"Tennessee Trails" through Bedford County

Obituaries

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CLYDE E. SANDERS - Services for Clyde E. Sanders age 88 of Halls Mill Community will be at 10:00 a.m. Monday July 5, 2010 at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Brother Geoff Giesemann officiating. Burial will follow in the Willow Mount Cemetery. Mr. Sanders died Saturday, July 3, 2010 at his son's home in Taft Tenn. after an extended illness. A native of Bedford County he was the son of the late George Washington Sanders, Sr & Rosie Mai Potts Sanders and was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Evelyn Sanders back in April of this year. He, along with his late wife were life long farmers and belonged to the Church of Christ. Survivors; son Gary and wife Teresa Sanders of Taft, Tenn. Daughter Phyllis and husband Joseph Smithson of Chattanooga, Tenn Brother G. W. Sanders, Jr of Thompson Station, Tenn. 5 grandchildren
DOROTHY EVELYN (WILLIAMS) SANDERS - Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy Evelyn Sanders age 80 of the Hall's Mill Community will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday April 14, 2010 in the chapel of Doak-Howell Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Willow Mount Cemetery. Mrs. Sanders died Sunday April 11, 2010 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville after an extended illness. Visitation will be held from 5 until 8 p.m. Tuesday evening at the funeral home. Born in the Richmond Community of Bedford County, she was the daughter of the late James Robert Williams & Sarah Elizabeth Freeman Williams. She was a homemaker and farmed along side of her husband of 53 years, Clyde E. Sanders and was a member of the Church of Christ.
NANNIE SCALES , 71 widow of Peter Scales who died 3 years ago, died Tuesday at 6:30 m.m. at her home on the Hall Mill road following a lingering illness. Mrs. Scales was a member of the Methodist Church South at Pleasant Valley, joining the Church in early life and live a consecrated Christian life. She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Buford Clifford, Mrs. Jerbert Dunn, Mrs. Charlie Pressgrove, a step son, Frank Scales, two step daughters, Mrs. Erwin Crowell and Mrs. Philey Crowell, one brother W. J. Smith, 2 sisters, Mrs. Joe Crick and Mrs. Will Hill and 22 grand children. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Crowell Chapel conducted by Rev. E.H. Stout. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Shelbyville Gazette - Oct 13, 1938 - page 1
THERESA LYNN (ALSUP) SCALES , age 44, died February 4, 2002. She is survived by her husband Clyde Scales; daughters, Faith (Tomaki) Moore, Charity Scales; mother, Ernestine (the Rev. B. T.) Johnson, father, Wardell (Juanita) Alsup, Sr.; grandson, Isaiah Moore; grandmother, Priscilla Brown; sisters, Florestine Elder, Paula (William) Berry; brothers, Clinton (Roxanne) Brown, Wardell (Linda) Alsup, Jr., Santoria (Tracy) Alsup and Linford Cordell Alsup. Family visitation is Sunday, February 10, 2002 at Smithfork Tabernacle, at 6 p.m. followed by the funeral at 7 p.m. Officiant, Rev. Keith Avent; Eulogist, Rev. Johnny Reid. Interment Monday, February 11, 2002 at Holden Cemetery, Shelbyville, TN. at 11 a.m.
Contributed by Reba Alsup
JESSE EDWARD SELLERS , age 66, of Shelbyville, died Thursday, January 01, 2009, at Alive Hospice in Nashville, Tennessee. Memorial services will be 4 PM Sunday, January 4, 2009, at Victory Celebration Revival Church. Reverend Carl Hall will officiate. Visitation will be 3 PM Sunday until time of service. He was born July 29, 1942, in Jefferson County, Tennessee, to the late J. Paul and Billie Ruth Leek Sellers. He was a retired car salesman and member of Victory Celebration Revival Church. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Linda Shelley Sellers, of Shelbyville; two sons, Darrell Edward (Alice) Sellers, of Murfreesboro and James Kevin (Linda) Sellers, of Unionville; a daughter, Rachel Fitzgerald (Matt) Reed, of Shelbyville; six grandchildren, Marshall Reed, Zoe Reed, Stephanie Sellers, Jamie Jernigan, Sarah Jernigan, and Ricky Valleho. Memorials may be made to the Victory Celebration Revival Church, 1000 Coloredo Blvd., Shelbyville, TN 37160, 931-680-0302. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel
D.P. SHAPARD - The sudden death of Dennie P. Shapard Friday afternoon at a Nashville hospital created wide spread sorrow here. A member of a prominent family, the son of the late Henry Shapard and Mrs. Cassie Streeter Shapard, he had spent most of his life in Shelbyville where he enjoyed a wide friendship. He had served two terms as Circuit Court Clerk of Bedford County, and under the Horton administration, he held a position under the comptroller. Dennie Shapard was a generous, kind hearted man, loyal and devoted to his family and friends, his sudden passing in the prime of life brings sorrow to a large circle. Funeral services were held at the residence Saturday at five o'clock, conducted by his pastor, Rev. J.T. Parsons. The interment was in Willow Mount cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eliza McDonald Shapard; three daughters, Misses Clara Streeter, Anne and Katherine Shapard; four brothers, Lewis, Charlie, Frank, and Edwin Shapard, and a sister, Mrs Tom Hix.
