Shirel Lynn (Whitten) Dickey
Dec 16, 2019
Shirel Lynn (Whitten) Dickey, age 62 years, a resident of Vienna, IL and a former resident of Selmer and Yuma, TN, passed away Monday morning, December 16, 2019, at 2:23 AM at Baptist Health in Paducah, KY.Shirel was born January 28, 1957 in Peoria, IL. She was the daughter of the late Wade Foy and Mary Joyce (Carothers) Whitten.Shirel is...
Jessie Leon Williams
Dec 15, 2019
JESSIE LEON WILLIAMSwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on July 10, 1956 the son of the late Atwelldean and Marie Scott Williams.Jessie was united in marriage to Judy Marlene Cossey, who preceded her husband in death on November 5, 2015.Jessie worked in logging his entire life. He was of the Church of Christ belief. Jessie loved being outdoors and working...
William Robert Pruett
Dec 15, 2019
Mr. William Robert Pruett, age 87 of Bolivar, Tennessee, passed away Sunday night, December 15, 2019 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.Mr. Pruett was born Wednesday, June 15, 1932, to the late Roy Robert Pruett and Ina Marian Cook Pruett in Memphis, Tennessee. On Saturday, October 10, 1953, he married Anita G. Pruett. For twenty-seven years he worked for the Memphis...
Janice "P. J." Maness
Dec 15, 2019
Peggy Janice (P. J.) Burks Maness was born March 22, 1934 in McNairy County, TN the daughter of the late Dew Moore Burks and Mary Magdalene Tyler Burks. She departed this life on December 15, 2019 in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 85 Years, 8 Months, 23 Days.She is survived by a daughter, Mitzi Maness; two sons, Mitch and...
Linda Gilbert
Dec 14, 2019
Linda Gilbert was born May 27, 1943 in McNairy County, TN the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Darcus Malone Lipford.Mrs. Gilbert attended Bethel Springs High School and was formerly employed as a production worker for Brown Shoe Company in Selmer and Aqua Glass in Adamsville. She grew up in the Beauty Hill community and attended the Beauty Hill...
Freeda Matlock Willoughby
Dec 14, 2019
Freeda Matlock Willoughby departed this life on Saturday, December 14, 2019, at the age of 61 years, 5 months, and 27 days. She was born in Savannah, Tennessee on June 17, 1958, the daughter of Ferrell Matlock and the late Sarah Helen Franks Matlock.Freeda had worked for River Heights Restaurant, Angelica, Hardwood, and Garan. She was the manager at the...
Ruth Stewart Hammons
Dec 14, 2019
Ruth Stewart Hammons, 94, of Bolivar departed this life Saturday morning, December 14 at Pine Meadows Healthcare Center.She was born one of 9 children to Wilburn Elihue Stewart, Sr. and Ruby Doyle Stewart on March 8, 1925 in Hardeman County. She married Edsel W. Hammons on January 26, 1946 and he preceded her in death on December 20, 1987. She...
W.C. Cunningham
Dec 14, 2019
W.C. Cunningham was born on April 28, 1931, to the late Walter McKinley Cunningham and Zula Mae Moore Cunningham in Morris Chapel, Tennessee where he was a lifelong resident.Mr. Cunningham was drafted into the Army and served his country in the Korean War from 1952 - 1954. He retired from the State of Tennessee Department of Transportation. He was a...
Mitchell Lee Graham
Dec 14, 2019
Mitchell Lee Graham was born March 27, 1953, to the union of the late William Charles Graham, Sr. and Minnie Louella Dixon-Graham. He made his transition on Saturday, December 14, 2019, at Hardin Medical Center.Mitchell confessed Christ at an early age and joined St. John Baptist Church. He was educated in the Hardin County school system and graduated from Central...
William Nathan "Red" May
Dec 13, 2019
Mr. William Nathaniel "Red" May was born March 25, 1988 in Florence, AL the son of William Edward and Angela Darlene Daniel May. Mr. May was a Carpenter with Mac Davis Contsruction Company, a graduate of Columbia State Community College a former student at the University of North Alabama, an avid outdoorsman, a member of Outdoors without Limits and attended...
