Obituaries
Murfressboro & Shelbyville, TN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Murfreesboro, Shelbyville along with Rutherford and Bedford County in TN.
Evelina Badger
May 9, 2025
Memorial Service
Saturday, May 24, 2025Family Visitation: 11:00 A.M.Funeral Service: 12:00 NoonHeld atFaith Family Chattanooga2505 East 43rd StreetChattanooga, TN 37407
Dwight A. Spencer
May 7, 2025
Service
Saturday, May 24, 2025Family Visitation: 10:00 A.M.Funeral Service: 11:00 A.M.Held atSand Hill Church of Christ315 Fergus RoadLaVergne, Tennessee
IntermentTuesday, May 27, 20251:00 P.M.Held atMiddle TN State Veterans Cemetery7931 McCrory LaneNashville, TN 37221
Bertha Geneva Smith
May 6, 2025
Service
Saturday, May 17, 2025Family Visitation: 2:00 P.M.Funeral Service: 3:00 P.M.Held atWebb Grove AME Church3996 Barfield Crescent RoadMurfreesboro, TennesseeIntermentJohnson Road CemeteryChristiana, TennesseeBertha Geneva Smith was born on December 5, 1936, to the late Jim Pope and Dora (Watkins) Pope York in Christiana, Tennessee. She transitioned into this earthly life on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, after a battle of pancreatic cancer.
She was...
Wilkie T. Buchanan
May 6, 2025
Services
Saturday, May 10, 2025Public Viewing: 4:00 P.M. - 6:00. P.M.Held atNelson & Sons Memorial Chapel824 Lipscomb StreetShelbyville, Tennessee
Sunday, May 11, 2025Family Visitation: 1:00 P.M.Funeral Service: 2:00 P.M.Held atBright Temple COGIC516 Elm StreetShelbyville, Tennessee
IntermentWillow Mount CemeteryShelbyville, Tennessee
Wilkie T. Buchanan Sr., age 84, was born on September 24, 1940, in Shelbyville, Tennessee, to Rosa Lee (Anderson) Buchanan and Willie Lee Buchanan. He...
Orrin Craig Murray
May 1, 2025
Service
Saturday, May 17, 2025Family Visitation: 10:00 A.M.Funeral Service: 11:00 A.M.Held atNelson & Sons Chapel Murfreesboro448 East Burton StreetMurfreesboro, Tennessee
IntermentSand Hill CemeteryLavergne, Tennessee
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Wylson McLier, Jr.
Apr 30, 2025
Memorial Service
Friday, May 16, 202510:00 A.MHeld atNelson & Sons Memorial Chapel824 Lipscomb StreetShelbyville, Tennessee
Wylson McLier, Jr. was born on April 3, 1952, and left this earthly life on Wednesday, April 30, 2025.
He leaves to cherish his wife, Vicki Thomison McLier; daughter, Saphana (Terrence) Graves; grandchildren, Cadence, Collin and Chloe Graves; three sisters, Peggy Roan, Ella Jones, Barbara Bell; one brother,...
Tony LeNeal Brown
Apr 20, 2025
Services
Friday, May 2, 2025Family Visitation: 11:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.Held atNelson & Sons Chapel Murfreesboro448 East Burton StreetMurfreesboro, TennesseeSaturday, May 3, 2025Family Visitation: 1:00 P.M.Funeral Service: 2:00 P.M.Held atNelson & Sons Chapel Murfreesboro
EntombmentDetroit Memorial ParkDetroit, MichiganTony LeNeal Brown was born, October 12, 1973 in Butler, Alabama, to the parents of Precilla Brown & Roosevelt Sims.
Although Tony was born in Alabama,...
Trenton Bernard Young
Apr 18, 2025
Memorial Service
Sunday, April 27, 20252:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.Held atNelson & Sons Chapel Murfreesboro 448 East Burton Street Murfreesboro, Tennessee
George William Lytle
Apr 18, 2025
Services
Friday, May 2, 2025Public Viewing: 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.Held atNelson & Sons Chapel Murfreesboro448 East Burton StreetMurfreesboro, TennesseeSaturday, May 3, 2025Family Visitation: 10:00 A.M.Held atNelson & Sons Chapel MurfreesboroGraveside Service: 11:00 A.M.Held atEvergreen CemeteryMurfreesboro, TennesseeGeorge Thomas William Lytle was born to Percy William Lytle and Mattie Leatha McLain-Howse in Murfreesboro, TN, where he earned the nickname "Slick." Raised by...
