OBITUARIES
Sparta, Tennessee Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Sparta, Tennessee & Surrounding Areas

Beecher Johnson
Nov 23, 2009
Mr. Beecher " B.J. " Johnson, age 31 was born October 18, 1978 to Charley A. Johnson and Marilynn Phifer Johnson in White County, Tennessee. He passed away on Monday, November 23, 2009 at Masters Health Care Center in Algood, Tennessee He is survived by his mother Marilynn Johnson and father Charley A. Johnson ; grandmother Mary Effie Delk...
Naomi Keathley
Nov 22, 2009
Mrs. Naomi Ruth Keathley, age 73, was born September 11, 1936 to Herman Conley and Nora Clouse Conley in White County, Tennessee She passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2009 at Riverpark Hospital in McMinnville, Tennessee. Mrs. Keathley was retired from the work she loved, Superior Home Health Care in McMinnville,TN.She was preceded in death by her parents, husband...

Edsel Nesmith
Nov 21, 2009
Mr. Edsel Malcolm Nesmith, age 82, was born August 20, 1927 to Francis Tilden Nesmith and Sallie Burroughs in Lufkin, Texas. He passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center with his loving family there. Mr. Nesmith served our country in United States Army Air Corps in 1945 as an air traffic controller....
Margarette Tidwell
Nov 6, 2009
TIDWELL, Margarette Lynn -- Age 65. Entered into eternal rest, November 6, 2009. She was the daughter of the late Ernest Porter Howard and Beulah England Howard of Sparta. Survived by husband Leon C Tidwell; Sister, Jane Pigmon of Dayton, OH. Brothers: Paul, Ralph and Gary Howard of Sparta, TN. Children: Debora Morris of Nashville, Donna (Larry) Abernathy of...

Lou Smith
Nov 4, 2009
Mrs. Lou Hazel Smith, age 85 was born November 22, 1923 to Everett Jones Smith and Josephine Burgess Smith in White County, Tennessee.
She passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at her residence Crossville, TN with loving family there.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband William Thomas Smith, Daughter...

Earl Mason
Nov 4, 2009
Mr. Earl Denton Mason, age 71 was born December 12, 1937 to Richard Denton Mason and Mary Iva Savage Mason in Quebeck, Tennessee. He passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Cookeville. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers Clyde Prentiss Mason and Roy Ernest Mason, and two...
Joan Stewart
Oct 24, 2009
Mrs. Joan Elizabeth Stewart, age 69, passed away Saturday, October 24, 2009 at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born May 5, 1940, to loving mother Doris Elizabeth Kitchen Barber in Washington, D.C. She was preceded in death by her mother and her loving husband of many years, Richard Raymond Stewart Sr. She is survived...

Retha Williams
Oct 23, 2009
Mrs. Retha Walker Williams, age 84, passed away Friday, October 23, 2009, at the White County Community Hospital. She was born August 9, 1925, to Dave Walker and Lala Weaver Walker in White County, Tennessee. Retha enjoyed 49 years of marriage to Hollis Rhea Williams and together they ran the Sparta Feed Store. She was a lifelong member of...

Monie Petty
Oct 22, 2009
Mrs. Monie "Sis" Petty, age 89 was born April 24, 1920 to Alonzo and Susie Abston Elrod in White County, Tennessee. She passed away on Thursday, October 22, 2009 at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Cookeville, TN. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Comer Petty, daughters, Florene, Henrietta and Susan Divozzo, brothers, Varris Elrod, Jack...
Estelle Stewart
Oct 21, 2009
Mrs. Estelle Tayse Stewart, age 70 , was born May 30, 1939 in White County, Tennessee to Marion Benton Tayes and Susie Elizabeth Dockery Tayse. Mrs. Stewart passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin, TN.
She is survived by her children Michael Lee and Rebecca Stewart of Lascassas, TN, Christopher...

