Obituary Listing

Mar 30, 2008

Miss Black died Sunday evening at Pine Meadows Nursing Home in Bolivar. She was the daughter of the late Monroe Livingston Black and Viola Jane Holloway Black and was a life long resident of Hardeman County. She retired as an office clerk for the Hardeman Farmers Co-Op and was a member of the Bolivar Cumberland Presbyterian Church.Survivors include two sisters,...

Mar 30, 2008

Mrs. Moore died Sunday morning, March 30, 2008, at her home. The widow of James Roy Moore, who died in 1987, she was the manager of the patient canteen at Western Mental Health Insitute, retiring in 1979. She was born to James Thomas Lane and Irene Robley Lane, both of whom preceded her in death and lived all of her...

Mar 29, 2008

Mr. Vue died Saturday, March 29, 2008, at Baptist Hospital in Memphis. The husband of Ya Vue, who survives, he was a technician with Mid South Premier. He was born to Nao H. and Khou Her Vue of Middleton and was a member of Hmong Assembly of God.In addition to his wife, whom he married in 1975, and his parents,...

Mar 29, 2008

Earnest D. Shelby was born November 26, 1946 in Decaturville, Tennessee the son of the late Noble Earnest and Carrie Kennedy Shelby.He was united in marriage to Linda Fay Sweat on January 14, 1968.Mr. Shelby was a retired tool and dye maker for General Electric. He was a member of the House of Mercy in Morris Chapel, Tennessee. He served...

Mar 28, 2008

Alma Jean Cookwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on May 23, 1931 the daughter of the late Frederick Lee and Myrtle Ethel Tacker Cook.On May 3, 1947 she married Daniel Welch, who preceded her in death on May 30, 2006.Mrs. Welch was a devoted wife, a loving, wonderful mother and grandmother. She was a member of the First Church of...

Mar 28, 2008

Mrs. Mary Una (Murphy) Rich, age 92, of Florence, AL died March 28, 2008 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was a native of Lauderdale County, Alabama, but had lived in Tuscaloosa for 30 years before returning to Florence in 2002. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and sister and a faithful Christian and a member...

Mar 28, 2008

Mar 28, 2008

Patsy Jane Ruthwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on August 13, 1933 the daughter of the late Ples and Vonnie Phillips.In 1951 she married Lee Ward Ruth, who preceded her in death on December 28, 1996.Mrs. Ruth worked as an inspector for H.I.S. Plant in Saltillo, Tennessee. She was a member of the Adamsville Senior Citizens and of Methodist belief.Mrs....

Mar 27, 2008

Shirley Vandiver Elliott, age 60, passed away March 27, 2008, as a result of injuries received in the same accident which took the life also of her sister and best friend, Mary Jo Patterson of Bartlett, March 26, 2008.She was born in Finger, TN the daughter of the late Henry and Josie Wharton Vandiver, she attended school in McNairy County....

Mar 27, 2008

Annie H. Mills was born October 17, 1916 in Ramer, Tennessee the daughter of the late Robert Benton and Nancy Jane Lawson Hamm.On October 28, 1943, she was united in marriage to Glenn Marlin Mills who preceded her in death on December 23, 2007.Mrs. Mills was a Homemaker. She was a member of the Mount Vernon Cumberland Presbyterian Church in...

Mar 27, 2008

Funeral services for Alta Bernice Patterson of Waynesboro will be 1:00 pm Saturday, March 29, 2008 at Shackelford Chapel in Waynesboro with Jerry Robbins and H.H.Hurst officiating. Interment will follow in Cromwell Crossroads Cemetery near Collinwood with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of arrangements.She was born in Lutts, TN, a daughter of the late Charlie and Lula...

Mar 27, 2008

Preston E. King was born June 3, 1934 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of the late Dim and Mittie Ester Adkinson King.He was united in marriage to Shirlene Goolsby on December 24, 1954.Mr. King was a salesman for Locke Brothers. He was a member of the Piney Grove Church of God in Selmer, Tennessee. He enjoyed working in his...

Mar 26, 2008

Bartlett, TN: Mary Jo Patterson, age 66, passed away March 26, 2008, as a result of injuries received in the same accident which also took the life of her sister and best friend Shirley Elliott, of Selmer on March 27, 2008. She was born in Finger, the daughter of the late Henry and Josie Wharton Vandiver. She was married to...

Mar 26, 2008

She was born and reared in Lawrence County, TN, the daughter of the late Manuel and Lillian Hall Johnson. She attended school in Lawrence County. She was married to James Silas'Tex' Ritter in 1947. They made their home at Morris Chapel, where they farmed. She had also worked at Garan Mfg. and Hardwood factories. Mr. Ritter died in 1995 and...

Mar 26, 2008

Mrs. Donna Hibbitt was born March 24, 1953 in Chicago, IL the daughter of David and the late Allene Melton Tims. Mrs.Hibbitt departed this life on March 26, 2008 in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 55 Years, 2 Days.Services will be held on March 28, 2008 at 1:00 PM at Shackelford Funeral Directors-Johnson Chapel in Henderson with Bro. Jimmy...

Mar 26, 2008

Henderson: Nettie Page Jones, age 79, died March 26, 2008, Jackson Madison County General Hospital.She was born in Henderson County, the daughter of the late Charlie and Lassie Powers Page. She attended school in Henderson County. She was married to Albert J. Jones, December 20, 1947. They made their home around the Glendale Community of Chester County. She was a...

Mar 25, 2008

Mrs. Yopp passed away Tuesday at her home. The widow of Carl Yopp, who died on September 23, 2000, she was a homemaker and had worked for a time at Western Mental Health Institute. She was born in Hickory Valley, daughter of the late R. Council and Elizabeth Renshaw Holmes and lived in Little Rock over 40 years. Mrs. Yopp...

Mar 25, 2008

Funeral services for William Hubert (Bill) Fortner, age 70, of Florence, AL will be Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 3 pm at Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel in Collinwood, TN with David Ruslow and Wes Gurley officiating. Burial with military rites will be in Railroad Cemetery, Iron City, TN, with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County directing. Visitation will be Thursday,...

Mar 24, 2008

Mr. John Thomas "Tom" Perry, 71, of Whiteville died March 24, 2008 at Methodist Fayette Hospital, Somerville after a brief illness. Mr. Perry was born July 19, 1936 in the Fayette Corner community. He is survived by a brother Richard" Jerry" Perry and wife Bettye, his sister-in-law, Sharon Perry, a niece and two nephews. He was preceded in death by...

Mar 23, 2008

She was born and reared on the Benson farm near Reagan, the daughter of the late Evans V. and Lena Tidwell Benson. She went to school at Centerpoint and Milledgeville. She was married to James M. Cherry in 1945. They made their home in Memphis, where she worked in light bulb production at the General Electric Lamp Plant. She retired...