Jimmy Allen Presley, 64, of Spencer, went home to be with the Lord, on Aug. 2, 2021, while at Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital.
Mr. Presley was born July 30, 1957, in Spencer, to Daisy Yates Presley and J.D. Presley.
After retiring from a long career at Tennessee Department of Transportation, he worked at Robinson's Store, in Spencer. Everyone who knew Mr. Presley knew he loved to laugh and have a good time, especially when it came to telling fishing and hunting stories. He loved to hunt and fish, but he also enjoyed gardening. He took great pride in his garden and the ability to serve others with it. He thoroughly enjoyed all the work that went in to it. However, he took greater enjoyment out of watching people eat his hot peppers.
In 1977, he married Helen Shoupe and helped raise her two children, Kyle and Angie, as his own. They welcomed their own child together in 1979, Tara Kay Presley. He and Helen added to their family by adopting three more children, Zain, Zowie, and Allen.
Mr. Presley was preceded in death by his father; a sister, Sandra Kay Presley; granddaughter, Tarenda Jewell Presley; nephew, Joshua Mooneyham; and adopted daughter, Zowie Shoupe.
Survivors include his daughter, Tara Kay Scott; stepdaughter, Angie (Mike) Dickerson; stepson, Kyle Shoupe; adopted sons Allen and Zain Shoupe; grandsons, Kade and Jack Dial, John Ross Breeding, Aaron Shoupe; granddaughters, Lauren (Caleb) Anderson, Bella Shoupe; mother, Daisy Presley; sister, Judy (Jerry) Simmons; brother, Michael Presley; mother of his children, Helen Presley; nieces, Jennifer (Jacques) Philippe, Chelsey Presley, Yolanda Boyd; and nephews, Jason Sullivan and Jarrod Simmons.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m., Aug. 6, 2021, at Hunter Funeral Home, with burial in Town Cemetery, in Spencer. The family will receive friends 4-8 p.m., Aug. 5, at the funeral home.
Hunter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
