Obituaries for March 15, 2010
Mar 15, 2010 12:00 am
James Ernest Belcher
Services for Mr. Belcher will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at Hunter Funeral Home with Bro. Gynnath Ford officiating. Interment will be in Commerce Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, March 15, from 4-8 p.m. and prior to service on Tuesday.
Mr. Belcher, 66, of Watertown, passed away Sunday, March 14, 2010 at University Medical Center in Lebanon. He was a truck driver and a member of Commerce Church of Christ.
He was preceded in death by parents, Larry Belcher and Earlene Fowler Belcher.
Survivors include: wife of 24 years, Janiece Rowland Belcher of Commerce; cousins, Tessa (Bill) Dean, Cayce (Jim) Clay, Emilie Simpson, Courtney (Brandon) Gregg, all of Nashville; special friends, Domingo and Ruby Samaniego of Fla., Don and Barbara Bates of Lafayette, Jim and Sherry Beck of Ky. and Doris Ann Fields of Commerce.
Jim Clay, Clyde Griffin, Bart Griffin, Billy Joe Allison, Mike Petty, Jeff Reynolds and Carl Lamberson will serve as pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers, memorial may be made to the Commerce Church of Christ.
Hunter Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Lela Mai Burnett
Services for Mrs. Burnett will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 16, at Sellars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet, with Bro. August Ruff officiating. Interment will follow at Nashville National Cemetery, 1420 Gallatin Road South, Madison, Tenn. Visitation will be Sunday, March 14, from 4-8 p.m. and on Monday, March 15, from 4-8 p.m.
Mrs. Burnett, 85, of Mt. Juliet, passed away Saturday, March 13, 2010. She was a member of the Green Hill Church of Christ.
She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Mai Belle Reed Reasonover; husband, Robert Burnett; daughters, Bobbie Hicks and Pam Hamblen; and great-daughter
, Jordan Hamblen.
Survivors include: daughters, Gail Gilchrist, Kathy (Randy) Burton and Judy Derryberry; sons, Harry (Donna) Burnett and Robert "Bubba" Burnett; 19 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.
Sellars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet in charge of arrangements.
Edna Mae Dunnavant
Services for Mrs. Dunnavant will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, in the Partlow Funeral Chapel, with Dr. Larry Locke officiating. Interment will be held on Wednesday, March 17, in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Nashville at 11 a.m. Visitation will be Monday, March 15, from 2-8 p.m. and on Tuesday, from 10 a.m. until service time.
Mrs. Dunnavant, 88, passed away Saturday, March 13, 2010 in the St. Thomas Hospital. She was a member of the College Hills Church of Christ, a Food and Nutrition Assistant with the University of Tennessee Extension Service and a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Lella Hagewood Speight; husband of 48 years, Floyd Ezra Dunnavant, Jr.; infant son, Ronald Dale Dunnavant; sisters, Geneva Speight, Bettie Tant and Robbie Waddell.
Survivors include: sons, Floyd (Susan) Dunnavant III of Lebanon and Craig (Dorothy) Dunnavant of Ala.; daughters, Rita Dunnavant, Cynthia (Bobby) Johnson and Nancy (Bob) Check, all of Lebanon; sisters, Evelyn Lee of Ashland City, Tenn.; grandchildren, Daniel (Linda) Dunnavant of Ala. and DeeDee (Kris) Hatchell of Nashville; several nieces and nephews.
Active pallbearers will Bobby Lee, Trent Lee, Benny Ligon, Josh Check, Daniel Dunnavant and Kris Hatchell. Honorary pallbearers will be Joyce Ligon, Angie Johnston, Mary Butler, Grace Greenway, Amber Wallace, Minnie Reynolds, Deborah Hamilton, Donna Butler and the staff of Hearthside of Castle Heights Retirement Center.
In lieu of flowers, the family request donations may be made to the College Hills Church of Christ Children's Ministry or Youth Reach, 1401 Leeville Pike, Lebanon 37087.
Partlow Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements.
Elizabeth Gray Gallaher
Services for Mrs. Gallaher will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at First United Methodist Church in Lebanon. Visitation will be Monday, March 15, from 4-8 p.m. and on Tuesday from 1 p.m. until service time.
Mrs. Gallaher, 86, passed away Saturday, March 13, 2010, after a long illness. She was born in Giles County, Tenn. and moved to Nashville when she was 9 years of age. She attended Hume Goff and graduated from Howard High School. She married Thomas J. Gallaher on June 28, 1946. She enjoyed playing tennis, ping pong and baseball with her grandchildren. She drove a pick-up truck until recent years and baked her famous chocolate chip cookies for anyone she knew who was hurting in some way.
She was preceded in death by her parents, William Gray and Elizabeth Gray; sister, Wilburn Callis; brothers, William Gray, Allie Gray, Herman Gray; and son-in-law, John Wymer.
