Captain James L. Duke
Feb 29, 2012
Captain James L. Duke was born July 16, 1948 in Crawfordsville, Arkansas, the son of the late Leroy and Vera Lillian Cleary Duke.He was united in marriage to Betty Ann Horvath on May 6, 2002.Mr. Duke served his country for 43 years as a member of the U. S. Merchant Marine, United States Coast Guard, where he obtained the rank...
Lula Belle Kuehn Stricklin
Feb 29, 2012
Lula Belle Andrews Kuehn Stricklin of Waynesboro, TN was born July 8, 1918 in Wayne Co., TN, the daughter of the late John Daniel and Nancy Jane Andrews. She was united in marriage to Victor Kuehn and following his death, she married James Franklin Stricklin, who also preceded her in death.Mrs. Stricklin was a retired merchant and a member of...
Jean McFarland
Feb 28, 2012
Jean McFarland was born June 8, 1928 in Akron, OH the daughter of the late Clifford and Goldie Neselroad Stricklen.She was united in marriage to James F. McFarland, Sr. on January 28, 1951.Mrs. McFarland was formerly employed as an office worker for the Polsky Company in Akron, Ohio. While living in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, she served as Chair for the Armstong...
Ella Catherine Raines
Feb 28, 2012
Ella Catherine Raines, age 87 of Bolivar, departed this life Tuesday evening, February 28, 2012 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.Mrs. Raines was born in Early Branch, South Carolina November 24, 1924 to the late Henry D. Smith and Catherine Robinson Smith. She was a homemaker and lived in the Bolivar area since the 1940s. In 1943 she married Jack Hillman...
Dewey B. Boykin
Feb 28, 2012
Mr. Dewey Boykin, age 70 of Bolivar, passed from this life Tuesday morning, February 28, 2012 at Bolivar General Hospital.He was borin in Wilson, North Carolina January 2, 1942 to the late Almenta Bunn and Earnest Boykin. He moved to the Bolivar area in 1980 and worked as a sawmill worker.He is survived by his long-time companion, Isabelle Jones of...
Sara Nunn
Feb 28, 2012
Sara Nunn was born April 13, 1945 in McNairy County, TN the daughter of the late Lloyd and Sally Hindman Williams. Mrs. Nunn departed this life on February 28, 2012 in Selmer, Tennessee at the age of 66 Years, 10 Months, 15 Days. She was the widow of Billy Nunn.Mrs. Nunn was a member of the Church of Christ. She...
Dan Jeter
Feb 27, 2012
Dan Jeterwas born in Florida on July 13, 1944 the son of the late Vernon James and Velma Lucille Lard Jeter.Mr. Jeter had been a Mechanical Engineer for Fed-Ex in Memphis, Tennessee for 27 years. He was an avid fisherman, outdoorsman, and Harley-Davidson rider. He enjoyed golf, woodworking, and NASCAR. Mr. Jeter had been a member of the Fed-Ex Bass...
Bertha Lee Rickman
Feb 26, 2012
Bertha Lee Sweat Rickman was born May 16, 1925 in Selmer, TN the daughter of the late Job Winfield and Minnie Kizer Sweat.Miss Rickman was a homemaker. She enjoyed sewing, quilting, birdwatching, was an excellent cook and loved growing strawberries. She was of the Presbyterian faith.Miss Rickman departed this life on February 26, 2012 in Southaven, Mississippi at the age...
Johnny Herschel Johnson
Feb 26, 2012
John Herschel (Johnny) Johnson, age 81, passed away peacefully at his home in Bolivar on Sunday morning February 26, 2012. Mr. Johnson was born and raised in Itta Bena, Mississippi. Mr. Johnson graduated from Itta Bena High School and attended the University of Mississippi. Mr. Johnson served in Korea as a member of the United States Army’s 31st Division for...
Robert Earl Nolen
Feb 26, 2012
ROBERT EARL (PETE) NOLENwas born in Counce, Tennessee on March 13, 1921 the son of the late T. C. and Nellie Jane Counce Nolen.Mr. Nolen was owner of T. C. Nolen and Son Grocery Store. He was a member of Counce First Baptist Church. Mr. Nolen taught school a few years in Counce after his High School Graduation. He loved...
