Nell Starr
Nell Starr
April 4, 1913 ~ April 12, 2009
Margaret Nell Starr, 96, died Sunday, April 12, 2009, at the T. J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow.
She was a Glasgow resident, the daughter of the late James Henry Perkins and Sally Ann Hunley Perkins and was born on April 4, 1913. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank M. Starr, Sr.; four sisters, Olean Wade, Nancy McKinney, Myrtle Tonkin and Mary Smith; three brothers, Ray Perkins, Paul Perkins and William Morris Perkins.
She was a retired merchant, having operated, along with her husband Frank, the Frank Starr Groceries for many years in Glasgow and Temple Hill. Most recently she has been associated with Phillips Paint and Paper Store of Glasgow and Electrolux Sales and Service. Nell has been a member of the Glasgow Baptist Church since April 10, 1952.
Survivors include two sons, Frank M. Starr, Jr. and wife Linda of Jackson, Tennessee, and John D. Starr of Glasgow. Also surviving are two grandchildren, Mica Nell Starr of Jackson, Tennessee and Frank M. “Tripp” Starr, III and wife Julie of Collinwood, Tennessee, two loving and faithful caregivers, Joan Sommerville and Vickie Wilson.
Funeral services will be held 2:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16, 2009, at the Hatcher & Saddler Funeral Home with burial in the Glasgow Municipal Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, and from 9:00 a.m. Thursday April 16, 2009 until time for service at the Hatcher & Saddler Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Dr. Charles Stanley’s In Touch Ministries or the Glasgow Baptist Church.
