John Jester
Feb 17, 2009
JOHN JESTERHenderson: John Harvey Jester, age 76, died February 17, 2009 at his home.He was born in Dyer County and raised in Memphis, TN, the son of the late Joseph Augusta and Roma Brock Jester. He graduated Messick High School in Memphis in 1950. He entered the U.S. Air Force in 1951 and served in Korea and flew reconnaissance missions...
Dorothy Taylor
Feb 16, 2009
Dorothy (Dot) Dillon Taylor was born January 27, 1921 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of the late James Alexander and Callie Gay Dillon.She was united in marriage to Winfield Aulcy Taylor on October 14, 1939 . Mr. Taylor preceded her in death on December 19, 2002.Mrs. Taylor was a member of New Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian church. She and her...
Geneva Melton
Feb 16, 2009
GENEVA NAYLOR MELTONHenderson, TN: Geneva Carleen Naylor Melton, age 87, died February 16, 2009 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.She was born in McNairy County and reared in Chester County, the daughter of the late Monty Arthur and Mose Annie Kirkpatrick Naylor. She attended school in Chester County and worked on the farm. She was employed in factories in Henderson...
Carl Inman
Feb 16, 2009
Services will be held on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 1:00 PM at Shackelford Funeral Home, Waynesboro Tennessee, with Ronnie Gobbell officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Gardens, Waynesboro, Tennessee with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements.Mr. Inman departed this life on Monday, February 16, 2009 at his residence in Waynesboro, Tennessee at the age...
Martha G. Black
Feb 15, 2009
Martha G. Siler Black was born April 6, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee the daughter of the late Edward (Curtis) and Alice McNeil Siler.She was united in marriage to Jimmie Black who preceded her in death on January 15, 1997.Mrs. Black was a member and secretary for Lakeview Baptist Church for 20 years. She was a life member of the AMVETS...
Roger Wayne Haggard
Feb 15, 2009
Roger Wayne Haggardwas born in Savannah, Tennessee on October 17, 1957 the son of Tommy Gene and Annie Margaret Ables Haggard.Mr. Haggard had lived in Hardin County all his life. He had worked for TVEC as a Journey Lineman and at Milledgeville Truck Stop with his dad. He was a very devoted, loving father, and a loyal son and sibling....
James Larry White
Feb 15, 2009
JAMES LARRY (POSSUM) WHITEwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on September 11, 1942 the son of the late Oscar Melvin and Dovie Louise Higgins White.On January 16, 1968 he was united in marriage to Carolyn Phillips, who survives.Mr. White was a retired construction worker, he worked for ISI installation systems. Mr. White was a United States Army Veteran. He was...
Sister Kathy Maxine Bittle
Feb 15, 2009
SISTER KATHY MAXINE WOOTEN BITTLEwas born in Jonesboro, Arkansas on April 10, 1954 the daughter of Marcie Johnson Wisby and the late William Gentry Wooten.On August 31, 1973 she was united in marriage to Reverend Wayne Bittle, who survives.Mrs. Bittle was a secretary and a homemaker. She was a member of Church of the Nazarene in Savannah. Mrs. Bittle loved...
Nola Ellis
Feb 13, 2009
Nola Clifton Ellis was born June 3, 1916 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of the late William and Nina Moore Clifton.She was united in marriage to Louis E. Ellis on December 24, 1939. Mr. Ellis preceded her in death on May 3, 1979, after almost 40 years of marriage.Mrs. Ellis graduated from Selmer High School in 1935. She later...
Alec Neely Callahan
Feb 13, 2009
Mr. Callahan passed away Saturday at Bolivar General Hopsital. The husband of Isabel Foster Callahan, who survives, he was an office machines mechanic. He was born to Alec Neely Callahan, Sr. and Stevie Odella Burnett Callahan, both of whom preceded him in death and recently moved back to Hardeman County after 60 years in Shelby County. He was a veteran...
