Obituaries

James Ray Bennett, 77, of Lewisburg, died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, at Maury Regional. He was a native of Rosedale, MS, the son of the late James Bennett and Lena Coats Dyer. He was self-employed and was a member of the Farmington Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Steve Bennett and a brother, Tracie Lee Bennett...

James Milton Petty, 93, of Lewisburg, died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, at his residence. He was a native of Marshall County, the son of the late Hatton Petty and Bessie Troop Petty. He was a foreman for Heil Quaker and was a member of the Church of Christ...

Rena Ann Brown, 75, of Cornersville, died Jan. 10, 2020, at Marshall Medical Center. Rena was a member of Medium United Methodist Church, Delina, TN, and the daughter of the late Gordon Leon Campbell and Mamie Louise Hargrove Campbell. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Tammy Cantrell...

Mrs. Helen Marie White Fagan, 86, of Chapel Hill, TN, died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in Fayetteville, TN following an extended illness. Born in Bedford Co., Mrs. Fagan was a daughter of the late William Ransom White and Edna Helton White. She was retired from Newell Corporation...

Krene Mann Martin, 92, of Columbia, TN, passed away Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, at Life Care Center of Columbia. She was a native of Lawrence County, TN, retired seamstress from Weather Tamer, and a member of Bigbyville Methodist Church in Columbia, TN...

Elaine Comstock passed away early Sunday morning, Jan. 5, 2020, at the age of 93. She was a lifelong resident of Chapel Hill, TN. At the time of her death, she was under the care of Clarendale at Indian Lake in Hendersonville, TN. Elaine was the widow of James Bruce Comstock, who died in 1983, and the daughter of the late Reverend Samuel and Ruth Raby Gentry of Bedford County...

Lee Ann Collins, 46, of Lewisburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020, at her residence. She was born in Bedford County, and a lifelong resident of Marshall County, the daughter of Grover and Peggy Collins. She was a real estate agent at Grover Collins Real Estate and Auction and an insurance agent at Collins and Miller Insurance. ...

Joshua Philip Poole, 35, of Cornersville, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020, at Maury Regional Hospital. He was the son of John R. and Pamela J. Gooch Poole. He was a materials handler and team lead for Ryder Logistics and was a 2003 graduate of Forrest High School...

Sandra Faye Estes, 70, of Belfast, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020, at her residence. She was a native of Marshall County, the daughter of the late James Austin and Dora Cummings. She was a lab technician at Cosmolab and was a member of the Petersburg Baptist Church...

Mr. Jimmy Wayne Nix, 71, retired employee of Nissan and resident of Lewisburg, died Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Mr. Nix will be conducted on Monday, January 6, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Bills-McGaugh & Hamilton Funeral Home with Pastor Matt Judd and Sonny Willis officiating. ...

Donald Ray Thompson, 64, of Shelbyville, died Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, at Tennova Healthcare in Shelbyville, TN. He was a native of Giles County, the son of the late Jesse Cox and Mary Thompson. He was a veteran of the United States Navy during the Vietnam War and was employed at Americold Logistics for twenty-three years. Mr. Thompson was of the Baptist faith...

Mrs. Evelyn Marie Holder Stephens, 89, longtime resident of Lewisburg, died peacefully on Monday, Dec. 30, 2019 at NHC Lewisburg. Funeral services for Mrs. Stephens will be conducted on Friday, Jan. 3, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Bills-McGaugh & Hamilton Funeral Home with Pastor Roger Reid officiating. Burial will follow in Lone Oak Cemetery. The family will visit with friends on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2019, from 4- 8 p.m. at Bills-McGaugh & Hamilton Funeral Home...

Leo “Buddy” Hulshof, 82, resident of Lewisburg, died on Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, at NHC Oakwood Hall in Lewisburg. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Bills-McGaugh & Hamilton Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Lone Oak Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 10 a.m. until time of the service at Bills-McGaugh & Hamilton...

Joseph “Joey” Kent Paige passed away Friday, Dec. 27, 2019, in Jacksonville, FL, at the age of 23. Joey was born in Durango, CO on Sept. 22, 1996, to Rob and Heidi Paige. In 2006, he and his parents moved to Lewisburg where he attended elementary & middle school as well as Marshall County High School. ...

Mrs. Bobbie Jean Osborne Bell, 70, resident of Lewisburg, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2019, at Marshall Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted on Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, at 11 a.m. at Bills-McGaugh & Hamilton Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Morton Cemetery. The family visited with friends Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, from 3 - 7 p.m. at Bills-McGaugh & Hamilton...

Deborah Jo Pierson, 68, of Lewisburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019, at Willamson Medical Center. She was a native of Johnstown, PA, the daughter of the late Joseph and Dorothy Twigg Marty. She was a welder for GM and was a member of the Catholic Church...

Carolyn Jean Pruitt, 78, of Lewisburg, died Monday, Dec. 23, 2019, at her residence. She was a native of Columbus, OH, the daughter of the late Wilbur Earl and Katie Kemplin Havens. She was a retired from Cosmolab and was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene...

Nancy LaRue Sharp Allen, 61, of Chickamauga, GA, died Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. Nancy was born in Lewisburg, TN on Sept. 10, 1958, and was the daughter of the late Jimmie and Billie Sharp. She is survived by her husband of 42 years, Carl B. Allen, Jr. and foster parents, Jim and Shirley Smith...

Barbara Ann Cunningham Morgan, of Lewisburg, passed away Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019, at NHC Lewisburg. She was born Jan. 14, 1933, in Memphis, TN, and was the daughter of the late Doak Laurence Cunningham and Laverne Summers Cunningham. She graduated from Nicholas Blackwell High School in Bartlett, TN. After receiving her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the UT Center for Health Sciences in Memphis in 1955, she moved to Lewisburg and worked at Gordon’s Hospital...

Mrs. Bobbye Lou Adcock, 82, of Lewisburg, died Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019, at her residence. She was a native of Marshall County, the daughter of the late Lawson Landis and Louise Beard McDaniel. She was a retired Credit Manager for Faber Castell and was a member of the Church St. Church of Christ...

Timothy Johnson, 48, resident of Lewisburg, died on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019, at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Mr. Johnson will be conducted on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019, at 10 a.m. at Bills-McGaugh & Hamilton Funeral Home with Pastor Herbert Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Lone Oak Cemetery. The family will visit with friends on Monday, December 23, 2019, from 4 – 8 p.m. at Bills-McGaugh & Hamilton Funeral Home...

William M. Cain, 94, of Lewisburg, died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, at NHC Lewisburg. He was a native of Hillsboro, TX, the son of the late Garnet and Grace McClure Cain. He was self-employed in the vending business and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Carthage, TX...