Gary Lee Vunetich
Mar 27, 2019
Gary Lee Vunetich of Bethel Springs, TN, was born June 21, 1948 in East Saint Louis, IL. He departed this life on March 27, 2019 in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 70 Years, 9 Months, 6 Days.Gary was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Bethel Springs, TN. He loved to cook and did so at Robert's Western...
James Kenneth McGee
Mar 27, 2019
James Kenneth McGee was born December 23, 1944 in Ramer, TN the son of the late James Melvin and Lula Lee Turman McGee. He graduated from Selmer High School where he was a very good basketball player. He was a member of the Sulphur Springs United Methodist Church. Kenneth drove a truck many years for Golden Flake. He enjoyed fishing,...
David D. Carsten
Mar 26, 2019
DAVID D. CARSTENwas born in Waynedale, Indiana on February 2, 1943 the son of the late Phillip John and Thelma Evelyn Lee Carsten.On January 26, 1980 he was united in marriage to Martha (Marti) Ruiz, who survives.David while living in Fort Wayne, Indiana he worked for Zollner Corporation and was the owner and operator of Parkwest Aquarium. After moving to...
Stanley Wilson "Wink" Watkins
Mar 26, 2019
Stanley Wilson (Wink) Watkins of Bethel Springs, TN was born July 12, 1938 in Alcorn County, MS the son of the late Stanley Fred Watkins and Veda Frazier Watkins. He was united in marriage to Myrtle Charlene Jarnagin on November 29, 1958.Mr. Watkins owned and operated Winks Cafe in Selmer, TN for nearly 30 years. He was a member of...
Annie Ruth Coleman
Mar 26, 2019
Miss Annie Ruth Coleman was born July 10, 1923 in McNairy County, TN the daughter of the late Charles Neil and Mary Weatherly Coleman.Miss Coleman graduated from Ramer High School in 1941. She attended West Tennessee Business College in Jackson for two years and was later employed by the Army Corps of Engineers in Memphis, retiring as Supervisor of the...
Mack Lee Huckabee
Mar 25, 2019
Mack Lee Huckabee, Jr of Nashville, TN was born March 7, 1930 in Bethel Springs, TN the son of the late Lucious MacDonald Huckabee and Cordie Priscilla Campbell Huckabee. He was united in marriage to Joyce Ivalee Rimmer on February 24, 1953. Mrs. Huckabee preceded him in death on November 15, 2018.Mack served his country in the United States Navy...
Pauline Newman
Mar 25, 2019
PAULINE NEWMANwas born in Wayne County, Tennessee on May 31, 1940 the daughter of the late P. E. and Agnes Hodge White.On September 4, 1960 she was united in marriage to Carl Haynes Newman, who survives.She was a former resident of Indiana for a few years and South Louisiana for 48 years. Pauline was a jewelry manager at Service Merchandise...
Kathleen Newman Hindman
Mar 25, 2019
Mrs. Hindman passed away Monday morning, March 25, 2019, at Pine Meadows Healthcare in Bolivar.She was born in Chester County, the daughter of the late W. O. and Inez Casey Newman. She lived most all of her life in Hardeman County and in August, 1945 was married to Mr. Glenn Hindman. Mr. Hindman died June 20, 1952. In addition to...
Caroline Jean Benson Doyle
Mar 24, 2019
Caroline Jean Benson Doyle was born on February 26, 1947 in Lutts, Tennessee, the daughter of the late John William and Ora Lee Cox Graham.Caroline worked at Angelica as a sewing machine operator and at Savannah Healthcare for 17 years in the housekeeping department. She loved the Lord and was a member of White's Creek Freewill Baptist Church in Savannah,...
Earline Wheeler
Mar 24, 2019
Mrs. Wheeler passed from this life on Sunday night, March 24, 2019 at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital.She was the daughter of the late James Bryan and Maude Cossar West and lived her entire life in Hardeman County. On April 29, 1944, she married Mr. Howard Wheeler. He died Monday, April 23 2001. Mrs. Wheeler is also preceded in death...
