Manuel Franklin Smith
Dec 19, 2017
Manuel Franklin Smith was born November 4, 1921 in Chester County, TN the son of the late John Harrison and Alice Ballard Smith.He was united in marriage to Elvie Porter on November 6, 1946. Mrs. Smith preceded him in death on March 7, 2005, following 58 years of marriageMr. Smith served his country honorably during World War II as a...
Maurine McMurry Alexander
Dec 19, 2017
Maurine McMurry Alexander was born in Hardin County, Tennessee on May 9, 1925, the daughter of the late James Otto McMurry and Ida Holland McMurry. On February 21, 1942, she was united in marriage to Grady Lee Alexander, who preceded her in death on October 16, 2001. Maurine departed this life on December 19, 2017, at the age of 92...
Bobby Joe Cupples
Dec 19, 2017
Bobby Joe Cupples was born December 16, 1937 in Jackson, TN, the son of the late William and Lillian Sanders Cupples. He was united in marriage to Doris Carolyn Martindale on June 13, 1962. He was a member of Gospel Tabernacle in Corinth, MS. He worked for Ford Motor Company for many years. He enjoyed going fishing, camping, gardening, and...
Charles Bickings
Dec 19, 2017
Charles “Charlie” Wayne Bickings was born April 29, 1945 in Chester County, TN the son of the late Charlie Floyd and Ruby Louise Pusser Bickings. Mr. Bickings departed this life on December 19, 2017 at his home in Henderson, Tennessee at the age of 72 Years, 7 Months, 20 Days.Mr. Bickings attended school in Chester County. He married Annette Denbow...
Brenda D. Staggs
Dec 19, 2017
Brenda D. Risner Staggs of Waynesboro, TN was born August 10, 1954 in Lawrence Co., TN, the daughter of the late James Ellis and Bobbie Sue Bates Risner. She was united in marriage to Donald (Donnie) Lynn Staggs on May 19, 1973.Mrs. Staggs had worked at Angelica, Tennessee River and Tennessee Apparel and departed this life Tuesday, December 19, 2017...
Ernest Russell
Dec 18, 2017
Ernest Russell of Selmer, TN was born January 31, 1943 in Pocahontas, TN the son of the late Lester and Estelle Lacefield Russell. He was united in marriage to Patricia Ann Huggins on November 23, 1960.Mr. Russell was a graduate of Ramer High School. He was a retired Adjuster with Shelter Insurance Company and a member of Fourth Street church...
Dorothy Nell Anderson
Dec 18, 2017
Dorothy Nell Noojin Anderson was born May 11, 1936 in Gallant, AL the daughter of the late David Newton and Julia Evelyn Burt Noojin. Mrs. Anderson departed this life on Monday, December 18, 2017 at Wayne Medical Center in Waynesboro, Tennessee at the age of 81 Years, 7 Months, 7 Days. She owned a dress shop in Alabama for several...
Marcella Stricklin
Dec 18, 2017
Marcella Stricklin was born in Hardin County, Tennessee on May 24, 1948, the daughter of the late Martin Johnson Stricklin, Sr. and Effie Eldon Bevis Stricklin. Marcella departed this life on December 18, 2017, at the age of 69 years, 6 months, and 24 days. Marcella enjoyed her music, dolls, being read to, and singing with other people. She loved...
Cathy Ann Sutherland
Dec 18, 2017
Funeral services for Cathy (Woods) Sutherland age 63 will be Friday, December 22, 2017 at 11:30 AM at Brentwood Baptist church in Brentwood,TN. with Dr. Michael L. Glenn officiating Burial will be in Walker Cemetery in the Eagle Creek Community. Visitation will be at 9:00 AM until 11:15 AM.Mrs. Sutherland went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 18,...
