Obituary Report for May 11, 2003
Huntsville, Ala., resident and Warren County native Lorraine M. Turner, 81, died May 8 at Crestwood Medical Center.
A nursing LPN and a member of Mason Lake Road Church of Christ in Huntsville, she was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Jesse Turner in 1997; and two great-grandchildren.
She is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Lynn J. and Emily Turner of Huntsville; four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at High’s Chapel with Richard Harp officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Zion Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at High’s.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) May 11, 2003
Lola Kathleen Elkins Reed, 68
Woodbury resident and Cannon County native Lola Kathleen Elkins Reed, 68, died May 6 at Centennial Medical Center after an extended illness.
A retired nurse’s aid at Stones River Hospital and a member of Pleasant View Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Hubert Hilton and Eunice Marie Pack Elkins; and was preceded in death by her husband, Jasper Reed; great-granddaughter, Destiny Hanes; brother, David Elkins; and sister, Violet Mayo.
She is survived by daughter and son-in-law, Mitzi and Dean Hanes of Woodbury; granddaughter, Jessica Hanes of Woodbury; grandson, Jeremiah Miller and Amy Anderson of Woodbury; great-grandchildren, Austin and Alyssa Miller of Woodbury; several nieces and nephews.
Services were held Saturday at Woodbury Funeral Home Chapel with Odell Powell officiating. Burial followed at Cherry Cemetery.
Woodbury Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) May 11, 2003
Joseph David “J.D.” Haston, 88
Sparta resident Joseph David “J.D.” Haston, 88, died May 7.
A general contractor, real estate appraiser in retirement, and earlier in his career, a partner with his father in the timber and lumber business, he was a managing partner in the Hill-Haston Land Company which sold the core property that comprises the Bridgestone/Firestone Centennial Wilderness Area. He was active in many private, public, political and civic organizations, and was charter president of the Sparta Jaycees and a former board member of the Tennessee Utility District. He was an active member of the Sparta Rotary Club, Sparta Masonic Lodge 99, the Al Menah Shrine, and the First United Methodist Church. He was also a World War II veteran, serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a glider pilot participating in the European Theater.
The son of the late William P. and Nan B. Haston; he is survived by his wife of almost 60 years, Etna Harris Haston; sons and daughters-in-law, William A. Sr. and Sandy Haston of McMinnville, Cauley Harris and Carlene Lebous Haston of Nashville; grandchildren and their spouses, William Andy Jr. and Diana Haston of Sparta, Joseph (Joey) D. Haston of McMinnville, and Charles H. Haston of Nashville; step-grandchildren and their spouses, Stacey and Mark Southerd, Ray and Sonya Cantrell, all of McMinnville; and six great-grandchildren.
Services were held Friday at Sparta First United Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Rotary Club of Sparta Vocational Scholarship Fund or Sparta First United Methodist Church.
Hunter Funeral Home of Sparta is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) May 11, 2003
Thersia Gladys Bess, 81
Altamont resident Thersia Gladys Bess, 81, died May 10.
A member of the Altamont Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, she was preceded in death by her parents, Lonnie and Charity Nunley Bess, husband, Clifford I. Bess, infant son and daughter, son Douglas Bess, brother Austin Bess, sisters, Jessie Ruth Payne, Vernie Fults and Hazel Anderson.
She is survived by her daughter Jeweldean Sweeton, sons Deloria, Woodrow and Clayton Bess, brother Edgar Bess, sisters, Margaret Bishop of Ringgold, Ga., Katherine Benson of Trenton, Ga., seven granchildren, 14 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Layne Funeral Home in Altamont with Bishops Jerry Killian and Keith Fults officiating. Visitation begins at 11 a.m. Sunday.
Layne Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) May 11, 2003