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Nolen J. Crockett obituary, Clarksville, TN

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McReynolds Nave & Larson Funeral Home

1209 Madison Street

Clarksville, Tennessee

UPCOMING SERVICE

Visitation

Nov. 1, 2025

12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

McReynolds-Nave & Larson Funeral Home

Nolen Crockett Obituary

Nolen Jewell Crockett, age 92 of Palmyra, TN passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.

There will be a Celebration of Life service on Saturday, November 1, 2025, at 3:00 pm at McReynolds-Nave & Larson Funeral Home in Clarksville, TN with Rev. David Mackens and Rev. Steve Sukowatey officiating. The family will receive friends starting at 12:00 noon until the hour of service on Saturday at the funeral home.

Nolen was born on July 31, 1933, in Palmyra, TN to the late Nolen Gus Crockett and Madge Wickham Crockett. He was a man of faith and loved his family and friends. Mr. Nolen dedicated many years working as a steamfitter for TVA. Nolen was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend. He enjoyed working on his farm and doing carpentry and welding work in his shop.

In addition to his dear parents, he is preceded in death by his son; Ronald Crockett; great granddaughter, Eleanor Crockett, and siblings, Audrey Spicer, Gatha Conner, Virginia Jackson, Neva Turewicz, Martha Crockett, and Joyce Fain.

Survivors include his loving wife, of 63 years, Dora Suiter Crockett; son, Gus Crockett (Kathy); daughter, Carla Urwiler (Robert); beloved daughter in law, Chandra Fletcher; grandchildren, Jonathan Crockett (Katherine), Benjamin Crockett (Elizabeth), Aiden Urwiler, Elisabeth Urwiler, Trace Crockett (Morgan), and Trent Crockett (Kyleigh); great-grandchildren, Henry Crockett, Hudson Crockett, Nathaniel Crockett, and Lawson Crockett.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Cemetery Fund at Palmyra United Methodist Church.

Condolences may be made online at Nadvefuneralhomes.com

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Clarksville Now on Oct. 23, 2025.

Memorial Events
for Nolen Crockett

Nov

1

Visitation

12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

McReynolds-Nave & Larson Funeral Home

1209 Madison Street, Clarksville, TN 37040

Nov

1

Celebration of Life

3:00 p.m.

McReynolds-Nave & Larson Funeral Home

1209 Madison Street, Clarksville, TN 37040

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McReynolds Nave & Larson Funeral Home

1209 Madison Street, Clarksville, TN 37040

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