Virginia Pistole
Oct 17, 2009
Mrs. Virginia Swindell Pistole, age 92 was born October 14, 1917 to Hershell Swindell and Lela Pittman Swindell in White County, Tennessee. She passed away on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Cookeville, TN. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Eugene Pistole, brothers and sisters, Raymond Swindell, Lloyd Swindell, Ila Gamble,...

Shelby Buck
Oct 10, 2009
Shelby C. Buck age 76 was born in Jamestown, TN on November 20, 1932 to Gunter and Erna Ethel Buck. Mr. Buck passed away on Saturday, October 10, 2009 at the White County Hospital. Mr. Buck served our country in the United States Navy also was retired from the GMAC in Muncie,IN. He is survived by sister: Carla Smith...

Harold Sherrell
Oct 8, 2009
Mr. Harold Lewis Sherrell age 88 was born July 18, 1921 to Charles Turner Sherrell and Clata Ray Lewis Sherrell in White County , Tennessee. He passed away on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at the Mc Kendree Manor n Hermitage, TN. He served our county in World War II in the United State Army. Also retired from...

Christine Moody
Oct 5, 2009
Mrs. Christine Brock Flatt Moody, age 85 passed away Monday, October 5, 2009 at NHC of Sparta. She was born on June 21, 1924 in White County to James Brock and Flora Bohannon Brock.
She is preceded in death by her parents, husbands, Charlie Lee Flatt and John Thomas Moody, daughter, Linda Gail Flatt, son, Jacky Lee...

Victoria Haney
Oct 5, 2009
Vickie Iles DeRossette Haney, age 85 was born August 9, 1924 to Porter Whitten Iles and Lena Pickett Iles in Hamilton County, Tennessee.
She passed away on Monday, October 5, 2009 at the Bethesda Health Care in Cookeville, TN. She was a founding member of the Findlay Church of Christ. She attended Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (TTU). She...

Erbie Howell
Sep 19, 2009
Mr. Erbie H. Howell, age 75 was born January 20, 1934 to William Lucian Howell and Cora Lou Cole Howell Brown in Sparta, Tennessee.
Mr. Howell passed away on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at the Woodbury Nursing Center in Woodbury, TN. He was preceded in death by his parents, step father, Thomas Brown and brother, Vernis Howell....

Anna Duncan
Aug 31, 2009
Miss Anna Lee Duncan, age 83 was born July 14, 1926 to Joseph Alexander Duncan and Mattie Belle Morgan Duncan in Greeneville, Tennessee.
Miss. Duncan passed away on Monday, August 31, 2009 at the Masters Care Center in Algood, TN. She was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Mary Rena Little. She is survived by...
Dimple Pistole
Aug 30, 2009
Dimple Ileen Clouse Pistole ,age 71 passed away Sunday, August 30, 2009 in the Ashtabula County Medical Center in Ashtabula, OH. She was born September 30, 1937 in Cookeville, TN to Curtis Clouse and Gracie Henry Clouse. Preceded in death by parents; husband, Abie Pistole; daughter, Mary D. Pistole; son, Edgar Pistole; brother, Leevoy Clouse and sister, Winnie Grider....

Effie Goines
Aug 30, 2009
Mrs. Lucille Goines, age 86 was born October 14, 1922 to Dewey and Sarah Flatt Poston in Algood, Tennessee. Mrs. Goines passed away on Sunday, August 30, 2009 at the Life Care Center in Sparta. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband of 44 years, Arnell Goines, 2 brothers, Tom and Fred Poston, sister, Shirley Simpson and...
Elsa Shackles
Aug 19, 2009
Miss Elsa Ranee Shackles, age 5 was born March 13, 2004 in Champaign, IL to William Brian Shackles and Melissa Ranee Nash Shackles. Miss Shackles passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Care Center in Mattoon, IL. She was preceded in death by her grandfather Sherman F. Lake and grandfather, Darrell...