Marye Callahan Smith
Jun 25, 2015
Mrs. Marye Callahan Smith, age 75, passed away Thursday afternoon, June 25, 2015 at Vitas Hospice in Stockbridge, Georgia.A native of Hardeman County, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence Murphy and Ollie Gertrude Pierce Callahan. She moved to Memphis to attended business college. There she met Eugene E. Smith and they were married July 9, 1965. Together, they...
Jerry (Jaybird) Finley
Jun 25, 2015
Jerry (Jaybird) Finley of Savannah, TN was born November 23, 1941 in McNairy County, TN the son of the late Joel Gilbert and Mary Ann Martin Finley. Mr. Finley departed this life on June 25, 2015 in Adamsville, TN at the age of 73 Years, 7 Months, 2 Days.Jerry was united in marriage to Lena Beaver Finley who preceded him...
Gerald Ray Sanders
Jun 24, 2015
Gerald Ray Sanders was born April 10, 1946 in McNairy County, TN, the son of the late Willie Roy and Nola Etta Roten Sanders.He was united in marriage to Barbara Louise Wilkins on October 26, 1973. was a member of the First Baptist Church in Michie, Tennessee and a member of Woodman Lodge number 64 of Corinth. Thoughtout the years,...
Dorothy Baxter Rainey
Jun 24, 2015
Dorothy Ellen Baxter Rainey departed this life on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at the age of 102 years, 4 months, 13 days. She was born in Hardin County, Tennessee on February 11, 1913, the daughter of the late James David and Lella Mae Grimes Baxter. On September 10, 1928, she was united in marriage to Jesse Gilbert Rainey, who preceded...
Kotz A. Patterson, III
Jun 24, 2015
KOTZ A. PATTERSON, IIIHenderson, TN: Kotz Alan Patterson, III age 83 passed away Wednesday morning June 24, 2015 at the Henderson Health & Rehabilitation Center.He was born November 5, 1931 in Florence, AL and grew up in Alabama and Louisiana and Mississippi, the son of the late Kotz Alan Patterson, Jr. and Sadie Dell Nichols Patterson. He went to school...
Bobbie Smith Weaver
Jun 24, 2015
Henderson: Bobbie Smith Weaver, age 80, died Wednesday afternoon at Southern Oaks Assisted Living.Mrs. Weaver was born and reared in Chester County, the daughter of the late Jerry Clyde and Mary Lessie Mullins Smith. She graduated from Chester County High School in 1952 and married Noah Franklin Weaver in 1954. They made their home in Chester County all their married...
Larry Joe Cromwell
Jun 24, 2015
LARRY JOE CROMWELLwas born in Lewisburg, Tennessee on January 28, 1949 the son of Missy Kate Irwin Pickens and the late Atlas Charles Cromwell.On January 6, 1973 he was united in marriage to Carla Jackie Yerby, who survives.Mr. Cromwell served his country in the United States Air Force. He retired from TVA, where he worked as Safety Instructor and Inventory...
William Dean Jackson
Jun 23, 2015
Mr. William Dean Jackson, age 80 of Bolivar, passed from this life Tuesday morning, June 23, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Funeral services for Mr. Jackson will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, June 26, at Shackelford Funeral Directors of Middleton. Visitation will be held Thursday evening from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, and Friday from 12:00...
Willie Mae Wicker McDaniel
Jun 22, 2015
Willie Mae Wicker McDaniel was born September 4, 1931 in Selmer, TN the daughter of the late Earnest and Nellie Mae Phillips Wicker.Mrs. McDaniel worked at Garan Manufacturing in Adamsville as a sewing machine operator. She enjoyed collecting antiques, crocheting and quilting. She loved her grandchildren and spending time with them. She was a member of the First Christian Church...
Mittie Elois Staggs
Jun 22, 2015
Mittie Elois Staggs was born August 10, 1927 in Lawrenceburg, TN the daughter of the late Jonus and Bessie Minnie Fisher Novem. She was united in marriage to Buddy A.L. Staggs on May 10, 1952 and he preceeded her in death in 2004. Ms. Mittie was a homemaker and enjoyed spending time with her children and departed this life on...
