Melba Reed Shelby
Apr 17, 2014
Melba Reed Shelby (91) died peacefully after an extended stay at Maplewood Nursing Home in Jackson. A native of Scotts Hill, she spent most of her married life in Selmer where she was active as a homemaker and secretary deeply involved in The United Methodist Church, Eastern Star, and American Legion Auxilary. Her husband, Edward died in 2009. She leaves...
Martha Jane Foster Ricketts
Apr 17, 2014
Martha Jane Foster Ricketts was born in Alcorn County, Mississippi on August 27, 1956, the daughter of Harry Leander Foster and Martha Pearl Loyd Prater. Martha had lived in Hardin County, Tennessee for 14 years, but had lived most of her life in Wayne County. She had worked at Brown Shoe Company in Waynesboro, Tennessee and enjoyed sewing, cross-stitching, Indian...
Kenneth Roy Clayton
Apr 17, 2014
Kenneth Roy Clayton Sr. of Columbia, TN was born October 9, 1928 in Lawrence Co., TN, the son of the late Clyde and Bettie Hayes Clayton. Mr. Clayton was a retired truck driver, a member of the teamster's local, and the VFW having served in the United States Army.Mr. Clayton departed this life on Thursday, April 17, 2014 at his...
Emma Lou Russom Allen Naylor
Apr 17, 2014
EMMA LOU RUSSOM ALLEN NAYLORHenderson, TN: Emma Lou Russom Allen Naylor age 96 passed away April 17, 2014 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.She was born and reared in McNairy County near Bethel Springs, the daughter of the late William Franklin and Emma Dora McIntyre Russom. She attended schools in McNairy and Hardin Counties and in 1935 was married to...
Nannie B. Donaldson
Apr 16, 2014
Mrs. Nannie B. Donaldson of Middleton passed away Wednesday morning, April 16, 2014 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. The widow of James Walter Donaldson, who died on June 18, 2013, she was a homemaker and retired as a patient care assistant with Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. She was born April 3, 1921, in Saulsbury, daughter of the late George...
Fred Lou Mason
Apr 15, 2014
Home Going for Fred Lou MasonFred Lou Mason was born to Ms. Lonnie Mae Mason on September 22, 1926. He departed this life on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at the McNairy County Healthcare Center in Selmer, TN.He was a hard worker and was employed at Corinth Head Start, Independence Printing Company and the Cotton Seed Gin. He also was a...
Laurie Bostic Myers
Apr 15, 2014
Laurie MyersHenderson: Laurie Ann Bostic Myers died at her home Tuesday morning, April 15, 2014.She was born in Whitmire, SC and grew up in Whitmire and Daggett, MI the daughter of Alfred Paul Bostic and Betty Annita Gibson Berzsenyi. She married Joe Myers in 1984 and they made their home in Michigan until they moved to Henderson in 1990. She...
Clark Cherry
Apr 15, 2014
Clark Gable Cherry Clark was born to Jack Dillard and Millie Lowery Cherry, Sr. on August 25, 1937, God saw that he needed to finish the Cherry Circle and so it is done.Clark attended school at Dunbar High School, where he finished the ninth grade. While in school he had a paper route and also did odd jobs for different...
Sarah Marie Melson Franks
Apr 14, 2014
Sarah Marie Melson Franks of Waynesboro, TN was born December 2, 1918 in Wayne County, TN, the daughter of the late William Henry and Lillie Annie Brewer Melson. She was united in marriage to James Williams Franks, Sr. on October 18, 1941 and he preceded her in death on November 1, 1991.Mrs. Franks was a homemaker and retired factory worker...
Roger Franklin Clayton
Apr 14, 2014
ROGER CLAYTONHenderson, TN: Roger Franklin Clayton, age 63 passed away April 14, 2014 at Henderson Health & Rehabilitation.He was born June 12, 1950 in Jackson, TN the son of Edith Carl Wheatley Clayton and the late Monroe Franklin Clayton.He is survived by his mother, Edith Carl Wheatley Clayton of Henderson; a nephew, Christian McCauley of Horn Lake, MS. He was...
