Obituary Listing

May 16, 2008

Carolyn Jones Branham was born December 6, 1938 in the daughter of the late Eugene Haskell and Doris Hunter Jones.She was united in marriage to Walter Ed Branham Mr. Branham preceded her in death on December 2, 2008.Mrs.Branham departed this life on May 16, 2008 in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 69 Years, 5 Months, 10 Days.Services will be...

May 16, 2008

Walter Gilbert Irvin was born February 10, 1918 in Hardin County, Tennessee the son of the late Dan and Ida Franks Irvin.During his life Mr. Irvin had worked as a painter, farmer, logger, and for TVA when they were building the Pickwick Dam. Other past employers were Brown Shoe Co. and Parris Manufacturing. Mr. Irvin was a World War II...

May 16, 2008

Mrs. Mosier died at her home Friday, May 16, 2008 after a long illness. She was born in Hardeman County, October 12, 1919, the daughter of the late James P. and Leatha Ann Rhodes Davis and her step mother Martha Hammers Davis. She was a member of the Clover Creek Baptist Church in Medon for many years and sang in...

May 16, 2008

Maudie Wesson was born February 25, 1937 in Hardin County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Elmer and Kathleen Banks Wesson.Ms. Wesson worked for Kentucky Fried Chicken as a cook for 10 years. She was always smiling and trying to help others. Ms. Wesson enjoyed gardening and fishing. She loved her family and having family reunions. Ms. Wesson was a...

May 15, 2008

William Houston Ramsey of Selmer, Tennessee, was born on August 3, 1947, to Frances Elizabeth Davis Ramsey of Selmer and the late Howell Houston Ramsey. He was a retired pipefitter and a member of Steamfitters Local Union No. 614. He was united in marriage to Debbie Athenais who survives. Mr. Ramsey was a member of Selmer First Christian Church. He...

May 15, 2008

Funeral services for Joe Frank Dugger will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 3:00 PM at Shackelford Funeral Home in Waynesboro, Tennessee, with Josh Stults, Larry Janes, Richard Bane officiating. Burial will follow in the McGee Cemetery, Waynesboro, Tennessee, with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangments. Mr. Dugger departed this life on May...

May 15, 2008

Mrs. Roberts passed away Thursday afternoon at Bolivar General Hospital in Bolivar, TN.A native of Silerton, TN, she was born on January 18, 1918 to the late William A. Mayfield and Lula Frances Roby Mayfield. She was a file clerk for Toof Printing in Memphis, where she lived for almost thirty years. In 1969, after having retired, she returned to...

May 15, 2008

Mr. Hopson passed away Thursday night at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Mississippi.The widower of the late Clair Hopson, he was a psychiatric technician at Western Mental Health Institute. He served in the Army during World War II and was a member of First Baptist Church and the Golden Sounds Choir. Survivors of Mr. Hopson include three daughters, Sally Ann...

May 14, 2008

Grace Evelyn Dedrick Colon was born August 31, 1928 in Perry, Tennessee the daughter of the late John Thomas and Maude Briley Dedrick.Ms. Dedrick was a machine punch press operator for 30 years for Dana-Victor Gasket company. She had lived in Westmont Illinois since 1969.Ms. Dedrick departed this life on May 14, 2008 in Aurora, Illinois at the home of...

May 14, 2008

Mr. Williams passed away Wednesday afternoon at Bolivar General Hospital in Bolivar, TN.The widower of Ophelia Anderson Williams, who died June 12, 1965, and Dorothy Williams, who died June 22, 1998, he was the owner and operator of Pure Oil Distributor in Bolivar. He was born to the late Albert Sidney Williams and Ila Ragland Williams and lived all of...

May 13, 2008

Mr. Munn passed away Tuesday night at Regional Hospital in Jackson.The husband of Faye Alexander Munn, who survives, he was a lineman with TGT for 39 years, retiring in 1986. He was born to the late Hugh Frederick Munn and Elizabeth Pearl Sain Munn and lived all of his life in Middleton. He served in the Army during World War...

May 13, 2008

Betty Jean Galbraith was born June 28, 1951 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of Hollis and Sarah Kirk Lambert.She was united in marriage to John Galbraith on January 6, 1969.Mrs. Galbraith was a administrative assistant . She was a member of the Little Hatchie Primitive Baptist Church in Woodville, Tennessee. She was a loving mother and wife; loved to...

May 13, 2008

Ruby Ellen Lynn Lynch of Waynesboro, TN departed this life on May 13, 2008 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 81 Years, 13 Days.She was born April 30, 1927 in Wayne Co., Tennessee, the daughter of the late Clarence Lynn and Mettie Long Lynn.She was united in marriage to Clyde Alton Lynch on September 24,...

May 12, 2008

William Frank McGee, age 88, was born March 29, 1920 in Wayne Co., Tennessee to the late John McGee, Jr. and Pearl Ester Dixon McGee. Mr. McGee departed this life on May 12, 2008 at Heartland of Oregon Nursing Home in Oregon, Ohio. In addition to his parents, Mr. McGee was preceded in death by his wife Iva Lee McGee;...

May 12, 2008

May 12, 2008

Wanda Sue Anderson Ross was born July 18, 1948 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of Wilford and the late Opal Marie Wilson Anderson.Mrs. Ross was self-employed and worked in custodial services. She was a Baptist in belief. Mrs. Ross departed this life on May 12, 2008 in Selmer, Tennessee at the age of 59 Years, 9 Months, 24 Days....

May 11, 2008

Mrs. Bartling passed away Sunday, May 11, 2008 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.The wife of James 'Jim' Bartling, who survives, she worked as a secretary in medical records with Hardeman County Correctional Facility until becoming disabled in 2000. She was born December 31, 1949, in Henderson, the daughter of Judy Abernathy Kinney of Bells and the late Asbury Whitten Kinney...

May 11, 2008

Frances McCommon Cossar, 90, of Hickory Valley died Sunday night at her home.The daughter of Robert Frank and Ellie Bryant McCommon, who preceded her in death, she was a homemaker and lived all her life in Hardeman County. She married Jewell Wesley Cossar April 10, 1933 who died on December 13, 1979. She was a member of West Memorial Baptist...

May 11, 2008

He was born in Ellington, MO, the son of the late Thomas Dea and Fannie Delores Helvey Wells. He attended school at Ellington. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard during WWII, stationed in Long Beach, CA and served on the Aleutian Island in Alaska. He was married to Grace Harner in 1945 and they lived in Chicago where he...

May 10, 2008

Miss Hammons passed away Saturday morning, May 10, 2008 at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis.She was the daughter of Steve and Shelly Hammons of Bolivar and Lesa and Tim Ellis of Henderson. She was born June 14, 1981, in Jackson and lived all of her life in Bolivar. She attended Bolivar Central High School, receiving her certificate of completion...