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Tammy Elaine Patton Blake, 56
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Updated: Feb 21, 2017, 11:00 PM
Published: Feb 22, 2017, 12:01 AM

On Tuesday, Feb. 21 God reached down from heaven and took Tammy Elaine Patton Blake’s hand and said, “Come Home My Child” at the end of her battle with cancer. She was greeted at the gates of heaven by her grandparents, Malcolm and Dovie Pedigo and Flavil and Ola Mae Patton; and uncle, Charles Patton Sr., who preceded her in death.
Tammy was born on Jan. 17, 1961 in Murfreesboro. She was an emergency room registration clerk at St. Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville.
She is survived by her family who holds precious memories of her, which include her mother, Maxine Pedigo Patton; father and his wife, Douglas and Linda Patton; daughter, Heather Blake and grandson, Adalwulf Hughes; brother, Jimmy Patton; uncles and aunts, Malcolm “Sonny” Pedigo Jr. and wife Sandra, Rebekah Patton, Bill and Pat Snodgrass and Mary Ann Stewart; and several cousins and close friends.
Her family will have visitation at High Funeral Home on Thursday, Feb. 23 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday at High Funeral Home Chapel with Phillip Rowland and Rachel Cantrell officiating. Interment will follow at Salem Cemetery with Jim Tollison officiating.
Online condolences may be made at www.highfuneralhome.com.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 
Martha Raye Watson, 71
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Published: Apr 7, 2025, 1:49 AM

McMinnville resident and Coffee County native Martha Raye Watson, age 71, was born Jan. 17, 1954 and died April 2, 2025 at Alive Hospice of Murfreesboro following an extended illness.

A retired caregiver and member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Ethel St. John Crouch. Mrs. Watson was married December 29, 1970 to Fred B. Watson, Jr. who preceded her in death. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by siblings, Donna McCormick, Richard Crouch and Ruth Rogers.

She is survived by sons, Fred B. Watson, III and David A. Watson (Sydney Brown) both of McMinnville; daughter, Tonia L. (Carlos) Copley of McMinnville; seventeen grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren; sister, Ann McCormick of the Smartt Station community and several nieces and nephews.

Graveside service and interment will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 5, 2025 at Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Warren County with Wayne Cantrell to officiate. Visitation will be on Saturday from 12:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. at High’s.

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

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.