December 17, 2018
64 year old Danny Whitman of Smithville passed away Sunday at St. Thomas Rutherford County. He was a bladecutter at Oster and a member of the Keltonburg Church of Christ. The funeral will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Lane Funeral Home in Altamont. Johnny Green, Bobby Cloyd, and Bud Whitman will officiate and burial will be in the Altamont Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Love-Cantrell Funeral Home at which time the body will be taken to Lane Funeral Home in Altamont for visitation from 3 until 9 p.m. and Thursday from 9 a.m. until the service at 2 p.m. Whitman was preceded in death by his parents, Lecil Whitman and Sarah Jane Anderson Whitman. Survivors include his wife, Helen Bratcher Whitman of Smithville. Three children, Danielle and Kenny Reed of Alabama, Felicia Davis and David Eubanks of Morrison, and Melissa Nelson, widow of Dewey Nelson of McMinnville. Two step children, Jay and Kelly Cantrell of Smithville and Trey and Chela Cantrell of Millersville. Eleven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Special son Dustin Fox. One brother, Jimmy Whitman of McMinnville. Three sisters, Edith Jane Fults, Gloria Jean Fults and Reuben, Almedia Fults and Homer all of Grundy County. Several nieces, nephews, and cousins survive. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.