Obituaries
Nashville, TN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Nashville, Davidson County TN. and the surrounding areas
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.
Larry Richard Spencer, Ii
Jan 30, 2023
Larry Richard Spencer, II transitioned on January 30, 2023. Please keep the Spencer family in your thoughts and prayers.
Gene C. Holt
Jan 30, 2023
Christy Gene Holt transitioned on January 30, 2023. Please keep the Holt family in your thoughts and prayers. Complete service arrangements will be announced soon.
Morris Mays
Jan 29, 2023
Morris Mays was born on June 12, 1939 in Burkville, Alabama to Mary Ella and Thomas Mays. He made his peaceful journey from this world to a place of eternal rest on Sunday, January 29, 2023, surrounded by his loving family.
He graduated from Lowndes County Training School in Haynesville, Alabama. He and his twin brother, Horace, were co-captains of the...
Barbara Ann Shields
Jan 29, 2023
Our beautiful sweet beloved, Ms. Barbara Ann (True) Shields transitioned from this earthly life to her heavenly home on her favorite day of the week; Sunday, January 29,2023. Ms. Shields was born on May 3, 1940 to her late parents, her Father - Harvey Estel True and her Mother - Theresa Bernice Hoard of Cincinatti, Ohio. During Ms. Shields teen...
Bruce Howard, Jr.
Jan 27, 2023
Bruce Howard Jr. was born in Pulaski, TN April 30, 1941. He departed this life on January 27, 2023. He was preceded in death by his father Bruce Howard Sr, mother Virginia Inman, sister Bobbie Cross, brothers Jerry Howard and Tommy Howard. He was educated by the Giles County and Metro Nashville Public Schools. Bruce gave his life to Christ...
Carla Gingrey
Jan 24, 2023
Carla Gingrey transitioned on January 24, 2023. Please keep the Gingrey family in your thoughts and prayers.
Buford Mack Lee
Jan 21, 2023
Buford Lee transistioned on January 31, 2023. Please keep the Lee family in your thoughts and prayers.
Myrtle Mae Parker
Jan 20, 2023
Ms. Myrtle Parker transitoned from this life on Friday, January 20, 2023. Please remember the Parker and Brown families in your thoughts and prayers. Complete arrangements will be announced soon.
Elmer Marlo Price
Jan 19, 2023
Elmer Marlo Price was born October 17, 1969, in Nashville, TN to the parents of Earl William Price, Sr. and Hortense Smith Price. He was the youngest child of this union. He departed this life on January 19, 2023, at the age of 53 at his home in Nashville
Marlo, as he was affectionately called, attended Father Ryan School and graduated...
Whitney Joyce Jeffries
Jan 18, 2023
Whitney J. Jeffries transitioned on January 18, 2023. Please keep the Jeffries family in your thoughts and prayers.
Richard C. Weller
Jan 15, 2023
Richard C. Weller transitioned on January 15, 2023. Please keep the family of Richard C. Weller in your thoughts and prayers.
Donna Knight-Evans
Jan 14, 2023
Donna Knight-Evans transitioned on January 14, 2023. Please keep the Knight-Evan family in your thoughts and prayers.
Eleanor A. Gordon
Jan 13, 2023
Eleanor A. Gordon transitioned on January 13, 2023. Please keep the Gordon family in your thoughts and prayers. Complete service arrangements will be announced soon.
Samuel J. V. Abernathy
Jan 13, 2023
Samuel J.V. Abernathy was born October 29, 1929 in Bedford County of Shelbyville, Tennessee. The second born of three children to Vee and Mary Abernathy, he was the only brother of two cherished sisters, Nora and Pauline.
Samuel attended the all-black Bedford County Training School (BCTS) from kindergarten through twelfth grade. As a member of the BCTS class of 1950, Samuel...
Donald D. Savoy
Jan 10, 2023
Donald DeCoursey Savoy, of Madison, Tennessee passed away peacefully in his sleep on January 10, 2023. Donald was born in Columbus, Ohio on July 2, 1929. He was the second son of William Faten Savoy and Clara Fairfax Savoy. He received his education in the Columbus public school system, graduating from Columbus East High School in 1947, after which he...
Sean Colston
Jan 8, 2023
Sean Colston transitioned on January 8, 2023. Please keep the Colston family in your thoughts and prayers.
Karl Hall
Jan 8, 2023
Mr. Karl Reginald Hall was born on October 20, 1963, in Washington, D.C. to the union of Wesley Hall and Irene Webb Hall.
He departed this life on January 8, 2023, in Nashville, TN. He was educated in Washington, D.C. and Davidson County Public Schools. He attended Tennessee State University in the early 1980s where he met his devoted wife, Janie...
