She was a homemaker and a member of the Bright Hill Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Johnnie R. and Potter Taylor Cripps; three brothers, James Curly Cripps, Jerry Worm Cripps, and Gene Cripps; sister, Jeanette Dodson; and three sisters-in-law, Chola Cripps, Brenda Cripps, and Shirley Cripps.

Survivors include her husband of 52 years, M.B. Silcox of Smithville; children, Tracy “Burt” and Jennifer Silcox of Sparta, Stacy “Moto” Silcox of Smithville and Ashby and Alex Woodward of Smithville; three grandchildren, Thomas Dalton and Cheyenne Silcox of Smithville, Harlli Whyte Silcox and Lance Ball of Smithville and Ainsley Layne Woodward of Smithville; great-granddaughter, Addison Kate Silcox of Smithville; brother, Johnnie Roscoe Cripps, Jr. of Smithville; sister, Brenda Paulette Cripps of Smithville; brother-in-law, David Glenn Dodson of Smithville and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral service was conducted Friday, June 22 at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Wallace Caldwell and Alex Woodward officiated with burial following in DeKalb Memorial Gardens.  Serving as pallbearers were Patrick, Scott and Tyree Cripps, David Burklow, Lance Ball and Danny Hale.

Love-Cantrell Funeral Home of Smithville was in charge of the arrangements.

Smithville Review
(Smithville, Tenn.) June 30, 2018