Thelma Kay Krantz, age 72 of Pleasant View, Tennessee, passed away, surrounded by her family, Saturday, December 30, 2023 at her home.
Funeral services will be conducted at Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Pleasant View at 1:00PM on Friday, January 5th with Bro. Randy Hester officiating. Burial will follow in Mallory’s Cemetery with Isaac Flair, CJ Ziegemeier, Brandon Stotts, Derek Phillips, Ricky Phillips, and Grayson Phillips serving as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday, January 4th from 4:00PM until 8:00PM and again on Friday from 12:00PM until the hour of service at 1:00PM.
Mrs. Krantz was born on August 27, 1951 in Pleasant View, Tennessee to the late Charles Elva & Mable Newland Binkley. She worked at A.O Smith for 15 years, but the most important thing she did was taking care of her children and grandchildren and even a caregiver to others. She loved her African violet flowers and working in the garden. She especially loved her fur babies, Dottie, Zeke, and Bitty Kitty. She loved to cook and all the simple things in life.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Leon Krantz; son, Jeremy Krantz; brother, Raybon Binkley; and niece, Penny “Phillips” Sesler.
She is survived by her daughter, Kristy Flair; “daughter”, Kayleigh (CJ) Ziegemeier; brother, James Alton (Glenda) Binkley; sister, Mallon Phillips; grandchildren, Isaac, Emma, and Gracie Flair; numerous loving nieces and nephews; and great nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959 or Cheatham County Animal Control (SCAMP), 396 Sims Rd, Franklin, Tn 37067.
AUSTIN & BELL FUNERAL HOME in Pleasant View is in charge of these arrangements. 6316 Highway 41A, Pleasant View, Tennessee 37146 (615) 746-4433 www.austinandbell.com