Shelbyville Gazette - July 27, 1933 - page 1
DORIS SHAPARD - age 87, of Shelbyville, died Wednesday, December 10, 2008, at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. Funeral services will be 1 PM Saturday, December 13, 2008, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Reverend George Jones will officiate, with burial to follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be 11AM until service time Saturday. She was born September 23, 1921, in Bedford County, to the late Lewis Shapard and Bess Noland Shapard. She was retired as Assistant County Supervisor for The Farmers Home Administration and a member of First United Methodist Church. She is survived by a daughter, Sharon Bell, of Venice, California, and a son, Daryl Sanders, of Nashville; two grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements.
FRANK BUTLER SHAPARD , 56, formerly of Shelbyville, died unexpectedly at 8:30 P.M. Sunday at his home in Nashville. Mr. Shapard, native of Shelbyville, and member of a prominent pioneer family of this section, was pharmacist for one of the Warner Drug Stores in Nashville. He moved from Shelbyville to Lebanon two years ago and to Nashville from Lebanon last year. He was for many years a druggist here associated with his father , Henry Shapard and after his fathers death continued the business with his late brother, Charlie Shapard, for some time. Shapard's Drug Store here was established by his father. Mr Shapard was a man of many estimable traits of character and had many friends who regret his untimely passing. He was a member of the Methodist Church and a member of the Board of Stewards of the Church here until he moved away. In addition to his wife Mrs. Cret Jean Shapard, he is survived by a son Cop. Edward T. Shapard U.S. Army, stationed at Fresno, California; a daughter, Mrs. Howard Mayo of Danville, Virginia; two brothers Lewis and Edwin Shapard of Shelbyville; a sister, Mrs. Sue Hix of Shelbyville and one grandchild. Funeral services were held at the Thompson Funeral Home Wednesday at 2 P.M. by Rev N.B. Tucker and Rev. Fred Woodard of Nashville. Burial was in Willow Mount Cemetery here.
Shelbyville Gazette March 4, 1943
R.P. SHAPARD - Prominent Man of Griffin, GA., and Prominently Connected Here Dies Friday Morning R.P. Shapard, president of the Spaulding Knitting Mills, at Griffin, Ga., was found in his office Friday morning, shot through the head and died a few hours later. Mr. Shapard was alone in his office when a number of the employees of the mill heard the shot and rushed in to find him wounded and a pistol lying on the floor beside him. He had been in ill health for some time. He was a former citizen of Shelbyville, the eldest son of Mrs Evander Shapard and the late Evander Sharpard, Sr. He was reared here and his death is source of wide regret. He had been living in Griffin Ga., for some time and had invented and patented machinery for the manufacture of children hose, and was considered one of the wealthiest men in that part of Georgia. Mr. Shapard was a successful, useful citizen, a man of capacity and splendid public spirit. He is survived by his wife, his son Robert Jr. Two grandchildren, his mother Mrs. E. Shapard, five sisters, Mrs Eugenen Haynes of Douglas, Ga., Mrs Carl Douthitt of Santa Cruze Calif., Mrs. H.L. Dayton and Mrs. James L. Morton of this place and Mrs. Lawrence Polk of Chattanooga, and two brothers, Tom Shapard of Atlanta and Evander Shapard of Griffin.
