Funeral services for Mrs. Willie K. VanHooser, age 94, of Portland, TN,
formerly of Manchester, will be conducted at 12:00 Noon on Monday, March
21, 2016 at Manchester Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Rose
Hill Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be from 4:00 PM
until 8:00 PM on Sunday evening at the funeral home. Mrs. VanHooser
passed away Wednesday evening at Sumner Regional Medical Center in
Gallatin, TN.
Willie was born in Gainesboro, TN, the daughter of the late Vallie J.
Kirby. She was a former member of Main Street Church of Christ. Willie
was a hairdresser and worked for many years alongside her late husband,
Buford VanHooser and the Deadman family at the original Manchester
Funeral Home.
In addition to her mother and her husband, Willie was also preceded in
death by a brother, Thurman Kirby. She is survived by one son, Bill
(wife, Leslie) VanHooser of Baltimore, MD; one daughter, Tommie Louise
(husband, James R.) Kershaw of Hendersonville, TN; one brother, Louie C.
Kirby; two sisters, Bonnie J. Desits of South Bend, IN and Dorothy
Stafford of Red Boiling Springs, TN; three grandchildren; three great
grandchildren; and two great, great grandchildren.
The family requests memorial donations be made to Alzheimer’s
Association, 201 West Lincoln Street, Tullahoma, TN 37388
MANCHESTER FUNERAL HOME IS HONORED TO SERVE THE VANHOOSER FAMILY