Obituary Listing

May 28, 2007

Daisy Marie Chandler Brooks was born July 1, 1933 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Blaine and Della Sisk Chandler.She was united in marriage to Charles Brooks who preceded her in death on December 15, 2005.Mrs. Brooks was a homemaker and had worked as a waitress. She was a member of the Selmer Pentecostal Church.Mrs. Brooks departed...

May 27, 2007

Services for Myrtle Marie Brewer, age 88, of Waynesboro, TN will be Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 3:00 pm at Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel in Waynesboro, TN with Tim Owen officiating. Burial will be in McGlamery Cemetery in Collinwood, TN with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be Monday, May 28, 2007 from...

May 27, 2007

May 27, 2007

May 27, 2007

Bernice Christian was born in Perry County, Tennessee on February 13, 1915 the daughter of the late James Melvin Butler and Ellen O'della Gibson Butler.On September 17, 1932 she was united in marriage to William Kerry Christian, who preceded her in death on October 20, 1968.Mrs. Christian retired from her job as a sewing machine operator with Iuka Shirt Company....

May 26, 2007

Lucille Milford was born in McNairy County, Tennessee on March 12, 1922 the daughter of the late Delbert and Octiva Dobbins Greene.On February 22, 1946 she was united in marriage to Orlando Cagle Milford, who preceded her in death on April 12, 2004.Mrs. Milford worked as a hairdresser. She was a member of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Eastern...

May 26, 2007

Manley Boyd of Selmer, Tennessee, was born on November 26, 1930, the son of the late David Taft and Pauline Gage Boyd. He worked for Brown Shoe Company for 24 years and then General Electric Company for 15 years until he retired. He was a member of Clear Creek Baptist Church and Selmer Masonic Lodge 743.Mr. Boyd passed from this...

May 26, 2007

Samuel Tee Derryberry was born June 3, 1914 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of the late Jeremiah Mancel and Claudia Cordelia Prather Derryberry. He was united in marriage to Irene Hurley Derryberry. Mrs. Derryberry preceded him in death on February 24, 2001.Mr. Derryberry was a member of the Antioch Church Of Christ, loved his farm and raising goats, loved...

May 26, 2007

He was born in Perry County, and grew up in Hohenwald, TN, the son of Helen Bates and the late J.L. Hardison. He graduated Lewis County High School in 1981. He loved to play football. He went to work for the State of Tennessee, right out of high school, with the Department of Corrections. He was also a Co-Owner of...

May 26, 2007

Millard D. Adams, 87, of Middleton, died Saturday evening, May 26, 2007 at Tennessee State Veterans Home in Humboldt.He was born December 17, 1919, in Littleton, Ill., son of the late Delmar and Gladys Robinson Adams and lived in Florida and Rhode Island prior to moving to Middleton in 1961. He retired as a Chief Petty Officer with the US...

May 25, 2007

David Glen Robbins was born October 3, 1958 in Missouri, the son of Bonnie Florine Flatt Robbins and the late Horace Robbins. Mr. Robbins was employed as a general laborer and was a Baptist in belief.Mr. Robbins departed this life on May 25, 2007 in Selmer, Tennessee at the age of 48 Years, 7 Months, 22 Days. He is survived...

May 25, 2007

Jean S. Rich was born in Dyess, Arkansas on December 5, 1937 the daughter of the late Melvin L. and Ina Harris Standrod.She was united in marriage to H.C. (Cubby) Rich, who preceded her in death on June 13, 1977. Mrs. Rich was employed at Wal-Mart in Savannah, where she worked as a customer service manager for 16 years. She...

May 25, 2007

Henderson: Norman Scott, age 68, retired District Manager Southwest Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation, died Friday evening, May 25, 2007 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO.Mr. Scott was born and reared at Sardis, TN, the son of the late Robert McCager and Ruby Etta Scott. He graduated from Sardis High School in 1957, and served in the U S...

May 25, 2007

Harold O'Neal was born in Selmer, Tennessee on May 19, 1920 the son of the late Clyde and Maggie Newsom O'Neal.He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served during World War II. Mr. O'Neal had worked as a self-employed truck driver. On August 11, 1991 he was united in marriage to Mae Wood O'Neal, who survives. Mr. O'Neal...

May 24, 2007

She was born and reared in Illinois, the daughter of the late Olen and Verna Franklin Wilson. She married William H. Phillips in 1947. They made their home in Memphis until 1979. They moved to Henderson in 1981 and retired. She was a member of the Pleasant Springs Methodist Church and the Deanburg Community Club. Mr. Phillips died in 1994....

May 24, 2007

James W. Jacobs, 80, of Middleton, died Thursday, May 24, 2007 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.He worked on the pipeline crew at Tennessee Gas Pipeline for over 20 years. Mr. Jacobs was born May 28, 1926 in Hardeman County, son of the late Wickliff and Betty Strickland Jacobs and lived in Florence, Alabama before making his home in Middleton. He...

May 24, 2007

Willie Jo Hurst Taylor was born March 26, 1936 in Bethel Springs, Tennessee the daughter of Ethel Hurst and the late Elmer Hurst.She was united in marriage to Wayne Taylor on February 6, 1976.Mrs. Taylor was a factory worker at Shirlo Company in Memphis, Tennessee and a member of the New Hope Baptist Church. Mrs. Taylor departed this life on...

May 24, 2007

Jessie Butler was born October 20, 1944 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Willard and Lutie McDaniel Butler.She was united in marriage to Roger Butler on May 11, 1971.Mrs. Butler was a housewife and a member of the Church of God International.Mrs. Butler departed this life on May 24, 2007 in Selmer, Tennessee at the age of...

May 24, 2007

William Pauline Hugheswas born in Morris Chapel, Tennessee on May 25, 1917 the son of the late Ira Vestal Hughes and Myrtle Mae Swiney Hughes.On July 3, 1937 he was united in marriage to the former Beatrice Rickman, who survives. Mr. Hughes was a self-employed merchant. He was a member of the Morris Chapel First United Methodist Church and the...

May 23, 2007

Shirley Dean Crabb Mayfield was born May 11, 1930 in Ramer, Tennessee the daughter of the late Ernest and Rebecca Frances Crabb Wooten.She was united in marriage to James E. Mayfield who preceded her in death on September 5, 1985.Mrs. Mayfield was a homemaker and a member of the Butlers Chapel Baptist Church in Ramer, Tennessee.Mrs. Mayfield departed this life...