RACHEL CUPPLES
Selmer, TN: Rachel Ann Holmes Cupples age 78, passed away September 30, 2021 at McNairy County Health Care.
She was born October 4, 1942 in Chester County, the daughter of the late Hershel Clifford and Ruthie Ilene Griffen Holmes. She was a farmer’s daughter and she worked in the fields from an early age. At age eighteen she moved to Henderson. She met James C. Cupples and married on May 18, 1962. She worked at several factories in the garment industry to provide for her family. She also drove a school bus for McNairy County Schools. She was Holiness Pentecostal in faith and attended Piney Grove Church of God.
She came from five generations of musicians and loved playing music and singing. She loved Jesus and always had a melody in her heart. She once enjoyed singing Cole Miner’s Daughter on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium while visiting. She also loved gardening and selling her produce.
Mrs. Cupples is survived by a daughter, Demetrius Pinchek (Ronnie Derryberry) of Lewisburg, TN and a son, Carlton Dewayne Cupples (Denise) of Yuma, TN; three sisters, Linda Webb, Sandra Bates and Janice Haskins all of Jackson; a brother, Udell Holmes of Dyersburg; four grandchildren, Joel Wayne Cupples, Jonathan Cupples, Andrew Pinchek, Matthew Pinchek.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, James Carlos ‘Bud’ Cupples in 2019, two sisters, Gracie Barnes and Carolyn Holmes and four brothers, Royce Holmes, Bobby Glenn Holmes, Billy Lynn Holmes and Ray Kelvin Holmes.
Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Sunday, October 3rd at Shackelford Funeral Directors – East Main Chapel with Pastor Aaron Moss officiating. Burial will follow in Owens Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at East Main Chapel 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Saturday and beginning at 12:00 PM on Sunday until service time.
Shackelford Funeral Directors of Henderson
731-989-2624