Recent Obituaries in Franklin, Tennessee
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Leslie Sutton
Jan 19, 2021
Leslie Bradley Sutton, age 55 of Franklin, TN went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 after passing away unexpectedly in her home. Leslie was born in Oak Ridge, TN in 1965, youngest daughter to Lois Szluha. She went to school in Oak Ridge and attended college at The University of Georgia. She worked as a...
Virginia Knickelbein
Jan 19, 2021
Virginia Genevieve (Stephansen) Knickelbein died on January 19, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee at age 94. She was born January 3, 1927 to Eyvind and Gertrude Stephansen in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from Tuley High School in Chicago, Virginia met August Knickelbein at Margie's Candy Shop and they were married on August 16, 1947. In the years that followed, they celebrated...
Ella Geasley
Jan 18, 2021
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 10:00am - 11:00am, Williamson Memorial Funeral Home
Service InformationWednesday, January 20th, 2021 11:00am, Williamson Memorial Gardens
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Williamson Memorial Gardens
Betty Buford
Jan 18, 2021
Betty Jo Beasley Buford, 81, of Franklin passed from this life on January,18 2021. The daughter of Paul Overby Beasley and Mary Ellen Conner Beasley. Betty was raised in Williamson county, TN. Betty was a 1957 graduate of Franklin High School. After graduation, she began her first and only job at Williamson County Bank (which later became Bank of America)...
Tammy Lemay
Jan 17, 2021
Tammy Lynn Lemay, age 51 of Nashville, TN passed away January 17, 2021. She was a 1987 graduate of Franklin High School. Tammy is preceded in death by her father, Robert Allen King, Sr.; brother, Robert Allen King, Jr.; son in-law, Chad Miller; mother in-law, Linda Lemay. She is survived by her husband of 19 years, Michael Lemay of Nashville,...
Robert Bennett
Jan 17, 2021
Robert (Bob) Steely Bennett, age 77, died unexpectedly January 17, 2021 in Nashville, TN. He was born September 15, 1943 in Stamford, TX, the son of John McKinney Bennett, Jr. and Vera Steely Bennett. Bob graduated from Texas Tech University in 1966 with a degree in Accounting. He had a long and successful career as a database architect retiring in...
Charles Gore, Sr.
Jan 17, 2021
Charles Earl Gore, Sr., age 66, a lifetime resident of Franklin, TN, passed away January 17, 2021 at home, surrounded by his family, after an extensive battle with cancer. After graduating from Battle Ground Academy, Charles received his bachelor's degree from Middle Tennessee State University. He started his banking career with Williamson County Bank and continued his passion for serving...
Dana Holloway
Jan 15, 2021
Dana Shirl Holloway, age 57 of Spring Hill, TN, passed away on January 15, 2021. Dana entered the U.S. Navy in 1981 serving at Naval Submarine Base Pearl Harbor. She achieved the rate and ranking of Petty Officer second class "Legalman" (LN2) where she worked with Judge Advocate General (JAG) Lawyers supporting operational readiness issues of the Navy and its...
Noah Evans
Jan 14, 2021
Noah Evans, 13, of Franklin, TN passed from this life into the loving arms of His Savior on January 14, 2021 surrounded by his family and friends in the comforts of his own room. Noah was ushered into Heaven with prayers, praise, and love. Noah was born in Auburn, Alabama to Tom and Lori Evans on May 28, 2007. He...
Ollie Chrisman
Jan 14, 2021
Ollie Mae Chrisman, age 87 of Franklin, TN passed away January 14, 2021. She was born in Vanleer, TN to the late Edward & Ronie Waynick. Ollie loved the Lord, her family, and music. She enjoyed singing in church and performed with the gospel group The Revelaires. Her working life included jobs as a waitress and in quality control at...

