Stories from Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Martha Joyce Roberts Hollingsworth, age 87, passed away on Dec. 31, 2016, at her residence in Lewisburg, Tenn. She was born in Pulaski, Tenn., the daughter of the late Clayborn B. and Louise McCormick Roberts. Joyce spent 47 years in the Quality Control Department with the Sanford Corporation. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Lewisburg, TN...

Peggy Dugger "PJ" Morgan, 72, gained her Heavenly reward as a good and faithful servant on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. She is survived by her faithful husband of 50 years, Vinton Lee Morgan, three children, Katie (Brent) Turner of Lascassas, Tenn, Daniel (Jaime) Morgan of Lewisburg, Tenn., and Anna (Joe) Wakham of Murfreesboro, Tenn. ...

Patsy Ruth Miller Spence, age 84 of Lewisburg, died Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, at Maury Regional Hospital. Mrs. Spence was a native of Fayetteville, TN, and she was the daughter of the late Robert Franklin and Clara Woodward Miller. She was a retired research and development technician with Cosmolab and was a member of the Church Street Church of Christ...

Sam Cullen Smith, age 90 of Cornersville died Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, at his home. Mr. Smith was a native was a native of Cornersville, and he was the son of the late Samuel Arthur and Ruth Haywood Smith. He was a farmer and member of the Cornersville Church of Christ...

Bobby Lee Davis, age 72 of Ormond Beach, Florida passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, at the Stuart-Meyer Hospice House in Palm Coast, Fla. Mr. Davis was born in Lewisburg, Tenn., in 1944 to the late John Leeper and Dorothy Ann Lancaster Davis and was a previous employee of the Mead Containers Corp. He served his country in the United States Army during the Viet Nam War and Desert Storm...