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

Paul Yott
Aug 18, 2009
Mr. Paul L. Yott, age 82 passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at White County Hospital. He was born on July 12, 1927 in White County to Robert Earl Yott and Bessie Brown Yott.
He is preceded in death by his parents, brothers and sisters, Earl Yott, Jake Yott, John Yott, William Yott, Mary Francis...

Annie Miller
Aug 17, 2009
Mrs. Annie Sue Miller, age 60 was born March 24, 1949 in White County to Robert Douglas "R.D. Williams and Ellen Faye Clouse Williams . Mrs. Miller passed away on Monday, August 17, 2009 at the Cookeville Regional Hospital. She was preceded in death by herparents, granddaughter Cheryl Dodson; brothers and sisters, Dan Williams, Reba Goolsby, Lou...
Dimple Dunn
Aug 9, 2009
Mrs. Dimple Speck Dunn, age 91 was born November, 26, 1917 in White County to Spurgeon Speck and Effie Key Speck.
Mrs. Dunn passed away on Sunday, August 9, 2009 at the North Crest Medical Center in Springfield, TN. She was preceded in death by her parents, late husband's, Joe Hillard Hale, Frank Gaines Sorrell and Thee...

Betty Parkey
Jul 30, 2009
Betty Jo Parkey ,age 75 passed away Thursday, July 30, 2009 in the Sparta Life Care Center.
She was born October 6, 1933 in White County to Grover C. Cannon and Arrie Jordan Cannon.
Preceded in death by parents; daughter Sherri Lynn Tollison; grandson J. D. Hyatt; brothers, William Cannon, Ed Cannon, Carl...

Juanita Gilliam
Jul 29, 2009
Mrs. Juanita Gilliam, age 80 passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at White County Hospital. She was born on January 28, 1929 in the DeKalb county to William Floyd Luna and Henry Mason Young Luna. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband Paul Gilliam: Brother, James Luna and Sister, Lois Bumbalough. Juanita is survived by her Sisters...

Mary Davis
Jul 26, 2009
Mary Kate Stewart Davis, 98, of Spring Arbor, Michigan, formerly of Nashville, Tennessee and native of Old Zion, Tennessee, passed away Sunday, 26 July 2009. Survivors include herdaughter and grandson, Charlotte Kirkner and Dr. Stephen Kirkner of Spring Arbor and Brighton, Michigan, respectively, and her son Jerry R. Davis and wife, Kathryn, of Mooresville, Alabama and several nieces and...
Martha Thompson
Jul 12, 2009
Martha Jean Cessante Thompson, age 67, was born on February 23, 1942, in Detroit, Michigan, to Nunzio Cessante and Florence Romano Cessante. She passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2009 at N. H. C. In Sparta, TN. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers,Julius Cessante and Nunzio Cessante; two sisters, Nancy House and Florence Cessante. Mrs....

Ben Swindell
Jul 9, 2009
Ben Ellis Swindell, age 70, was born on May 11, 1939, in Sparta, TN., to Robert Lee Swindell, Sr. and Lassie Thomas Swindell . He was the owner of Swindell's Decorator Supply here in Sparta. He passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2009 at his residence in Sparta, TN. He was preceded in death by his parents and sister...

Eugene Allen
May 14, 2009
Eugene N. Allen,age 66 the son of the late George allen and Pauline Downing Allen was born in Rochester, New Hampshire.
Mr. Allen passed away at

Rosalie Trobaugh
May 9, 2009
Mrs. Rosalie "Rosie" M. Trobaugh, age 71 was born in Michigan on January 10, 1938 to R. V. Cooper and Cora Farley Cooper.
Mrs. Trobaugh passed on Saturday, May 10, 2009 at the Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, TN. She is preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Gail Havens; and numerous brothers and sisters.
She...

Edna Tollison
Apr 23, 2009
Miss Edna Ola Tollison, age 93, was born on September 7, 1915 to George and Mary Bussell Tollison in Sparta, TN.
Miss Tollison passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2009 in Columbus, Ohio., formerly of Sparta.
Miss Edna retired in 1974 from Continental Can in Mount Vernon. She was a past member of the Pistole...
Anna Gray
Apr 11, 2009
age 70, Mrs. Gray was employed at Ryan's Family Steakhouse in Crossville,TN.
She is preceded in deaht by her parents, J. B. Anderson and Hazel Marie Hawkins Anderson;Former husbnad, Herbert Wayne Stone and grandchild Meghan Marie Rotermund.
She was survived by her husband Joe Gray, Mother of Danny Stone, Shelia Rotermund and husbnad Gary, Clif...

Pruna Miller
Mar 31, 2009
age 106, Mrs Miller was a White County School Teacher. She retired form the Doyle Post Office. She was a member of The Doyle United Methodist Church. She is preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, James Chester Miller; parents Sanders McCormick and Emma Butts McCormick;sisters, Bessie Grissom and Lillie Watson.
She is survived by...