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Gladys A. Rowland, age 89, of the Rocky Glade Community of Rutherford County, died Thursday evening, February 4, 2010. Mrs. Rowland was a life long resident of Rutherford County and was a daughter of the late Willie and Virginia Tennessee Taylor Clark. She was a homemaker and had also retired from Cloverbottom Developmental Center in Nashville. Mrs. Rowland was a member of the Eagleville Primitive Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, John D. Rowland who died in 1983.
Mrs. Rowland is survived by two daughters, Patsy Rowland Reeves of Rocky Glade Community, Virginia Newcomb of Chapel Hill; two sons, Randall (Lisa) Rowland of Rocky Glade Community, Eddie (Mildred) Rowland of Rocky Glade Community; sister, Betty Alderdice of Lewisburg; brothers, Eugene Clark of Lewisburg, Faye Clark of Eagleville; six grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren and seven great-great grandchildren.
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Carl Bruce Cooper, age 72, of Manchester, formerly of Unionville, died Friday, February 5, 2010 at Middle Tennessee Medical Center. A native of Bedford County, Mr. Cooper was a son of the late Herbert and Beatrice Crick Cooper. He was a retired computer programmer at Arnold Engineering Development Center, a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in the Rover community of Bedford County and a charter member of the Community Lions Club in Unionville. In addition to his parents, Mr. Cooper was preceded in death by his first wife, Judy Tucker Cooper who died in 2000 and an infant sister, Vivian Ann Cooper.
Survived by his wife, Jean Frazier Cooper of Manchester; 2 daughters, Sherry Miller and Brandy Simmons of Unionville; a son, Brent Cooper of Shelbyville; 3 step-sons, David Frazier of Estill Springs, Ricky Frazier and Donnie Frazier of Manchester; 3 brothers, David Cooper of Christiana, Barry Cooper of Chapel Hill, and Ray Cooper of Manchester; 6 grandchildren, 8 step grandchildren; 11 step-great grandchildren and Special Grandchildren, Sonia and Tony Carlton.
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William Robert "Bob" Henry, Jr., age 84, of Rockvale, formerly of Jackson, MS, died January 28, 2010 at Middle Tennessee Medical Center. A native of Durant, Mississippi, he was preceded in death by his parents, William Robert Sr. and Ollie Pender Henry. He was also preceded in death by two sons, Chuck and Scott Henry.
Mr. Henry is survived by his wife of 60 years, Doris Henry; three daughters and sons- in-law, Bobby Lynn (William) Lawrence of Rockvale, Cherry (David) Rogers of Murfreesboro, and Emily Traugott of Dallas, TX; eleven grandchildren, Amanda Rogers, Tracy Walters, Joshua Rogers, Erica Meshell, Laura DeLeon, Jessica Heinrich, Lisa Lawrence, Charlie Rogers, Matthew Lawrence, and Ralf and Clayton Traugott; sixteen great grandchildren; five sisters, Roberta York, Loraine Logan, Louanne Jordon, Trudy Wand, and Becky Tynes, and several nieces and nephews.
Mr. Henry was a member of the First Baptist Church in Jackson, MS, and was a World War II Veteran serving in the Navy with the Seabees in Saipan and the Marshall Islands. He was a retired Architect, member of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association and a "Fellow in the A.I.A." He served as a President of the Mississippi State Chapter of the A.I.A. and C.S.I. and was instrumental in starting the Mississippi State School of Architecture at Mississippi State University.
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Thomas H. Lynch, age 82, of Chapel Hill, died Thursday, January 21, 2010, in Shelbyville. Mr. Lynch was born in Bedford County and was a son of the late Hiram Edgar Lee and Mary Ella Davis Lynch. He served in the United States Army and was a retired highway construction worker. Mr. Lynch was a member of North Fork Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by sisters, Viola Lynch, Gracie Allen, Bessie Underwood, Alice Lynch, Susie M. Lynch and by brothers, J.R. Lynch and Robert Edward Lynch.
