Mr. Emmett William Toombs, Jr., age 74, of Murfreesboro, TN passed away Sunday, May 8, 2022. He was born in Murfreesboro to the late Emmett William, Sr. and Lillian Edna Hall Toombs. Mr. Toombs was a 1966 graduate of Smyrna High School. He then earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Business Education from Middle…
Joan Smith, aka Joan Jones, age 84 of Murfreesboro, died Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at Saint Thomas Rutherford hospital. She was a native of Ripley, Tennessee and a daughter of the late Clodest Jack Lackey and Ollie Helm Lackey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Tillman Smith;…
Chrissy Kim, age 41, of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Saturday, April 30, 2022, of ovarian cancer. She is survived by her husband, Arunesh Nadgir; parents, Yung and Jung Kim; siblings Robert, Katherine, and Karen Kim; nephew and niece, Oliver and Mina Castillo; and her beloved cats, Chewy and Adagio. Chrissy was born in La Crosse,…
Mrs. Crystal “Crissy” Dawn Jacobs Dales, age 50, of Woodbury, TN passed away Sunday, May 1, 2022. She was born in Murfreesboro, TN to the late Robert M. and Betty Ruth Brewer Jacobs. Crissy worked as a clerk for the Town of Smyrna, TN. She enjoyed gardening, decorating, and her chickens. Crissy watched Yellowstone and…
Roy A. Nance, age 91 of La Vergne, TN died April 22, 2022. He was born April 9, 1931, in Allentown, PA. His parents were the late James Emmett Nance, Jr. of the Fosterville-Bell Buckle, TN area and the late Hilda Lorene (Baker) Nance of Nashville. He was preceded in death by sisters Lorene Nance…
Robert Clarence Wiese, age 95, a 13-year resident of Murfreesboro, formerly of Danville and Chicago Heights, Illinois passed away April 27th, 2022. Mr. Wiese was born in Danville, August 8, 1926, the son of Walter and Henrietta (Bentrop) Wiese and graduated from Danville High School in 1944. He was drafted into the U.S. Navy in…
Jeanne Darlene Collard, age 53 of Murfreesboro, died Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at St. Thomas Rutherford hospital. Survivors include her husband of 16 years, John Collard; her mother, Georgette Simmons of Lebanon; sister, Jade Bowman and husband Casey; and brothers, Jere T. Parkhurst and wife Anne, Daniel Parkhurst and wife Beka, and Major Parkhurst; and…
Mrs. Margaret Nelson Garner Castleberry, age 94, of Murfreesboro, TN passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at NHC Murfreesboro. She was born in Little Rock, AR to the late John and Curry Waller Nelson. Mrs. Castleberry was an x-ray technician at Murfreesboro Medical Clinic and a faithful member of Third Baptist Church. In her…
Donna Bly Payne, age 65 of Murfreesboro, TN died Monday, April 25, 2022, at her home surrounded by her family. She was a native of Rutherford County and was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Payne, her mother, Gracie Nell Pitts Bly, brothers, Charles, Randall, and Stevie Bly, and a sister, Barbara Toombs. Survivors…
Jean Eaton Wilson, age 88 of Murfreesboro, passed away Monday, April 25, 2022. Mrs. Wilson was a native and lifelong resident of Murfreesboro. Mrs. Wilson was a daughter of the late Fred and Mary Frances Smotherman Eaton. She was also preceded in death by her husband and love of her life for over 63 years,…