Mary Bess Steele
Dec 9, 2017
Mary Bess Steele departed this life on Saturday, December 9, 2017, at the age of 64 years, 2 months, and 17 days. She was born in Booneville, Mississippi on September 22, 1953, the daughter of the late Frank and Gladys Roper Steele. Mary graduated from Booneville High School class of 1971. She went on to receive her Associate Degree at...
Bessie Kate Bigger Hodge
Dec 9, 2017
Bessie Kate Bigger Hodge died December 9, 2017. She was born in Selmer, Tennessee, August 4, 1924 to Nola Wilson (Nee) and Matthew Bigger. She graduated from Selmer High School (1942) and the University of Tennessee , Knoxville (1947) where she was a member of the Chi Omega Sorority. In 1947, she married James R. Hodge. Together they had two...
Terry "Duck" McDonald
Dec 8, 2017
Mr. McDonald passed away Friday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.He was born in Bolivar, the son of the late James Horace McDonald and Madie Lou Hannis McDonald, who survives. A truck driver for 25 years, he worked for C&M Sawmill as a driver and was a member of the Middleburg Baptist Church. Most of his life had been lived around...
Betty Lewis
Dec 8, 2017
Betty Lewis was born on June 22, 1939 in Prattville, Alabama, the daughter of the late Milton A. Merchant and Thelma Jeanette Ross Merchant Rogers. On August 12, 1989, she was united in marriage to Joe Danny Lewis, who survives. Betty departed this life on December 8, 2017, at the age of 78 years, 5 months, and 16 days. Betty...
Donna Ferge
Dec 8, 2017
Donna Jean Kirksey Ferge, age 70 of Memphis, formerly of Bolivar, passed from this life December 8, 2017 at Bright Glade Health and Rehabilitation Center in Memphis, Tennessee following a lengthy illness. She was born Wednesday morning at 1:00 AM, November 5, 1947, at Baptist Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. The youngest daughter of the late Estil and Ethel Black Kirksey...
Lillie Jackson
Dec 7, 2017
Mrs. Lillie Jackson, age 91 of Bolivar, Tennessee, departed this life Thursday, December 7, 2017 at Pine Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Bolivar. Lillie Bell Jackson was born Wednesday, July 21, 1926 to the late John Davis and Annie Mae Young in Haywood County, TN. On Saturday, December 13, 1958, Lillie married William Dean "John" Jackson, who passed away...
Audrey Jane Lytle
Dec 7, 2017
Audrey Jane Lytle was born January 1, 1929 in Syracuse, NY, the daughter of the late Leo H. Nash and Inez Radley Nash. Mrs. Lytle departed this life on December 7, 2017 in Selmer, Tennessee at the age of 88 Years, 11 Months, 6 Days.She is survived by her children, Robert E. Lytle (Bea) and Karen Lytle Lange (Dennis); grandchildren:...
Marjorie Lake Hines
Dec 7, 2017
Services for Marjorie Elizabeth Lake Hines, age 98, will be at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, December 10 at the Hopewell Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the Hopewell Community. The family will receive friends beginning at 1:00 p.m. before the service. Burial will follow in Hopewell Cemetery. Mrs. Hines passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 7, 2017 at her home in the Hopewell...
Steve E. McCasland
Dec 7, 2017
STEVE EDWARD MCCASLANDwas born in Tiptonville, Tennessee on November 16, 1956 the son of the late Edward and Donnie Lou Hutson McCasland.On September 25, 1999 he was united in marriage to Jillene Roberts, who survives.Steve was of the Church of Christ belief. He enjoyed building and working with wood and working with computers. Steve departed this life on December 7,...
Juanita "Pinkie" Morris
Dec 7, 2017
JUANITA ‘PINKIE’ MORRIS Pinson, TN: Juanita Mae Coonrod Morris age 93 passed away December 7, 2017, at her home.She was born December 4, 1924 in Ironton, Ohio, the daughter of the late Earl and Edith Hazel Bower Coonrod. She attended school in Charleston, West VA. She married Elbert Morris Sr. June 14, 1945 and they moved to Jackson, TN in...
