OBITUARIES

Sparta, Tennessee Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Sparta, Tennessee & Surrounding Areas

Lucy Roberts

Lucy Roberts

May 3, 2014

Lucy Belle Gamble Roberts, age 97, passed away Saturday, May 3, 2014 at NHC of Sparta.

Lucy was born March 9, 1917, the daughter of Lewis Breedlove and Susie Hamock Breedlove of Blackstone, VA.

Preceded in death by her parents; husbands Jack Gamble and Clyde Roberts; son Richard Gamble; four brothers and four sisters. She...

Cora Buff

Cora Buff

Apr 28, 2014

Cora B. Stockton Buff, passed away Monday, April 28, 2014, after a long illness with cancer at her home in Sparta, formerly of Cookeville.

Cora was the daughter of Marshall Hodges Stockton and Ella Pervus Wilmoth Stockton, which she was born in Putnam County in a log home.

She grew up as a...

Jessie Conley

Jessie Conley

Apr 25, 2014

Jessie Melba Young Conley, age 79, passed away Friday, April 25, 2014 at her residence.

Jessie was born April 30, 1934, the daughter of Vance Young and Nannie Marie Phillips of White County, TN.

Preceded in death by her parents; husband, J. C. Conley, Sr; sons, James Curtis Conley and J. C. Conley,...

Mary Griffin

Mary Griffin

Apr 20, 2014

Mary B. (Sallie) Griffin, age 78, passed away Sunday, April 20, 2014 at her residence.

Sallie was born February 4, 1936, the daughter of Porter Fulton and Dorothy Fulton of Overton County, TN.

Preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Jeff Fulton and Jackie Fulton; sister, Katie Lowes; and companion, Gylnn S. (Chow-Wow)...

Eula Finley

Eula Finley

Apr 14, 2014

Mrs. Eula Bullock Finley, age 78, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2014 at Highlands Medical Center in Sparta. Eula was born October 18, 1935, the daughter of the late Jim Bullock and the late Lola Melton Bullock of Overton County, Tennessee. Preceded in death by her parents, 3 sisters, Elizabeth Sell, Ruby Daniels and Idell Conner; 2...

Anthony Boldin

Anthony Boldin

Apr 10, 2014

Anthony Billy Boldin, age 40, the son of Billy Roe Boldin and Brenda Dodson Boldin born July 28,1973. Passed away from this life April 10, 2014.

He was preceded in death by his father, Billy Roe Boldin; brother, James Albert Boldin; his maternal grandparents, James C. and Ida Mae Judd Dodson; paternal grandparents, Willie and...

Claude Bradley

Claude Bradley

Apr 10, 2014

Mr. Claude Bradley, age 61, passed away Thursday, April 10, 2014 at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, TN.

Claude was born April 16, 1952, the son of the late Scott Breeding Bradley and the late Laurine Taylor Bradley of Sparta.

He was a member at Bear Cove Baptist Church. He served as Alderman and...

John Iii

John Iii

Apr 10, 2014

John Howard Shoemaker, III, age 36, passed away Thursday, April 10, 2014 in Sparta.

John was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on January 19, 1978, the son of the late John Howard Shoemaker, Jr. and Ruth Hawkins Shoemaker.

Preceded in death by his father, John Howard Shoemaker, Jr.

He is survived by wife, Karrie...

Buddy Beaty

Buddy Beaty

Apr 5, 2014

Mr. Buddy Randall Beaty, age 52, passed away at Highlands Medical Center on Saturday, April 5, 2014.

Mr. Beaty was born in Monterey, TN on October 4, 1961, the son of Buddy Roger Beaty and Martha VanWinkle Beaty.

He was preceded in death by his parents as well as his wife, Lisa Carter...

David Fitzsimmons

David Fitzsimmons

Mar 30, 2014

Mr. David Garrett Fitzsimmons, age 57, passed away Sunday, March 30, 2014 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN.

Mr. Fitzsimmons was born April 6, 1956, the son of the late Charles Patrick Fitzsimmons and the late Barbara Jo-Ann Garrett Fitzsimmons of Sparta formerly Pana, Illinois.

