Obituary Listing

Angela Kay Carter

Angela Kay Carter

May 10, 2013

Mrs. Carter passed from this life Friday, May 10, 2013, at her home in Oakland, TN.She was a born in Ripley, MS, the daughter of L. C. McKelvey and Margaret Pearl Bevill McKelvey. She spent her early life in the Rogers Springs community and was a 1990 graduate of Middleton High School. On June 12, 1999, she married Tony Carter...

Billy Joe Marshall

Billy Joe Marshall

May 10, 2013

Billy Joe Marshall Sr. was born April 30, 1938 in Tennessee the son of the late Arthur James and Lucille Leslie Houston. Mr. Marshall died Friday, May 10, 2013 at his home in Cypress Inn at the age of 75 Years, 10 Days. He was a retired truck driver.He is survived by three daughters, Patricia Marshall Smith of Cypress Inn,...

Nadene Abrams

Nadene Abrams

May 10, 2013

NADENE ABRAMSwas born in Cypress Inn, Tennessee on June 4, 1926 the daughter of the late Claude McFagen and Laura Mamie Wilkerson Abrams.Miss Abrams retired in 1991 from Highland Park School in Muscle Shoals, Alabama after 32 years of teaching 1st grade. She was a school teacher for a total of 42 years. Miss Abrams was a member of First...

James Timothy Lambert

James Timothy Lambert

May 10, 2013

JAMES TIMOTHY (TIM) LAMBERTwas born in Glen, Mississippi on May 26, 1946 the son of the late Luther Odell and Louise Lambert.Mr. Lambert was a member of Hopewell Baptist Church in Savannah. He loved old cars and was a classic car enthusiast.He departed this life on May 10, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 66 years, 11 months...

Marie Erwin

Marie Erwin

May 9, 2013

Marie Erwin departed this life on Thursday, May 9, 2013, at the age of 86 years, 3 months, 7 days.She was born February 2, 1927, the daughter of the late Robert Tillman and Faudie Jewel Sipes Ratliff. Marie had worked for Kay Windsor Garment Factory, and had been a member of the V.F.W. Ladies Auxiliary and the Lebanon Methodist Church....

Wallace Bachuss

Wallace Bachuss

May 9, 2013

Wallace Bachuss departed this life on Thursday, May 9, 2013, at the age of 91 years, 3 months, 14 days.He was born in Savannah, Tennessee on January 25, 1922, the son of the late Joseph and Rebecca Cooper Bachuss. On March 13, 1950, he was united in marriage to Odette Lepelletier, who preceded him in death September 7, 2008.Wallace enlisted...

Sam Armstrong

Sam Armstrong

May 9, 2013

Samuel Henry Armstrong, Jr was born on July 27, 1937 to Samuel Henry Armstrong, Sr and Lucile Alexander Armstrong. He was married to Barbara Cromwell Armstrong. He leaves his wife of over 50 years, a daughter, Lisa Armstrong Bevis and husband, Charles Bevis, a son Dr. Lane Armstrong, two grandsons, Dr. Casey Bevis and wife, Holly Bevis, and Samuel Henry...

Jacob Michael Tears

Jacob Michael Tears

May 9, 2013

Jacob Michael Tears was born September 1, 2011 in Selmer, TN, the son of Dirk Baxter and Emily Marie Driver Tears.Jacob departed this life on May 9, 2013 in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 1 Year, 8 Months, 8 Days.He is survived by his parents, Dirk and Emily Tears of Adamsville, TN; two sisters, Katie Lynn Tears and Sarah...

Glenna M. Foresythe

Glenna M. Foresythe

May 8, 2013

Glenna Sue McClure Foresythe, departed this life on May 8, 2013 at age 85 after a long illness. Born Dec. 1, 1927 in Mountain Home, Arkansas with bright blue eyes and wavy chestnut hair, her parents were Thomas H. and Edith Sanford McClure. She was a graduate of Mountain Home High School. She earned a degree in Nursing (R.N.) in...

Leo Watson

Leo Watson

May 7, 2013

James Leo WatsonJames Leo Watson fought his last battle on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 when he departed this life at Henderson Health and Rehabilitation Center three days short of his 97th birthday. He was born May 10, 1916 to Samuel Martin and Mary Etta Williams Watson in Hookers Bend, Tennessee, where he resided until joining the US Army in 1942....

