obituaries

Obituary: Fred Goad, 84, Nashville entrepreneur and investor has died

Jul 15, 2025 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

FRED CURTIS GOAD JR., a widely respected Nashville-area private investor, entrepreneur and advisor, died June 4, at age 84. Goad's healthcare-weighted career most recently inc.... Read More

Passing of academic, founder, investor + veteran David Furse lamented

Feb 10, 2025 at 06:00 pm by miltcapps

David Houseal Furse 1943-2024 NASHVILLE'S David Houseal Furse, husband, parent, entrepreneur, university educator, advisor, investor and U.S. Army veteran, died unexp.... Read More

[Obit] 'Buzz' Heidtke, 82, Nashville investment-brokerage icon

Dec 18, 2024 at 06:50 am by miltcapps

LYMAN OSCAR 'BUZZ' HEIDTKE JR., a half-century member of the Nashville investment-brokerage industry, died Sunday, Dec. 15, at age 82. Visitation will be Saturday, December 21.... Read More

Obit: Bob Duthie, Nortel+GTE exec who built e-learning biz in Nashville

Jul 23, 2023 at 01:58 pm by miltcapps

ROBERT WILSON "Bob" DUTHIE, a Canada-born student of science and engineering who held R&D and executive business development roles within telecoms Nortel and GTE before fo.... Read More

Obit: Nashville's Ed Braswell, 65, serial fintech-payments entrepreneur

Apr 16, 2023 at 04:26 pm by miltcapps

Nashville fintech and regtech entrepreneur and investor Edward Wardlaw "Ed" Braswell died April 9 at age 65, more than two years after a glioblastoma diagnosis. For roughly fo.... Read More

Venture People - Sept. 21, 2020

Sep 21, 2020 at 12:27 pm by miltcapps

. Today: Saint | Bartholomew | Octerra | Ganjei | Marker | Wall | Tolleson | Landaiche | Heritage | Cressey | Townsend | Smith | Taveau | Pieper | Oppong | McPeak | Weaver.... Read More

Passings: Celebration of Sal Novin's life set for 12/1 at NTCH Tech Hill

Nov 29, 2018 at 09:15 am by miltcapps

THROUGH it all, boldness, intelligence, sincerity and good cheer returned time and again to Saladin Ali "Sal" Novin as he pushed back against Glioblastoma. Comes now word that.... Read More

Reg A+ candidate? Franklin startup Grabbr<br>eyes Publishing, Music, Med, Financial

Oct 24, 2017 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

Updated 12 March 2019: Further SEC filings for Grabbr, right here. June 2018: Founder David W. Dunham, 65, passed away. 14 May 2018: VNC learned Grabbr recently closed a capit.... Read More

Message at Samford bears McWhorter legacy and son's challenge to serve

May 09, 2016 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

Clayton McWhorter1933-2016 CLAYTON Associates Chairman Stuart McWhorter, immediate past-CEO of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, addressed Samford University's Comme.... Read More

CEO: Insight Genetics could galvanize Biotech, likely Series A ahead

Dec 22, 2015 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

[Editor's note: Eric Dahlhauser died Jan. 24, 2019. Tennessean obituary.] WITH BREAST CANCER as its priority target, Insight Genetics Co-founder and CEO Eric Dahlhauser said h.... Read More

Passing: John Seigenthaler dies at 86

Jul 11, 2014 at 12:45 pm by miltcapps

JOHN SEIGENTHALER of Nashville died here today, local and national media are reporting. The advisor to more of America's leaders, the mentor and role model for more of the wor.... Read More

Dream Systems founder targets healthcare technology

Aug 11, 2009 at 04:54 pm by miltcapps

[Editor's note: Terriance Moody died May 9, 2019. Obit here.] A company's world vision depends partly on its prism: Within Dream Systems LLC, the prism is video, and the world.... Read More

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