Obituaries
Nashville, TN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Nashville, Davidson County TN. and the surrounding areas
Mary Jean Hancock
Nov 9, 2022
Mrs. Mary Jean Evans-Hancock was born to the late Rev. Roosevelt and Mary Evans on August 12, 1933 in Nashville, TN. She passed away on November 9, 2022. She was preceded in death by parents and siblings, Lucille (Warren) Dean, Roosevelt (Juanita) Evans, Charlesetta (William) Mills, Helen (James) Currie; her son, Nyanza S. Turner and her grandson, John T Morrow.
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Gerald Word
Nov 9, 2022
Gerald Word transitioned on November 9, 2022. Please keep the Word family in your thoughts and prayers. Complete service arrangements will be announced soon.
Myrtle Joy
Nov 8, 2022
Myrtle Joy was born on November 2, 1945, to the late John Ed and Jennie Lou Joy. On Tuesday, November 8, 2022, Myrtle gently closed her eyes and went home to meet her Savior. She was the second of twelve children and spent her childhood in Whiteville, Tennessee.
Myrtle leaves to cherish her memory three sons and one daughter: Willis...
William Dewayne Guinn
Nov 6, 2022
William Dewayne Guinn transitioned on November 6, 2022. Please keep the Guinn family in your thoughts and prayers.
Michael Wayne Thompson
Oct 29, 2022
Michael Wayne Thompson transitioned on October 29, 2022. Please keep the Thompson family in your thoughts and prayers.
Abraham Frederick Peterson, Jr.
Oct 21, 2022
Dr. Abraham Frederick Peterson, Jr., known as June by family, and Pete by his close friends, departed this life on Friday, October 21, 2022. He was born December 31, 1926 in Orlando, Florida. He was the oldest of three children born to Abraham Frederick Peterson, Sr. and Pearl Hawkins Peterson. He was predeceased by his mother, father, sister Prudence Peterson...
Aleathia Dolores Nicholson
Oct 20, 2022
Aleathia Dolores Nicholson was born on April 10, 1937, in Salisbury, North Carolina. Her father, John W. Nicholson was a public school teacher and her mother, Leathia, was a social worker. Her love of music came from her father, John, who sang with a men’s Gospel quartet. As a teenager Dolores was the church musician at many churches in the...
Dr. Mary Louise Harris
Oct 19, 2022
Dr. Mary Louise Harris departed this life on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. She was born on September 22, 1941, the eighth of ten children, in Nashville, TN to the late Adolphus and Sarah Smith Harris. Her Christian life began at St. Phillips AME Church where her family was active members. She was a Sunday School teacher and active in other...
Betty Keith Mosby Jennings
Oct 16, 2022
Betty Keith Mosby Jennings, Age 85, passed away October 16, 2022.
Survived by daughter, Michelle E. Jennings, grandson, Previn M. Overall, Isaaca Harvell and great-granddaughter, Onyx T. Overall; a host of other devoted relatives and friends.
Graduated from Pearl High, Class of 1955, Tennessee State University, Class of 1959. Retired from Metro Nashville Public Schools. Member of Delta Sigma Theta...
Mildred Lee Clyde
Oct 15, 2022
We are sadden to announce the passing of Mildred Lee Clyde. She departed this life at the age of 96 years old, on October 15,2022 at her home.
She was born February 17, 1926 in Nashville, Tennessee to Father Willie Lee Dyer and Mother Georgia Foster Dyer, who proceeded her in death. She married her long time love, William Edward...
Cortez L. Ezell
Oct 14, 2022
Cortez Ezell transitioned on October 14, 2022. Please keep the Ezell family in your thoughts and prayers. Complete service arrangements will be announced soon.
Harold Lee Nubia
Oct 8, 2022
Harold L. Nubia transitioned on October 8, 2022. Please keep the Nubia family in your thoughts and prayers. Complete service arrangements will be announced soon.
Ella Fitzgerald Pruitt Taylor
Oct 4, 2022
Ella Fitzgerald Taylor was born on Feb. 5, 1940 to the late Irene Mooney Pruitt and Howard William Pruitt Sr. in Nashville Tennessee.
Pee Wee as she was affectionately called by all that knew her received her education in the Davidson county school system. She professed a hope in Christ and joined St Luke P.B. church at an early age....
Margurite J. Moore
Oct 4, 2022
Margurite Jewel Lindsay Moore departed this life on October 4, 2022 at the age of 78. Margurite was born on May 28, 1944 in Nashville, TN to the late Nonie Mae and Henry Louis Lindsay Sr. She was preceded in death by her brother, Henry (Sonny) Eugene Louis Lindsay Jr. She attended Davidson County Public Schools, graduating from Pearl High...
Harold Pinkston
Oct 1, 2022
On Saturday, October 1, 2022, Harold Gerrod Pinkston, a beloved son, father, brother, uncle, relative and friend passed away. He was 52 years old. Born to Ann Henderson, Harold attended Metro Nashville Public Schools, in which he loved basketball and football.
An avid thinker in business opportunities and creating a desirable life was changed, when life events transpired, however, that did...
Vanita Evans
Sep 29, 2022
Vanita Evans transitioned on September 29, 2022. Please keep the Evans family in your thoughts and prayers. Complete service arrangements will be announced soon.
Rosa Smith
Sep 29, 2022
Mrs. Rosa Smith transitioned on September 29, 2022. Please keep the family of Rosa Smith in your thoughts and prayers. Complete service arrangements will be announced soon.
Elder George I. Pearson
Sep 25, 2022
Elder George I. Pearson transitioned on September 25, 2022. Please keep the Pearson family in your thoughts and prayers. Complete service arrangements will be announced soon.
Dr. Henry W. Foster, Jr.
Sep 25, 2022
Henry Wendell Foster Jr. departed this world on September 25, 2022 in Pasadena, California after a brief illness. “Hank,” as he was known to family and friends, was born on September 8, 1933 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the second of two children, to the late Ivie and Henry Foster Sr.
Henry graduated from J.C. Corbin High School in 1950, where he...
Evelyn Hall
Sep 24, 2022
Evelyn Hall was born July 7, 1950 in Montgomery, Alabama to the late Larnworth and Annie Lee Hall. She was the fourth born of nine children. Evelyn attended McDavid Elementary school in Montgomery. The family moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1966. The entire family attended the Bethel SDA Church where Evelyn became a baptized member in 1967 and where her...