Marietta Newman

Marietta Newman

May 7, 2013

Marietta Ross Newman (Tootsie), 83, of Lago Vista, Texas, passed away on May 7, 2013. She was born on November 1, 1929, in Savannah, Tennessee, to Ted Cecil and Delia Irene (Harrison) Ross.Mrs. Newman was preceded in death by her parents; husband, James Alton Newman; son, Ronald Alton Newman; and brother, Ted Hardin Ross.She is survived by her daughter, Phyllis...

Linda Carol Carver

Linda Carol Carver

May 6, 2013

Mrs. Linda Carol Carver departed this life Monday morning, May 6 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.The wife of Mike Carver, who survives, she had formerly worked in a garment factory prior to becoming disabled in 2001. She was born January 26, 1957 in Bolivar, the daughter of Claudie Hammers of Whiteville and the late Sindy Ludell McCarver Hammers and lived...

Edward F. Eldridge

Edward F. Eldridge

May 6, 2013

EDWARD F. ELDRIDGEHenderson, TN: Edward Frederick Eldridge, age 89 passed away May 6, 2013 at the Henderson Health and Rehabilitation Center.He was born in Memphis, the son of the late Goldy and Amelia Viola Grimes Eldridge. He served thirty years in the U.S. Air Force retiring as Technical Sergeant and received many service medals. He married Kathryn Harwell Smith in...

Cathy Sneed

Cathy Sneed

May 5, 2013

Mrs. Cathy Jean Sneed of Grand Junction departed this life at the age of 52 years Sunday morning, May 5, 2013 at Bolivar General Hospital.Mrs. Sneed was born in Hardeman County to Mary Evelyn Hopkins of Ashland, Mississippi, and the late Marlin Graves. In 1979 she was united in marriage to Mr. Clif Sneed, Jr., who survives. She was a...

Jack Ray Benson

Jack Ray Benson

May 5, 2013

JACK RAY BENSONwas born in Olive Hill, Tennessee on January 13, 1937 the son of the late Buford John and Oren Elizabeth Willis Benson.On June 29, 1957 he was united in marriage to Gail Davis, who survives.Mr. Benson lived in the Sardis area since he was five years old and he had done farming all of his life. Mr. Benson...

Wilma Faye Farris

Wilma Faye Farris

May 5, 2013

Wilma Faye Farris was born June 10, 1946 in Corinth, MS, the daughter of the late Ocie Hershel and Rachel Mae Gray Poindexter.Miss Farris was a caregiver, she loved taking care of her own children and opened her home and heart to other chilldren. She attended the Michie Church of God of Prophecy in Michie, TN. She loved life, dancing,...

Charles Wayne Beutow

Charles Wayne Beutow

May 4, 2013

Charles Wayne Beutow was born August 20, 1935 in Bloomington , IL the son of the late Paul Max and Leona D. Carr Beutow.He was united in marriage to Jackie Leekieta Wade on September 19, 1958. Mrs. Beutow preceded him in death on December 9, 2000.Mr. Beutow was the owner of Beutow's Grocery and River Heights Grocery from 1978-1999. He...

Buster Weaver

Buster Weaver

May 4, 2013

Buster M. Weaver passed away peacefully at Vanderbilt Medical Center Saturday morning May 4th, 2013, surrounded by his family after a courageous 10 year battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and a final 6 month all out fist fight with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Buster was 79 years old.Devoted husband to his wife and constant companion of 56 years, Diane, Buster was preceded...

Nettie Wade Pulse

Nettie Wade Pulse

May 4, 2013

Mrs. Nettie Wade Pulse of Chester, New Jersey, formerly of Middleton, departed this life at the age of 95 years, 8 months and 29 days Sunday, May 5, 2013 in New Jersey.Mrs. Pulse was borne August 6, 1917 in Faulkner, Mississippi to the late John Marion and Kathryn Viola Byrd Harrell and graduated from high school in Walnut, Mississippi. She...

Madie Thacker

Madie Thacker

May 4, 2013

Madie Fowler Thacker was born May 17, 1930 in Michie, TN, the daughter of the late Laney Thomas and Mary Ellen Moore Fowler.She was united in marriage to J.C. Thacker on November 10, 1948. Mr. Thacker preceded her in death on May 20, 2005.Mrs. Thacker was a Homemaker and a member of the Acton Church of Christ in Michie, Tennessee.She...