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...
Dovie Bankhead
Aug 31, 2007
Henderson: Dovie Anderson Moffett Tucker Bankhead, age 96, died Friday night at the Chester County Healthcare. She was born and reared in Panola County, Texas, the daughter of the late W. T. and Bonzie Britton Anderson. She grew up in Texas and attended schools in Panola County. She was married to O. W. Moffett and later to Charles Worthy Tucker...
Lonnie Lee Bishop
Aug 31, 2007
Lonnie Lee BishopBorn April 29, 1920 the son of the late Author C. and Jenny Pearson Bishop.Lonnie was a retired Army veteran and a member of the Milledgeville American Legion.He departed this life on August 31, 2007 at the age of 87 Years, 4 Months, 2 days.He is survived by his children: Lonnie Dewayne Bishop of Milledgeville, Tennessee, Lonnie Lee...
James W Evans
Aug 31, 2007
James W "Buck" Evanswas born on January 23, 1921, the son of the late John Young and Lannie Dean Rose Evans.Mr. Evans joined the Navy in 1942 and served 3 years. He married Lonnie Wilson on October 13, 1945, who survives.He departed this life on August 31,2007 at the age of 86 Years, 7 Months, 8 days.In addition to his...
Calvin Fitzgerald
Aug 31, 2007
Mr. Fitzgerald died early Friday morning, 8/31, at The Med in Memphis.The son of the late Raymond Monroe and Betty Ellen Wilson Fitzgerald, he was born in Haywood county and lived most of his life there. He was a member of Harmony Baptist Church and served in the US Army in Germany.He leaves four sisters, Frances Elizabeth Fisher of Altus,...
Eva Lee Claunch
Aug 30, 2007
Mrs. Eva Lee Tigner Claunch, 89, of Oakland, Tn., died Thursday August 30, 2007, in her home in Oakland. Mrs. Claunch was a native of Hardeman County, lived in Somerville since 1980, and in Oakland for the last few years. The widow of Paul Tigner, who died in 1975 and Arthur F. Claunch, she was a homemaker and dedicated her...
Wayne Lineberry
Aug 30, 2007
Funeral services for Wayne Lineberry, age 64, of Clifton, TN will be 1:00 pm Sunday, September 2, 2007 at Riverside United Methodist Church in Clifton with Don Spencer officiating. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge.Visitation will begin Saturday, September 1, 2007 at 11:00 am at Riverside United Methodist Church.Mr. Lineberry, a...
Janice Loretta Swift
Aug 30, 2007
Janice Loretta Blakney was born on September 18, 1942 in Hardin County, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Raymond Odel and Eula Mae Carson Blakney.On May 12, 1972 she was united in marriage to Dwight Albert Swift who preceded her in death.Ms. Swift received her B.S. Degree in nursing from the University of North Alabama, she retired from McNairy Regional...
Donna D. Cooksey
Aug 29, 2007
Donna D. Locke Cooksey of Selmer, Tennessee, was born on December 25, 1947, the daughter of the late J. C. and Josie A. Sweat Locke. She formerly lived in Memphis and was a clerk for Walgreen's Drug Store. She was a member of Ramer Baptist Church.Donna departed this life on Wednesday, August 29, 2007, at McNairy Regional Hospital in Selmer...
Virgie L. Purvis
Aug 29, 2007
Virgie L. Little Purvis of Adamsville, Tennessee, was born in Owingsville, Kentucky, on May 4, 1932, to the late Alfred Little and Della Margie Jefferson Little. Mrs. Purvis was a homemaker and minister. She was married to E. A. Lee "Ace" Purvis who preceded her in death. She attended Victory Christian Fellowship Church in Savannah, Tennessee. She was a former...
Denise Whitley
Aug 28, 2007
Denise ("Denny") Whitley was born May 22, 1964 in Davenport, Iowa the daughter of Sheila Love Atkins and the late Clifford Atkins Jr. She was united in marriage to Lee Whitley on May 23, 1992.Mrs. Whitley was the town manager for the City of Bethel Springs, member of the Presbyterian Church of Bethel Springs, former president of PTA at Bethel...
Linda Hill
Aug 27, 2007
Linda Hill was born August 21, 1956 in the daughter of Sue Locke Hill and the late David A. Hill, Sr. Ms. Hill was a mail sorter for the United States Postal Service in Memphis, Tennessee.She departed this life on August 27, 2007 in Selmer, Tennessee at the age of 51 Years, 6 Days. Ms. Hill is survived by her...
Lowell E Cagle
Aug 26, 2007
LOWELL E. CAGLEwas born in Cerro Gordo, Tennessee on December 14, 1919 the son of the late John Lewis and Mary Elizabeth Baxter Cagle.On December 26, 1941 he was united in marriage to the former Ollie Whitlow, who survives.Mr. Cagle retired from TVEC and he served for 21 years as a Major pilot for the United States Air Force. He...
Ellen Cooksey
Aug 26, 2007
Ellen Cooksey was born August 7, 1914 in Hardin County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Iva Washington and Letha Hopper White. She was united in marriage to Leo Tom Cooksey on August 17, 1930. Mr.Cooksey preceded her in death on December 8, 2002. Mrs. Cooksey was a housewife and member of the West Shiloh Baptist Church.Mrs. Cooksey departed this...
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