Lesby Lee Tucker Wood
Oct 25, 2016
LESBY LEE TUCKER WOODwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on April 28, 1932 the daughter of the late James and Ada Sanders Tucker.Ms. Wood worked in the finishing department for Wurlitzer in Corinth, Mississippi for 15 years. She was a member of Center Hill Baptist Church. Ms. Wood loved her animals (quail, chickens, milk cows, pigs and cats) and she...
Gary Wade Franks
Oct 25, 2016
Gary Wade Franks departed this life on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at the age of 66 years and 29 days. He was born in Hardin County, Tennessee on September 26, 1950 the son of the late Granville and Polly Stricklin Franks. On November 13, 1972 he was united in marriage to Mary Lou Smith, who preceded him in death on...
Billie Jean Biffle
Oct 24, 2016
Billie Biffle died on 24 October 2016 in Nashville. She was born September 30, 1926 in Wayne County Tennessee to the late Charlie and Maybelle Young Lynch. On December 18, 1947 she married her best friend Ret. Air Force Master Sgt Olin A. Biffle who preceded her in death on December 16, 2003. She is survived by her children Deborah...
Gladys R. Bond
Oct 24, 2016
Mrs. Gladys Bond, age 83 of Bolivar, Tennessee, passed away Monday night, October 24, 2016 at her home. She was the widow of Mr. Eddie James Bond, Sr., who preceded her in death March 20, 2013.Gladys Rebecca Bond was born on Friday, September 22, 1933, to the late Isaac Chalmus Stephens and Virginia Viola McDermott Stephens in Cherry Valley, Arkansas....
Bonnie Ruth Pickle
Oct 23, 2016
Bonnie Ruth Pickle was born December 13, 1945 in McNairy County, TN the daughter of the late James Burl and Velma Sweat Ernest. She was a member of the Clear Creek Baptist Church in Lawton Community, Tennessee. She departed this life on October 23, 2016 in Savannah, Tennessee at the age of 70 Years, 10 Months, 10 Days.Bonnie is survived...
Lela Mae Meek
Oct 23, 2016
Lela Mae Young Meek was born September 14, 1926 in Madison County, TN the daughter of the late William Troy and Lela (Toker) Eutoker Hutcherson Young. She attended school in McNairy and Chester County and was married to J.B. Meek on May 7, 1944, he preceded her in death in 1990. Mrs. Meek worked at Salant & Salant for five...
Violet Burke
Oct 23, 2016
Violet Burke, age 90 of Saulsbury, passed away on October 23, 2016, at her son's home at Grand Valley Lakes near Saulsbury, TN.Violet Rose Burke was born on October 11, 1926 to the late Robert and Katherine Vickovic Karich in Gary, Indiana. On February 26, 1949, she married Donald Burke, who passed away in March of 2004. She worked as...
David Wayne Tacker
Oct 23, 2016
David Wayne Tacker of Selmer, TN departed this life on October 23, 2016 in Selmer at the age of 80 Years, 8 Months, 28 Days. He was born January 25, 1936 in McNairy County the son of the late William Troy Tacker and Vadie Elizabeth Brooks Tacker. He was united in marriage to Kaye Kiser on November 15, 1962. He...
Joyce Verblene McCormick
Oct 23, 2016
of Adamsville, TN departed this life on October 23, 2016 in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 88 Years, 7 Months, 22 Days. She was born March 1, 1928 in McNairy County, TN the daughter of the late Roy Garner and Ollie Bertha Michael Garner. She was united in marriage to Deward B. McCormick on April 10, 1943. Mr. McCormick...
Esther Hill Holt
Oct 23, 2016
ESTHER HILL HOLTwas born in Wayne County, Tennessee on June 12, 1947 the daughter of the late James Oliven and Lizzie Elisa Brown Hill.On April 19, 1965 she was united in marriage to Charles Eugene Holt, who preceded his wife in death on August 25, 1971.Mrs. Holt was a member of South Shiloh Full Gospel Church. She departed this life...
