G. Yvonne Davenport

G. Yvonne Davenport obituary, Tullahoma, TN

G. Yvonne Davenport

G. Davenport Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Tullahoma Funeral Home on Jul. 5, 2025.

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G. Yvonne Davenport passed away Monday, June 30, 2025 at her residence at the age of 87. She was born in Franklin County to the late John Milton Tipps, Sr. and Marguerite Hiatt Halbrooks. In addition to her parents she is also preceded in death by her husband, James Allen Davenport, baby girl, Teresa Carol Davenport and siblings John Milton Tipps, Jr.; Charles Roland Tipps, Sr.; James Dare Tipps; Margie Elizabeth Tipps Adkins; Elizabeth Tipps, Mildred A. Tipps; Robert Leon Tipps; Mary Joyce Tipps Swinford; Thomas Clifton Tipps; William Carl Tipps.
Yvonne retired from the Stanley Tools Plant in Shelbyville as a senior QC inspector. She was a homemaker while my father was in the Air Force and supported him as he was assigned around the world. She and my father worked together on their farm in Moore County and had a menagerie of animals and cattle they raised. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She served her Lord when she gave scriptures to children while on mission trips to Taiwan, helped build a church in Montana, carried tiles to be used in the Carson Newman Chapel, Prepared meals for her church congregation on Wednesday Nights, and was active in her church choir. She was on the board and supported the Attic Outlet ministry and provided eggs for the 2nd food harvest bank from her own chickens.
She is survived by her children Dianne Record (Klaus), Patricia Rotach (Don), John Davenport (Linda), Cindy Williams (Alan), grandchildren, Trudy (Jeff), Avery, Laney, Taylor, Jon Matthew (Kacey), Josh, James Gregory Rotach (Janelle), Amber Davenport, Chloe Castillo (Matt), Cullen Davenport, Lane Allen Davenport (Susan), Katie Lynn Davenport, Hayden Davenport, Rachel Morgan Chadwell, Holly Faith Chadwell, Mary Beth Chadwell, Ian Connor Williams, Landen Jay Rotach, Carter Blake Rotach, Jamien, Jayden Gattis and Kaitlynn Gattis and many great grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be conducted at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at Tullahoma Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be held from 11:00 PM until 1:00 PM Tuesday, 2025 at Tullahoma Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Rosehill Memorial Gardens.
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