GILES MEMORY GARDENS, Hwy 64 Bypass/Bethel, GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE

TARPLEY, Ellen [Smith], 16 Nov 1928 - 2 Jan 2016, w/o Ernest Jerome Tarpley, d/o Harlin Minters & Eunice Laura Cunningham Smith Devotion 118A1

Ellen Douglas Smith Tarpley, age 87 of Pulaski, passed away Saturday January 2, 2016 at Alive Hospice in Nashville.

Mrs. Tarpley was born November 16, 1928 in Boonshill community to Harlin Minters and Eunice Laura Cunningham Smith. She was a hairdresser at the House of Beauty and preceded in death by her parents, her husband Ernest Tarpley, sister Edna Earl Hobbs and brother Elmo Smith.

Graveside service will be held 12 p.m. Tuesday January 5, 2016 at Giles Memory Garden with burial to follow.

Memorials may be made to Alive Hospice.

Survivors include son Ron Tarpley of Jacksonville, FL, daughter Joy Hagan and Husband Jon of Nashville, brothers Ray Smith of Boonshill, Tn, Billy Smith of Fayetteville, TN, sisters Faye Jackson of Fayetteville, NC, Jeanie Reed of Fayetteville, TN, two grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Carr & Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Obituary Sent in by Mary Bob McClain Richardson 26 Jun 2016.