All Obituaries

Charles Michael Aldridge, age 66, of Shelbyville, Tennessee, passed away from this life on Monday, September 25, 2023, at his residence. Charles was born on March 30, 1957, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Charles and Hazel Aldridge. He was a member of The Glade Baptist Church in Mt. Juliet. Before retiring he worked as a computer technician for Health Stream. He was a major religious figure in his community serving as a Sunday school teacher and he pastored several churches throughout the...

Leonard Reid Wilkerson, age 80, of Wartrace, Tennessee, passed away September 22, 2023, at home after an extended illness. He was born on January 30, 1943, to the late Andrew and Mary Owens Wilkerson. He retired from Nashville Gas Company. He is survived by his wife, Bettye Wilkerson; son, Andrew Wilkerson (Angela); daughters, Kathy Brooks (Joe) and Kristy Di Medrano (Ruggero-Z); six grandchildren, Brooke Smith (Daniel), Brittany Zealy (Gavin), Ashley Wakefield (David), Jennifer MacDonald...

Barry Keith Haley, age 47, of Tullahoma, Tennessee, passed away on Thursday, September 21, 2023, at Vanderbilt Tullahoma Hospital. Barry was born on December 20, 1975, in Tullahoma, Tennessee, the son of David “Don” and Majorie Haley. He was a man who loved our mom. He loved her so much that just a week ago, he endured a baseball game with her to make one of her dreams come true. He also was a man who fiercely loved his grandkids with all he had. They were his entire world. He...

Martha Joann Burton Snell,76, has passed into the loving arms of our Savior Jesus Christ on Monday, September 18, 2023, at Signal Mountain Senior Living, where she had been living since January 2020, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.  Joann was born March 19, 1947, in Franklin Co, TN to Ernest Harold Burton and Ena Estelle Burton.  She enjoyed living on the farm & helping with the chores that came with it. She met her husband, James (Jimmy) William Snell...

Dorris passed away peacefully at his daughter’s home on Sunday, September 10, 2023. He is survived by two daughters, LaDonna (David) Webb and Dianna Holt; one son, Donnie (Joan) Rader; Eight Grandchildren, Mike (Dawn) Webb, Danny (Marlana) Webb, Dean (Rebecca) Webb, Dynette (Donald) Weeks, Wil (Crystal) Holt, Angel (Brent) Wimberly, Krista (Dan) Duggin, and Dathan (Leah) Rader; twenty-three great grandchildren; one great great grandchild. He was preceded in death by his wife of 64...

William Edward (Eddie) Matthews was born January 31, 1948 to John Lewis and Jennie Mae Matthews. He attended Jones Elementary school before entering the US Navy at seventeen. While in the Navy he served as a commissary man and then worked in combat information center. He was stationed in New Loudon, Connecticut; Norfolk, VA (twice); Jacksonville, FL (twice); Newport, RI and San Diago, CA. He was mainly a sea going man stationed on destroyer escorts and destroyers. Serving twenty years and...