Pamela Ripperton Foote
Dec 12, 2019
Pamela Ripperton Foote, age 61 of Toone, TN Departed this life Thursday morning, December 12, 2019 at the Baptist Reynolds Hospice House in Collierville.Pam was born in Davenport, Iowa on Thursday, September 18, 1958 to Carl Joseph and Laura Jane Ripperton, who survive. On June 13, 1992, she was united in marriage to Keith Foote, who also survives. The couple...
Gay Nell Benson
Dec 12, 2019
GAY NELL BENSON was born in Hardin County, Tennessee on January 18, 1938 the daughter of the late Allen and Susie Austin Ford.On June 20, 1964 she was united in marriage to Anderson "Rod" Benson, who preceded his wife in death on June 7, 1999.Gay Nell was a homemaker and a member of Walnut Grove Church of Christ. She was...
Thomas Davis "Tom" Sammons
Dec 11, 2019
Mr. Thomas Davis "Tom" Sammons, 88, of Collierville, departed this life Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at Baptist Hospital in Memphis.The widower of Helen Sammons, who preceded him in death in 2014, he worked as an air traffic controller for the FAA, working at Memphis International Airport for 28 years prior to retirement. He was born Sunday, June 14, 1931 in...
Joseph (Mike) Taylor
Dec 11, 2019
JOSEPH (MIKE) TAYLORwas born in Savannah, Tennessee on September 14, 1949 the son of the late Aubry Maynard Taylor and Allie Marie McFalls McFall Taylor Jones.On March 11, 1972 he was united in marriage to Barbara Ann Stanfill, who survives.Mike, as he was known by all his friends, served his country in the United States Army from September of 1968...
Billy Joe Henson
Dec 11, 2019
Mr. Billy Joe Henson, age 67 of Whiteville, Tennessee, departed this life Wednesday, December 11, 2019.A lifelong resident of Whiteville and Hardeman County, Billy Joe was born Wednesday, June 4, 1952 to the late Joe Manard and Carolyn Georgene Harvey Henson. On Friday, December 11, 1992, he was united in marriage with Jackie Henson, who survives.Mr. Henson served as the...
Tina Marie Adkins
Dec 10, 2019
Tina Marie Adkins, age 55 passed away surrounded by her loving family.She was born March 6, 1964 in Chicago, IL the daughter of the late John Carson Adkins and Frances Marie Camberos Adkins. She graduated from Crystal Lake Central High School and McHenry County College in Crystal Lake, IL. She is survived by two brothers, John Adkins, Jr. of Henderson,...
Adam Matlock
Dec 10, 2019
Adam Matlock was born January 22, 1984 in Corinth, MS, he is the son of Charles Ray Matlock and Betty Lawson Owen.Adam graduated from East Union High School class of 2002 in Blue Springs, MS. He was an avid fan of San Francisco 49ers and rarely missed watching a game. He loved to race cars, go fishing, ride 4-wheelers, playing...
Shirley Marie Lindsey
Dec 10, 2019
Mrs. Shirley Marie Lindsey, age 73 of Bolivar, TN, departed this life Tuesday evening, December 10, 2019 at her home.Shirley was born in Waynesboro, Tennessee on Tuesday, November 5, 1946 to the late James Samuel and Gusta Lamae Morgan Skelton. On December 20, 1964, she was united in marriage to Ronnie B. Lindsey, who survives. In 1967, the two made...
John Scott Foster
Dec 10, 2019
John Scott Foster departed this life on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, at the age of 76 years, 7 months, and 26 days. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 14, 1943, the son of the late Donald Lester and Sarah Bertha Jones Foster. On April 10, 1971, he was united in marriage to Velda Charlene Freeman.Scott was self employed...
Jerry Howell
Dec 10, 2019
JERRY HOWELL Medon, TN: Jerry Wayne Howell age 63 passed away December 10, 2019 at his home.He was born December 25, 1955 in Chester County, the son of Clara Mae Henley Howell and the late John Earl Howell. He attended Chester County Schools and went to work at Sonoco as soon as he finished school and worked there twenty-five years....
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