Obituaries
Nashville, TN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Nashville, Davidson County TN. and the surrounding areas
Dr. Fitzgerald H. Jenkins, Jr.
May 4, 2025
Dr. Fitzgerald H. Jenkins, Jr. transitioned on Sunday, May 4, 2025. Please keep the Jenkins family in your thoughts and prayers.
Dr. M. Ann Upton Blackshear
Jun 10, 2025
Dr. M. Ann Upton Blackshear transitioned on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Please keep the Blackshear family in your thoughts and prayers. Complete service arrangements will be announced soon.
Betty Hoard
Jun 10, 2025
Betty Hoard transitioned on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Please keep the Hoard family in your thoughts and prayers. Complete service arrangements will be announced soon.
Johnny West
Jun 5, 2025
Johnny West transitioned on Thursday, June 5, 2025. Please keep the West family in your thoughts and prayers.
Herbert Larry Phillips, Jr.
Jun 5, 2025
Larry Jr transitioned on June 5, 2025. He was educated in public schools of Nashville, TN. He was employed as a construction worker before being put on disability in 2003. He loved to play video games, listen to music, was a die-hard Dallas Cowboys fan, and loved to go fishing. Larry Jr loved food, especially fried chicken.
Survived by devoted father,...
Stacie Wright
May 31, 2025
Stacie Lynn Malone Wright was born December 11, 1973, in Indianapolis, Indiana to the late Silver Ruth Barksdale Malone and Pastor Cleytus D. Malone.
Stacie went home to be with the Lord on May 31, 2025. She was a graduate of Terre Haute North Vigo High School class of 1992 and went on to attend Indiana State University where she received...
Antonio "Tony" D. Owens
May 28, 2025
Antonio “Tony” Dewayne Owens was born July 14th 1969 in Nashville TN and was called home to be with the Lord on May 28th 2025. He was the beloved son of Johnny and Rhonda Yvonne Owens. He is preceded in death by grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard B. Fleming, Mrs. Sarah Owens and Samuel Gentry; uncles, Marvin, William, and Norman...
John L. Bell, Jr.
May 28, 2025
John Lewis Bell, Jr. transitioned on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, at the age of 90, after a brief period of declining health. He was one of the last of his generation in the Bell family, which originates in Cheatham County, near Kingston Springs, in a post-Emancipation community called Belltown. The family began to migrate into Nashville during the early twentieth...
Dieuvoit Montaud
May 28, 2025
Dieuvoit Montaud transitioned on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. Please keep the Montaud family in your thoughts and prayers.
Mrs. Kathryn Spears Driver
May 23, 2025
Kathryn Spears Driver was born July 11, 1926, in Nashville, Tennessee, as the only child to the late Myrtle O. Lee and Dr. Francis G. Scott. She enjoyed a well-lived life that exemplified that of a “faithful servant” by faithfully pursuing her talents in public service, private enterprise, and the Lord’s work. She transitioned to her eternal rest on May...
TaJuana Lee Denise White-Moore
May 21, 2025
TaJuana Lee Denise White - Moore, affectionately known as Freda, entered eternal rest on May 21, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 61.
Freda was born on April 9, 1964, to the late Carolyn Ogburn and Harold Gipson. As the eldest of four siblings, she carried a nurturing spirit and natural leadership that stayed with her throughout her life.
Freda...
Joseph Q. Martin
May 20, 2025
Joseph Q. Martin transitioned on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Please keep the Martin family in your thoughts and prayers.
Jerry Dewayne Vanderpool
May 20, 2025
Jerry Dewayne Vanderpool transitioned on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Please keep the Vanderpool family in your thoughts and prayers.
Ronald Crockett, Jr.
May 14, 2025
Ronald (Ronnie) Crockett Jr. was born on January 17, 1968 to Mary Jane (Transley) Crockett and Ronald Crockett, Sr. He attended Nashville Public Schools where he excelled in athletics. He was a member of the football and track and field teams at East High School where he won numerous awards and recognitions, including a state title in shot put. Due...
Joan Morris
May 13, 2025
The late Joan Holt Morris departed this earth on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Joan was born to the late Mack and Edith Marie Holt on Monday, April 29, 1946.
She attended Johnson Elementary School and graduated from Cameron High School, home of “The Mighty Panthers,” in 1965. Joan went on to attend Tennessee...
Burness George Drew
May 11, 2025
Burness George Drew, known to most as “Drew,” was born on March 22, 1945 to the late John and Emma Drew. Raised in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, he attended public schools in Rutherford County. He entered into eternal rest on Sunday, May 11, 2025, surrounded by family. He is preceded in death by siblings, Ella Mae Allen and Michael Wayne Drew, Sr.
At...
Retired Presiding Elder William Webster Easley, Jr.
May 4, 2025
William Webster Easley, Jr. was born in Lexington, Henderson County, Tennessee to William Webster Easley, Sr., and Gretchen Lorraine (Funderburk) Easley. He did undergraduate studies at Tennessee State University and was a Richard Allen Fellow, A Ford Foundation Fellow and awarded the Lubrizol Foundation Award for academic excellence at Payne Theological Seminary of Wilberforce, Ohio. As a Seminarian, he was...
Alvin Dexter Day
Apr 27, 2025
Alvin Dexter Day transitioned on Sunday, April 27, 2025. Please keep the Day family and friends in your thoughts and prayers. Complete arrangements will be announced soon.
Derrick M. Sherrod
Apr 25, 2025
Derrick Maurice Sherrod peacefully passed away on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. As an organ donor, Derrick was honored with an emotional “Honor Walk” on Thursday, April 24th, surrounded by his loving family, friends, and the dedicated medical team.
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Derrick was the eldest of three children. He was educated in the Nashville Public School System and later attended...
DeRon D. Johnson
Apr 25, 2025
DeRon Donte Johnson, affectionately known as Ron, was born to Portia Johnson and James Eubanks on August 10, 1979, in Nashville, TN.
Ron grew up in the South Nashville community, JC/UC, and he never missed a chance to represent where he came from. In 2000, he met the love of his life, Jessica Turner Johnson, and together they built a beautiful...
