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Jerry E. Trainum

February 25, 1936 — January 9, 2021

Jerry E. Trainum, 84 years 10 months, 15 days, of Middleton, passed from this life Saturday, January 9, 2021 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.

She was born Tuesday, February 25, 1936 in Saulsbury, daughter of the late Robert E. Downen and Cuba Lipford Downen and lived her whole life here. She married Jimmie Neal Trainum on July 25, 1954 and was a homemaker, raising and taking care of her children. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church where she worked in the nursery and with the teens.

Survivors include her husband of 66 1/2 years, Jimmie Neal Trainum; a daughter, Pam Grantham (Rickey) of Middleton; a son, Steve Trainum (Cheryl) of Bolivar; two brothers, Leon Downen of Hernando, MS and Robert Downen of Middleton; five grandchildren, Mendy Murphy (Wesley), Kelly Grantham, Amber Majors (Bryce), Ashley and Autumn Trainum; and seven great grandchildren, Haley, Gracie, Savannah, Layla, Westin, Zachary and Zoey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by five half sisters, Edver Pope, Earline Smith, Bessie Jeter, Mary Byrd and Esther Roberts; two brothers, Hugh and Joe Downen; and four half brothers, Nathan Earnest, Bill, Wallace and Douglas Downen. Memorial contributions in her name may be sent to Trinity Baptist Church.

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Service Schedule

Past Services

Visitation

Sunday, January 17, 2021

12:00 - 2:00 pm (Eastern time)

Shackelford Funeral Directors

109 Mecklinburg Drive, Bolivar, TN 38008

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Chapel Services

Sunday, January 17, 2021

Starts at 2:00 pm (Eastern time)

Shackelford Funeral Directors

109 Mecklinburg Drive, Bolivar, TN 38008

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Cemetery

Bolivar Memorial Cemetery

401 Orange Street, Bolivar, TN 38008

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