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Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Homes & Cremations Services - CookevilleShirley Vaden Obituary
COOKEVILLE CHAPEL - Funeral Services for Mrs. Shirley Vaden, 89 of Cookeville will be held at 12 PM on Saturday, August 30, 2025 from the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper, Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home with Pastor Wade Givens officiating.
Interment will follow at Welch Memorial Cemetery.
The family will receive friends on Saturday from 10 AM until the time of services at the funeral home.
Mrs. Vaden died on Thursday evening at NHC of Johnson City.
She was born on February 27, 1936 in White County, TN to the late Charlie and Velma Odell Hunter Lamb.
A full obituary will be posted later.
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59 N. Jefferson Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501
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Upcoming Events
Aug
30
Visitation
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Cookeville Chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home
59 North Jefferson Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501
Send FlowersAug
30
Services provided by
Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Homes & Cremations Services - Cookeville