OBITUARY: Christina Diane Carlisle

Christina Diane Carlisle- Age 66, of West Nashville, passed from this life on Sunday, June 8, 2025 after a courageous battle with cancer. She is preceded in death by children, Daniel Greenwell Cartwright and Kendall Nichole Cartwright; her biological parents, Lloyd and Delores Williams.

Diane is survived by her husband of 20 years, Michael Carlisle; her son, Donald C. Richardson, Jr. and daughter, Christina McGuirt; grandchildren, Drason Woods, Ian Slayman, Connan, Izabella and August McGuirt, Dalton and Jaren Hughes, Mason Cartwright, Sofia Greenwell Riggins, Levi and Cade Riggins, one great grand daughter, Rosalia Slayman, adoptive parents, Shirley Humphrey and Willard Melton, siblings; Marie Gillum, Danny, Ed, (April) and Anthony Williams, Beth Woodby and extended family members and friends.

Diane graduated Camden High School in 1976. She was a member of the color guard and the marching band. She worked in the hospitality industry for 30 years. She retired from Publix Grocery in 2019. She enjoyed riding horses and motorcycles and she entered many beauty reviews in which she won often. Diane loved spending time with family and enjoyed her gardening and propagating as many plants as she could get her hands on. But most of all, she loved her family. After her retirement, Diane loved watching her grandchildren laugh and play together. She loved making everyone happy.

The funeral service will be on Thursday, June 12, 2025, at 1PM, at First Southern Methodist Church, located at 4409 Colorado Avenue with Pastor Jack Davis officiating. Interment will follow at Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens.

Pallbearers will be Drason Woods, Ian Slayman, Connan McGuirt, Dalton Hughes, Donald Richardson, Jr. and Ed Williams. Honorary Pallbearers will be Mason Cartwright, Jaren Hughes, Lliam Honeycutt and Jackson Honeycutt, Rufus Hughes and Luke Moffit.

Visitation with the Carlisle family will be on Thursday, June 12th from 11AM until the service time at 1PM, all at First Southern Methodist Church. Arrangements in the care of Compassion Funeral & Cremation Services, 6949 Charlotte Pike, Suite 104 (615) 857-9955. We are proud to be West Nashville & Bellevue’s only locally owned and operated burial & cremation provider.