Patricia Smith
Feb 13, 2009
PATRICIA ‘PAT’ BUCHANAN SMITHJackson, TN: Patricia Ann Buchanan Smith, age 60, died February 13, 2009 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.She was born and reared in Jackson, the daughter of the late Edward Elonzo and Elma Kathryn Stansell Buchanan Ward. She was a homemaker and also cleaned houses. She had made her home in Jackson for the past several years....
Howard Evans
Feb 12, 2009
Howard Evanswas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on May 2, 1938 the son of the late John Young and Lantie Dean Rose Evans. On September 1, 1961, he was united in marriage to Carolyn Higgins, who survives.Mr. Evans retired from American Commercial Barge Line in Jefferson, Indiana where he was a River Boat Captain for 48 years, he had a...
Ruth Ervin
Feb 12, 2009
Mrs. Ervin passed away Thursday afternoon at Pine Meadows Healthcare Center.The widow of James A. 'Buck' Ervin, who died on June 21, 1988, after 48 years of marriage, she was an inspector with MasterSlack for 35 years. She was born to Charlie and Ida Scott Harris, both of whom preceded her in death and lived all of her life here....
Dewey C. Whitenton
Feb 12, 2009
Dewey C. Whitenton, 74, of Bolivar, passed away Thursday, Feb. 12. He was born in Bolivar and married Margaret 'Marne' Ellen Davis on April 30, 1960. Dewey was a graduate of Bolivar Central High School. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the Vanderbilt University. He served six years in the US Army and...
Danny Ray Goodman
Feb 12, 2009
DANNY GOODMANBeech Bluff, TN: Danny Ray Goodman, age 33, died February 12, 2009 at his parent’s home in Reagan.He was born in New Braunfels, TX and raised in TX, while living in Texas he worked in the Oil Fields on a seismograph crew. He moved to Tennessee in 2002. He was married to Angel Myers in January 2007 and they...
J. R. Morgan
Feb 12, 2009
J. R. Morgan of Michie, Tennessee, was born on July 24, 1947, to Georgia Childers Morgan and the late John R. Morgan. He had worked as a truck driver, a shrimp boat worker, a beaver dam demolitionist, and more recently for the railroad.Mr. Morgan passed from this life on Thursday, February 12, 2009, in Jackson, Tennessee, at the age of...
Travis Lott
Feb 11, 2009
TRAVIS LOTTHenderson: Travis Earl Lott, age 89, died February 11, 2009 at Humboldt Manor in Humboldt, TN.He was born and reared in Chester County, the son of the late Henderson Frances and Weida Pearl Stanfill Lott. He attended Chester County Schools and finished Vocational School at McKellar Field. He entered the U.S. Army and served at Pearl Harbor and Guam...
Iris Treece
Feb 11, 2009
Iris Clayton Treece Iris Clayton Treece, 88, died Tuesday, February 11, 2009, in the Brandon Regional Hospital in Tampa, Florida. Mrs. Treece was born in McNairy County to Manley and Avis Milford Clayton. She and her husband Henry Treece moved to Trenton, Tennessee, in 1951. They ran a plumbing and grocery business for some 25 years. Mr. Treece died in...
Harry Truman Williams
Feb 10, 2009
HARRY TRUMAN WILLIAMSMifflin, TN: Harry Truman Williams, age 63, died February 10, 2009 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.He was born and reared in the Mifflin Community in Chester County, the son of the late Joseph Elbert and Ophelia Joyner Williams. He attended school in Mifflin. He worked at Schultz Pants Mfg. and was married to Lois Eason in 1964....
Rozelle Malone
Feb 10, 2009
ROZELLE MALONEVirginia Rozelle White Malone, age 85, of Finger, died Feb. 10, 2009, at Chester County Healthcare. She was born and reared in Chester County, the daughter of the late James Woodard White and Velma Irene Inman White.She is survived by five sons, Forrest Malone (Donna) of Chandler, Ind., James Malone (Barbara) and Claudie Malone (Stella), all of Henderson, Joe...
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