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Obituaries 2010 Eagleville Times
Thomas H. Lynch, age 82, of Chapel Hill, died Thursday, January 21, 2010, in Shelbyville. Mr. Lynch was born in Bedford County and was a son of the late Hiram Edgar Lee and Mary Ella Davis Lynch. He served in the United States Army and was a retired highway construction worker. Mr. Lynch was a member of North Fork Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by sisters, Viola Lynch, Gracie Allen, Bessie Underwood, Alice Lynch, Susie M. Lynch and by brothers, J.R. Lynch and Robert Edward Lynch.Mr. Lynch is survived by his wife of 62 years, Mary Rollins Lynch of Chapel Hill; two daughters, Sandra Neese of Shelbyville and Vina Sue Winstead of Eagleville; three sons, Bobby Lynch, Thomas G. Lynch and Jeff Lynch, all of Unionville; two brothers, William Cooper Lynch of Unionville and Edgar Lynch, Jr. of College Grove; a sister, Mable Cherry of Lewisburg; thirteen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Lawrence Funeral Home
Donna Kennedy Steagall Pfeiffer,
70, of Murfreesboro was called home to be with the Lord on January 20,
2010. Donna was a loving wife and mother.
She was a longtime member of the Rockvale Cumberland Presbyterian Church
and the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Chapter 91, where she formerly
held the station of Recorder of Crosses. She worked in local government for
many years at the Rutherford County Courthouse where she retired as
secretary for the Honorable Whitney Steagall. She will be missed by all and
her spirit will live on with all whose lives she touched.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Mary Frances and Earl
Boyd Kennedy of Nashville. She is survived by her devoted husband, Ernest
Allen Pfeiffer, Sr.; her children, Mark Steagall, Tina Gail Steagall, Tom (Tanera)
Steagall and Earl (Angie) Steagall, all of Rockvale; stepchildren, Ernest
Allen (Missy) Pfeiffer, Jr. of Nashville, Carole Joy Pfeiffer, of
Murfreesboro; grandchildren, Hannah Gwen Steagall, Dawson Kennedy Steagall,
Olivia Frances Steagall, and Jack Thomas Steagall, all of Rockvale, and
Anna Dean Pfeiffer and Allissa Ryan Pfeiffer of Nashville; great grandson,
Caden Earl Sledge; brothers, Ronnie (Susan) Kennedy and Mike (Lisa)
Kennedy.
Woodfin Memorial Chapel
Richard J. "Cracker" Gordon,
age 97, of Shelbyville, passed away Friday, January 8, 2010, at his home
after an extended illness.
He was born December 9, 1912, in Bedford County, to the late Closson and
Myrtle Stephens Gordon. He was a 1931 graduate of Shelbyville Central High
School, a retired farmer and a former member of the Bedford County
Commission. He was founding member and organizer of the Bedford County
CO-OP, where he was also a former Director. He was President of the Flat
Creek Community Club when it won the state award for the "Most
Improved Community in the State". He was also a former Director of the
Farm Bureau and the Senior Citizen’s Board and a former Elder of Flat
Creek Church of Christ, where he was a life long member.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Audra Mai Gordon, in 2008.
Mr. Gordon is survived by his wife of 69 years, Hazel Allen Gordon, of
Shelbyville; two daughters, Anne Gordon Sanders, of Knoxville, and Betty
Gordon Goodpaster and her husband, Julian, of Eagleville; a sister, Mildred
Roberts, of Wartrace; four grandchildren, John Goodpaster, and his wife
Jennifer, James Goodpaster, Sarah Teague, and her husband Matthew, and Dr.
Will Sanders, and his wife, Reetu; four great grandchildren, Maggie
Goodpaster, Hazel Goodpaster, Ava Jean Teague, and Locke Teague.
Memorial may be made to Flat Creek Church of Christ, Citizen Center ,
American Cancer Society, or Hospice Compassus.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel
Alene (Dean) McRae Toombs,
age 89, of Arrington, died Sunday, January 3, 2010. A native of Rutherford
County, she was the daughter of the late Byrd and Mary Smythia McRae.
Mrs. Toombs is survived by her daughter, Annette (Bobby) Morton of Smyrna;
son Paul (Patsy) Toombs of Christiana; sister Madie Wilson of Almaville;
seven grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. She was preceded in
death by her husband, Oscar Toombs; Pete and Rose Elliott, the couple who
raised Mrs. Toombs; sisters Ruby Temple, Martha Byrd; son Miley Edward
Toombs and grandson Jesse Robert Morton.
Woodfin Chapel Smyrna
Elise Slater Beck,
age 99, died Sunday, January 3, 2010 at her home in Murfreesboro. Mrs. Beck
was a native of Wartrace and was the daughter of the late Bert and Addie
Bowen Slater. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William Edward
Beck who died in l963 and her sister, Rosiland (Rose) Motlow.
She is survived by her son, John H. Beck of Murfreesboro, and her daughter
and son-in-law, Barbara and Tom Tytula of Huntsville, AL; two
grandchildren, Teresa Lynn Tytula and Mary Elizabeth Burcham; three
great-grandsons, Will, Wesley, and Wyatt Burcham.
Mrs. Beck was a former music teacher at Rockvale School and was pianist at
First Baptist Church. She attended Central Christian Church where she
served as church organist for many years before her retirement.
Woodfin Memorial Chapel
Mattie Flora Maxwell Haynes,
age 84, of Rockvale, died Saturday, January 2, 2010. She was a native of
Rockvale and daughter of the late William L. and Mattie Hayes Maxwell, Sr.
Mrs. Haynes is survived by her son, David Haynes of Eagleville; daughter,
Karen (Carl) Hollis of Murfreesboro; sisters, Anna Middleton of Donelson,
Evelyn Writesman of Nashville, and Florence Wheeler of Murfreesboro;
brother, Bob Maxwell of Murfreesboro; four grandchildren, DJ Haynes, Alicia
Riley, Sarah and Matthew Hollis; three great grandchildren, Isaac and
Cannon Haynes, Jaxson Riley.
She was preceded in death by her husband, George J. "Jack"
Haynes; granddaughter, Julie Hollis; sister, Julia Fisher, and brothers, W.
L. Maxwell, Jr., and Homer Maxwell.
Mrs. Haynes was a member of the Rockvale Church of God, a graduate of
Rockvale School, and was former bookkeeper for Harrison and Alexander of
Murfreesboro.
Memorials may be made to Rockvale Church of God in memory of Mrs. Haynes.
Woodfin Memorial Chapel