Sandra Austin
May 24, 2011
She was born and reared in Chester County the daughter of the late Howard Elmo and Elenor White Stansell. She attended schools in Chester County and married Larry Austin in 1970. They made their home in Chester County. She worked for Chester County Sportswear, Whalley Construction Company, Lee Engineering and Miller’s Big Star. She is survived by her husband, Larry...
Frances Braly
May 23, 2011
Clara Frances DeBerry Braly, 85, of Henderson died on May 23,2011. She was born in McNairy County on January 30, 1926, to thelate Joe Clint and Gracie Thomas Hearn DeBerry. Frances attendedPhillips School and Chester County High School, where she graduated in 1943. She earned an associate’s degree at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.Frances was married for...
Violet Duncan
May 22, 2011
VIOLET C. DUNCANwas born in Calloway County, Kentucky on May 13, 1909 the daughter of the late Eucelous Carr and Georgia Yates Carr Wright.Mrs. Duncan was united in marriage to Martin Duncan, who preceded his wife in death.Mrs. Duncan was a homemaker. She was a former resident of Union City, Tennessee. Mrs. Duncan was a member of First Baptist Church...
James Grady Baker
May 22, 2011
James Grady Baker was born August 26, 1930 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of the late Grady Baker and Flora Chenault Martin.He was united in marriage to Marie Inman. Mrs. Baker preceded him in death on March 7, 2003.Mr. Baker retired from Anvil Manufacturing. He loved going fishing. Mr. Baker departed this life on May 22, 2011 in Selmer,...
Lois Mullvain
May 21, 2011
She was born in Centerville, AR on Oct. 6, 1936 the daughter of the late Ray and Theo Underwood of Hughes, AR.Lois was a machine operator for 40 years at General Electric in DeKalb, IL while at G.E. she did other various jobs in the factory. After retirement she loved working in her flowers, relaxing at her winter home in...
Barbara Louise Brewer
May 21, 2011
Barbara Louise Qualls Brewer of Collinwood, TN was born May 29, 1947 in Truman, Arkansas, the daughter of the late William Elmer and Dorcie Martin Qualls. She was united in marriage to James Hershel Brewer on July 3, 1965.Mrs. Brewer was a retired cafeteria cook at Collinwood Middle School and was a member of the Collinwood Church of God.Mrs. Brewer...
Melvin Hosea
May 21, 2011
Melvin Hosea was born in Steele, Missouri August 10, 1918 the son of the late Grady George Hosea and Margarett Annie Burden Hosea.On August 28, 1976 he was united in marriage to Nannie Mae Higgins, who preceded him in death on May 1, 2008.Mr. Hosea attended First Assembly of God Church in Savannah, Tennessee. He was a devoted family man...
Sibyl V. Matlock
May 20, 2011
Sibyl V. Rowsey Matlock was born September 29, 1931 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Horace and Lovelle Phelps Rowsey.She was united in marriage to R.C. Matlock in August of 1978. Mr. Matlock preceded her in death on March 10, 1994.Mrs. Matlock was a housewife . She was of the Baptist faith.Mrs. Matlock departed this life on...
Martha Hissong
May 20, 2011
Martha Hissong was born November 16, 1939 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Horace Leonard and Wilma Lee Surratt Smith.She was united in marriage to Jerry Hissong on August 9, 1990.Mrs. Hissong was a graduate of Adamsville High School. She was the owner of Martha's Greenhouse in Adamsville, and loved working with plants. She also enjoyed fishing...
Dewey Wayne Mathis
May 20, 2011
Dewey Wayne Mathis was born December 3, 1946 in Hardin County, Tennessee the son of the late Frank and Goldia Owens Mathis.He was united in marriage to Peggy J. Wyatt on October 16, 1982.Mr. Mathis grew up in the Childers Hill community and was a graduate of Southside High School. He entered the United States Army during the Vietnam Conflict...
