JIMMIE KIRBY HEARN
Henderson, TN: Jimmie Dean Kirby Hearn, age 92, passed away December 31, 2009 at the home of her daughter.
She was born and reared in Chester County near the Masseyville Community, the daughter of the late James Benjamin and Murla Roland Kirby. She attended schools in Chester County and McNairy County and graduated from Bethel Springs High School and attended Freed Hardeman College and received a B.S. Degree from Bethel College in McKenzie. She was married to John Robert Hearn in 1941. They made their home in the Hearn’s Chapel Community all their married life.
She began teaching at Bethesda School in McNairy County and taught thirty three and a half years in elementary schools in Chester and McNairy Counties and retired from West Chester Elementary in 1979.
She was an active member in the Pisgah and Trinity United Methodist Churches, teaching Sunday school and serving on the official board.
She is survived by a daughter, Sherri Hearn of Henderson and two grandchildren, Casey Pevahouse and Daniel Pevahouse of Henderson and two sisters, Sue Nell Curtis of Selmer and Jane Smith of Lebanon, TN.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Robert Hearn in 1999 and three brothers, Robert Kirby, Charles Kirby and Jack Kirby and two sisters Frankie Hearn and Sallie Kirby