Mr. Lynch is survived by his wife of 62 years, Mary Rollins Lynch of Chapel Hill; two daughters, Sandra Neese of Shelbyville and Vina Sue Winstead of Eagleville; three sons, Bobby Lynch, Thomas G. Lynch and Jeff Lynch, all of Unionville; two brothers, William Cooper Lynch of Unionville and Edgar Lynch, Jr. of College Grove; a sister, Mable Cherry of Lewisburg; thirteen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Donna Kennedy Steagall Pfeiffer, 70, of Murfreesboro was called home to be with the Lord on January 20, 2010. Donna was a loving wife and mother.
She was a longtime member of the Rockvale Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Chapter 91, where she formerly held the station of Recorder of Crosses. She worked in local government for many years at the Rutherford County Courthouse where she retired as secretary for the Honorable Whitney Steagall. She will be missed by all and her spirit will live on with all whose lives she touched.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Mary Frances and Earl Boyd Kennedy of Nashville. She is survived by her devoted husband, Ernest Allen Pfeiffer, Sr.; her children, Mark Steagall, Tina Gail Steagall, Tom (Tanera) Steagall and Earl (Angie) Steagall, all of Rockvale; stepchildren, Ernest Allen (Missy) Pfeiffer, Jr. of Nashville, Carole Joy Pfeiffer, of Murfreesboro; grandchildren, Hannah Gwen Steagall, Dawson Kennedy Steagall, Olivia Frances Steagall, and Jack Thomas Steagall, all of Rockvale, and Anna Dean Pfeiffer and Allissa Ryan Pfeiffer of Nashville; great grandson, Caden Earl Sledge; brothers, Ronnie (Susan) Kennedy and Mike (Lisa) Kennedy.
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Richard J. "Cracker" Gordon, age 97, of Shelbyville, passed away Friday, January 8, 2010, at his home after an extended illness.
He was born December 9, 1912, in Bedford County, to the late Closson and Myrtle Stephens Gordon. He was a 1931 graduate of Shelbyville Central High School, a retired farmer and a former member of the Bedford County Commission. He was founding member and organizer of the Bedford County CO-OP, where he was also a former Director. He was President of the Flat Creek Community Club when it won the state award for the "Most Improved Community in the State". He was also a former Director of the Farm Bureau and the Senior Citizen's Board and a former Elder of Flat Creek Church of Christ, where he was a life long member.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Audra Mai Gordon, in 2008. Mr. Gordon is survived by his wife of 69 years, Hazel Allen Gordon, of Shelbyville; two daughters, Anne Gordon Sanders, of Knoxville, and Betty Gordon Goodpaster and her husband, Julian, of Eagleville; a sister, Mildred Roberts, of Wartrace; four grandchildren, John Goodpaster, and his wife Jennifer, James Goodpaster, Sarah Teague, and her husband Matthew, and Dr. Will Sanders, and his wife, Reetu; four great grandchildren, Maggie Goodpaster, Hazel Goodpaster, Ava Jean Teague, and Locke Teague.
Memorial may be made to Flat Creek Church of Christ, Citizen Center, American Cancer Society, or Hospice Compassus.
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Alene (Dean) McRae Toombs, age 89, of Arrington, died Sunday, January 3, 2010. A native of Rutherford County, she was the daughter of the late Byrd and Mary Smythia McRae. Mrs. Toombs is survived by her daughter, Annette (Bobby) Morton of Smyrna; son Paul (Patsy) Toombs of Christiana; sister Madie Wilson of Almaville; seven grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Oscar Toombs; Pete and Rose Elliott, the couple who raised Mrs. Toombs; sisters Ruby Temple, Martha Byrd; son Miley Edward Toombs and grandson Jesse Robert Morton.
