“Dez” worked for Holt Insurance for 50 years before retiring to be a full time Mother, Grandmother and wife to her husband, Sam W. Richards.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Sam W. Richards, of 72 years, parents, Lucy Vista Sweeney and Claude B. Copeland, brother Bill Copeland and sister, Mary Ann Jean.
She is survived by four children: Peggy Livingood, Judie Garner (Albert), Melinda Johnson (Gordon) and Gary Richards (Deneen): eleven Grandchildren and eleven Great Grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Dez loved nothing more than having all her family together celebrating holidays, birthdays and anniversaries. She attended Lebanon Road Church of Christ for 50 years and, later, the Mt. Juliet Church of Christ in her devotion to her Lord.
Visitation will be on Monday, June 24th from 4-7 pm at Hermitage Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens, 535 Shute lane, Old Hickory, TN and on Tuesday June 25th from 2-3pm at Lebanon Road Church of Christ at 2307 Lebanon Pike, Donelson, TN.
The service will be at 3pm at the Lebanon Road Church of Christ in Donelson, TN. Dez will be laid to rest after the service at Hermitage Gardens beside her husband Sam, with Curtis M. Richards, Gordon Johnson, Chris Johnson, Ryan Herrin, Cayman Richards, James Ridgeway and Sam Oakley serving as pallbearers. She will be sorely missed by family and friends.
A special thanks and gratitude to all the nurses, caregivers and staff at The Bridge at Hickory Woods, Waterford at Hermitage and Kindred Hospice.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 478 Craighead Street, Nashville TN 37204.
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