James "Jim" Clare Carpenter
Aug 11, 2025
James “Jim” Clare Carpenter
September 9, 1933 – August 11, 2025
James Clare Carpenter, 91, of Savannah, Tennessee, passed away peacefully at home on August 11, 2025, surrounded by his loving family.
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Eula and Clare Carpenter, Jim grew up with a love for automobiles, working in his shop and helping others. He married Betty Hooker in 1952, who...
Dr. Stacey Lane Evans
Aug 10, 2025
Dr. Stacey Lane Evans Markham
1985 – 2025
Dr. Stacey Lane Evans, 40, passed away on August 10, 2025.
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Stacey spent her childhood on the Ames Plantation, where she developed a deep appreciation for family, community, and the beauty of the natural world. She recently made her home in St. Louis, Missouri, with her beloved husband, Matthew Markham. She...
Barry E. Moore
Aug 10, 2025
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Barry E. Moore, who left us on August 10, 2025, in Michie, Tennessee, at the age of 80 years. He was born on February 3, 1945, in Michie, the son of the late Clifford Washington and Geneva Louise Brown Moore.
Barry shared a lifetime of love and partnership with his...
Patricia Ann Huggins Russell
Aug 10, 2025
Patricia Ann Huggins Russell was born April 10, 1944 in Shelby County, TN the daughter of the late Cazie Huggins and Abbie Yarbrough Huggins. She departed this life on August 10, 2025 in Selmer, Tennessee at the age of 81 Years, 4 Months.
Pat graduated Ramer High School and united in marriage with Ernest Lamar Russell on November 23, 1960. Their...
Emily Smith
Aug 10, 2025
Emily Smith, 77, of Grand Junction, passed from this life Sunday, August 10, 2025, at Bolivar General Hospital.
She was born Sunday, January 18, 1948, in Memphis, daughter of the late Earl M. Smith, Sr. and Lois Eastham Smith and lived in Memphis until retiring to Grand Junction. After graduating from Grand Junction High School in 1966, Emily attended UT Martin...
Freeman Kidder
Aug 9, 2025
Freeman Keith Kidder, age 85, passed away at his home Saturday, August 9, 2025.
Mr. Kidder was born in Hanover, NH, raised in Bradford, VT, the son of the late Keith Albion Kidder and Nora Mae Thurston Kidder. He was a graduate of Bradford Academy.
He attended Vermont Tech to study civil engineering and studied in computer courses in Hanover. He was...
Rebecca Gail Mitchell Nguyen
Aug 9, 2025
Rebecca Gail Mitchell Nguyen, 59, was born in Savannah, Tennessee on September 4, 1965 and departed this life on August 9, 2025. She was the daughter of the late Wallace and Luley Sue Mitchell.
Rebecca worked in the past at Park Rest Nursing Home, Parris South Elementary School as a custodian and drove a school bus for many years for Hardin...
Mary Pyron Lambert
Aug 9, 2025
Mary Pyron Lambert, 94, of Savannah, Tennessee, was born March 21, 1931, in Counce, Tennessee, and departed this life on August 9, 2025, in Haleyville, Alabama. She was the second child of Owen and Emma Fields Pyron.
Mary graduated from Shiloh High School in 1949 and married Herman Lambert, on April 15, 1950. In the fall of 1953, Mary and Herman...
Peggy Weaver
Aug 9, 2025
Henderson: Peggy Jean Marsh Weaver passed away Saturday morning August 9 at Henderson Health and Rehab.
She was born April 3, 1932, the daughter of the late Burl Odell (Dell) and Sudie Lavelle Gilland Marsh. She grew up in the Montezuma Community of Chester County, attended Montezuma Elementary and Chester County High School and lived at Montezuma until the age of...
Bruce Wayne Manley
Aug 8, 2025
Bruce Wayne Manley was born May 9, 1957 in San Fernando, CA the son of the late Perry Ray Manley and Yvonne "YC" Douglas Manley Cody. He departed this life on August 8, 2025 in Selmer, Tennessee at the age of 68 Years, 2 Months, 30 Days.
