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Alvin Lee Henry

Alvin Lee Henry

May 9, 2016

Alvin Lee Henry was born September 26, 1947 in Selmer, TN the son of Lorene Smith Henry and the late Elton Henry. He was united in marriage to Janice M. Julian on July 3, 1969. Mrs. Henry preceded him in death on April 1, 2016.Alvin was a retired instructor of auto body at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology at...

Brenda Faye Phillips

Brenda Faye Phillips

May 9, 2016

Brenda Faye Phillips, 55, of Medon, departed this life Monday, May 9, 2016 at Bolivar General Hospital.She was born in Jackson on July 26, 1960, to Ruby Faye Berry Frazier, who survives and the late H. L. Frazier. She was a homemaker and enjoyed going to flea markets and yard sales, collecting 'Betty Boop' items and spending time with and...

Rickey "Porkchop" Young

Rickey "Porkchop" Young

May 9, 2016

Rickey Lee "Porkchop" Young was born September 6, 1962 in Bolivar, TN, the son of the late Harold Thomas and Ruby Mae Baker Young.He was united in marriage to Cindy Louise Moore on February 3, 1984. He worked for the City of Adamsville Parks and Recreation. Porkchop helped umpire Dixie Youth, helped with the chain gang for Adamsville High School...

Charlotte Lee Greene Holloway

Charlotte Lee Greene Holloway

May 9, 2016

Mrs. Charlotte Lee Greene Holloway, age 65, of Silerton, departed this life Monday, May 9, 2016 at her home.The wife of James Holloway, who survives, she had worked at Kilgore and Radio Shack in Selmer and also was a truck driver for a short time prior to becoming disabled in 1987. She was born September 27, 1950 in Silerton, daughter...

James  Riley (Jimmy) Patterson

James Riley (Jimmy) Patterson

May 8, 2016

James Riley Patterson, 83, died Sunday May 8, 2016 at his home in Savannah, Tennessee.Jimmy served his community and others his whole life. He loved his family, his cattle, his community and his work. Many simply knew him as the Judge. He was the true definition of a hardworking man leaving a legacy of working endlessly while always loving others.Jimmy...

Bobby Barnes

Bobby Barnes

May 8, 2016

Bobby Barnes of Henderson, TN: Robert Clark ‘Bobby’ Barnes, age 54 died Sunday morning May 8, 2016 at his home in Henderson.Mr. Barnes was born at Savannah and grew up in Henderson, the son of the late Robert Earl and Juanita Louise Guinn Barnes. He attended Chester County Schools and in 1983 went to work for the Henderson City Police...

Betty Walker Plunk

Betty Walker Plunk

May 8, 2016

Elizabeth Josephine Walker PlunkBorn March 9, 1927, Savannah, TennesseeDied May 8, 2016, Huntsville, AlabamaElizabeth Josephine (Betty Jo) was living in a memory care facility in Huntsville, Alabama, at the time of her death. Her daughter Debie was at her bedside.Betty, as everyone called her, was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon J Plunk ofSavannah, Tennessee. They were married on...

Danny Umphrey

Danny Umphrey

May 8, 2016

Danny Umphrey departed this life on Sunday, May 8, 2016, at the age of 69 years, 2 months, 22 days. He was born in Hardin County, Tennessee on February 16, 1947 the son of the late Coley Nathaniel and Burma Ables Umphrey. Danny served his country in the United States Army.Danny had worked for Williams Cabinet Shop. He had also...

Helen Margaret Stahl

Helen Margaret Stahl

May 8, 2016

Helen Margaret Stahl, age 86 of Hornsby, Tennessee, formerly of Memphis, passed away Sunday night, May 8, 2016 at her home. Ms. Stahl was born Sunday, March 23, 1930 on Beechwood Street in Memphis to the late Tola Steve and Helen Margaret Szueber Stahl. She attended Southside High School in Memphis and the Memphis Academy of Arts. She received her...

Ellen Hannah Harding

Ellen Hannah Harding

May 8, 2016

Ellen H. Tonne Harding of Waynesboro, TN was born August 11, 1920 in Trenton, N.J. the daughter of the late Eli M. Tonne and Ethel Mae Haas Tonne. Mrs. Harding departed this life on May 8, 2016 at Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center in Waynesboro, Tennessee at the age of 95 Years, 8 Months, 27 Days. She was married to...

