Obituary Listing

Jan 12, 2008

Jan 12, 2008

Staff Sgt. Mark Anthony Austin, USAF Ret. was born October 14, 1951 in Henderson County, Tennessee the son of Raynelle Rhodes Austin Pinkston and the late Marville Austin.He was united in marriage to Marlene Neisler .He was the pastor of the Victory Temple Church in Bethel Springs, Tennessee for 23 years, retired United States Air Force staff sergeant, and he...

Jan 12, 2008

Sidney Allen Poag was born June 13, 1931 in Tate County, Mississippi the son of the late Joseph Samuel and Lorena Pardue Poag.He was united in marriage to Jean Holden on October 11, 1947.Mr. Poag was a truck driver for Aqua Glass Corporation . He was a member of the Finger Church of Christ in Finger, Tennessee. He never met...

Jan 12, 2008

She was born in Chester County, the daughter of the late Hugh and Loda Wilkins Carroll. She was married to D.L. Stewart. She worked as a cashier and clerk at various grocery stores and shops in Henderson. She was member of the Threads of Love Organization in Jackson. She is survived by a daughter; Ann Petersen of Jackson; a sister...

Jan 11, 2008

Funeral services for Betty Sue Wright, age 70, a resident of Wayne County Nursing Home, formerly of Collinwood, will be 1:00 pm Sunday, January 13, 2008 at Shackelford Chapel in Collinwood with Josh Stults and Butch Kephart officiating. Interment will follow in Cromwell Crossroads Cemetery with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of arrangements.Mrs. Wright, a native of...

Jan 11, 2008

Columbus Dearl Finley was born May 15, 1938 in Reeves, Missouri the son of the late Joel Gilbert and Mary Martin Finley.He was united in marriage to Mavis Marie Stone on April 6, 1996.Mr. Finley was a Truck Driver . He was a member of the Christian Assembly Pentecostal Church in Adamsville, Tennessee.He departed this life on January 11, 2008...

Jan 11, 2008

Services for Harold Ray Prater, age 75, of Waynesboro, TN will be Monday, Jan 14, 2008 at 10 am at Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel in Waynesboro, TN with Terry White and Cal Hampton officiating. Burial with military rites will be in Clifton Cemetery in Clifton, TN with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County directing. Pallbearers will be Wallace Holder, Jim...

Jan 10, 2008

Lois Blackwelderwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on July 6, 1923 the daughter of the late Grady and Erma Cagle Shelby.On October 25, 1939 she was united in marriage to Bert Smith Blackwelder, who preceded her in death on September 22, 2005.Mrs. Blackwelder was a life long resident of Hardin County. She was employed with Brown Shoe for 12 years...

Jan 10, 2008

Shirley Ann Lambert was born in Savannah, Tennessee on July 29, 1943 the daughter of the late Jesse Frank and Ida Faye "Outlaw" Robbins.She was united in marriage to John Lambert, who preceded her in death.During her life she had worked at Cotton Express as a tester. She was a member of the Church of Nazarene.Mrs. Lambert departed this life...

Jan 10, 2008

Larry George Gean was born on April 2, 1942 the son of the late Owen William and Alice Marie Jones Gean.On July 26, 1963 he married Nancy Scott, who survives.During his life Mr. Gean had worked for the Paper Mill for 15 years, owned Gean's Furniture for 11 years, and worked at Pickwick State Park for 13 years before retiring....

Jan 10, 2008

Mr. Bumpus died Thursday evening at his home in Saulsbury, TN.A native of Hickory Flat, MS, he was the son of the late Albert and Myrtle Mays Bumpus and had lived in Saulsbury since his childhood. Mr. Bumpus married the former Rose Mary Yopp on November 4, 1961 and was a member of the class of 1960 at Grand Junction...

Jan 8, 2008

Ms. Hines died Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, MS.She was the daughter of the late Hiram Melton and Nina Lee Black Hines. Born in Ripley, MS, she lived for eleven years in New Hampshire where she worked for the Legislative Budget Assistance Office. The remainder of her life, she was a resident of Saulsbury.A...

Jan 8, 2008

He was born and reared in Gibson County, near Trenton, the son of the late John Neeley and Ada Luizi Thedford Cooper. In 1938 was married to Birdie Marie Young. They made their home in the Wilson School Community of Chester County all their married life. Mr. Cooper farmed and worked in the timber business. Mrs. Cooper died in 1997.He...

Jan 8, 2008

She was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, the daugher of the late Weldon A. and Evelyn Margaret Sayles Nicholls. She attended school in Michigan. She moved from Michigan as a young lady and lived and worked in the Mid South area, including, Senatobia Convalescent Home and Baddour Memorial Center and Wesley Meadows Retirement Village. She began work at Aramark...

Jan 7, 2008

Mr. Foster died Monday afternoon at his home near Walnut, MS.The son of the late Joseph Foster Kirby, Sr. and Peggy Joyce McClintock Foster, who survives, he was born in Grand Junction, TN and lived most of his life in Memphis and Walnut. He was a member of County Line Baptist Church, where along with his father, helped build the...

Jan 7, 2008

Floyd (Red) Cummingswas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on June 24, 1915 the son of the late John Thomas and Memphi Mitchell Cummings.He was united in marriage May 1936 to MaryBelle Gammill, who preceded him in death on April 30, 2001.Mr. Cummings had lived in the Olive Hill community, later moving to the Walkertown community, and then to Savannah, where...

Jan 7, 2008

ANGEL MARIE SMITHDeparted this life on January 7, 2008. She was the daughter of Kevin Smith of Adamsville, Tennessee and Patricia Jo Danielle Williams of Adamsville, Tennessee.Other than her parents, she is survived by her grandparents, Bob and Kathy Smith of Saltillo, Tennessee and Daniel Williams of Nashville, Tennessee.her great-grandfather, Watson Price of Adamsville, Tennessee.Angel was preceded in death by...

Jan 7, 2008

Willie Inez Gage of Bethel Springs was born on February 27, 1916, to the late Uless and Frances Floyd Plunk. She was a homemaker, a member of Purdy Presbyterian Church, and a former member of the Eastern Star. She was the widow of Aubrey Gage who preceded her in death on July 29, 1980.Mrs. Gage passed from this life on...

Jan 6, 2008

Bobbie Jean Lax died Sunday morning, January 6, 2008, at Bolivar General Hospital.A native of Hardeman County, she also lived in Memphis for a time. She was married to Lee Curtis Lax, who died in October, 2006 and was a Baptist in belief.She leaves her daughter Tracy Lynn Koch of Nebit, MS; two sons, William Matthew Capshaw and Jessie Lee...

Jan 6, 2008

Virgie Jeweldine McLaughlin Tidwellwas born in Florence, Alabama on June 30, 1934 the daughter of the late Jewelius and Effie Gray McLaughlin.On August 15, 1953 she was united in marriage to John Willie Tidwell, Sr., who survives.Mrs. Tidwell worked as a seamstress for Spring City Manufacturing in Spring City, Tennessee. During her life she had lived in Cloverdale, Alabama, Ten...