Geraldine Trotter Scruggs, 80, Clarksville, died Wednesday, July 15, 2009, at her residence with her oldest daughter at her bedside. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Woodlawn Cemetery, 660 Thompson Lane, Nashville, TN with Father Ed Steiner officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Neal-Tarpley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. She was born December 23, 1928 in Nashville, TN, daughter of the late Sterling Trotter and Martha Waye Trotter. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Carroll Scruggs, and sons, Michael Sterling Scruggs,Sr. and Martin Gregory Scruggs. Survivors include two daughters, Kathey Dianne Sheldon (John), Aurora, IL and Judith Carol Bennett (John), Clarksville, TN; ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Contributions can be made in lieu of flowers ti Gateway Hospice, 1606 Haynes Street, Clarksville, TN 37043. Online condolences can be made at www.neal-tarpley.com.