Obituaries
Nashville, TN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Nashville, Davidson County TN. and the surrounding areas
Richard T. Reed
Mar 31, 2025
Richard T. Reed transitioned on Monday, March 31, 2025. Please keep the Reed family in your thoughts and prayers. Complete service arrangements will be announced soon.
John Spartana
Mar 25, 2025
John Spartana transitioned on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. Please keep the Spartana family in your thoughts and prayers.
Mrs. Princess Saavedra
Mar 24, 2025
Mrs. Princess Prather Saavedra, 100, was born in Nashville, Tennessee on November 25, 1924. She entered into eternal rest on March 24, 2025. She was the seventh of nine children born to Toby Lee and Essie B. Spight Prather.
Princess grew up in Nashville and graduated from Pearl High School. She was baptized at an early age at the historic Spruce...
Rev. Charles Townsend, Sr.
Mar 23, 2025
Reverend Townsend, born on December 28, 1938 to the union of Liska Townsend and Charles-Etta Brown in Nashville, TN. Reverend Townsend departed this life on March 23, 2025, predeceased by his son Marcus Townsend, Sr., sister Ernestine Perkins, brothers Rayfield and Alvin Townsend.
Reverend Townsend graduated from Cameron High School. He was baptized at an early age. United in Holy Matrimony...
Edward D. Dansby
Mar 22, 2025
Edward “Eddie” Dansby was born to the late Mary Etta Dobbins on February 5, 1949 in Centerville, Tennessee. In his early adolescence years. He lived with his grandparents (Anna and Ernest Dansby). Edward moved to Nashville, to be with his mother and stepfather (Mary Etta and Eugene Dobbins) at the age of ten.
Edward was united in Holy Matrimony to Maggie...
Hattie H. Townsend
Mar 20, 2025
Hattie Holt Townsend, born on March 15, 1937 to the late Coy Holt and Fannie Brown in Nashville, TN, Hattie affectionately known as “Shag” departed this life on March 20, 2025. She is predeceased by her son Marcus Townsend, Sr., and five brothers and three sisters.
Hattie graduated from Pearl High School; she was baptized at an early age at Fourteenth...
John Lincoln Coleman, Jr.
Mar 18, 2025
John Lincoln Coleman, Jr. transitioned on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Please keep the Coleman family in your thoughts and prayers.
Minister Carl Blackman, Jr.
Mar 12, 2025
Minister Carl Blackman, Jr., was the first child born to the late Elder Carl Blackman, Sr., and Mrs. Martha Ruth-Blackman of Nashville, Tennessee. He entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at the Alive Hospice, Nashville, TN.
Bear was born on June 7, 1968. He attended Glencliff Comprehensive High School, and Prestonsburg Job Core Center.
Minister Blackman accepted Christ at...
Mrs. Thelma L. Horton
Mar 6, 2025
THELMA LOUISE HORTON, a beloved native of Nashville, TN, was born on August 30, 1934, to the late Mr. Clarence Fisher and Mrs. Louvenia Fisher. She was one of eighteen (18) siblings in a close-knit family filled with love and unity.
Thelma met the love of her life, the late Bobbie Lee Horton, Jr. from Athens, Alabama. They were married for...
Michael E. Prather
Mar 4, 2025
Michael E. Prather transitioned on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Please keep the Prather family in your thoughts and prayers.
Evelyn Bernice Thompson Frierson
Mar 2, 2025
Evelyn Bernice Thompson Frierson, born on June 19, 1938, to Andrew Thompson and Letha Ann Nation Thompson, was a beloved mother, grandmother, and sister.
Evelyn received her education in the Metro Nashville Public Schools. She dedicated her professional life to Matthew Walker Health Center and later to Metro Nashville Public Schools until her retirement.
A devout Christian, Evelyn accepted Christ at an...
Mrs. E. Luvert Glanton
Feb 28, 2025
Mrs. Luvert Glanton, the mother of five boys, was born on November 7, 1927, to the late Willie Peterson and Bertha Peterson. She was one of six children. Her life began in Crenshaw County, Alabama, where she worked hard to assist her parents in providing the necessities of life.
Her family moved to Foley, Alabama where she worked in the fields...
Weldon B. Kidd
Feb 27, 2025
Weldon Boyd Kidd, was born, June 11, 1939 in Nashville and grew up in town of Antioch, Tennessee. Weldon was the youngest child of four siblings.
Weldon attended public schools and graduated from Haynes High School in 1952. He matriculated to Tennessee State University and completed college with a B.S. Degree from the School of Engineering.
After Weldon's first year in college,...
Ralph N. Moore
Feb 24, 2025
Ralph N. Moore transitioned on Monday, February 24, 2025. Please keep the Moore family in your thoughts and prayers.
Edgar L. Covington
Feb 22, 2025
Edgar L Covington was born January 26, 1936, in Nashville, Tennessee to the parents of John and Martha Covington. He has three brothers: John (deceased), Aaron (deceased), and Charles Covington. Edgar is the grandson of the late Reverend Frank L. Sanders, pastor of Spruce Street Baptist Church from 1921 to 1926.
Edgar graduated from Pearl High School and attended Tennessee State...
Marcus Lamont Hatcher, II
Feb 18, 2025
Marcus Lamont Hatcher, II transitioned on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. Please keep the Hatcher family in your thoughts and prayers. Complete service arrangements will be announced soon.
David J. Wells
Feb 12, 2025
David James Wells, 39, of Nashville, TN, said his final yay yay, from the comfort of his home on February 12, 2025.
David, aka Scooby or Mr. YayYay, was born March 17, 1985, in Nashville, Tennessee, to Damita Wells-Hairston and James L. Smith Sr.
As a lifetime resident of Nashville, Tennessee, he graduated from McGavock High School in 2003, attended Fisk University,...
Sarah Francis Culp
Feb 6, 2025
Sarah Francis Culp transitioned on Thursday, February 6, 2025. Please keep the Culp family in your thoughts and prayers.
Edward Ray Hargrove, Sr.
Feb 3, 2025
Edward Ray Hargrove, Sr. departed this life February 3, 2025 at Alive Hospice in Nashville, Tennessee.
He was born June 30, 1951 in Athens, Alabama to the late Alice Pearl Daly-Hargrove. Edward received his education in Giles County then in Rose Park Middle School and Cameron High School.
He professed his life to God and was baptized at an early age at...
Tamika Renee Mitchell
Jan 30, 2025
Tamika R. Mitchell, transitioned on January 30,2925. Please keep Tamika's family and friends in your thoughts and prayer.
