Maxine Gee Smallwood
Jan 17, 2017
MAXINE GEE SMALLWOODBethel Springs, TN: Maxine Gee Smallwood age 90 passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at Magnolia Regional Health Center at Corinth, MS. Mrs. Smallwood was born September 11, 1926 in McNairy County and reared in the Refuge community, the daughter of the late Austin L. and Velmer Harris Gee. She attended schools at Bethel Springs and in 1946...
Glenn Thomas Jones
Jan 17, 2017
Glenn Thomas Jones was born in Mobile, Alabama on January 25, 1941. The son of the late Joseph and Dorothy Ruth Thomley Jones, he would grow up to be a real "rocket scientist", traveling the world doing contract work as an electrical engineer specializing in aerospace engineering and working with all the major defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing,...
Mary Ruth Smith
Jan 17, 2017
MARY RUTH SMITHHenderson, TN: Mary Ruth Smith age 87 passed away January 17, 2017 at her home.She was born November 12, 1929 in Chester County, the daughter of the late Bunyan Emanuel and Minnie Jane Brewer Smith. She graduated from Chester County High School. She helped work the family farm for many years. She enjoyed gardening and doing jigsaw puzzles.She...
Leotus Taylor Wood
Jan 17, 2017
Leotus Taylor Wood departed this life on Tuesday, January 17, 2017, at the age of 91 years, 5 months, and 6 days.
Robert Leland King
Jan 16, 2017
Robert Leland King was born February 22, 1951 in Selmer, TN the son of the late Roy C. King and Maxine Hobson King. Mr. King departed this life on January 16, 2017 at his home in Bethel Springs, Tennessee at the age of 65 Years, 10 Months, 25 Days. He was a Truck Driver.He is survived by a son, Nicholas...
John Roger Duncan
Jan 16, 2017
John Roger Duncan was born June 29, 1968 in Morris, IL, the son of the late John Lee and Mazie Lee Williams Duncan. He was a McNairy Central High School graduate. Roger was a member of the Bethel Springs Church of God of Prophecy where he is was very active in church activities. He had worked in Selmer for many...
George Daniel Sargent
Jan 16, 2017
Mr. Sargent passed away early Monday morning, January 16, 2017 at St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett.A native of Amory, MS, he was the son of the late Archie Madison and Beatrice Inez Hester Sargent. Mr. Sargent lived a short time in Illinois and has been residing in Hardeman County since 1972.On April 6, 1957, he was united in marriage to...
Danita Lillian Woodall Nichols
Jan 16, 2017
Danita Lillian Woodall Nichols was born on June 10, 1968, the daughter of Roy Lee Woodall and Frances Louise Adams. She married Daniel Fay Nichols, Jr. on February 7, 1997. Danita left this earth on January 16, 2017, at the age of 48 years, 7 months, and 6 days.Along with her husband and parents, Danita is survived by her sons,...
Tony Lee Collins
Jan 15, 2017
Tony Lee Collins was born on January 28, 1969, the son of Charles and the late Betty Gail Collins. He left this earth on January 15, 2017, at the age of 47 years, 11 months, and 18 days.Tony served in the United States Army. After his service, he worked as a load operator at American Hardwood. Tony was a devoted...
Alvine Boyd
Jan 15, 2017
Alvine Boyd of Adamsville, TN was born August 17, 1936 in Morris Chapel, TN the daughter of the late Linas and Lydia Johnson Turnbow. She was united in marriage to Billy Joe Boyd on December 19, 1959. Mr. Boyd preceded her in death on November 6, 2004. Mrs. Boyd departed this life on January 15, 2017 at the age of...
Jeffrey Paul Hurst
Jan 15, 2017
Jeffrey Paul Hurst of Savannah, TN was born October 30, 1951 in Wayne County, TN, the son of the late James Elijah and Mary Elizabeth Mitchell Hurst. Mr. Hurst was an eye glass technician and departed this life Sunday, January 15, 2017 at Jackson-Madison County Hospita in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 65 Years, 2 Months, 16 Days.He is...
Era Rebecca Creecy
Jan 15, 2017
Era Rebecca McWilliams Creecy , Lavergne, TN was born October 9, 1934 in Waynesboro, TN, the daughter of the late John Taylor and Sallie Boyd McWilliams. She married Hobert Lewis Creecy on December 18, 1954 and he preceded her in death on December 20, 2006. Mrs. Creecy retired after 45 years at Genesco, Waynesboro, TN, then worked 10 years at...
Daniel Swain
Jan 15, 2017
Daniel Swain, age 40, departed this life Sunday, January 15, 2017 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis.A native of Shelby County, he was born Sunday, August 8, 1976 to Debrah Ann James Swain of Middleton and the late Roger Swain, who preceded him in death in 2002, and lived most of his life in the Bolivar/Hardeman County area. He was...
Fay E. McDonald
Jan 14, 2017
Fay E. McDonald was born July 31, 1930 in Waynesboro, TN the son of the late Grady Thedus and Clara Emma Boyd McDonald. He was united in marriage to Edna Sue Kelley on November 22, 1947 in Corinth Mississippi.Mr. McDonald departed this life on January 14, 2017 in Wayne Medical Center at Waynesboro, Tennessee the age of 86 Years, 5...
Linda N. Selman
Jan 14, 2017
Mrs. Linda Neoma Selman departed this life on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at her residence in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee at the age of 73 Years, 8 Months, 19 Days. She was born April 26, 1943 in Marvel, AR the daughter of the late Sidney William Johnson and Blanchie Ozella West Samuel.She was united in marriage to Linuel R. Selman on April...
Verna Dicus
Jan 14, 2017
Mrs. Verna Gallien Wilson Dicus departed this life on Saturday, January 14, 2017, at Mitchell Hollingsworth Nursing Home in Florence, Alabama at the age of 96 years. She was the daughter of the late Newt Napoleon and Cynthia Martin Gallien. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Dicus was preceded in death by her first husband, Deward Wilson; brother, Earl Gallien...
Peggy Sue McLain Grantham Curlin
Jan 14, 2017
Peggy Sue McLain Grantham Curlin, 74, of Bolivar passed away Saturday afternoon, January 14, 2017, at Pine Meadows Healthcare in Bolivar.A native of Stantonville, she was the daughter of the late Dalton and Velma Gray McLain and had lived in Hardeman County over 55 years. She had worked in retail as part of Grantham's grocery for over 40 years and...
Peggy Sue Victory
Jan 14, 2017
Mrs. Peggy Sue Victory departed this life on Saturday, January 14, 2017, at the Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center in Waynesboro, Tennessee at the age of 75 years, 3 months, and 25 days. She was born September 20, 1941, in Lutts, Tennessee, the daughter of the late James Thomas and Mable Lee Berry Rich. In addition to her husband and...
Karen Hallum Melson
Jan 14, 2017
Karen Laverne Hallum Melson was born on July 13, 1958, the daughter of JoAnn Baker and the late Walter Lee Hallum. She left this earth on January 14, 2017, at the age of 58 years, 6 months, and 1 day. Karen was a member of the New Life Pentecostal Church. She worked as a cashier at Walmart for 11 years,...
Ephriam Eugene (Gene) Rinks
Jan 14, 2017
Ephriam Eugene (Gene) Rinks was born April 24, 1933 in McNairy County, TN, the son of the late Elmer and Martha (Mattie) Loualla Hunt Rinks. He was united in marriage to Rose Marie Kiddy on February 20, 1981. He was a member of the West Shiloh Baptist Church in Stantonville, TN, Shriners and a 32nd degree Mason Scottish Rite Lodge...
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