Obituary Listing

May 13, 2006

Garner E. Laney, 89, of Mercer, died Saturday, May 13, 2006 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. The husband of Lillian Jordan Laney, who survives, he was a farmer. Mr. Laney was born October 24, 1916 in Hardeman County, son of the late Clifton Eugene Laney and Mary Ruth Pipkin Laney and lived here all of his life.Graveside services were...

May 12, 2006

Joe Shields, 54, of Bolivar, died Thursday evening, May 11, 2006 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis.The husband of Alice Hannis Shields, who survives, he was a Captain of the Bolivar Fire Department and was the first Fire Marshal for the City of Bolivar. Mr. Shields was born August 6, 1951 in Grand Junction, son of the late Archie Hubert...

May 12, 2006

Raymond C. Luttrell, 87, of Middleton, died Friday, May 12, 2006 at his home. The widower of Malissa Louise Edwards Luttrell, who died July 23, 1989, and Evelyn Davis Sharp Luttrell, who died, April 26, 2003, he was a carpenter and roofer. He was born January 21, 1919 in Hardeman County, son of the late Phelan and Lillie Pearl Smalley...

May 12, 2006

May 12, 2006

James Calvin (J. C.) Lott was born March 20, 1926 in McNairy County, Tennessee, the son of the late Hardie Lott and Hettie Gaddy Lott Helton.He attended Curtis Hill Church of God of Prophecy.Mr. Lott departed this life on Friday, May 12, 2006 in Selmer, Tennessee, at the age of 80 Years, 1 Month, 22 Days.Survivors are two brothers, Ward...

May 12, 2006

Timothy Leroy Smith was born January 18, 1965 in Selmer, Tennessee the son of the late Connie Leroy and Betty Ann Brown Smith. Mr. Smith was a packaging clerk for 10 years at Thyssen-Krupp in Middleton, Tennessee, and was a member of the Good Hope Baptist Church and the Selmer Moose Lodge. He had also formerly served his country in...

May 12, 2006

Roy Starneswas born in Perry County, Tennessee on March 29, 1918 the son of the late John Wesley Starnes and the late Addie Mae Campbell Starnes Staggs.On August 2, 1941 he was united in marriage to the former Frances Ray, who survives. During his life, Mr. Starnes had lived in Clifton, Tennessee as well as Savannah, Tennessee. He worked for...

May 11, 2006

Allen A. Boy Ellis was born January 10, 1931, in Bethel Springs, Tennessee, the son of the late William Calvin Ellis and the late Jessie Humphrey Ellis.He was a retired supervisor for the McNairy County Highway Department, a U. S. Army Korean veteran and a member of the VFW.Mr. Ellis departed this life on Thursday, May 11, 2006 in Selmer,...

May 11, 2006

Services for Jimmy Wade Kelley, age 60, of Waynesboro, TN, will be Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 1:00 pm at Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel in Waynesboro, TN with Troy Gobbell and David Kingsley officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens, Waynesboro, with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements. He died suddenly Thursday, May 11, 2006...

May 11, 2006

Services for W. H. Thompson, Jr., age 89, of Waynesboro, TN will be Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 3:00 pm at Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel, Waynesboro, with Ed Lopp and J. M. Weeks officiating Burial will be in Walker Cemetery, Waynesboro, with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements.He died Thursday, May 11, 2006 at Wayne...

May 10, 2006

She was born and reared and lived her entire life in Chester County, the daughter of the late Joseph Lawson and Emma May Smith Conder. She attended Chester County Schools. She was married to William Harlie Stewart in 1942. They made their home in the Sweetlips Community, Glendale and then Henderson the past fifty-seven years. Mr. Stewart died in 1953....

May 10, 2006

Residence: Milledgeville, TNWarren Alexanderwas born on September 27, 1922 the son of the late James R. and Mattie Snyder Alexander.On August 3, 1944 he was united in marriage to the former Louise Birmingham, who preceded him in death on March 1, 2004.Mr. Alexander retired from his job with the Shelby County Corrections Center, road department, after approximately 20 years as...

May 10, 2006

Rev. James Rual Chalk, 100 years old of Morris Chapel, went to meet his Lord on Wednesday, May 10, 2006. Rev. Chalk was an active supporter and member of the Morris Chapel community for over 60 years.He was born in Henderson County, Tennessee on January 8, 1906, son of the late John P. and Mary Julia (Mamie) Chalk.Rev. Chalk was...

May 10, 2006

Judy Laverne Haynes Yerby McFallwas born at Hardin County General Hospital in Savannah, Tennessee on January 13, 1954 the daughter of the late John Arnold and Lily Beatrice Williams Haynes.On March 10, 1972, she was united in marriage to James Eugene (Peddy) Yerby, I, who preceded her in death on March 5, 1984. She was later married to Lance Ray...

May 10, 2006

Ellen S. King Ferguson was born January 17, 1938 in Tennessee the daughter of Mary Ellen Martin and the late Walter McKinley King. Mrs. Ferguson was a homemaker and a member of the Lakeview Baptist Church.She departed this life on May 10, 2006 in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 68 Years, 3 Months, 23 Days.In addition to her mother,...

May 10, 2006

He was born and reared in Chester County, the son of the late John Franklin and Ruby Estelle Frye Russell. He graduated Chester County High School in 1975. He was married to Tina Guy in 1984. They made their home near Henderson. He worked at Grinnell Corp. for twenty years and was President of the Union for ten years and...

May 10, 2006

May 10, 2006

Ruth Elizabeth Kirksey Seymour Morrison, 91, of Staunton, Virginia, formerly of Whiteville, died Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at Birch Gardens Assisted Living Facility in Staunton.She was born in Perryville, TN on October 23, 1914, the only daughter of Jennie Jane and Oliver Columbus Kirksey. Attending Mitchell College in Statesville, NC, Ruth later became a state board-certified histological technician at Methodist...

May 10, 2006

Beverly was born in Hardeman County, near Toone, the daughter of the late Walter Anthony and Maggie Janette Hatch Davis. She attended Hardeman County Schools. She had worked at International Paper in Jackson and Grinnell Corp. in Henderson. She was married to Jerry King of Henderson in 1989, and they made their home near Henderson. She operated her own cleaning...

May 9, 2006

Dick Williamswas born in Mississippi on November 11, 1939 the son of the late Thomas Ricketts, Jr. and Pauline Bayer Williams. Mr. Williams was a veteran of the U.S. Army and worked in Real Estate. He was also a member of the First United Methodist Church.He departed this life on May 9, 2006 at Hardin Medical Center in Savannah, Tennessee...