Obituary Listing

Dec 26, 2005

David Alan (Big Dave) Weathers was born September 29, 1952 in Gary, Indiana the son of the late William Arlin and Leona Lee Provins Weathers.He was united in marriage to Laura J. Deaton Weathers on June 26, 1979.Mr. Weathers, owner of Weathers Frame and Body Shop departed this life on December 26, 2005 in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of...

Dec 25, 2005

Dec 25, 2005

Floyd Allen Murry was born October 30, 1937 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of the late Earl and Alta Patterson Murry.He was united in marriage to Patsy Counce Murry who survives.Mr. Murry was retired from the Oscar Mayer Company after 30 years of service. He was also a member of the Safe Harbor Church in Selmer, Tennessee.He departed this...

Dec 25, 2005

Thomas Lee Gant was born February 3, 1929 in the son of the late William McKinley and Lillian Scroggins Gant.He was united in marriage to Lisa Mason Gant who preceded him in death on August 13, 2000.Mr. Gant was a welder and a watchmaker. He was also a member of the United Methodist Church in Lebanon, Tennessee and a 32nd...

Dec 24, 2005

JOHN JOE FRASHERWas born in Chicago, Illinois on April 11, 1978 the son of Steven Joseph Frasher, Sr. and Mamie Qualls McClain.Mr. Frasher worked for Praxis. He departed this life on December 24, 2005 at the Hardin Medical Center in Savannah at the age of 27 years, 8 months and 13 days.Other than his parents, Mamie McClain of Savannah, Tennessee...

Dec 24, 2005

Ricky Cossar, 40, of Hornsby, died Saturday, December 24, 2005 at Bolivar General Hospital. A carpenter and locksmith, he was born July 27, 1965 in Bolivar, son of the late Radford and Mildred Hurst Cossar and lived here all of his life. Mr. Cossar loved to fish, hunt and refinish furniture and was Baptist in belief.Services are 1 PM Wednesday,...

Dec 24, 2005

Mark Franklin Sanduskywas born on December 20, 1961 in South Bend, Indiana the son of Ruby Nell Barrier and the late James Kenneth Sandusky. Mr. Sandusky worked at Clayton Mobile Homes. He departed this life on December 24, 2005 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 44 years and 4 days.He is survived by his...

Dec 24, 2005

Minnie H. Harville Williams, age 91 died December 24, 2005 at Hardin Medical Center. She was a life long resident of Hardin County, daughter of the late Levin Issac and Lou Ella Blagburn Harville. She was the wife of Russell B. Williams, who preceded her in death in 1975.Mrs. Williams was a homemaker, owner of Town and Country Dress Shop...

Dec 24, 2005

Mary Arthur Thornton, 74, of Middleton, died Saturday, December 24, 2005, at Bolivar General Hospital. The widow of Emmett Clyde Thornton, who died July 3, 2001, she was a homemaker and had worked in the Civil Service in Memphis for 20 years. Mrs. Thornton was born March 20, 1931, in Augusta, Ark, daughter of the late Nathan C. and Effie...

Dec 24, 2005

Alton T. Phillips was born February 10, 1913 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of the late Luther and Anna Forsyth Phillips.He was united in marriage to Zelphia Huggins Phillips who preceded him in death on January 17, 1988.In his early years, Mr. Phillips lived and farmed in the New Hope Community near Michie. He was retired from Fruehauf Trailer...

Dec 23, 2005

Magella Pierce, 89, of Bolivar, died Friday, December 24, 2005 at Bolivar General Hospital. The widow of Franklin Woodrow Pierce, who died in 1957, she worked as a waitress for many years. Mrs. Pierce was born December 22, 1916, in Hardeman County, daughter of the late George Adam Burnett and Bertie Mae Chappell Burnett and had lived here all of...

Dec 23, 2005

Kenneth D. Lambert was born in the Pickwick-South Side Community of Hardin County, Tennessee, the son of the late Guy Hubert and Mamie Null Lambert.On December 20, 1954 he was united in marriage to the former Martha Lee, who survives. Mr. Lambert was a retired farmer and a member of Pisgah Methodist Church.He departed this life on December 23, 2005...

Dec 22, 2005

LUCILLE T. WINNINGHAMWas born in Savannah, Tennessee on December 17, 1917 the daughter of the late Dr. Oscar and Mary Riordan Thomas.On December 24, 1939 she was united in marriage to Joe Winningham, who preceded his wife in death on April 16, 1996.Mrs. Winningham was co-owner of Winningham Furniture for 59 years. She was a member of the First Methodist...

Dec 22, 2005

Ronnie Dewayne Cupples was born September 28, 1956 in Jackson, Tennessee the son of Martha Davis Morgan of Selmer and the late Franklin Dewayne Cupples.He was a Machinist and a member of the Church Of God in Bethel Springs, Tennessee.Mr. Cupples departed this life on December 22, 2005 in Selmer, Tennessee at the age of 49 Years, 2 Months, 24...

Dec 22, 2005

He was born and reared in the Deanburg Community of Chester County, the son of the late John and Mary Frances Thomas Cupples. He attended schools in Chester County and farmed most of his life. He was married to Clara D. Smith Robertson in 1942 and they made their home in Madison County. He began work at the TN Forestry...

Dec 22, 2005

Otis Henry Caglewas born in Savannah, Tennessee on January 13, 1910 the son of the late Lloyd Hassen and Carrie Turner Cagle.On September 5, 1932 he was united in marriage to the former Nellie Jane Bowling, who preceded him in death on January 14, 1978. Mr. Cagle worked as a farmer.He departed this life on December 22, 2005 at Beverly...

Dec 21, 2005

Hershel Clark Skelton, age 68, of Waynesboro died Wednesday, December 21, 2005 at Wayne Medical Center in Waynesboro. Mr. Skelton was born April 15, 1937 to the late Arthur Clark and Nettie Carroll Skelton. He was also preceded in death by brothers, Franklin, Eddie, MacArthur, and Willie Skelton and a sister, Peggy Garrison. Mr. Skelton was a self employed carpenter...

Dec 21, 2005

HERBERT “BUD” LANDRETHWas born in Adamsville, Tennessee on October 1, 1929 the son of the late Ovie James and Estle Winnie Rickman Landreth.In May of 1951 he was united in marriage to the former Myrle Droke, who survives.Mr. Landreth was a retired car dealer. He was a United States Army Veteran. Mr. Landreth was a member of the First Baptist...

Dec 21, 2005

James David Bellwas born on August 27, 1947 in Wayne County, Tennessee the son of the late James Edward and Frances Marie Dicus Bell.He was united in marriage to the former Joyce Foust, who preceded him in death. On June 13, 1996 he was united in marriage to the former Joanne Reeves, who survives.Mr. Bell was a veteran of the...

Dec 21, 2005

She was born at Enville, TN the daughter of the late Robert and Allen and Mary Vernon Burross Gibson. She attended schools at Milledgeville and graduated Chester County High School in 1941 and graduated Freed Hardeman College in 1943. She moved to Nashville and taught at David Lipscomb Elementary School and also graduated David Lipscomb College in 1949 and then...