Obituary Listing

May 21, 2007

Wayne Arthur Sanders was born September 27, 1947 in Detroit, the son of the late George and Phyllis Bauer Sanders.In February 1972 he was united in marriage to Peggy Osborn Sanders who preceded him in death on July 14, 2002.Mr. Sanders was a former member of the Selmer Moose Lodge. He was a veteran of the United Stated Navy.Mr. Sanders...

May 21, 2007

Thomas Victor Butler, Sr., 80, of Middleton, died Monday evening, May 21, 2007 at Bolivar General Hospital.The widower of Mary Lou Grantham Butler, who died January 4, 2003, he was a plumber. Mr. Butler was born October 21, 1926 in Paden, Miss., son of the late Willie Otho Butler and Ruth Hazel Hines Butler. He lived in Memphis before making...

May 21, 2007

Ader Massengill was born March 3, 1919 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Eulis and Cora Lipford Black. She was united in marriage to James Wayne Massengill on January 28, 1956.Mrs. Massengill was a homemaker and was formerly employed for 11 years at Fineburg Packing Company in Memphis, Tennessee. She was a member of the Beauty Hill...

May 21, 2007

Arlon Lynn Gillham was born January 23, 1932 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of the late Winfred and Connie Willis Gillham. He was united in marriage to Betty Meek on March 28, 1989.Mr. Gillham was a retired Corrections Officer for the State of Tennessee, and was a member of the Mt. Vinson United Methodist Church. He also served his...

May 21, 2007

LYNDA W. EAVES MORGANwas born in Troy, Alabama on September 21, 1945 the daughter of the late J. K. and Frances Colon Armstrong Eaves.On October 31, 1964 she was united in marriage to Ronald Cecil Morgan, who survives.Mrs. Morgan was a retired insurance agent for Welch Insurance Agency in Savannah. She was a member of East End United Methodist Church....

May 20, 2007

Funeral services for Alice Elois Christian, age 62, of California Branch Road, West Point, TN will be 3:00 pm Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at Shackelford Chapel in Collinwood with Josh Stults officiating. Interment will follow in Memorial Gardens with Shackelford Funeral Directors in charge of arrangements.Mrs. Christian, a native of Collinwood, TN died, Sunday, May 20, 2007 from injuries received...

May 20, 2007

Mr. Wylie was born and reared in Sardis, Tennessee in Henderson County, the son of the late Frank Otto and Flossie Holland Wylie. He attended school at Sardis and later attended electrical training school. He entered the U.S. Navy in 1944 and served in the South Pacific during WWII, aboard the USS Anthony and the USS Snyder and returned in...

May 20, 2007

Mrs. Garner was born in Overton County, TN at Livingston, the daughter of Vesta Mae Lewis Brown and the late James Palo Brown. She attended Jackson High and later took correspondence courses through Rockwell to get her certificate in accounting. She married Edward Parker Garner in 1948 and they made their home in Jackson. She worked for Rockwell International, first...

May 20, 2007

TOMMY ALEXANDERwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on January 11, 1956 the son of Betty Wilson Christopher and the late Thomas Gerald Alexander.On December 31, 1990 he was united in marriage to the former Lisa Barker, who survives.Mr. Alexander was a Millwright Foreman for T-N-T signs. He was a United States Air Force Veteran. Mr. Alexander was a member of...

May 20, 2007

May 20, 2007

Carolyn Bratton was born August 11, 1940 in Hardin County Tennessee daughter of the late William Ernest and Beadie Pearl Qualls Hunt.She was united in marriage to James Bratton who preceded her in death.Mrs. Bratton departed this life May 20, 2007 at Savannah Health Care, the age of 66 years, 9 months, and 9 days.She leaves two grandchildren: Shannon Higby...

May 19, 2007

Terry Bryant, 57, of Saulsbury, died Monday, May 21, 2007 at Bolivar General Hospital.The husband of Della Sue Gates Bryant, who survives, he was a retired upholsterer and a truck driver with Hornsby Express for four years. He was born December 10, 1949 in Hardeman County, the son of Mabel Estelle Avent Bryant of Bolivar and the late Bobby Bryant...

May 19, 2007

Funeral Services for Mr. Tony Bain age 54 will be 1:00 P.M. Tuesday from the Chapel of Leon Johnson Funeral Home with burial to follow in the Maple Springs Cemetery in Henderson County.Mr. Bain died Saturday at his Cabin near the Dickey Landing Community on the Tennessee River.He was born in Madison County son Lucille Sells Bain and the late...

May 19, 2007

Wayne A. Allison was born April 2, 1939 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of the late John and Margaret Gage Allison.He was a self employed electrician and plumber before retiring and a member of the City of Refuge church in Selmer, TNMr. Allison departed this life on May 19, 2007 in Selmer, Tennessee at the age of 68 Years,...

May 19, 2007

Marie Lissie Pipkin Duncan, 90, of Bolivar, died Saturday, May 19, 2007 at Bolivar General Hospital.The widow of James Thomas Duncan, she was a homemaker. She was born October 23, 1916 in Hardeman County, daughter of the late Nead Frances Pipkin and Emma Sisco Pipkin and lived here all of her life. She was a member of Hebron Baptist Church....

May 19, 2007

Welbert N. Weeks of Adamsville, Tennessee, formerly of Milan was born on December 1, 1925, the son of the late Alfie N. Weeks and Mary Harris Weeks. He was a member of Immanuel Missionary Baptist Church in Milan, a U. S. Navy World War II veteran, and a retired truck driver.Mr. Weeks passed from this life on Saturday, May 19,...

May 18, 2007

James Harold (Toehead ) White was born March 13, 1950 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of the late Douglas and Myra Virginia Coley White.He was united in marriage to Betty Hill in December of 1972.Mr. White was a truck driver at Elam Mattress and a member of the Refuge Church of Christ. He never met a stranger and loved...

May 18, 2007

Lura Hale Young was born August 19, 1914 in Hardin County Tennessee the daughter of the late Demus and Clyde Scott Hale. She was united in marriage to Shelley R. Young on May 1, 1937. Mr. Young preceded her in death on January 6, 2007.Mrs. Young was a homemaker and a member of the Christian Assembly Pentecostal Church.Mrs. Young departed...

May 17, 2007

Sheila Dian Willis, 59, of Middleton, died Thursday morning, May 17, 2007 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.The wife of Andrew Monroe Willis, who survives, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Willis was born July 14, 1947 in Tupelo, Miss., the daughter Barbara Henry Michael of Bureau, Ill. and the late Williard McCann. She lived for a time in Darren, Ill. before...

May 17, 2007

Irene Daniel Keller Rankin, 86, of Oak Ridge, TN, formerly of Saulsbury, died Thursday, May 17, 2007 at her home.Mrs. Rankin was born July 11, 1920, in Benton County, Miss., daughter of the late E. F. and Effie Daniel and grew up in Saulsbury. She graduated from Grand Junction High School and attended the University of Tennessee. She started work...