Obituaries
Nashville, TN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Nashville, Davidson County TN. and the surrounding areas
Ernest Minaya
Mar 11, 2023
Ernest N Minaya, aged 90, passed away peacefully on March 11, 2023. He was the son of Nicholas and Olivia Minaya, and grew up with his brother Frank in Brooklyn New York. He is survived by his nephew, Gregory Minaya. He was a devoted husband to his wife Edna West Minaya who preceded him in death in 2013.
Ernie was a...
Annie Washington
Mar 10, 2023
Annie Jane Huff Washington, 89, passed away on Friday morning, March 10, 2023, at Trevecca Center for Rehabilitation and Healing. She was born in Nashville on November 16, 1933, the daughter of Andrew and Mattie Huff. She was a faithful member of Concordia Lutheran Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by five brothers and sisters, and...
Kevin Hamilton
Mar 9, 2023
Kevin Hamilton transitioned on March 9, 2023. Please keep the Hamilton family in your thoughts and prayers.
Bro. Norris St. Clair Williams
Mar 9, 2023
Norris was born on May 16, 1952, in Port Arthur, TX. He was a 1970 graduate of Abraham Lincoln High School in Port Arthur, TX and attended David Lipscomb College in Nashville, TN, remaining in Nashville until 2009 when settling in Murfreesboro, Tn. He worked at St. Thomas Ascension Health until retiring in 2008. Before retiring Norris served as minister...
Bettye Mae Garner
Mar 5, 2023
Bettye Mae Garner transitioned on March 5, 2023. Please keep the Garner family in your thoughts and prayers. Complete service arrangements will be announced soon.
Emmitt R. Johnson
Mar 3, 2023
Emmitt Richard Johnson (Tex) departed this world on March 3, 2023 in Fayetteville, Tennessee after a brief illness. Tex as he was known to family and friends was born on October 1, 1936 in Nashville, Tennessee. He was the youngest of four children born to the late Ardillar and Buford Johnson. He was educated in the Davidson County public school...
William J. Moore, Jr.
Mar 1, 2023
William J. Moore, Jr. transitioned on March 1, 2023. Please keep the Moore family in your thoughts and prayers.
Audrey J. Mcdaniel
Feb 23, 2023
Audrey J. McDaniel was born, February 10, 1938; the child of the late Annie D. Summers and in Davidson County, Nashville, Tennessee. She entered into eternal rest on February 22, 2023.
Audrey was employed at Matthew Walker Health Center, where she was a social work and a Social Worker at Vanderbilt Medical Center as a switchboard operator.
She accepted Christ at an...
Yeae' G. Prince-Hagler
Feb 22, 2023
Born to parents André Prince-Jeffries and Kermit Jeffries, Yeaé Gelene Jeffries-Hagler came into this world on a balmy September 17, 1965. She transitioned from this life on February 22, 2023 after a brief illness.
At an early age, Yeaé professed her love for Christ joining First Baptist Church South Inglewood under the leadership of the late Reverend T.E. Sweeney. Active in...
Virginia Ann Watkins
Feb 21, 2023
Virginia Ann Watkins was born September 22, 1952, in Nashville, TN. She departed this life on February 21, 2023. She is preceded in death by her father, Curtis V. Watkins, Sr., and her mother, Luvenia Watkins.
Virginia was a graduate of Litton High School. She worked for the State of Tennessee full time and for Vanderbilt University part time for over...
Patricia Still
Feb 19, 2023
Patricia Still transitioned on February 19, 2023. Please keep the Still family in your thoughts and prayers.
Natalie Hunt
Feb 19, 2023
Natalie Yvonne Hunt, 68, of Nashville, TN., received her wings on February 19, 2023 after suffering a long battle of illnesses. Natalie was born on February 23,1954 in Virginia Beach, VA. Natalie graduated Pearl High School in 1972 in Nashville, Tennessee where she was nicknamed 'Red' because of her long beautiful, flowy red hair. She went on to further her...
John D. Key, Jr.
Feb 19, 2023
John D. Key, Jr. transitioned on February 19, 2023. Please keep the Key family in your thoughts and prayers. Complete service arrangements will be announced soon.
Issac Montgomery
Feb 12, 2023
Issac Montgomery transitioned on February 12, 2023. Please keep the Montgomery family in your thoughts and prayers. Complete service arrangements will be announced soon.
Velma J. Turner
Feb 10, 2023
Velma Jane Turner, age 80 went home to be with the Lord in the early morning hours of February 10, 2023. She entered this earthly life on March 25, 1942 to the late Mary League Robinson and the late Dixie Robinson.
Velma accepted Christ as her personal savior and was united with St. Matthews AME Church where she remained a member...
Nettie Drucilla Bratton-Newsom
Feb 7, 2023
Nettie Bratton transitioned on February 7, 2023. Please keep the Bratton family in your thoughts and prayers.
Loretta Freeman
Feb 5, 2023
Loretta Young, the fifth of six children, was born on March 7, 1937, to Leroy and Willie Ann Johnson Young in Netherlands, Missouri. However, due to the unforeseen death of her mother when she was a toddler, Loretta was raised by her Aunt Lucy Johnson and cousin, Lucy Walters. At a young age, Loretta learned about the love of Jesus....
Jean Stephena Welch Wilson
Feb 4, 2023
Jean Stephena Welch began her journey on April 18,1943 under the direction of Anne Stanback Welch and Wilson Q. Welch, Jr. in Salisbury, NC. Her formative years were spent on the Fisk University campus with her best friends Marva Keith (Wade) and Beth Howse. She studied music, played the piano, and sang in choirs. She attended Pearl High School where...
Roxanna Elaine Butler
Feb 4, 2023
Roxanna E. Box-Butler, 66, departed this life February 4, 2023 with her family and friends by her side due to medical complications.
Roxanna a.k.a “Roxy” was born July 26, 1956 in Nashville, Tennessee to William A. Box, Sr and Lurene E. Abernathy.
Roxanna graduated from Pearl High School in 1974. Soon after, she attended Tennessee State University and graduated in 1978...
Elisha Gipson
Jan 31, 2023
Elisha Gipson transitioned on January 31, 2023. Please keep the Gipson family in your thoughts and prayers. Complete service arrangements will be announced soon.
