Tricy Dale Read “Mule”, age 62 of Pleasant View, Tennessee, died Sunday, August 31, 2025 at the Residence at Alive Hospice in Nashville.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 o’clock am, Wednesday, September 3rd, at Mt. Zion Free Will Baptist Church (2025 Blue Springs Rd., Ashland City) with Bro. Jackson Watts & Bro. Gene Parton officiating.
Burial will follow in Mt. Zion cemetery with his nephews serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Gary Dean Parker, Teddy Ervin, Ronnie Spann, James Sweet, Eddie Williams, and John Murphy.
The family will receive friends 4:00-8:00PM, Tuesday, September 2nd, at Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Pleasant View, and again from 10:00AM-11:00AM Wednesday at Mt. Zion Free Will Baptist Church prior to the funeral service.
Dale was born on June 11, 1963 in Nashville, Tennessee to the late Marvis & Margaret Fort Read. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, a retired sheet metal worker with Wolfe Industrial, and was a member of Mt. Zion Free Will Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his son, Clinton Read; brother, Bobby Read; and sister, Bonnie Phillips.
Survivors include his brother, Dick (Judy) Read; sisters, Doye Lynn (Bart) Moores, Susie Dillon, Mary Jean “Pete” Bunch, Cindy Read, and Jerri Holland; daughter-by-choice, Samantha Henson; numerous nieces & nephews; and his fur-baby, “Petey”.
If so desired, memorial contributions in Dale’s memory may be sent to Mt. Zion Free Will Baptist Church, 2025 Blue Springs Rd., Ashland City, Tennessee 37015.
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
