Obituary Listing

Mar 7, 2006

Mar 7, 2006

Thelma Earle Meekswas born September 29, 1922 in Savannah, Tennessee the daughter of the late Albert and Mable Evelyn Heathcock Webb. On December 24, 1940 she was united in marriage to Herbert Landen Meeks, who preceded her in death on February 18, 1980. Mrs. Meeks was a homemaker and a member of Pisgah United Methodist Church. She loved her kids,...

Mar 7, 2006

Millinea Stanfillwas born on June 25, 1921 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Hugh Arther and Roxie Weathers Scott.On April 11, 1936 she was united in marriage to Carl N. Stanfill who preceded her in death on February 15, 2000. Mrs. Stanfill was a homemaker and a member of the First Methodist Church of Adamsville.She departed this...

Mar 6, 2006

Bertie Russell Jennings Was born on January 19, 1922 in Hardin County, Tennessee the daughter of the late John Edgar and Kenneth Ann Templeton Russell.On October 25, 1940 she was united in marriage to I.D. Jennings, who survives.Mrs. Jennings was a homemaker and attended the Assembly of God Church.She departed this life on March 6, 2006 at Hardin Medical Center...

Mar 5, 2006

George W. Saxton was born October 11, 1934 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of the late J. Lawrence Barry Saxton and Graple Hurst Saxton Lamb. He was united in marriage to Bobbie McNorton on April 2, 1966.Mr. Saxton was a retired truck driver for Poole Truck Lines and was a member of the Solitude Freewill Baptist Church. He was...

Mar 5, 2006

Bertha Gilchrist McClintock, 92, of Bolivar, died Sunday, March 5, 2006 at her daughter’s home in Memphis.The widow of Everette William McClintock, who died in June 1974, she was a nursing technician at Western State. Mrs. McClintock was born April 24, 1913 in McNairy County, daughter of the late Homer and Mary Tennyson Gilchrist and lived in Hardeman County all...

Mar 5, 2006

Birdie L. Thomas, 79, of Pocahontas, died Sunday, March 5, 2006 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.The widow of Talmage Thomas, who died in 1956, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Thomas was born May 1, 1926 in Earlsboro, Okla. and lived the majority of her life in California before making her home in Pocahontas 10 years ago. She was a member...

Mar 5, 2006

Mary Dianne Bankswas born on May 16, 1958 in Hardin County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Robert Elmer and Maybelle Oliver Melton. Ms. Banks was employed as a cook at Tri-County Convalescent Home in Adamsville, Tennessee. She departed this life on March 5, 2006 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 47 years, 9...

Mar 5, 2006

John Tidwell “Ted” Covey, 89, of Saulsbury, died Sunday, March 5, 2006 at Quince Nursing Home in Memphis.The widower of Beulah Stevens Covey, who died April 27, 1992 after 51 years of marriage, he retired in 1974 from Firestone as a tire builder after 34 years of service and was a cattle farmer since then. Mr. Covey was born September...

Mar 4, 2006

Ruth Elizabeth Baker Sipes, 87, of Bolivar, died Saturday, March 4, 2006 at Bolivar General Hospital.A homemaker, she had also worked for a time at Western Mental Health Institute and as a cook on a river boat. Mrs. Sipes was born February 25, 1919 in Hardeman County, daughter of the late Joe Marley Baker and Daisy Marie McDaniel Baker. She...

Mar 4, 2006

Ileta Smith Kennedy, 73, of Middleton, died Saturday, March 4, 2006 at St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett.The widow of Kenneth Kennedy, who died in September 1999, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Kennedy was born August 2, 1932 in Tiplersville, Miss., daughter of the late J. P. and Verdie Mae Cross Smith. She was Baptist in belief. Private graveside services were...

Mar 4, 2006

Mar 4, 2006

Lueela Williams Joyner was born February 4, 1911 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Robert Hatton Williams and the late Euda Naylor Williams. She was united in marriage to Oscar Joyner who preceded her in death on July 3, 1994. She was a homemaker and a member of the Finger Church of Christ.Mrs. Joyner departed this life...

Mar 4, 2006

Donald Leroy Hamilton was born September 27, 1939 in Pierce City, Missouri the son of the late Frank and Beulah Rimmer Hamilton. He was united in marriage to Doris Plunk on April 27, 1987.Mr. Hamilton was a retired shipping and receiving clerk for Caterpillar in Peoria, IL, having worked there for 30 years, and was a Baptist in belief. Mr....

Mar 4, 2006

Sandra Kay Norman, 53, of Middleton, died Saturday, March 4, 2006 at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Bolivar.The wife of James E. Norman, who survives, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Norman was born November 15, 1952 in Arkansas, daughter of the late Robert Swain Elam and Virginia Winningham Elam and lived in the Memphis area for a time and in...

Mar 3, 2006

Mar 3, 2006

Bobby C. Ganus was born on June 15, 1934 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of the late Charley Richard and Artie Mae Alexander Ganus.On September 5, 1953, he was united in marriage to the former Dorothy Browder, who survives. Mr. Ganus was a retired painter and carpenter. He was a member of Christian Assembly Church. Mr. Ganus was loved...

Mar 3, 2006

Marvin L. Vincent, 86, of Bolivar, died Friday, March 3, 2006 at Humboldt General Hospital.The husband of Sue Emerson Vincent, who survives, he was an office manager at Bolivar Electric for 20 years. Mr. Vincent was born December 16, 1919 in Saulsbury, son of the late Marcus Leon Vincent and Ola Jacobs Vincent. He served in the U.S. Army in...

Mar 2, 2006

Mar 2, 2006

Funeral services for Branson Jerome Moore, age 73 of New Hope, Ala will be on Sunday, March 5, 2006, 1:30 pm with Harold Kelly officiating. Interment following in Memorial Gardens, Waynesboro with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements.Visitation will be on Saturday March 4, 6:00-9:00 pm and on Sunday March 5, from 10:00 am until...