Willie Mai Anderson
Willie Mai Anderson, 91, of Ashland City, died July 11, 2001, at Skyline
Medical Center in Nashville.
Services were held Friday, July 13 at Anderson & Garrett Funeral
Home in Joelton with Cecil Boswell officiating.
Grandsons served as pallbearers.
She was preceded in death by husband, Henry Gleeco Anderson, Sr., parents,
William R. and Georgia Rediker, and brother, Clarence Rediker.
Survivors include sons and daughters in law, H.G. and Doris Anderson,
Jr., of Ridgetop, Billy C. and Rheba Anderson, of Ashland City, Butch and
Joyce Anderson, of Ashland City; daughters and sons in law, Barbara and
Jimmy Vaughn, of Whites Creek, Betty and Phillip Anderson, of Goodlettsville,
Joyce and Gene Allred, of Cookeville; brothers, Herbert Rediker, of Nashville,
Roy Rediker, of Murfreesboro, Clemmon Rediker, of Joelton; and 15 grandchildren,
25 great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren.
Anderson & Garrett Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mary Freeman
Mary Freeman, 99, of Chapmansboro, died July 11, 2001, at her home.
Services were held Friday, July 13 at Eastland Funeral Home with Skip
Armistead officiating. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery in Nashville.
Born Aug. 13, 1901 in Stewart County, she was the daughter of Eddie
C. and Florence Gibbs. She was employed by Hermitage Parking. She was retired.
She was a member of the Inglewood United Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Wallace Freeman, and grandchildren,
Mike and Marshal McGlasson.
Survivors include her daughter Betty (Mac) McGlasson; grand daughter,
Linda (Bill) Foster, of Nashville; grandson, Bruce (Lynn) McGlasson of
Anchorage, AK; great-grand children, Graham, Cameron, Jessie, Jacob McGlasson
and Kelsey and Brian Foster.
Eastland Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Cecil Golden
Cecil O. Golden, 85, of Flora, Ill., died Sunday, July 8, 2001, at
Hillcrest Health Center in Ashland City.
Services were held Wednesday, July 11 at Frank & Bright Funeral
Home in Flora, Ill., with Pastor Randy MacDonald officiating. Burial was
in Golden Cemetery in Louisville, Ill.
Born in Clay County, Ill., on Jan. 4, 1916, he was the son of Lloyd
Golden and Elsie Krutsinger. He worked in Naval Clearance at the Indiana
Ship Yard, was a metal press factory worker and an area farmer.
He was preceded in death by wife, Merle Murphy; one son; one daughter;
two grandchildren; two brothers; and four sisters.
He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Flora, Ill., was a
veteran of the reserves from 1940-45, was a member of the Fraternal Order
of Eagles, the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, International
Carrier’s Building & Common Laborers Union of America, and Honorary
Citizen of Father Flanagan’s Boys Home.
Survivors included one son, Jerry Golden, of Ashland City; three daughters,
Rosetta Casolari, of West Frankfort, Ill., Loretta Golden, of Salem, Ill.,
and Lila (Joe) Snow, of Salem, Ill.; step-daughter, Barbara Nordbo, of
Fargo, N.D.; and one sister, Helen (Bud) Corzine, of Fithian, Ill.; 14
grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
Frank & Bright Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
John Hudgens
John Franklin Hudgens, 84, of Clarksville, formerly of Pleasant View,
died July 16, 2001, at Gateway Medical Center in Clarksville.
Services will be conducted at Wednesday, July 18 at 10 a.m, at Anderson
& Garrett Funeral Home with burial at Forest Lawn in Goodlettsville.
Larry Pinson will officiate.
Pallbearers will be Steve Arrington, David Arrington, Nathan Hudgens,
Michael Hudgens, Johnny Hudgens, and Ben Hornsby.
Hudgens was born May 13, 1917, in Cheatham County. He was the son of
Wade Odell Hudgens and Flossie Perry Hudgens. He was preceded in death
by his first wife, Hazel Wilson Hudgens, in 1975. He retired from E.I.
DuPont Inc.
Hudgens is survived by wife Viva Hudgens, of Joelton; daughter and
son-in-law, Frankie and Malcolm Arrington, of Clarksville; son and daughter-in-law,
Rick and Natalie Hudgens, of Ashland City; six grandchildren; nine great
grandchildren; sisters, Elise Hunt, Nashville, Shirley Hornsby, Whites
Creek; and brothers, Wade Odell “Junior” Hudgens, Jr., Whites Creek, and
Billy Hudgens, Joelton.