Mary Juanita Rush
Jun 21, 2015
JUANITA RUSHHenderson, TN: Mary Juanita Jamerson Rush age 81 passed away June 21, 2015 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. She was born October 27, 1933 in Madison County, the daughter of the late Thomas Truman Jamerson and Mary Martha Murchison Jamerson Jones. She graduated Chester County High School. She married Edward Lavon ‘Buddy’ Rush November 22, 1951. She attended...
Dorothy L. Rickman Bridges
Jun 21, 2015
Dorothy (Dot) Louise Rickman Bridges of Milledgeville, TN departed this life on Sunday, June 21, 2015 at the age of 85 years. Dorothy was born June 1, 1930 in the Mt. Zion community in McNairy County, TN to the late Walter R. Rickman and Sallie D. (Burns) Rickman. She attended schools in McNairy and Chester Counties and graduated from Adamsville...
Faye Nell Stewart
Jun 21, 2015
Faye Nell Stewart passed away on June 21, 2015 after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease. She was born in Cloverport, Tennessee on September 23, 1929 to Andrew and Malinda Tate Harrell. After enjoying a childhood on the farm with her parents, she married John Gordon Stewart on June 19, 1949 and moved to Middleton, Tennessee, where she lived the...
Jimmy Taylor Layton
Jun 20, 2015
Jimmy Taylor Layton was born March 5, 1938 in Corinth, MS the son of the late Mary Alice Layton Meek.Mr. Layton was a janitor and had worked for the Hardin County Hospital in Savannah TN, and Aqua Glass in Adamsville He was a member of the Mars Hill Church of Christ. Some of his favorite pastimes were gardening tending to...
Thomas Elmer Wagner
Jun 20, 2015
of Waynesboro, TN was born February 6, 1926 in Easton, MD, the son of the late John George Wagner, Jr. and Sarah Irene Mansfield Wagner. He was united in marriage to Betty Holloway on August 14, 1949.Dr. Wagner had lived in St. Mary's County, MD and Harrisonburg, VA before moving to Waynesboro, TN. He graduated from Bridgewater College in 1951,...
Ezra "Cowboy" Wilson
Jun 20, 2015
Mr. Ezra 'Cowboy' Wilson, age 71, of Selmer, departed this life Saturday morning, June 20, 2015 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.A native of Hardeman County, he worked as a former truck driver for Warner Ross Trucking Company and had worked over 40 years as a carpenter for Larry Vandiver. He was born May 25, 1944, son of the late William...
Franklin D. Hunter
Jun 19, 2015
Franklin D. Hunter was born March 22, 1934 in Henderson, TN the son of the late Alvin and Vergie Allison Hunter.He was united in marriage to Annie Bonee on January 9, 1956.Mr. Hunter loved his country. He proudly served during the Vietnam War and the Korean Conflict, he retired from the United States Air Force as Master Sargeant after 20...
Norma Joyce Mainers
Jun 19, 2015
Joyce Mainers was born September 13, 1930 in Chester County , Tn the daughter of the late Hugh Ellis and Tressie Thomas Mainers. She graduated from Chester County High School and West Tennessee Business College. She lived in Dallas Texas, where she was employed by Kemper Insurance Company retiring after 36 years, and returning to Henderson in 1990. She was...
Mary Kathleen Weeks
Jun 18, 2015
Mary Kathleen Weeks was born August 3, 1926 in Troy, AL, the daughter of the late William Benjamin and Lessie Mae Durden Johnson.She was united in marriage to John Saulman Weeks on November 29, 1943. Mr. Weeks preceded her in death on June 13, 1998.Mrs. Weeks was a member of the Cypress Tank Church Of Christ. She was a homemaker,...
Ruth Grisham Massengill
Jun 18, 2015
RUTH STANFIELD GRISHAM MASSENGILLWas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on February 4, 1935 the daughter of the late James Tate and Flossie Hanna Stanfield.On August 8, 1961 she was united in marriage to Lem Grisham, Jr., who preceded his wife in death on January 3, 2005. On September 27, 2008 she was united in marriage to Wayne Massengill, who preceded...
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