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Reva Melton

Reva Melton

May 6, 2019

Reva Melton was born in McNairy County, Tennessee on January 22, 1931, the daughter of the late Alfred Dewey and Lela Elizabeth Rouse Frye. On March 6, 1954, she was united in marriage to Raymond Harold Melton, who preceded her in death on October 20, 1962. Reva departed this life on May 6, 2019, at the age of 88 years,...

Imogene  Bullman Graham

Imogene Bullman Graham

May 5, 2019

IMOGENE GRAHAM Parsons, TN: Imogene Bullman Graham age 87 passed away May 5, 2019 at AHC Decatur County Nursing Home.She was born February 13, 1932 in Chester County, the daughter of the late George Emmit and Lydian Curtis Plunk Bullman. She grew up and attended school in Chester County. She moved to Jackson at age nineteen and spent thirty years...

Vanilla J. Hill

Vanilla J. Hill

May 5, 2019

Vanilla J. "Sister" Hill of Selmer, TN was born February 22, 1939 in McNairy County, TN the daughter of the late Vernon Sanders and Palace Smallwood Sanders. She was united in marriage to Eldon C. (Tutelum) Hill who preceded her in death on May 6, 2015.Mrs. Hill enjoyed time with her grandchildren, great grandchildren, and being with her family and...

Tommy Gene Baker

Tommy Gene Baker

May 4, 2019

Mr. Baker passed from this life on Saturday evening, May 4, 2019. He was born in Hardeman County, the son of Joe Burton Baker, who survives, and the late Colene Eloise Jackson Baker. He lived all of his life here. He is also preceded in death by a brother, Frankie Joe Baker.Mr. Baker was a heavy equipment operator and in...

Bonnie Pollock Krauch

Bonnie Pollock Krauch

May 4, 2019

Graveside services for Bonnie Jean Pollock Krauch, 86, of Memphis, Tenn., will be Monday, May 6, at 3 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Deerfield, Tenn., with Shackelford Funeral Home directing.Mrs. Krauch died Saturday, May 4, in Memphis. She was born April 29, 1933, in Lawrence County, Tenn., to Bee and Eunice Coker Pollock. She was retired from the Internal...

Bruce E. Murray

Bruce E. Murray

May 4, 2019

Bruce E. Murray of Bethel Springs, TN was born December 21, 1938 in McNairy County, TN the son of the late William Virgil and Mary Lessie Henson Murray. Mr. Murray enjoyed playing and listening to bluegrass music. He was a member of Purdy Presbyterian Church. He departed this life on May 4, 2019 in his home at the age of...

Carol Mosier

Carol Mosier

May 4, 2019

CAROL MOSIER Jackson, TN: Carol Ann Hornbrook Mosier age 71 passed away May 4, 2019 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.She was born January 23, 1948 in Inyokern, California, the daughter of John J. Hornbrook, I and the late Mary Alice Colerick Hornbrook. She went to school in California and graduated High School. She married Roger Dale Mosier in 2001....

Priscilla Kay Spencer

Priscilla Kay Spencer

May 4, 2019

Mrs. Spencer passed away Saturday afternoon, May 4, 2019, at St. Frances Hospital in Bartlett, TN. She was born in Seagoville, TX, the daughter of the late Luther and Essie Fay Thorn Wood, and moved to Somerville in 1982. Kay, as she was known by most, married David Lynn "D. L." Spencer on Saturday, December 2, 2000. She was a...

Roy Kirk

Roy Kirk

May 4, 2019

Mr. Kirk passed Saturday afternoon, May 4, 2019 at Magnolia Regional Hospital in Corinth, MS. He was born in Hardeman County and was a life-long resident of Pocahontas. His parents were the late Jesse Edward and Ora Galloway Kirk. He served his country during World War II and, at the time of his death, was the oldest World War II...

Terry W. Pitts

Terry W. Pitts

May 3, 2019

Terry W. Pitts departed this life on Friday, May 3, 2019, at the age of 69 years, 2 months, and 9 days. He was born in Wayne County, Tennessee, on February 24, 1950, the son of the late Marion Lloyd and Dorothy Frances Kelley Pitts. On December 22, 1967, he was united in marriage to Martha Jane Hannah, who preceded...

