Local Obituaries

Mary Lean Farr was born in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, on August 30, 1921 to Dempsey and Martha Elizabeth Davidson Farr.  She was one of seven children.  At the age of eleven, she went to live […]

NASHVILLE, TN — Mrs. Clara James “Penny” Copeland transitioned Friday, March 27, 2020, at the age of ninety.  Mrs. Copeland was one of Nashville’s premier gospel singers for more than seventy years and the widow […]

NASHVILLE, TN — Bernard J. Tyson, born January 20, 1959, assumed the role of CEO of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Hospitals — known as Kaiser Permanente — in 2013, and was named chairman of […]

NASHVILLE, TN — Vanderbilt University Medical Center is mourning the loss of Luke Gregory, M Div, MBA, MHA, Chief Executive Officer for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and Senior Vice President for Business […]

By Dr. Phyllis Qualls The Celebration of Life Ceremony of former beloved Bedford County Mayor, Eugene Ray, Jr. was Saturday, August 17, 2019 at  Fairlane Church of Christ. It was a service befitting this man […]

NASHVILLE, TN — The family of Professor Y. Y. Clark, P.E. is saddened to announce the death of the distinguished pioneer for African-American and women engineers. Clark passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday […]

NASHVILLE, TN — Dr. William Blaine Butler, DDS, MD, retired,  served as interim dean at Meharry Medical School in 2010.   He was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Restorative Dentistry, and senior advisor to […]

NASHVILLE, TN — Mary Louise Watson, who along with 11 other families desegregated six all white schools in 1957 Nashville, has died. She was 99 years old. The Nashville Public Schools desegregation icon passed quietly […]