Obituary Report for May 23, 2003
McMinnville resident and Van Buren County native Josephine (Mama Jo) Powers, 90, died May 21.
A homemaker and a member of Northside Baptist Church, she was the daughter of Rector Lester and Violet Hitchcock Haston; and was preceded in death by sons, Don, Howard and Sidney Powers; granddaughter, Lori Powers; a great-grandchild, brother, Thurman Haston; sister, Kathleen McGiboney; and daughter-in-law, Joann Powers.
She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Larry (Yogi) Powers, Vernon and Mia-Lan Powers, Ricky and Debbie Powers, Jeff (Red) and Jackie Powers, all of McMinnville, Clayton and Diane Powers of Dunlap; daughters and sons-in-law, Diane and Felix Mullican of Rock Island, Bobby and Joyce Reed, and Lynn Knight, all of McMinnville; sister, Jean Gilley of McMinnville; 21 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren, and daughters-in-law, Betty and Jo Powers of McMinnville.
Services were held Thursday at High’s Chapel with Bob Case officiating. Burial followed at Friendship Cemetery.
High Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) May 23, 2003
Brenda Darlene Merritt, 46
Morrison resident and Cumberland County native Brenda Darlene Merritt, 46, died May 21 at River Park Hospital.
A nurse and a member of the Church of God of Prophecy, she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Alma Johnson Robbins.
She is survived by her husband, Teddy (Bear) Merritt; sisters, Jeanette Reagan, Annette Smith and Sandra Kinser, all of Crossville; brothers, David Robbins of Nashville, Teddy Robbins of Crossville and Freddy Robbins of Cleveland; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Rev. Kenneth and Amy Merritt of Morrison; brother-in-law, David Merritt of Murfreesboro; several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Bilbrey Funeral Home Chapel in Crossville with Rev. Billy Murray and Rev. Eugene Weakley officiating. Burial will follow at Green Acres Memory Gardens in Crossville. Visitation will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight at Bilbrey Funeral Home.
McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) May 23, 2003
Barbara A. King, 46
Altamont resident Barbara A. King, 46, died May 20.
The daughter of the late Cambrook and Maudie Louise Reed Payne; she was preceded in death by brother, Bobby Cagle; and granddaughter, Cassidy Blake Brady.
She is survived by her husband, Lynn King; daughter, Kristi King; sons and daughters-in-law, Tony and Sheila Pelham, Joey King, Robert Bandy and Kyle Turner; sister, Betty Jane Reed of Manchester; brothers, Joe and Billy Cagle of McMinnville, Jimmy Cagle of Rock Island, Junior Cagle of Morrison; grandchildren, Brooklyn and Ethan Brady.
Services were held Thursday at Layne Funeral Home Chapel in Altamont with Kenneth Kirby officiating. Burial followed at Bess-Whitman-King Cemetery.
Layne Funeral Home of Altamont was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) May 23, 2003
Rebecca Lou Holden Logan, 89
Shelbyville resident and Bedford County native Rebecca Lou Holden Logan, 89, died May 19 at Lynchburg Nursing Home.
A retired licensed practical nurse, beginning her nursing career in 1939 at the old Bedford County Hospital, she trained under Drs. Ben Burdette, Dr. Alfred Farrar and Dr. T.A. Ray. During her training she lived at the hospital with other nurses and continued her career when the new hospital opened in 1952 until her retirement from Bedford County Nursing Home in 1977.
A member of Fairlane Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Raleigh Amos and Saphronia Edna Cannon Holden.
She is survived by daughter and son-in-law, Mary Ruth Logan and Alben Simmons of Shelbyville; son and daughter-in-law, Ernest Taylor and Lynda Logan of Murfreesboro; grandchildren and their spouses, Meredith Anne Simmons and Ray Higgs of McMinnville, Andrew Taylor and Christie Logan, and Aaron Ross Logan, all of Murfreesboro; sisters, Meunice Hamilton Sharp of Fort Valley, Va., Dean Lindsay of Artmore, Ala., Evie Phifer of Chapel Hill, and Christine Ratcliff of Cornersville; nephews, Samuel Wesley II, John David, and Timothy Holden, Raleigh Lindsey and Roger Lindsey, Mark, Wendell and Darrell Phifer; and nieces, Gwen and Kathryn Hamilton and Margaret Hamilton Lipscomb. She was preceded in death by brothers, James Louis and Rev. Amos Wesley Holden.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Willow Mount Cemetery with Dick Poplin officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to New Hope Cemetery, in care of Larry Hasty, 961 Old Virginia Road, Shelbyville, Tenn., 37160.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel in Shelbyville is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) May 23, 2003