Obituary Listing

Mar 24, 2007

George Calvin (Pete) Brown Sr. of Selmer, Tennessee, was born on November 24, 1939, in the Beauty Hill community of McNairy County, the son of the late John C. and Maudie Mae Griswell Brown. He married Carolyn S. Bell on April 21, 1962, and worked as a drywall superintendent. He was a Vietnam Army veteran and then served in the...

Mar 24, 2007

Mar 23, 2007

He was born in Fort Gordon, Georgia and reared all over the United States and Germany due to his fathers military background. Son of Annie Jean Pannell Weaver and the late Guy Gordon Weaver, Sr.He graduated from the University of Memphis in 1979 with a B.A. in Geography. He has lived in Henderson and Selmer and in 1998 moved to...

Mar 22, 2007

She was born in Dunklin County, MO, and reared in Enville and Milledgeville Communities of Chester County, the daughter of the late Lee Andrew and Mary Odie Pugh Martin. She graduated Chester County High School. She was married to Terry Ray Johnson of Roby in 1951. Mr. Johnson died in 1999. She worked for the Chester County School System as...

Mar 22, 2007

NETTIE THOMASwas born in McNairy County, Tennessee on May 24, 1910 the daughter of the late Albert Fayett and Jennie Cordelia Thacker Nix. On December 24, 1927 she was united in marriage to David Millard Thomas, who preceded her in death on June 20, 1988 at the age of 81 years.During her life, Mrs. Thomas worked at the Golden Rule...

Mar 22, 2007

Services for Jacqueline Taylor, 73, Florence, AL will be Sunday, March 25, 2007 at 3 pm at First Baptist Church, Collinwood, TN with Henry Melton and Tommy James officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens, Collinwood, with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be Saturday, March 24, 2007 from 6 pm to 9...

Mar 21, 2007

Winnie Luella Brown, 85, of Bolivar, died Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at Pine Meadows Healthcare & Rehabilitation.The wife of Johnnie Brown, who survives, she was a nurse at Western Mental Health Institute. Mrs. Brown was born December 7, 1921 in Bolivar, daughter of the late Troy and Odella Lierd Lowrance and lived here all of her life. She was a...

Mar 20, 2007

Edward Darwin Graham, Sr., 82, of Henderson, died Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.The husband of Exie V. Miller Graham, who survives, he worked in shipping at International Harvester until 1982. Mr. Graham was born August 16, 1924 in Walnut, Miss., son of the late Johnny and Ruby Munn Graham and lived in Memphis for many years...

Mar 20, 2007

Funeral services for Marie Clanton Gallaher, age 92, of Waynesboro, TN will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, March 23, 2007 at Green River Baptist Church in Waynesboro with Cal Hampton officiating. Interment will follow in Gallaher Cemetery with Shackelford Funeral Directors in charge.Marie Clanton Gallaher, a native of Wayne County, died on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at West Meade Place in...

Mar 20, 2007

She was born and reared in Chester County, the daughter of the late Ephram N. and Barbara Elizabeth Talley Browder. She attended Chester County Schools and was married to John F. Hutcherson in 1923. They lived in Memphis and Ohio and returned to Finger in McNairy County where Mr. Hutcherson farmed and did carpenter work. He died in 1978. She...

Mar 20, 2007

He was born in Carroll County, the son of Francis Miller Franklin and the late Wilmer Smith. He went to school in Chicago, IL and returned to Carroll County in 1963. He was married to Jancie Kirby in 1964. They moved to Finger, TN in 2000. He was a member of the Finger Church of Christ. Mr. Smith was a...

Mar 20, 2007

Funeral services for Carnell Gallaher, age 82, of Waynesboro, TN will be on Saturday March 24, 2007 11:00 am Shackelford Funeral Home, Collinwood, TN with Steve Martin officiating . Interment following in Gallaher Cemetery, Waynesboro with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements.Visitation will be on Friday, March 23 from 4:00-9:00 pm and on Saturday March...

Mar 19, 2007

He was born in Chester County son of the late Sam and Addie Wilkins Russell. He was married to Jonnie Mae McEarl in1949. He moved to Joliet IL in 1950 and was employed at General Motors for thirty years. Mr. Russell retired in 1985 and returned to Henderson. Mrs. Russell died in 2000. He was a Baptist.He is survived by...

Mar 19, 2007

Paul Crowley, 89, of Silerton, died Monday, March 19, 2007 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.The husband of Freeda Rister Crowley, who survives, he was a farmer and school bus driver for Hardeman County schools for 29 years. Mr. Crowley was born February 25, 1918 in Silerton, son of the late D. A. Crowley and Allie S. Ross Crowley and lived...

Mar 19, 2007

He was born and reared in Finger in McNairy County, the son of the late Ezra and Vera Dallas. He went to school at Finger. As a young man he helped on farms around the Community. In 1945 he married Edith Frye of the Old Friendship Community. They made their home in the Finger Community and in 1951 moved to...

Mar 19, 2007

Funeral services for Gregory “Greg” Lee Morton, age 50, of Decaturville, TN formerly of Wayne County, TN will be on Thursday March 22, 2007, 11:00 am Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel, Waynesboro with Lloyd Gibbs, Jr. officiating. His remains will be cremated. Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements.Visitation will be on Wednesday March 21, 2007 5:00-9:00...

Mar 19, 2007

Maggie Faye Henry Newton was born August 11, 1942 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Arnold and Rosie Lee Patteson Henry.She was united in marriage to Elbert C. Newton on May 23, 1959.Mrs. Newton was a homemaker and a member of the Refuge Church of Christ.She departed this life on March 19, 2007 in Bethel Springs, Tennessee...

Mar 19, 2007

CHARLES EDWIN HARMONwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on July 30, 1938 the son of the late Edwin and Blanche Scott Harmon. On December 23, 1963 he was united in marriage to the former Marie Landreth, who preceded her husband in death.Mr. Harmon was a truck driver for Hassell Oil Company. He was a United States Army Veteran. He received...

Mar 19, 2007

She was born and reared in McNairy County, Refuge Community, the daughter of the late William Henry and Jeffie Blanche Archer Moore. She was married to R.A. Harris in 1949. They made their home in the Refuge Community. She was a member of the Adamsville Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband and a son Aubrey...

Mar 19, 2007

CARL JOE MATLOCKwas born in McNairy County, Tennessee on January 18, 1943 the son of the late Reeder Columbus and Floy Lee Jones Matlock.On June 4, 1965 he was united in marriage to the former Janice Paulette Spiller, who survives. Mr. Matlock had worked at Brown Shoe Company and was a member of the Church on the Rock. He departed...