Obituary Listing

Aug 28, 2006

She was born and reared in Hardeman County, the Silerton Coummunity. The daughter of the late John William and Opha Mae Gee Wilson. She went to school at Silerton where she played on the basketball team and she also with to school at Bolivar Central High. She was married to Joe Lee Phillips in 1939. They lived in Chester County...

Aug 28, 2006

Thelma Mayfield Cryer, 86, of Bolivar, died Monday, August 28, 2006 at Bolivar General Hospital.The widow of Wesley Robert Cryer, who died January 30, 2000, she was a hair dresser. Mrs. Cryer was born July 3, 1920 in Hardeman County, daughter of the late William Armond Mayfield and Lula Roby Mayfield and lived here all of her life. She was...

Aug 28, 2006

Services for Delsie M. Cummins, 84, Collinwood, TN, (a resident of NHC Columbia) will be Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 3:00 pm at Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel, Collinwood, TN with Sammy Franks officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens, Collinwood, with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be Tuesday, August 29, 2006 from...

Aug 27, 2006

INEZ STRICKLINWas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on March 25, 1921 the daughter of the late William Ledford and Flora Angeline Franks Stricklin.Miss Stricklin was a homemaker and a member of Forest Ridge Union Church. She enjoyed sewing, crocheting, quilting and loved outdoors.Miss Stricklin departed this life August 27, 2006 at the Hardin Home Nursing Home in Savannah at the...

Aug 25, 2006

Lloyd E. Phillipswas born in Olive Hill, Tennessee on June 17, 1928 the son of the late Gilbert W. and Audrey Gladys Beckham Phillips.On May 29, 1950 he was united in marriage to the former Shirley Janette Cromwell, who survives.Mr. Phillips was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and worked as a self-employed insurance salesman for Life of Georgia Insurance....

Aug 25, 2006

Services for Gathel E. Millican, age 93, of Wayne County Nursing Home, Waynesboro, TN, will be Sunday, August 27, 2006 at 3:00 pm at Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel, Collinwood, TN with John Hodum officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens, Collinwood, with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements.She died at Wayne Medical Center, Waynesboro, TN,...

Aug 25, 2006

Funeral services for David W. (Marble) Folger, age 46, of Lawrenceburg Highway, Lawrenceburg, TN will be One p.m. Monday, August 28, 2006 at Shackelford Chapel in Waynesboro with Ed Lopp and Wayne Lineberry officiating. Interment following in Highland Methodist Church Cemetery with Shackelford Funeral Directors in charge.Mr. Folger, a native of Waynesboro, died on Friday, August 25, 2006 at St....

Aug 24, 2006

Darleen Allenwas born on July 8, 1959 in Booneville, Mississippi the daughter of Nellie Inez Swader Allen and the late Clarence Albert Allen.Ms. Allen worked as a cook at the Riverside Restaurant in Clifton, Tennessee. She had lived in Tishomingo, Mississippi for 16 years and had lived in Hardin County since 1979. Ms. Allen was a member of the Church...

Aug 24, 2006

Carolyn was born in Memphis Tennessee daughter of Ida Totty of Collierville Tennessee and the late D.A. Totty. She grew up in Memphis and moved to Chester County where she graduated from Chester County High School in 1959.She later attended Freed Hardeman College and was married to Tony Austin in 1961. They had made their home in Nashville since 1966....

Aug 24, 2006

John Robert Westrickwas born on April 13, 1927 in Hutchinson, Kansas the son of the late Samuel V. and Mary Esther Jeffries Westrick.Mr. Westrick was a veteran of the U. S. Navy. He lived most of his life in California; residing in Eureka, Lakeside and Borrego Springs. He retired from his position as a school administrator with the Lakeside Union...

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Funeral services for Mary Geneva Givens, age 85, of Cypress St. Florence, AL will be 1:00 pm Saturday, August 26, 2006 at Shackelford Chapel in Collinwood, TN with Emerald Bailey and Gerald Montgomery officiating. Interment will follow in Emory Cemetery near Florence with Shackelford Funeral Directors in charge.Mrs. Givens, a native of Lauderdale County, died August 24, 2006 at Florence...

Aug 23, 2006

Jonathan “Jon” Luther Yopp, 39, of Middleton, died Wednesday, August 23, 2006 in Jackson.The son of Bryan Yopp of Ripley, Miss. and the late Katherine “Kitty” White Yopp, he was an auto body repairman. He was born July 20, 1967 in Nashville, graduating from Middleton High School in 1985. He lived in Chester and Hardeman Counties most of his life,...

Aug 23, 2006

Mary McKinnie Moss, 96, of Bolivar, died Wednesday evening, August 23, 2006 at Bolivar General Hospital.The widow of Fred Moss, who died April 27, 1981 after 57 years of marriage, she was a homemaker. She was born November 14, 1909 in Bolivar, daughter of the late David and Iva Vaughan McKinnie. She lived in Jonestown and Lambert, Miss. for several...

Aug 23, 2006

ANN CHRISTIANWas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on August 14, 1912 the daughter of the late Joseph and Lily Sims Hardin.On June 23, 1936 she was united in marriage to Daymon W. Christian who preceded his wife in death on February 29, 1968.Mrs. Christian was a homemaker. She was a member of Jackson Way Baptist Church in Huntsville, Alabama.Mrs. Christian...

Aug 23, 2006

She was born and reared in McNairy County, the daughter of the late William E. and Marie Flowers Hodge. She was married to Charles Denbow in 1951. They lived in Southeast, MO and in Elkhart, IN for seventeen years and moved back toMasseyville in 1965. She is survived by her husband Charles Denbow of Bethel Springs; a daughter Rita Stack...

Aug 22, 2006

Daniel Eugene "Gene" Jackson, 58, of Millington, died Tuesday evening, August 22, 2006 at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis.The husband of Mary Jo Worrell Jackson, who survives, he made countertops at T & W Tops in Shelby County before starting his own company, Jackson’s Countertops. He was born June 20, 1948 in Hardeman County, son of Thelma Jean Howell...

Aug 22, 2006

He was born and reared in Henderson in Chester County, the son of Joe Neal and Jean Harris Cox. He went to school in Chester County. He played baseball and football in school, which he loved. He graduated Chester County High School in 1990. As he grew up he helped his grandfather Gordon Cox on the farm. He graduated U.T....

Aug 22, 2006

He was born in Decatur County, Parsons, and grew up in Decatur and Chester County, the son of Coach Floyd Powers and the late Rosemary Bishop Powers. He graduated Chester County High School in 1982. He made his home in Chester County. He had worked at Kilgore, Fred's Dollar Store and Aramark Food Services at Freed Hardeman University.He is survived...