Apr 10, 2025 at 12:30 pm by Producer
Apr 09, 2025 at 11:00 am by Producer
Mar 25, 2025 at 09:23 am by WGNS
Area funeral homes listed below (hyperlinks are blue underlined)
Jennings and Ayers Funeral Home
(615) 893-2422
820 South Church Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Woodfin Funeral Chapels
(615) 893-5151
1488 Lascassas Pike
Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Also on, 203 N. Lowry Street
Smyrna, TN 37167
Roselawn Funeral Home
(615) 893-2742
5350 N.W. Broad Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
Murfreesboro Funeral Home
(615) 896-2229
145 Innsbrooke Blvd.
Murfreesboro, TN 37128
Nelson & Sons Memorial Chapel
(931) 685-4200
824 Lipscomb Street
Shelbyville, TN 37160
Scales and Sons Funeral Home
(615) 893-1313
318 East State Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Hellum Funeral Home
(615) 893-4323
611 S HIGHLAND AVE
Murfreesboro, TN 37130-4268
Cannon County
Gentry-Smith Funeral Home
303 Murfreesboro Road
Woodbury, TN 37190
Phone: (615) 563-5337
Woodbury Funeral Home
Address: 504 W. Main Street; Woodbury, TN
Phone: (615) 563-2311
Obituary line (615) 563-2344
Fax: (615) 563-2316
Bedford County
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel
2022 N Main St.; Shelbyville, TN
Phone: (931) 684-8356
Gowen-Smith Chapel
850 Union Street; Shelbyville, TN
Phone: ( 931) 684-1372
Hillcrest Funeral Home
1802 Madison St.; Shelbyville, TN
Phone: (931) 684-2256
Howell-Lawrence Funeral Home
739 N Main St.; Shelbyville, TN
Phone: (931) 684-5011
Welton & Son Funeral Chapel
1101 N Main St.; Shelbyville TN
Phone: (931) 684-1445
Coffee County
Coffee County Funeral Chapel Inc
Address: 786 McMinnville Hwy, Manchester, TN
Phone: (615) 723-3330
Fax: (615) 723-3329
Daves & Culbertson Funeral Home
Address: 401 North Jackson Street, Tullahoma, TN
Phone: (615) 455-3481
Gilmore Funeral Home
Address: 1600 Mc Arthur Drive, Manchester, TN
Phone: (615) 728-2936
Fax: (615) 728-2963
J Welton Funeral Home
Address: 715 S Jackson St, Tullahoma TN, 37388-3463
Phone: (615) 455-2723
Manchester Funeral Home
Address: 214 E Main St, Manchester, TN
Phone: (615) 728-3505
Tullahoma Funeral Home, Inc
Address: 401 Westside Dr, Tullahoma, TN
Phone: (615) 455-4567
Fax: (615) 393-2486
DeKalb County
Walker Funeral Home, Inc.
Address: 301 West Main St., Smithville, TN 37166
Phone: (615)597-4321
Fax: (615)597-8321
Love-Cantrell Funeral Home
Address: 100 East Church St., Smithville, TN 37166
Phone: (615) 597-5275
Fax: (615)597-5254
Avant Funeral Home
Address: 109 High St., Alexandria, TN 37012
Phone: (615) 529-2323
Anderson Funeral Home
Address: 302 West Main St., Alexandria, TN 37012
Phone: (615) 529-2173
Marshall County
Lawrence Funeral Home and Crematory
203 South Horton Parkway; Chapel Hill, TN
Phone: (931) 364-2233
Warren County
High Funeral Home, Inc.
Address: 101 N College St. McMinnville, TN 37110
Phone: (931) 473-2137
Fax: (931) 473-7343
Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home
Address: 415 North Chancery, McMinnville, TN 37110
Phone: (931) 473-4444
Fax: (931) 473-8428
McMinnville Funeral Home
Address: US Bypass 70S, McMinnville,, TN 37012
Phone: (931) 473-6606
Fax: (931) 473-7663
Wilson County
Hunter Funeral Home
Address: 208 W Main St, Watertown TN
Phone: (615) 237-9318
Ligon-Bobo Funeral Home Inc
Address: 241 W Main St, Lebanon, TN
Phone: (615) 444-2142
Mount Juliet Funeral Home
Address: 705 Hillview Dr, Mount Juliet, TN
Phone: (615) 758-5459
Partlow Funeral Chapel INC.
Address: 602 S Cumberland St, Lebanon, TN
Phone: (615) 444-7007
Fax: (615) 444-0618
Margie Jean Parton, age 93 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2025. A native of Rutherford County, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Albert and Lydia Myrtle Preston Harrell. Mrs. Parton was also preceded in death by her husband, Sterling Parton, her son, Lynn Harris, brothers Ed, Leo, Forrest, Jesse, and Homer “Snook” Harrell; sisters, Annabell Medlock, Mamie Brandon, Susie Wallace, and Clara Harrell.
Mrs. Parton is survived by her son, Kenneth “Kenny” Harris and his wife Janet of Woodbury, TN; grandsons, Chris Harris of Murfreesboro, TN and Trent Harris of Shelbyville, TN; great grandsons, Todd and Walter Harris.
Visitation will be held from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at Woodfin Memorial Chapel.
A graveside service will be held at 12:30 PM at Dilton Cemetery with Pastor Brent Brewer officiating.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Mrs. Parton was a member of Harvest View Church and a retired Unit Clerk with Rutherford Hospital. A devout woman of God, she loved and cared deeply for family and friends.
Bettye Jo Warren Lynch of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, age 93, passed away on April 8, 2025.
She was born on August 9, 1931, in Nashville, Tennessee, to the late Robert H. Warren and Jessie Bush Warren.
Bettye was also preceded in death by Martha Jean Warren, sister; Robert Clayton Forsythe, husband; and Robert Warren Forsythe, son.
She is survived by sons, Paul D. Forsythe (Pam), Ralph C. Forsythe (Barbara); grandchildren, Paul (Stephanie), Martha (Stephen), Warren (Amy), Jocelyn (Wiley), and Taylor (Jordan); great grandchildren, Blake (Ryan), Hunter (Nicole), Dylan, Conner, Kendall, Elise, Savannah, Dacey, Jude, Wilson, and Lucy; and great-great grandchildren, Reeve, Lennon, and Archie.
A visitation will be held for family and friends on Sunday, April 13, 2025, at Woodfin Funeral Chapel, from 5:00-7:00pm. The graveside service will be 11:00 am on Monday, April 14, 2025, at Spring Hill Cemetery in Nashville, TN with Brother Wayne Lankford officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations be made to Alive Hospice, Murfreesboro Residence.
Jeff Sowell, owner of Jeff's Family Restaurant, age 63, passed away Monday, March 17th, with family at his side.
He was preceeded in death by his wife, Cecilia and father John Sowell.
Jeff Sowell is survived by mother Mattie, devoted brother Jimi and sons Norman and Nigel Sowell.
Visitation with the family will be Friday, April 4th at 12 Noon at Scales and Sons Funeral Home. Services will follow at 1PM.