Mr. Johnny Ray Donegan, age 66, of Shelbyville, died Thursday, November 4, 2010, at Heritage Medical Center.
Funeral services will be 11 AM Saturday, November 6, 2010, at Fairlane Church of Christ. Geoff Giesemann, Russ Countess, and Ron DeWitt will officiate. Burial, with full military honors, will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be 3-8 PM Friday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.
He was born April 22, 1944, in Bedford County, to the late J.C. and Bertie Mae Rollins Donegan. He was retired from the State of Tennessee Department of Transportation, a former member of the Shelbyville Kiwanis Club, and a supporter of the Boys and Girls Club. He was greatly involved in many charitable works, especially those involving children. He was a former member of the Tennessee National Guard and a faithful member of Fairlane Church of Christ.
He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Delores Sissom Donegan, of Shelbyville; a daughter, Angie Crosslin, ,and her husband Marty, of Shelbyville; a brother, Roger Donegan, and his wife Claudia; two sisters, Patricia Parker, and her husband Sam, and Brenda Wright, and her husband Clark, all of Shelbyville; two grandchildren, Maddie Crosslin and Zach Crosslin.
Memorials may be made to: Shelbyville Kiwanis Club, P.O. Box 683, Shelbyville, TN 37162 or Fairlane Church of Christ, 101 Dow Drive, Shelbyville, TN 37160, 931-684-1583 or American Heart Association, P.O. Box 409410, Atlanta, GA 30384-9410.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
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Mr. Charlie Simmons, age 80, of Shelbyville, died Friday, November 5, 2010, at Christian Care Center of Bedford County.
His remains were cremated, there will be no services.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
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Mrs. Nancy Orr Anderson, age 92, of Bell Buckle, passed away Thursday November 4, 2010, at her home after an extended illness.
A Memorial Service will be held at a later date.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel assisted the family with the arrangements.
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Mr. Jon Morton Chick, age 72, of Shelbyville, died Friday, November 5, 2010, at Heritage Medical Center.
Funeral services will be 2 PM Wednesday, November 10, 2010, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Donnie Rader will officiate, with burial to follow in Willow Mount Cemetery.
Visitation will be 4-6 PM Tuesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.
He was born May 18, 1938, in Metropolis, Illinois, to the late Morton L. and Mary Alice Baker Chick. He was the retired owner/operator of a fabric store in Arizona for over 40 years. He was the youngest member of the Chamber of Commerce at age 19 at the time, and a member of El Bethel Church of Christ.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Connie Wacht Chick, of Shelbyville; a daughter, Cheryl Clark, and her husband Matthew, of Shelbyville, and a son, Jon Chick, and his wife Lisa, of Shelbyville; three sisters, Mary Agnes Hornbaker, of Tempe, Arizona, Katherine Stewart, and her husband Bill, of Prescott, Arizona, and Judy McDonald, and her husband Richard, of Richardson, Texas; five granddaughters, Sara Nicole Sudberry, and her husband Chance, Julie Ann Chick, Chelby Lynn Clark, Christina Marie Chick, and Megan Leanne Clark.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
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Sarah Calvin Pearson Lewis
A native of Shelbyville, Tennessee, Mrs. Lewis, 91, was raised on Jersey Dale Farm, the daughter of the late Charles Newton Pearson and Ethel Reagor Pearson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John Holliday Lewis, son, Charles Sumner Lewis and sister, Zadie Pearson Foster.
An alumna of Milligan College, Mrs. Lewis was a member of the First Christian Church, where she served as a Deaconess, taught a Sunday School class for several years. She was an active supporter of the Boys Scouts of America and a member of the National Society of Magna Charta Dames, Shelbyville Woman’s Club and the Riverbend Country Club.
Mrs. Lewis is survived by two sons, John Holliday Lewis, Jr. and wife, Carol, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Calvin Pearson Lewis and wife, Mary, of Nashville, Tennessee, a grandson, Charles Sumner Lewis II, and granddaughter, Mary Caroline Lewis, also of Nashville.
