Obituaries

John "Barry" Smith, age 75, of Springfield, passed away Monday, October 20, 2025 at The Residence of Alive Hospice in Nashville. Funeral services will be conducted at 1pm Saturday, October 25th in the chapel of the Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Springfield with Bro. Adam Hodges officiating. Burial will follow in the...

Tony Wendell Porter, Sr., age 70, passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on February 21, 1955, to the late Hulon and Mary Margaret "Petie" Porter.

Tony was of the Baptist faith and was baptized at a young age at Grace Baptist Church. After retirement, he...

Alma Birdwell Williams Owen, age 97 of Goodlettsville, passed away Saturday, October 11, 2025 at her home surrounded by her family.

Mrs. Owen was born June 17, 1928 in Simpson County, Kentucky to the late Delwin E. Birdwell and Lucille "Dixie" Prince Birdwell. She was born the second child in a family of 13...

Glenna May Allen, age 82 of Goodletttsville, passed away Sunday, September 14, 2025 at her home.

She was born December 3, 1942 in Jonesboro, Arkansas to Jacob Gladen & Lovis Rickman Peevyhouse. She worked as a homemaker. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, traveling to beautiful places, shopping...

Jo Sharon Kelly Durrett, age 78 of Cottontown, passed away Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at her home surrounded by her family.

She was born January 27, 1947 in Nashville, TN to James Edward & Dorothy Carmack Jones. She started her career as a beautician and had worked at White House High School, Jones Prescription Shop...

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. A time to be born ..." Ecclesiastes 3:1

On a warm, sunny summer day, August 3, 1948, Thelma and Joe Eddie Shannon welcomed the arrival of their first born. . .a beautiful baby girl, Josephine Lucille Shannon. Her very name meaning "God...

Retha Stone of White House, Tennessee went home to be with the Lord October 4, 2025. She was married for 63 years to her beloved husband, Jack Stone.

Retha was born in Big Sandy, Tennessee, November 23, 1931, to the late William and Ivy Beecham. She is preceded in death by her sister, Mary Lilliam Emmett, and her...

The precious gift of life from Jehovah was bestowed to Patsy Lee Raines on November 13, 1944 to the joyous parents of the late Dr. Nathaniel Raines and the late Ms. Oberta F. Nixon in Springfield, Tennessee. She later had three additional sisters, Phyllis Diane Raines Lang-Beard, the Late Cassandra Ann Raines, and...

Charlene Finney was born August 8, 1950, to the late Rosie Bellamy Page and James Finney in Cleveland, Ohio. Her earthly life ended on September 12, 2025, in Springfield, Tennessee.
At a young age she and her family moved to Olmstead, Kentucky where she graduated high school.

She continued her education at...

Kenneth Lee Lovett, age 62 of White House, passed away Sunday, September 14, 2025 at his home. He was born December 22, 1962 in Columbia, TN to Rufus and Aileen Gibson Lovett. He worked as a warehouse manager for John Stone Supply until becoming disabled. He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather and enjoyed...

Marjorie Smith Jones, age 86 of Cottontown, passed away Thursday, September 11, 2025 at her home. She was born June 11, 1939 in Nashville, TN to Roy Wesley & Flossie Jewell Gilley Smith. She worked preparing taxes for H&R Block until her retirement.

Marjorie enjoyed flower and vegetable gardening, playing board...

Christopher "Daniel" Thomas, age 62, left this life on September 7, 2025. Daniel was born in 1963 to Harrison and Frances Thomas of Springfield, Tennessee.

He was a pipeliner like his father, uncles, and brothers before him, and he worked alongside them for many years, traveling throughout the United States in...