Gladys Lucille Tigner Donahoe
May 30, 2016
Gladys Lucille Tigner Donahoe, age 88, of Whiteville, passed away Monday morning, May 30, 2016 at Pine Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Bolivar.A native of Hornsby, she was born February 3, 1928, to the late William A. and Callie Tigner. In her earlier years she worked at the Bolivar Processing Plant and for more than 25 years at Western...
Landiz C-Allah Farris
May 30, 2016
Landiz C-Allah Farris treasured son of Rolando Farris and Amber Pickett was granted his angel wings on Monday, May 30, 2016, at Crockett Hospital in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Although their precious son was called Home before taking his first breath, he is greatly loved and cherished by his entire family.Landiz C-Allah is survived by his loving parents, Rolando Farris and Amber...
Garry Curnice Whitten
May 30, 2016
Garry Curnice Whitten age 69, was born December 22, 1946 in McNairy County, TN, the son of the late Curnice and Clara Geneva Lacefield Whitten. He was a member of the Full Gospel Fellowship Church in the Rosecreek Community. He served in the National Guard for 6 years. Garry retired from Henco and later went to work for Elam Mattress...
Edna Vaught Dunbar
May 30, 2016
Edna Vaught Dunbar was born October 24, 1923 in Leachville, AR the daughter of Lula Belle Brush. Mrs. Dunbar departed this life on Monday, May 30, 2016 at her home near Waynesboro at the age of 92 Years, 7 Months, 6 Days. Mrs. Dunbar, a homemaker, was a member of Waynesboro Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by...
Martha Greene Newsom
May 30, 2016
MARTHA GREENE NEWSOM Henderson, TN: Martha Geneva Greene Newsom age 86, passed away Monday afternoon at the Henderson Healthcare. She was born February 18, 1930 in Chester County near Henderson, the daughter of the late Thomas Henry and Jewell Lafayette Cherry Greene. She attended schools in Chester County and in 1946 she married Carroll Newsom. They made their home in...
Patsi Lanier Martin
May 30, 2016
Patsi Lanier Martin, age 76, passed away Monday morning, May 30, 2016 in Olive Branch, Mississippi.A native of Russellville, Alabama, she was born November 3, 1939 to the late Oscar Eugene and Carrie Alvatious Scott Lanier and had lived at Grand Valley Lakes since 1994, moving from Germantown. She married David Dupree Martin, Sr., who survives, on March 15, 1959...
Mark Anthony Scavo
May 29, 2016
Mark Anthony Scavo of Iron City, TN was born November 15, 1956 in Chicago, IL, the son of the late Michael Frank and Marlene Delores Fraine Scavo. He was united in marriage to Jennifer Jaye Fraine on October 8, 2011.Mr. Scavo was a locomotive engineer and was of the Catholic faith. He was a United States Air Force veteran having...
Lila "Fern" Qualls
May 29, 2016
Lila Fern Qualls was born May 31, 1932 in McNairy County , TN the daughter of the late Beal C. and Hattie Agnes Johnson Locke.She was united in marriage to James "Red" Noble Qualls on December 25, 1951. Mr. Qualls preceded her in death on May 22, 2016.Mrs. Qualls worked at area sewing factories and Iona's Beauty Shop in Selmer...
William Wess Smith
May 29, 2016
William Wess Smith was born November 26, 1945 in McNairy County, TN, the son of the late Wess Smith and Evelyn Smith Thacker Ray.He is survived by four sisters: Mary Dean Baggett of Finger, TN, Linda Teague and husband Freddie of Memphis, TN, Glenda Houston of Jackson, TN, Ollie Smith of Jackson, TN; four brothers: Kenneth Smith of Bethel Springs,...
Hazel Ruth Foster Newton Hurley
May 29, 2016
Mrs. Hazel Foster Newton Hurley died Sunday morning, May 29, 2016 at her home near Saulsbury, TN.She was born on March 18, 1922, in Saulsbury and was a native and life-long resident of the area. The daughter of the late William F. and Lucille McCommon Foster, she was the widow of Thomas J. Newton (died: July 29, 1997), to whom...
