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Samantha Renee Cox Blanton, 27
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Samantha Renee Cox Blanton, 27, of Sparta died Tuesday morning, May 22, at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga. She was born June 24, 1984 in Smithville. She was a certified nursing assistant and was a member of Dayspring Community Church.She is survived by her husband, Scott Blanton of Sparta, parents Kenneth and Leeann Cox of McMinnville, sisters Dana O’Neal of McMinnville, and Amanda (Richard) Blackburn of Morrison, and nieces Sierra Griffith, Tristen Griffith and Gracie O’Neal.Funeral service is 11 a.m. Saturday at Hunter Funeral Home in Sparta with Rex Boles officiating.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Womack, 84
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Lifelong McMinnville resident and Warren County native Franklin Delano Roosevelt Womack, age 84, was born May 19, 1940 and died March 5, 2025 at NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired employee of BRC and Boyd Nursery and member of Hiawassee Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Ernest and Lucille Smith Womack. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by son, Rodney Thomas and siblings, Dorothy Grayson, Virginia Alexander, Ernestine Bonner, Maggie McReynolds, Edward Womack, Bob Womack and Charles Womack.
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