Obituary Listing

Mar 10, 2006

Otis E. Ballard, 89, of Bolivar, died Friday, March 10, 2006 at Bolivar General Hospital.The husband of Estell M. Collins Ballard, who survives, he retired from Western Mental Health Institute after 35 years of service as a technician. Mr. Ballard was born August 20, 1916 in Hardeman County, son of the late Eathel and Althea Naylor Ballard and lived here...

Mar 8, 2006

Robert Eugene Cooper, 64, of Bolivar, died Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at Bolivar General Hospital.He retired from the University of Memphis security department in 1995. Mr. Cooper was born November 27, 1941 in Shelby County, son of the late Thomas Watson Cooper and Ruth Ann Hornback Cooper and had lived in Shelby County until 1990 and Fayette County until 1998...

Mar 8, 2006

She was born and reared in Hardin County, the daughter of the late Charlie and Daisy Morton Waldrop. She was married to John Andrew Burkhead in 1931. They made their home in the Hickory Corner Community, where they farmed and raised their family. Mr. Burkhead died in 1967. She made her home in the Montezuma Community. She loved to have...

Mar 8, 2006

Bonnie Pughwas born in Shelby County, Tennessee on July 28, 1943 the daughter of the late Wilburn Guy and Mildred Katherine Cooper Joshlin.On May 29, 1970 she was united in marriage to Thomas Glen Pugh, who survives. Mrs. Pugh worked as a quality control inspector for Lasco and lived in Brownsville, Tennessee.She departed this life on March 8, 2006 at...

Mar 8, 2006

Patrice Denise Irvinwas born in Savannah, Tennessee on March 31, 1959 the daughter of Edna Margaret Porter Steele and the late Willie Lee Steele.Ms. Irvin was a homemaker and a member of St. John Missionary Baptist Church. She departed this life on March 8, 2006 at Hardin Medical Center in Savannah, Tennessee at the age of 46 years, 11 months...

Mar 8, 2006

Robert Dale “Shakey” Fosterwas born on November 29, 1953 in Hardeman County, Tennessee the son of the late Joe Thomas and Effie Louise Hughes Foster.On September 7, 1982 he was united in marriage to the former Debbie Vinson, who survives. Mr. Foster was a retired truck driver and lived most of his life in Hardin County, Tennessee.He departed this life...

Mar 7, 2006

Billy Stricklinwas born on November 21, 1918 in Hardin County, Tennessee the son of the late William Ledford and Flora Franks Stricklin.Mr. Stricklin was a veteran of the U.S. Army and worked as an electrical engineer for TVA in Chattanooga, Tennessee for over 26 years. He departed this life on March 7, 2006 at Hardin Home in Savannah at the...

Mar 7, 2006

Eugene Young, 79, of Toone, died Tuesday, March 7, 2006 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.The widower of Cathy Ann Young, who died August 4, 1997, he retired from the City of Bolivar Street Department in 1991. Mr. Young was born June 25, 1926 in Hardeman County, son of the late John Henry Young and Lizzie Louise Kirby Young and lived...

Mar 7, 2006

Mar 7, 2006

Thelma Earle Meekswas born September 29, 1922 in Savannah, Tennessee the daughter of the late Albert and Mable Evelyn Heathcock Webb. On December 24, 1940 she was united in marriage to Herbert Landen Meeks, who preceded her in death on February 18, 1980. Mrs. Meeks was a homemaker and a member of Pisgah United Methodist Church. She loved her kids,...

Mar 7, 2006

Millinea Stanfillwas born on June 25, 1921 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Hugh Arther and Roxie Weathers Scott.On April 11, 1936 she was united in marriage to Carl N. Stanfill who preceded her in death on February 15, 2000. Mrs. Stanfill was a homemaker and a member of the First Methodist Church of Adamsville.She departed this...

Mar 6, 2006

Bertie Russell Jennings Was born on January 19, 1922 in Hardin County, Tennessee the daughter of the late John Edgar and Kenneth Ann Templeton Russell.On October 25, 1940 she was united in marriage to I.D. Jennings, who survives.Mrs. Jennings was a homemaker and attended the Assembly of God Church.She departed this life on March 6, 2006 at Hardin Medical Center...

Mar 5, 2006

George W. Saxton was born October 11, 1934 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of the late J. Lawrence Barry Saxton and Graple Hurst Saxton Lamb. He was united in marriage to Bobbie McNorton on April 2, 1966.Mr. Saxton was a retired truck driver for Poole Truck Lines and was a member of the Solitude Freewill Baptist Church. He was...

Mar 5, 2006

Bertha Gilchrist McClintock, 92, of Bolivar, died Sunday, March 5, 2006 at her daughter’s home in Memphis.The widow of Everette William McClintock, who died in June 1974, she was a nursing technician at Western State. Mrs. McClintock was born April 24, 1913 in McNairy County, daughter of the late Homer and Mary Tennyson Gilchrist and lived in Hardeman County all...

Mar 5, 2006

Birdie L. Thomas, 79, of Pocahontas, died Sunday, March 5, 2006 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.The widow of Talmage Thomas, who died in 1956, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Thomas was born May 1, 1926 in Earlsboro, Okla. and lived the majority of her life in California before making her home in Pocahontas 10 years ago. She was a member...

Mar 5, 2006

Mary Dianne Bankswas born on May 16, 1958 in Hardin County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Robert Elmer and Maybelle Oliver Melton. Ms. Banks was employed as a cook at Tri-County Convalescent Home in Adamsville, Tennessee. She departed this life on March 5, 2006 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 47 years, 9...

Mar 5, 2006

John Tidwell “Ted” Covey, 89, of Saulsbury, died Sunday, March 5, 2006 at Quince Nursing Home in Memphis.The widower of Beulah Stevens Covey, who died April 27, 1992 after 51 years of marriage, he retired in 1974 from Firestone as a tire builder after 34 years of service and was a cattle farmer since then. Mr. Covey was born September...

Mar 4, 2006

Ruth Elizabeth Baker Sipes, 87, of Bolivar, died Saturday, March 4, 2006 at Bolivar General Hospital.A homemaker, she had also worked for a time at Western Mental Health Institute and as a cook on a river boat. Mrs. Sipes was born February 25, 1919 in Hardeman County, daughter of the late Joe Marley Baker and Daisy Marie McDaniel Baker. She...

Mar 4, 2006

Ileta Smith Kennedy, 73, of Middleton, died Saturday, March 4, 2006 at St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett.The widow of Kenneth Kennedy, who died in September 1999, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Kennedy was born August 2, 1932 in Tiplersville, Miss., daughter of the late J. P. and Verdie Mae Cross Smith. She was Baptist in belief. Private graveside services were...

Mar 4, 2006