Bruce devoted his heart to Elizabeth Ann Springer in marriage, and together they created...
Kathy Youngblood
Aug 8, 2025
Kathy Youngblood, 65, of Middleton, passed from this life Friday, August 8, 2025 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
She was born in Somerville to the late Billy Moss and Faye Ervin Moss Chase and lived most all of her life in Hardeman and Hardin counties. Primarily a homemaker, Kathy began her working career, as a teenager, as one of the first...
Reaber Virginia Smith
Aug 8, 2025
Reaber Virginia Brown Smith, age 89, passed away peacefully on August 8, 2025 surrounded by love. Reaber was born on September 13, 1935 to Samuel Kirk Brown and Virgie Myrtle Milford Brown. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Kids always adored her because she would spoil them but she could also just spend time with them and...
Shirley McCormick
Aug 8, 2025
Mrs. McCormick departed this life on Friday evening at her home.
Born in Selmer, she was the daughter of the late George Washington Dickey and Emma Louise McDaniel Dickey and lived most of her life in the Roger Springs community. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters, Wavie, Ethel, Beatrice and Leetha; and seven brothers,...
M. J. Plunk
Aug 8, 2025
Pinson, TN: Mary Jane Plunk passed away August 8th at Maplewood Healthcare in Jackson.
She was born in Finger, TN, the daughter of the late Henry Howard Plunk, Sr. and the late Bonnie Lee Wright Plunk. She grew up in Finger and went to school in McNairy County, graduating from high school there.
She worked in Jackson at Proctor and Gamble in...
James Edward Monroe
Aug 7, 2025
James Edward Monroe James Edward Monroe was born May 22, 1950 in McNairy County, TN, the son of the late Willie Monroe and Eva Irene Baker Pearson Monroe. He departed this life on August 7, 2025 in Corinth, Mississippi at the age of 75 Years, 2 Months, 16 Days.
James was united in marriage to Vickie Gean Bratton on September 29,...
Angelia "Angie" Harris
Aug 7, 2025
ANGELIA “ANGIE” HARRIS
Finger, TN: Angelia Lynn Harris, age 62, passed away August 7, 2025, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.
She was born August 7, 1963, in Medon, TN, the daughter of Katheryn Faye Cox and the late Skylon Clinton Lively. She grew up in Medon and was a 1981 graduate of Southside High School in Jackson.
She married Tommy Lee Harris...
Karen Lynn Staggs
Aug 7, 2025
Karen Lynn Warren Staggs of Waynesboro, TN. Was born on September 15, 1958, in Hohenwald, TN. The Daughter of the late Alvin Warren Jr. and Wilda Jean Warren of Clifton, TN. Karen departed this life on August 7th, 2025, at her home with her husband Larry Staggs, by her side. Larry and Karen were married August 23, 1989. 36 years...
James "Punkin" Sisco
Aug 7, 2025
James "Punkin" Sisco, 59, of Hickory Valley, departed this life on Thursday morning, August 7, 2025, at his home.
Born in Jackson, Mr. Sisco was a life-long resident of Hickory Valley where he worked as a self-employed logger for 33 years before retirement in 2021. He was the son of the late James Douglas Sisco and Betty Mae Chambers Stanfill, who...
Charles Ray Banks
Aug 7, 2025
Charles Ray Banks, of Savannah, died on August 7, 2025 at the age of 83.
He was born in Hardin County on January 7, 1942. He was the son of the late William Clyde and Rudy Wilkerson Banks.
He was married to the late Betty Barton on April 14, 1990 at Old Union Church.
He worked at Harmon's Worm Ranch, Hassell Lumber Company,...
Gordon Heath
Aug 6, 2025
Gordon Heath a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, was born on September 14, 1950, in Michie, TN, to the late Rubel and Nora Banks Heath. He was united in marriage to Carrol Fletcher on December 16, 1972, sharing a life filled with love and commitment.
Gordon dedicated many years of his life to his work, retiring from Intermet in...
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