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Rebecca Anne Grime Jennings, 74

Lebanon resident Rebecca Anne Grime Jennings, 74, was born Oct. 5, 1932 and died Sept. 16.

A retired vice president from First Tennessee Bank (formerly Lebanon Bank) and office manager of Jennings Motor Company, she was a graduate of Lebanon High School and attended Cumberland University. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Hall and Alline Bass Grime, and married the late Eugene Joe Jennings in 1951. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Rebecca ‘Becky’ Elizabeth Jennings Winfree and a sister, Sarah Grime Settle.

Survivors include son and daughter-in-law Joseph Flyn and Shawna Jennings, son-in-law Kenneth Winfree, grandchildren Eric (Jenny) Winfree and Rebecca (Ray) Hubner and step-grandchildren Avery and Easton Ferrell, all of Lebanon; sisters Lois Fitch of Viola, Margaret Cook of Lafayette and Betty (Loyd T.) Nokes of Murfreesboro; brother Dr. Harvey Hall Grime and sister-in-law Patricia Grime of Lebanon; sister-in-law Joan (William) Philpot of Tompkinsville, Ky.; and brothers-in-law Doug Jennings of Lebanon, John (Jerelyn Jennings of Hendersonville and Frank (Hazel) Settle of Gaston, S.C.

Services were held Tuesday, Sept. 18, at Immanuel Baptist Church with Donald Owens, W.D. Thomason and W.L. Baker officiating. Interment followed at Wilson County Memorial Park.

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