Jeanice Jernigan obituary
Jeanice Gauthier Snell Jernigan, age 79 of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2022. A native of Plaucheville, LA, she was the daughter of the late Marion Peter and Eula Mary Gremillion Gauthier.
Mrs. Jernigan was also preceded in death by her first husband, Craig Snell; grandson, Cody Wayne York; and brothers, Marion Gauthier, Jr., and James Gauthier.
Mrs. Jernigan is survived by her husband, Bobby Wayne Jernigan; son, Oda Snell; daughter, Michelle Snell all of Murfreesboro, TN; stepdaughter, Bobbie Lynn Jernigan of Spring Hill, TN; grandchildren, Caleb York, Brandon Craig Snell, and James Patrick Snell; great-grandchildren, Willow Ann Snell, Lillia Scarlett York, and Brynlee Marie Snell; and a sister, Ruth Ducote of Cottonport, LA.
Visitation will be held from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Monday, April 4, 2022, at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. A funeral mass will be held 12:30 PM Monday at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church with Father John Sims Baker and Deacon Pete Semich officiating. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens with Brandon Snell, James Snell, Caleb York, Courtney Capps, Nick McCauley, and Whit Davis serving as pallbearers.
Mrs. Jernigan was a member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church and retired from the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department.
An online guestbook for the Jernigan family is available at www.woodfinchapel.com.
Woodfin Memorial Chapel. (615) 893-5151.
