Obituary Listing

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...

Mar 2, 2006

Danny Hugh Chandler was born November 27, 1967 in Memphis, Tennessee the son of Jennifer Redick Cuthbertson and the late David Joseph Chandler.Mr. Chandler was a construction worker and a member of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Pocohontas, Tennessee.Mr. Chandler departed this life on March 2, 2006 in Bolivar, Tennessee at the age of 38 Years, 3...

Mar 2, 2006

Nellie Bishop Lane, 85, of Grand Junction, died Thursday, March 2, 2006 at Bolivar General Hospital.The widow of Robert E. “Red” Lane, who died September 9, 1997, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Lane was born April 27, 1920 in Hardeman County, daughter of the late John L. and Lillie Graves Bishop and lived most of her life in Arlington before...

Mar 1, 2006

Hazel Crowley Watkins died Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.The wife of Malcolm T. Watkins, who survives, she was a homemaker and had worked at Hardeman Garment, Kilgore and as a nurse’s aide at the Care Inn. Mrs. Watkins was born November 6, 1921 in Hardeman County, daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin Hanna and Daisy Nell...

Mar 1, 2006

Lavera HanksWas born on August 20, 1929 in Newbern, Tennessee the daughter of the late Thomas Austin and Ninnie Owen Childress.On July 14, 1946, she was united in marriage to John C. Hanks, Sr., who survives.Mrs. Hanks was a member of Olive Hill Baptist Church and was employed as a door-greeter at Wal-Mart.She departed this life on March 1, 2006...