Obituary Listing

Feb 25, 2006

Funeral services for Bertha Louise Dugger Lee Martin, age 82, of Waynesboro, TN will be on Monday, February 27, 2006, 1:00 pm Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel, Waynesboro with Glen Richardson officiating. Interment following in Memorial Gardens, Waynesboro with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements.Bertha Louise Dugger Lee Martin a native of Wayne County, TN died...

Feb 24, 2006

Gerald Maxedon was born July 24, 1922 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of the late Alvah B. and Edith Hamm Maxedon.He was a United States Army World War II veteran, a farmer and heavy equipment operator, and a member of Mt. Vernon Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was united in marriage to Eva Pearl Barnes on June 6, 1947.Mr. Maxedon...

Feb 24, 2006

Franklin Steadman Murdaugh, 43, of Jackson, died Friday, February 24, 2006 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.He was a correction officer with Hardeman County Correction Facility-Correction Corporation of America. Mr. Murdaugh was born November 2, 1962 in Savannah, Tenn., son of the late Ernest Franklin Murdaugh, Jr. and Marjorie Steadman Murdaugh and received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University...

Feb 24, 2006

Clara Ruth Starnes, age 85, of Clifton, TN died Friday, February 24, 2006 at Maury Regional Hospital in Columbia. She was born in Perry County April 23, 1920 to the late Charlie and Bessie Smith Riley. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Arnold Starnes; brothers, Ralph and Claude Riley; and a sister, Pauline Briley. She was a...

Feb 23, 2006

Parker M. Johnson, 75, of Bolivar died Thursday afternoon, February 23, 2006 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.The husband of Vanice Bishop Johnson, who survives, he retired as a supervisor at Western Mental Health Institute after 35 years of service. Mr. Johnson was born July 23, 1930 in McNairy County, son of the late John Prentis Johnson and Essie Neal King...

Feb 23, 2006

Darbo, as she was affectionately called by those who knew and loved her, age 75 died on her birthday after a year long battle with cancer and leukemia. She was born on February 23, 1931 at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. She was the only child of Rex Johnson Cole and Roberta Rebecca DeBerry Cole and lived in Clifton, Tennessee....

Feb 22, 2006

Faye Vickers Lutz, 78, died Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis.The wife of Robert “Bob” Lutz, who survives, she was a paralegal for Great Western Finance for 30 years. Mrs. Lutz was born September 18, 1927 in Middleton, daughter of the late John and Tressie Russell Vickers. She lived in St. Louis, Missouri for 47 years...

Feb 22, 2006

Frances Marie Ellis Jacksonwas born on April 12, 1943 the daughter of the late Charles and Jewel McCafferty Ellis.Ms. Jackson worked in the clerical field.She departed this life on February 22, 2006 at her residence in Madison Heights, Michigan at the age of 62 years, 10 months and 10 days.Ms. Jackson is survived by 3 sons: Frank Jackson, Randy Jackson...

Feb 21, 2006

Freda Sanders Todd, 83, of Bolivar, died Tuesday morning, February 21, 2006 at Dogwood Plantation in New Albany, Miss.The widow of Malcolm Todd, who died in 1980, she was a retail sales clerk with Goldsmith’s for 28 years. Mrs. Todd was born October 7, 1922 in Hardeman County, daughter of the late James W. Sanders and Freddie Tiekle Sanders and...

Feb 21, 2006

Feb 21, 2006

She was born and reared in Chester County, the County Line Community, the daughter of the late John Scudder and Viola Holder Shelton. She attended schools in Chester County and Pinson High School. She was married to John Gilbert Sells in 1939. They made their home in many places in the states while John was serving in the Army. He...

Feb 21, 2006

Ann Fulghum Warr, 77, of Bolivar, died Tuesday afternoon, February 21, 2006 at Bolivar General Hospital.The widow of Thomas Percy Warr, Jr., who died December 2, 1988 after 40 years of marriage, she was a retired retail merchant. Mrs. Warr was born October 1, 1928 in Bolivar, daughter of the late Marcus W. and Myra Louise Jacobs Fulghum and lived...

Feb 20, 2006

He was born and reared in the Deanburg Community of Chester County, the son of the late W.V. “Will” Harris, Sr. and Margaret Edith Hearn Harris. He attended Chester County Schools and graduated Chester County High School in 1944. He entered the U.S. Army in 1944; he served in the South Pacific, the Philippines Islands. After the war ended he...

Feb 20, 2006

Marvin Austin was born February 12, 1916 in Alcorn County, Mississippi the son of the late Walter and Maude Voyles Austin.For 48 years he was married to the former Lilly Mae McAlughlin with whom he had three children. He was later married to the former Beulah Mae Rowsey for 13 years.Mr. Austin was a farmer and a member of the...

Feb 19, 2006

ARCH RICH DESHAZIERWas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on August 6, 1918 the son of the late Willie Dee and Dellar Isley DeShazier.Mr. DeShazier retired from Temple Chattanooga Box Company and was a farmer.He departed this life on February 19, 2006 at the Hardin County Nursing Home in Savannah, Tennessee at the age of 87 years, 6 months and 13...

Feb 19, 2006

Graveside services for Mary Monetta Cole Adkisson age 100, of Wayne Care Nursing Home, Waynesboro,TN will be on Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at 11:00 am Memorial Gardens, Collinwood, TN with Eural (Junior) Daniel officiating. Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of the arrangements.Mary Monetta Cole Adkisson a native of Wayne County TN died on Sunday, February 19, 2006...

Feb 19, 2006

Mary Jo Norwood, age 65 of Ramer, departed this life on Sunday, February 19, 2006, surrounded by her loving family at her home following a long and courageous battle with (PSP) Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Mary Jo was a retired cosmetologist, a member of the Unity Baptist Church in Ramer and the Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter 270, in Corinth,...

Feb 18, 2006

BARNEY FAY GODWINWas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on December 15, 1936 the son of the late Hershel Jefferson and Macie Ellen Young Godwin.Mr. Godwin retired from APAC Asphalt Company. He worked for Ingrim Barge Company for several years. He was a member of New Life Pentecostal Church. Mr. Godwin liked going to church, watching sports, helping people when he...

Feb 18, 2006

Sammy H. Edwards was born November 16, 1939, to Aldon and Faye Edwards. He grew up in Bells, Tennessee, and attended elementary and high school. He graduated from UT at Martin in 1962. He was a charter member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. He joined the U.S. Marines and was honorably discharged as a corporal of the Marine Reserves....

Feb 18, 2006

Finis Buford Barnes 99, died February 18, 2006 at Fairview Skilled Care Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Mr. Barnes was born December 5, 1906 in the Mt. Gilead community and spent his adult life farming in the Jones Bottom community. He was a member of the Selmer Primitive Baptist Church. He was also a member of the Farm Bureau and the...