Clara Howell Jones
Jan 12, 2023
Clara Howell Jones, 84, passed from this life Thursday, January 12, 2023, in Portland, TN at her daughter's home. The daughter of the late Jessie Floyd Howell and Fannie Elizabeth Goff Howell, she was born in Hardeman County. She married Mr. Bruce C. Jones, Jr. on January 30, 1955 and they moved to Hendersonville, TN in 1971. Mr. Jones departed...
Ronnie Kiddy
Jan 12, 2023
Ronnie Kiddy was born October 23, 1954 in Selmer, TN the son of Wilma Ruth Kiser Dunaway and the late John William Kiddy. He was united in marriage to Mary Katherine Franks on June 28, 1974. He was a loving husband for 48 years, a devoted Papaw who rarely if ever missed a ballgame and loved spending time with his...
Mrs. Billie Jo Stewart
Jan 12, 2023
Billie Jo Stewart was born February 21, 1955 in McNairy County, TN the daughter of the late Elmer and Gertrude (Tutty) Martin Bendall. She was united in marriage to Jerrold Stewart on December 11, 1971. Mrs. Stewart retired as a logistics supervisor from Kellogg. She was a member of the Solitude Free Will Baptist Church in Adamsville, Tennessee. She enjoyed...
Rueben BlackLance, Jr.
Jan 11, 2023
Rueben BlackLance, Jr. was born August 3, 1955 on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, the son of the late Rueben, Sr. and Rowena Smith BlackLance. He was united in marriage to Sandra Roberts on May 26, 1978. Rueben earned a bachelor's degree from UT Permian Basin in Odessa, TX. He proudly served his country in the United States Army...
Elsie "Sissy" James
Jan 11, 2023
Elsie "Sissy" James, 84, passed from this life Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at AHC McNairy in Selmer. She was born September 29, 1938 to Wiley and Ola Mae Mills Wiggins near Bolivar, TN. She lived most of her life in the Bolivar area, with the exception of a short time in Memphis, following her marriage to Clyde Gentry who passed...
Lilah Robison
Jan 11, 2023
LILAH ROBISON Finger, TN: Lilah Elizabeth Patterson Robison, age 74 passed away Wednesday morning at her home. She was born October 11, 1948, in Missouri the daughter of the late Edgar Franklin and Allie Mae Cupples Patterson. She graduated from Chester County High School in 1966. She married Don Robison in 1968 and they made their home in Finger. He...
Setsuko Oshiro Snyder
Jan 11, 2023
Setsuko Oshiro Snyder was born on March 20, 1938, in Okinawa, Japan. On September 13, 1962, she was united in marriage to Roland Dewitt Snyder, who preceded his wife in death on January 21, 2020. She is survived by her children, Stephen Snyder (Rachel), Lyle Snyder (Jeanie), Cathy Porter (Jason Foks), and James Snyder (Kathryn); grandchildren, Alexis Schreiber (Ben), Jacob...
Bonnie Ann Pickens Surratt
Jan 10, 2023
Bonnie Ann Pickens Surratt departed this life on January 10, 2023 in Adamsville, Tennessee at the age of 74 Years, 7 Months, 4 Days. She was born on June 6, 1948 in Waynesboro, TN, the daughter of the late J.D. "Bill" Pickens and Marie Garrett Pickens. While she was born in Wayne County she considered McNairy County to be her...
Betty Self Farrar
Jan 10, 2023
Betty Self Farrar, 78, of Saulsbury, formerly of Houston, Texas, passed from this life Tuesday evening, January 10, 2023, at Bolivar General Hospital. She was born Friday, May 26, 1944, in Bakersfield, California, daughter of the late Delbert and Pauline May Self and was raised in Louisiana. She lived in Houston for 30 years, prior to moving to Saulsbury 2...
Rhonda Dutton
Jan 10, 2023
RHONDA DUTTON Beech Bluff: Rhonda Ann Isaacson Dutton age 59, passed away January 10, 2023, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. She was born July 3, 1963 in Livermore, CA the daughter of Marilyn Girard Isaacson and the late Merle L. Isaacson. She grew up in Vermillian, SD and graduated from Vermillion High School in 1981. She married Danny Dutton,...
