Obituary Listing

Jan 18, 2007

She was born and reared in Sweetlips Community of Chester County, daughter of the late Sam and Washa Estella Staton Bullman. She attended Chester County Schools. She was married to Travis Canaday in 1938. They made their home at Enville all their married life, where they farmed. She worked at Salant & Salant Mfg. for about fifteen years. She was...

Jan 18, 2007

GEORGE WILLIAM CALVERTWas born in Mustang, Oklahoma on October 21, 1923 the son of the late Isaac Bracken and Ethel Camilla Greeson Calvert.On July 26, 1948 he was united in marriage to the former Laverne Gilchrist Pettigrew, who survives.Mr. Calvert was a retired salesman for Wolfe Sales Company. He was a member of Hopewell Baptist Church.Mr. Calvert departed this life...

Jan 18, 2007

Jan 18, 2007

Evelyn Hooper Shackelford Russell Burkhead, 93, of Henderson, died Thursday evening, January 18, 2007 at Northbrook Nursing Home in Jackson.The widow of R. P. Shackelford, Sr., who died January 9, 1977, Frank Russell, who died January 18, 1996 and Jack Burkhead, who died January 23, 2000, she retired as a school teacher. Mrs. Burkhead was born June 29, 1913 in...

Jan 17, 2007

Jan 16, 2007

Luther McKeown Rogers, 101, of Middleton, died Tuesday morning, January 16, 2007 at Pine Meadows Healthcare & Rehabilitation.The widower of Maggie Sue Patton Rogers, who died in 1997, he was a farmer and had worked for a time at Western Mental Health Institute. Mr. Rogers was born January 21, 1905 in Middleton, son of the late George Monroe Rogers and...

Jan 16, 2007

EDITH NELL MELSON VANDIVERWas born in Wayne County, Tennessee on July 27, 1943 the daughter of the late Noah Velt and Charity Janie Brown Melson.On August 24, 1974 she was united in marriage to Nathaniel Vandiver, who preceded his wife in death on December 31, 1998.Mrs. Vandiver worked for Pickwick Worm Gardens. She departed this life on January 16, 2007...

Jan 16, 2007

Ronnie Cox, 62, of Bolivar, died Tuesday evening, January 16, 2006 at the West Tennessee Transitional Care Center in Jackson. A life-long resident of Bolivar and Hardeman County, he was the son of Coy Monroe Cox and Lela Mae Adams Cox. He was a 1962 graduate of Bolivar Central High School and attended the Bolivar 1st United Methodist Church. Mr....

Jan 15, 2007

BRENLEY JADE OSTROMWas born in Selmer, Tennessee on January 21, 2005 the daughter of Jeremy Alan and Ashley Nicole Copeland Ostrom.Brenley departed this life on January 15, 2007 at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 1 year, 11 months and 25 days.Other than her parents, Jeremy and Ashley Ostrom of Savannah, Tennessee, she is...

Jan 15, 2007

MARGIE ANN GOBER JENKINSWas born in Pascogoula, Mississippi on March 20, 1945 the daughter of the late William Noonan and Raney Lee Bell Curtis Gober McAnally.She was the granddaughter of the late James Harve Gober and Mary Emmaline Floyd Gober and Johnston Albert Curtis and Josie Smith Curtis.Ms. Jenkins was reared in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, where...

Jan 14, 2007

Frankie Evelyn Dunaway, 76, of Whiteville, died Sunday morning, January 14, 2007 at her home.The widow of Joseph Franklin Dunaway, she worked at Western Mental Health Institute for 14 years in housekeeping. Mrs. Dunaway was born December 19, 1930 in Hardeman County, daughter of the late Teddy Roosevelt Lambert and Vadie Rowland Lambert and lived here all of her life....

Jan 14, 2007

HOBERT BROWNWas born in Wayne County, Tennessee on November 13, 1942 the son of the late Luther and Frankie Franks Brown.Mr. Brown worked for Brown Shoe Company for 30 years and Williams Cabinet Shop for 8 years. He loved to hunt and fish.Mr. Brown departed this life on January 14, 2007 at the Hardin Home Nursing Home in Savannah, Tennessee...

Jan 13, 2007

Lyn E. Scott was born on October 22, 1949 to Earl and Charlie Mae Haynes Scott.Mr. Scott was a teacher at Denmark West in the Madison County School system. Mr. Scott was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Selmer and member of the Mason Lodge #743 of Selmer, TN.Mr. Scott departed this life on January 13, 2007...

Jan 12, 2007

Ona H. BaugusWas born in Cooter, Missouri on December 3, 1910 the daughter of the late John Wesley and Jo Ann Stone Bryan.She was united in marriage to Hollis Baugus, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Baugus was a homemaker.She departed this life on January 12, 2007 at the Hardin County Nursing Home in Savannah, Tennessee at the age of...

Jan 12, 2007

James O. Jernigan was born March 9, 1924 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of the late Hugh and Dora Hodge Jernigan.He was united in marriage to the late Annie Louise Goodrum Jernigan.Mr. Jernigan retired as a shop foreman after 33 years from Tennessee Department of Transportation in Bethel Springs, TN. He was a member of the Sanctified Church of...

Jan 12, 2007

Arthur Glen Overman Jr. was born January 25, 1972 in Lexington. He was a Member of the Second Baptist Church of Selmer, Tennessee.He departed this life on January 12, 2007 in Milan, Tennessee at the age of 34 Years, 11 Months, 18 Days.Mr. Overman is survived by his Mother, Mary Crowe of Lexington, Tennessee; his Father, Glen Overman and Stepmother,...

Jan 12, 2007

Services for Jim Dave (JD) Keeton, 75, Florence, AL, formerly of Cypress Inn, TN will be Sunday, January 14, 2007 at 1 pm at Cypress Oak Grove Church, Pumping Station Road, Iron City, TN with Alfred Strait and Gene Kelley officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements....

Jan 11, 2007

Dorothy Pauline Galigher, 79, of Henderson, died Thursday, January 11, 2007 at Chester County Healthcare.The widow of J.T. Galigher, who died May 15, 1981 after 36 years of marriage, she was a production worker with Harman Automotive for 23 years and a homemaker. Mrs. Galigher was born September 10, 1927 in Middleton, daughter of the late Walter Lee Sisco and...

Jan 10, 2007

Funeral services for Jewel Melson Stricklin, age 78, of Waynesboro, TN will be on Friday January 12, 2007 3:00 pm Cromwell Crossroads Church , Collinwood,TN with Steven Turnbow and Johnny E. Burns officiating. Interment following in Cromwell Crossroads Cemetery, Collinwood with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements.Visitation will be on Thursday January 11, 2007 from...

Jan 10, 2007

She was born in Rapid City, South Dakota, the daughter of Henrietta Palmetier Bates and the late retired Lieutenant Colonel James Rafter Bates. Her father was a career army and she was raised all over the States. She graduated High School in Mt. Clemens, Michigan. She served in the U.S. Army from 1962 until 1964. She was stationed at West...