Austin Blake Riley Melson
Apr 15, 2018
Austin Blake Riley Melson departed this life on Sunday, April 15, 2018, at the age of 20 years, 7 months, and 27 days. He was born in Selmer, Tennessee on August 19, 1997, the son of Brian Melson and Teresa Austin Ervin.Blake was an active member of the US Army Reserve 663 Engineer Company out of Florence, Alabama and employed...
Cecil W. Akin, Jr.
Apr 15, 2018
Cecil W. Akin, Jr. was born October 12, 1936 in Monticello, AR the son of the late Cecil W. Akin, Sr. and Christine Bostain Akin. He was united in marriage to Rhita L. Lumpkin on March 16, 1963. They lived in Memphis until moving to Rhita's hometown of Ramer in 1980. Mr. Akin worked in Banking for over 30 years...
Elizabeth Graves Chalkley
Apr 15, 2018
Elizabeth Graves Chalkley, age 94, of Lawton, Oklahoma passed away Sunday, April 15, 2018 in Lawton. She was born to Perry and Blanche (Bastin) Graves in Wayne County, Tennessee on July 6, 1923. She attended schools in Linden, Tennessee. She married Leonard Chalkley on June 20, 1944 in the Church of Christ in Tullahoma, Tennessee. He died April 23, 2001....
Addison Faith Thompson
Apr 15, 2018
Addison Faith Thompson was born April 14, 2018 in Tupelo, MS the daughter of Ryan Thompson and Amber Johnson.Addison departed this life on April 15, 2018 in Tupelo, Mississippi at the age of one day.She is survived by her parents, Ryan Thompson and Amber Johnson, a sister, Rylee Thompson, and a brother, Kaison Thompson, all of Corinth, MS; maternal grandmother...
Dorothy Gean (Dot) Burks
Apr 14, 2018
Dorothy Gean (Dot) Burks was born March 23, 1929 in McNairy County, TN the daughter of the late James Earl and Mary Lydia Tedford Brown.She was united in marriage to Charles Burks on November 3, 1951.Mrs. Burks moved to Gary, Indiana when she was younger and worked for 9 years as a waitress before moving back to McNairy County. She...
Thomas Jewell "Tom" Bryant
Apr 13, 2018
Mr. Bryant passed away Friday morning at Bolivar General Hospital. He was born Tuesday, November 21, 1949, in Hardeman County, to the late Bill and Sue Bryant. He worked as a timber cutter and sawmill hand. Tom was always cheerful, a jokester, who loved to make others smile. He served in the US Army receiving a purple heart, a bronze...
Steve Pitts
Apr 12, 2018
Steve Pitts was born October 29, 1944 in Milledgeville, TN the son of the late Herschel and Roxie Ellis Pitts.He was united in marriage to Barbara Talbert on May 17, 1969.Mr. Pitts began working for Vinson's Drug Store at the age of 13, and continued until graduating from Adamsville High School in 1962. He accepted a position with Harwood Manufacturing,...
Robert Paul Hill
Apr 12, 2018
Robert Paul Hill was born June 29, 1936 in Peoria, Ill the son of the late James Adrian and Mary Lenore Crimmins Hill. He was united in marriage to Daylin McLacad on June 28, 1997.Mr. Hill was retired from the US Coast Guard, had worked with the Correction Corporation of America and was a member of the St Cecilia Catholic...
James Wayne Holmes
Apr 12, 2018
JAMES WAYNE HOLMES Henderson, TN: James Wayne Holmes age 62 passed away April 11, 2018 at his home.He was born July 1, 1955 in Chester County, the son of J.D. Holmes and the late Ida Maxine Roark Holmes Smith. He attended Chester County Schools. He moved to Arizona and went into Areospace Industry. He moved back to Chester County in...
Gladys Tidwell Hosea
Apr 12, 2018
Gladys Tidwell Hosea was born in Hardin County, Tennessee on October 8, 1926, the daughter of the late John Banister and Mary Etta Baxter Tidwell. On August 15, 1946, she was united in marriage to Ancil Floyd Hosea, who preceded her in death on September 13, 2008. Mrs. Hosea departed this life on April 12, 2018, at the age of...
