Stories from Monday, May 14, 2018

Mr. Douglas Wayne Snethen, 65, of Belfast, died at Alive Hospice in Nashville, May 11, 2018. Mr. Snethen was a native of Leon, IA, the son of the late Richard Grant Snethen and Betty Leone Allen Snethen Hindes. He was a GM technician for Parks Motor Sales in Columbia and was a member of the East Commerce Baptist Church...

Mr. Travis Whaley, 67, of the Farmington Community of Marshall Co., died Saturday, May 12, 2018. He was a son of the late Clyde Whaley and Elizabeth Jones Whaley. Mr. Whaley was a member of Farmington Baptist Church and was a retired equipment operator with the Marshall County Highway Department. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Glen Whaley...

Mrs. Christy Marie Proffitt Roberts, 45, of Shelbyville, TN, died Friday, May 11, 2018, following an extended illness. She is the daughter of Kelley Reed Proffitt and Cynthia Gail George Proffitt. Christy was a 1991 graduate of Marshall Co. High School and was a Medical Coder for Absolute Medical Coding Institute of Raleigh, NC. ...

Charles Berry Estes, 70, of Lewisburg, died Friday, May 11, 2018, in Alvin C. York VA Medical Center in Murfreesboro. Berry was a native of Giles County, TN, born May 3, 1948, son of Ed Hill and Geraldine Brashears Estes. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Era. He was formerly employed with the Casting Company and was a member of the Baptist Church...

Virginia George Corbin, 85, of Lewisburg, died Friday, May 11, 2018, in NHC Oakwood Healthcare. Mrs. Corbin was a native of Giles County, born January 5, 1933, daughter of Edgar and Wilma Roberts George. She was a 1951 graduate of Marshall County High School. She retired from Genesco Corporation and was a member of Wesvue Church of Christ...

Elizabeth Whitehead Wood, 90, of Lewisburg, died Saturday, May 12, 2018, at Maury Regional Hospital. Mrs. Wood was a native of Marshall County and was the daughter of the late James Eddie and Ruby Collins Whitehead. She was retired from Faber Castell and was a member of the Farmington Church of Christ...

Robert B. “Bo” Leonard, Sr., 83, of New Smyrna Beach, FL, died Thursday, May 10, 2018. Born in Belfast, TN, Mr. Leonard came to this area in 1997, from Orlando. A plant foreman for Citrus Central in Plymouth, FL, he was a member of New Smyrna Lodge #149, F. & A. M. and a member of the Orange County Old Timers...

Mary Thomas Carroll, 86, of Lewisburg, died Monday, May 14, 2018, at NHC Oakwood. Mrs. Carroll was a native of Williamson County and was the daughter of the late Thomas Lee and Bessie Mai Buford Carlton. She was a retired LPN and attended East Commerce Baptist Church...