and Aaron Goolsby of Sparta; five sisters, Marie Stewart of Center Line, Michigan, Estelene Nemore of Baxter, Sue Bilbrey of Virginia, Thelma Jean Long of Gainesboro, and Ida Mae Carter of Whitleyville; and several grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren.
Services were held Sunday, December 8, 2000, at 1 p.m. at the chapel of Anderson Funeral Home in Gainesboro with burial in Turkeytown Cemetery in Clay County. Bro. O. L. Ransom, Jr. officiated.
Anderson Funeral Home in Gainesboro was in charge of arrangements.
Robin Lynn Boruff
Robin Lynn Boruff, 42, of Sparta, passed away Thursday, December 7, 2000.
Boruff was born July 12, 1958, in Miami, Florida, to Jack Carmen and Hazel Marinello Jones.
She was the company administrator of Bill Boruff Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge-Jeep.
Boruff was preceded in death by her father.
Survivors include her husband, Richmond Boruff of Sparta; two daughters and one son-in-law, Jackie and Ronnie Brock and Jenna Boruff all of Sparta; two sons, Chris Boruff and River Boruff both of Sparta; mother, Hazel Marinello Jones of Cookeville; one sister, Stephanie Emery of Corona, California; one brother, Jessie Jones of St. Claire Shores, Michigan; one nephew, Keith Jones of St. Claire Shores, Michigan; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Barbara and Bill Boruff of Sparta; and two aunts, Mary Gilbert of Sebring, Florida and Ann Durham of Avon Park, Florida.
Services were held Sunday, December 10, 2000, at East Sparta Church of God with burial in Highland Cemetery. Bro. Jerry Barnwell and Bro. Ray Maynard officiated.
Thurman Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Charles Royce Parker
Charles Royce Parker, 67, of Sparta, passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2001 at his residence.
Parker was born April 18, 1933 in Sparta, Tennessee to Marvin and Ellamae Jones Parker.
He served in the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict.
Parker was a factory worker.
He was preceded in death by his father.
Parker is survived by his wife, Rita Bernice Hale Parker of Sparta; one daughter and son-in-law, Terresa Lynn Hooper and Michael Hooper of Sparta; one son, James Earl Parker of Sparta; one sister, Berdena Dodson of Sparta; five grancchildren, Nikia Hooper, Stephanie Parker, Stacy Parker, Greg Parker, Kyle Parker; his mother, Ellamae Parker of Sparta.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 1, 2001 at Hunter Funeral Home of Sparta. Burial will be at Peeled Chestnut Cemetery.
Hunter Funeral Home of Sparta in charge of arrangements.
Lankford Lewis Raper
Lankford Lewis Raper, 89, of Doyle, Tennessee, passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2001 at the residence of his daughter.
He was born in White County on October 29, 1922 to Will and Mamie Lyle Raper.
Raper was a member of Doyle Nazarene Church.
He served in the United States Navy and was a farmer.
Raper was preceded in death by his wife, Lydia Raper; his parents; two brothers, George Fate Raper and Charles Noah Raper; one sister Geneva Hatcher.
He is survived by his son, Bennie Raper of Sparta, two daughters and sons-in-law, Levonda and James Hallums of Doyle, and Theresa and Tom Havener of Chattanooga; four brothers, J.L. Raper of Doyle, Lee Raper of Rocky Face, Georgia, Calvin Raper of Bon Air, and Fred Raper of Florida; four sisters, Bertha Sparkman and Mary Spakes, both of Doyle, Katherine Smith Cooley of Sparta, and Callie Bumbalough of Bon Air; eight grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
Raper will lie in state at Doyle Nazarene Church from 12:00 Noon - 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, just prior to funeral services.
Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, March 1, 2001, at Doyle Nazarene Church. Burial will be in Skurlock Cemetery. Brother William Welch will officiate.
Thurman Funeral Home of Sparta in charge of arrangements.
Rosa Lee Roberson
Rosa Lee Roberson, 77, of Algood, Tennessee, passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2001 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.
Roberson was born in Clay County, Tennessee on September 21, 1923 to Wade and Dona Dailey Goolsby.
She was a member of Cookeville Church of God.
Roberson was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by one son, Paul Roberson; her parents; one sister Lizzie Dee Carmack; three brothers, Earl, Fred, and Lawrence Goolsby.