Shelbyville Gazette - June 15, 1933 - page 1
JAMES NIEL SHARP , passed away at 1:30 at the home of his daughter Mrs. James Norton in Summit Township. James Niel Sharp was born in Bedford County, Tennessee, November 27, 1860, the son of Graham Butcher and Almeda Dunaway Sharp. He attended the public school of Flat Creek, Tennessee, and attended college and law school at Shelbyville. He moved to Missouri with he parents in 1883, and settled on a farm near Appleton City. November 26, 1885, he was united in marriage with Miss Katie Lou Clark, and to this union three daughters were born, Dixie B. Sexton, now residing in Walteria, California, Prue K. Bowman, Canango Park, California, and Mary G. Norton, Butler Missouri. In 1895 he moved to a farm near Passaic where he made his home until his death. His wife preceded him in death a number of years ago. During the last few months of his critical illness he received tender care in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Norton. Funeral services were held at the Culver Chapel, Saturday afternoon, April 30, 1938, conducted by Rev. Chas. R. Swofford of the Methodist Church assisted by Carl J. Henry. Burial was made in Oak Hill Cemetery. "Colonel" Sharp, as he was called by all who were his friends, and they were many, was a man who liked folks, and nature. He saw beauty in all forms of life, and his appreciation of beauty found expression in beautiful language, with which he was gifted. He spoke the language of the poets, and shared in their dreams. He saw something back beyond the tangible things of life that must have inspired him with a faith that comes to men who have caught the secret of life. A philosopher, he was continually asking "why?', and was known as a good story teller. Many of his articles were published in the press. He served Bates County as representative in the lower house of the general assembly during two terms, 1915 and 1917.
Shelbyville Gazette - May 19, 1938 - page 1
IVIE W. SHARP - A telegram was received by Mrs. Everett White Friday of the death of her brother, Mr. Ivie W. Sharp in California. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Sharp, decreased, and worked for many years in Bedford and Moore Counties.

In 1902 he went to California with several other Bedford County boys, where he made a success financially, and in 1911 he came home and carried his mother and three younger children back with him. In the fall of 1912 he was married to Miss Fertile Arnold, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs. Burt Arnold of Goose Creek. One child was born of this union. And a short time afterward Mrs. Sharp died. In 1925 he was again married to Miss Nora McCarty who with the one child survives him. besides the following brothers and sisters; Mr. W.E. Sharp, Mrs. A.J. Martin, of Mulberry; Mrs. Clarence McNatt, of Shelbyville; Mrs. B.N. Helton of Petersburg; Mrs. G.N. Gilliland of Martinez, Calif; Mrs. Everett E. White of Tracy Calif; Mrs. J.T. Sharp of Readley, Calif.
Contributed by Martha Mendez / Rootsweb Bedford County List
VICTOR THEODORE SKULTETY , age 87, of Shelbyville, died Sunday, January 18, 2009, at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be 4 PM Saturday, January 24, 2009, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Visitation will be 2 PM until service time Saturday. Following the service, and per his request, his remains will be cremated. He was born March 22, 1921, in Buffalo, New York, to the late Victor George Skultety and Elsie E. Szkurka Skultety. He was a graduate of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa and a metallurgist in the steel industry. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marguerite Skultety in October 2007. He is survived by a son, Eric (Deanna L. Printz) Skultety, of Stilwell, Kansas; two daughters, Sue. A. (Gordon K.) Bishop, of Woodstock, Georgia, and Diane E. (Mark A.) Carrick, of Shelbyville; eight grandchildren, Robert (Vicki) Cowart, Lisa Skultety, Dana Skultety, Jesse (Ann Marie) Carrick, Andrew Carrick, Rachel Carrick, Hannah Carrick, and Benjamin Carrick. Memorials may be made to the Victor Skultety Memorial Scholarship Fund set up at Peoples Bank.
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel
AMERICA (ZELL) SMITH was born January 1, 1942 to the late Clyde & Mable Smith. She left this life on May 7, 2007 at Meharry Medical Hospital in Nashville at the young age of 65. She was a graduate of the Bedford County Training School and formerly worked for Tyson Foods & the Empire Pencil Co. Ms. America was preceded in death by three brothers, Vernon, Wilbert & Roy Clyde Smith; and one sister, Frances Smith. Ms. Zell leaves to cherish sweet memories: son, Ernest Ray "Steph" Smith of Shelbyville; sisters, Jo Ann Smith & Joyce Smith, both of Shelbyville; brothers, Mitchell Smith & Lloyd Smith, both of Shelbyville, Samuel (Emma) Smith of Gary, IN, Willie (Ruby) Smith of Chicago, IL & Jimmie Smith of Jacksonville, NC.