Survivors include: husband, T.J.; children, Bill (Emmie) Gallaher of Knoxville, Tom Gallaher of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Donna (Bob) Hamilton of Lebanon, Debra Wymer of Huntsville, Ala., Diana Gallaher of Lebanon and John (Ashlie) Gallaher of Lebanon; grandchildren, Kevin (Melissa Anna Walker) Gallaher, April (Conway) Ella, Matthew (Kara Kemp) Gallaher, Michael Miller, Patrick Gallaher, Preston (Angela) Gallaher, Paty Hamilton, Rob Hamilton, Jimmy Wymer, Elizabeth Wymer, Jack Wymer, Grace Gallaher, Anna Belle Gallaher and Lofton Gallaher; three great-grandchildren, Campbell, Thatcher and Graham Ella; brother, Jim (Gladys) Gray of Nashville; sister-in-law, Agnes (Ford) Mayes of Donelson; many nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the charity or church of your choice.
Sellars Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Gladys Elizabeth Kilzer
Services for Mrs. Kilzer will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at Sellars Funeral Home, with Bro. Danny Sellars officiating. Interment will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be at Sellars from 12 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Monday, March 15 and from 10 a.m. until service on Tuesday.
Mrs. Kilzer, 58, passed away March 12, 2010.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Louis W. and Treva Cole Adams; special friend, Danny Williams.
Survivors include: children, Melissa (Michael) Timbs and James (Angela) Woodall; father of children, James Woodall; siblings, Louis (Ruth) Adams, Bonnie (Joe) Armstrong and Nathan (Wanda) Adams; grandchildren, Candice Adams, Jacob Worley, Ashley Woodall, Abby Woodall, Briana Woodall and Sahvanna Woodall; three great-grandchildren.
Family will serve as pallbearers.
James Cleo "Slide" Robertson
Services for Mr. Robertson will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, at JC Hellum Funeral Home, with Pastor Willis Orr, St. and Pastor Damond Brigg officiating. Interment will be in Wilson Co. Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Wednesday, from 1 p.m. until service time.
Mr. Robertson, 59, passed away March 12, 2010 at University Medical Center.
Survivors include: devoted wife, Hattie Robertson; children, Ricco (Shawntell), Latisha S. Tapley and Frenesha White; brother, John Robertson; daughter-in-law, Kierra Robertson; other relatives and friends.
JC Hellum Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Scriptoria Wester
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Wester are incomplete at this time.
Mrs. Wester, 93, passed away Saturday, March 13, at Cedars Health Center.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny "Preacher Man" Wester.
Disyal Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Services for Mr. Belcher will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at Hunter Funeral Home with Bro. Gynnath Ford officiating. Interment will be in Commerce Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, March 15, from 4-8 p.m. and prior to service on Tuesday.
Mr. Belcher, 66, of Watertown, passed away Sunday, March 14, 2010 at University Medical Center in Lebanon. He was a truck driver and a member of Commerce Church of Christ.
He was preceded in death by parents, Larry Belcher and Earlene Fowler Belcher.
Survivors include: wife of 24 years, Janiece Rowland Belcher of Commerce; cousins, Tessa (Bill) Dean, Cayce (Jim) Clay, Emilie Simpson, Courtney (Brandon) Gregg, all of Nashville; special friends, Domingo and Ruby Samaniego of Fla., Don and Barbara Bates of Lafayette, Jim and Sherry Beck of Ky. and Doris Ann Fields of Commerce.
Jim Clay, Clyde Griffin, Bart Griffin, Billy Joe Allison, Mike Petty, Jeff Reynolds and Carl Lamberson will serve as pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers, memorial may be made to the Commerce Church of Christ.
Hunter Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Lela Mai Burnett
Services for Mrs. Burnett will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 16, at Sellars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet, with Bro. August Ruff officiating. Interment will follow at Nashville National Cemetery, 1420 Gallatin Road South, Madison, Tenn. Visitation will be Sunday, March 14, from 4-8 p.m. and on Monday, March 15, from 4-8 p.m.
Mrs. Burnett, 85, of Mt. Juliet, passed away Saturday, March 13, 2010. She was a member of the Green Hill Church of Christ.
She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Mai Belle Reed Reasonover; husband, Robert Burnett; daughters, Bobbie Hicks and Pam Hamblen; and great-daughter
, Jordan Hamblen.
Survivors include: daughters, Gail Gilchrist, Kathy (Randy) Burton and Judy Derryberry; sons, Harry (Donna) Burnett and Robert "Bubba" Burnett; 19 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.
Sellars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet in charge of arrangements.
Edna Mae Dunnavant
Services for Mrs. Dunnavant will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, in the Partlow Funeral Chapel, with Dr. Larry Locke officiating. Interment will be held on Wednesday, March 17, in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Nashville at 11 a.m. Visitation will be Monday, March 15, from 2-8 p.m. and on Tuesday, from 10 a.m. until service time.
