Cynthia Ann Searles

Cindy Searles, age 72 of Hendersonville, passed away at her home on the evening of November 23, 2017.
Cindy graduated from Randolph Union High School in Randolph, Vermont, in 1963. Later, she graduated from nursing school in Brattleboro, Vermont, and proceeded to work as an LPN at Gifford Hospital in Randolph, Vermont, and later at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.
She married Anthony on April 27, 1969 in Bethel, Vermont. The two lived and worked in Vermont for several years before their daughter, Wanda-Lynn, was born. They later relocated to Tennessee, where they have lived since lived in and around the Nashville area.
Cindy was very fond of Chinese cuisine, flowers, and country music. She adored her dogs and the company of friends and family.
Cindy is survived by her husband, Hank (Anthony), her daughter, Wanda-Lynn of Hendersonville; stepdaughter, Brenda Lee King and husband Walter of Barre, Vermont; sisters-in-law, Debbie Blanchard of Bethel, Pauline Porter and Life Partner Charlie Pixley, Betty Martin and her husband Tim, Sr. of South Royalton, Vermont, and Marge Searles and Life Partner Pete Davis of Stockbridge, Vermont; a brother-in-law, Howard Searles of South Royalton, Vermont; nieces Sherry White of Barre, Vermont, and Janet Boucher of Ruskin, Florida; cousin, Elva Young of Goffstown, New Hampshire; great-nephew, Tommy White and his wife, Katie of Barre Vermont; Lifelong friends, Linda and Jerry Kimbro, Nina Leishman Burse, Sharon Bagnall, Sheila and James Brown, Carolyn Rotruck, Jeff Morris, Ernie and Sherry Farrar, Murad and Rozina, Alderman Scott Sprouse, Denise Moore, Wendy and Ben Bryner, Janice Hale, Dennis, Amber and Elizabeth Foxall, Becky Wingard, Pastor Howie Cantrell and the City Gate Church, Long Hollow Baptist Church, the staff and students of Hendersonville Christian Academy, and many more friends and family not mentioned here.
The family will receive friends on Thursday, November 30, from 5:00pm until her Celebration of Life Memorial Service at 7:00pm from the Chapel of Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Hendersonville, with Pastor Howie Cantrell officiating.
On her behalf, her family would like to thank all the staff who provided great care of her at Tri-Star Centennial Medical Center, Sumner Regional Medical Center, Carpenter Cancer Center and the CARIS Hospice Team.
In Lieu of Flowers, donations may be made in her honor to the American Cancer Society or the GOFUNDME account of: Help The Searles Family.
Services have been entrusted to Austin & Bell Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 104 Sanders Ferry Road, Hendersonville TN 37075, 615-822-4442. www.austinandbell.com