Obituary Listing

Mar 22, 2005

Elsie Hardin, 91, of Medon, died Tuesday morning, March 22, 2005 at West Tennessee Transitional Care in Jackson.The widow of Yarris Manley Hardin, Sr., who died May 21, 1996 after 61 years of marriage, she was a production worker at Kilgore until 1975. Mrs. Hardin was born August 15, 1913, in Hardeman County, daughter of the late William Jefferson Canovan...

Mar 22, 2005

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Mar 20, 2005

Benjamin Kelly "Ben" McDonald, 16, of Middleton, died Sunday,March 20, 2005 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.Born November 12, 1988, in Jackson, Tenn., son of David RandleMcDonald, Sr. of Middleton and Judy Lannette Howell Laughlin ofBolivar, he was a 9th grade student at Middleton High School.Benjamin was active in American Cancer Society's Relay for Life Camp Horizon in Nashville, Tenn., Sunshine...

Mar 20, 2005

Cassie Hannis, 92, of Bolivar, died Sunday evening, March 20, 2005 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.The widow of Robert C. Hannis, who died November 10, 1995 after 61 years of marriage, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Hannis was born May 18, 1912, in Sullivan County, Tenn, daughter of the late Thomas J. and Lillie Elizabeth Arnold Stewart and moved to...

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Mar 17, 2005

Mary Ervin Doles Crouse, 85, of Hornsby, died Thursday evening,March 17,2005 at McNairy County Healthcare & Rehabilitation.The widow of Jessie Doles, who died in 1983, and Holland Crouse, who died in 1996, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Crouse was born June 29, 1919 in Hardeman County, daughter of the late James Washington 'Jim' Ervin and Hallie Mathis Ervin and lived...

Mar 16, 2005

Oma Lee Blankenship, 87, of Bolivar, died Wednesday evening, March 16,2005 at West Tennessee Transitional Care in Jackson, Tenn.The widow of V. E. Blankenship, who died in November of 1976, she was a homemaker and seamstress. Mrs. Blankenship was born March 10, 1918 in Waynesboro, daughter of the late Henry and Lydia Casteel Hardin and moved to Hardeman County in...

Mar 16, 2005

Mar 15, 2005

George Walter Phenton Avent, 85, of Bolivar, died Tuesday afternoon, March 15, 2005 at Bolivar General Hospital.The husband of Helen Darby Avent, who survives, he was retired as a maintenance supervisor with International Shoe Company in 1982 and was most recently a farmer. Mr. Avent was born February 26, 1920 in Hardeman County, son of the late Sam and Hester...

Mar 15, 2005

Billy Gene Logan, 65, of Bolivar, died Tuesday morning, March 15,2005 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.Mr. Logan was born May 17, 1939, son of the late Johnny Floyd Logan and Hattie Mae Kelley Logan, and he worked for a time at Colin Hatch's Citgo. Survivors include two sisters, Bessie Manley of Bolivar and Geraldine Wilkerson of Somerville and four brothers,...

Mar 14, 2005

Bertha Mae Potter, 96, of Whitevilie, died Monday morning, March 14, 2005 at Bolivar General Hospital.The wife of Thomas B. Potter, who survives, she worked at FisherAircraft in Memphis for 4 years during WWII as a riveter and was anurses aide at Methodist Hospital and the Naval Hospital in Millington. Mrs. Potter was born July 31, 1908 in New Port,...

Mar 14, 2005

Mary Rebecca "Becky" Cossar, 60, of Hickory Valley, died Mondayafternoon, March 14, 2005 at Bolivar General Hospital.The wife of J.W. Cossar, who survives, she retired as a payroll clerk at Western Mental Health Institute after 40 years service. Mrs. Cossarwas born March 16, 1944 in Hardeman County, daughter of the late R. B. Young and Eddie Penn Hillhouse Young and...

Mar 14, 2005

Mar 14, 2005

James Alvin Burns, Sr., 61, of Bells, died Monday evening, March 14, 2005 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.The husband of Mary Aileen Qualls Burns, who survives, he was aconstruction worker for Julian Builders in Jackson, Tenn. Mr. Burnswas born April 27, 1943 in Hardeman County, son of the late JamesWilburn Burns and Wilma Louise Vandiver Burns. Raised in TiptonCounty, he...

Mar 12, 2005

Carious Radford Shearon, 61, of Somerville, died Saturday evening, March 12, 2005 at Baptist Memorial Hospital East.The husband of Betty Wilson Shearon, who survives, he had been atruck driver for 32 years. Mr. Shearon was born March 23, 1943 inHardeman County, son of the late Booker Shearon and Clara AnnBishop Shearon and lived in Chicago and Memphis prior to makinghis...

Mar 12, 2005