Other survivors include a sister, Frances Pearson Alexander, and two nephews, Charles Pearson Alexander and wife, Cathy, of New York, New York, and William Brent Alexander and wife, Nancy, of Knoxville, Tennessee.
She was an avid lover of the 3-gaited and 5-gaited ponies and walking horses, having ridden in the first Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in Shelbyville in 1939. Her favorite horses, such as the 3-gaited mount, Peavines Roan King, and walking horse, Rainbow Allen, were sold to prominent riders throughout the south.
Pallbearers are Brent Alexander, John Stone, John Orman, William Cooper, John Pitts, Lee Woosley and Andrew Woosley. Visitation will be held at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel in Shelbyville on Tuesday, November 9 from 5-8:00 PM. The funeral service will be held on Wednesday November 10 at 11:00 AM at the First Christian Church in Shelbyville with Pastor Bryan Elliot officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to First Christian Church, PO Box 466, Shelbyville,TN 37160.
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Edgar Giovanny Hernandez, age 7 weeks, died Friday, November 12, 2010, at Heritage Medical Center.
Graveside services will be 2 PM Tuesday at Willow Mount Cemetery.
Visitation will be one hour prior to service at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.
He is survived by his parents, Edgar and Sierra Hernandez, of Shelbyville and grandmother, Mae Hernandez.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
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Mr. Brian Aaron Dykes, age 32, of Manchester, died Tuesday, November 9, 2010, in an automobile accident.
There will be a memorial service, Monday, November 15, 2010 at 5 PM, at New Harvest Church.
Pastor Randy Williams will be officiating.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
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Mr. Larry Edward Felix, age 66, of Shelbyville, died Friday, November 12, 2010, at Heritage Medical Center.
Funeral services will be 2 PM Wednesday, November 17, 2010, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Reverend Donnie Jones will officiate. Burial will be in Indiana at a later date.
Visitation will be Wednesday 10 AM until service time.
He was born December 4, 1943, in Clarksville, Indiana to the late Edward Peter and Lola Tash Felix. He was a musician and attended Abundant Life Church.
He is survived by a son, Dana Felix, of Mariposa, California, and a brother, Ronnie Felix, and his wife Connie, of Murfreesboro.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
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Mr. Kenneth Vernon Armstrong, age 69, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, formerly of Shelbyville, died Sunday, November 14, 2010, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Funeral services will be 2 PM Thursday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Burial, with full military honors, will follow in Hickory Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery on Chestnut Ridge.
Visitation will be 10 AM until service time Thursday.
He was born July 5, 1941, in Fayetteville, Tennessee, to the late Herman Pleas Dodson and Helen Ruth Armstrong. He was retired from the United States Army and served in the Vietnam War, and was awarded the Purple Heart.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Carolyn Powell Armstrong.
He is survived by his wife, Ann Lois Armstrong, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, a daughter, Kim Reed, and her husband Chuck, of Shelbyville; two sisters, Gloria Williams, and her husband Jerry, of Fayetteville, and Betty Lou Harris, and her husband Marlin, of Shelbyville; three brothers, Michael Dodson, and his wife Cathy, of Fayetteville, Jimmy Dodson, and his wife Margie, of Unionville, and Danny Dodson, of Lewisburg; a step-daughter, Teresa Hare, and her husband Jim, of Greensboro, Alabama; two step-sons, Ricky Merritt, and his wife Myra, of Greensboro, Alabama, and Terry Merritt, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; three grandchildren, Amber Greenway, and her husband Derek, Kayla Bailey, and Seth Reed; one great grandchild, Jackson Greenway.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
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Mr. Doyle Franklin Wilhoite, age 68, of Shelbyville, died Saturday, November 20, 2010, at Heritage Medical Center.