Shelia Elaine Montgomery
Feb 25, 2012
SHELIA ELAINE MONTGOMERYBethel Springs, TN: Shelia Elaine Montgomery, age 53 passed away Saturday morning February 25, 2010. Shelia was born and reared in Henderson, the daughter of Elizabeth Doyle Montgomery and the late William Carroll (W.C.) Montgomery. She attended Chester County Schools. She received her LPN from Crump Vocational School in 1982 and her RN from Union University in 1988....
Jerry Warren
Feb 25, 2012
Residence - Savannah, TNJERRY WARRENwas born in Lutts, Tennessee on September 28, 1941 the son of the late Ergin J. and Floyce Johnson Warren.Mr. Warren was united in marriage to Phyllis Ann Benson, who survives.He was a retired self employed auto mechanic. Mr. Warren departed this life on February 25, 2012 in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 70 years,...
Norma Willis
Feb 25, 2012
Norma Williswas born in Sardis, Tennessee on October 1,1916 the daughter of the late Charles Patrick and Ellen Maude Guernsey Little.Mrs. Willis was a retired school teacher. She was a member of the Sardis Church of Christ, Sardis Senior Citizens, Tennessee Educational Association and the Retired Teachers Association.Mrs. Willis departed this life on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at the age...
Everett Jackson Bissey
Feb 25, 2012
Everett Jackson (Jack) Bissey Jack passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at his home at the age of 94.Jack (Everett Jackson) Bissey of Florence, AL was born August 20, 1917 in Wayne Co., IL, the son of the late Henry R. and Lula Versa Zimmerman Bissey. He was united in marriage to Jewel Dodd on February 15, 1947.Since...
Glen Houston Couch
Feb 24, 2012
Glen Houston Couchwas born in Savannah, Tennessee on October 27, 1933 the son of the late Carlos Glen and Clara Irene Tucker Couch.On October 16, 1960 he was united in marriage to Goldie Murphy, who survives.Mr. Couch retired from Pickwick State Park as a maintenance worker. He had been a member of the National Guard, a Scottish Rite and a...
Charles W. Brooks
Feb 24, 2012
The son of Alonzo Wesley and Nancy Clara Fortune Brooks, he was born in Bemis, TN, June 30, 1932. He married Zueline Porter Brooks March 26, 1983, was a self employed carpenter and a member of Pocahontas First Baptist Church. He lived all his life in the Hardeman County area.In addition to his wife Zueline, he is survived by a...
Gertrude Cochran
Feb 23, 2012
Pinson, TN: Alice Gertrude Burress Cochran, age 91 passed away February 23, 2012 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.She was born and reared in the Five Points Community of Madison County, the daughter of the late Robert Mays and Effie Gertrude Sells Burress. She went to school at the County Line School and graduated from Pinson High School in 1938....
Danny Rogers
Feb 23, 2012
Henderson, TN: Danny Dale Rogers, age 66 passed away February 23, 2012 at the Chester County Healthcare.He was born in Chester County the son of Ida Brittian Rogers and the late Otis Rogers. He graduated from Chester County High School in 1964 and attended Freed Hardeman College and received his degree from Union University in 1968 and received his Masters...
Geraldine Hobson Owens
Feb 22, 2012
Geraldine H. Owens, of Johns Creek, Georgia, passed away on February 22, 2012 at the age of 75.She was the beloved wife of Carol Odell Owens for 55 years, as well as a much loved mother and grandmother. Geraldine is survived by her husband Carol, her son Phillip Owens, wife Suzanne, and his daughter Madison, her daughter Renee Todd, husband...
James Scott Walker
Feb 22, 2012
James Scott Walker, 89, died peacefully on February 22, 2012, at Greenfield Assisted Living in Memphis, surrounded and comforted by his family and Cross Roads Hospice. He retired from Kimberly Clark. He was a faithful Christian and past member of Coleman Avenue Church of Christ in Memphis and Bolivar Church of Christ in Bolivar, TN, where he lived for 25...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
HeartLight offers a variety of support groups, education, resources, and special programming related to grief and loss.
365 Days of Grief Support
Sign up for one year of grief messages designed to offer hope and healing during difficult first year after a loss