Randall (Randy) Dewayne Smith
Oct 23, 2016
Randall Dewayne (Randy) Smith was born August 25, 1963 in Chester County, TN the son of the late James Arthur and Dorothy Loudine Vires Smith. Randy was a welder for over 27 years. He enjoyed riding his motorcycle, fishing and taking care of his datsun, Elvis Leroy Allen Smith. Randy departed this life on October 23, 2016 in Florence, Alabama...
Johnny Ray Perry
Oct 23, 2016
Johnny Ray Perry, Sr., Perry departed this life on Sunday, October 23, 2016 at his residence in Waynesboro, Tennessee at the age of 58 Years, 8 Months, 21 Days. He was born February 2, 1958 in Hohenwald, TN the son of Dorothy Mae Holt Perry of Waynesboro, TN, and the late Jessie Newton Perry. In addition to his father, Johnny...
Linda Lowe Phillips
Oct 23, 2016
Linda Lowe Phillips departed this life on Sunday, October 23, 2016 at Vanderbilt Medical Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 79 Years, 4 Months, 4 Days. She was born June 19, 1937 in Millsboro, Kentucky the daughter of the late Fred and Helen Ruth Hamlett Lowe and 3 grandchildren.Linda was a homemaker and a member of the Green...
Gerald Stanfill
Oct 21, 2016
Mr. Gerald Franklin Stanfill departed this life on October 21, 2016 at the Henderson Health and Rehabilitation Center in Henderson, Tennessee at the age of 90 Years, 26 Days.He was born September 25, 1926 in Chester County, TN the son of the late Roy Taylor and Janice Summers Stanfill. He attended school in the Middlefork Community and then served in...
John William Welch
Oct 21, 2016
JOHN WILLIAM WELCHwas born in Savannah, Tennessee on November 1, 1952 the son of the late Alva and Carrie Welch.He graduated high school from Harvard High School in Harvard, Illinois. Mr. Welch was a retired supervisor for ADS, a drainage pipe manufacturer. After retiring in 2015 he moved to Tennessee. Mr. Welch attended Robertson Chapel United Methodist Church. In his...
Ruth Tidwell Kirk
Oct 21, 2016
Ruth Tidwell Kirk, Finger: Lela Ruth Huff Tidwell Kirk, age 78, died Friday morning October 21, 2016 at Jackson General Hospital.Mrs. Kirk was born and reared in McCombs, IL, the daughter of the late Omer and Maudie Price Huff. She went to school at East Peoria and married Jessie James Tidwell in 1956. They made their home in Illinois where...
Jacob Ryan Dowty
Oct 20, 2016
Jacob Ryan Dowty, 24 of Hornsby, Tennessee, passed away Thursday morning, October 20, 2016 at his home. Jacob was born July 28, 1992 in Jackson, TN, the son of Lorri Lee Hodge Brown (Ronald) and Arden Dowty (Becky). He lived all of his life in McNairy and Hardeman Counties. He was employed with CCA as a Lieutenant and Assistant Shift...
James Ward Moore
Oct 20, 2016
James Ward Moore of Selmer, TN departed this life on October 20, 2016 at his home at the age of 86 Years, 5 Months, 5 Days. He was born May 15, 1930 in Finger, TN the son of the late Marlie B. Moore and Ollie Mable Massengill Moore. He was united in marriage to Betty Jean Wright on August 25,...
Dorothy Whaley Cornelius
Oct 20, 2016
Mrs. Dorothy Whaley Cornelius, age 87 of Middleton, Tennessee, departed this life Thursday evening, October 20, 2016 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.A lifelong resident of Middleton, Mrs. Cornelius was born Saturday, August 24, 1929 to the late John William and Orphia Pearl Goodrum Whaley. She graduated with the Class of 1947 from Middleton High School and on Friday, December 31,...
Alice Ella White
Oct 20, 2016
Alice Ella White departed this life on October 20, 2016 in Humboldt, Tennessee at the age of 91 Years. She was born June 26, 1925 in Selmer, TN the daughter of the late Thrasher Logan Anderson and Blanche Brown Anderson. She was a member of Poplar Heights Baptist Church in Jackson, TN.We celebrate her life and the blessing she has...
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