Anderson & Garrett Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Clarence Johnson
Clarence Willard Johnson, 79, of Ashland City, died Tuesday, July 10,
2001, at his home.
Services were held Thursday, July 12 at Boyd Funeral Home with the
Rev. Mike Gillock and Bro. Terry Boyd officiating. Burial was in the Cheatham
Memorial Gardens in Pleasant View.
Pallbearers were Harris Nicholson, Jerry O’Neal, Kingsley Forbes, Timmy
Forbes, Roger Jackson and Bobby Perry.
Survivors included his wife, Willie V. Johnson; sons, Donald Johnson,
of Burlington, N.C., Tommy Johnson, of Darlington, S.C., Wayne Johnson,
of Burlington, N.C.; step-daughter, Deloris Buckland, of Joelton; brothers,
Melvin Johnson, of West End, N.C., Kenneth Johnson, of Burlington, N.C.;
and sister, Barbara Jones, of Burlington, N.C.
Boyd Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
“Ish” Smith
William Isome “Ish” Smith, 77, of Chapmansboro, died July 9, 2001,
at Alive Hospice of Nashville.
Services were held Thursday, July 12 at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Nashville
with David Royalty officiating.
Moses Crocker, Frank Matthews, Bobby Stanley, Chris Smith, Wayne Evans
and Zach Evans served as pallbearers.
Smith was born Oct. 10, 1923, in Tullahoma. He was the son of Benjamin
Martin and Lelia Finney Smith. He was a World War II U.S. Navy veteran
serving in the Pacific. He retired from Third National Bank as senior vice-president
with 37 years of service.
Survivors include wife, Jean Evans Smith, of Chapmansboro; son and
daugter in law, Marty and Cindy Smith, of Springfield; grandchildren, Angela
and Chris Smith, both of Smyrna, Hayley and Trevor Smith both of Springfield;
great grandson, Bryson Zimmerman; and brother, Joe Smith of Murfreesboro.
Anderson & Garrett Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Avo Spencer
Avo L. Fletcher Spencer, 79, of Pegram, died July 10, 2001, after a
bout with cancer.
Services were held Thursday, July 12 at Harpeth Hills Funeral Home
with Jerry Mercer and Calvin Parker officiating. Burial was in Harpeth
Hills Memory Gardens.
Pallbearers were grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Honorary pallbearers
were Harold Reynolds, Morris Hannah, Willie Fletcher, Doris Sawyer, Danny
Ray Stuart, Phillip Clement, Grady Fletcher, Elmer Spencer, O’Neil Spencer
and Randy Clark.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Grady Spencer; son, Lester
V. Spencer.
Survivors include children, Maxine Evans, of Pegram, W. Walter (Georgia
Ann) Spencer, of Franklin, Tommy (Carolyn) Spencer, of Pegram, David “Bubba”
Spencer, of Pegram; grandchildren, Felissa, Allen, Darrell, Donna, Karen,
Bill and Gary; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Harpeth Hills Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Thomas Clements
Thomas Arthur Clements, 70, died Wednesday, July 18, 2001, at Centennial
Medical Center in Nashville.
Services were held Saturday, July 21 at Boyd Funeral Home with Rev.
Kelly LeBlanc officiating.
He is survived by sons, Danny Clements, of Ashland City, and David
Clements, of Ashland City, step-son, Travis Wayne Rachal, of Pineville,
La.; daughter, Cindy Odom, of Murfreesboro, Angie Gupton, of Clarksville,
and Anna Maria Labespere of Pineville, La.; step-daughter, Kala Rachal,
of Pineville, La.; sister, Mamie Clements of Pleasant Grove, Ala., and
Minor Walker, of Pleasant Grove, Ala.
Boyd Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
William Gupton
William Felix Gupton, 64, of Ashland City, died Monday, July 23, 2001,
at his home.
Services will be held at Boyd Funeral Home on Wednesday, July 25 at
10 a.m. with Rev. Terry Exley officiating. Burial will be at the Smith-Neptune
Cemetery.
Gupton was a mechanic for B.P. Oil.
Survivors include his wife, Linda, son, Michael Kevin Gupton, of Ashland
City; daughter, Sherrie Regina Gupton, of Nashville; brother, Teddy Gupton,
of Ashland City, and David Gupton of Mt. Juliet; sister, Mary Ann Jennett,
of Ashland City; and granddaughters, Nakeea Price and Natasha Sesler.