Mary Edith Miller

Mary Edith Miller

May 7, 2016

Mary Edith Hill Miller was born April 7, 1927 in McNairy County, TN, the daughter of the late Frank and Drama Reed Hill.Edith was united in marriage to James E. Miller in 1945. Mr. Miller preceded her in death on March 5, 2009. She was a homemaker and a member of the Beauty Hill Pentecostal Church in Bethel Springs, TN....

William David Norton

William David Norton

May 7, 2016

Mr. William David Norton, Sr. passed away Saturday evening at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville.William David Norton, Sr. was born Friday, September 7, 1951, to the late William Gordon Norton and Exer Mai Rodgers in Hardeman County, TN. He married Linda Faye Norton on October 3, 1969. Mr. Norton was the owner and operator of Norton Plumbing, Heating and Air since...

Hubert Lee Jones

Hubert Lee Jones

May 6, 2016

Hubert Lee Jones was born August 12, 1926 in Ramer TN, the son of the late John Robert and Rosie King Jones.Mr. Jones was a member of the Antioch Church of Christ in Ramer, TN. He was a farmer and also worked for the TN Department of Transportation for 43 years. He loved John Deere Tractors, gardening, rabbit hunting and...

Gary Lee Courtney

Gary Lee Courtney

May 6, 2016

Mr. Courtney passed away Friday morning, May 6, 2016. MEMORIAL SERVICES WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE.He was born in Mattoon, IL to Junior Ralph and Virginia Rudesill Courtney and graduated from Mattoon Sr. High School in 1959. He was his class president and captain of the Mattoon Green Wave football team and, in 1982, he was inducted into...

Steve  Guinn

Steve Guinn

May 6, 2016

Steve Guinn’s loving, compassionate soul departed this Earth in the early evening of Friday, May 6, 2016, as a result of multiple myeloma and the unforeseen complications of a stem cell transplant at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, TN. He was 62 years of age.Steve was born and reared in Henderson, TN, the son of the late Wasel Lamar Guinn...

Wilbert Eugene Kirk

Wilbert Eugene Kirk

May 6, 2016

Mr. Wilbert Kirk, age 86 of Memphis, passed away Friday, May 6, in Memphis, TN.The husband of Velma Baker Kirk, who survives, he was retired from Memphis Light, Gas and Water, where he had worked for 37+ years, winning a safety award for working 33 years, 4 months and 17 days without a disabling work injury. He was born April...

Sidney  Layne Burks

Sidney Layne Burks

May 5, 2016

Sidney Layne Burks was born May 11, 1960 in Savannah, TN the son of Billie Evans Bryan and Billy Bryan. He departed this life on May 4, 2016 at the age of 55 years, 11 months, and 23 days. He was a carpenter by trade.Sidney was a very thankful, giving, and loving individual. He would text "good morning good girls"...

Dollie Mae Austin

Dollie Mae Austin

May 5, 2016

Dollie Mae Austin departed this life on Thursday, May 5, 2016, at the age of 75 years, 3 months, and 11 days. She was born in Savannah, Tennessee on January 24, 1941, the daughter of the late Lester and Lettie Benson Austin. Dollie had worked for Brown Shoe Company and at the 69 Coin-Op Laundry as a laundry attendant. She...

Polly Cloud

Polly Cloud

May 4, 2016

Polly Cloud departed this life on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at the age of 79 years, 2 months, and 9 days. She was born in Clifton, Tennessee on February 25, 1937, the daughter of the late James Whitten and Sina Wilbanks Duncan. On May 15, 1970, she was united in marriage to Lowell T. Cloud, who survives.Polly was a member...

James Warden Hobbs

James Warden Hobbs

May 4, 2016

James Warden Hobbs of Waynesboro, TN, was born December 19, 1935 in Carroll Co., TN, the son of the late Hobert and Gela Marie Russell Hobbs. He was united in marriage to Elsie Wilburn on July 12, 1957. Mr. Hobbs was a retired Aircraft Maintenance Officer after 20 years with theU. S. Air Force and was a member of the...

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