Rena Mae (Wix) Haley

Rena Mae Wix Haley, age 85 of Springfield and formerly of Guthrie, KY, passed away on Friday, June 23, 2023, at the home of her daughters. 

Visitation with the family will be on Monday, June 26, 2023, from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Robertson County Funeral Home.  Visitation on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, will begin at 12:00 p.m. with funeral services to be conducted at 2:00 p.m. in the Oakhurst Chapel of the Robertson County Funeral Home with Reverend Tyler Estep and Reverend Dr. Jason Wilkerson officiating.  Serving as pallbearers will be Kenneth Westerman, Tim Carter, Tommy Brashear, George Warren, Keith Sholar, Gary Traughber, Kevin Harris, and Mike LaBorg.  Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Wayne Wix, Bobby Chezem, Jerry Stokes, Alan Holman, Kenneth Holman, and Mark Lewis.  Interment will follow in Bellwood Cemetery in Adams, TN.

Mrs. Haley was born June 5, 1938, in Adams, TN to the late Dennis and Ruth Ledford Wix.  She grew up in Adams and graduated from Jo Byrns High School in 1956. 

She was a loving and kind wife, mother, and grandmother.  Mrs. Haley worked several jobs through the years including grocery clerk, church secretary, and grain elevator secretary.  Her last position was in the Bookkeeping department of Elkton Bank and Trust where she retired in 2003. Her favorite hobby was working in her yard and flower beds. 

Mrs. Haley was a member of Tiny Town Baptist Church, Guthrie, KY, where she served as a nursery worker caring for infants and toddlers, leader of the Mission Friends and Girls in Action, mailing cards and sending flowers to the sick, and serving as a dedicated Deacon’s wife for over 30 years. In recent years, she attended the Springfield First United Methodist Church.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Haley is preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Haley; her brothers, C.D. Wix, Dudley Wix, and her sister, Betty Buck.

She leaves to cherish her memory, her son and daughter-in-law, John Steven (Elaine) Haley, her daughters, Rena Denise Haley and Rhonda Carol Haley all of Springfield; her grandchildren, Timothy David (Laura) Haley of Chattanooga, Sarah Kathryn Haley of Nashville; her sister-in-law, Joan Wix of Adams; several nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends.

The family would like to thank Mrs. Donna Henry for her kind and attentive care of Mrs. Rena as well as the nurses and staff of Caris Hospice.

If so desired, the family requests that donations be made to the American Heart Association or to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.  Donations may be sent in care of the Robertson County Funeral Home.

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