Mattie Elizabeth Powell Warrington
Apr 11, 2018
Mattie Elizabeth Powell Warrington was born in Perry County, Tennessee on June 19, 1919, the daughter of the late Amos Jack and Nancy Ann Hickerson Powell. On January 30, 1941, she was united in marriage to Paul Edward Warrington, who preceded her in death on November 25, 2004. Mrs. Warrington departed this life on April 11, 2018, at the age...
Juanita Milford Lard
Apr 11, 2018
Juanita Milford Lard departed this life on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at the age of 77 years, 6 months, and 19 days. She was born in Hardin County, Tennessee on September 23, 1940, the daughter of the late Arthur Lee Milford and May Bell Wilkerson Milford.Juanita was a member of Soul's Harvest Church of God in Savannah, Tennessee. She loved...
Warren O. Barnes
Apr 11, 2018
Private services will be held.Warren Ozment Barnes, 75, of Counce, TN, died Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis, TN. Warren was born September 28, 1943 to Caygle and Myrtle Barnes in Montgomery, Alabama. He worked in the industrial construction field for 45 years and retired from BE&K as Senior Project Estimator. In his spare time,...
William Frank (Bug) Dixon
Apr 10, 2018
William Frank (Bug) Dixon Jr. of Waynesboro, TN was born April 5, 1964 in Waynesboro, TN, the son of Waymon Lorine Creecy Dixon of Waynesboro, TN, who survives and the late William Frank (Bill) Dixon.Mr. Dixon was a disabled logger and a member of the Church of Christ.Mr. Dixon departed this life on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at his home...
Martha Price
Apr 10, 2018
Martha Jane Pierce Price, age 67, passed away Tuesday morning at Saint Thomas Hospital West in Nashville.Mrs. Price was born in Jackson, the daughter of the late James Guylie and Algie Leona Cox Pierce. She worked as an apartment manager most of her adult life, living in Tennessee, Nevada, Mississippi, Florida, and Virginia. She mentored others in management. She retired...
Dewey Thomas Horton
Apr 10, 2018
DeweyThomas Horton of Cypress Inn, TN was born November 22, 1945 in Wayne County, TN, the son of the late Lee Washington and Evelyn Price Horton. He was united in marriage to Patricia Ann Walker on April 19, 1991 and she preceded him in death on October 5, 2009Mr. Horton was a general laborer and a member of the Lindsey's...
Clara Sue Willoughby
Apr 10, 2018
Clara Sue Willoughby departed this life on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at the age of 87 years, 2 months, and 24 days. She was born in Wayne County, Tennessee on January 17, 1931, the daughter of the late James Herbert Haggard, Sr. and Frances Moore Haggard. On April 17, 1954, she was united in marriage to Edwin Lee Willoughby, who...
Johnny Lain Dillon
Apr 10, 2018
Johnny Lain Dillon was born January 16, 1957 in Selmer, TN. The son of Annie Mae and the late Roy Gene Dillon, Johnny’s Lord and Savior called him to his heavenly home on April 10, 2018 in Jackson, TN. God blessed Johnny with a large family and a host of friends that meant everything to him. He was rich only...
Sylvia Griffin
Apr 9, 2018
Sylvia Jo Griffin was born March 17, 1944 in Corinth, MS, the daughter of the late William Chester and Josie Wiggington Wall. She passed from this life on April 9, 2018 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital at the age of 74 years and 23 days.She grew up in Corinth and was a 1962 graduate of Alcorn Central High School...
Ingeborg Rosa Feller Rankin
Apr 9, 2018
Ingeborg Rosa Feller was born in Bavaria, Germany on February 17, 1929, placing her in that country during the volatile years of World War II. At the age of 20, unable to speak a word of English, she immigrated to the United States with her two year old daughter, Erika. The date was December 26, 1949 when she found herself...
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