Alathan Dana Davis
May 28, 2016
Alathan Dana Davis of Lutts, TN, was born September 20, 1930 in Ashby, MA, the son of the late Frank Wilbur and Doris Brewer Davis. He was united in marriage to Dolores Mae Lashua on July 7, 1951 and she preceded him in death on May 22, 2008.Mr. Davis was a retired manager of Ford remanufacturing and served as a...
Freddie Lee Wardlow
May 28, 2016
FREDDIE LEE WARDLOWwas born in Madison County, Tennessee on March 23, 1947 the son of the late Fred E. and Marie Pugh Wardlow.Mr. Wardlow was a resident of San Antonio, Texas for 18 years, Memphis, Tennessee for 46 years, and Morris Chapel, Tennessee. He enjoyed race car driving, drag racing, NASCAR and INDY - racing, which was his passion. Mr....
Diann Smith
May 27, 2016
DIANN SMITHwas born in Winston County, Alabama on November 16, 1956 the daughter of the late Bill and Velva Joyce Hale Johnson.Ms. Smith was a homemaker and she lived in Hardin County all of her life. She was a member of Savannah Foursquare Church. Ms. Smith enjoyed quilting, cooking and spending time with her grandchildren.She departed this life on May...
Myrna Modean Luna
May 27, 2016
Modean Crews Luna Myrna Modean Crews Luna, age 78, passed away peacefully with her family at her side on Friday, May 27, 2016, at Wayne Medical Center in Waynesboro, Tennessee. She was born March 13, 1938, to Larkin Marcus and Ethiel Lucille Flippo Crews. She was married to the late Thomas Carl Luna on July 21, 1951. They had four...
Nancy Jane Blount Roberts
May 27, 2016
Nancy Jane Blount Roberts of Clifton, TN, was born June 21, 1933 in Huntsville, AL, the daughter of the late James Marvin Blount and Mary Martha Manning Blount Helton. She was united in marriage to James Riley (Jimmy) Roberts, Jr. on December 15, 1962.Mrs. Roberts was a retired seamstress at Hickory Hills Manufacturing and was a member of the Clifton...
Brenda Ann Tedford
May 26, 2016
Brenda Ann Tedford departed this life on Thursday, May 26, 2016, at the age of 64 years, 5 months, and 18 days. She was born in Hammond, Indiana on December 8, 1951, the daughter of the late Ross and Shirley Robertson Pickens. On November 8, 1971, she was united in marriage to Terry Lynn Tedford, who survives.Brenda was a beautician...
Mark Alan St. Clair
May 26, 2016
Mr. St. Clair died Wednesday at Henderson Healthcare and Rehab in Henderson, TNThe son of the late William Simpson St. Clair, Sr. and Evelyn Caswell St, Clair, he grew up in Memphis and also lived in Jonesboro, AR before moving to Bolivar. He was a restaurantuer having worked in his family's business, Cafe St. Clair, founded the Cockeyed Camel Bup...
Elaine Peterson Doherty
May 26, 2016
ELAINE PETERSON DOHERTYwas born in Boston, Massachusetts on April 30, 1925 the daughter of the late Henry Raymond and Rose Driscoll Peterson.Mrs. Doherty was united in marriage for over 50 years to William Frances Doherty, who preceded her in death in October 2009.Mrs. Doherty was a homemaker. She grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts and she raised her family in Rockland,...
Betty Ruth Claunch
May 26, 2016
Mrs. Betty Ruth Claunch, age 75 of Oakland, Tennessee, passed from this life Thursday afternoon, May 26, 2016 at NHC Somerville.A native of Hornsby, Mrs. Claunch was born Tuesday, April 22, 1941 to the late Paul Malcolm Tigner and Eva Lee Cox Tigner Claunch. She attended Fayette County High School, and on Sunday, February 8, 1959, she was united in...
Roxie Carrie Julian Crowell
May 26, 2016
Roxie Carrie Julian Crowell Mrs. Roxie Carrie Julian Crowell crossed the river to her eternal home on Thursday, May 26, 2016 at the age of 97 years, 7 months, and 19 days in Nashville, TN, at the home of her daughter, Joyce; son-in-love, Bill; and granddaughter, Hope.Mrs. Crowell was born on October 7, 1918, in Hardin County, TN, the daughter...
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