Danny Vales

Danny Vales

May 3, 2019

Mr. Vales, the husband of Carolyn Vales, passed from this life on Friday morning, May 3, 2019, at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. A native of Caruthersville, MO, he moved to this area as a teenager with his parents, the late Elbert and Buna Elta Hall Vales. He married the former Carolyn Chandler on July 17, 1965.Mr. Vales was a...

Pamela Mayfield Patterson

Pamela Mayfield Patterson

May 2, 2019

Jackson, TN: Pamela Mayfield Patterson, age 65 of Jackson departed this life on May 2, 2019 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.She was born in Jackson, TN on August 16, 1953 the daughter of the late Garland Leonard and Jo Lee Robison Mayfield. She grew up in Henderson and graduated from CCHS in 1971. She married David Morris Patterson on...

Phillip Moore

Phillip Moore

May 2, 2019

Phillip Moore was born February 9, 1949 in Selmer, TN the son of the late Thurman Moore and Tommie King Moore. He departed this life on May 2, 2019 at his home in Selmer at the age of 70 Years, 2 Months, 23 Days. Phillip was united in marriage to the love of his life, Patricia King Moore (Trisha), on...

Mary Ruth Harris

Mary Ruth Harris

May 2, 2019

Mrs. Harris passed from this life Thursday morning, May 2, 2019 at Chester County Healthcare in Henderson.She was born Sunday, December 10, 1950 in Tiptonville, TN to the late James Arnold and Dosha Ann Bryant Wray. Mrs. Harris lived in Collierville for about 30 years before moving to this area of West Tennessee in the mid-1980's. She was a homemaker...

Nila Faye Rose Mayhall

Nila Faye Rose Mayhall

May 2, 2019

Nila Faye Rose Mayhall was born in Savannah, Tennessee on October 7, 1953, the daughter of the late William Clantis and Sallie Waymon Cummings Rose. On January 27, 1981, she was united in marriage to Larry S. Mayhall, who preceded her in death on February 15, 2016. Nila departed this life on May 2, 2019, at the age of 65...

Malvin Griggs

Malvin Griggs

May 2, 2019

Malvin Griggs was born February 7, 1958 in Wayne County, TN the son of the late Calvin Lee and Beulah Kilburn Griggs. Mr. Griggs departed this life on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at Maury Regional Hospital in Columbia, Tennessee at the age of 61 years, 2 months, 25 days. Mr. Griggs, a sawmill worker, was a member of the Church...

Earnestine White

Earnestine White

May 1, 2019

Earnestine Kilburn Dixon White of Waynesboro, TN was born July 27, 1932 in Barton, AL, the daughter of the late Henry Edward and Mary Antha Keeton Kilburn. Mrs. White was a retired CNA at Wayne County Nursing Home and was a Christian and a member of Green River Tabernacle in Waynesboro, Tennessee.She departed this life on Wednesday, May 1, 2019...

Barbara R. Riley

Barbara R. Riley

May 1, 2019

Mrs. Barbara Rees Riley was born November 8, 1937 in Lanham, MD the daughter of the late George Garland and Aurelia Virginia Yountz Rees. She was united in marriage to Jesse Mack Riley. Mr. Riley preceded her in death on September 25, 1998. Mrs. Riley was a Retired Medical Records Clerk From Orlando Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Riley departed this...

Darwyn Laws  Rushing

Darwyn Laws Rushing

May 1, 2019

Darwyn Laws Rushing, Sr. 83Mr. Rushing of Finger, TN passed from this world to the next on May 1, 2019. He was surrounded by family and loved ones at Jackson-Madison General Hospital.He was born on August 13, 1935 in Whitthorne, Tennessee. He was preceded in death by his parents, Luther and Floy Rushing, sister Eloise Ross and brother George Rushing....

Donald K. Jones

Donald K. Jones

Apr 30, 2019

Donald K. Jones was born in Ashland, Kentucky on May 30, 1940, the son of the late William and Opal Jones. On June 20, 1968, he was united in marriage to Mary Louise Peterman, who survives. Donald departed this life on April 30, 2019 at the age of 78 years and 11 months. Donald served his country in the United...

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