She is survived by her husband, Curtis Roberson of Algood; two sons and daughters-in-law, Donald David and Jan Roberson and Curtis Jr. and Janice Roberson, all of Cookeville; two daughters, Coletje Dean Roberson of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Patricia Lamb Hoffman of Columbia, S.C.; six brothers, Malcolm Goolsby of Gainesboro, Ed Mitchell Goolsby of Carthage, Leland and Benton Goolsby, both of Cookeville, Elmer Goolsby of Bloomington, Indiana, and Ralph Goolsby of Celina; one sister, Earlene Pennington of Celina.
Visitation will be Thursday, March 1, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Whitson Funeral Home in Cookeville, and from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Friday, March 2, at Cookeville Church of God.
Funeral Services will be at 2 p.m.l, Friday, March 2, 2001 at Cookeville Church of God, 719 S. Jefferson Avenue. Burial will be in Sand Springs Cemetery. Bro. Ken Stephens will officiate.
Whitson Funeral Home of Cookeville in charge of arrangements.
Eva Pauline Hitchcock Watson
Eva Pauline Hitchcock Watson, 80, of Temperance, Michigan and formerly of Sparta, passed away Monday, February 26, 2001 in Toledo, Ohio.
Watson was born on April 25, 1920 to Samuel and Susan Nash Hitchcock in Sparta, Tennessee.
She was a homemaker.
Watson was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Thomas Watson; her son, Charles Thomas Watson, one daughter, Mary Elizabeth Nash, six brothers, Albert, Luther, James, Andrew, Frank and Sterling Hitchcock; three sisters, Velma, Verlie and twin sister Irene.
She is survived by three daughters, Alma Eisenmann of Missouri, Shirley McFarland of Nashville, and Virginia Sandberg of California; one son, Sam Watson; three brothers, Rev. Cleve Hitchcock of Sparta, Eugene and Howard Hitchcock, both of Cookeville; three sisters, Nola Ramsey of Sparta, and May Jager and Virgie Clyde, both of Cookeville; 16 grandchildren, and 17 great grandchildren.
Family will receive friends from 1:00 - 9:00 p.m. on Friday, March 2, at Whitson Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 3, 2001, at Whitson Funeral Home in Cookeville. Burial will follow at the Dry Valley Cemetery in Putnam County. Bro. Cleve Hitchcock will officiate.
Whitson Funeral Home of Cookeville in charge of arrangements.
Alice Irene Strickland Meadows
Alice Irene Strickland Meadows, 80, of Sparta, passed away Saturday, February 24, 2001, at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.
Meadows was born September 1, 1920, in West Virginia, to Georgia and Addie Williams Strickland.
She was a homemaker.
Meadows was preceded in death by her husband, Norman Lee Meadows.
Survivors include three daughters, Ann Phillips of Sparta, Helen Hastings of Spencer, and Judy Bumbalough of Sparta; three sons, George W. (Bud) Meadows, Tim Meadows, and Tom Meadows all of Sparta; one sister, Jean Pack of Boyd, Texas; 12 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; and six great-great grandchildren.
Services were held Tuesday, February 27, 2001, at 2 p.m. at Hunter Funeral Home with burial in New Bon Air Cemetery. Glen Hargroves and Kenneth Peters officiated.
Hunter Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
John David Eller
John David Eller, 31, of White County, passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2001 at White County Hospital Community Hospital.
Eller was born February 27, 1970, in Sparta, Tennessee, to Thomas and Mary Usrey Eller.
He was employed at Sparta Electric and Water Department.
Survivors include his wife, Lee Ann Hickey Eller of Sparta; his parents; one brother, Todd Eller of Sparta; grandmother, Ruby Usrey of Sparta; great grandmother Veda Gore, of Sparta.
Family will receive visitors at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, April 5, 2001 at Hunter Funeral Home. Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 6, 2001, at Hunter Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Plainview Cemetery on Highway
84. Bobby Collier will officiate.
Hunter Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Julie Ann Carr (Judy) Young
Julie Ann Carr (Judy) Young, 48, of Sparta, passed away Sunday, April 1, 2001, at White County Community Hospital.
Young was born July 31, 1952, in Sparta, to William Ed and Betty Jean Rice Carr.
She was a housewife.
Young was preceded in death by her father and two brothers, Gene Carr and Robert Glen (Bobby) Carr.
