from The Nashville Tennesseean, Nov12, 2007:
Winfred Dennis "Big Bear" GLEAVES
Age 87 of Lebanon, TN. November 10, 2007. Survived by wife, Douglas O. Gleaves; daughters, Janice Faye (Charles) Webster, Becky Dianne (Kline) Flowers and Tammie Lynn (Paul) Baskin; ten grandchildren; six great grandchildren; daughter-in-law, Wilda Jean Gleaves; sister, Geneva Hirschbrunner. Mr. Gleaves was preceded in death by sons, Allen Dale Gleaves and Stephen Elliott Gleaves. The family will receive friends on Monday from 4 til 8 p.m. and Tuesday from 10 a.m. until service time 1 p.m. at Spring Hill Funeral Home with Rev. James Chapman officiating. Grandsons and Great Grandsons will serve as Active Pallbearers. Sons-in-law will be Honorary Pallbearers. Interment Spring Hill Cemetery. SPRING HILL FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY, 5110 Gallatin Road at Briley Pkwy., (615) 865-1101 www.springhillfh.com