Terry William Prater
Apr 17, 2018
Terry William Prater was born in Hohenwald, Tennessee, on January 3, 1959, to Collins (Blue) and Dorothy Sue Lineberry Prater, who survive. Raised in Clifton, Tennessee, on the banks of the beautiful Tennessee River, he graduated from Frank Hughes High School in Clifton in 1977. He married his one true love, Debbie Dean “Fickle” Prater on November 19, 1984, and...
Laura Kay Gladden Renfro
Apr 17, 2018
Laura Kay Gladden Renfro was born December 23, 1961 in Memphis, TN. She departed this life on April 17, 2018 in Adamsville, Tennessee at the age of 56 Years, 3 Months, 25 Days. She was married to David Renfro on November 5, 1982. Laura met David on the side of the road with car trouble in Little Rock, Arkansas, on...
Jean Elizabeth Cox
Apr 17, 2018
Jean Elizabeth Cox was born February 11, 1929 in McNairy County, TN, the daughter of the late Elmer and Tinnie Moore Jamerson. She was united in marriage to R. P. Cox on September 16, 1949. Mr. Cox preceded her in death on August 11, 2012. She was a member of the Mt. Gilead Baptist Church in Bethel Springs, Tennessee. Jean...
Glen Ashe
Apr 17, 2018
Glen Ashe of Selmer, TN was born January 28, 1947 in McNairy County, TN the son of the late Estil Raymond Ashe and Mildred Baker Ashe. He owned Glen's Appliance Repair Service which he ran with his son Jeff.Glen retired from Sears and previously worked at Thermagas. He was a member of Union Grove United Methodist Church. He enjoyed fixing...
Virginia Finley
Apr 16, 2018
Virginia Finley of Adamsville, TN was born January 27, 1928 in McNairy County the daughter of the late Alfie Weeks and Mary Harris Weeks. She was united in marriage to J. C. Finley on September 18, 1946. Mr. Finley preceded her in death on February 27, 1994. She was a member of Pine Hill Assembly.She is survived by four daughters,...
William H. "Bill" Crawford
Apr 16, 2018
Mr. William “Bill” Henry Crawford, who passed from this life on April 16, 2018. Bill was born on September 6, 1925, in Middleton, TN, and was preceded in death by his wife of sixty-two years, Nancy Joan Colwell Crawford, his parents Daniel Loyd Crawford and May Etheridge Crawford, a sister (Peggy Crawford Shearin) and brother (David Loyd Crawford). After graduating...
Terry "Bootsie" Boothe
Apr 15, 2018
TERRY “BOOTSIE” BOOTHE Reagan, TN: Terry Ray Boothe age 70 passed away Sunday April 15, 2018 at his home.He was born April 7, 1948 in Reagan, TN the son of the late John Weyman and Millie Elizabeth Barker Boothe. The family moved to Chicago where he grew up and went to school. He joined the US Army in 1966, when...
Sue Ross
Apr 15, 2018
Sue Ross was born March 26, 1950 in Jackson, TN the daughter of Sue Farris Anglin and the late Arthur Anglin.She was united in marriage to Phillip Ross on May 7, 1988. Mr. Ross preceded her in death on February 26, 2007.Mrs. Ross was a member of the Pleasant Site Baptist Church in Selmer, Tennessee. She enjoyed crocheting, doll collecting,...
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...
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