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Betty Ruth Buchanan

February 23, 1939 — December 20, 2020

Mrs. Betty Ruth Story Buchanan, age 81 of New Johnsonville, Tennessee, passed away Sunday, December 20, 2020 at Humphreys County Nursing Home in Waverly, Tennessee. Betty was born February 23, 1939 in Humphreys County to the late Homer Lee Story and Nannie Mae Braden Story. She married the late Daniel Wayne Buchanan and they had one daughter, Wayna. Betty was a LPN at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. She retired from there after serving 28 years. She was a member of the Nursing Organization and Park Avenue Baptist Church in Nashville. She and Wayne moved to Nashville in 1963 and returned to New Johnsonville in 2001.

Visitation with the family will be Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at Luff-Bowen Funeral Home in Waverly, from 10:00am until time of service beginning at 12:00. Interment will follow in Marable Cemetery in Waverly.

She is survived by her daughter, Wayna Stansberry (Mark) of New Johnsonville, TN;
one brother, Grobert Wayne Story;
and two great grandchildren, Alex Miller and Kallieanne Osborne.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Homer and Nannie Story;
three brothers, Bobby Ray, Billy Joe, and Jerry Lee Story;
and her granddaughter, Beth Ann Osborne.

LUFF-BOWEN FUNERAL HOME
2400 HWY 13 N
WAVERLY, TN 37185
931-296-2437

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Service Schedule

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Visitation

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

10:00am - 12:00 pm (Eastern time)

Luff-Bowen Funeral Home: Waverly

2400 TN-13, Waverly, TN 37185

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Funeral Service

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Starts at 12:00 pm (Eastern time)

Luff-Bowen Funeral Home: Waverly

2400 TN-13, Waverly, TN 37185

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Interment

Marable Cemetery

, Waverly, TN 37185

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