Max C. Grant
May 7, 2021
Mr. Grant passed from this life on Friday, May 7, 2021, in Nashville.He was born in Marianna, AR and moved with his parents, the late Marshall Lee Grant and Irene Bryant Grant, when he was six months old, to Bolivar, where he lived the remainder of his life. He was reared by his late aunt, Elizabeth Bryant Pierce and was...
Mary Helen Brewer Brown
May 7, 2021
Mrs. Mary Helen Brewer Brown was born June 7, 1951 in Campbell Missouri to the union of the late Lewis and Bessie Thompson Brewer. She was raised in the Baptist Faith. She was united in marriage to Charles "Bud" Brown on April 27, 1979. Mrs. Brown departed this life on May 7, 2021 in Columbia, Tennessee making her stay in...
L a Meek
May 6, 2021
L a Meek was born February 17, 1950 in Selmer, TN the son of the late Lelon A. Meek and Ermie Opal Griswell Meek. He departed this life on May 6, 2021 in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 71 Years, 2 Months, 19 Days.Mr. Meek was a member of the Refuge church of Christ in Bethel Springs, Tennessee. He...
Shirley Smith
May 6, 2021
Shirley Smith was born on August 16, 1934 in Corinth, Mississippi, the daughter of the late Wesley Stephenson and Ava Pauline Jordan Ross.Shirley was a retired accountant and worked for Ripley Industries and UMIC Bank. She loved to ballroom dance and was a member of Hopewell Baptist Church in Savannah, Tennessee.Shirley Smith departed this life on May 6, 2021 in...
Joby Michael Taylor
May 5, 2021
Joby Michael Taylor was born on November 3, 1972 in Hardin County, Tennessee, the son of Barbara Stanfill Taylor and the late Joseph "Mike" Taylor, who preceded his son in death on December 11, 2019.Mr. Taylor worked as a mechanic and enjoyed working on cars. He also enjoyed fishing and tinkering and fixing things.Joby Michael Taylor departed this life on...
Bill Smith Young
May 5, 2021
Bill Smith Young was born October 6, 1966 in Henderson, TN the son of the late Lloyd Hayes and Irma Lee Smith Young. He departed this life on May 5, 2021 in Corinth, Mississippi at the age of 54 Years, 6 Months, 29 Days.Bill worked several years at Aqua Glass after graduating high school. He was a member of the...
June Bowers
May 5, 2021
June Bowerswas born in Steele, Missouri on June 3, 1941 the daughter of the late Barney and Hettie Elizabeth Woods Robinson.On May 20, 1961 she was united in marriage to Wayne G. Bowers, Sr. who preceded his wife in death on August 17, 2011.June worked for around 7 years in home health care. She was a member of Eastern Star...
Martha Lee Moore
May 5, 2021
Martha Lee Moore was born September 8, 1943 in Stantonville, TN the daughter of the late Dewight L Bearden and Fannie Landreth Breaden Locke.She departed this life on May 5, 2021 in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 77 Years, 7 Months, 27 Days.Martha was a member of the Hickey Flat Methodist Church and was involved in Jesus Cares.She is...
Deborah Lynn Brewer
May 4, 2021
Deborah Lynn Brewer, age 65, passed in her sleep in the early hours of the morning, after complications from COPD, on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. She was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on September 2, 1955. After moving several times as a child, her family settled in Memphis, Tennessee, when Debbie was a teenager. She was a graduate of Whitehaven High...
Ruth Ann Scruggs
May 4, 2021
Ruth Ann Scruggs of Waynesboro, TN was born May 29, 1939 in East Chicage, IL, the daughter of the late Slim and Viola Rachel Hedrick Hivley. She was united in marriage to Cecil Bradford Scruggs on August 30, 1958 and he preceded her in death on January 6, 2018.Mrs. Scruggs was a homemaker and a member of the Evans Chapel...
Charles Henry Hamilton
May 4, 2021
Charles Henry Hamilton departed this life on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at the age of 78 years, 1 month, and 9 days.
Donnie G Teeftaller
May 4, 2021
Mr. Donnie Gerald Teeftaller, Jr. was born September 25, 1970 in Waynesboro, TN, the son of the late Donnie and Rose Ann Morrow Teeftaller. He was united in marriage to the former Elizabeth Brewer on April 12, 1991. Mr. Teeftaller enjoyed working as logger, carpenter and for the City of Waynesboro Utility Department. He was a member of the Green...
Mary Runyan
May 3, 2021
Mary Runyanwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on June 25, 1936 the daughter of the late Arlis Fraser and Ivy Irene Blakney Littlejohn.On July 7, 1959 she was united in marriage to Gerald Ray Runyan, who preceded his wife in death on June 26, 2020.Mary was a retired secretary from Mt. Hood Beverage. She was a member of First Baptist...
John Howard Jordan
May 3, 2021
John Howard Jordan, 86, of Silerton, passed away early Monday morning, May 3rd, at Bolivar General Hospital.Mr. Jordan was a native of Hardeman County and the son of the late Hollis and Gladys Wiley Jordan. He was a 1953 graduate of Bolivar Central High School.In 1955, at the age of 19, he joined the US Navy where he served his...
Melinda Leigh Doss
May 3, 2021
Melinda Leigh Doss, born August 1, 1962, passed away peacefully May 3, 2021 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Melinda is the beloved daughter of Lamar Horner Doss of Selmer, Tennessee and the late Betty Jane Basinger Doss. Melinda graduated from McNairy Central High School in 1980. She received her B.S. Degree from the University of Tennessee at Martin. Melinda started practicing law at the...
Lily Kameron Humphries
May 3, 2021
Lily Kameron Humphries, treasured daughter of David and Lindsay Humphries was born on Monday, April 12, 2021, at 2:57 p.m. in Jackson, Tennessee, weighing 4 lbs 8 ozs and was 18 1/2 inches long.Lily was granted her angel wings on Monday, May 3, 2021, at 21 days old. Her final days were spent surrounded by her family that she touched...
Sherry Wheat
May 3, 2021
SHERRY WHEAT Henderson, TN: Sherry Jean Wheat age 68, passed away Monday morning May 3, 2021 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.She was born January 8, 1953 in Jackson, the daughter of the late Vandon ‘Mann’ and Doris Parker Williams. She grew up in Jackson and attended Northside High School. She married Dennis Dudley, Sr. on September 22, 1969. They...
Joshua Cossey
May 2, 2021
Joshua Chase Cosseywas born in Selmer, Tennessee on April 26, 1994 the son of the late Danny Leon Cossey and Catherine Caroline Brown Scott.Joshua worked for Savannah Food Service and enjoyed working out and watching Tennessee Vols Football.He departed this life on Sunday, May 2, 2021 in Savannah, Tennessee at the age of 27 years and 6 days.Joshua is survived...
Lola Mae Melson Janis
May 1, 2021
Lola Mae Melson Janis was born on May 14, 1936 in Enville, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Charlie and Leatril Harwell McClain.On May 26, 1990, she was united in marriage to Paul Eugene Janis, who preceded his wife in death on March 28, 2020.Prior to moving to Savannah, Tennessee, Lola lived in Poplar Grove, Illinois for 40 years. She...
Bettye L. Baker
May 1, 2021
Bettye L. Baker, 71, of Bolivar, passed from this life Saturday evening, May 1, 2021 at St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett.Mrs. Baker, a retired Registered Nurse, was a member of Bolivar First Baptist Church. She enjoyed spending time with family and serving alongside her late husband, Rev. Doug Baker.The daughter of the late James Harold and Ruth Green Hooper, she...
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