He is survived by his sisters, Elizabeth Fitzsimmons of...

Jeremy Vick

Jeremy Vick

Mar 29, 2014

Mr. Jeremy Lee Vick, age 25, passed away Friday night, March 28, 2014 due to a car accident coming home from work.

Jeremy was born August 9, 1988, the son of Jeffrey Brian Young and Kathy Vick Young in Madison, Wisconsin.

He is survived by his wife, Nichole Charlene Klausner Vick; children, Cambrie...

Harold Adcock

Harold Adcock

Mar 28, 2014

Mr. Harold T. (Dick) Adcock, age 75, passed away Friday, March 28, 2014 at NHC in Sparta, TN.

Mr. Adcock was born November 17, 1938, the son of Thomas Adcock and Willie Howard Adcock of White County, TN.

He was preceded in death by his parents; son, John Richard Adcock; brother, Ray Adcock;...

Margaret Gardner

Margaret Gardner

Mar 25, 2014

Mrs. Margaret Alberta Wilhite Gardner, age 79, passed away quietly Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at N.H.C. of Sparta.

Mrs. Gardner was born February 8, 1935, the daughter of Bill Wilhite and Ollie Belle Tallent Wilhite of White County, TN.

She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Sam Kirk Gardner; and brother,...

Bedford Taylor, Jr

Bedford Taylor, Jr

Mar 13, 2014

Mr. Bedford (Junior) Stanton Taylor, Jr., age 65, of Sparta, TN, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2014 at NHC of Sparta.

Mr. Taylor was born in Sparta, TN on April 28, 1948 and was the son of Bedford Stanton Taylor, Sr. and Euna Lee Jones Taylor.

Preceded in death by parents, infant sister...

Earl Meyers

Earl Meyers

Mar 6, 2014

Mr. Earl Howard Meyers, age 88, of Nashville, TN, passed away Thursday, March 6,2014 at St. Thomas Hospital.

Mr. Meyers was born in McCallister, OK on October 4, 1925 and was the son of Arthur H. Meyers and Hilda Louise Caldwell Kent.

Mr. Meyers served his country 1942a�"1945 in WWII , United States Air Force...

Patricia Moseley

Patricia Moseley

Mar 4, 2014

Patricia Ann Wair Moseley, left this world to passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at Cookeville Regional Hospital.

She was the daughter of Clyde William Wair Sr. and Fannie Louise Taylor Wair, born March 15, 1945 in Nashville, TN.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Clyde William Wair Jr. and Virgil...

Hoyt Duncan

Hoyt Duncan

Mar 1, 2014

Mr. Hoyt Michael Duncan, age 63, passed away Saturday, March 1, 2014 at his home in Sparta, TN.

Mr. Duncan was born February 10th, 1951, the son of Carl Duncan and Opal Bumbalough Duncan of White County, TN.

He was preceded in death by his parents. .

He is survived by his wife,...

Ellen Jordan

Ellen Jordan

Feb 25, 2014

Ellen "Trixie" Mayfield Jordan left this world to be with the Lord on February 25, 2014 after an extended illness. She was a former employee of Wilson Manufacturing and a longtime member of Smith Chapel Freewill Baptist Church.

Mrs. Jordan is survived by two children: Robin Jordan of Bowling Green, Kentucky and David Jordan (fiancAC., Connie Fish)...

John Rowland

John Rowland

Feb 25, 2014

Mr. John David Rowland, age 50, passed away Tuesday, February 25, 2014 in Heritage Medical Center in Shelbyville, TN.

Mr. Rowland was born September 23rd, 1963, the son of John Riley Rowland and Mary Edwina Rowland of White County, TN.

He was preceded in death by his parents. .

He was survived by...

Joyce Crosslin

Joyce Crosslin

Feb 17, 2014

Joyce Maxine Hudgens Crosslin Age 81

Joyce Maxine Hudgens Crosslin went home to the Lord on Monday, February 17, 2014.

Born in White County on January 29, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Frank Hudgens and Thelma Stewart Hudgens. Joyce married Robert Lynn Crosslin on July 15, 1950.

She was a...

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