Obituary Report for June 13, 2003
Smithville resident and Tampa, Fla., native Cynthia Suzette Link Melton, 41, died unexpectedly June 9.
She is survived by her husband, Mark Melton of Morrison; stepdaughter, Keri Melton of Georgia; stepsons, Taylor Holton Melton and Dalton Melton, both of McMinnville, Mark Derwade Melton II of Georgia and Travis Melton of Smithville; mother, Charlotte Deanna Quevedo of Valrico, Fla.; father, Brownie Lee Maynard of Hermitage; stepmother, Patricia Diane Maynard of Hermitage; adoptive parents, Lloyd Dean and Betty June Spivey Link Sr.; sisters, Lee Yuvonne Ross of Washington, N.C., Elizabeth Yvette Maynard of Valrico, Dena Owens of Nashville, Tammy Lynn Maynard and Faitha Maynard, both of Hermitage, and Misty Maynard of Bon Aqua; and brothers, David Hutchins of Valrico and Jim Owens of Smyrna.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at High’s Chapel with Scotty Lawson officiating. Burial will follow at Hills Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 9 p.m. today and 9 a.m. until time of service Saturday at High’s.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) June 13, 2003
Virginia Dell Ayers, 80
McMinnville resident and Sylvania, Ga., native Virginia Dell Ayers, 80, died June 11 at River Park Hospital after a one-month illness.
A homemaker and a member of Shellsford Baptist Church, she was the daughter of Alfred Bowers and Janie Jenkins Sowell; and was preceded in death by her husband, C.L. (Cowboy) Ayers; brothers, Fred J. and Wadley Eugene Sowell; sister, Deweese Lee; and granddaughter, Jennifer Ayers.
She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Lynn and Virginia Ayers, Glenn and Jean Ayers, Buford and Debbie Ayers, all of McMinnville; grandchildren, Corey Ayers, Bryan Ayers, Michelle Dodson, Amy Blankenship, Brad Ayers, Christy Newby and Angela Gunter; great-grandchildren, Blaine Ayers Young, Colby Blankenship, Haley Newby, Kacie Newby and Joslynn Gunter; sisters and brothers-in-law, Wilma Anderson of Sylvania, Ga., Annie and Robert Haynes of Chattanooga, Clifford Lee of Camilla, Ga.; brothers and sisters-in-law, Lynwood (Sam) and Joann Sowell, Tommy and Hilda Jane Sowell, and Helen Sowell, all of Sylvania, Catherine Ayers of Prospect Park, Pa., and Sarah Dixon of Cincinnati, Ohio; several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Shellsford Baptist Church with Lewis Young and Jackie Matheny officiating. Burial will follow at Shellsford Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. today at High’s.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) June 13, 2003
Wilsie Hobbs Tate, 86
McMinnville resident Wilsie Hobbs Tate, 86, died June 10 in Chattanooga.
A graduate of MTSU, she was a retired teacher and homemaker, a life-long Christian and a member of the Church of Christ congregations in Chattanooga and Beersheba Springs.
The daughter of the late Herman and Carlena Rubley Hobbs of Tarlton, she was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Jasper J. Tate; brother, James G. Hobbs and granddaughter, Alicia Campbell Turner.
She is survived by children and their spouses, Sandra and Kenneth M. Hereford of Chattanooga, James M. Tate Sr. of McMinnville, Cathy and Paul E. Campbell of Palmer; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; sisters and brothers-in-law, Sarah Anne and Parker Walker of McMinnville, Dorothy and Freeman Irvin, Joyce and Joe H. Knowles, all of Chattanooga; several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. today at McMinnville Funeral Home with Glen Killian officiating. Burial will follow at Hunerwadel Cemetery in Beersheba Springs. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. until time of service today at McMinnville Funeral Home.
McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) June 13, 2003
Julia Mai Wooten, 96
Hubbards Cove community resident and Grundy County native Julia Mai Wooten, 96, died June 11 at NHC Healthcare after an extended illness.
A retired educator with the Grundy County School System for 42 years and a member of Viola United Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late Leonard and Lou Tisha Sweeton Brown; and was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Wooten; sister, Elizabeth Parvin; and brothers, Ray, Lindsey and Tillman Brown.
She is survived by daughter and son-in-law, Bettye and Bob Sherwood of Morrison; granddaughter and her spouse, Sherri and Randy Fults of Morrison; great-granddaughter, Alexa Fults of Morrison; sister, Mary Rawlins of Middletown, Ohio; several nieces, nephews and friends.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. today at McMinnville Funeral Home with Rev. Beth Ezell and Rev. Johnny Hobbs officiating. Burial will follow at Wesley’s Chapel Cemetery in Coffee County. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until time of service today at McMinnville Funeral Home.
McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) June 13, 2003
Ella Bryant Wallace, 89
McMinnville resident and Van Buren County native Ella Bryant Wallace, 89, died June 10 at NHC Healthcare after an extended illness.
A homemaker and a member of Laurel Creek Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Mary Tennie Jones Bryant; and was preceded in death by husband, Powell Malone Wallace Sr., sister, Emma Shockley; and brothers, Morgan, Robert and Butler Bryant.
She is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Margaret and Charles Coomer of Conyers, Ga., Patty and Webber Cantrell of McMinnville; son and daughter-in-law, Powell and Nancy Wallace of McMinnville; sister, Sophia Stiles of Spencer; Wallace Bryant of McMinnville; grandchildren, Jim Davis, Catherine Coomer, Christina Coomer, Andrea Cantrell, Julie Cantrell, Tiffany Wallace and Powell Wallace III; and great-grandchildren, Mason Davis, Carter Davis, Chloe Wallace, Tyler Prater, Cole Wallace and Asher Wallace.
Services were held Thursday at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel with Nestor Stewart and Rev. Robert Case officiating. Burial followed at Mt. View Cemetery.
McMinnville Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) June 13, 2003