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Elise Slater Beck, age 99, died Sunday, January 3, 2010 at her home in Murfreesboro. Mrs. Beck was a native of Wartrace and was the daughter of the late Bert and Addie Bowen Slater. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William Edward Beck who died in l963 and her sister, Rosiland (Rose) Motlow. She is survived by her son, John H. Beck of Murfreesboro, and her daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Tom Tytula of Huntsville, AL; two grandchildren, Teresa Lynn Tytula and Mary Elizabeth Burcham; three great-grandsons, Will, Wesley, and Wyatt Burcham. Mrs. Beck was a former music teacher at Rockvale School and was pianist at First Baptist Church. She attended Central Christian Church where she served as church organist for many years before her retirement.
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Mattie Flora Maxwell Haynes, age 84, of Rockvale, died Saturday, January 2, 2010. She was a native of Rockvale and daughter of the late William L. and Mattie Hayes Maxwell, Sr. Mrs. Haynes is survived by her son, David Haynes of Eagleville; daughter, Karen (Carl) Hollis of Murfreesboro; sisters, Anna Middleton of Donelson, Evelyn Writesman of Nashville, and Florence Wheeler of Murfreesboro; brother, Bob Maxwell of Murfreesboro; four grandchildren, DJ Haynes, Alicia Riley, Sarah and Matthew Hollis; three great grandchildren, Isaac and Cannon Haynes, Jaxson Riley. She was preceded in death by her husband, George J. "Jack" Haynes; granddaughter, Julie Hollis; sister, Julia Fisher, and brothers, W. L. Maxwell, Jr., and Homer Maxwell. Mrs. Haynes was a member of the Rockvale Church of God, a graduate of Rockvale School, and was former bookkeeper for Harrison and Alexander of Murfreesboro.
Memorials may be made to Rockvale Church of God in memory of Mrs. Haynes.
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Bobby Wayne West, 52, of Christiana, died Friday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center. A native of Rutherford County, he is survived by daughter Jennifer West, of Murfreesboro; parents Howard and Emma Morton West, of Rockvale; brothers Clayton West, of Murfreesboro, Jimmy West, of Rockvale, Mark West, of Murfreesboro, Mike West, of Manchester; sister Barbara McCollum, of Austin, Texas; fiancee Debra Sharp, of Christiana.
Mr. West was a member of the Baptist Church and a construction worker. He was a graduate of Rockvale High School.
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Mary Ruth Council, 73, of Arrington, Tenn., died Friday, April 22, 2005, at her home.
A native of Rutherford County, Mrs. Council was the daughter of the late Claude and Nannie Heath O'Neal. She was a member of the Baptist church and a retired employee of Samsonite. Survivors include her husband, Hubert E. Council; daughters Linda June Williams and Johnnie Faye Roberson, both of Smyrna, and Ruth Jolene Graham of Murfreesboro; sons James Ewing Council of Shelbyville and Hubert Randall Council of Arrington; sisters Roxie Fields of Almaville, Dorothy Barrett of Murfreesboro and Nancy Luffman of Smyrna; 15 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
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Jennifer Kelly Emslie, 28, of Murfreesboro, died Monday, April 18, 2005 at her home. She was a native of Nashville.
She is survived by parents John C. and Paulette Davis Emslie of Murfreesboro; sons Ian Tyler Cunningham of Unionville and Gavin Bradley Alderson of Rockvale; sisters Melanie Emslie of Murfreesboro and Heather Tisdale of Lebanon; brothers Rick Emslie of Murfreesboro and Heath Emslie of Longview community.
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Alberta Barrett Douglas, age 72, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2005, after a short illness.
She is survived by daughters Rose (Rob) Aker of Murfreesboro, Betty (Bobby) Underwood of Unionville and Nadine (Micheal) Lamb and Carla (Robert) Lee, both of Rockvale; sons Lester (Marion) Perry of Memphis and John Perry of Murfreesboro; 14 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eli and Cora Manus Barrett; her first husband, Lester Perry; her second husband, Frank Douglas Jr.; daughter Elizabeth Perry; son Gerald Perry; granddaughter Kayla Ingels, sisters Susie, Inez, Hester, Willie and Fannie; and brothers John, Paul, Richard and James Barrett. Woodbury Funeral Home
