Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 23, 2025, at 1PM from the chapel of the Taylor Funeral Home. Dr. James Hinkle will officiate. Visitation will begin at 10AM until the time of service on Thursday. Burial will follow in the Dickson County Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity or non-profit of your choice.
J Dempsey Sutton, age 86, of Dickson, TN, passed away on January 18, 2025.
Dempsey was born in the Defeated Creek area of Smith County, TN, on May 29, 1938, to the late J Logan Sutton and Olean Brockett Sutton. He was drafted into the United States Army during the Vietnam Era. He earned his associate’s degree and worked as a machine operator. He loved to farm and worked on several acres of land in Red Boiling Springs for several years. He enjoyed gardening and fishing, along with woodworking. He was an avid member of the Church of Christ and had a great love for those he worshiped with at the Burns Church of Christ.
He was most notably known by friends and family for his love of sweets. It was often said his dessert plate would be quite larger than his plate of food at most meals and he should have earned stock in the Little Debbie corporation.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by Michelle & Elissa’s mother, Gerry, wife Betty Sutton, and his sister, Ann Donoho.
Survivors include his daughters, Michelle Davis (Tom) of Spring Hill, TN, Elissa Finchum (Andy) of Athens, AL, grandchildren, Mason Lanius, Caylor Bryant (Andy), Riley Finchum, nieces, nephews, and other extended family.