Bert Smith Blackwelder
Sep 22, 2005
BERT SMITH BLACKWELDERWas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on September 19, 1918 the son of the late Tony and Daisy Meadows Blackwelder.On October 25, 1939 he was united in marriage to the former Lois Shelby, who survives.Mr. Blackwelder was a self-employed plummer. He was a member of the Clifton Masonic Lodge for 60 years and Shriners #173. Mr. Blackwelder was...
Dorothy Elizabeth Godwin
Sep 21, 2005
DOROTHY GODWINWas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on April 17, 1924 the daughter of the late Woods and Rebecca Burrough Collins.On October 23, 1943 she was united in marriage to Earl Brownloe (Dude) Godwin, who preceded his wife in death on November 8, 1995. Mrs. Godwin was a retired factory worker. She was a member of Saltillo Church of Christ.She...
Tera Jean White
Sep 20, 2005
TERA JEAN BRATTON WHITEWas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on January 28, 1947 the daughter of the late Leonard and Lucille Seaton Bratton.In 1966 she was united in marriage to George Jerry White, who survives.Mrs. White was a homemaker and a retired factory worker. She was a member of New Life Pentecostal Church.She departed this life on September 20, 2005...
Rickey Terry Cooper
Sep 20, 2005
Mr. Rickey Terry Cooper was born August 16, 1959 in Savannah, Tennessee the son of J. D. Cooper and Carolyn E. Smith Cooper. Mr. Cooper was employed by Jackie Roach of Bethel Springs as an asphalt paver, and was a Baptist in belief. Mr. Cooper departed this life on September 20, 2005 in Bolivar, Tennessee at the age of 46...
Edith Louise Henson Hazelwood
Sep 20, 2005
Edith Louise Henson Hazelwood., 75, of Whiteville, died Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at Erin Care and Rehabilitation in Erin, Tenn.The widow of James Davis Hazelwood, who died December 29, 2001, she was a custodial worker at Western Mental Health Institute. Mrs. Hazelwood was born September 5, 1930 in Whiteville, daughter of the late Prentiss Obion Henson and Nancy Hall Henson...
John William Neely
Sep 19, 2005
John William “Bill†Neely, Jr., 51, of Bolivar, died Monday, September 19, 2005 at Regional Medical Center in Memphis.Employed by the Tenn. Department of Safety for 28 years, most recently as a state trooper, he was born July 20, 1954 in Memphis, son of John William Neely, Sr. and Janie Simpson Neely of Middleton. Mr. Neely lived in Hardeman County...
Samuel Boyce Powell
Sep 19, 2005
Samuel Boyce Powell, 85, of Columbus, Indiana, formerly of Whiteville, died Monday, September 19, 2005 at Hospice South Central Indiana Inpatient Facility.He was a retired manager at Republic Steel and moved from Chicago to Columbus over 4 years ago. Mr. Powell was born February 12, 1920 in Whiteville, son of the late Samuel Benton Powell and Della Crews Powell. A...
Raymond Eudell Siler
Sep 19, 2005
Raymond Eudell Siler, 72, of Silerton, died Monday, September 19, 2005 at his home in Henderson.The husband of Patricia Harris Siler, who survives, he was a retired executive manager at International Harvest and J. I. Case. Mr. Siler was born July 22, 1933 in Silerton, son of the late Raymond Victor Siler and Ona Phillips Siler and lived in Hilliard,...
Carl Richard Smith
Sep 19, 2005
CARL RICHARD SMITHWas born in Counce, Tennessee on July 7, 1925 the son of the late Wilburn R. and Jewell Myrtle Miller Smith.On August 22, 1952 he was united in marriage to the former Clara Thomason, who survives.Mr. Smith was a mail carrier for the United States Postal Service in Counce, Tennessee for 40 years. He was a member of...
Richard Wayne Griswell
Sep 18, 2005
Mr. Richard Wayne Griswell was born February 13, 1952 in Selmer, Tennessee the son of Max Ray Griswell and the late Pauline Kiser Griswell. He was united in marriage to Brenda Joyce Durbin Griswell, who preceded him in death on October 20, 2003. Mr. Griswell was a Retired Licensed Practical Nurse for McNairy County Health Care in Selmer. He was...