Michael Keith Mann
Apr 18, 2025
Service
Thursday, April 24, 2025Family Visitation: 2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.Held atNelson & Sons Chapel Murfreesboro448 East Burton StreetMurfreesboro, TennesseeMichael Keith Mann was born on November 10, 1959, and left this earthly life on April 18, 2025.
He leaves to cherish his wife, Veronica Mann; two children, Michael Mann, Jr. and Tyler (Joy Lyn) Mann; sisters, his twin Natalie Miller, Denise (Herbert)...
Harriet Henryne Davidson White
Apr 9, 2025
Services
Saturday, April 19, 2025Family Visitation: 11:00 A.M.Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Ivy Beyond the Wall Ceremony: 12:00 Noon - 12:20 P.M.United Women in Faith: 12:20 P.M. - 12:30 P.M.Funeral Service: 1:00 P.M.Held atMt. Pisgah UMC6245 Mt. Pisgah RoadNashville, TennesseeIntermentWhite Family Cemetery
Mattie Octavia Dunston
Mar 20, 2025
Services
Thursday, March 27, 2025Public Viewing: 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.Held atNelson & Sons Chapel Murfreesboro448 East Burton StreetMurfreesboro, Tennessee 37130Friday, March 28, 2025Family Visitation: 11:00 A.M.Funeral Service: 12:00 NoonHeld atOaklands Park Seventh Day Adventist Church711 North Maney AvenueMurfreesboro, Tennessee 37130IntermentEvergreen CemeteryMurfreesboro, TennesseeMattie Octavia Murray Woods Dunston was born May 31, 1925, the first child of the late James Edgar Earl...
Candace Marie Pettus
Mar 16, 2025
Funeral Service
Friday, March 21, 2025Family Visitation: 10:00 A.M.Funeral Service: 11:00 A.M.Held atNelson & Sons Chapel Murfreesboro448 East Burton StreetMurfreesboro, TennesseeCandace Marie Pettus, born on January 19, 1957, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to Annie-Marie Smith and Charlie Crocket, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 16, 2025. She was the fourth eldest of nine children and was educated in the Rutherford County school...
Tina Marie Gamble
Mar 14, 2025
Memorial Service
Friday, March 21, 2025Family Visitation: 4:00 P.M.Memorial Service: 5:00 P.M.Held atNelson & Sons Chapel Murfreesboro448 East Burton StreetMurfreesboro, TennesseeTina Marie Gamble was born on October 12, 1968, and left this earthly life on Friday, March 14, 2025.
Tina is survived by her loving children, James Gamble, Ashley Gamble, and Stephen Nestor; siblings, Christine Bustamante and Amy Smith; grandchildren, Michael Gamble,...
James Larry Woodard
Mar 1, 2025
Services
Friday, March 7, 2025Public Viewing: 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.Held atNelson & Sons Memorial Chapel824 Lipscomb StreetShelbyville, TennesseeSaturday, March 8, 2025Family Visitation: 12:00 NoonFuneral Service: 1:00 P.M.Held atBird Street Church of Christ428 Bird StreetShelbyville, TennesseeIntermentMorton CemeteryBell Buckle, TennesseeJames Larry Woodard was born on Nov. 10, 1950, to Lillie Mai Woodard and Henry Bonner, otherwise known as “The Pepsi Cola Kid,”...
Barry Bernard Greer
Feb 18, 2025
Service
Tuesday, February 25, 2025Family Visitation: 12:00 NoonFuneral Service: 1:00 P.M.Held atNelson & Sons Memorial Chapel824 Lipscomb StreetShelbyville, TennesseeIntermentMt. Ararat CemeteryShelbyville, TennesseeBarry Bernard Greer was born on October 10, 1961 to his mother, Dorothy Greer, in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Barry left this earthly life on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.
Barry was a loving husband and father to his family. He worked at US...
