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Aileen Burnett Lane, 88
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Aileen Burnett Lane of Tullahoma died Thursday, May 15, at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro at the age of 88.
Mrs. Lane was born in Hillsboro to the late John Harvey and Marjorie Conry Burnett. In her adult life, she worked as a bookkeeper for the Southern Standard newspaper and WBMC radio.
Mrs. Lane married the late Eugene Lane and they lived their life in Hillsboro, but got to see much of the country after their retirements. She was an active member in several clubs, including her Coffee County High School graduation class of 1943, the Golden Girls, and the Dessert and Giggles Group. She was a member of Hillsboro First United Methodist Church, but usually attended Sunday morning services at Morning Pointe, where she had been a resident for several years before her passing.
In addition to her parents and husband, Mrs. Lane was preceded in death by her son-in-law, Rickey Peek, and her sister, Nell Vanatta.
She is survived by two daughters, Dian Peek Rayfield and her husband Terry of Tullahoma, and Gayle Spencer and her husband Larry of Chattanooga; two sons, Charles B. Sartin of Murfreesboro, and Philip Sartin and his wife Phyllis of Bell Buckle; 12 grandchildren, Katie Peek Smith, Hunter Peek, Kevin Herndon, Amy Coady, Ashley Sartin, Misti Jackson-Derringer, Nathan Sartin, Joshua Sartin, Caleb Sartin, Hannah Sartin, Jill Rayfield and Natalie Rayfield; six great-grandchildren: Lindsay Herndon, Justin Herndon, Madeline Coady, Liza Grace Jackson, Avery Grace Smith and Hagan Derringer.
Funeral service will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. at Kilgore Funeral Home Chapel in Tullahoma with Rev. Paul Purdue and Rev. Mark Ashley officiating. Entombment will follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) May 18, 2014

Juanita Walker Cantrell, 96
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Rock Island resident Juanita Walker Cantrell, age 96, was born Sept. 1, 1928 at home in Rock Island and died April 4, 2025 at NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following a brief illness.

Mrs. Cantrell was the last living telephone operator for General Telephone Company and worked at Lentz and Cooper and Martin in the butcher shop before opening Rock Island Nursery with her husband, Lewis Cantrell. She was the first ladies club president at Rock Island. Mrs. Cantrell was of the Baptist faith.

She was the daughter of the late Louis and Martha Jane Welch Walker. Mrs. Cantrell was married July 24, 1947 to Lewis Cantrell who preceded her in death on October 3, 2008. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by sisters, Annie Rose Dickerson and Inez Boren and brothers, L.D. (Ardis), Carl (Frankie Dunn), Leroy and Clifford Walker.

Survivors include son, Danny Lewis (Kathy) Cantrell of Rock Island; daughter, Jo Carolyn (Wayne) Ellis of Seymour; special daughter, Donna Sullivan of Rock Island; grandchildren, Melisa (Jon) Tyus, Angie McCormack, Natasha (Eric) Prater and Kyle (Elizabeth) Cantrell; great-grandchildren, Casey, Cameron and Shelby Sullivan, Niki, Mariah, Micah, Robert and Alana McCormack, Liam Prater, Ander, Rees and Harper Cantrell; great-great grandchildren, Jaxson Sullivan, Odessa and Eleanora Jenkins; sisters-in-law, Virgie Walker and Reba Walker both of McMinnville and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 7, 2025 in High’s Chapel with Melonie Walker Turner to officiate. Interment will follow at Mt. View Cemetery in McMinnville. Visitation will be Sunday from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. and Monday from 9 a.m. until the time of service at High’s.

Online condolences may be made at www.highfuneralhome.com.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.