White County High School Tennessee Alumni Obituaries

Mr. Bobbie Joe Ragland better known as Bob age 83 of Sparta passed away Friday December 19 2025 at Life Care Center of Sparta. Bob was born September 13 1942 in McMinnville Tennessee to the late Carlos and Clara Ola Elrod Ragland. Bob was a 1961 graduate of White County High School. After graduation...

Nancy Ann Sparkman Bell passed away on Jan 12 2026. She was born in Doyle Tennessee in White County on April 8 1936 to Martha Jane Earles and Thomas Lansford Sparkman. She was the youngest of seven children raised on a farm near Doyle. She graduated from White Count High School in Sparta and attende...

Jean Maynor Baxter 88 of Jasper Tennessee was called home to her Lord on January 23 2026 after a courageous battle with cancer. A woman of profound faith and unwavering devotion Jean leaves behind a legacy of love and service to her family and her community. Originally a native of Benton Tennessee J...

Ellis White was born in Chattanooga Tennessee to the late MaryWhite and Ben Dean on September 1 1937. He attended thepublic schools of Hamilton County Tennessee including HowardHigh School of Chattanooga. Later he furthered his educationearning an Associate of Arts degree at Florida CommunityCollege...

Laurie was born in Memphis Tennessee the only daughter of Anton John "Johnny" and Rachel Willemssen. A graduate of White Station High School in Memphis she earned a Masters Degree in English from Memphis State University and went on to get her nursing degree from Motlow State. She worked as a Regist...

Reverend Dr. Lester Cousin was born on July 9 1933 to the late Marvin L. Cousin Sr. and Ethel M. Campbell in Nashville Tennessee. He received his education in the Davidson County school system. Lester married his Queen the late Mary K. Simpson on July 27 1953. Throughout his youth and young adulthoo...

Virginia Mae White Ginny Kennedy was born to Audrey and Pauline Thompson White on September 27 1942. She was the older sister of Richard and Larry White. Ginny grew up on a farm in Mercer County West Virginia where family stories recall her first winter when snow often had to be shaken from her baby...

Gene Rowland, son of the late John Rowland and Dorothy Carter Rowland, was born on October 9, 1955, in Dexter, Missouri and went home to Jesus on January 15, 2026, at his residence in Dexter at the age of 70.Gene grew up as a hardworking farm boy, playing in the fields and Dexter Creek with his 6 s...

Evon Tinsley Buckta passed away peacefully on Monday January 12 2026 at her home in Scottsville Kentucky. She was born on June 28 1943 in Warren County Kentucky to Elijah Harper Tinsley and Minnie Jane Loafman Tinsley. Evon graduated as salutatorian from Alvaton High School in Alvaton Kentucky in 19...