Stories from Monday, March 19, 2018

Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County native, Laura Faye Locke Shirley, 82, was born May 4, 1935, and died March 17, 2018, at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following a brief illness. A retired employee of Oster and member of the Rock Island Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late James Virgle and Hattie Wretha Cantrell Locke. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Kenneth Wayne Shirley and three brothers, Lloyd Locke, Wayne Locke and Bob Locke...

Katheryn Dale Bishop, 74, Lewisburg, TN, passed away at home on March 16, 2018. She was the daughter of the late Clyde and Edna Fisher. She was a former employee of Cosmolab and member of Greater First Baptist Church. Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Wilbert (Bink) Bishop, Sr. and two sisters, Joanne Hurt and Dolores Osborne. She is survived by one son, Karl; two daughters, Sonji (NayNay) and Ebony; and three grandchildren...

Jimmie Ruth Boulton Phelps, 93, died Friday, March 16, 2018, at NHC Oakwood. Mrs. Jimmie was born in Nashville, TN on Aug. 20, 1924, to John White Boulton and his wife Inez McMurry Boulton, who preceded her in death along with one brother, William Boulton and her beloved husband, Dr. ...