James Opal Taylor
Aug 2, 2017
James Opal Taylor, Jr. was born January 16, 1951 in Corinth, MS, the son of the late James Opal and Helen Louise Bennett Taylor. Mr. Taylor departed this life on August 2, 2017 in Michie, Tennessee at the age of 66 Years, 6 Months, 17 Days. He is survived by two sons, Ed Taylor and wife Jenny, Dane Taylor and...
Gladys Dodd Gillis Bevis
Aug 1, 2017
Gladys Dodd Gillis Bevis of Columbia, TN, formerly of Cypress Inn, TN, was born March 7, 1921 in Winston County, AL, the daughter of the late Alonzo and Jessie Pearl Oliver Dodd. Mrs. Bevis was a homemaker and a member of the Collinwood Church of Christ in Collinwood, Tennessee and departed this life on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at Signature...
Leah L. Ball
Aug 1, 2017
Mrs. Leah L. Ball, age 87 of Saulsbury, Tennessee, passed from this life Tuesday afternoon, August 1, 2017 at Pine Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Bolivar.Mrs. Ball was born Tuesday, September 3, 1929 to the late Maurice O. and Lillian May Smith Southmayd. On Thursday, October 6, 1949, she was united in marriage to Mr. Lee W. Ball, who...
Carl Smith
Aug 1, 2017
Carl Smith was born on March 13, 1931 in Savannah, Tennessee the son of the late John Corneilous and Donie Bell Hunt Smith.Carl was employed by Parris Manufacturing before moving to Milan, Tennessee in 1966 to work at the Milan Army Ammunition Plant. His next career change took him to Porter Cable in Jackson, Tennessee before he retired as a...
Richard D. McCoy
Aug 1, 2017
Mr. Richard D. McCoy passed away Tuesday night at Magnolia Hospital in Corinth, MS.The widower of Mary Evelyn Lowrance McCoy, who died on May 22, 1995 after 45 years of marriage, he worked for 33 years with Ford Motor Company, working 10 years on the assembly line in Memphis, four months in Ohio, and 22 years in Sheffield, Alabama. He...
Thelma Lucille Phillips
Aug 1, 2017
Thelma Lucille Phillips was born August 18, 1934 in Hardin County, TN the daughter of the late Hiriam and Lettie Mae Breedlove. She was united in marriage to James Walter Phillips on August 20, 1953. Lucille was a member of the New Hope Methodist Church in Michie, TN. Her favorite hobby was playing with her grandchildren and great grandchild. She...
Douglas Ray Pyle
Jul 31, 2017
Mr. Douglas Ray Pyle of Lawrenceburg, TN., departed this life on Monday, July 31, 2017, at the age of 62 Years, 2 Months due to injuries received in a motorcycle accident near Clifton, TN., He was born May 31, 1955 in New Castle, IN., the son of Patty Jane Lovett Pyle of Lawrenceburg, TN and the late Chester R. Pyle.He...
Albert Franklin Morgan
Jul 30, 2017
Albert Franklin Morgan, age 78 born August 11, 1938 to the late Thedore Rosevelt and Flossie Daniel Morgan, passed away Sunday, July 30, 2017 at Wayne Medical Center, Waynesboro.Franklin was an avid deer hunter, liked to fish, always raised a garden and shared his bounty with family and friends. He was of the Church of Christ faith. He was always...
Nicky Edward Woodard
Jul 30, 2017
Mr. Nicky Edward Woodard departed this life on Sunday, July 30, 2017 at his home in Iron City, Tennessee at the age of 66 Years, 15 Days. He was born July 15, 1951 in Jonesboro, AR the son of Dicie Selman Woodard, of Iron City, and the late Thomas Edward Woodard.Mr. Woodard was a Electronics mechanic and a member of...
Maude Ruth Franks Worley Fisher
Jul 30, 2017
Maude Ruth Franks Worley Fisher was born on December 9, 1930, the daughter of the late Carl Wayne and Maude Jane Tucker Franks. She departed this life on July 30, 2017, at the age of 86 years, 7 months, and 21 days.Ruth was a member of Wesley's Chapel Methodist Church for 77 years, she had been a member there since...
