1948
Juanita
2015
Juanita Faye Dansby Kimbrough
March 10, 1948 — August 4, 2015
Remembering Juanita Faye
Juanita Faye Dansby Kimbrough, Juanita, Faye, Miss Faye, Miss Kimbrough, Cousin Faye, Granny, GiGi, or Momma, age 67, left us on Tuesday August 4, 2015 at her home in Nashville, Tennessee.
Faye was born March 10, 1948, in Shipps Bend, Tennessee to the late Sam Dansby and Henrietta Jones Dansby. She was the youngest of ten children or as her daddy would say the “Baby Girl”.
Faye is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Michael Kimbrough; son, Donald Keith Dansby; brothers, Sam L., Carl Edward, William Nelson, Robert Henry, and John Allen Dansby.
Faye graduated from O. H. Bernard High School as valedictorian May 1967, in Centerville, Tennessee. Faye and her two sons moved to Nashville in 1976. She married the late Michael Kimbrough August 3, 1981 they spent 21 wonderful years together.
Faye accepted Christ at an early age. She was an active member of the Mt. Sinai Primitive Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee where she was a member of the choir and served on the Usher and Mothers Board until her health failed her.
She was employed by Baptist Hospital (now St. Thomas Mid Town) as CNA (Certified Nursing Assistance), A Technician and a Unit Clerk for over 25 years until she retired. Juanita was known to be a caring and affectionate person not only to co-workers but family members as well.
Juanita Faye is survived by her loving devoted son, Darrell Kent Dansby; daughter-in-law, Rena Gooch; grandchildren, DeAndra Dansby, Keith Dansby, and Denotrice Word; great grandchildren, Aundra Johnson, Jr., Dhaeton Hodge, and Mia Wilson; sisters, Jeanette Anderson of South Bend, Ind., Annie Sue Perkins of Dickson, Tn., Ella Louise Mayberry and Mable (Kenneth) Scates of Centerville, TN and host of nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives, and friends. Surrogate children, Keith Vaughn, Angela Williams, and Byron Harris and devoted cousin/friend, Mary Ruth Holt.
Public viewing Friday, August 7, 2015 from 1-7pm (family present from 4-7pm) at Highland Hills Funeral Home, 2422 Brick Church Pike.
Visitation Saturday, August 8, 2015 from 3-4pm at Greater Grace Temple Community Church, 901 Dalebrook Lane with Pastor Breonus M. Mitchell, Sr., Officiant and Elder Anthony Johnson, Eulogist.
Interment Greenwood North Cemetery.
Juanita Faye Dansby Kimbrough, Juanita, Faye, Miss Faye, Miss Kimbrough, Cousin Faye, Granny, GiGi, or Momma, age 67, left us on Tuesday August 4, 2015 at her home in Nashville, Tennessee.
Faye was born March 10, 1948, in Shipps Bend, Tennessee to the late Sam Dansby and Henrietta Jones Dansby. She was the youngest of ten children or as her daddy would say the “Baby Girl”.
Faye is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Michael Kimbrough; son, Donald Keith Dansby; brothers, Sam L., Carl Edward, William Nelson, Robert Henry, and John Allen Dansby.
Faye graduated from O. H. Bernard High School as valedictorian May 1967, in Centerville, Tennessee. Faye and her two sons moved to Nashville in 1976. She married the late Michael Kimbrough August 3, 1981 they spent 21 wonderful years together.
Faye accepted Christ at an early age. She was an active member of the Mt. Sinai Primitive Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee where she was a member of the choir and served on the Usher and Mothers Board until her health failed her.
She was employed by Baptist Hospital (now St. Thomas Mid Town) as CNA (Certified Nursing Assistance), A Technician and a Unit Clerk for over 25 years until she retired. Juanita was known to be a caring and affectionate person not only to co-workers but family members as well.
Juanita Faye is survived by her loving devoted son, Darrell Kent Dansby; daughter-in-law, Rena Gooch; grandchildren, DeAndra Dansby, Keith Dansby, and Denotrice Word; great grandchildren, Aundra Johnson, Jr., Dhaeton Hodge, and Mia Wilson; sisters, Jeanette Anderson of South Bend, Ind., Annie Sue Perkins of Dickson, Tn., Ella Louise Mayberry and Mable (Kenneth) Scates of Centerville, TN and host of nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives, and friends. Surrogate children, Keith Vaughn, Angela Williams, and Byron Harris and devoted cousin/friend, Mary Ruth Holt.
Public viewing Friday, August 7, 2015 from 1-7pm (family present from 4-7pm) at Highland Hills Funeral Home, 2422 Brick Church Pike.
Visitation Saturday, August 8, 2015 from 3-4pm at Greater Grace Temple Community Church, 901 Dalebrook Lane with Pastor Breonus M. Mitchell, Sr., Officiant and Elder Anthony Johnson, Eulogist.
Interment Greenwood North Cemetery.
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Friday, August 7, 2015
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