Obituaries

Tullahoma News – May 13, 2026 James Edward “Jimmy” Penn, 88, of Normandy died May 3, 2026.

Bobby Alfred Womble was born on March 16, 1934, in Moore County, TN, to Payton and Eva Patterson Womble. He passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones in Murfreesboro, TN, on April 29, 2026.

Orville Jerome McCormick Jr “OJ” of Manchester passed away on Sunday, April 26, 2026. He was 87. Mr. McCormick was born in Manchester, Tennessee, and was the youngest of eight children. He graduated from Coffee County High School, Class of 1957 and joined the US Navy on November 25, 1957, and began a 21-year career serving our Country. He was assigned to USS MCCAFFERY DD-860, the USS OKLAHOMA City CLG-5 and to the USS LITTLE ROCK CLG-4. He served in Vietnam 1964-1966. He served 28 consecutive months on Yankee Station and other areas of combat with air strikes. He was awarded 4 Gold/Bronze Stars plus ribbon, Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam and Cuban Blockade, Presidential Unit Citation, and others. He was stationed at multiple Naval Bases on the East Coast and West Coast. Upon retiring from the Navy in 1977, he then went to work with Morrison & Knudsen (MK) in Tullahoma, TN at AEDC, and again going to big job sites across the Country. He retired in 1997.

Bertie Mae Davis, 95, passed away peacefully on April 27, 2026. She was born on September 29, 1930, in Harvest, Alabama, to her late parents, Harvey Lee Robison and Clator Ola Butler Robison.

Robert Blythe Tucker passed away at home after a long illness. He was preceded in death by parents Dr. Cecil Blythe and Martha Ella Page Tucker of Nashville, and sister Julia Page Tucker Rhyne of Montgomery, Alabama.

Deborah L. “Debbie” Coffelt, of Tullahoma, entered into Glory on Friday, April 24th, 2026 at McArthur Manor Assisted Living in Manchester at the age of 66. Debbie was born in Kokomo, Indiana to the late Paul J. and Betty Tooley Hopkins.

Ingrid Brightman, 88, of Tullahoma, passed away Thursday April 23, 2026.