Obituary Listing

John R. Matlock

John R. Matlock

Oct 19, 2006

John R. Matlock was born July 25, 1943 in Selmer, Tennessee the son of the late Robert and Ruby Freeman Matlock.He was a Factory worker before becoming disabled and departed this life on October 19, 2006 in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 63 Years, 2 Months, 24 Days.Mr. Matlock is survived by; A Sister, Joyce Cobb of Selmer, Tennessee;...

Allen Eugene King

Allen Eugene King

Oct 19, 2006

Allen Eugene King was born January 12, 1945 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of the late Alvie E. and Alline Leatherwood King.He was united in marriage to Barbara Ann Littlejohn.Mr. King was a clerk for Paul Fisher Oil Company. He was a member of the Selmer Second Baptist Church. He was a United States Army veteran and proudly served...

Billy Monroe Butler

Billy Monroe Butler

Oct 19, 2006

Billy Monroe Butler was born August 10, 1950 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of the late Willard and Lutie McDaniel Butler.Mr. Butler was a retired timber cutter and was raised in the Church of God.Mr. Butler departed this life on October 19, 2006 in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 56 Years, 2 Months, 9 Days. He is survived...

Barbara Hall Newsom

Barbara Hall Newsom

Oct 18, 2006

Barbara Hall Newsom was born October 14, 1953 in Nashville, Tennessee the daughter of Frances Holt Hall and the late James Hall.Mrs. Newsom was a Teacher and a member of the Campbell St. Church of Christ in Jackson, TN.She departed this life on October 18, 2006 in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 53 Years, 4 Days.Mrs. Newsom is survived...

Jay Ross Shattuck

Jay Ross Shattuck

Oct 17, 2006

Jay was born in Jackson, TN, and reared in Henderson, the son of Stacy and Amanda Ross Shattuck. He attended schools in Chester County and played golf while in school. He graduated Chester County High School in 2005. After graduating he started to Crump Vocational School to become a machinist. He continued to play golf, which he loved, and also...

Edith Gallaher

Edith Gallaher

Oct 17, 2006

Graveside services for Mary Edith Gallaher, age 90, of Wayne County Nursing Home, Waynesboro,TN will be on Thursday October 19, 2006 3:00 pm Memorial Gardens, Waynesboro with David Miller officiating. Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements.Visitation will be on Thursday October 19 from 11:00 am ---2:30 pm at Shackelford Funeral Home, WaynesboroMary Edith Gallaher died...

Gertrude Carla Connor

Gertrude Carla Connor

Oct 16, 2006

GERTRUDE CARLA SPURLOCK CONNORWas born in Hazey, West Virginia on December 22, 1927 the daughter of the late Seth and Pearl Alexander Spurlock.On October 15, 1947 she was united in marriage to Charles Donald “Doc” Connor, who survives.Mrs. Connor retired after 15 years from Providence Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. She departed this life on October 16, 2006 at the Park...

Graple Hampton

Graple Hampton

Oct 16, 2006

Graple Hampton, 77, of Bolivar, died Monday, October 16, 2006 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.The wife of Roscoe E. Hampton, who survives, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Hampton was born February 25, 1929 in Hardeman County, daughter of the late William Alexander “Alex” Carter and Dessie Ethel King Carter and lived here all of her life. She was a member...

Billy Crowell

Billy Crowell

Oct 16, 2006

BILLY CROWELLWas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on July 31, 1931 the son of the late Herman and Willie Phillips Crowell.Mr. Crowell was united in marriage to the former Hermie Henry, who survives.Mr. Crowell was a retired restaurant cook. He was a member of Crump First Baptist Church. Mr. Crowell lived in Hardin County all of his life.He departed this...

Otis Edward Davis

Otis Edward Davis

Oct 16, 2006

Otis Edward Davis, 84, of Pocahontas, died Monday, October 16, 2006 at Pine Meadows Healthcare & Rehabilitation.The husband of Julia Lewis Davis, who survives, he was an electrician and sign maker. Mr. Davis was born January 28, 1922, in Deckard, Tennessee, son of the late James Henry Davis and Pearl Lindsey Davis. He served in the U. S. Army for...

