Peggy Housden
Nov 2, 2016
Peggy Housden was born August 18, 1941 in Page County, VA the daughter of the late Ray Goldsworth and Zula Irene Housden Huffman.She was united in marriage to Teddy Dale Housden on September 22, 1960.Mrs. Housden was a member of the Unity Baptist Church in Ramer, Tennessee. She loved crocheting and gave away many baby blankets and booties. Mrs. Housden...
Samuel Odell (Sammy) Franks
Nov 2, 2016
Samuel Odell (Sammy) Franks Jr. Better known as Sammy. He was born May 6, 1947 and he left this life on November 2, 2016. He was the first child of Mildred Franks Johnson and Samuel Odell Franks, Sr. better known as Odell. His Maternal Grandparents were Warren and Goldie Johnson. His paternal grandparents were Henry and Nora Franks. Mr. Franks...
Gordon Smalley
Nov 2, 2016
Mr. Smalley died Wednesday morning at Bells Nursing and Rehab Center.He was a native of Middleton having lived all of his life in Hardeman County. His parents were the late Rudell Lee and Dempie Ehrett Smalley and on September 5, 1954, he was united in marriage to Louise Grantham. Mrs. Smalley passed away November 27, 2000. From 1952-1958, Mr. Smalley...
Billy Wade Thompson
Nov 1, 2016
Billy Wade Thompson departed this life on Monday, November 1, 2016 at Wayne Medical Center in Waynesboro, TN. at the age of 51 Years, 5 Months, 28 Days. He was born May 4, 1965 in Lawrenceburg, TN.Billy was a retired truck driver and a member of the New Liberty Baptist Church in Gayland, Texas.Billy was preceded in death by mother,...
Shearon Ann Waldrop
Nov 1, 2016
Shearon Ann Waldrop of Selmer, TN departed this life on November 1, 2016 at her home at the age of 72 Years, 7 Months, 18 Days. She was born March 14, 1944 in McNairy County the daughter of the late Ivan Terry and Elmer Cleo Armour Terry. Mrs. Waldrop grew up in the Silerton Community of Hardeman County. She was...
Mary Helen Cherry
Nov 1, 2016
Mary Helen Cherry departed this life on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at the age of 88 years, 5 months, and 24 days. She was born in Jackson County, Tennessee on May 8, 1928 the daughter of the late Dewey and Ruby Jenkins Rogers. Mary enjoyed judging cat shows. She had been a member of the Lebanon Road church of Christ,...
Patty Loutense Whitman
Nov 1, 2016
Patty Loutense Whitman was born April 18, 1927 in Chester County, TN the daughter of the late James Robert and Rose Arlie Hodge Cox. She worked for Brown Shoe Company for 19 years, then in McNairy County Circuit Court Clerk's office, General Electric, and the Selmer Radio Station. Miss Whitman departed this life on November 1, 2016 in Selmer, Tennessee...
Geraldine "Geri" Rusterholtz
Nov 1, 2016
Memorial services, to be held at a later date, will be at Bartlett Baptist Church, 3465 Kirby Whitten Road, Memphis, TN 38135; Phone: (901) 333-3350. Date and Time will be announced here when they are set.Mrs. Rusterholtz passed away Tuesday afternoon, November 1, at Pine Meadows Healthcare in Bolivar. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Gertrude Tate...
Sarah Frances Hively
Nov 1, 2016
Sarah Frances Hively age 93 of Selmer, TN, was born March 13, 1923 in McNairy County, TN, the daughter of the late Duke and Minnie Nichols Ferguson. She grew up in the Sulphur Springs Community. She worked for 32 years as a waitress in restaurants all around Selmer. Later Mrs Hively was a care giver and sitter for many years....
Nellie Allen
Oct 31, 2016
NELLIE ALLENwas born in Arlington, Tennessee on March 29, 1939 the daughter of the late John Hiram and Sarah Melissa Bryant Swader.Ms. Allen was a homemaker and a member of Church on the Rock. She enjoyed sewing and quilting in her free time.Ms. Allen departed this life on October 31, 2016 in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 77 years,...
