Alivia Ann Francis, age 15, of McMinnville, originally from Crossville, passed from this life, on February 17, 2024, at Children’s Hospital in Nashville.

Alivia was born on July 30, 2008, in Crossville.

Alivia is survived by her father, Jermaine Francis of McMinnville; mother: Juanita Young of Sparta; sister: Annashay Renne Presley of Sparta; brother: Christopher O’Brien of Atlanta; grandmothers: Anna Whiteaker of Sparta and Loreen Naphier of McMinnville;
aunts: Tabatha Sneed, Petrine Jackson, Marissa Naphier, and Melody Whitfield; uncles: Eric Johnson, Travis Young, and James Jackson; cousins: Ian Sneed, Payton Sneed, Amber Anderson, Charles Anderson Jr., Brian Anderson, D.J.Jackson, Rihanna Robinson, Tatianna Ross, Josiah Staten, Jerimiah Staten, Davarion Naphier, Tahalia Naphier, and Lorrea Naphier; and other family members and friends also survive.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m., March 2, 2024, at Oak Lawn Funeral Home in Sparta, Tennessee. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on March 2, 2024, at the funeral home.

Oak Lawn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.