Mrs. Dunnavant, 88, passed away Saturday, March 13, 2010 in the St. Thomas Hospital. She was a member of the College Hills Church of Christ, a Food and Nutrition Assistant with the University of Tennessee Extension Service and a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Lella Hagewood Speight; husband of 48 years, Floyd Ezra Dunnavant, Jr.; infant son, Ronald Dale Dunnavant; sisters, Geneva Speight, Bettie Tant and Robbie Waddell.
Survivors include: sons, Floyd (Susan) Dunnavant III of Lebanon and Craig (Dorothy) Dunnavant of Ala.; daughters, Rita Dunnavant, Cynthia (Bobby) Johnson and Nancy (Bob) Check, all of Lebanon; sisters, Evelyn Lee of Ashland City, Tenn.; grandchildren, Daniel (Linda) Dunnavant of Ala. and DeeDee (Kris) Hatchell of Nashville; several nieces and nephews.
Active pallbearers will Bobby Lee, Trent Lee, Benny Ligon, Josh Check, Daniel Dunnavant and Kris Hatchell. Honorary pallbearers will be Joyce Ligon, Angie Johnston, Mary Butler, Grace Greenway, Amber Wallace, Minnie Reynolds, Deborah Hamilton, Donna Butler and the staff of Hearthside of Castle Heights Retirement Center.
In lieu of flowers, the family request donations may be made to the College Hills Church of Christ Children's Ministry or Youth Reach, 1401 Leeville Pike, Lebanon 37087.
Partlow Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements.
Elizabeth Gray Gallaher
Services for Mrs. Gallaher will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at First United Methodist Church in Lebanon. Visitation will be Monday, March 15, from 4-8 p.m. and on Tuesday from 1 p.m. until service time.
Mrs. Gallaher, 86, passed away Saturday, March 13, 2010, after a long illness. She was born in Giles County, Tenn. and moved to Nashville when she was 9 years of age. She attended Hume Goff and graduated from Howard High School. She married Thomas J. Gallaher on June 28, 1946. She enjoyed playing tennis, ping pong and baseball with her grandchildren. She drove a pick-up truck until recent years and baked her famous chocolate chip cookies for anyone she knew who was hurting in some way.
She was preceded in death by her parents, William Gray and Elizabeth Gray; sister, Wilburn Callis; brothers, William Gray, Allie Gray, Herman Gray; and son-in-law, John Wymer.
Survivors include: husband, T.J.; children, Bill (Emmie) Gallaher of Knoxville, Tom Gallaher of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Donna (Bob) Hamilton of Lebanon, Debra Wymer of Huntsville, Ala., Diana Gallaher of Lebanon and John (Ashlie) Gallaher of Lebanon; grandchildren, Kevin (Melissa Anna Walker) Gallaher, April (Conway) Ella, Matthew (Kara Kemp) Gallaher, Michael Miller, Patrick Gallaher, Preston (Angela) Gallaher, Paty Hamilton, Rob Hamilton, Jimmy Wymer, Elizabeth Wymer, Jack Wymer, Grace Gallaher, Anna Belle Gallaher and Lofton Gallaher; three great-grandchildren, Campbell, Thatcher and Graham Ella; brother, Jim (Gladys) Gray of Nashville; sister-in-law, Agnes (Ford) Mayes of Donelson; many nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the charity or church of your choice.
Sellars Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Gladys Elizabeth Kilzer
Services for Mrs. Kilzer will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at Sellars Funeral Home, with Bro. Danny Sellars officiating. Interment will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be at Sellars from 12 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Monday, March 15 and from 10 a.m. until service on Tuesday.
Mrs. Kilzer, 58, passed away March 12, 2010.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Louis W. and Treva Cole Adams; special friend, Danny Williams.
Survivors include: children, Melissa (Michael) Timbs and James (Angela) Woodall; father of children, James Woodall; siblings, Louis (Ruth) Adams, Bonnie (Joe) Armstrong and Nathan (Wanda) Adams; grandchildren, Candice Adams, Jacob Worley, Ashley Woodall, Abby Woodall, Briana Woodall and Sahvanna Woodall; three great-grandchildren.
Family will serve as pallbearers.
James Cleo "Slide" Robertson
Services for Mr. Robertson will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, at JC Hellum Funeral Home, with Pastor Willis Orr, St. and Pastor Damond Brigg officiating. Interment will be in Wilson Co. Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Wednesday, from 1 p.m. until service time.
Mr. Robertson, 59, passed away March 12, 2010 at University Medical Center.
Survivors include: devoted wife, Hattie Robertson; children, Ricco (Shawntell), Latisha S. Tapley and Frenesha White; brother, John Robertson; daughter-in-law, Kierra Robertson; other relatives and friends.
JC Hellum Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Scriptoria Wester
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Wester are incomplete at this time.
Mrs. Wester, 93, passed away Saturday, March 13, at Cedars Health Center.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny "Preacher Man" Wester.
Disyal Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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