Johnny Hayes Linton
Feb 14, 2013
Johnny Hayes LintonHenderson: Johnny Hayes Linton, age 52, died Thursday, February 14, 2013 at his home near Henderson.Mr. Linton was born in Henderson and grew up in the Talley Store Community of Chester County, the son of the late Willie and Lola Mae Burross Linton. He attended Chester County schools. He worked on local farms as a young man and...
Mary Louise Bates
Feb 13, 2013
Mary Louise Brotherton Bates, 93, of Cordova, TN passed from this life Wednesday morning February 13, 2013 following a brief illness.Born February 3, 1920 in Saulsbury, TN to Thomas Huey and Mary Ida Brotherton, she lived in Saulsbury until she moved to Memphis in the 1940s to work for Fisher Aircraft Co. riveting airplane wings during WWII. On November 4,...
Truman Boggs
Feb 13, 2013
Truman Frank Boggs was born on June 23, 1930 in Hardin County to the late Dalton and Annie Riddell Boggs. He was married to Carrie Dare, who preceded him in death.Mr. Boggs served his country honorably in the United Stated Air Force and was stationed in Okinawa, Japan. He worked at Hotpoint in Chicago before returning to Hardin County. He...
Willodean Staggs
Feb 12, 2013
Willodean Wilson Staggs of Waynesboro, TN, formerly of the Southgate community, was born August 28, 1922 in Iron City, TN, the daughter of the late Shelby Warren and Ida Lee Barnett Wilson. She was united in marriage to Curtis M. Staggs on September 8, 1943 and he preceded her in death on August 24, 1994.Mrs. Staggs was a homemaker.Mrs. Staggs...
Margaret Whittemore
Feb 12, 2013
Mrs. Margaret Wittemore of Whiteville departed this life at the age of 87 years Tuesday afternoon, February 12, 2013 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Mrs. Whittemore was born in Lansing, Michigan May 17, 1925 to the late Theodore F. and Celia Chestnut Wells. On August 16, 1963, she was united in marriage to Raymond Landers Whittemore, who preceded her in...
George Lorton Berry
Feb 12, 2013
George Lorton Berry was born October 13, 1923 in Wayne County, TN the son of the late George Washington and Grace Warrington Berry. In addition to his parents, Mr. Berry was preceded in death by a son, Stanley Berry; two brothers, Warrington Berry and Eugene Berry; two sisters, Audrey Sowden and Peggy Grandinetti. Mr. Berry died Tuesday, February 12, 2013...
Vivian Ann Dillihunt
Feb 11, 2013
VIVIAN ANN DILLIHUNTwas born on November 21, 1961, in Hardin County, Tennessee, to Frank Willie Lee and Annie Laura Dixon Dillihunt, who preceded their daughter in death.Vivian worked for McNairy Healthcare Centers for twenty years as a CNA. She was a member of the St. John Baptist Church in Savannah, Tennessee. She loved to spend her time watching wrestling on...
Carl Mitchell
Feb 11, 2013
Mrs. Carl Mitchell passed from this life Monday night, February 11, 2013 in Somerville, TN at the age of 92 years 6 months and 5 days.Mrs. Mitchell was born August 6, 1920 to Bruce and Pearl Crews Chambers in Macon, TN. She married Robert A. Mitchell, October 25, 1936 and was married for 75 years until his passing on September...
Glen A. Curtis
Feb 11, 2013
Glen A. Curtis was born October 17, 1942 in Selmer, TN the son of the late John Wesley and Virble Sanders Curtis.He was united in marriage to Nancy Burrow on September 11, 1990.Mr. Curtis graduated from Selmer High School in 1960. After graduation, he began his law enforcement career as a deputy sheriff serving under Sheriff Buford Pusser, he then...
Mary Lynn Middleton
Feb 11, 2013
MARY LYNN MCKENZIE MIDDLETONFinger, TN: Mary Lynn McKenzie Middleton, age 82 passed away February 11, 2013 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.Mrs. Middleton was born and reared in the Center Point Community of Chester County the daughter of the late Henry Reeder and Irma Ethel Baker McKenzie. She graduated from Chester County High School in 1948 and in 1949 married...