Mary Ann Brown
Dec 18, 2017
Mrs. Mary Ann Woods Brown departed this life on Monday, December 18, 2017 at Wayne Medical Center in Waynesboro, Tennessee at the age of 81 Years, 2 Months, 10 Days. She was born October 8, 1936 in Wayne County, TN the daughter of the late Tom H. and Myrtle Marie Casteel Woods.She was united in marriage to Elvis Lee Brown...
Marvin Edward Hicks
Dec 18, 2017
Marvin Edward Hicks, 81, of Waynesboro departed this life on December 18, 2017 at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. He was born May 29, 1936 to the late Martin and Marceline Hicks of Flint, Michigan. He fought in the Korean Conflict, he was a retired member of the Tennessee National Guard and a member of Zion Baptist Church in Waynesboro.He...
Pearl Dean Brewer
Dec 18, 2017
Pearl Dean Brewer of Adamsville, TN was born December 29, 1928 in Adamsville, TN the daughter of the late Grady and Daisy Swiney Scott. Ms. Brewer was retired from Aqua Glass Corporation and was a member of the Adamsville First Baptist Church. She departed this life on December 18, 2017 in Adamsville at the age of 88 Years, 11 Months,...
Jewell L. Gates
Dec 18, 2017
Jewell Gates, age 79 of Bolivar, passed away Monday, December 18, 2017, at Bolivar General Hospital. Mr. Gates was born on Monday, October 3, 1938, to the late Robert E. Gates and Mae Rixie Gates in Tippah County, MS. In July of 2017, he retired from his own business, Gates Tractor, after twenty plus years and had previously worked for...
Robert L. Jones
Dec 17, 2017
ROBERT LAWRENCE JONES, Sr. Chester County lost one of its oldest citizens Sunday. Robert Lawrence Jones, Sr. was born in Madison County August 22, 1913 and died December 17, 2017 at his home.He was preceded in death by his wife Moselle Arnold Jones, a union which lasted 44 days short of 70 years: parents Samuel Cleveland and Nanny Gertrude Allison...
Vera Lillace Wilson Harper
Dec 16, 2017
Vera Lillace Wilson Harper was born September 11, 1914 in Wayne County, TN, the daughter of the late Samuel Theodore and Sally Beulah Roberson Wilson. She married J. B. Harper on July 10, 1932 and he preceded her in death on January 4, 1996. Mrs. Harper was a homemaker, a member of the Scotts Chapel Freewill Baptist Church in Cypress...
Kathy Maria Claunch Suggs
Dec 16, 2017
Ms. Suggs passed away Saturday morning, December 16, 2017 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis.A native and long-time resident of Fayette County, she was the daughter of the late Betty Ruth Tigner Claunch and Jimmy Franklin Claunch, who survives. She was a 1980 graduate of Fayette County High School and worked as title clerk and notary for Auto Nation Honda...
Jean Hopper Gibson
Dec 16, 2017
Jean Hopper Gibson departed this life on Saturday, December 16, 2017, at the age of 82 years, 1 month, and 26 days. She was born in Hinkle, Tennessee on October 20, 1935, the daughter of the late Robert Irvin Hopper and Annie Matilda East Hopper. On March 10, 1960, she was united in marriage to Edward Marley Gibson, who preceded...
Lue Dean Collins
Dec 16, 2017
Lue Dean Collins was born January 15, 1939 in McNairy County, TN, the daughter of the late Charles Grady and Zettie Elizabeth Forsyth Saxton. She was a faithful member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. She worked for Brown Shoe Company and retired from Aqua Glass. Lue Dean was a hard working lady who always put her family first, especially her...
Karen Hysmith Redmon
Dec 16, 2017
Karen Hysmith Redmon was born June 21, 1941 in McNairy County, TN the daughter of the late Albert D. and Anna Lee Plunk Hysmith.She was united in marriage to T.A Redmon on December 12, 1970. Mr. Redmon preceded her in death on September 4, 2003.Mrs. Redmon retired from the Department of Human Services in Selmer, TN. She was a longtime...
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