Mack Howard Browning, age 87, of Nashville, passed away Thursday, May 11, 2023 at the V.A. Medical Center in Nashville. Funeral services will be conducted at 1pm Wednesday, May 17, 2023 in the chapel of Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Springfield. Burial will follow in the Elmwood Cemetery with Barry Browning, Joshua T. Cope Sr., Micah J. Cope, Boone Browning, and Joshua T. Cope Jr. serving as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends from 11am until time of the service at 1pm Wednesday at the funeral home.
Mr. Browning was born December 15, 1935 in Cedar Hill, TN to the late Clyde and Minnie Browning. He was a U.S. Marine Corp veteran and received a Good Conduct Medal and the National Defense Service Medal. Mr. Browning was a truck driver for Holland Trucking most of his life.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Browning was preceded in death by his wife, Bettye Raines Browning; daughter, Jana Kay Cope; and a brother, Charles Browning.
He is survived by his son, Barry Browning; 3 grandchildren, Joshua T. Cope Sr., Micah J. Cope, and Cody Overton; and 3 great grandchildren, Joshua T. Cope Jr., Easton Overton, and Elianna Jo Overton.
Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Springfield is in charge of these arrangements.
