Stories from Monday, May 7, 2018

Margie Dean Walker, 85, of Lewisburg, died Saturday, May 5, 2018, in NHC Oakwood Healthcare. Margie was a native of Marshall County, TN, born Jan. 22, 1933, daughter of Tom and Lucille Pigg Wakefield. She was the cafeteria manager at Connelly School and also was employed at Cornersville High School. She was a member of the Hardin Chapel Church of Christ...

Russell Barlow Petty, 68, of Lewisburg, died Thursday, May 3, 2018, in Maury Regional Medical Center. Russell was a native of Marshall County, TN, born Oct. 10, 1949, son of J.C. and Edith Barlow Petty. He was a member of the graduating class of 1967 at Marshall County High School and attended Middle Tennessee State University. He retired from maintenance at Ellington House Apartments and also as a real estate agent with Century 21. He was a member of Lewisburg First Presbyterian Church...

Ewell B. Harris, 91, owner of Harris Foodland and long-time resident of Mooresville Pike, died Friday, May 4, 2018, at Morning Pointe Assisted Living. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, May 7, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend James Sampley officiating. ...

Loyd Watson Beever, 90, of Lewisburg, died Wednesday, May 2, 2018, in NHC Lewisburg. Mr. Beever was a native of Rutherford County, TN, born Feb. 26, 1928, son of Charles and Pearl Upchurch Beever. He served his country in the U.S. Army during WWll and served in the National Guard for several years...

Marjorie Marie Endsley Taylor, 91, passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2018, at her residence in Lewisburg, TN. Ms. Taylor was born on August 3, 1926, to the late Edwin and Irene Van Overschelde Endsley in Highmore, SD. She was a retired employee of Cosmolab in Lewisburg...

David V Sykes, 64, of Harriman, TN, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, April 27, 2018, after a courageous battle with cancer. He served his country for 24 years always stating it was a privilege and his honor and he would do it again. He continued with 22 years in the trucking industry. Then retiring with his love and wife, Denise Rieger Sykes, who survives him...

Bruce Caywood Jones, Jr. 82, of Chapel Hill, TN, died Sunday, May 6, 2018, in Nashville, TN. Mr. Jones was born in Alcorn County, MS, and was a son of the late Inous and Bruce Caywood Jones, Sr. He was a former manager of the Bolivar Utility District in Bolivar, TN and retired as manager of the Hendersonville Utility District in Hendersonville, TN. ...

Ann S. Ford, of Tullahoma, passed this life on Friday, May 4, 2018, at Tennova Healthcare-Harton at the age of 78 years. Memorial Services are scheduled for Saturday, May 12, 2018, at 3 p.m. at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home. The family will receive friends beginning at 2 p.m...

Frank O. Prewitt, 86, passed away on Monday, May 7, 2018, in Maury Regional Medical Center, Columbia, TN. He was born on July 7, 1931, to the late Virgil O. and Ophall Cable Prewitt in Canton, MO. Mr. Prewitt was retired from Eden Electric and was of the Baptist faith. He served in the US Navy from 1948-1951 in San Diego, CA. Frank was an avid gardener and enjoyed his guitar and banjo...