Obituary Listing

Oct 1, 2007

Mr. Henson was born and reared in Hardeman County, near Silerton, the son of the late A.O. and Carrie Gee Henson. He went to high school in Bolivar and in 1934 was married to Johnnie Pearl Cupples. They moved to Chester County and had farmed in the Woodville Community all of their married life. He and Mr. Hubert Seaton formed...

Oct 1, 2007

Jeffrey Darrell Qualls was born April 27, 1953 in Selmer, Tennessee the son of James N. and Lila Fern Locke Qualls.Mr. Qualls was a Professional Painter .He departed this life on October 1, 2007 in Selmer, Tennessee at the age of 54 Years, 5 Months, 4 Days.In addition to his parents, Mr. Qualls is survived by a daughter, Casey Qualls...

Sep 30, 2007

She was born and reared in Mjishawaka, Indiana the daughter of the late Lester Nelson and Susie Mae Tippett Kraus. She was married to David Woodward in 1953 and they lived in Indiana, where Mr. Woodward was a contractor and farmer. They moved to Chester County in the 70's. Mr. Woodward died in 2003.She is survived by two adopted daughters,...

Sep 30, 2007

Mr. Talley was born and reared in the Talley Store Community of Chester County, the son of the late R.A. Talley, Sr. and Johnnie Florence Morris Talley. He graduated Chester County High School. He was married to Maurine Seaton in 1938 and lived all their married life in the Talley Community. Mr. Talley was a farmer, a ginner at Talley’s...

Sep 30, 2007

Sep 30, 2007

SURVILLA SULLIVANwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on June 17, 1911 the daughter of the late Allen Lafayette and Carrie Matilda Worley Hicks.In 1933 she was united in marriage to James Cranston Sullivan, who preceded his wife in death on August 9, 1965.Mrs. Sullivan worked for 35 years as a top stitcher for Brown Shoe Company. She was a teacher...

Sep 29, 2007

JASON A. DAVISwas born in Madison County, Tennessee on October 13, 1977 the son of James Howard Davis and Patricia Jane Benson Nelson.Mr. Davis was a escort driver for Redneck Escorts. He was a member of Hopewell Baptist Church. Jason was a member of cub scouts. He enjoyed Fishing, Nascar racing, junk collecting and taking the baby to the park.Mr....

Sep 29, 2007

John H. Roten of Selmer, Tennessee, was born on October 3, 1925, in McNairy County, the son of the late Thomas Andrew Roten and Lora Hicks Roten. He was united in marriage to Inez Thompson on June 29, 1946. They made their home in Memphis for 43 years. Mr. Roten was a retired automotive body shop manager and parts salesman....

Sep 29, 2007

Henderson Tennessee Funeral services for Mrs. Faye Cooper age 99 will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday from the Chapel of Leon Johnson Funeral Home with Bro. Max Cooper officiating. Burial will be in the Old Montezuma Cemetery.Mrs. Cooper the widow of Otho Cooper died Saturday afternoon at the Chester County Health Care.She was born in Henderson County daughter of the late...

Sep 28, 2007

Dean Basham of Selmer, Tennessee, was born on October 4, 1924, the son of the late James Dewey Basham and Lillian Dunaway Basham. He was a U. S. Navy World War II Veteran. Mr. Basham was a retired mechanical engineer with Dana Corporation in Corinth, Mississippi. He was a member of Sulphur Springs Methodist Church.Mr. Basham departed this life on...

Sep 27, 2007

Funeral services for Lewis Eloit Hudson, age 84, of Collinwood,TN will be on Saturday September 29 , 3:00 pm Shackelford Funeral Home, Collinwood, TN with Josh Stults officiating. Interment following in Memorial Gardens, Collinwood with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangmentsVisitation will be on Friday September 28 from 5:30 pm until 9:00 pm and on...

Sep 27, 2007

He was born in Chester County, the son of the late Benjamin Authur and Nora Blair Lynch. He served in the U.S. Army and was a WWII Veteran. He was married to Jewell Clayton in 1942 and they made their home in McNairy County, where they farmed. He was a member of the Friendship Baptist Church and enjoyed hunting and...

Sep 27, 2007

Mr. Dacus died Thurs., Sept. 27 at Baptist-DeSoto Hospital in Southaven, Miss. The widower of Mary Frances Dacus, who died in 1982, he was a carpenter. He was born in Stanton, son of the late Lewis and Emma Goff Dacus and lived all of his life here. He served in the US Army during World War II and was a...

Sep 27, 2007

Raymond Loyd Coats of Selmer, Tennessee, was born on August 31, 1937, the son of the late John Aubrey Coats and Lucille Brewer Coats. He was united in marriage to Dorothy Ruth Johnson on June 29, 1957. He was a retired fleet mechanic for American Linen Company. Mr. Coats died on Thursday, September 27, 2007, in Selmer at the age...

Sep 26, 2007

William Farris Adamswas born in Wayne County, Tennessee on March 3, 1938 the son of the late Lonnie David Adams and Myrtle Marie Shea.During his life he worked on the towboat and as a truck driver for North American Van Lines and Mayflower Van Lines. Mr. Adams loved to play cards, watch westerns, and he loved animals.Mr. Adams departed this...

Sep 25, 2007

Mr. Lovelace died Tuesday afternoon at the Bolivar General Hospital. A native of Lauderdale Co., TN, he was the son of the late James Franklin "Jim" Lovelace and Allie Hoggard Lovelace. He married the former Margie Irene Williamson on August 31, 1957 in Friendship, TN and they had recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. The Lovelace's have lived in Hardeman...

Sep 25, 2007

Malcolm Horace Browder was born November 23, 1926 in Oneonta, Alabama the son of the late William Franklin and Esther Sanders Browder.Mr. Browder was a truck driver for over 50 years . He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, USA in Savannah, Tennessee.Mr. Browder departed this life on September 25, 2007 in Selmer, Tennessee at the age of...

Sep 25, 2007

Funeral services for John Taylor McWilliams, Sr. age 98 of Waynesboro, will be One p.m. Sunday, September 30, 2007 at Shackelford Funeral Chapel in Waynesboro with Laverne Griggs officiating. Interment will follow in Memorial Gardens with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge.Mr. McWilliams, a lifelong resident of Wayne County, died Tuesday evening, September 25, 2007 at Wayne Care...

Sep 25, 2007

Mr. Lowrance died Tuesday at Winter Haven Hospital in Florida. The widower of Clara Pearl Vandiver Lowrance, who died Nov. 19, 1989, he was born in Hardeman County, son of the late Levi Ubert Lowrance and Minnie Viola Ledford Lowrance and lived in Florida for 53 years. He worked as a laborer with a fruit packing company and was a...

Sep 25, 2007

BEULAH ETTA BARRIER DANIELSwas born in Savannah, Tennessee on January 26, 1914 the daughter of the late Jacob Thomas and Dora Cossey Barrier.On June 9, 1934 she was united in marriage to Leonard A. Daniels, who preceded his wife in death on August 13, 2003.Mrs. Daniels was a homemaker. She was a loving mother and grandmother and she loved to...