Funeral services will be 11 AM Tuesday, November 23, 2010, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. The Family and Friends will officiate.
Visitation will be 4-8 PM Monday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.
He was born April 3, 1942, in Bedford County, to the late Joseph and Mayme Hart Wilhoite. He was retired salesman for Bedford CO-OP, a part time farmer, and longtime member of the Bedford County Emergency Management Board. He was of the Baptist Faith.
He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Joyce Stewart Wilhoite, of Shelbyville; two daughters, Emily Wilhoite Dutton-Trott, and her husband Mark, of Murfreesboro, and Dianne Wilhoite Carpenter, of Shelbyville; a son, D.J. Wilhoite, and his wife Michelle, of Portland, Tennessee; two brothers, Hulan Wilhoite, and his wife Lorene, of Unionville, and Vernon Wilhoite, and his wife Martha, of Shelbyville; two sisters, Lorene Leebrick, and her husband Art, of Shelbyville, and Marie Chilton, and her husband James, of Mt. Juliet; five grandchildren, David Dutton, JR., Josh Dutton, Michelle Dutton, Brandon Carpenter, and Peyton Wilhoite.
Memorials may be to the Bedford Emergency Services, C/O Finance Department, 200 Dover Street, Suite 102, Shelbyville, TN 37160.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
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Mrs. Jean Davis, age 89, of Decherd, passed away Sunday, November 21, 2010, at Southern Tennessee Medical Center in Winchester.
She is the mother of John Norton of Shelbyville.
Memorial Service will be held at at later date.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
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Brenda J. Newman, age 58, of Shelbyville, died Sunday, November 21, 2010, at Baptist Hospital in Nashville.
The family will receive visitors from 2 - 4 PM Friday, November 26. 2010, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.
Following the visitation and viewing, her remains will be cremated.
She is survived by a son, Andre’ Bowen, of Shelbyville, two brothers, Tony Newman, of Shelbyville, and Dwight Newman, of Louisville, Kentucky; three sisters, Francine Newman, of Dayton, Ohio, Vickie Allison, and Valeria Buchanan, both of Shelbyville.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
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Mr. Alvis A. Wright, age 84, of Shelbyville, died Wednesday, November 24, 2010, at University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama.
Funeral services will be 11 AM Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Reverend Bobby McGee will officiate. Burial, with full military honors, will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be 5-7 PM Friday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.
He was born June 12, 1926, in Bedford County, to the late Roy Preston and Annie Belle Cook Wright. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served in World War II. He was retired from Eaton Corporation, enjoyed being a hobby farmer, and held membership in Edgemont Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Roy Avery Wright.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Madie Herron Wright, of Shelbyville; a daughter, Janice Holloway, of Murfreesboro; two grandchildren, Eric Holloway, and his wife Catherine, and Todd Holloway, and his wife Connie; two great grandchildren, Zachary Holloway and Taylor Holloway.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
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Mrs. Frances Eleanor Lamb Rutledge, age 94, of Normandy, died Thursday, November 25, 2010, at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center.
Per her request, her remains were cremated. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date.
She was born January 29, 1916, in Gladwin, Michigan, to the late Arthur and Maude Cross Lamb. She was preceded in death by her husband George Rutledge in 2000.
She is survived by two daughters, Vicky Merrill and Sandy Rutledge, both of Normandy; a son, Gene A. Rutledge, of Gladwin, Michigan; five grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
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Mrs. Martha Craig Vannatta, age 86, of Shelbyville died Thursday, November 25, 2010 at Christian Care Center of Bedford County.
Funeral services will be 3 PM Sunday, November 28, 2010, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Reverend Jim Batey will officiate, with burial to follow in Hazel Cemetery in Bell Buckle.
Visitation will be 1 PM until service time Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.
