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Murfressboro & Shelbyville, TN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Murfreesboro, Shelbyville along with Rutherford and Bedford County in TN.
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...
Odessa Leslie
Feb 12, 2025
Services
Friday, February 21, 2025Public Viewing: 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.Held atNelson & Sons Memorial Chapel824 Lipscomb StreetShelbyville, TennesseeSaturday, February 22, 2025Family Visitation: 11:00 A.M.Funeral Service: 12:00 NoonHeld at Bethel Missionary Baptist Church762 Holly Grove RoadLascassas, TennesseeIntermentMt. Ararat CemeteryShelbyville, TennesseeOdessa Leslie was born on October 20, 1932 in Stanton, TN to the late Plummer and Annie Maclin. She passed away from this...
Shirley Ann Scott
Jan 28, 2025
Service
Tuesday, February 4, 2025Family Visitation: 11:00 A.M.Funeral Service: 12:00 NoonHeld atGalilee Primitive Baptist Church917 Sevier StreetShelbyville, TennesseeIntermentMt. Ararat CemeteryShelbyville, TennesseeMrs. Shirley Ann Scott, age 74 of Shelbyville, Tennessee, transitioned from her earthly home on January 28, 2025 at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.
Shirley was born August 26, 1950 in Lewisburg, Tennessee to Willis (Termite) and Kathleen Robinson Allen.
Shirley was baptized...
Etta Pecolia Collier
Jan 19, 2025
Service
Sunday, January 26, 2025Family Visitation: 1:00 P.M.Funeral Service: 2:00 P.M.Held atBethel Missionary Baptist Church762 Holly Grove RoadLascassas, TennesseeIntermentBethel CemeteryLascassas, TennesseeEtta Pecola Wade-Collier was born April 6, 1931, in Walter Hill, Tennessee to the late Jimmie Lee Wade and Azzie Norris Wade. She was the oldest of four children.
She accepted the Lord Jesus Christ at an early age at Bethel Church....
Helen Katherine Cunningham
Jan 17, 2025
Service
Saturday, February 1, 2025Family Visitation: 10:30 A.M.Funeral Service: 11:00 A.M.Held atNelson & Sons Chapel Murfreesboro 448 East Burton Street Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Interment Lovvorn Cemetery Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Helen Katherine Cunningham
Devoted Wife, Mother, Grandmother, and Faithful Servant of the Lord
Helen Katherine Cunningham passed away peacefully on Friday, January 17, 2025 at Alive Hospice in Nashville, TN.
Helen Cunningham was born on May 26, 1933, to Ross and Pansy Williams...
Linda Faye Maxwell
Jan 13, 2025
Services
Friday, January 17, 2025Public Viewing: 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.Held atNelson & Sons Memorial Chapel824 Lipscomb StreetShelbyville, TennesseeSaturday, January 18, 2025Family Visitation: 12:00 NoonFuneral Service: 1:00 P.M.Held atWoodfork Chapel AME Church1011 Lipscomb StreetShelbyville, TennesseeIntermentHolden CemeteryShelbyville, TennesseeIn the midst of strife and joys, Linda Faye Maxwell departed this life peacefully on Monday, January 13, 2025. She was born on November 23,...
Rosam Ragnaugh Caynes
Jan 10, 2025
Service
Monday, January 20, 2025Family Visitation: 2:00 P.M.Funeral Service: 3:00 P.M.Held atNelson & Sons Memorial Chapel 824 Lipscomb Street Shelbyville, Tennessee
Live Stream will begin at 2:45 P.M. Central Standard Time at the link Central Standard Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5o1-KX04d8
Rosam Ragnaugh Caynes was born August 15, 1980, to Samuel Caynes and the late Rosalind Alice (Corrica) Caynes.
She was a joyous person, full of life and spirit and...
Dineshia Michelle Malone
Jan 4, 2025
Service
Friday, January 24, 2025Family Visitation: 2:00 P.M.Funeral Service: 3:00 P.M.Held atNelson & Sons Chapel Murfreesboro448 East Burton Street Murfreesboro, Tennessee Dineshia Michelle Malone was born on October 10, 1982, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee to the late Charles Sneed and Teresa Malone. She transitioned from this earthly life to eternal life on Saturday, January 4, 2005. She was educated in Rutherford County public school...
James Alford Burns
Dec 25, 2024
Memorial Service
Saturday, January 11, 2025Family Visitation: 3:00 P.M.Memorial Service: 3:15 P.MHeld atNelson & Sons Chapel Murfreesboro448 East Burton StreetMurfreesboro, TennesseeJames Alford Burns, born February 16, 1955, to Julia Rucker, passed away peacefully on December 25, 2024, at the age of 69. James will be remembered as a quiet and dependable man who lived a life defined by hard work and...
Kormesha Monae Weeden
Dec 21, 2024
Services
Friday, January 3, 2025Public Viewing: 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.Held atNelson & Sons Chapel Murfreesboro448 East Burton StreetMurfreesboro, TennesseeSaturday, January 4, 2025Family Visitation: 10:00 A.M.Funeral Service: 11:00 A.M.Held atSmith Fork Association2701 Halls Hill PikeMurfreesboro, TennesseeKormesha Monae' Weeden, affectionately known as "Molly," born on November 25, 1994, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, departed this earthly life on Saturday, December 21st, 2024. She confessed...
Florence Ella Evans
Dec 21, 2024
Service
Friday, December 27, 2024Family Visitation: 10:00 A.M.Funeral Service: 11:00 A.M.Held atNelson & Sons Chapel Murfreesboro 448 East Burton Street Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Interment Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Florence Ella (Harris) Evans, daughter of the late Tom and Lillian Vaughter Harris, was born on September 26, 1931, in Rutherford County, Tennessee. She was called to eternal life on December 21, 2024, at Community Care of Rutherford County...
Eric Merlin Copen
Dec 15, 2024
Service
Saturday, December 21, 2024Family Visitation: 1:00 P.M.Funeral Service: 2:00 P.M.Held atNelson & Sons Chapel Murfreesboro448 East Burton StreetMurfreesboro, TennesseeLive Stream link will be available to view at 1:45 P.M.Eric Merlin Copen's Live Funeral Service
Nathaniel Akins
Dec 15, 2024
Service
Friday, December 27, 2024Public Viewing: 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.Held atNelson & Sons Chapel Murfreesboro 448 East Burton StreetMurfreesboro, Tennessee
Saturday, December, 28, 2024Family Visitation: 11:00 A.M.Funeral Service: 12:00 NoonHeld atBeliever's Faith Fellowship 2011 South Cannon Blvd.Shelbyville, Tennessee
Interment Johnson Road Cemetery Christiana, Tennessee
Nathaniel Akins was born December 14, 1955 and left this earthly life, a day after his 69th Birthday on Sunday, December 15, 2024.
He...
Dominique Ann Anderson
Dec 1, 2024
Memorial Service
Saturday, December 14, 2024Family Visitation: 10:00 A.M.Memorial Service: 11:00 A.M.Held atNelson & Sons Chapel Murfreesboro448 East Burton StreetMurfreesboro, TennesseeDominique Ann Anderson, affectionately called “Neekey” (Squisshy by her sisters) received her Heavenly Wings on December 1, 2024. Dominique was a beloved daughter, sister, aunt, granddaughter, cousin, niece, godmother, and friend.
Dominique was born November 23, 1992 in New Orleans, LA. She...
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