Obituary Listing

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

Mar 11, 2005

Mar 10, 2005

Herman Stanley Reece, 72, of Saulsbury, died Thursday evening,March 10, 2005 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Collierville.The husband of Lillie Mae Reece, who survives, he retired as aMaster Sgt from the U.S.Air Force after 20 years service and wasmost currently the golf course superintendent for the Hardeman County Country Club. Mr. Reece was born August 5, 1932 in Booneville, Mississippi,...

Mar 10, 2005

Mar 9, 2005

Katherine West, 86, of Middleton, died early Wednesday morning,March 9, 2005 at Bolivar General Hospital.The widow of William B. West, who died in 1982, she was ahomemaker and had worked at Fisher Aircraft during WWII aswell as at the Oliver Finney Candy Company in Memphis. Mrs.West was born June 25, 1918 in Saulsbury, daughter of the lateTillmon and Lucille Davenport...

Mar 7, 2005

Mary Jean Brooks Glasscock, 54, of Bolivar, TN, passed away onMarch 7, 2005 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital aftera lengthy illness.She was preceded in death by her infant son Christopher LeeGlasscock, stepfather Alton Greene, grandparents Dallie DaughertyBrannon of Wartburg, TN and Paul and Margaret Brooks ofGreens Fork, IN.Survivors include her son Jeremiah Glasscock of Bolivar, TN,mother Ruby Greene of Lebanon,...

Mar 7, 2005

Mar 6, 2005

Loyd "Buck" Green, 44, of Pocahontas, died Sunday evening,March 6, 2005 at Bolivar General Hospital.The husband of Connie Green, who survives, he had worked atCornelius Mill and Lumber Company in Middleton prior toworking at Yopp's Convenience Store for the past three years. Mr.Green was born May 30, 1960 in Memphis, son of the late LoydClifton Green and Martha Marie Jacobs...

Mar 6, 2005

Mar 4, 2005

Beulah Wilson Brown, 94, of Rogers Springs, died Friday, March 3,2005 at Bolivar General Hospital.Born March 3, 1911 in Hardeman County, daughter of the lateRobert Leo and Margaret Sarah Harris Brown, she worked at theRustic Inn in Rogers Springs and owned and operated her ownstore in 1966 and 67. The widow of William Roy Brown, who diedin 1973, she lived...

Mar 4, 2005

Mar 4, 2005

Mar 3, 2005

Mary Lou Adair, 66, of Bethel Springs, TN, died Thursday, March3, 2005 at Bolivar General Hospital.Daughter of the late Jasper and Polly Smith, she was retired fromteaching at Arlington Developmental Hospital. Born September 1,1938 in Moscow, Tenn., she was a former resident of West Memphis, Ark. and Arlington, Tenn. Ms. Adair was baptist in belief.Services were 2 p.m. Saturday, March...