All Obituaries

Alvie Virginia Smith was born on November 22, 1932 in Asbury, Tennessee to Macon and Leland Ferguson. Alvie met her husband, Jasper Benjamin (JB) while attending Decherd High School. They married in Rossville Ga, shortly after JB returned from serving in the Korean war. Alvie attended Draughton’s Business School in Nashville and went on to work as a book keeper for The Nashville Woodenware Co and the Williamson County Board of Education. While in Nashville, Alvie and JB were blessed...

Watson-North Funeral Home is honored to be of service and ministry to the family of Stella Josephine Henson Wilson, age 75 of Huntland.  Mrs. Wilson passed from this life at her home in the afternoon hours of Friday January 7, 2022.  A native of Franklin County, she and her husband made their home in Huntland for a number of years.  She will be fondly remembered as a loving wife and mother who enjoyed genealogy and expressing her artistic side through painting.  In...

Watson-North Funeral Home is honored to be of service and ministry to the family of Tammy Renee Robinson, age 54, of Smyrna, TN. Miss Robinson passed from this life on Friday January 7, 2022, while at her residence. She is the daughter of the late Brenda Gail and Herman Robinson. She will be remembered for the life she lived to help others. She enjoyed life as a mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. Her laugh was contagious, and she loved to sing. Miss Robinson managed her own...

Watson-North Funeral Home is honored to be of service and ministry to the family of Mr. Clint L. Hampton, age 85 of Estill Springs.  Mr. Hampton passed away January 2, 2022 at Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital in Tullahoma. Mr. Hampton was a native of Lawrence County TN.  He proudly served his country in the United States Air Force.  During his working career he was a journeyman electrician.  He is preceded in death by his mother, Viola Woodard Hampton and his...

Watson-North Funeral Home is honored to be of service and ministry to the family of Mr. Jerry Wayne Yates, age 83 of Winchester. Mr. Yates passed from this life at his home December 31, 2021 while surrounded by his loving wife and family.  He is preceded in death by his mother, Etta Belle Perry Yates and his father, John Marion Yates; step-mother, Mary Lou Phillips Yates; sister, Dorothy Clark; brothers, Harold Yates and Ray Isbell; sons-in-law, Frank King and Dennis Burns I; grandson,...

Watson-North Funeral Home is honored to be of service and ministry to the family of Connie Jo Brannan, age 46 of Decherd.  Connie passed from this life peacefully at Summit Medical Center in Nashville while surrounded by her loving and devoted family.  A lifelong resident of Franklin County, she will be remembered for so many things including her adventurous spirit.  She always had a smile on her face and cracking jokes and being silly.  She cared so very much for other...

Watson-North Funeral Home is honored to be of service and ministry to the family of Johnny W. “Chief” Crowe, age 73 of Estill Springs, TN.  He was born in Franklin County, and was a Native Cherokee Indian.  Mr. Crowe worked for Aerospace Testing Alliance until his retirement however, those who knew him, knew he never truly retired. He enjoyed working. He was a gifted stone mason, carpenter, and “Jack of all Trades”. Mr. Crowe was also a very talented...

Sharon Ruth Bagley Whetsel, age 77 of Winchester, passed from this life on December 4, 2021 at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, with her loving family by her side. A native of Elwood, IN., she was born to the late Roy and Dorothy Miller Bagley. Sharon made her home in Franklin County many years ago and was actively involved in supporting her husband and their children. While raising her children, you could find her at every sporting event and in their classrooms...

Lula Jean Childress departed this life on December 1st,2021. At Stone Crest Medical Center in Smyrna, TN. She was one of seven children born to Stewart and Cleo Wilkerson. She was educated in Franklin County Schools. She gave her life to Christ at a young age, under Reverend Barnes in Decherd, TN. She was very strong in her faith and made sure that her children and grandchildren where active in the church. She was a Mother of the Church at Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church in...

Watson-North Funeral Home is honored to be of service and ministry to the family of Mr. Edwin “Ray” Hill, age 86 of Decherd.  Mr. Hill passed from this life at his home while surrounded by his family in the evening hours of Tuesday, November 30, 2021.  Mr. Hill was a native of Coffee County but had spent most of his life in Franklin County.  A devout Christian, he was a member of the Decherd Nazarene Church.  He was a very successful route salesman and later a...