Dr. James “Jim” Lea, Jr., Professor Emeritus, Middle Tennessee State University passed away on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at the age of 81. He was born March 17, 1941, in Lebanon, Tennessee. Growing up in Birmingham, AL and Lebanon, he graduated from Lebanon High School in 1959, valedictorian of his class. He received a B.S….
Mr. Baldevbhai Patel, age 81, of Murfreesoro, TN passed away Sunday, May 22, 2022. He was born in India to the late Shambhudas Motidas Patel and Joitiben Shambhudas Patel. Mr. Patel was involved with Ambaji Temple in India. He was a part of Umiya Temple in Tennessee. Mr. Patel is survived by his children, Hasmukhbhai…
Robert Neil White, Sr., age 74 of Murfreesboro, TN, went to meet his Lord and Savior and grandson on Thursday, May 19, 2022, surrounded by his loving family. A native of Tazewell, TN, he was the son of the late Jack and Virginia Ruth Minton White. Mr. White was also preceded by his grandson, Sawyer…
Ruby Dean Vaughn Baird, age 80 of the Kittrell community in Murfreesboro, TN, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Born in Davidson County, TN, she was the daughter of the late Hugh Foster and Ethel M. Bullard Vaughn. Mrs. Ruby was also preceded in death by her sisters, Mattie Belle Taylor, and Gracie Pearl Allen….
Joann Magnuson, age 64 of LaVergne, TN died Friday, May 13, 2022, at DiversaCare Healthcare in Smyrna. She was born in Washington, DC and was a daughter of the late James Jeskey and Barbara Wolcott Jeskey of Murfreesboro who survives her. She was also preceded in death by her husband, David Eugene Magnuson. In addition…
Mr. Donnie Loyd Hassell, Jr., age 50, of Murfreesboro, TN passed away Friday, May 13, 2022. He was born in Nashville, TN to Donnie Loyd, Sr. and Janean Martin Hassell. Donnie worked pouring gyp-crete for ACS Construction. He loved watching Alabama football and having bonfires with his lifelong best friend, Bo. Donnie was a kid…
Katherine Jean Covington, age 92, of Murfreesboro, died Thursday, May 12, 2022, at Alive Hospice, Murfreesboro surrounded by her family. She was a native of Eagleville, Tennessee and a daughter of the late Sam Houston Hendrix and Rose Lee Vaughn Hendrix. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Lorene…
Ms. Sarah Elizabeth Campfield, age 33, of Smyrna, TN passed away Sunday, May 8, 2022. She was born in St. Charles, IL to Jim Campfield and Adell Huffstutler. Sarah loved little children and enjoyed her work at day care. Sarah is survived by her mother, Adell Huffstutler and her husband Bill of Danville, IL; brother,…
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;…