He was preceded in death by his father, Felix Gupton, mother, Ruby
Pryor Gupton, and son, Kerry Gupton.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society
and Alive Hospice.
Boyd Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Daniel Henson
Daniel “Crash” Henson, 17, of Ashland City, died Sunday, July 22, 2001,
at his home.
Services will be held Thursday, July 26 at 2 p.m. at the Cheatham County
Funeral Home. Burial will be the Greenbrier Church of Christ.
Pallbearers will be members of the Two Rivers Volunteer Fire Department.
Henson was a Cheatham County Central High School student, entering
his senior year. He served as a volunteer firefighter for the Two Rivers
Volunteer Fire Department and was a member of the Future Farmers of America.
He played in the Cheatham County Youth Basketball Association for three
years and Babe Ruth baseball for a year.
Survivors include his father, Ronald Henson, mother, Darlene Henson,
sister Crystal Henson, and maternal uncle, Jesse Jackson.
He was preceded in death by grandparents, Marvin and Earline Jackson,
and Fannie and Gordon Henson.
Cheatham County Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Don Kilgore Sr.
Don Boyd Kilgore, Sr., 56, of Pleasant View, died July 19, 2001, at
his home.
Services were held Saturday, July 21 at New Hope Free Will Baptist
Church with Larry Simpson and Vernon Baker officiating. Burial was in the
Cheatham Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers were Kilgore’s nephews.
Born August 21, 1944 in Cheatham County, he was the son of the late
William Thomas and Vennie Ann Hendrixson Kilgore. He was employed by Ferrell
Gas.
Survivors include his wife, Sandra Elizabeth Ellis Kilgore, Pleasant
View; daughter, Kristen Renae (Charles III) Allen; sons, Don Boyd (Angie)
Kilgore Jr., and Jeffrey Scott Kilgore, of Pleasant View; grandchildren,
Kolton and Gracie Kilgore and Gaige Allen; sisters, Virginia Eloise (Lloyd)
Amburgey, Nashville, Myrtle Ruth (Jesse Lee) Reeder, Joelton, Patricia
Diane (Don) Majors, Ashland City, Margorie GayNell (Gilford) Walker, Pleasant
View, Sharon Elaine (Roby) Binkley, South Carolina; and brothers, William
Jackson (Peggy) Kilgore, Joelton, Charles Franklin (Sandra) Kilgore, Sr.,
Joelton, Jimmy Eugene Kilgore, Nashville, Thomas Bryant (Dean) Kilgore,
Ashland City, Harold George (Jacquelyne) Kilgore, Sr., Smithville, Kelly
Odell (Ginny) Kilgore, Sr., Joelton, Samuel Elijah (Ruth) Kilgore, Pleasant
View.
Anderson & Garrett Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Sharryn Mattus
Sharryn Anne Mattus, 60, of Joelton, died Thursday, July 19, 2001.
Services were held Monday, July 23 at Anderson & Garrett Funeral
Home in Joelton with David Krogh officiating. Burial was in the Joelton
Hills Memory Gardens.
Mattus was born April 23, 1941 in Rockfork, Ill. She was the daughter
of Robert Lee and Anne Christine Kordash Kootz. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Roger Mattus of Joelton; daughter, Susan
Svihlik; sons, Michael Mattus and Jeffrey Mattus; sister, Judy Stotmeister;
and eight grandchildren.
The Mattus family lost their home on Old Clarksville Pike to a fire
on July 5.
Anderson & Garrett Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Thomas Phillips
Thomas L. Phillips, 56, of Ashland City, died Sunday, July 22, 2001.
Services were held Tuesday, July 24 at West Harpeth Chapel with Rolland
Rodriguez officiating. Burial was in Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens.
Pallbearers were Fred Phillips, John Barnes, Paul Gray, Kenneth Clinton,
Steven Hanvy, Danny Stephens, Raymond Phillips and John McNeese.
Survivors include wife, Gladys Phillips, son, Raymond (Sandra) Phillips,
daughter, Rhonda (John) McNeese, brother, Charles Phillips all of Ashland
City; brothers, Edward Phillips of Nashville, and Lonnie Phillips of Pleasant
View; sister Shirley Ragsdale of Pegram; and eight grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Thomas Phillips Jr.
West Harpeth Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. |
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