Frances Davidson
Sep 17, 2005
Mrs. Davidson was born in Chester County daughter of the late Claude Lott and Lennie Sanders Lott who survives. She graduated from Chester County High School in 1962. She married Willie Davidson in 1967.She received her associate degree in Nursing from Union University in 1964. Mrs. Davidson was a RN at the Jackson Madison Co. General Hospital for 41 years....
Marvin C. Armstrong
Sep 16, 2005
Mr. Marvin C. Armstrong was born November 13, 1928 in Corinth, Mississippi the son of the late Callie D. and Onie Caroline King Armstrong.He was united in marriage to Marion Faye Hamm Armstrong who preceded him in death.Mr. Armstrong was a member of the Savannah First Baptist Church in Savannah, Tennessee. He was the owner of Savannah Shoe Store for...
Ozoline Cupples
Sep 15, 2005
Mrs. Cupples died Thursday morning at the Chester County Health Care in Henderson she was a former resident of Silerton Tennessee.She was born in Chester County daughter of the late Walter and Deline Page King and was married to James Cupples in 1931. He died in 1990. She was employed by Harmon’s in Bolivar for twelve years retiring in 1974....
Joseph Donald West
Sep 15, 2005
Joseph Donald West, 58, of Middleton, died Thursday, September 15, 2005 at the VA Regional Medical Center in Memphis.Mr. West was born November 9, 1946 in Memphis, son of the late John Samuel “Red†West and Clovis Munn West, owners of the “Rainbow Inn†in Middleton. He was of the Church of Christ in belief and attended church in Middleton...
Lucille Davis Ables
Sep 15, 2005
LUCILLE DAVIS ABLESWas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on November 17, 1920 the daughter of the late O. J. and Julia Franks Davis.On May 25, 1943 she was united in marriage to Elmer Ables, who preceded his wife in death on September 2, 1987.Mrs. Ables retired from Brown Shoe Company and she was a member of Robertson Chapel United Methodist...
Mary Sue Coleman
Sep 14, 2005
Mrs. Mary Sue Coleman was born July 16, 1917 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi the daughter of the late Thomas Lafaytte Jernigan and the late Annie Elizabeth Utley Jernigan. She was united in marriage to Clifford Coleman on July 17, 1948. Mrs. Coleman was a Homemaker and was a member of the Court Avenue Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Coleman departed this...
Nancy Goodell Simpson
Sep 14, 2005
Nancy Goodell Simpson, 73, of Middleton, died Wednesday, September 14, 2005 at Ave Maria Assisted Living Home in Bartlett.The wife of Francis L. Simpson, Jr., who survives, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Simpson was born May 22, 1932 in Memphis, daughter of the late Charles Henry Goodell and Ethel Verbie Goodell and lived there for 20 years, graduating from Southside...
Mary Katherine Brown
Sep 14, 2005
Mary Katherine Brown, 78, of Bolivar, died Wednesday, September 14, 2005 at McNairy County General Hospital in Selmer.The widow of Curtis Laverne Brown, who died November 30, 1999 after 26 years of marriage, she was a homemaker. Mrs Brown was born October 7, 1926 in Hardeman County, daughter of the late Frank and Tinnie O’Dell Doyle and lived here most...
George Edward Riley
Sep 14, 2005
Funeral services for George Edward Riley, age 77, of Waynesboro,TN will be on Friday, September 16, 2005, 11:00 a.m. Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel, Waynesboro with Tim Owen and Dan Scott officiating. Interment following in McGlamery Cemetery Collinwood, TN with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements.George Edward Riley died on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 at St...
Guy Sherwood Delaney
Sep 14, 2005
GUY SHERWOOD DELANEYWas born in Henderson County, Tennessee on December 8, 1918 the son of the late Felix Albert and Emma Kelley Delaney.On November 21, 1940 he was united in marriage to the former Bonnie Love, who survives.Mr. Delaney was a farmer and carpenter. He was an United States Marines veteran of World War II. Mr. Delaney was a member...
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