She was born December 19, 1923, in Marshall County, to the late William Thomas and Polly Troxler Craig. She was a retired teacher from the Bedford County School System, and held membership in the National Teachers Association and Tennessee Teachers Association. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband Howard “Shorty” Vannatta, in 1992, a sister, Margaret Hart, and a brother William Thomas Craig.
She is survived by two sons, Ron Vannatta, and his wife Bette, and Roger Vannatta, both of Shelbyville; two grandchildren, Jennifer Hall, and her husband Scott, of Murfreesboro, and Melissa Keck, and her husband Logan, of Boston, Massachusetts; two great grandchildren, Preston hall and Ruby Keck.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
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Mr. John Robert Motley, age 65, of Shelbyville, died Thursday, November 25, 2010, at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville.
Funeral services will be 11 AM Monday, November 29, 2010, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Reverend Bill Cartwright will officiate, with burial to follow in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be 5-8 PM Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.
He was born November 12, 1945, in Bishop, West Virginia, to the late Bud and Edith Motley. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served in the Vietnam War. He was retired from American Can Company and an active member of the Moose Lodge.
He is survived by a son, John Paul Motley, and his mother, Alfreda Motley, of Los Angeles, California; his friend, Fay Womble, of Shelbyville; two grandchildren, Hayden Montgomery Motley and Ashlyn Elizabeth Motley; a brother, Danny Motley, and his wife Debbie, of Tazewell, Virginia, and a sister, Joanne Ferguson, and her husband Bob, of Baltimore, Maryland.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
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Mr. Philip Stanley Kostkowski, age 67, of Shelbyville, died Friday, November 26, 2010, at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center.
Funeral Mass will be 11 AM Tuesday, November 30, 2010, at St. William Catholic Church. Father Thomas Kalam will officiate, with burial to follow in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be 2-4 PM Monday Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.
He was born May 7, 1043, in Baltimore, Maryland, to the late Thomas Leonard and Mary Blockston Kostowski. He is survived by his longtime companion, Larry Theis, of Shelbyville; a sister, Sandra and Charles Brandt and a brother, Patrick and Lee Kostowski, all of Baltimore, Maryland; seven nieces and nephews, Chuck, Tony, Chris, Wes, Jenna, Kevin, and Karen; eight great nieces and nephews and two great great nieces and nephews.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
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Mrs. Angela Naron Hale, age 38, of Chattanooga, formerly of Shelbyville, died Thursday,
November 25, 2010, in Chattanooga.
Funeral services will be 2 PM Thursday, December 2, 2010, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Brother James Edson will officiate, with burial to follow in Willow Mount Cemetery.
Visitation will be 2 hours prior to service Thursday.
She was born January 28, 1972, in Nashville, to Richard Naron and the late Peggy Allen Padgett.
In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by a sister, Stephanie Reale Jacobs.
She is survived by her father, Richard Naron, of Old Hickory, Tennessee; a daughter, Lauren Brady, of Chattanooga; two sisters, Christy Dupree, of Birmingham, Alabama, and Tammie Reeder, of Norman, Oklahoma; a brother, Davis Wright, of Nolensville.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
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Mrs. Ruth L. Randle, age 82, of Shelbyville, died Monday, November 29, 2010, at Christian Care Center of Bedford County.
Memorial service will be 4 PM Thursday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.
She was born September 25, 1928, in Jacksonville, Florida, to the late Thomas Charles and Nora Musgrove Copeland. She is survived by two daughters, Diane Edenfield, and her husband Jerry, of Shelbyville, and Susan L. Cannata, and her husband Charles, of Hendersonville; two sons, Oran “Bonn” Russ, and Michael Russ, both of Jacksonville, Florida; five brothers and sisters, Billy Copland, Paul Copeland, Charles Copeland, Florene and Thelma; four grandchildren, Courtney Gott, Michael Russ, Evan Russ, and Ian Russ; four great grandchildren, Killian Russ, Brayden Russ, Abigail Richardson, and Katherine Ledbetter.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
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