Brenda Sue McCool
1951 - 2025
Brenda Sue McCool
1951 - 2025
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BORN
1951
DIED
2025
Brenda McCool Obituary
Brenda Sue McCool, age 73 of Lake City, Tennessee passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family on March 10, 2025 at her residence. Brenda was born September 13, 1951 in Whitesburg, Kentucky to the late Gordon Eldridge and Mary Carter Eldridge. Brenda was an LPN for 32 years. She was a member of Red Hill Baptist Church in Andersonville. She loved sewing, quilting, crosswords, gardening, and fishing. Brenda is preceded in death by her parents: Gordon and Mary Eldridge, her daughter Brandy McCool Bavousett, sisters: Hester Campbell, Gaynell Dixon, and brother: Dexter Eldridge.
Survivors:
Husband of 55 years Tommy Ray McCool of Lake City
Daughter Tonya Renee Gasper and Steve of Ten Mile
Tina Rochelle Foust and Ronnie of Lake City
Brother Delbert Eldridge and Ilene of Hallie, Kentucky
Sister Linda Birchwell of Pikeville, Kentucky
Rosa Dixon and Hub of Hallie, Kentucky
Retha Ison of Hallie, Kentucky
Caroline Crase of Morehead, Kentucky
Doris Kilburn of Leatherwood, Kentucky
Grandchildren Nicholas Cox and Haley
Nathan Cox
Wyatt Gasper
Micha Bavousett - Johnson and Michael
Linzi Bavousett
Dalton and Dylan Foust
Tinsley McCoy
Brenna McCoy
Great Grandchild on the Way Clayton Cox
Special Friend Ronda Gunter
Visitation: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Thursday, March 13, 2025 at Hatmaker Funeral Home.
Funeral Service: 8:00 PM, Thursday, March 13, 2025 in the Hatmaker Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Chris Wallace and Rev. Greg Goodman officiating.
Family and Friends will meet at Hatmaker Funeral Home in Lake City at 11:15 AM, Friday, March 14, 2025 to go in procession to the Mountain View Cemetery in Lake City.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
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