Doyle D. Burkeens
Jan 9, 2023
Doyle D. Burkeens was born November 7, 1949 in McNairy County, TN the son of the late Drew Archie and Ruth Frances Cosby Burkeens. He was united in marriage to Sherry Suitor on August 12, 2000. Doyle worked for AG & N in Adamsville, TN as a small engine mechanic for approximately 27 years. He was a tinkerer who enjoyed...
Emily Annette Bradley
Jan 9, 2023
Emily Annette Berry Bradley was born on September 2, 1937, the daughter of the late O.C and Lillie Langford Berry. On November 12, 1965, she was united in marriage to Nathan Bradley, who preceded his wife in death on February 24, 2015. Emily worked several years in the restaurant business. She loved to cook, spend time with her family whom...
Claire Montejunas
Jan 9, 2023
Montejunas, Claire (Scott) of Savannah, TN died January 9th, 2023 at HMC Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was 92 years old. Claire was born June 16, 1930, in Melrose, MA. She graduated from Wakefield High School in 1948. She studied at Melrose Hospital School of Nursing and graduated in 1954. Claire’s career as a nurse lasted into her 70’s. She...
Michelle Anita Payne
Jan 9, 2023
Michelle Anita Payne was born in Fayetteville, Pennsylvania on February 20, 1969 the daughter of Dorothy Louise Swarner Payne and the late Joseph Harold Payne. Michelle loved reading books and spending time with her family and friends. She departed this life on Monday, January 9, 2023 in Savannah, Tennessee at the age of 53 years, 10 months, and 20 days....
Margaret Faye Brooks Franks
Jan 8, 2023
Margaret Faye Brooks Franks, 77, passed away peacefully Sunday, January 8th, 2023. She was born on October 3rd, 1945 in Hardin County, the third of four children of James and Maxine Brooks. She was united in marriage to Max Franks on June 26th, 1965, who preceded her in death. She and Max were affectionally called the "dynamic duo" as they...
Joe Hardin Sr.
Jan 8, 2023
Joe Watkin Hardin Sr. of Baytown died at home on January 8, 2023. Born April 30th 1936 in Savannah, Tennessee to Blackmun and Maggie Inez (Shelby) Hardin. Joe was a graduate of Central High School in Savannah where he played varsity basketball and football. He met wife Jeanette in high school and they married in 1960 after she graduated from...
William Leverne Free
Jan 8, 2023
William (Bill) Laverne Free, 89, of Clifton, Tennessee, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on January 8, 2023. Bill was born in 1933 to William and Pauline Free in Wayne County, Tennessee. He graduated from Frank Hughes College, in Clifton, Tennessee. Upon graduation, he worked for a while on river boats ferrying cargo up and down the Tennessee river, before...
Keith Montgomery
Jan 7, 2023
Keith Montgomery was born February 17, 1970 in Waynesboro, TN the son of Donald "Donnie" Ray and Brenda Joy Roberson Montgomery. Mr. Montgomery was a Heavy Equipment Operator for Lauderdale County, AL and was a member of the Killen Methodist Church in Killen, AL. He departed this life on January 7, 2023 in Killen, AL at the age of 52...
Bobby Wallace Holmes
Jan 7, 2023
Bobby Wallace Holmes was born July 26, 1931 in Hardeman County, TN, the son of the late William Talmadge Holmes and Mary Alma Parks Holmes. He departed this life on January 7, 2023 in Corinth, Mississippi at the age of 91 Years, 5 Months, 12 Days. He was united in marriage to Bobbie Jean Emmons on March 26, 1949. They...
Billy J. Bryson
Jan 6, 2023
Billy J. Bryson, 95, of Pocahontas, passed away Friday, January 6, 2023, at Hardin County Medical Center in Savannah.He was born Saturday, June 11, 1927, in Shelbyville, IL, son of the late Lawrence William Bryson and Bessie Jane King Bryson, moving to this area 22 years ago. He had previously lived in Illinois, Arizona and Iowa. He was a former...
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