Nora Mae Plunk
Feb 11, 2013
Nora Mae Hornbuckle Plunk was born May 7, 1922 in Bethel Springs, TN the daughter of the late Harry Lee and Mandy Elizabeth Williams Hornbuckle.She was united in marriage to James L. Plunk on October 12, 1957. Mr. Plunk preceded her in death on July 14, 1987, following 29 years of marriage. Mrs. Plunk was formerly employed by Harwood Manufacturing...
Jerry Harold Henley
Feb 10, 2013
Mr. Henley died Sunday morning, February 10, 2013, at his home near Somerville.A native and long-time resident of Fayette County, Mr. Henley was the son of the late Audrey Burton Henley and Clara Graham Henley, who survives. He married Dorothy Jean Howard on August 18, 1962. They were married over 50 years, at the time of his passing. He worked...
James Edward Ballard
Feb 10, 2013
James Edward Ballard was the son of the late Walter and Azalee Ballard of Montezuma. He lived his entire life on the family farm. He attended school at Montezuma.James was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Henderson.He worked as a school bus driver, mechanic, carpenter, painter, farmer, and retired at American Olean Tile in Jackson, TN due to failing...
Doris Young
Feb 10, 2013
DORIS YOUNGwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on September 7, 1936 the daughter of the late John Andrew and Annie Garner Willoughby.On September 4, 1957 she was united in marriage to Travis Young, who survives.Mrs. Young was retired after 15 years as a seamstress from Angelica. She was a member of Mt. Hermon Baptist Church for 43 years. Ms. Young...
Joe Barnes
Feb 9, 2013
Joe Barnes was born January 9, 1928 in Selmer, TN the son of the late Oscar and Ethel Cooper Barnes.He was united in marriage to Virginia Kiser on April 28, 1945. Mrs. Barnes preceded him in death on September 21, 2012.Mr. Barnes retired from Harmon Automotive in Bolivar, TN. He attended Falcon Baptist Church in Selmer, Tennessee. He loved fishing,...
Stanley James Smith
Feb 9, 2013
REV. STANLEY JAMES SMITHHenderson, TN: Rev. Stanley James Smith age 88, passed away February 9, 2013, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.He was born in Jefferson Davis County, MS the son of the late Jewell and Linnie Mae Polk Smith. He graduated from Monticello High School in 1942 and attended Mississippi College in Clinton, MS graduating in 1945, the Baptist...
Calvin Coolidge Creecy
Feb 9, 2013
Calvin Coolidge Creecy of Waynesboro, TN was born December 21, 1924 in Wayne Co., TN, the son of the late Hobert and Rose Dugger Creecy. He was united in marriage to Naomi Gobbell on December 20, 1946 and she preceded him in death on November 6, 2008.Mr. Creecy was a farmer and retired factory worker, having worked at Genesco and...
Mary Lou Mitchell Plunk
Feb 9, 2013
Mary Lou Mitchell Plunk of Henderson, Tennessee passed away on Saturday, February 09, 2013 at the Henderson Health and Rehab Center. She was born and reared in Finger, Tennessee the daughter of the late E.L. (Fate) and Ola Frix Naylor. She went to school in McNairy County and in 1936 she married James Ovid Mitchell of the Sweetlips Community. They...
Larry Wayne Simpson
Feb 9, 2013
Mr. Simpson died Saturday night at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.He was born in Memphis, the son of the late Robert Harold Simpson and Mary Jean Murley Simpson, who survives. A 1968 graduate of Middleton High School, he lived all his life in Middleton. He worked as a cook and was a member of Middleton First United Methodist Church.In addition to...
Stephen Freed Sasser
Feb 9, 2013
Stephen Freed Sasser passed away at his home on Saturday, February 9, 2013. He was preceded in death by his wife, Valeria McBride Sasser, on August 21, 2012 after 62 years of marriage.A native and life-long resident of Hardeman County, he was the son of the late Albert and Nellie Crawford Sasser. Mr. Sasser served his country as a member...
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