Nancy Carroll Helms

Mrs. Nancy Carroll Helms, age 87 of the Ridgeway Community in Trion, passed away Thursday, January 2, 2025 in a Rome Hospital.

Mrs. Helms was born in Dickson, Tennessee on December 18, 1937, daughter of the late Holmes Malcolm “Shorty” Carroll and Elizabeth Anne Spann Carroll.  She was retired from Trion Drugs where she worked as a pharmacy technician and was of the Methodist Faith.  Mrs. Helms enjoyed reading, working word puzzles and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Helms; a great grandson, Brody Blackmon; sisters, Beatrice Agee and Ruby Sanders; brothers, Tommy Carroll and Mark Carroll; and a son-in-law, James Snow.

Mrs. Helms is survived by a daughter, Teresa Snow; sons and daughters-in-law, Ronnie and Sandy Helms, David and Kate Helms and Jeff and Tracy Helms; grandchildren, Jaime and Jeremy Blackmon, Saisha Gray and her fiance, Aaron Pittman, Blaklee and Zack Crabtree, Mandy Durham and her fiance, Brian Flippo, Chais and Meg Helms and James David “JD” Helms and his fiance, Abigail Knight; 12 great grandchildren; 6 great-great grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Helms will be held Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 1:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Coffman Funeral Home with Rev. Doyle Waters, Rev. James Hannah, Rev. Jody Brock and Rev. Kenneth Norton officiating.  Interment will follow in the Green Hills Memory Gardens.

Pallbearers will be Zack Crabtree, Easton Camp, Chais Helms, James David Helms, Braxton Blackmon, Camron Durham, Jeremy Blackmon and Reece Crabtree.  Honorary Pallbearers will be Tim Thompson, Tommy Thompson, Amedysis Home Health and the Fresenius Dialysis Clinic.

Mrs. Helms’ family will receive friends Monday evening from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at the Coffman Funeral Home.  They will also receive friends from 12:00 Noon Tuesday until the funeral hour.

Coffman Funeral Home, Pettit Chapel is honored to be serving the family of Mrs. Nancy Carroll Helms.  Please visit www.coffmanfh.net to sign our online guestbook and post condolences.