James William Campion
Nov 5, 2013
James William Campion was born December 17, 1936 in Selmer, TN the son of the late James Joseph and Beatrice Peerey Campion. Mr. Campion departed this life on November 5, 2013 in Selmer at the age of 76 Years, 10 Months, 19 Days.James was a graduate of the Tennessee School for the Deaf in Knoxville, TN and was Salutatorian of...
Lena Ray Wilson
Nov 5, 2013
Mrs. Wilson passed away Tuesday night, November 5, 2013, at Maplewood Healthcare in Jackson. The widow of Leonard Marion Wilson, who died in December of 1972 after over 30 years of marriage, she was a homemaker. She was born March 16, 1925 in Saulsbury, daughter of the late George Brooklyn McCommon and Dora Mae Bryant McCommon and lived in Saulsbury...
Phillip Allan 'Phil' Ross
Nov 5, 2013
Phil RossBeech Bluff, TN: Phillip Allan Ross, age 52, died Tuesday afternoon, November 5, 2013 at Jackson General Hospital.Phil was born and reared in the Mifflin Community of Chester County the son of Patsy Kay Young Ross and the late Billy Barry ‘Bill’ Ross. He attended Chester County schools. He worked in production at American Olean Tile in Jackson for...
Etta Franks Sherrill
Nov 4, 2013
Etta Franks Sherrill of Collinwood, TN was born September 27, 1925 in Savannah, TN, the daughter of the late McKinley Neal and Ada Melson Franks. She was united in marriage to Lonzo Sherrill on April 3, 1943 and he preceded her in death on September 12, 2006.Mrs. Sherrill was a homemaker and of the Methodist faith and had lived in...
Donald Ray Cobb
Nov 4, 2013
Donald Ray Cobb of Cypress Inn, TN was born August 23, 1942 in Florence, AL, the son of Opal Hill Kelley of Iron City, TN who survives and the late Audrey Cobb. Mr. Cobb was a retired machinist at TVA.Mr. Cobb departed this life on Monday, November 4, 2013 at his home at the age of 71 Years, 2 Months,...
Lee Roy Horton
Nov 4, 2013
Lee Roy Horton was born June 5, 1938 in McNairy County, TN, the son of the late Levi and Icie Mae Ledford Horton.Mr. Horton was united in marriage to Brenda K. Tanner on August 30, 1996. He served in the U.S. Air Force. He was retired and had worked for the McNairy County Highway Department. He was a member of...
Freddie Tenry
Nov 4, 2013
Freddie Tenry departed this life on Monday, November 4, 2013, at the age of 73 years, 8 months, 22 days.He was born in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of the late Welton and Edna Bishop Tenry. On March 27, 1961, he was united in marriage to Mary Jane Thompson, who survives. Mr. Tenry served in the U.S. Navy from 1958-1962,...
Marcus Junior Smith
Nov 3, 2013
Junior Smith was born June 5, 1935 in Henderson, Tn the son of the late Mark and Margie Cupples Smith. He attended school in Chester County and had been a contractor since the early 1970's developing Smith Subdivision, Chaning Cove, and several homes at Pine Lake. He was a member of the Hopewell Baptist Church in Sweetlips, Tennessee and a...
James Donald Dicus
Nov 3, 2013
James Donald (Jim) Dicus of Waynesboro, TN was born August 29, 1930 in Waynesboro, TN, the son of the late William Fay and Elsie Throgmorton Dicus. He was united in marriage to Margaret Modene Baker on February 23, 1951 and she preceded him in death on May 17, 1993. Mr. Dicus was a retired cattle farmer and tool & die...
Cynthia Gaye Cox Tucker
Nov 3, 2013
Cynthia Gaye Cox Tucker was born November 20, 1953 in Selmer, TN, the daughter of the late Robert Shelby and Tina Mae Roberson Cox.Miss Tucker was a member of the Mt. Gilead Baptist Church in Bethel Springs, Tennessee and had worked in Radio Advertising.She departed this life on November 3, 2013 in Selmer, Tennessee at the age of 59 Years,...
