Betty Jean Smith
May 27, 2012
Betty Jean Smith was born May 10, 1943 in the Hickory Corner Community of Chester County , the daughter of the late George Guy and Lillian Josephine Bryant Smith. Betty was raised and lived all of her life in the Masseyville Community. She was a 1961 graduate of Chester County High School a US Army Veteran serving five years, and...
Bonnie Carol Bryson
May 26, 2012
Bonnie Carol (TaTa) Bryson of Collinwood, TN was born June 19, 1950 in Wyandotte, MI, the daughter of the late J. B. and Irma Marie Shepard Bryson. TaTa was a dental hygienist and was of the Church of Christ belief. She had lived in Wyandotte, MI before moving to Collinwood and had worked at Scott Paper Company, Great Lakes Steel,...
Marsha Ann DePew
May 26, 2012
MARSHA TAYLOR DEPEWSelmer, TN: Marsha Ann Taylor DePew, age 57, of Hardin, Kentucky, formerly of Selmer, Tennessee went home to be with the Lord, Saturday, May 26, 2012 at Vanderbilt University Hospital following a long illness.She was born and raised in Selmer, TN the daughter of the late William Elihu and Vera Alene Matlock Taylor. She attended school in McNairy...
Jimmy Lee Miller
May 26, 2012
Jimmy Lee Miller was born September 7, 1988 in Jackson, TN the son of Jerry Ray Miller and Regina Suzanne Cone Chandler.Jimmy Lee had worked construction commercially and residential. He attended Sweet Lips Baptist Church. He graduated from McNairy Central High school in 2006. He was an avid outdoorsman, loved fishing, playing sports, riding his motorcycle, enjoyed playing pool and...
William E. Foote
May 25, 2012
William E. Foote, Jr. was born March 6, 1937 in Chattanooga, TN the son of the late William Edwin and Quixie Anna Brandon Foote.Mr. Foote graduated from Selmer High School in 1956. On October 15, 1959, he married the former Barbara Ann McCormack. Mr. Foote was employed by Brown Shoe Company in Selmer from 1959 to 1965. After leaving Brown...
Joe Balentine
May 25, 2012
Joe Balentine was born on April 28, 1929 in Florence, AL, the son of the late Elmer and Mattie Stone Balentine.In August of 1994 he was united in marriage to Linda Deshazier who survives, and with whom he spent his life for over 28 years.Mr. Balentine was employed with Elam Trucking Company in Stantonville, TN. He had also been employed...
Rosemary Scott
May 24, 2012
Rosemary Walker Scott was born February 11, 1937 in Adamsville, TN the daughter of O.L. (Ike) Walker and the late Rheba Faye Ledbetter Walker.Ms. Scott graduated from Adamsville High School in 1954, fourth in her class. While in high school, she was a cheerleader and a member of the honor club. Ms. Scott was a homemaker, worked part-time at Walker...
Oneal Fullwood
May 24, 2012
Oneal Fullwood was born November 5, 1924 in Selmer, TN the son of the late Thomas (Tom) JeffersonFulwood and Carrie Moore Fulwood.On September 1, 1950, Mr. Fullwood married the love of his life, Mary Ruth Burks. Mrs. Fullwood preceded him in death on May 28, 2009.Mr. Fullwood served his country honorably in the United States Navy from 1942-1946. He earned...
Evelyn Ruth Edgar
May 23, 2012
Henderson, TN: Evelyn Ruth Kennon Edgar, age 88 passed away Wednesday morning May 23, 2012 at the home of her son in Lamar, MS. Mrs. Edgar was born in Caruthersville, MO the daughter of the late Gid and Ora Carrell Kennon. She went to school at Ridgley, TN. She was a homemaker, did baby sitting, and had worked at the...
Ray Wallace
May 23, 2012
RAY WALLACENashville, TN: Raymond Crawford Wallace age 88 passed away May 23, 2012 at Richland Place in Nashville. He was born and reared in McNairy County at Chewalla, the son of the late Andrew Crawford and Cora Ida Carter Wallace. He attended schools in McNairy County at Ramer, TN. He entered the U.S. Army in 1943 and served in the...
Lera Nell Norton
May 23, 2012
Lera Nell Butler Norton of Cleveland, MS was born July 30, 1930 in Tennessee, the daughter of the late Joe and Carrie Keeton Butler. Mrs. Norton died Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Greenwood Leflore Hospital at the age of 81 Years, 9 Months, 23 Days. She was a homemaker.She is survived by her husband Robert Norton of Cleveland, MS; two...
Buddy Melson
May 23, 2012
Buddy Melsonwas born in Wayne County, Tennessee on March 13, 1937 the son of the late Pony Melson and Racheal Phillps Melson.On February 18, 1961 he was united in marriage to Eula Mae Melson whom survives.Buddy retired from Valcum Material Company Max truck driver and retired after 36 years. He first lived in the Rayburn Creek Community before moving to...
Edward Sewell Ward
May 23, 2012
Edward Sewell Ward Jr. (Okeechobee 5) was born April 14, 1957 in Stuart, FL the son of the late Edward Sewell and Ruth Padgett Ward. Other than his parents he was preceded in death by a sister, Linda Harris. Mr. Ward died Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at his home on South Forty-eight Creek Road near Waynesboro at the age of...
Harold Gene Mayes
May 23, 2012
Mr. Harold Gene Mayes of Saulsbury departed this life at the age of 54 years, 8 months, and 18 days May 23, 2012 at Bolivar General Hospital.Mr. Mayes was born in Middleton on September 5, 1957 to the late Bilbo and Nora Pauline Wilkerson Mayes. He worked as a self-employed construction worker and also worked on a farm with Jesse...
Ruth Tolbert
May 23, 2012
Bethel Springs, TN: Nelda Ruth Rowland Tolbert, age 82 passed away May 23, 2012 at her home.She was born and reared in Chester County, the daughter of the late Thomas Newton and Annie Ethel Allison Rowland. She attended school at Woodville and was married to Roy Holder of the Friendship Community and later was married to David Tolbert of Memphis....
Peggy Quintal
May 22, 2012
Margaret Pope (Peggy) Quintal was born November 8, 1932 in Waynesboro, TN the daughter of the late William Thomas and Ethel Pitts Pope. She died Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at Bailey Manor in Winchester, Tennessee at the age of 79 Years, 6 Months, 14 Days. She was preceded in death by her son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Phyllis Daniel. Mrs....
Willard Summers
May 22, 2012
Willard Summers was born on February the 29th 1936. At the time of his death Willard was the age of “19†which he jokingly referred to as a†leaping†child. He was proceeded in death by his father James Orlan Summers and his mother Sarah Virginia Summers. Mr. Summers departed this life on May the 22,2012. Willard is survived by...
W.J. Cornelius
May 22, 2012
Mr. W. J. "Red" Cornelius of Middleton departed this life Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at the age of 82 years, 8 months, and 24 days.He was born in on August 28, 1929 to the late Loyd Taylor Cornelius, Sr. and Annie Ruth Ethridge Cornelius. He was united in marriage to Dorothy Whaley, who survives, December 31, 1948 and lived all...
Jaydee Lane Swinea
May 22, 2012
Jaydee Lane Swinea was born May 22, 2012 at Crockett Hospital in Lawrenceburg, TN the infant daughter of Jason Swinea and Candyce Pope of Waynesboro. Other than her parents, she is survived by grandparents, Jerry Pope, Donald Swinea, Billie Skelton and her husband, Michael; and the late Patricia Stockstill; great-grandmother, Lorene Manning. Graveside service will be held Saturday, June 2,...
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