Obituaries
Reverend Robert Jewell Presley
August 8, 2018
84 year old Reverend Robert Jewell Presley of Smithville passed away Tuesday at his residence. He was a minister for 55 years and a member of the Peoples Pentecostal Church. The funeral will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Jason Nunley, Thomas Hewell, and Timothy Simmons will officiate and burial will be in DeKalb Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 4-8 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. until the service at 2 p.m. He was preceded in death by his parents, Elijah Joseph and Shelly Lawrence Presley; daughter, Patsy Ann Rachel; a son, Robert Dwayne Presley; grandsons, Robert Jewel Presley and Richard Justin Presley; son-in-law, Timothy Corey; and four brothers and two sisters. Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Eula Lawson Presley of Smithville. Seven daughters, Phyllis and James Brown of Sparta, Jackie and Larry Worley of North Carolina, Linda and Thomas Theiss of Smithville, Evie and Jeffery Miller of Ohio, Pamela Corey of Smithville, Teresa and Timothy Simmons of Illinois, and Babbie Presley of Smithville. Twenty four grandchildren, 46 great grandchildren, and 27 great great grandchildren survive along with a brother, Donald and Joy Presley of Columbus. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
James Reuben Hale
August 6, 2018
Mr. James Reuben Hale age 85 of McMinnville, TN, died Saturday, August 04, 2018, at St. Thomas Midtown Hospital in Nashville, TN. He was born September 11, 1932, in Smithville, TN, was a retired machinist with Ford Motor Company, a veteran with the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict, member of Ezel Masonic Lodge No. 381, Order of the Eastern Star Lodge No. 349, and Long Mountain The Baptist Church. Mr. Hale was preceded in death by parents Skiler and Cora Hathaway Hale, daughter Frances Hale, son Gary Hale, sister Willie Pauline Hale, and brothers Bernice Hale and Wilbert Hale.
Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law Barbara and Stuart Abramson, grandchildren Stacey, Shelby, and Ryan Abramson, great-grandchild Blake Abramson, and very special friend Janice Johnson. Other family members and friends also survive.
Funeral service will be at 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, August 08, 2018, in the McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel. Elder Tim Baker will officiate. Interment will follow at Whorton Springs Cemetery in Smithville, TN. Military grave rites will be conducted by American Legion Post 173 and V.F.W. Post 5064. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 11:00 A.M. until 8:00 P.M. and again Wednesday from 11:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M. at the parlors of McMinnville Funeral Home. A masonic service will be conducted Tuesday evening at 7:00 P.M. at the funeral home by Ezel Masonic Lodge No. 381.
McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Michael Ray Roysden
August 6, 2018
49 year old Michael Ray Roysden of Smithville passed away Sunday at the Sarah Cannon Hospital. He was retired from the Navy and as a Maintenance Mechanic with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A memorial service will be Saturday, August 11 at 11 a.m. at the Silver Point Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his father, Billy Roysden. Survivors include his wife, Michelle Roysden. One son, Allen Michael Roysden of Murfreesboro and a daughter, Sarah Michelle Roysden of Smithville. Mother, Evelyene Roysden of Jamestown. A brother, Ricky and Diane Roysden of Jamestown and a sister, Pam Conner of Albany, Kentucky. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Orgie Lee “O.L.” Stanley
August 2, 2018
Sandi Renee Taylor
August 1, 2018
Sandi Renee Taylor (47 years old) of Smithville Tennessee passed away Wednesday afternoon, the 25th of July, 2018, after a hospital stay in Cookeville. As do so many, Sandi had a troubled past which brought trials and troubles in her life but one clear day on Center Hill Lake five years ago, hearing the Gospel message, she answered Gods call on her life and asked Christ Jesus into her heart. That made all the difference.
Sandi is survived by her devoted husband Mike of 13 years, her Son Zackery and many other family and friends. She was a member of Whorton Springs Baptist Church of Smithville.
A memorial service and celebration of her life will be held at Whorton Springs Baptist Church, Sunday, August 5th, 2018 at 2PM.
Loretta Bain
July 31, 2018
Ms. Loretta Bain age 76 passed away Sunday July 29 at her son’s residence in Rydal, Georgia she was a long time residence of DeKalb County, Tennessee. She was born to her late parents Clarence and Lillian Hale Neal. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Calvin Bain; son, Gary Bain; 2 brothers; 1 sister. She was a homemaker and was self-employed and a member of the Gospel Assembly Church. She is survived by 4 children, Dolores Taylor of Smithville, Kay Lawson of Smithville, Larry Bain of GA, and Denise Nichols of Lebanon; 10 grandchildren, Johnna Hale, Jeremy Taylor, Rocky Cantrell, Rachel Lynch, Olivia Taylor, Isaac Bain, Lena Nichols, Sierra Nichols, Hayden Lawson, and Adam Bain; 8 great-grandchildren; sisters, Patricia Sanders, Linda Knowles, Elaine McGuire; several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be conducted 1:PM Thursday at DeKalb Funeral Chapel with Bro. J.T. Padget officiating and burial to follow in the Bethel Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Wednesday 2:PM until 8:PM and on Thursday 10:AM until the time of the service at 1:PM. DeKalb Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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