Murley Joe McKee
Nov 3, 2013
Mr. Murley Joe McKee, age 83, of Bolivar, died Sunday morning at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was the son of the late Eulas Rayford and Iva Mae Majors McKee. A native and life-long resident of Hardeman County, Mr. McKee worked as a sawmill foreman and had attended the Porter's Creek Baptist Church. During the Korean War, he served...
Emma Grace Smith
Nov 2, 2013
Emma Grace Smith was stillborn Saturday, November 2, 2013 at Hardin Medical Center in Savannah, TN, the daughter of Billie Buck Smith and Jennifer Leann Williams of Waynesboro, TN, who survive.Other than her parents, Emma Grace is survived by brother, Jeffrey Tyler Smith and half-brother, Elijah Wade Smith both of Waynesboro, TN; Grandparents, Oley Smith and Shirley Smith of Howe,...
Lonzo McDaniel
Nov 2, 2013
Lonzo McDaniel was born on September 23, 1935 in Savannah, Tennessee, the son of Coleman McDaniel, Sr. and Mary Dixon McDaniel, who preceded him in death.He retired from General Motors Company, where he was employed as a production worker.Mr. McDaniel departed this life on November 2, 2013, at Hardin Medical Center in Savannah, Tennessee, at the age of 78 years,...
Grady Williams
Nov 2, 2013
Grady Williams departed this life on Saturday, November 2, 2013, at the age of 84 years, 9 months, 24 days.He was born in Hardin County, Tennessee on January 9, 1929, the son of the late Coy and Mattie Abrams Williams. On November 22, 1950, he was united in marriage to Emma Joyce Franks, who survives. Grady is survived by his...
Sherry Meek
Nov 1, 2013
Sherry Meek departed this life on Friday, November 1, 2013, at the age of 69 years, 9 months, 7 days.She was born in Richmond, California on January 25, 1944, the daughter of the late Walter and Louise Harkey Taylor. On December 14, 1968, she was united in marriage to Charles "Chuck" Meek, who survives. Sherry had lived in Jackson, Mississippi...
Jerry Eugene Taylor
Nov 1, 2013
Jerry Eugene Taylor, son of the late Leonard V. and Mary Ruth Clark Taylor, was born and raised in Chester county, Tennessee. He later moved his residency to Hardemen County and then finally to Jackson, Tennessee. He participated in Special Olympics, loved Coca Cola and had one of the biggest smiles there was to be seen. He also loved his...
Myrtle Sowell
Nov 1, 2013
Myrtle Lee Sowell was born May 11, 1926 in McNairy, TN the daughter of the late Oliver and Ella Meeks Willcutt.She was united in marriage to Tim Sowell on August 8, 1950. Mr. Sowell preceded her in death on August 22, 1968. Mrs. Sowell was a homemaker. Her passion in life was gardening, she loved growing vegetables, tending flowers, and...
Gladye Stanfield Derryberry
Oct 31, 2013
Gladye Stanfield Derryberry passed away Thursday, October 31, 2013 at Hospice Ministries in Jackson, MS. She was born September 19, 1912 at Ramer, TN, the daughter of Arlie J. and Virgie Morrow Stanfield.She retired from the Ramer Post Office in 1980 after 20 years of service. She was a member of the Antioch church of Christ until moving to Clinton,...
Evelyn Easterwood
Oct 31, 2013
Mrs. Easterwood passed from this life Thursday morning, October 31, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. A native of Hardeman County, she was the daughter of the late Giles Charles and Annie Belcher Sexton and lived in the Rogers Springs area until she was 18. In 1948, after graduation from Middleton High School, she moved to Memphis where she...
J. P. Henson
Oct 31, 2013
Mr. J. P. Henson, age 85 of Whiteville, departed this life Thursday morning, October 31, 2013 at the Harris Grove Retirement Center in Whiteville.Mr. Henson was born in Hardeman County November 26, 1927 to the late Prentiss Obion and Nancy Hall Henson and lived the majority of his life in Whiteville. On January 15, 1961, he was united in marriage...
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