All Obituaries

Watson-North Funeral Home is honored to be of service and ministry to the family of Mr. Steve Scarlett, age 63 of Estill Springs. Mr. Scarlett passed away on the evening of February 3, 2020 at Tennova Harton in Tullahoma, TN.  A native of Detroit, Michigan he had made his home in Franklin County for the past 28 years.  He was the founder, owner and operator of Royal Touch Cleaning and Landscaping.  He was an avid outdoorsman in every sense of the world from camping, hiking and...

Zachary Lawrence Taylor, age 20 of Winchester passed from this life unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 28, 2020. Zachary was born on April 28th, 1999 in Winchester, Tennessee to Willis Taylor, Jr. and Jessica Headrick. Zachary was a 2017 graduate of Franklin County High School where he was a scholar soccer player. Zachary received many district awards and a scholarship for his excellence performance as a soccer player and goalie. In addition to playing for Franklin County High School, Zachary...

Watson-North Funeral Home is honored to be of service and ministry to the family of Mrs. Ruby Gipson Glasner, age 91 of Winchester. Mrs. Glasner passed from this life on Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 at her residence. She was born on February 8, 1928 to the late Charlie and Lou Coker Gipson in Winchester, Tennessee. She was a dedicated homemaker and loved working in her garden, flowers, “mini farm” and being outdoors. Mrs. Glasner is preceded in death by her parents, her husband,...

Watson-North Funeral Home is honored to be of service and ministry to the family of Dora Regina Tarrant Vanzant, age 68 of Winchester.  Mrs. Vanzant passed away Saturday February 1, 2020 at her residence.  She was a native of Franklin County and worked the last 23 years of her career in the dietary department of The Waters of Winchester.  She is preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Earl Vanzant; her mother, Arthella Simmons Tarrant and her father, William Tarrant;...

Watson-North Funeral Home is honored to be of service and ministry to the family of Mr. Bill Gilliam, age 70 of Decherd.  Mr. Gilliam passed away on the morning of Tuesday January 28, 2020 at his residence.  Mr. Gilliam was a devoted husband to his high school sweetheart to whom he was married for 49 years. He was retired from Kroger’s meat department as a butcher following more than 23 years of service.  He was an outdoorsman and loved to hunt and fish in the days...

Watson-North Funeral Home is honored to be of service and ministry to the family of Eva Rose Hamby Winton McGee, age 86 of Winchester.  Mrs. McGee passed from this life into life eternal in the early morning hours of Friday January 17, 2020 at the Lynchburg Nursing Center in Lynchburg, TN.  A native of Franklin County, she spent much of life in Ohio where she worked as a cook at Mentor School.  She also worked as a caregiver and a private childcare worker for a number of...

Watson-North Funeral Home is honored to be of service and ministry to the family of Dustin “Big Country” Byers, age 35 of Tullahoma. Mr. Byers passed from this life on January 21, 2020. He grew up in Tracy City, and enjoyed numerous outdoor activities including, 4- wheeling, cookouts, camping, and mudding. He will be remembered by being a best friend to everyone, and for being loved by all. “Big Country” had a smile that would light up a room, and was proud of being a...

Watson-North Funeral Home is honored to be of service and ministry to the family of Teresa Faye Youngblood, age 56, of Jasper. Mrs. Youngblood passed from this life on January 13, 2020, after a brief illness at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. She was a native of Arab, Alabama, and was born to the late Elbert and Ruthie Gattis Boyd. Mrs. Youngblood had a love for gardening, bingo and traveling. She thoroughly enjoyed traveling with her family, and made many fond memories. She...

Watson-North Funeral Home is honored to be of service and ministry to the family of Belinda Karen McNeely, age 57 of Winchester.  Mrs. McNeely passed from this life peacefully in the early afternoon hours of Thursday January 9, 2020.  A native of Hazelgreen, AL., she worked as a hemodialysis technician in the Fayetteville area for more than 25 years.  The matriarch of the family, she will be remembered as a very patient, loving and warm person who was a very gifted...

Watson-North Funeral Home is honored to be of service and ministry to the family of Pamela “Pam” Riddle Gill, age, 68 of Estill Springs.  Mrs. Gill passed away January 9, 2020 at her home while surrounded by her family.  Mrs. Gill is preceded in death by her mother and father, Hazel and Dan Riddle; great-grandson, Hunter Swafford; sisters and brothers-in law, Helen and Luke Collins, Hattie Ruth and Buster Hill, Frances and Dale Brinkley, Josephine and Ted Lee; brother,...