Obituaries
Nashville, TN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Nashville, Davidson County TN. and the surrounding areas
Dr. Fitzgerald H. Jenkins, Jr.
May 4, 2025
Dr. Fitzgerald H. Jenkins, Jr. transitioned on Sunday, May 4, 2025. Please keep the Jenkins family in your thoughts and prayers.
Prentice C. Leonard
Aug 20, 2025
Prentice Carroll Leonard leaves a legacy of love of family, compassion for others, cheerful greetings, optimistic viewpoints, pleasant personality and principles of doing what was right. He stood for fair treatment and kindness to all, regardless of their circumstance. While he stood firm in his beliefs, he was open to changing them if not working to benefit himself and others.
Prentice...
Cecilia Sawyers
Aug 15, 2025
Mrs. Cecilia Antoinette Sawyers was a resourceful and responsible resilient woman of God. She was a strong foundation and natural leader in her personal and professional dealings. She was born Janurary 20, 1961 in Nashville, TN. Cecilia transitioned August 15, 2025 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN. Cecilia was the daughter of the late Cecil and Virginia Whitmon....
Deborah Howse
Aug 21, 2025
Deborah Howse transitioned on Thursday, August 21, 2025. Please keep the Howse family in your thoughts and prayers.
Retired Presiding Elder Samuel Davis
Aug 17, 2025
Reverend Samuel Moses Davis II was born April 1,1929, in Birmingham, Alabama. He went to his eternal rest on August 17, 2025, at Alive Hospice in Nashville, Tennessee.He was the eldest of six children born to Reverend Samuel M. Davis Sr. and Mrs. Minnie B. Davis. He began preaching at 9 years of age, and by the age of 16,...
Patricia Baskerville
Aug 17, 2025
Patricia Baskerville transitioned on Sunday, August 17, 2025. Please keep the Baskerville family in your thoughts and prayers.
Charles N. White
Aug 14, 2025
Charles N. White transitioned on Thursday, August 14, 2025. Please keep the White and Brooks families in your thoughts and prayers.
Mildred Merritt
Aug 15, 2025
Mildred Merritt transitioned on Friday, August 15, 2025.
Survived by devoted daughter, Pamela (Kevin) Prymer; devoted sister, Peggy Parrish (Miami, Florida) devoted sister; Belinda McLin; nephews, Thomas (Mae)McLin, Patrick Parrish (Miami Florida), Michael (Rebecca) Parrish (Miami, Florida), and Ross (Lauren) Kennedy III, and other family and friends.
Mildred was a graduate of Pearl high school in 1967 and Draughon’s Business college in...
Baby Christopher Stinson, III
Aug 13, 2025
Baby Christopher Stinson, III transitioned on Thursday, August 14, 2025. Please keep the Stinson and Stanley families in your thoughts and prayers.
Ollie M. Phelps
Aug 13, 2025
Ollie M. Phelps was born July 3, 1935 in Huntsville, Alabama. After moving to Nashville, TN, she graduated from Pearl High School and Tennessee State University where she earned her Bachelors and Masters Degrees. Ollie spent 30 years teaching our youth as an educator for Metro Nashville Public Schools. She was a woman of faith, loyalty, character and integrity, displaying...
Harry Terrell Tate, MD
Aug 11, 2025
Harry T. Tate, M.D. a beloved husband, father, grandfather, physician, and man of unwavering faith, passed away peacefully at the age of 83 on August 11th, 2025.
Born in Athens, Georgia on October 17th, 1941, Harry was the second eldest of three children born to Gerald L. Tate Sr. and Malissa Tate (née Sims). He was preceded in death by his...
Jeanette Crowder
Aug 9, 2025
Jeanette Cecilia Walker Crowder, affectionately known as Moma, Meme, Jenny and Aunt Jenny was born on July 23,1939 in Marion, Alabama, and departed this life on August 8, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. She was the first of five children born to the late Jefferson E. Walker Jr.. and Georgia Sampson Walker. Jeanette lived according to her values of faith, family,...
Karen J. Lightford Lee
Aug 7, 2025
Karen Jeannie Lightford-Lee, only 65 years into her life’s journey, passed away unexpectedly on August 7, 2025.
Lovingly known to many as “Jeannie,” Karen was one of four children of Melvin and the late Alpheaus Pruitt Lightford. She was born November 30, 1959, in Nashville, Tennessee, and from her earliest years, her life was marked by faith, music, joy, and a...
Corey E. Quinn
Aug 4, 2025
Corey Quinn transitioned on Monday, August 4, 2025. Please keep the Quinn family in your thoughts and prayers.
Tonya Sneed
Aug 4, 2025
Tonya Sneed transitioned on Tuesday, August 4, 2025. Please keep the Sneed family in your thoughts and prayers. Complete service arrangements will be announced soon.
James W. Heard, Jr.
Aug 2, 2025
James W. Heard, Jr. transitioned on Saturday, August 2, 2025. Please keep the Heard family in your thoughts and prayers.
Alma J. Turner
Jul 31, 2025
Alma J. Turner was the only child born to the late Margaret Wilhoite and Howard Hayes, Sr., on March 2, 1943. She departed this earthly life on July 31, 2025. Alma accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior at an early age, when she joined St. Matthew A.M.E. Church.
Alma was educated in the Nashville Davidson County Public School System where...
Willie L. Robinson
Jul 27, 2025
From “Roots to Wings” summarizes the life of a man who deeply loved his family and had a strong sense of right and wrong. As a father, scholar and gentleman Willie made a lasting impression on people. From rural Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee he witnessed vast social change over the years, but always tried to greet people with a smile...
Luella Blaine Hill
Jul 23, 2025
Luella Blaine Hill, of Los Angeles, California, a Nashville native passed away on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. She was a proud graduate of Pearl High School (1944) and Fisk University (1948). Luella was preceded in death by her husband, Julius W. Hill, MD and most recently by her Granddaughter, Courtney Lorraine Hill Thomas.
She is survived by her daughter, Sheila Hill...
Kathleen Deloris Bush
Jul 20, 2025
On Sunday, July 20, 2025, a beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and cousin passed away peacefully in her sleep, called to her eternal home.
Kathleen Deloris Bush (Boyd) was born on September 12, 1946, at Davidson County General Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. She was the second child of Reynolds Boyd Sr. and Irene (Buchanan) Boyd, both of whom preceded her in...
