Obituary Report for April 26, 2002

Steven Daniel Hale, 17
Cannon County resident and Rutherford County native Steven Daniel Hale, 17, died April 24 at Stones River Hospital in Woodbury from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

A student at Cannon County High School and a member of Center Hill Baptist Church, he was the son of Ricky D. and Debbie Elkins Hale of Cannon County; and is survived by grandparents, Larry and Judy Murphy of Murfreesboro, Vernon and Phyllis Elkins, and Peggy Elkins, all of McMinnville; great-grandfather, Paul Haley of Woodbury; sister, Whitney Hale of Cannon County; uncles and aunts, Mark and Vernon Elkins of Woodbury, Kathy and Marvin Hale of Woodbury, Tracy and Jessica Murphy of Murfreesboro.

Services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at Woodbury Funeral Home Chapel with Earl Adcock officiating. Burial will follow at Gunter-Grizzle Cemetery. Visitation begins at 11 a.m. today at Woodbury Funeral Home.

Woodbury Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) April 26, 2002

Milbern Shoemake, 82
Gainesboro resident and Jackson County native Milbern Shoemake, 82, died April 25 at Cookeville Regional Hospital.

A retired mechanic, an employee of the Meals on Wheels program for the Upper Cumberland Resource Agency and a member of Center Grove Church of Christ, he served as a county commissioner for Jackson County. He served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II.

The son of the late Benton and May Goolsby Shoemake Flatt, he was preceded in death by sisters, Jewell Dean Brown and JoAnn Proffitt.

He is survived by his wife, Marie Pippin Shoemake; son and daughter-in-law, David and Teresa Shoemake of Gainesboro; daughters and sons-in-law, Merlene and Vincent Coletti, Brenda and Gerard La Vigne, all of Sterling Heights, Mich., Cathy and Bruce Howell of Gainesboro; sisters, Aline Whitaker of Gainesboro and Margurite Sadler of McMinnville; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Anderson Funeral Home in Gainesboro with John Mabery officiating. Burial will follow at Young Cemetery in the Center Grove community of Jackson County.

Anderson Funeral Home of Gainesboro is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) April 26, 2002