Brenda Sue McCool, age 73 of Lake City, Tennessee passed away on March 10, 2025 at her residence. Brenda was born September 13, 1951 in Whitesburg, Kentucky to the late Gordon Eldridge and Mary Carter Eldridge. Brenda was an LPN for 32 years. She was a member of Red Hill Baptist Church in Andersonville. She loved sewing, quilting, crosswords, gardening, and fishing. Brenda is preceded in death by her parents: Gordon and Mary Eldridge, her daughter Brandy McCool Bavousett, sisters: Hester Campbell, Gaynell Dixon, and brother: Dexter Eldridge.

Survivors:

Husband   Tommy Ray McCool of Lake City

Daughter   Tonya Renee Gasper and Steve of Ten Mile

                 Tina Rochelle Foust and Ronnie of Lake City

Brother     Delbert Eldridge and Ilene of Hallie, Kentucky

 Sister      Linda Birchwell of Pikeville, Kentucky

                Rosa Dixon and Hub of Hallie, Kentucky

               Retha Ison of Hallie, Kentucky

               Caroline Crase of Morehead, Kentucky

               Doris Kilburn of Leatherwood, Kentucky

Grandchildren   Nicholas Cox and Haley

                         Nathan Cox

                         Wyatt Gasper

                          Dalton and Dillon Foust

                          Micha Johnson and Michael

                        Linzi Bavousett

                      Tinsley McCoy

                      Brenna McCoy

Great Grandchild on the Way Clayton Cox

Special Friend Ronda Gunter

Visitation: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Thursday, March 13, 2025 at Hatmaker Funeral Home.

Funeral Service: 8:00 PM, Thursday, March 13, 2025 in the Hatmaker Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Chris Wallace and Rev. Greg Goodman officiating.

Family and Friends will meet at Hatmaker Funeral Home in Lake City at 11:15 AM, Friday, March 14, 2025 to go in procession to the Mountain View Cemetery in Lake City.