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  McMinnville resident and Van Buren County native Donna Faye Mills Bumbalough, age 69, passed from this life Wednesday June 15, 2022 at home from an extended illness.  Donna was born on September 26, 1952 to the late John Sam and Agnes Aline Crain Mills. She was of the Free Will Baptist faith and retired […]

Daphne Elaine Smith Shockley, age 54, passed away Wednesday June8, 2022 , from an extended illness, at her home surrounded by her loving family.  Daphne was born on July 12, 1967 to Dewey Smith and Diane Forsythe Allen.  A Van Buren County native and a Piney Community resident, Daphne was an outstanding basketball and softball […]

Charlotte Sullivan Certain, age 87, a Van Buren County native and Cedar Grove Community resident, passed away Friday June 3, 2022 at NHC Sparta from an extended illness. Charlotte was born on April 5, 1935, in Van Buren County, to the late Jim Emery and Lyla Pack Sullivan. She attended the Baptist Church, participated in […]

Mrs. Allison Clark Midgett MacDonell, age 58, passed from this life, from an extended illness, Saturday May 7, 2022 at her home with her daughter at her bedside. Allison was born on August 26, 1963 in Aschaffenburg, Germany (where her father served in the military) to the late Carl Glenn Midgett and the late Evelyn […]

George Lyle Anderson Sr was born Tuesday, October 15, 1946, in Pikeville, Tennessee to the late William Taft Anderson and Mattie Francis Austin Anderson. George Lyle Anderson Sr departed from this life Friday, May 6,2022 at home with his son by his side. In addition to his parents, he was proceeded in death by a […]

Mrs. Agnes “Sue” Sullivan, age 78, passed from this life Thursday May 5, 2022 at her home from an extended illness. Sue was born in the Brockdell Community on Christmas Day December 25, 1943 to the late Robert Lee and Bessie Daggett Davis. Sue was a member of Hill Road Baptist Church where she held […]

Mrs. Joyce Marie Prater, age 68 of the Piney Community, went to be with the Lord on April 20, 2022 from an extended illness. Joyce was born in Bledsoe County on January 13, 1954 to the late Charlie and Neva Mathis Webb. She was of the Church of God faith (Brockdell), she loved to travel […]

Helen Imogene Glass Lochner, 103, of Spencer, TN, departed this life peacefully in her home on April 5, 2022. Helen was born in Tucson, AZ on September 29, 1918, to the late Ernest Truman and Bernice Granville Glass. Helen grew up the oldest of three sisters in the midst of the Great Depression. Helen had a […]

Gregory “Link” Linsten, 61, of Sparta, TN, passed away on 28 March 2022. Born in International Falls, MN, to parents Patricia and Jerry, Link was a sibling to Kathy, Bruce, Michael, and Tammy. Link was fiercely passionate about service from the start and dedicated his life to both his pursuit of community and his family. […]

Mr. Marion Willie Newby, age 90, passed from this life Sunday March 27, 2022 at his home with his loving wife and family at his bedside. Willie was born on February 22, 1932 to the late Fredrick and Roxie McCardle Newby. He was a U.S. Army veteran and served during the Korean War, was retired […]