Curtis Eugene Dorris
Sep 7, 2007
Mr. Dorris passed away Friday morning at Douglas Nursing Home in Milan.A native of Bolivar, and having lived most of his life here, he was the son of the late Curtis Eugene Dorris, Sr. and Betty Lou Doles. He was a member of Center Ridge Pentecostal Church in McNairy County and had served his country in the Tennessee National Guard...
Hubert V. Harris
Sep 7, 2007
Hubert Vernon Harris was born October 1, 1926 in Grayson, Louisiana the son of the late Hubert Vernon Harris, Sr and Zella Carrothers Harris.On May 24, 1945 he married Theda Elizabeth Hale who survives.Mr. Harris worked as a butcher for Walker Grocery for 25 years and was a farmer. He enjoyed the outdoors working in his yard and tending to...
Melburn Levoan Duckworth
Sep 6, 2007
Services for Melburn L. Duckworth, age 81, of Apollo Beach, FL, formerly of Waynesboro, TN, will be Monday, September 10, 2007 at 4 pm at Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel, Waynesboro, with Cal Hampton officiating. Burial with military rites will be in Memorial Gardens, Waynesboro, with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be Sunday,...
Rebekah Pearl Reatherford
Sep 6, 2007
Services for Rebekah Pearl Reatherford, age 79, of Waynesboro, TN will be Monday, September 10, 2007 at 1 pm at Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel in Waynesboro with Steven Turnbow officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens, Collinwood, TN, with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be Sunday, September 9, 2007 from 5 pm...
Cecil Paul Smith
Sep 6, 2007
He was born and reared in the Grove Springs Community of Chester County, the son of the late Alvin Smith and Minnie Spencer Smith Benson. He attended school at Cash School House. He worked as a truck driver, farmer and construction work. He was a self employed truck driver and had drove for MFA Oil Company. He was married to...
Joel R. Smallwood
Sep 6, 2007
Joel Smallwood was born September 15, 1943 in McNairy County, Tennessee, the son of the late Brodie Rosevelt and Minnie Inman Smallwood.He was employed as a farmer and gin worker.Mr. Smallwood departed this life on September 6, 2007 in West Memphis, Arkansas at the age of 63 Years, 11 Months, 22 Days.He is survived by a sister, Mary Wilson of...
Connie Mills
Sep 6, 2007
Connie Melson Mills was born January 13, 1964 the daughter of the late Thomas Eddie Melson and Emma Lois Hickerson Melson Morris who survives.Connie was a homemaker and attended the Trinity Full Gospel Church where she loved to sing. She loved her family, friends, and she loved to fish.On October 8, 2005 she was united in marriage to James Mills...
Charles Edward Wyatt
Sep 6, 2007
He was born and reared in the Chickasaw Park area, son of the late Gavin Edward and Delphia Delena Cupples Wyatt. He went to school in Chester County. He farmed as a young man and married Nettie Verlin Jackson of the Bemis area in 1955.They made their home in Chicago until 1982 where he worked as a forman for Crouse...
Mary Boleyn
Sep 5, 2007
Mary Boleyn was born June 5, 1918 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Ben and Estalee McGarity Mace.She was united in marriage to Curtis Boleyn on October 17, 1936.Mrs.Boleyn was a trainer at Aqua Glass . She was a member of the Clavary Baptist Church in Adamsville, Tennessee. She was owner of Plant World in Adamsville, loved...
Maxine Vincent
Sep 5, 2007
Mrs. Vincent died Wed., Sept. 5 at Bolivar General Hospital. The wife of J. Fred Vincent, who survives, she was a homemaker. She was the daughter of the late Homer and Minnie Sain Duncan and lived in Memphis and Atlanta. She was a member of Middleton First Baptist Church.In addition to her husband, whom she married on March 22, 1947,...
Cletus Gerald Littlejohn
Sep 4, 2007
Cletus Gerald Littlejohn was born April 5, 1943 in Wynne, Arkansas the son of the late Cletus Gordon and Margie Bowers Littlejohn.Mr. Littlejohn was a self-employed drywall contractor, and had served in the Tennessee Army National Guard. In his spare time, he enjoyed fishing, hunting, football and reading books. Mr. Littlejohn departed this life on September 4, 2007 in Abilene,...
Dillan Michael Thornton
Sep 2, 2007
DILLAN MICHAEL THORNTONwas born in Selmer, Tennessee on December 11, 1995 the son of Michael Thornton and Shannon Michelle Thacker Thornton.Dillan was a student at Hardin County Middle School. He loved to play football and was quarterback for the Kiwanis football team. Dillan loved to play guitar, loved to skateboard, fish, play video games and ride 4-wheelers. His dream was...
William Edward Scott
Sep 2, 2007
William Edward "Bill" Scottwas born on November 20, 1939 the son of the late Henry William and Lola Margaret Goff Scott.On June 25, 1960 he was united in marriage to Eirlon Rose Scott, who survives.During his life Mr. Scott worked as a sewing machine mechanic and a truck driver. He attended the First Assembly of God Church. He enjoyed antique...
Joe Lynn Ozier
Sep 2, 2007
Mr. Ozier was born in Davidson County, the son of the late H.L. and Arlene O'Neal Ozier. He attended school in Chester County. He worked as a truck driver for his parents at Enville Cotton Gin. He farmed and later worked for IPS Construction Company for several years. He attended the Enville United Methodist Church most of his early years.
Leslie Cruse
Sep 2, 2007
Mr. Cruse died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on September 2. He was a retired hot metal tender with LTV Steel where he had worked for 30 years. He served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict and lived in Indiana for thiry years prior to moving back here in 1985. He loved to farm and plant trees and...
Charles Henry Banks
Sep 1, 2007
Charles Henry Banks was born October 1, 1920 in Stantonville, Tennessee the son of the late Bennett R. and Lena E. Brown Banks.Mr. Banks departed this life on September 1, 2007 in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 86 Years, 10 Months, 7 Days.He is survived by his wife Ruth L. (Conway) Banks of Adamsville, TN; a son, Tommy Hood...
Elzarine Taylor
Sep 1, 2007
Mrs. Taylor died Saturday at Magnolia Hospital in Corinth, Miss.She was born in Humboldt and had lived in Pocahontas since 1982. She owned and operated her own canine kennel and was the widow of James Oliver Taylor who died December 30, 1991. She was also preceded in death by her son, James Anthony Taylor on November 21, 1987.She leaves a...
Gary Wayne Shedd
Sep 1, 2007
Services for Gary Wayne Shedd, 53, Collinwood, TN, will be Monday, September 3, 2007 at 3 pm at Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel in Waynesboro, TN with Laverne Griggs and Prince Cummins, Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Deerfield Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, TN with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be Sunday, September 2, 2007...
Morris Dean Hunt
Sep 1, 2007
Morris Dean Hunt of Stantonville, Tennessee, was born on August 5, 1944, in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, to the late John Morris Hunt and Louie Paradine Pryor Hunt.He married Brenda Willis on June 6, 1964. He was a farmer and the owner of DBH Attachments in Adamsville, Tennessee. He was a member of Adamsville First Baptist Church.Mr. Hunt died at his...
James Elbert Harbin
Aug 31, 2007
James Elbert "Jamie" Harbinwas born Septmber 19,1919 in Hardin County, Tennessee the son of the late Abram and Rosa Etter McMullen Harbin.On July 8, 1943 he married Lillie Clementine White, who survives.During his life he worked at Ripley Industries assembling furniture,he was a farmer, sometimes called the "chickenman", and he was a Army veteran where he was a MP Escort...
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