Obituary Report for March 3, 2002
Bonnie Sue Phillips Hayes, 64
Warren County resident and native Bonnie Sue Phillips Hayes, 64, died Feb. 28 at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro after an extended illness.
A homemaker and a member of Morrison Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Earl D. and Virginia Ruth Paige Phillips; and was preceded in death by daughter, Jimmie Sue Hayes; and brother, David Leon Phillips.
She is survived by daughter and son-in-law, Diana and Darrell Cunningham of Morrison; son and daughter-in-law, David and Kathy Hayes of Morrison; grandchildren, Kyle Cunningham, Kenny Hayes and James David Hayes, all of Morrison; niece, Angele Macias of Florida; and nephew, David Phillips of Florida.
Services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home Chapel with Ken Willis and Ralph Tucker officiating. Burial will follow at Gardens of Memory. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and 8 a.m. until time of service Saturday at Love-Cantrell & Cope.
Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) March 1, 2002
Abslom Grant Simonds, 71
Rock Island resident and Kingston native Abslom Grant Simonds, 71, died Feb. 26 at River Park Hospital.
A retired General Motors employee and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of Olin W. and Ellen Kate Miller; and was preceded in death by daughter, Lawanna Gail Simonds; and brother, Donald Simonds.
He is survived by his wife, Esther Hutchings Simonds; son and daughter-in-law, Joseph Grant and Sheila Simonds of San Bernardino, Calif.; granddaughters, Michelle Barnhill of McMinnville, Sherry Lynn Morris of Rock Island, Jessica and Rachael Simonds, both of San Bernardino; great-grandsons, Logan and Blake Barnhill of McMinnville; brothers, Olan W. Simonds Jr. of Oitz, Miss., and Burkette Simonds of Anaheim, Calif.; and sisters, Radie Chandler, Rose Turner, Sarah Ferguson, Kay Simonds, Barbara Mills, Patricia Henry, Cindy Young and Mary Ann Gardner, all of California.
Memorial services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at High’s Chapel with Cecil VanWinkle officiating. Visitation will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. Saturday at High’s.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) March 1, 2002
Bill Snipes, 58
Morrison resident and McMinnville native Bill Snipes, 58, died Feb. 27 at Middle Tennessee Medical Center.
The owner of Heartland Farms and a member of Rutledge Falls Baptist Church, he was the son of Evelyn Miller Snipes of Morrison and the late Clifford T. Snipes.
He is survived by daughters, Tammy Snipes Webb and Kellye Snipes McCuller, both of McMinnville, and Lisa (Willie) Snipes Uselton of Murfreesboro; grandchildren, Jonathan, David, and Rebekah Smith, David Wesley Uselton and Kristin Uselton; sisters, Marian Jacobs of Morrison and Nancy Chilcutt of McMinnville; and special friend, Kitty Williams of Manchester.
Services will beheld at 11 a.m. Saturday at Coffee County Funeral Home Chapel with T. Frank Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Zion Cemetery. Visitation will be held from noon until 9 p.m. today at Coffee County Funeral Home. Memorial donations may be made to the Kidney Foundation.
Coffee County Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) March 1, 2002
Paul H. Herndon, 85
Morrison resident and Warren County native Paul H. Herndon, 85, died Feb. 27 at his home after a brief illness.
A retired Carrier employee, a farmer, a member of Caney Branch The Baptist Church and the Warren County Farm Bureau, he was the son of the late Henry Brewer and Bessie Elizabeth Medley Herndon; and was preceded in death by his wife, Vernie Lois Dennis Herndon; and brother, Joe Herndon.
He is survived by brother, H.L. (Lester) Herndon of McMinnville; several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel with Leonard Herman officiating. Burial will follow at Centertown Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 to 9 p.m. today and 10 a.m. until time of service Saturday at McMinnville Funeral Home.
McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) March 1, 2002
Willie Roe Jordan, 91
Morrison resident and Warren County native Willie Roe Jordan, 91, died Feb. 26 at River Park Hospital after an extended illness.
A retired employee of General Motors and a member of Morrison First Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late W.P. and Mattie Alice White Dodson; and was preceded in death by her husband, Calvin Jordan; son, Billy Samuel Jordan; brother, John Dodson; and sisters, Mattie Pearl Stotts and Cora Mae Malone.
