Gary Lee Courtney
May 6, 2016
Mr. Courtney passed away Friday morning, May 6, 2016. MEMORIAL SERVICES WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE.He was born in Mattoon, IL to Junior Ralph and Virginia Rudesill Courtney and graduated from Mattoon Sr. High School in 1959. He was his class president and captain of the Mattoon Green Wave football team and, in 1982, he was inducted into...
Steve Guinn
May 6, 2016
Steve Guinn’s loving, compassionate soul departed this Earth in the early evening of Friday, May 6, 2016, as a result of multiple myeloma and the unforeseen complications of a stem cell transplant at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, TN. He was 62 years of age.Steve was born and reared in Henderson, TN, the son of the late Wasel Lamar Guinn...
Wilbert Eugene Kirk
May 6, 2016
Mr. Wilbert Kirk, age 86 of Memphis, passed away Friday, May 6, in Memphis, TN.The husband of Velma Baker Kirk, who survives, he was retired from Memphis Light, Gas and Water, where he had worked for 37+ years, winning a safety award for working 33 years, 4 months and 17 days without a disabling work injury. He was born April...
Sidney Layne Burks
May 5, 2016
Sidney Layne Burks was born May 11, 1960 in Savannah, TN the son of Billie Evans Bryan and Billy Bryan. He departed this life on May 4, 2016 at the age of 55 years, 11 months, and 23 days. He was a carpenter by trade.Sidney was a very thankful, giving, and loving individual. He would text "good morning good girls"...
Dollie Mae Austin
May 5, 2016
Dollie Mae Austin departed this life on Thursday, May 5, 2016, at the age of 75 years, 3 months, and 11 days. She was born in Savannah, Tennessee on January 24, 1941, the daughter of the late Lester and Lettie Benson Austin. Dollie had worked for Brown Shoe Company and at the 69 Coin-Op Laundry as a laundry attendant. She...
Polly Cloud
May 4, 2016
Polly Cloud departed this life on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at the age of 79 years, 2 months, and 9 days. She was born in Clifton, Tennessee on February 25, 1937, the daughter of the late James Whitten and Sina Wilbanks Duncan. On May 15, 1970, she was united in marriage to Lowell T. Cloud, who survives.Polly was a member...
James Warden Hobbs
May 4, 2016
James Warden Hobbs of Waynesboro, TN, was born December 19, 1935 in Carroll Co., TN, the son of the late Hobert and Gela Marie Russell Hobbs. He was united in marriage to Elsie Wilburn on July 12, 1957. Mr. Hobbs was a retired Aircraft Maintenance Officer after 20 years with theU. S. Air Force and was a member of the...
Gaines Richard Doyle
May 4, 2016
Mr. Gaines Richard Doyle, age 80 of Middleton, Tennessee, passed away Thursday, May 5, 2016 at Bolivar General Hospital.A native and life-long resident of Hardeman County, he was raised by his late step-father, Ernest Howell and his late mother, Vera Mae Howell. Mr. Doyle was a heavy construction equipment operator, having worked for APAC and Standard Construction. He served his...
Teddy Dunaway
May 4, 2016
Teddy Dunaway was born October 20, 1952 in McNairy County, TN the son of the late James Marshall and Maggie Ruth Hicks Dunaway. He departed this life on May 4, 2016 at his home in Selmer at the age of 63 Years, 6 Months, 14 Days.Teddy was a mechanic. He worked for several years at Hollingsworth Texaco in Adamsville, TN....
Jack Petty
May 4, 2016
JACK PETTYwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on May 29, 1945 the son of the late Tom Jackson and Hester McClain Petty.Jack lived in Hardin County all of his life, where he did sawmill work, plumbing, small engine repair and electrical work. He enjoyed walking his dogs and sitting outside enjoying the weather. Jack departed this life on May 4,...
Felix Johnson
May 4, 2016
Felix Johnson was born on June 30, 1927 in Hardin County, Tennessee, the son of the late Joe and Mima Jane Prater Johnson. On September 12, 1947, he was united in marriage to Ruth Grimes, who preceded her husband in death on May 1, 2009. Mr. Johnson worked for Tommy Tinin Construction as an equipment operator and served his country...
Shirley Clayton Ayers
May 4, 2016
Shirley Clayton Ayers was born Sept. 12, 1931 to Oliver and Mary Ann Kirk Clayton in McNairy County, Tenn, and passed from this life on May 4, 2016, at her home in Ramer, Tenn.Her early life was spent with her family in the Sulphur Springs community. In 1948 she met and married the man that would define her for the...
Leonard R. Lott
May 3, 2016
LEONARD R. LOTTVero Beach, FL: Leonard R. Lott age 81 passed away May 3, 2016 at Indian River Medical Center in Vero Beach. He was born April 16, 1935 in Chester County and grew up in Memphis, TN the son of the late Leonard Tillman and Mary Edna Lorraine Watlington Lott. He graduated from Southside High School in Memphis. He...
Thomas Randolph Kendrick
May 3, 2016
Thomas R. Kendrick, age 82, passed to the next life on May 3, 2016 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center after a brief illness. His family and friends will accept visitors at the Johnson Chapel of Shackelford Funeral Directors in Henderson, Tennessee, on Friday, May 6, 2016, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tom will lie in state at Rocky Springs Primitive...
Margaret Rushing Maness
May 3, 2016
MARGARET RUSHING MANESSHenderson, TN: Margaret Lucille Rushing Maness age 84 passed away Tuesday May 3, 2016 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. She was born May 30, 1931 in Henderson County near Sardis, the daughter of the late Jess Rushing and Sarah Ann Lector Courdle Rushing. She was married to the late Thomas Dallas Maness of Corinth, MS. She had...
Donald Leon Eaton
May 3, 2016
DONALD LEON EATON, JR.Was born in Baltimore, Maryland on March 15, 1957 the son of the late Donald Leon and Genevieve May Maphis Eaton.Donald worked as a foreman for Imperial Design for 10 years. He was a former resident of Baltimore, Maryland and Rome, New York. Donald loved fishing and listening to music.He departed this life on May 3, 2016...
Gerry Farrar Hall
May 3, 2016
GERRY FARRAR HALLNashville, TN: Alice Geraldine ‘Gerry’ Farrar Hall, age 96 passed away Tuesday morning May 3, 2016 at The Lodge Retirement Home in Nashville, TN.She was born and reared in Dyer, TN in Gibson County, the daughter of the late Dewitt Granville and Inez Corrine Pierce Farrar. She graduated Dyer High School in 1938 and graduated from Freed-Hardeman College...
Lee Tearl Howell
May 3, 2016
Lee Tearl Howell was born April 30, 1922 at Cypress Creek, TN (Big Hill Pond); the son of John T. and Essie Howell. Lee departed this life on May 3, 2016 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. He was a member of Antioch Church of Christ where he served as an elder. In World War II, he served in the...
Elizabeth Pauline Hinton McFall
May 3, 2016
Elizabeth Pauline Hinton McFall of Lutts, TN was born May 27, 1933 in Wayne County, TN, the daughter of the late Lawson Hinton and Earline Simons McFall. She was united in marriage to Willie Haggard McFall on December 24, 1955 and he preceded her in death on April 7, 2007. Mrs. McFall was a Homemaker and a member of the...
Mary E. King
May 3, 2016
Mary Elizabeth King, age 79, departed this life on May 3, 2016. She was a devoted wife, and sister and will be remembered as a loving caring friend to many. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charley and Artie Ganus; two brothers, Bobby and Richard Neal Ganus. She is survived by her husband, William Bart King and sister,...
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