Shellie Pearl Harrison Woodall
Apr 14, 2014
Shellie Pearl Harrison Woodall, age 76 of Grand Junction, Tennessee passed away Monday, April 14, 2014 at her home.Ms. Woodall was born in Dublin, Georgia December 6, 1937 to the late Rosie Lee Graham and Samuel Pat Harrison. She worked for Martin Electronics in Perry, Florida and lived in Hardeman County for the past 21 years. She was a member...
Donald Lee Graham
Apr 14, 2014
Donald L. Graham, of Adamsville, TN, was born on July 18, 1929, at home in White County, Illinois to Clyde Graham and Edith (Pollard) Graham. He was the second of six children born into that family. They survived the hard years of the depression by farming and selling their produce and eggs. Don attended various small country schools before graduating...
Ella Daniel Vaughan
Apr 14, 2014
Mrs. Ella Cordelia Daniel Vaughan, age 98 of Toone, departed this life Monday morning, April 14, 2014 at the Decatur County General Hosptial in Parsons, Tennessee.Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 17, 2014 at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Toone, Tennessee with Tim Buffalo officiating. Interment will follow in Ebenezer Cemetery.Mrs. Vaughan was born in Bolivar November 16, 1915...
James Buford Hollis
Apr 13, 2014
James Buford Hollis, Sr.March 20, 1920 - April 13, 2014 James Buford Hollis, Sr., age 94 of Waynesboro, TN, passed from this life on Sunday, April 13, 2014 at Wayne Medical Center in Waynesboro, TN. He was born March 20, 1920 in the Hines community in Lauderdale County, AL to James Boyd Hollis and Nona Lee Hollis, being the oldest...
Robert Dean (Bob) Huckaba
Apr 13, 2014
Robert Dean (Bob) Huckaba was born September 12, 1957 in Marion, OH the son of Robert Aaron and Shirley Ann Grogg Huckaba who survives of Richwood, Ohio. Mr. Huckaba died Sunday, April 13, 2014 at his home at the age of 56 Years, 7 Months, 1 Day. Mr. Huckaba, a U.S. Army veteran, was a disabled factory worker and a...
Darlina Sue Parrish
Apr 13, 2014
Darlina Sue Parrish was born April 30, 1939, the daughter of the late Denzil Dwight Parrish and Eva Fay Meyers Bellamy.Miss Parrish lived in Alabama, Ohio, Arkansas and Michigan before moving to Savannah, Tennessee, where she lived for twelve years. While living in Ravenna, Ohio, she was employed as a Nurse's Aide-Secretary with the Robinson Memorial Hospital. Miss Parrish loved...
Drew Allison Rowland
Apr 12, 2014
Drew RowlandHenderson: Drew Allison Rowland, age 90, died Saturday evening April 12, 2014 at his home in the Palestine Community of Chester County.Mr. Rowland was born and reared in Chester County, the Palestine Community, the son of the late Thomas Newton and Annie Ethel Allison Rowland. He went to school at Engle School and in 1943 entered the U. S....
Joyce Hodge
Apr 11, 2014
Miss Joyce Hodge, age 73 of Hornsby, Tennessee, passed away Friday night, April 11, 2014 at Bolivar General Hospital.She was born to the late Aubrey R. and Beatrice Pearl Cofer Hodge March 9, 1941 and lived her entire life in Hardeman County. She graduated with the Class of 1959 from Bolivar Central High School and worked at Harmon Automotive and...
Mary M. Thomas
Apr 11, 2014
Mary M. Thomas of Cordova, TN, formerly of Selmer, TN, departed this life on April 11, 2014 in Memphis at the age of 86 Years, 4 Months, 9 Days. She was born December 2, 1927 in Covington, TN the daughter of the late Eddie Parnell Martin and Essie Mae Butler Martin.She was united in marriage to Hugh (Tommy) Thomas on...
Marie Harper Southerland
Apr 11, 2014
Marie Harper Southerland of Collinwood, TN was born November 19, 1929 in Cypress Inn, TN, the daughter of the late Roy Lee and Mearle Rosie Shepard Harper. She was united in marriage to Fredrick Hoover Southerland on April 10, 1948. and he preceded her in death on April 26, 2004. Mrs. Southerland was a retired sales clerk and volunteered at...
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