Obituary Listing

Aug 21, 2006

BERTHA WILKERSON FRANKSWas born in Olive Hill, Tennessee on March 5, 1921 the daughter of the late Lovie Lovine Wilkerson.On May 5, 1945 she was united in marriage to Robert Leonard Franks, who preceded his wife in death on May 14, 1971.Mrs. Franks lived in Humboldt, Tennessee for several years. She worked for Brown Shoe Company in Humboldt, Tennessee and...

Aug 20, 2006

Bobby Gene Tillman was born April 9, 1940 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of Reatha Moore Tillman Smith and the late Jonah Tillman.He was united in marriage to Jean Smith on August 31, 1962. Mr. Tillman was the owner of Tillman Plumbing & Electricial, and was a member of the Adamsville church of Christ, where he served as an...

Aug 19, 2006

Mr. Otis B. Taylor was born June 19, 1919 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of the late Felix and Sarah Prince Taylor.He was united in marriage to Opal Kirk on January 5, 1952 in Corinth MS.Mr. Taylor was a staff sergeant in the Army and served his country during WWII, traveled to Utah and other states with the Civil...

Aug 19, 2006

Douglas Paul Koenig was born June 20, 1938 in Buffalo, New York the son of the late Herbert Russell and Martha R. Teeft Koenig.He was united in marriage to Patricia Inez LaRue.Mr. Koenig was a retired printer for the Buffalo News in Buffalo, New York. He was a member of the Episcopal Church and the Hy-view Volunteer Fire Department in...

Aug 19, 2006

Cora Marie Gray Hurst, 81, of Bolivar, died Saturday morning, August 19, 2006 in Memphis.The widow of William E. Hurst, who died in 2003, she was a homemaker. The daughter of Odell O. and Myrtle Williamson Evans, she was a member of Old Union Baptist Church and had played piano for Bolivar Church of God and all over West Tennessee....

Aug 19, 2006

Hazel Mae Ross Eskew was born October 24, 1922 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Jim and Eula Gage Ross. She was united in marriage to Noah Fate Eskew. Mr. Eskew preceded her in death on January 2, 2001.Mrs. Eskew was a homemaker and was a member of the First United Pentecostal Church of Millington. She loved...

Aug 19, 2006

Richard Joe PusserPinson: Richard Joe Pusser, age 71, died August 19, 2006, at Jackson Madison Co. General Hospital.He was born in McNairy Co. and reared in Chester Co. the son of the late Von and Minnie Elvie Griswell Pusser. He attended school in the Wilson School Community of Chester Co. He helped share crop as a young man and then...

Aug 18, 2006

Funeral services for Versie Butler Holt, age 90, of Collinwood, TN will be conducted on Monday August 21, 2006, 11:00 am Shackelford Chapel, Collinwood, TN with Larry Davis officiating. Interment following in Butler Grove Cemetery, Iron City, Tennessee with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements.Visitation will be on Sunday August 20 from 5:00-9:00 pm and...

Aug 18, 2006

Funeral services for Ollie Mae Weeks, age 80, of Wayne Care Nursing Home, Waynesboro,TN will be on Sunday August 20, 2006, 1:00 pm Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel, Collinwood with Jimmy Martin and Billy Ray Wright officiating. Interment following in Memorial Gardens, Collinwood with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements.Visitation will be on Saturday August 19,...

Aug 18, 2006

Memorial services for Tim Gray, age 40, of Waynesboro was 4:00 pm Tuesday, August 22, 2006 at Shackelford Chapel in Waynesboro with Jerry Robbins and Casey Jones officiating. His remains were cremated.Tim was born in Hardin County August 25, 1965 and died Friday, August 18, 2006. He had worked for several sawmills in the area. He is the son of...

Aug 18, 2006

Billy Louis DeShazierwas born in Savannah, Tennessee on March 30, 1955 the son of Billy Lee DeShazier and Katharion DeShazier Arnold.Beginning at age 15, Mr. DeShazier worked at Shaw’s Restaurant and later as a cook at Wolf Brother’s Horsetraders Restaurant. He loved to hunt and fish and he liked creating his own recipes. Mr. DeShazier also enjoyed the beauty of...

Aug 17, 2006

Aug 17, 2006

Funeral services for Elsie Mae Pope Andrew, age 93, of Waynesboro was One p.m. Saturday, August 19, 2006 at H.M. Patterson and Son Funeral Home in Marietta, Georgia. Interment was in Westview Cemetery in Atlanta.Mrs. Andrew, a native of Atlanta, GA, died on Thursday, August 17, 2006 at Wayne County Nursing Home in Waynesboro. She was the daughter of the...

Aug 15, 2006

She was born and reared at Enville, TN, the daughter of the late Emmitt Clyde and Fleetie October Mathis Vinson. She was married to Ambros H. Phillips in 1942. They made their home in McNairy County. She worked at Garan Sportswear at Adamsville and later at Salant & Salant Mfg. in Henderson. They moved to the Henderson area in 1954....

Aug 15, 2006

Jimmie Joyce Dixon Miller, age 75, passed away in Dallas, TX, on August 15, 2006 after a year-long battle with cancer. Jimmie was a devoted and beloved mother to Steven T. Miller and his wife, Laura L. Miller, of The Colony, TX. She had lived since 1959 in Adrews, TX, where for many years she was well known to the...

Aug 14, 2006

Henderson: Lawrence H. Doyle, age 60, died Monday, August 14, 2006, at his home after a nine month bout with cancer. Funeral Services will be 11:00 AM, Thursday, from the Chapel of Leon Johnson Funeral Home with Rev. Ronnie Geary and Rev. Charles Ward officiating and burial will follow in the Henderson City Cemetery.He was born in Chester County, the...

Aug 14, 2006

DERRICK LYNELL PIPESWas born in McNairy County, Tennessee on January 26, 1988 the son of William E. Pipes and the late Sherry Weaver Pipes.Derrick worked for Kilburn Crome. He attended Bible Baptist Church and Love and Truth. Derrick departed this life on August 14, 2006 at the McNairy Regional Hospital in Selmer, Tennessee at the age of 18 years, 6...

Aug 14, 2006

He was born in Leatherwood, MO, the son of the late Leroy and Anna Dixby Young West. He attended school in Arcadia, MO and in 1937 was married to Susie Katherine Bowling. They made their home in Missouri and Illinois and moved to Henderson in 1961. Mr. West worked at Quality Mfg. Company as a machinist retiring in 1982. Mrs....

Aug 13, 2006

Austin Alexander Baker, Jr., 77, of Bolivar, died August 13, 2006 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.He was born in Bolivar on May 16, 1929, third and last child of Austin Alexander and Annie Lea (McAnulty) Baker. He attended Bolivar Elementary School and graduated from Bolivar Central High School in 1947.His first year of college training was in the College of...

Aug 13, 2006

Oscar Elmer Rinkswas born in Savannah, Tennessee on June 27, 1919 the son of the late David Oscar and Cora Bonee Rinks.In October of 1941, he was united in marriage to the former Martha Maybelle Ward, who preceded him in death on April 4, 1992.Mr. Rinks lived in Hardin County all of his life. He worked with Hassell’s Lumber Company...