Thomas Stanley “Stan” Hovater

October 11, 2014

Thomas Stanley “Stan” Hovater, age 52, of Murfreesboro, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. He was a native of Decatur, and was the son of Suzanne Awbrey Hovater and James Fred Hovater, Jr.

Mr. Hovater is survived by his wife of 29 years, Melody Layne Hovater; daughter and her husband, Shelby and Andrew Hooper; sons, Hayden and Harrison Hovater all of Murfreesboro; mother, Suzanne Hovater; father, Fred Hovater; brothers, Howard Hovater of Homewood, and Wil Hovater of Gardendale; and sister, Megan Hovater of Russellville.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. of Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014 at Roselawn Funeral Home with Trevor Atwood officiating.  Placement will follow in RoselawnMemorialGardens.  Stan was a proud graduate of MTSU, where he played left field for the Blue Raider baseball team.  Mr. Hovater was a Rural Mail Carrier with the Rockvale Post Office for twenty years.  He followed University of Alabama football, the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals.  Stan was a member of BelleAireBaptistChurch and currently attended CityChurch. Friends are cordially invited to a visitation from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.14, 2014 and one hour prior to the service at Roselawn Funeral Home.