JoAn Cooper McKinnon
Dec 6, 2017
JoAn McKinnon was born December 13, 1937 in Henderson, TN and died in her home December 6, 2017, after a long illness.She was the daughter of the late J B Cooper and Bessie Hunter Cooper. After graduating from high school in 1956, she moved to the big city of Memphis to find a job. However, she did not stay long...
Larry Dexter Davis
Dec 6, 2017
Larry Dexter Davis was born December 14, 1959 in Waynesboro, TN the son of Carl Lynn Davis who survives of Waynesboro, TN and the late Willie Ann Mathis Davis. Mr. Davis departed this life on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital in Florence, Alabama at the age of 57 Years, 11 Months, 22 Days. Larry, a machinist...
Mary Joyce Stults
Dec 6, 2017
Mary Joyce Risner Stults was born August 16, 1944 in Collinwood, TN the daughter of the late Rex Risner and Mary Magdalene Franklin. Mrs. Stults departed this life on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital in Florence, Alabama at the age of 73 Years, 3 Months, 20 Days. A graduate of Draughns Business College, she was retired...
Lige Turman Hollis
Dec 5, 2017
Lige Turman Hollis, 69, of Waynesboro passed away at his home Tuesday, December 5, following an extended illness. A prominent businessman, he was the founder and retired executive director of Wayne Half-Way House, Inc. in Waynesboro and Middle Tennessee Detention Center in Columbia.He was born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee on November 7, 1949, the son of the late William Prater and...
Harold Dale Harrison
Dec 5, 2017
Harold Dale Harrison departed this life on Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at the age of 87 years, 2 months, and 17 days. He was born in Hardin County, Tennessee on September 18, 1930, the son of the late Harrell and Amy Franks Harrison. On December 31, 1967, he was united in marriage to Betty Sue Scott, who preceded him in...
Dorothy Jean Beckham
Dec 5, 2017
Dorothy Jean Fowler Beckham departed this life on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at Waynesboro Health and Rehitiliation Center in Waynesboro, Tennessee at the age of 87 Years, 1 Month, 14 Days. She was born October 21, 1930 in Waynesboro, TN the daughter of the late Louis and Annie Henson Fowler.Ms Beckham was a retired secretary from the Wayne County Highway...
Jerry David Hunt
Dec 5, 2017
Jerry David Hunt departed this life on Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at the age of 66 years, 5 months, and 19 days. He was born in Biloxi, Mississippi on June 16, 1951, the son of the late James and Mary Kay Tacker Hunt. On June 30, 1972, he was united in marriage to Sharon L. Sheets, who survives. Jerry David...
Wilma Hurley
Dec 5, 2017
Wilma Hurley of Stantonville, TN was born April 2, 1932 in Ramer, TN the daughter of the late George Shea and Sadie Shelton Shea. She was united in marriage to James R. Hurley, Sr. on December 18, 1948. Mr. Hurley preceded her in death on September 29, 1998.Mrs. Hurley was retired from Browder's Department Store in Selmer, TN. She was...
Steve Barrier
Dec 4, 2017
Steve Barrier was born October 29, 1958 in Savannah, Tennessee, the son of the late Reba Rainey and Kermit Benson. He departed this life on December 4, 2017 in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 59 years, 1 month, 5 days.Steve is survived by his children, Stephanie Barrier, Justin Barrier, and Jeremy Barrier all of South Bend, Indiana; 4 sisters,...
Lou Nell Falls
Dec 4, 2017
LOU NELL FALLSWas born in Parsons, Tennessee on October 1, 1922 the daughter of the late Charlie and Flossie Livingston.On September 22, 1942 she was united in marriage to Kenneth Wellington Falls, who preceded his wife in death on February 16, 1976.Mrs. Lou Nell had a pioneering spirit, as the sole proprietor owner and operator of Savannah's iconic landmark, The...
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