Frances Aaron Reaves
Oct 31, 2016
Francis Aaron Reaves, age 87 of Middleton, passed away Monday evening, October 31, 2016, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.A graveside service was held Friday, November 4, 2016 at Reaves Cemetery in Middleton with Jackie Kirk officiating. Shackelford Funeral Directors of Bolivar provided the professional services.Francis Aaron Reaves was born Wednesday, October 16, 1929, to the late William Lonnie...
Mazie Young Powers
Oct 31, 2016
Mrs. Powers passed away early Monday morning at her home. A native and life-long resident of Hardeman County, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Edward and Birdie Mae Poole Young. On June 18, 1955, she married James H. Powers, who survives. She was a member of the New Union Baptist Church and since July, 1974, she was the...
Thelma Arnold Beshires
Oct 31, 2016
THELMA ARNOLD BESHIRESHenderson, TN: Thelma Marie Arnold Beshires age 89, passed away Monday morning October 31, 2016 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.Mrs. Beshires was born March 27, 1927 in the Phillips School Community of Chester County, the daughter of the late Cal and Mattie Isbell Arnold. She attended school at Owens School and graduated from Phillips School House. February...
Vester Lee McCullar
Oct 30, 2016
Vester Lee McCullar was born November 1, 1919 in McNairy County, TN the son of Theodore Wright and Bessie Elizabeth Cardwell McCullar.He was united in marriage to Oleta Kirk on May 27, 1949.Mr. McCullar believed in service to his country, church and family. He served honorably in the United States Army during the European Theatre of World War II, the...
Bonnie Howell
Oct 30, 2016
Bonnie Joan Jones Howell, age 75, of Bolivar, Tennessee, passed away Sunday morning, October 30, 2016, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.On Sunday, November 6, 2016, Mrs. Howell was interred in Brints Chapel Cemetery in Middleton, Tennessee.Mrs. Howell was born on August 23, 1941 to the late Ozella Mills Jones and William Riley Jones. On October 16, 1958 she was...
Elizabeth Ann Tillmon
Oct 30, 2016
Elizabeth Ann Tillmon, 75, passed away Sunday morning, October 30, 2016, at her home in Bolivar.A native and life-long resident of this area, she was the daughter of the late James Franklin and Fannie Christine Doyle Nelms. She was married to the late Mr. James Richard Tillmon on June, 16, 1956. They were married nearly 47 years at the time...
Bessie Faye Garner
Oct 29, 2016
Bessie Faye Garner Henderson: Bessie Faye Archer Garner, age 85, the widow of Warren Garner, died Saturday morning October 29, 2016 at her home south of Henderson. Mrs. Garner was born and reared in McNairy County, the Refuge Community, the daughter of the late Henry and Ruby Archer Washam (Nolan). She attended school at Refuge. She married Warren Garner in...
Janace Brown
Oct 28, 2016
Janace Brown departed this life on Friday, October 28, 2016 at the age of 69 years, 2 months, and 10 days. She was born in Booneville, Mississippi on August 18, 1947 the daughter of the late Mavis Owens. On June 8, 1973 she was united in marriage to Gary Brown, who survives.Janace retired from Hardin County Hospital in Savannah, Tennessee...
Murley Stewart
Oct 28, 2016
Mr. Murley passed away early Friday morning at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. He was born Thursday, July 7, 1932, to the late Wilburn Elihu Stewart, Sr. and Ruby Doyle Stewart, in Hardeman County, TN. He married Helen Louise Stewart, and remained married for thirty-five years until she passed in August of 1993. Murley worked for Dixie Gas, Webster's...
Leon Hammett
Oct 28, 2016
Leon HammettHenderson: Daniel Leon Hammett, age 81, died Friday morning October 28, 2016 at Jackson General Hospital.Mr. Hammett was born in Mississippi County, Arkansas, at Whisp, Arkansas the son of the late Oscar Daniel and Tressie Hazel Johnson Hammett. They moved to Tennessee and he graduated from Humboldt High School in 1953. He married Nettye Mae Childress in 1953 and...
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