The Tullahoma News & Guardian

Buddy (Donald D) Carr November 28, 1966 - August 21, 2021 The man, the myth, the legend, a veteran, a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a friend to thousands, a best friend to many and a Jack of All Trades. He was a simple man that lived life the best way he knew how. He treated everyone with respect and love. Originally from California, Buddy moved to Tullahoma, TN early in life. He graduated from Tullahoma high school in 1985, where he met the love of his life Krista Ledbetter, whom he would marry in 1991 and raise two wonderful children together Aaron Michael Carr, 1996, and Morgan Nicole Carr, 1999. They are members of Cornerstone First United Methodist church in Newnan,...

Dr. Gary Lee Shaffer, 78, died July 11, 2021 at his home in Bowling Green, KY. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harry Lyman Shaffer and Stella Katherine (Swink) Shaffer, his wife, Margaret "Peggy" Shaffer and his brother, Robert G. "Bob" Shaffer. He is survived by his two daughters, Cheryl Gregory (Charles) and Leslie Pfingston (Robert) of Bowling Green, KY, his two grandchildren, Emma Pfingston and Joel Pfingston, two nephews, two nieces, and a number of grand-nephews and grand-nieces. Born in Dayton, Ohio on October 24, 1942, he was a graduate of Monroe Township High School and Murray State College. After teaching high school history, he obtained his master's degree followed by his...

Christina Adkinson Waters, 45, passed away Thursday June 10, 2021 at Memorial University Medical Center with her daughter Victoria, and her son William by her side. She was born March 22, 1976 at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, VA, and grew up Tullahoma, TN before moving to Savannah where she lived for the past twenty years. She graduated from the University of Memphis, TN with a Bachelors degree. She was preceded in death by her father, Alvah K. Adkinson. Christina was a story teller and loved to plan events throughout her life. She worked for the Alzheimer's Association planning non-profit events in the legacy of her dad. Most recently, she was a part of the Glamping Adventures...

Stephens, Robert Ransom - age 89, of Knoxville, passed away on Saturday, April 24, 2021, in Knoxville, TN. Bob was born in Sparta, Tennessee, December 28, 1931. He grew up in Tullahoma, Tennessee and graduated from Tullahoma High School in 1950. He served in the US Navy, aviation branch, from 1951 to 1955. He was a graduate of UT in the class of 1959. He retired from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1994 as an Electrical Engineer. He was preceded in death by his parents, C.E. Stephens, and Nelle S. Stephens. He is survived by his children, Teresa Longworth (Terry), Robert B. Stephens (Gail), Julie Jackson (Jackie) and grandchildren, Drew Longworth, Riley Jackson, and Sam Jackson. Also...

Norman Kyle Bills was born on October 18, 1955 and died at his home in Franklin, Tennessee on March 2, 2021. He was preceded in death by his parents Donald Hunter Bills and Lou Ellen Ledford Bills. He is survived by his wife, Nadine Graves Bills; three children, Matthew Kyle and Jane McCormick Bills of Franklin, Tennessee, Anthony Collin and Kelci Leigh Bills of Franklin, Tennessee, and Leah Nadine and Luke Daniel Murphree of Nashville, Tennessee. He is survived by 12 grandchildren: Eli Matthew, Shepherd Fox, Ellen Virginia, and Samuel Kyle (Matthew and Jane); Bennett Collin, Sawyer Scott, George Hunter, and Vivian Leigh (Anthony and Kelci); Jack Harper, Sarah Nadine, June Elizabeth, and...

Daniel Powell Vega, a family man with a lifelong love of golf, died Dec. 2, 2020. He was 90 years old and mere days from the 70th anniversary of marrying Kathleen Gray. He had been a scratch golfer in the 1960s, before a work assignment in Vietnam at an airbase without a golf course. Mr. Vega worked for General Electric Co. from 1951 to 1990, starting in his home city of Cincinnati, Ohio, and retiring from the Jet Propulsion Division in Jacksonville, Fla. He also had assignments at Arnold Engineering Development Center at Tullahoma, Tenn.; Eglin Air Force Base near Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; GE Aviation at Lynn, Mass.; Naval Air Engineering Station at Trenton, N.J.; and Davis-Monthan Air...