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Marjorie Ann Kinkel (Margie), age 87 passed away Monday, February 28 in Nashville Tennessee, in a peaceful hospice setting. She was a 4 foot 11 inches tall, 98-pound mother of six, known by all to be a gifted storyteller with a significant wit. Her published book "Tales and Trails of a Girl With Squirrels" is now formally available through the Library of Congress. Margie lived an extraordinary life as a ballet dancer, exceptional tennis player, backpacker, river runner, mountain climber and rescuer of abandoned baby birds. Her gifts included creating exquisite hand-stitched quilts, woven baskets in the fashion of the 1800's, and the nearly lost art of Pysanky?decorated eggs with...

Tyler Lee passed to his next life on January 31, 2022. He was born in Birmingham, AL on June 5, 1970 and lived in Kingston Springs, TN. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Jobi Payne Lee, his two children, Colton and Audrey Lee, Jobi's children, Paige McKinney Zettergren, Kyle and Kendall McKinney, one brother, Jordan Riley of Tupelo, MS, one niece, Taylor Riley of Tupelo, his parents, Linda and Ron Prather of Brentwood, TN, and his cousin like a brother, Shannon Williams of Memphis. His birth father was Bob Lee of West Point, MS. Tyler is preceded in death by his grandmother, Olga Rogers from Okolona, MS and Robert and Jewel Lee of Aberdeen, MS. He was a Territory Manager for...

age 98, peacefully slipped into Heavenly rest on March 12, 2021. She is preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, W.A. "Fred" Wetherford, parents, Reuben and Billie Robinson of Chattanooga, brother Allen Robinson of Chattanooga. She is survived by her daughters: Billie Ann (Louis) Boyte, Mecia Lee Wetherford of Denver, CO; Rebecca Len (Don) Evans: brother, Traylor (Tena) Robinson of Chattanooga, TN; cousin, Barry (Aleta) Robinson of Clemson, SC; and nieces and nephew. Emmie was born in Augusta, Ga on September 19, 1922 and grew up in Chattanooga, TN where she graduated from Chattanooga High School. She and Fred raised their daughters in Nashville after Fred was transferred with...

James Dexter "Jim" Weatherly of Brentwood, Tenn., went to be with the Lord on February 3, 2021. He was 77. Born March 17, 1943, in Pontotoc to Ira Burdell "Ike" Weatherly and Edith Roberson Weatherly, Jim had a hall of fame music career after being an All-Southeastern Conference and All-America (honorable mention) quarterback at Ole Miss. At Pontotoc High School he was a multi-sport athlete and All-Little Ten Conference quarterback. Weatherly was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Ole Miss Alumni Hall of Fame in 2011. He became a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York in 2014 and that same year was...