EARL S. SMITH , 71, of Shelbyville died this morning at Bedford County General hospital after a brief illness. He was the husband of Elvera L. Smith. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Saturday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Hillcrest Funeral home. Some details are still incomplete and will be announced by Hillcrest Funeral home.
Shelbyville (Tenn.) Times-Gazette, Friday, November 21, 1997, Page 2
KATE BEATRICE (TILLMAN) SMITH , age 85, of Shelbyville, died Thursday, December 25, 2008, at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be 1 PM Monday at Scott United Methodist Church. Dr. Robin Kimbrough will officiate, with burial to follow in Mt. Ararat Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to service at the church. She was born September 18, 1923, in Bedford County, to the late Newton and Lena Frazier Tillman. She was preceded in death by her husband, Randolph Smith in 1988, and was a faithful member of Scott United Methodist Church. She is survived by a daughter, Veleria Cleveland, of Shelbyville, and numerous nieces and nephews. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
December 2008 Feldhaus Funeral Home
ROBERT EDWARD SPARROW , age 51, of Shelbyville, died Sunday, December 21, 2008, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Funeral services will be 2 PM Sunday, December 28, 2008, at St. James Primitive Baptist Church in Lewisburg. Visitation will be 6-8 PM Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel and again one hour prior to service Sunday at the church. He was born October 27, 1957, in Shelbyville, to Louise Parson Sparrow, of Shelbyville, and the late Robert Earl Sparrow. He was a graduate of Tennessee Sate University with a major in music. He was a member of St. James Primitive Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by a sister, Deborah Sparrow. In addition to his mother, he is survived by a sister, Elease Sparrow Bailey, and her husband Fletcher, of Shelbyville. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.
MRS. JOHN STALLINGS , well known and highly respected citizen, died Sunday, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Palmer, on the Unionville pike. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at Bedford. Rev. Claude Lewis officiating. Mrs. Stallings was a member of the Baptist church. She is survived by eight children and a number of grandchildren (not named)
Shelbyville Gazette, June 22, 1933 - page 1
MR. and MRS. JOHN STANLEY STALLINGS - Mrs. J. S. Stallings died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G.W. Oneal Saturday morning at 9:30 and her husband, John Stanley Stallins died Sunday morning. Both had been ill for a short time. A double funeral was held Monday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Big Springs Baptist church, with Rev. Burtis Christian of Wartrace and Rev. Claud Lewis in charge. Both were members of the Baptist church and enjoyed a wide friendship throughout the county. The burial was in the New Bethel cemetery. Their survivors are a son, John Stallings, two daughters, Mrs. G.W. Oneal and Mrs. Ross Pierce and eight grandchildren.
Shelbyville Gazette, Mar 21, 1935 - page 1
ROBERT WESTLEY STEM - Mrs. Zannie Lamb of Hickory Hill received word last week of the death of her brother, Robert Westley Stem of Houston, Texas. Mr Stem was born and reared in Bedford County, the son of the late John Edd and Mary Ann Smotherman Stem. He left this county when he was 25 years old (1890) and has resided in Texas since that time. Mr Stem had celebrated his 83rd birthday on Monday, September 13 and died at 4:20 a.m. the following day, after having enjoyed a birthday dinner given by one of his daughters on the previous evening, relative here relate. Surviving Mr. Stem are three sisters, Mrs. Zannie Lamb of Shelbyville, Mrs. Fannie Wheeler of Christiana, and Mrs. Dora Fisher of Nashville; three brothers, John H. Stem of Unionville, besides many nieces and nephews in this area.
Contributed by Martha Mendez - Rootsweb Mailing List *Note; other brothers are Joe F. Stem and Crockett Stem
BESSIE STONE - age 76, of Shelbyville, formerly of Shoal Indiana, died Sunday, December 7, 2008, at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services were held in Shoal, Indiana, by Queen-Lee Funeral Home.

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