Stories from Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Linda Gail Taylor Hamilton of Lewisburg, TN, passed away Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, at Marshall Medical Center in Lewisburg, TN. She was born to the late Robert "Tut" Taylor and Ella Lee Taylor on December 13, 1958, in Milledgeville, Ga. Linda was a graphic designer for A Sign Shop...

Mary Jean Burke, age 71 of Cookeville passed from this life Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, She was born Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1945, in Nashville, TN. She is preceded in death by her parents, the late Eugene and Mary Westerfield Englebert. Mary Jean worked for the State of Tennessee for over 40 years. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend to all...

Mr. Houston "Bucko" Bryant, age 78, of Chapel Hill, TN, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Lewisburg, TN. Mr. Bryant was born in Rutherford County, TN, and was a son of the late James Edward and Leavie Mae Dunn Bryant. He was retired from Ryder Integrated Logistics as a truck driver and was a member of Farmington Baptist Church. Mr. Bryant served on the Town of Chapel Hill City Council as an Alderman for 19 years and was a member of Chapel Hill Masonic Lodge #160...

Mr. Buford Odel Allen, Sr., age 82, of Petersburg, passed away Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. A Memorial Service may be held at a later date. Per his request, he was cremated. He was born, June 20, 1934, in Lincoln County, to the late Doris Evelyn Allen Simmons. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, a farmer, and a retired truck driver...

Mrs. Florence Ronelda "Nell" Lynch, age 80, of Eagleville, TN, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, in Murfreesboro, TN. Funeral services were conducted at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, from the Chapel of Lawrence Funeral Home with Jim Lawyer officiating. Burial followed in Triune Cemetery in Triune, TN...

Mr. Frank T. Marshall of Savannah, TN. passed away Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, at NHC in Lewisburg, TN. Frank was born on Jan. 13, 1944, to the late George and Rauni Marshall and was an electrician with IBEW-LU969. He is survived by two sons, Chris Marshall and Clint Marshall of Lewisburg, TN., one brother, Harold Marshall of Canada; two sisters, Helen Towers and Mary Sluyter; seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren...

Frances Wall Goldman, age 83 of Cornersville, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, in Vanderbilt Medical Center. Mrs. Goldman was a Marshall County native and daughter of the late Davy Tell and Beatrice Compton Wall. She was employed with Shoes and More for several years. ...

Mr. Henry Ernest Ahler, age 75, of the Delina Community, died Sunday night at his residence. Mr. Ahler was a native of Lurton, AR, and the son of the late Ernest E. and Ruth Damerell Ahler. He was a retired computer engineer in the Huntsville area before building his own home on Delina Road...

John Marvin Bradford, age 77, of Chapel Hill, TN,, died Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, in Franklin, TN. He was born in Lincoln County, TN, and was a son of the late Clyde Astor and Marie Shelton Bradford. Mr. Bradford was a retired minister, having served both on the Promise Charge in Marshall County and the Prospect Charge in Giles County of the United Methodist Church. ...

Faye E. Walker, age 79 of Lewisburg, TN passed away Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, TN. She was born to the late Lester and Parnell Jaco Bailey on February 16, 1937, in Lawrenceburg, TN. Faye was of the Baptist faith and a retired Group Leader with the Cosmolab Corporation...

Gay Dyer McKay, age 79 of Lewisburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, at her residence. Mrs. McKay was a native of Marshall County, Tennessee and daughter of the late Gordon and Estelle Little Dyer. She was a homemaker and loving mother and grandmother...