Obituary Listing

Sep 18, 2007

Sep 17, 2007

He was born and reared in the Phillip’s school house community of Chester County, the son of the late Jacob Green and Myrtie Magnolia Weaver Crouse. He attended Phillip’s school and entered the U.S. Air Force at age 18 and was stationed in Spokane Washington and Anchorage Alaska. He spent most of his working life in the Chicago area in...

Sep 17, 2007

CLARA RUTH WORDwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on October 30, 1950 the daughter of Mollie Bevis Word and the late Rayford Lee Word.Ms. Word was a nursing assistant. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Ms. Word enjoys crocheting, puzzles, word puzzles and fishing with her brother Raymond.She departed this life on September 17, 2007 at the...

Sep 16, 2007

HAROLD A. JONESwas born in Gilbertsville, Kentucky on August 23, 1945 the son of the late Garvin Anderson and Jessie Wicker Jones.On December 9, 1975 he was united in marriage to the former Gayle Englebretson, who survives.Mr. Jones was a truck driver for Reeves Brothers. He was a United States Army Veteran of Vietnam, where he received a Distinguished Flying...

Sep 16, 2007

N. A. (Poe) Younger was born December 16, 1923 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of the late George Washington and Ercie Younger.He was united in marriage to Jo Ann Barnes Hamm on December 23, 1978. Mrs. Younger preceded him in death on May 7, 2006. Mr. Younger was a retired farmer and worker for the McNairy County Highway Department,...

Sep 16, 2007

DOROTHY MCAULEY PUSSER BRIDGESwas born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on November 27, 1922 the daughter of the late Marion and Mandy Jane Durham Stanfield.She was united in marriage to Henry McAuley, who preceded her in death and later she was united in marriage to Jewell Pusser, who also preceded her in death. On April 8, 1983 she was united in marriage...

Sep 16, 2007

Donald Ray Gillham of Reagan, Tennessee, was born on April 15, 1939, to the late Winfred Foster Gillham and Connie Willis Gillham. He was a 1958 graduate of Adamsville High School. Mr. Gillham was a former policeman and corrections officer and retired after 26 years with Service Farm Equipment, Research, and Engineering Center in Hinsdale, Illinois (J. I. Case Co.)....

Sep 15, 2007

Grace Marie Archer Kullman was born January 15, 1911 in Medford, Oklahoma the daughter of the late George and Jenney Talkington Archer.She was united in marriage to the late Rev. Morris Kullman on May 27, 1934. Rev. Kullman preceded her in death in 1969.Mrs. Kullman was a retired sales clerk from Lowensteen's and Dillards . She was a member of...

Sep 15, 2007

JOAN ROBERTSwas born in Columbia City, Indiana on November 18, 1930 the daughter of the late Walter Edward and Marion Denton Kiefer. On February 17, 1951 she was united in marriage to Rex Roberts, who survives.Mrs. Roberts was a homemaker. She was a member of Royal Neighbors Association. Mrs. Roberts loved to bowl and fish.She departed this life on September...

Sep 15, 2007

Theodore R. King Sr. was born May 15, 1905 in Ramer, Tennessee the son of the late Henry and Mary Monroe King.He was united in marriage to the late Katherine Washburn. He was a member of the Cypress Tank Church Of Christ in Selmer, Tennessee and was a retired steel worker.He is survived by a granddaughter, Deborah Smith of Sugartree,...

Sep 15, 2007

Mrs. Barnes passed away early Saturday morning, September 15, 2007, at her home. A native of Hornsby, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Annie Baker Crawford. She lived in Memphis from 1955 - 1975 before returning to Hornsby. She was the widow of Verlon Herriman, who died in December of 1944 and John C. Barnes, who passed...

Sep 14, 2007

She was born in Madison County, the daughter of the late Truman (E.T.) and Madga Snyder Murchison. She was married to Cecil B. Holder in 1927. She was employed at Salant & Salant Mfg. and Oakley Fashions in Jackson and retired in 1975. She was a member of the Bear Creek Baptist Church. Mr. Holder died in 1978. Survivers are...

Sep 14, 2007

Virgie Sullivan Smith was born July 14, 1910 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Oceola L. and Nancy Ann Plunk Sullivan.She was united in marriage to Joe Smith on September 5, 1930. Mr. Smith preceded her in death on July 28, 1995.She was a member of the Beauty Hill Pentecostal Church in Bethel Springs. She loved to...

Sep 14, 2007

Services for Ryleigh Meree Stegall, age 10, of Collinwood, TN, will be Sunday, September 16, 2007 at 3 pm at Waynesboro Church of Christ in Waynesboro, TN with Matthew Morine and Mithcell Skelton officiating. Her body will be cremated following the services with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be Sunday, September 16,...

Sep 14, 2007

W.C. Emerson was born October 18, 1923 in Madison County, Tennessee the son of the late Bedford and Alma Carroll.On April 1, 1945 he married Bobbie Porter who preceded him in death on December 23, 2004.During his life Mr. Emerson worked as a self-employed carpenter and farmer. He loved to hunt and fish and was a former member of the...

Sep 13, 2007

"Grannie" Ms. Prather, 89, died at her home in Lynnfield Place in Selmer, September 13, 2007. She was preceded in death by her parents Eugene and Minnie Pearl Moore Richard; her husband, Alford Prather; a daughter, Joyce Prather; and three brothers, Jack, Fred, and Billy Richard.Surviving Ms. Prather are three daughters, Pat Congiardo and husband Frank of Selmer, Martha Priest...

Sep 13, 2007

She was born in Fordyce, AR the daughter of the late James Llewellyn and Josephine Emily Hunt Jacobs. She attended schools in Fordyce and Dyess, AR.She was employed at Memphis at Fisher and Sears. She married Roy Hugh Jones July 26, 1946 in Mississippi. They made their home in the Glendale Community all their married life, where they farmed and...

Sep 13, 2007

Sep 13, 2007

Martha Jewell Bradford Foley of Selmer Was born on January 11, 1950, to the late Neely Bradford and Claytee Harris Brandford. She was a retired beautician of 30 years and a baptist. She is the wife of John Foley.Mrs. Foley died on Thursday, September 13, 2007, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital at the age of 57 years, 8 months,...

Sep 12, 2007

Melvin C. Johnsonwas born in Lutts, Tennessee March 26, 1930 the son of the late Paul Lanseford and Thelma Petty Johnson.Mr. Johnson was a self-employed produce salesman and a United States Army Veteran.He departed this life on September 12, 2007 in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 77 Years, 5 Months, 17 Days.He is survived by his daughter Donna Neher...