Edward Mannion
Jan 14, 2021
Edward Mannion, age 77, of Franklin TN passed away on January 14, 2021 in Nashville Tennessee. Ed was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Edward and Virginia Mannion on December 9, 1943. He went to Webster Groves High School. He married Lucetta Gardner on August 25, 1984 in Casper Wyoming. He attended Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. His working...
John Stokes, Jr.
Jan 14, 2021
John Wesley Stokes, Jr. age 73 of Thompsons Station, TN passed away January 14, 2021. He was born in Bartlesville, OK to the late John & Dorothea Stokes. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. John was a member of Nashville Cowboy Church where he was a deacon, and served on the board. He was an employee of Show...
Violet Newcomb
Jan 13, 2021
Violet Jean Lemox Newcomb, age 90, of Franklin, TN, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday January 13, 2021. Violet was born in Williamson County to the late Edward F. Lemox, Sr. and Clara Anna Moore Lemox Smithson. She was a Homemaker and a member of Harpeth First Baptist Church (Esperanza Church). Mrs. Newcomb was a devoted wife, mother,...
Thelma Johnson
Jan 13, 2021
Thelma "Rennie" Johnson, age 75 of the Bethesda Community passed away January 13, 2021. Rennie was a giving and caring person who was helpful in sitting with the elderly. Preceded in death by husbands, Lester Tomlinson & Leonard Johnson and longtime companion Robert "Greenie" Bob" Bennett, grandson, David Poteete; sisters, Betty Ruth Wiley, Brenda Farrar, Elaine Culbertson; brothers, David Luttrell,...
Kathleen Kubin
Jan 12, 2021
Kubin, Kathleen Marie (Gordon), 71, of Brentwood, TN, passed away on 01/12/2021 in Brentwood, TN, after a long battle with cancer. Kathleen was born in Chicago, IL, to Louis and Dolores Gordon on 10/24/1949. She was married Walter Kubin. While she was primarily a housewife, she also worked as a medical transcriptionist and owned an ice cream store in Daytona...
Margaret Crockett
Jan 12, 2021
Margaret Ann "Peggy" Crockett, age 87, passed away on 1/12/21. She was born and raised in Lincoln Co, TN. Preceded in death by her husband, Herbert A. Crockett in 1993, and her parents Adolphus "Buck" and Bernice Cary Hatcher. She is survived by her children Emily (Mark) Tulloch and Joe (Elizabeth) Crockett of Brentwood, brother Bob Hatcher of Signal Mtn...
Tom Tansil
Jan 12, 2021
Tom Tansil, age 76 of Franklin, TN passed away January 12, 2021. Veteran of the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War and also served in the National Guard. He owned Flat Creek Market and Tansils Market for several years. Tom worked for many years with landscaping. Tom drove the school bus for Williamson County School System and also worked at...
Ellen Abbott
Jan 11, 2021
Ellen Lee Abbott, age 56 of Nashville, TN passed away January 11, 2021 from an accident. Ellen was a graduate of The Harpeth Hall School and received her Bachelors Degree from Auburn University. Most recently, Ellen was the Director of Criminal Justice Services with the State of Tennessee. She was a loving wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend to all....
The Carlisle, II
Jan 10, 2021
The Rev. Robert Z Carlisle II (Bob), devoted husband, father, and grandfather, died January 10 after a two-year battle with cancer. A retired deacon in the United Methodist Church, he committed his life to making disciples for Christ for 56 years, serving ministries in Oklahoma, Ohio, Kentucky, Colorado, and Tennessee. He was 82. Following his retirement in 2005, Bob and...
Joe Jones
Jan 9, 2021
Joe Larry Jones, age 77, of Gallatin, Tennessee, passed away on January 9, 2021 in Gallatin, TN. He is preceded in death by wife Ada (Jean) Vaughn Jones, and parents, Joe Anderson Jones and Mary (Evelyn) Cockman Jones. Jones, a long-time resident of Sanford, NC, lived on Lake Tillery NC for many years after the passing of his wife, and...
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