Frances K. Purdom, 76, of Nolensville, died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, in Nashville. Mrs. Purdom was born in Ruthedford, N.C. She was retired from the United States Postal Service and was a member of the Concord-Grandview Baptist Church in Nolensville... more

Paulette Rainey, 62, of Lewisburg, died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, in Maury Regional Hospital. Ms. Rainey was a native of Marshall County. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents, Leslie Bennett and Rena Mae Young Paul, and sister, June Fears... more

Hershel Elmer Bivens, 95, died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, at Standing Stone Care and Rehabilitation Center in Monterey, Tenn. Mr. Bivens, fondly known as "Mr. Elmer" or "Mr. B.," was a native of Hardin County. In 1943, he and his wife moved to Friendship and began a series of businesses. ... more

Jessie Mae Tolliver Owens, 74, of Lewisburg, died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, at her residence. Mrs. Owens was a native of Lynnville. She was a homemaker, a domestic worker and a member of the Second Avenue Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents, Laura Alexander Tolliver and Jessie Tolliver Sr.; sisters, Edna Tolliver and Rose Scribner; and daughter, Rosemary Davis... more

Renelda Ann O'Saile, 43, died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, in Lewisburg. Mrs. O'Saile was preceded in death by her grandparents, Nathaniel and Ruth Allen and Ellick and Katie Harris, as well as Annie Bell Hobbs Harris; aunt, Mosie Warr; uncles, Nathaniel Allen Jr., Charles Allen, and Shelly Harris; and honorary uncle, Bob Davis... more

Thomas H. Lynch, 82, of Chapel Hill, died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, in Shelbyville. Mr. Lynch was born in Bedford County. He served in the Army and was a retired highway construction worker. Mr. Lynch was a member of North Fork Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Hiram Edgar Lee and Mary Ella Davis Lynch; sisters, Viola Lynch, Gracie Allen, Bessie Underwood, Alice Lynch, and Susie M. Lynch; and brothers, J.R. Lynch and Robert Edward Lynch... more

Bruce Dorris Baugher, 76, of Lewisburg, died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, at his residence. Mr. Baugher was a native of Limestone County, Ala. He was retired from Walker Die Casting and was a member of Bluff Springs Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his parents, Asa Miles and Mattie Ophelia Vincent Baugher; brother, Asa "Tiny" Baugher; and sister, Wynell Peete... more

There have been rumblings on topics in Lewisburg that haven't hit the viral stage out there in Ether-land, but they deserve a few remarks here. A property owner wanted to improve a building and get a business going, but felt building codes enforcement was too strict. That's not uncommon. What's remarkable is the proposed suggestion... more

William Ray Kelley William Ray Kelley, 53, of Lewisburg, died Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, at his residence. Mr. Kelley was a native of Maury County. He was a former employee of Tennessee Tire Company and for a number of years operated the National Car Wash in Lewisburg... more

William "Billy" Walker, 78, of Cornersville, died Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, at Countryside Healthcare in Lawrenceburg. Mr. Walker was a retired employee of CB&S Bank of Cornersville. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Campbell Walker of Cornersville; son, William (Mae) Walker Jr. ... more

Rozell Neathery Harris, 89, of the Pottsville Community of Maury County, died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, in Columbia, TN. Mrs. Harris was a native of Maury County. She was a retired inspector for Genesco, with 29 years of service, and was a member of Old Lasea Church of Christ... more

Jackie Edward Napier, 57, of Cornersville, died Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, at Maury Regional Medical Center. Mr. Napier was a native of Detroit, Mich. He was a self-employed truck driver. He was preceded in death by his parents, Gerald Edward and Iris Anita Cartwright Napier... more

Debra Brown King, 54, of Fayetteville, died Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, at Lincoln Medical Center. Mrs. King was a native of Marshall County. She worked as a produce department employee and was a member of the Hope Assembly of God. She was preceded in death by her father, Estel Grady Brown... more

Sarah Lanier Stone Morgan, 99, of Lewisburg, died Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, at her residence. Mrs. Morgan was a native of Union City, Tenn., who graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1932. She was a member of the Marshall County Retired Teachers Association and the Lewisburg First United Methodist Church... more

Ruth Smotherman Newcomb, 96, of the Holts Corner Community of Marshall County, died Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. Mrs. Newcomb was a native of Marshall County. She was retired from the former Durango Boot Company in Chapel Hill and was a homemaker. Mrs. Newcomb was a member of Holts Corner Baptist Church... more

Frances Anita Glasscock Pigg, 85, of Cornersville, died Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, at NHC Oakwood. Mrs. Pigg was a native of the Palmetto Community. She was retired from the Tennessee Housing Development Association and the South Central Human Resource Agency, and was a member of the Cornersville Church of Christ... more

Mrs. Mary Lucille Edmondson Scott, age 79, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, died Monday, January 18, 2010 in Columbia, Tennessee. Mrs. Scott was born in Marshall County and was a daughter of the late Ira Horace and Minnie Elizabeth Gentry Edmondson. She was a member of the Chapel Hill United Methodist Church and retired from Faber-Castell Corp. of Lewisburg after 41 1/2 years of service. Mrs. Scott was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Cecil Scott who died in 1973... more

Thelma T. Stacey, 95, of Chapel Hill, died Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, in Lewisburg. Mrs. Stacey was a native of Marshall County. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, James Albert and Lela Belle Beasley Ghee, and husband, Richard Cleveland Stacey... more

Douglas Leon Waggoner, 78, of Cornersville, died Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, at his residence. Mr. Waggoner was a native of Williamson County. He was a retired farmer, a member of the International Harvester Club of Alabama, and was of the Church of Christ faith... more

Charline Wortham Woodward, 80, of Lewisburg, died Sunday Jan. 17, 2010, at NHC Lewisburg. Mrs. Woodward was a native of Marshall County. She was an employee of the Lewisburg Recreation Center and was a member of the Church Street Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents, James Edward and Maggie Catherine Ball Wortham; husband, Paul H. Woodward; brother, George "Buddy" Wortham; and sister, Betty Jean Spray... more