Survivors include her husband, Jerry W. Young of Sparta; one daughter and son-in-law, Matt and Sherry Young of Sparta; mother, Betty Jean Carr of Sparta; two sisters, Mary Austin of Crossville and Teresa Hargis of Sparta;
two brothers, Sam Carr and Doug Carr both of Sparta; mother-in-law, Daisy Young of Sparta; and four grandchildren, Bruce Young, Brandon Young, Jonissa Stewart, and Amber Stewart.
Services were held Wednesday, April 4, 2001, at 1 p.m. at Hunter Funeral Home with burial in Corinth Cemetery. Fate Wilson and Doug Benningfield officiated.
Hunter Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Donna Rittenberry Vaughn
Donna Rittenberry Vaughn, 80, of Cookeville, passed away Sunday, August 12, 2001, at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville.
Vaughn was born December 14, 1920, in Putnam County, to Willie Robert and Mary Lee Welch.
She was retired from the Dietary Department of Cookeville Regional Medical Center.
Vaughn was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Marie Dixon and Ruby Hembree.
Survivors include her husband, Sam Vaughn of Cookeville; five daughters and four sons-in-law, Mary Sue and Louis Rasera of New Jersey, Faye and Jim Ashley, Kaye and Billy Dubree, Janie and Larry Cunningham, and Patsy Allen all of Cookeville; three sons and daughters-in-law, J.B. and Petty Rittenberry and Phillip and Brenda Rittenberry all of Cookeville and Sam Vaughn, Jr. and Barbara Vaughn of Brentwood; one sister, Bonnie Anderson of Cookeville, 18 grandchildren; and 13 great grandchildren.
Services will be held Tuesday, August 14, 2001, at 12 noon at the chapel of Hooper & Huddleston Funeral Home with burial in Crest Lawn Memorial Cemetery.
Hooper & Huddleston Funeral Home in Cookeville is in charge of arrangements.
William Thomas Clifford Copeland
William Thomas Clifford Copeland, 88, of Sparta, passed way Saturday, July 28, 2001, at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.
Copeland was born August 23, 1912, in White County, to Wilburn Copeland and Ova Bradley Copeland.
He was a member of Copeland Chapel Church and was a farmer.
Copeland was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Julia Mills; and three brothers, Edward D. Copeland, David Copeland, and Charlie Copeland.
Survivors include two brothers, Freddie Copeland and Alex Melvin Copeland and four sisters, Mattie Henry Lafever and Reba Haynes both of Sparta, Geneva Mason of Ohio, and Linda Keir of Maryland.
Services were held Monday, July 30, 2001, at 3 p.m. at Copeland Chapel Church with burial in Copeland Chapel Church Cemetery. Bro. Gerald England, Bro. Marvin Horton, Bro. Robert Wright, and Bro. Wayne Copeland officiated.
Thurman Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
James Robert (Jim) Snodgrass
James Robert (Jim) Snodgrass, 82, of Dandridge, passed away Tuesday, August 7, 2001, at St. Mary's Residence Hospice.
Snodgrass was a member of Dandridge First United Methodist Church and a veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Dandridge Lions Club and the Elks Club and was a a life-long banker serving as President of Bank of Morristown.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one son, Chris.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Charlene Snodgrass; three sons and daughters-in-law, Lee and Missy Snodgrass of Nashville and George and Susan Snodgrass and Charles and Ann Snodgrass all of Knoxville; grandchildren, Katherine, Elizabeth, and David Snodgrass; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Joe and Pat Snodgrass of Sparta and William and Faye Snodgrass of Nashville; and one nephew, Bill Snodgrass, Jr.
Graveside services were held Thursday, August 9, 2001, at Tennessee Veterans Cemetery in Knoxville. Rev. Dan Moore officiated.
Farrar Funeral Home in Dandridge was in charge of arrangements.
This information is courtesy of Thurman Funeral Home.
James Patton Still
James Patton Still, 87, passed away Saturday, August 11, 2001.
Still was born in Sweetwater to J. Frank and Mattie Patton Still.
He was a member of Central Church of Christ, the American Legion, the Half-Century Club, and the National Association of Hairdressers. Still was active in community volunteer work. He served in the Army Air Corps in World War II.
Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Jane Sutton Still; one daughter and son-in-law, Ellen Margaret Still-Kell and Patrick Anthony Kell of Columbia, South Carolina and several cousins.
Services will be held Tuesday, August 14, 2001, at 2 p.m. at Hunter Funeral Home with burial in Highland Cemetery. Minister David Schenhoff will officiate,
Hunter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