Lizzie Kirk Freeman

Lizzie Kirk Freeman

Oct 15, 2006

Lizzie Kirk Freeman was born on Tuesday, September 6, 1921, the daughter of the late Wesley Monroe and Willie Bell Mullins Dix. She was a homemaker and retired Nurse Technician at Western Mental Health in Bolivar, TN. She was the widow of Herman Grady Kirk and Hollis E. Freeman.Mrs. Freeman departed this life on Sunday, October 15, 2006, at Decatur...

Edsel Davis

Edsel Davis

Oct 15, 2006

Funeral services for Clemon Edsel Davis, age 67, of Waynesboro,TN will be on Tuesday October 17, 2006, 1:00 pm Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel, Waynesboro with Joel Wallace officiating. Interment following in Memorial Gardens, Waynesboro with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements.Visitation will be on Monday October 16, 2006 from 5:00-9:00 pm and on Tuesday October...

William F. Wilson

William F. Wilson

Oct 15, 2006

Mr. Wilson died early Sunday morning, October 15, 2006 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.The husbans of Margaret Elizabeth Vaughan Wilson, who survives, he was a farmer and retired from Moltan at Brownfield after over 20 years of employment. Mr. Wilson was born May 12, 1928 in Hardeman County, son of the late Joe and Zelda Pirtle Wilson and lived here...

Keith Higginbotham

Keith Higginbotham

Oct 15, 2006

He was born and reared in Memphis, Tennessee son of Sherman Higginbotham and the late Ruth Hill. He went to school in Shelby County. and grauated from Frasier Highschool in 1978. He worked in construction after highschool and in 1987 he married Julia Gray of Memphis. They lived in Memphis until 1991 when they moved to Henderson. Keith worked for...

Marie Simms

Marie Simms

Oct 14, 2006

She was the daughter of the late George Newton and Sarah Emma Rayburn Gullett. She was a Baptist and dedicated her life to nursing on the cancer ward of Jackson Madison County General Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband William Simms and a daughter Kathy Marie Simms Hooten. She is survived by a son Billy (Jeannette) Simms...

Ruth Francis Stansell

Ruth Francis Stansell

Oct 14, 2006

She was born and reared in Cranston, Rhode Island, daughter of the late Edmund C. and Doris Bumpus Blanchard. She went to school in Rhode Island and was married to Leon Stansell in 1946.They made their home in Rhode Island and in 1979 they moved to Henderson. Mr Blanchard died in 1985. Mrs. Blanchard moved back to Rhode Island until...

James Robert Shull

James Robert Shull

Oct 14, 2006

James Robert (Rabbit) Shullwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on February 9, 1931 the son of the late Jay and Mazie Franks Shull.He was united in marriage to the former Peggy Ruth Lipford, who survives. Mr. Shull worked as a timber cutter.He departed this life on October 14, 2006 at Hardin Medical Center in Savannah at the age of 75...

Cliff Edward Cummings

Cliff Edward Cummings

Oct 14, 2006

Funeral services for Cliff Edward Cummings, age 25, of Collinwood, TN will be on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006 , 3:00 pm Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel, Collinwood,TN with Pete Turnbow officiating. Interment following in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Collinwood,TN with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the services.Cliff Edward Cummings died on Saturday October 14, 2006 injuries sustained from...

Mary June Brooks

Mary June Brooks

Oct 13, 2006

Mary June Ripley Brooks was born June 1, 1927 in Memphis, Tennessee. She was united in marriage to Albert Franklin Wolverton, who preceded her in death. To this union three sons were born. In her later life she married Roy Brooks, who also preceded her in death. Mrs. Brooks was a retired packer for the Army Defense Depot in Memphis,...

Margaret Jackson

Margaret Jackson

Oct 13, 2006

Margaret Casey Jackson, 92, of Marion, Arkansas, formerly of Bartlett, died Friday, October 13, 2006 at Willow Bend Nursing Home in Marion.Born to Samuel I. and Lena Macon Casey July 12, 1914, she was a member of the Church of Christ at White Station. Ms. Jackson moved to Memphis in the 1940's, living there some 60 years and had worked...