Mrs. Sue Bruce

May 20, 2019

Mrs. Sue Bruce

Funeral services for Mrs. Sue Bruce, 71 of Baxter were conducted on Friday, May 17, 2019, at 10 AM from the Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home.

Interment followed in Chestnut Mound Missionary Baptist Cemetery in Smith County, TN.

The family received friends on Thursday from 4 to 8 PM and after 9 AM Friday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Bruce died Tuesday morning, May 14, 2019, at her home in Baxter surrounded by her loving family.

She was born July 6, 1947 in Smith County, TN to the late Houston and Violet Mai Smith Austin.

In addition to her parents she was preceded by her first husband David Mathis, sister Anna Frances Austin, grandparents: Ernest Tilmon and Elma Florence Bush Austin and Jesse C. and Hester Cardwell Smith.

She was a member of New Zion Missionary Baptist Church at Bloomington Springs, TN. She enjoyed traveling, fishing and being with family and friends.

She was a retired shipping supervisor with Identity Group of Cookeville.

Survivors include husband James “Jim” Calbert Bruce of Baxter, daughters and sons-in-law Dr. Sylvia and Matthew Moore of Pulaski, TN, Diane and Lonnie Vaughn of Baxter, step-daughter Jodi Bruce of Baxter, brothers and sisters-in-law Garry and Cricket Austin of Baxter, Rickey and Gail Austin of Silver Point, Jerry and Linda Austin of Baxter, grandchildren: Lacey, Christopher and Holly Vaughn.

Bro. Larry Gregory and Bro. Houston Austin will officiate.

Active Pallbearers are Matthew Moore, Mike Austin, Houston Austin, John Jones, JR Farley, and Nelson Bruce. Honorary Pallbearers are Ray Bruce and Robert Fields.

Baxter Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home handled the arrangements. | (931)858-2134.

This notice is provided as a courtesy to the family.