Lewis Harley "LH" English
Jul 30, 2017
Lewis Harley "L.H." English was born on August 15, 1951, the son of the late Lewis Harley English, Sr. and Flora Duff English. He departed this life on July 30, 2017, at the age of 65 years, 11 months, and 15 days.L.H. worked as a mechanic and school bus driver for the Hardin County Board of Education. He attended New...
Wanda Ruth Moore Treece
Jul 29, 2017
Wanda Ruth Moore Treece was born on April 7, 1942 in Hardin County to the late John Hundley and Mattie Jo Jerrolds Moore.She was united in marriage to Jimmy Lafoy Treece on December 28, 1958. They made their home in Adamsville until moving to Denham Springs, LA in 1965. Wanda and Jimmy owned and operated Baton Rouge Heavy Equipment Rental...
Jack Snelling
Jul 29, 2017
Hillard Gillespie "Jack" Snelling, Jr. left his Earthly home on Saturday, July 29, 2017 at the age of 88 years and 13 days. He was born in Lee County, Mississippi on July 16, 1929. He was the son of the late Hillard Gillespie Snelling, Sr. and Clela Mae Palmer Snelling. On January 21, 1950, he was united in marriage to...
Erma Dee Spencer Bishop
Jul 29, 2017
Mrs. Erma Dee Spencer Bishop, age 74 of Middleton, Tennessee passed away Saturday evening, July 29, 2017 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.She was a native of Walnut, MS. The daughter of the late George Gilbert and Ruthie Ann Mills Spencer, her family moved to Memphis where she attended school and graduated from Humes High School with the Class...
Kathleen Bernice Gooch
Jul 28, 2017
Kathleen Bernice Brooks Gooch Kathleen Bernice Brooks Gooch is gone to be with Jesus. Bernice passed quietly in her sleep about midnight on July 28, 2017 she was 98 years old. Bernice was preceded in death by her husband, Tyler Clay Gooch; her parents, I. H. and Pearl Brooks; sister, Juanita Gillespie; brothers, George S. and Garland Brooks. She leaves...
Kenneth (Tubby) Woods
Jul 28, 2017
Kenneth Woods was born on January 7, 1941, the son of the late Claude Albert and Ocie Wilma Jeter Woods. On September 28, 1991, he was united in marriage to Janice Ruth Beckering Woods. Kenneth departed this life on July 28, 2017, at the age of 76 years, 6 months, and 21 days.Kenneth was an active member of the First...
Elward "Neil" Jones
Jul 28, 2017
Elward "Neil" Jones was born August 30, 1933 in Millington, TN, the son of the late F. P. and Mary Tidwell Jones. He was a member of the Meeks Grove Free Will Baptist Church in Adamsville, TN. He had been a truck driver most of his life. Neil served our country proudly during the Korean War. He married Christine Mardeline...
Carolyn Marbry
Jul 28, 2017
Carolyn Marbry was born January 14, 1943 in McNairy County, TN the daughter of the late Walter and Allie Williams Miller.She was united in marriage to Woodrow Marbry on November 14, 1964.Mrs. Marbry worked as a beautician for over 15 years. Her love of crafts led her to opening Carol's Crafts and Things. She was a good cook, enjoyed gospel...
Carolyn Ruth Gober
Jul 27, 2017
CAROLYN RUTH GOBER was born on April 9, 1951 near Ruleville in Sunflower County, Mississippi. She was the daughter of the late William Noonan Gober and Raney Lee Belle Curtis Gober McAnally. Her paternal grandparents were James Harvey "Harve" Gober Sr., and Mary Emmaline "Amy" Floyd Gober of Tishomingo County, Mississippi; her maternal grandparents were Johnston Albert Curtis and Josie...
Leon Stanfield
Jul 27, 2017
Leon Stanfield died on July 27, 2017 in Savannah, Tennessee, at the age of 79 after a short battle with cancer.Leon was born on August 16, 1937 in Hardin County, Tennessee, the third of four children. He graduated from Central High School in 1955, and served in the United States Army from April 1958 to March 1961. Leon was well...
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