She is survived by daughters, Vera Francis Craig of Land O’ Lake, Fla., and Virginia Mae Golembiewski of Ferndale, Mich; sons, Calvin Jordan Jr. of Morrison and Eugene Jordan of Smithville and Robert White Jordan of Columbiaville; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel with Nathan Wilkerson officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Zion Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until time of service today at McMinnville Funeral Home.
McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) March 1, 2002
Gertie M. Price, 69
McMinnville resident and Spencer native Gertie M. Price, 69, died unexpectedly Feb. 27 at Cookeville Regional Hospital.
A homemaker and a member of Clarks Chapel Church of God, she was the daughter of the late Kie and Joyce Fisher Neal; and was preceded in death by brothers, Charles Neal and James Edward Neal.
She is survived by her husband, Hearman (Jack) Price; halfsister, Frances Fults of McMinnville; several cousins, nephews, nieces and special friends.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. today at Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home Spencer Chapel with Danny Rogers officiating. Burial will follow at Cummingsville Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 8 a.m. until time of service today at the Spencer Chapel.
Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home Spencer Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) March, 1, 2002
Annie Walls Hendrixson, 84
Smithville resident Annie Walls Hendrixson, 84, died Feb. 24 at NHC in McMinnville.
A retired cafeteria worker at DeKalb High School and a member of Mt. Herman Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Falson and Esther Childress Walls; and was preceded in death by son, Jimmy Hendrixson; sisters, Willie White, Jennie Tramel, Geraldine Walls; and brothers, Rufus, Frank and J. Van Walls.
She is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Sarah Frances and David Wright, Jo Ann and Bryan Neely, all of McMinnville, Johnnie and James Barnes of Tullahoma, Judy and Jerry Vanatta of Smithville; daughter-in-law, Linda Hendrixson of Dowelltown; 12 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, sisters, Earlene Olson and Bettie Sandlin, both of Smithville; and brother, Jimmy H. Walls of Smithville.
Services were held Tuesday at Love-Cantrell Funeral Home in Smithville with Chuck Olson and Dave Carden officiating. Burial followed at DeKalb Memorial Gardens.
Love-Cantrell Funeral Home of Smithville was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) March, 1, 2002
Nathan C. Hopkins, 26
Chicopee, Mass., resident and Northampton, Mass., native Nathan C. Hopkins, 26, died unexpectedly Feb. 25 in Chicopee.
A student at Holyoke Community College in Massachusetts, he is survived by his parents, Willard and Pamela Hopkins of Sparta; brother, Willard W. Hopkins of Germany; sister, Jennifer Hollingsworth of Tennessee; maternal grandparents, Chester and Dorothy Rybski of Holyoke; several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home Spencer Chapel with Ricky Rigsby officiating. Burial will follow at Seitz Cemetery. Visitation will be held form 4 to 9 p.m. today and 9 a.m. until time of service Saturday at the Spencer Chapel.
Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home Spencer Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) March, 1, 2002
Elzora Lawson, 83
Spencer resident and Walker County, Ga., native Elzora Lawson, 83, died Feb. 27 at Generation Center after an extended illness.
A homemaker and a member of the Church of God, she was the daughter of George and Thea Durham Gilreath; and was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Lawson; son, Jessie Alton Osburn; two sisters and two brothers.
She is survived by son, Billy Brooks of Gordon, Ga.; daughter, Emma Jo Daniels of Dallas, Texas; nine grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home Spencer Chapel with burial following at Town Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 8 a.m. until time of service today at the Spencer Chapel.
Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home Spencer Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) March, 1, 2002
Autumn Dawn, Madison Grace and Clinton Allen Jones, Infants
Triplet siblings Autumn Dawn, Madison Grace and Clinton Allen Jones died Feb. 24 at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro.
They were the children of James and Cissy Lynn Warren Jones of McMinnville and are survived by sister, Kelsey Noel Jones of McMinnville; paternal grandparents, Larry and Jane Jones of McMinnville; maternal grandparents, Naomi and Billy Hooper, Terry and Teresa Warren, all of McMinnville; great-grandparents, Cleve and Ruth McGuire, Elma and Dortha Jones, Buell and Flossie Warren, Edward and Ruth Hooper, all of McMinnville, and Melba Stembridge of Centertown; aunt and uncle, LaJuana and Lee Baker of McMinnville; aunts, Melia Warren and Mandy Hooper; cousins, LaKaryl and Nathaniel Baker; several great-aunts and great-uncles. The were preceded in death by great-grandfather, James Stembridge.
Graveside services were held Thursday at Bethany Cemetery with Gary Colley officiating.
High Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) March 1, 2002