Obituary Listing

Apr 25, 2005

Apr 25, 2005

Apr 23, 2005

Johnny B. Townsend, 49, of Rogers Springs, died Saturday morning, April 23 at his home.He was most recently a roofer having previously worked at Sequentia and a local sawmill. Mr. Townsend was born May 9, 1955 in Grand Junction to Vester Townsend of Rogers Springs and the late Mary Onis Walls Townsend and lived here all of his life. He...

Apr 22, 2005

Doris C. Bishop, 82, of Bolivar, died Friday, April 22, 2005 at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis.The widow of Harry M. Bishop, who died August 21, 1997 after 56years of marriage, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Bishop was bornFebruary 21, 1923 in Memphis, daughter of the late Roy and MaryJohnson Chambers and had made her home here since 1946. Shewas...

Apr 20, 2005

Apr 20, 2005

Inez Finley, 85, of Adamsville, Tennessee, passed away on April 20, 2005 at McNairy Regional Hospital, Selmer. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Adamsville and was retired from Harwood Manufacturing Company. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Lodge #330. Services were held on April 23, 2005 at 1:00 PM at...

Apr 19, 2005

Apr 17, 2005

Luther Edward Hobson, 66, of Pocahontas, died Sunday, April 17,2005 at Bolivar General Hospital.Mr. Hobson was a railroad conductor for Norfolk-Southern Railroad for 40 years an~ jalso raised cattle and farmed. He was born December 5, 1938 in Alcorn County, Miss., son of the late Rufus Neely Hobson and Maxine Wardlow Hobson and was raised here. Mr. Hobson graduated from...

Apr 17, 2005

James Earnest West, 58, of Hornsby, died Sunday, April 17, 2005 atJackson-Madison County General Hospital.The husband of Linda West, who survives, he was a maintenanceworker at Spectrum Corporation. Mr. West was born September19, 1946in McNairy County, son of Susie Ruth Eads West of BethelSprings and the late William R. West. He served in the U.S. Navyduring the Vietnam War.Services were...

Apr 16, 2005

Henry Clay Lamberth, 96, of Middleton, died Saturday morning,April 16, 2005 at Cordova Rehabilitation & Healthcare.The widower of Vinnie Mae Lamberth, who died in 1982, heconstructed bridges for Southern Railway for 22 years. Mr.Lamberth was born April 1, 1909 in Alcorn County, Miss., son ofthe late Bert and Josie Turner Lamberth. He made his home inMiddleton in 1960 and was...

Apr 15, 2005

Claude M. Earnest, 83, of Middleton, died Friday morning, April 15, 2005 at Bolivar General Hospital.The husband of Pearl Earnest, who survives, he was a farmer. Mr.Earnest was born October 26,1921 in Hardeman County, son of thelate Tillman and Mary Lucille Davenport Earnest. He served in theU.S.Army during WWII in France and Germany and at the Battleof the Bulge. Mr....

Apr 15, 2005

Apr 15, 2005

Claude M. Earnest, 83, of Middleton, died Friday morning, April 15, 2005 at Bolivar General Hospital.The husband of Pearl Earnest, who survives, he was a farmer. Mr.Earnest was born October 26,1921 in Hardeman County, son of thelate Tillman and Mary Lucille Davenport Earnest. He served in theU.S.Army during WWII in France and Germany and at the Battleof the Bulge. Mr....

Apr 14, 2005

Apr 14, 2005

Equille Bernice Porter Sims, 70, of Oakland, died Thursdaymorning, April 14, 2005 at the Methodist Hospital in FayetteCounty .The widow of Thaddeus M. Sims, who died November 26, 2004after 48 years of marriage, she had retired as a medical secretary.Mrs. Sims was born November 25, 1934 in Middleton, daughter ofthe late James Thomas Porter and Autle Grantham Porter and hadlived...

Apr 12, 2005

Apr 12, 2005

Apr 11, 2005

Louis G. "L.G." Stewart, 75, of Middleton, died Monday evening,April 11,2005 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Collierville.The widower of Harriet Mae Stewart, who died July 8, 2001 after47 years of marriage, he retired as a machine operator with WedcoTechnology in Grand Junction. Mr. Stewart was born January 17,1930 in Ashlal,ld"Miss., son of the late William Henry Stewart andBessie Irene Lovett...

Apr 10, 2005

Ida Lucille Robley Tennyson, 78, of Bolivar, died Sunday, April 10, 2005 at Pine Meadows Healthcare & Rehabilitation.The widow of Hiram Franklin Tennyson, Jr., who died August 7, 1996, she retired as an industrial engineer with the Dover Corporation in Middleton after 20 years of service. Mrs. Tennyson was born October 11, 1926 in Middleburg, daughter of the late Raymond...

Apr 10, 2005