COOKEVILLE Funeral services for Dr. Robert William Thurman, 92, of Cookeville will be
held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15, from the chapel of Hooper & Huddleston Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Crest Lawn Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 1-4 p.m. and from 6-9 p.m. today at the funeral
home.
Dr. Thurman was dead on arrival at Cookeville Regional Medical Center on Sunday, Sept.
13, 1998.
He was born on Feb. 2, 1906, in McMinnville to the late Robert Benjamin and Willie Goff
Thurman. Dr. Thurman was a retired dentist and a member of Central Church of Christ in
Sparta.
His family includes his wife, Bessie Thurman of Cookeville; a daughter, Corinne Johnson
of Cookeville; two sons, Robert William Thurman Jr. of Brentwood and Dewey Thurman of
Cookeville; six grandchildren, Dr. Robert Jason Thurman of Cincinnati, Ohio, Robin
Schappert of Henderson, Nev., Terri Taylor of Murfreesboro, Tana Taylor and Dean Johnson,
both of Nashville, and Jill Cassford of Cookeville; and one greatgrandchild.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Tom Thurman.
Bro. Glen McDoniel will officiate at the services.
Information provided by Thurman Funeral Home of Sparta.
Published Monday, September 14, 1998 : Herald Citizen Newspaper, Cookeville, TN
held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15, from the chapel of Hooper & Huddleston Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Crest Lawn Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 1-4 p.m. and from 6-9 p.m. today at the funeral
home.
Dr. Thurman was dead on arrival at Cookeville Regional Medical Center on Sunday, Sept.
13, 1998.
He was born on Feb. 2, 1906, in McMinnville to the late Robert Benjamin and Willie Goff
Thurman. Dr. Thurman was a retired dentist and a member of Central Church of Christ in
Sparta.
His family includes his wife, Bessie Thurman of Cookeville; a daughter, Corinne Johnson
of Cookeville; two sons, Robert William Thurman Jr. of Brentwood and Dewey Thurman of
Cookeville; six grandchildren, Dr. Robert Jason Thurman of Cincinnati, Ohio, Robin
Schappert of Henderson, Nev., Terri Taylor of Murfreesboro, Tana Taylor and Dean Johnson,
both of Nashville, and Jill Cassford of Cookeville; and one greatgrandchild.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Tom Thurman.
Bro. Glen McDoniel will officiate at the services.
Information provided by Thurman Funeral Home of Sparta.
Published Monday, September 14, 1998 : Herald Citizen Newspaper, Cookeville, TN
COOKEVILLE Funeral services for Dr. Robert William Thurman, 92, of Cookeville will be
held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15, from the chapel of Hooper & Huddleston Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Crest Lawn Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 1-4 p.m. and from 6-9 p.m. today at the funeral
home.
Dr. Thurman was dead on arrival at Cookeville Regional Medical Center on Sunday, Sept.
13, 1998.
He was born on Feb. 2, 1906, in McMinnville to the late Robert Benjamin and Willie Goff
Thurman. Dr. Thurman was a retired dentist and a member of Central Church of Christ in
Sparta.
His family includes his wife, Bessie Thurman of Cookeville; a daughter, Corinne Johnson
of Cookeville; two sons, Robert William Thurman Jr. of Brentwood and Dewey Thurman of
Cookeville; six grandchildren, Dr. Robert Jason Thurman of Cincinnati, Ohio, Robin
Schappert of Henderson, Nev., Terri Taylor of Murfreesboro, Tana Taylor and Dean Johnson,
both of Nashville, and Jill Cassford of Cookeville; and one greatgrandchild.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Tom Thurman.
Bro. Glen McDoniel will officiate at the services.
Information provided by Thurman Funeral Home of Sparta.
Published Monday, September 14, 1998 : Herald Citizen Newspaper, Cookeville, TN
held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15, from the chapel of Hooper & Huddleston Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Crest Lawn Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 1-4 p.m. and from 6-9 p.m. today at the funeral
home.
Dr. Thurman was dead on arrival at Cookeville Regional Medical Center on Sunday, Sept.
13, 1998.
He was born on Feb. 2, 1906, in McMinnville to the late Robert Benjamin and Willie Goff
Thurman. Dr. Thurman was a retired dentist and a member of Central Church of Christ in
Sparta.
His family includes his wife, Bessie Thurman of Cookeville; a daughter, Corinne Johnson
of Cookeville; two sons, Robert William Thurman Jr. of Brentwood and Dewey Thurman of
Cookeville; six grandchildren, Dr. Robert Jason Thurman of Cincinnati, Ohio, Robin
Schappert of Henderson, Nev., Terri Taylor of Murfreesboro, Tana Taylor and Dean Johnson,
both of Nashville, and Jill Cassford of Cookeville; and one greatgrandchild.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Tom Thurman.
Bro. Glen McDoniel will officiate at the services.
Information provided by Thurman Funeral Home of Sparta.
Published Monday, September 14, 1998 : Herald Citizen Newspaper, Cookeville, TN
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