Jo Ann Brown
Apr 22, 2008
Mrs. Brown died Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
She was born in Memphis to the late Earnest Franklin Van Blake and Lou Britt Van Blake. She was a graduate of Humes High School, Class of 1953, where she was a classmate of Elvis Presley. She married Terry N. Brown in 1953, moved to Bolivar in 1964 and...
Carl T. Tallent
Apr 22, 2008
Carl T. Tallentwas born in Giles County, Tennessee on January 27, 1921 the son of the late George Henry and Lucie Betty Prosser Tallent. On May 8, 1943 he was united in marriage to the former Thelma Denton, who survives.Mr. Tallent was on active duty with the United States Army 384th Field Artillery Battalion from March 21, 1940 through September...
Beverly Talley
Apr 22, 2008
BEVERLY JUNE MELSON TALLEYwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on August 17, 1967 the daughter of Tommy Jack Melson and the late Linda Gail Crotts Melson.On October 4, 1986 she was united in marriage to Jeff Talley, who survives.Beverly was a Security Guard for CCA. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Beverly enjoyed doll collecting and spending time...
Jerry Denbow
Apr 22, 2008
He was born in Advance, MO and raised in Indiana, the son of Charles Denbow and the late Faye Hodge Denbow. He attended schools in Chester County. Jerry worked at International Paper and on a Riverboat and later in construction work in Tennessee and Florida. He had been disabled for several years. He made his home in the Masseyville Community...
Mary Jane Wilds
Apr 22, 2008
Mary Jane Abernathy Wilds was born May 20, 1944 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Will Terry and Mary Lucille Purser Abernathy.Miss Wilds was a retired Honors English teacher at McNairy Central High School where she taught for over 20 years. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Selmer, Tennessee. She was very active...
Katie Louise King
Apr 22, 2008
Katie Louise King was born June 11, 1957 in Selmer, Tennessee the daughter of the late Robert Marion and Verda Lou May King.She was united in marriage to Thomas Leon King on February 14, 1991. She was a homemaker and attended the Refuge Church of Christ in McNairy, Tennessee.Mrs. King departed this life on April 22, 2008 in Bolivar, Tennessee...
Bertha Melton Holden
Apr 21, 2008
Lexington, TN; Bertha Berry Melton Holden, age 83, died April 21, 2008, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.She was born in a log cabin in the west part of Chester County which is now Chickasaw State Park, the daughter of the late S.T. and Fleetie Taylor Berry. She attended schools in Chester County. She was married to Max Ray Melton....
Allegra Leah Huntley
Apr 21, 2008
Funeral services for Allegra Leah Pigg Huntley, age 50, of Lawrenceburg, TN will be on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 3:00 pm Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel, Collinwood,TN with David Gallaher officiating. Interment following in Memorial Gardens, Collinwood, TN with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements.Visitation will be on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 from 6:00-9:00 pm and...
Barry Keith Roland
Apr 20, 2008
Barry Keith Roland was born December 2, 1981 in Selmer, Tennessee the son of Lisa Ann Phillips Dodd and the late Ronald Keith Roland.When he was able, he attended the Living Waters Church in Savannah, Tennessee. He played football at Adamsville High School.Barry departed this life on April 20, 2008 in Adamsville, Tennessee at the age of 26 Years, 4...
Steven Mark Petty
Apr 20, 2008
Funeral services for Steven Mark Petty, age 47, Iron City, TN will be 1:00 pm Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at Shackelford Chapel in Collinwood, TN with H.H. Hurst and Jerry Robbins officiating. Interment will follow in Memorial Gardens with Shackelford Funeral Directors in charge of arrangements.Visitation will be Tuesday, April 22, 2008 from 5:00-9:00 pm and Wednesday, April 23, 2008...
Lillian Garrett
Apr 20, 2008
Lillian Garrettwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on May 6, 1927 the daughter of the late McKinley and Virgie Brown Price.Mrs. Garrett was lived in Hardin County her entire life and was a homemaker. She enjoyed sewing and was of Pentecostal belief.Mrs. Garrard departed this life on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at the age of 80 years, 11 months, 14...
Billy Rayford Oaks,
Apr 20, 2008
Mr. Oaks died Sunday, April 20, 2008 in Walnut, MS.The son of Duff and Bobbie Eunice Dale Oaks, he was a resident of Pocahontas for the last 20 years and a native of Sarah, MS. A Vietnam veteran, he served in the US Army as a paratrooper and worked as a MIG Welder for an electric co-op. He was also...
Jessie Nell Parrish
Apr 19, 2008
Jessie Nell Parrishwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on June 27, 1927 the daughter of the late Walker Whitten Milam and Lillian Elzora Haynes Milam.Ms. Parrish worked for the Hardin County Health Department and as an Insurance Office Manager for Hardin Medical Center before retiring. During her life she lived in Savannah and Lexington, Tennessee, Waterloo and Boaz, Alabama, Leachville,...
Billie Walker
Apr 19, 2008
Billie Miller Walker was born May 7, 1931 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Bill and Jewel Evans Miller.She was united in marriage to Jimmy Kay Walker on March 22, 1952.Mrs. Walker was a homemaker, and was a member of the New Salem Presbyterian Church in Bethel Springs, Tennessee. She was also a member of The Order...
Dorothy Morton
Apr 19, 2008
She was born and reared in the Cave Springs Community of Chester County, the daughter of the late Kodie Odell and Martha Russom Weaver. She graduated Chester County High School in 1952 and graduated West Tennessee Business School. She was married to Kenneth Joe Morton in 1952. They made their home in the Wilson School Community most of their married...
John David Goodman
Apr 19, 2008
John David Goodmanwas born in Corinth, Mississippi on October 31, 1946, the son of Ethel Farris Goodman and the late James Wilbur Goodman.On August 3, 1968, Mr. Goodman was united in marriage to the former Glona Johnson, who survives.Mr. Goodman began working for Abbott Laboratories in 1968 as a salesperson in Jackson, Tennessee. His 39 year career included Account Executive,...
Maynard Irvin
Apr 18, 2008
Maynard Irvinwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on November 23, 1947 the son of Walter Gilbert Irvin and Dorothy Austin Smith, both of Savannah, Tennessee.On August 5, 1996 Mr. Irvin was united in marriage to the former Pamela Sue Gray of Savannah, Tennessee, who survives.Mr. Irvin was a sawmill owner and farmer before retiring. He loved camping, playing cards, and...
Susan Barker
Apr 18, 2008
SUSAN BARKEREnville: Susan Renee Barker, age 41, died Friday morning, April 18, 2008 at Jackson General Hospital. Susan was born in Lexington and grew up in the Cabo Community of Chester County, the daughter of Bill Joe Barker and the late Freeda Nadine Lindsey Barker. She graduated from Chester County High School in 1985 and also graduated West Tennessee Business...
Edward Nevels Phillips
Apr 18, 2008
Mr. Phillips died Friday, April 18 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.The husband of Tommy McNeal Phillips, who died in 1958, he was a retired brick mason. He was born to John and Patsy Lee Goodman Phillips and lived most of his life in Hardeman County.Survivors include two daughters, Patricia Bennard of Brownsville and Nancy Adams of Bolivar; a son, Billy...
Nannie Mae Cates
Apr 17, 2008
Mrs. Cates passed away Wednesday at Bolivar General Hospital.The widow of Russell B. Cates, who died in 1973, she was a registered nurse at St. Joseph Hospital in Houston Texas and afterwards served as a private duty nurse. She was born to Lawrence W. and Samantha Sappington Wooten and lived in Houston and Memphis prior to moving here 9 years...
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