Francis Lester Simpson
May 19, 2011
Mr. Simpson passed away Thursday afternoon, May 19, 2011 at Carolina Pines Hospital in Hartsville, SC.He was born in Memphis, the son of the late Francis Lester Simpson, Sr. and Ruth Webb Simpson and lived most of his life in Middleton. On June 12, 1952, he married Nancy Goodell and they were married 53 years before her death on September...
Judy Stallings
May 19, 2011
Mrs. Stallings passed away Thursday afternoon, May 19, 2011 at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis.The wife of Rob Stallings, who survives, she retired as the owner and self-employed restaurateur of "Cafe Under The Hill". Mrs. Stallings was born November 29, 1943 in Memphis to the late Albert Edward "Pete" Willoughby and Eva Rumelle Parsons Willoughby and lived all of...
Johnny Weymond Carlin
May 18, 2011
Johnny Weymond Carlin was born February 4, 1941 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of the late Allen Theodore and Lessie Dee Taylor Carlin.He was united in marriage to Joyce Black on December 20, 1961.Mr. Carlin was a wonderful provider for his wife and children. He loved the water, being outside, birds, and pretty flowers. His favorite time of the...
James Anthony Stevens
May 18, 2011
James Anthony (Andy) Stevens was born May 31, 1958 in Gideon , Missouri the son of Marie Moffett Stevens Humphrey and the late Henry W. Stevens.Mr. Stevens was a welder for the House of Graham. He attended Meeks Grove Baptist Church in Stantonville, TN. Mr. Stevens departed this life on May 18, 2011 in Stantonville, Tennessee at the age of...
Norman H. Shelton
May 18, 2011
Norman H. Shelton was born August 13, 1957 in Lake County, Tennessee the son of Dorothy Elizabeth Jones Shelton and the late Manuel Ralph Shelton.He was united in marriage to Tarecia Finley on February 17, 1978.Mr. Shelton was a graduate of McNairy Central High School in Selmer. He was a millwright by trade, a member of the Pine Hill Assembly,...
Wanda Gallaher
May 18, 2011
Wanda Johnson Gallaher was born November 5, 1943 in Henderson, Tennessee, the daughter of the late John Henry Johnson and Alline Deaton Johnson Rodgers. Mrs. Gallaher died Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at Wayne Medical Center in Waynesboro, TN at the age of 67 Years, 6 Months, 13 Days. As a young woman, she was employed at the Henderson Medical Clinic...
Wayne Thomas DeWees
May 17, 2011
Wayne Thomas DeWees, 86, of Bolivar, passed away Tuesday night, May 17, 2011 at Hardin Medical Center in Savannah.Mr. DeWees was born January 25, 1925 in Yazoo, MS to the late Wayne Thomas DeWees and Anna Kessel DeWees. He was raised by his grandmother in Bartlett. He married the only woman he ever loved, Patty DeWees. Mr. DeWees was the...
Faye Wilson
May 16, 2011
Mrs. Wilson was born in Lake County, the daughter of the late Ernest France and Lou Ethel Middleton Wadley. She graduated from Tiptonville High School and attended U.T. Martin. She married William Herrel Wilson in 1940. They made their home in Hornbeck and Union City. Mr. Wilson died Dec. 21, 1983. Mrs. Wilson lived in Dresden for 8 years and...
McKayla Tori-Ann Simpson
May 16, 2011
McKayla Tori-Ann Simpson was born May 16, 2011 in Selmer, Tennessee the daughter of Robert William and Rebecca Sue King Simpson.She is survived by her parents, Robert William and Rebecca Sue King Simpson of Adamsville, TN; maternal grandmother, Phyllis King of Selmer, TN; maternal grandfather, Junior King of Selmer, TN; paternal grandmother, Virginia Doyle and husband Robert of Crump, TN;...
Carolyn Ann Ruth
May 15, 2011
Carolyn Ann Ruthwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on August 18, 1939 the daughter of the late Cornnie and Velva Crawford Hanna.Ms. Ruth was a CNA for Country Home Health in Sardis, Tennessee. She had lived in the Hinkle, Sardis and Saltillo, Tennessee areas. Ms. Ruth enjoyed gardening, flowers, yard work, shopping, taking care of her family and others. Ms....
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