Sam L. Word
Mar 24, 2019
Sam L. Word was born June 6, 1941 in Shelby County, TN the son of the late W.L. and Zena Mae Hamlett Word.He was united in marriage to Janice Walker on September 12, 1960.Mr. Word had lived in Southaven, MS for 35 years, Adamsville, TN for 14 1/2 years before moving to Ringgold, GA to be closer to family. In...
Geneva Doran Smith
Mar 24, 2019
Geneva Smith was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She enjoyed all the sewing arts, her church activities, traveling and time with her family and friends.She passed away Sunday, March 24, at Hospice House in Huntersville, North Carolina, at the age of 90.She shared 45 years of marriage to her beloved husband, Trudell. Together they raised two children, Terry (deceased)...
James "Shorty" Smith
Mar 23, 2019
James E. "Shorty" Smith was born August 12, 1921 in McNairy County, TN the son of the late Lee Roy and Mattie Mae Moore Smith. He departed this life on March 23, 2019 in Ramer, Tennessee at the age of 97 years, 7 months, 11 days. He was a lifelong member of the Mount Vernon Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Ramer,...
J. R. Hames
Mar 23, 2019
J. R. HamesHenderson: John Reynold (J.R.) Hames, age 93, passed away Saturday night, March 23, 2019 at the Henderson Health and Rehab.J.R. was born and reared in Habersham County, Georgia, the son of the late John Reynold ‘Rennie’ and Sallie Etta English Hames. He went to school in Habersham County, at Clarksville, GA.He operated a service station in Atlanta and...
Frances Annettee McWilliams
Mar 23, 2019
Mrs. Frances Annettee Olive McWilliams was born September 14, 1955 in Lauderdale County, AL the daughter the late Hubert and Frankie Purser Olive.Miss McWilliams was a Nurse Aide and a member of the Fairview Free Will Baptist Church in Iron City, TN. Miss McWilliams departed this life on March 23, 2019 in at the age of 63 Years, 6 Months,...
Jeffrey Lee Dean
Mar 22, 2019
Jeffrey Dean was born on March 27, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois to the late William and Gladys Dean.Mr. Dean was employed as a truck driver by Aqua Glass Corporation for many years. In his free time, he enjoyed hunting, being a devoted husband and father, and running the family Hawaiian Shaved Ice business. He loved being outdoors, working in the...
Steven Johnsey
Mar 22, 2019
STEVEN JOHNSEY Richard Steven Johnsey, at 57, passed away at the Henderson Health and Rehab on March 22, 2019.Steven was born in Henderson and grew up in Decatur and Chester County. He is the son of Mae Dell Thompson Johnsey Chumney and the late Richard Wallace Johnsey. He attended West Tennessee Cerebral Palsy Center for 12 years and also the...
Thurston Roosevelt Harper
Mar 22, 2019
Thurston Roosevelt Harper was born January 25, 1935 in Hamilton, AL, the son of the late George Ben and Julia Stidham Harper. Mr. Harper was retired from IMC but had managed Florence Farmer's Market for approximately 12 years. He was a member of the First Assembly of God in Florence, Alabama and was an avid UNA fan.Mr. Harper departed this...
Martha Bess Ashe
Mar 22, 2019
Martha Bess Ashe was born May 18, 1939 in Selmer, TN the daughter of the late Estell and Vadell Hicks Locke.She was united in marriage to Charles Dee Ashe on August 11, 1956.Mrs. Ashe graduated from Selmer High School in 1957. She worked for Levi Strauss retiring after 24 years of service. She was affectionately known to everyone as Memaw....
Roger Allen King
Mar 22, 2019
Roger Allen King was born November 8, 1954 in Hornsby, TN the son of the late Warren D. and Elaine Hicks King.He was united in marriage to Doris Rinks in May of 1987.Mr. King worked for the State of Tennessee Highway Department in Bethel Springs for 17 years and Charles Goodrum Sawmill for 13 years. He attended Full Gospel Fellowship...
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