John Wayman LaChance
Apr 26, 2011
John Wayman LaChance was born February 23, 1923 in Flat River, MO and died April 26, 2011 in Memphis, TN.He served in World War II from August 1944-August 1945 and in Korea from October 1947-May 1950. In World War II, he served in the 2nd Infantry in General Patton’s army in the battles of Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe. He...
Jerry Albert Earl Jackson
Apr 26, 2011
Jerry Albert Earl Jackson of Waynesboro, TN was born January 20, 1944 in Wayne Co., Tennessee, the son of the late Walter Leo and Lizzie Jane Thompson Jackson. Mr. Jackson was a disabled factory worker and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Jackson departed this life on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at Crockett Hospital in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee at the age of...
Jolean Nelms
Apr 26, 2011
Mrs. Nelms passed away Tuesday morning, April 26, 2011 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.The widow of William "Bill" Nelms, who died April 21, 2000 after 23 years of marriage, she worked in assembly at Harmon Automotive and Tennessee Foods. Mrs. Nelms was born June 21, 1931 in Hardeman County to the late Neal Stanley and Tennie Lois Donaldson Stanley and...
Willie Randolph Coke
Apr 25, 2011
Willie Randolph (Ranny) Coke was born on June 27, 1935 the son of the late Verdell and Ailene Coke.Mr. Coke was a commercial construction worker. He was a Nascar fan and loved dirt track stock car racing. He was known by many as "Daddy-O."He departed this life on April 25, 2011 in Jackson, Tennessee after an extended illness. Mr. Coke...
Judy Charlene Blakney
Apr 25, 2011
Judy Charlene Blakneywas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on July 24, 1935 the daughter of the late James Cecil and Rebie Deivy Curtis Wood.On July 6, 1952 she was united in marriage to Vernon Edward Blakney of Michie, Tennessee, who survives.Mrs. Blakney was the owner and operator of Southside Ceramics Shop. She had previously worked for Wurlitzer in Corinth, Mississippi...
Joann Horton
Apr 25, 2011
Joann Franks Horton was born August 22, 1947 in Wayne County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Dee and Ester Brewer Franks. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband February 12, 1998, Charles L. Horton; a brother, Austin Ray Franks; six sisters, Marie Prince, Nita Dugger, Mary Lou Kiddy, Ruby Dugger, Josephine Franks, and...
Mary Frances Melson
Apr 24, 2011
Mary Frances Melsonwas born in Michie, Tennessee on March 19, 1922 the daughter of the late John William and Maggie T. Voyles Smith.On June 14, 1941 she was united in marriage to Johnny David Melson, who preceded her in death on January 13, 2005.Mrs. Melson was a housewife and a member of the First Baptist Church in Savannah, Tennessee.Mrs. Melson...
Maxine Dulaney Yarbrough
Apr 24, 2011
Maxine Dulaney Yarbroughwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on August 31, 1922 the daughter of the late Emery Thomas and Callie Parsons Massey.She was united in marriage to Kermit O. Dulaney on July 8, 1944, he preceded her in death on November 21, 1980. On October 3, 1998 she was united in marriage to C.A. Yarbrough, who preceded her in...
Leanne Brewer
Apr 24, 2011
Leanne Linville Brewer of Collinwood, TN was born March 4, 1948 in Waynesboro, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Lawrence Leander Linville, Jr. and Helen Kimbrough Linville. She was united in marriage to Leon Patrick Brewer on June 7, 1981.Mrs. Brewer was a supervisor at the State Department of Education and was a member of the Wayne County Bible Center...
Anthony Higgins
Apr 24, 2011
Henderson, TennesseeAnthony Higgins was born November 8, 1970 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of David Russell of Memphis and Shirley Marie Bridgeman Murrell of Selmer Tn.and grew up in West Memphis, AR. He graduated Crittenden Pentecostal Academy in 1988. He moved to Savannah, TN and was married to Elizabeth White Sept. 14, 1992. They made their home in Henderson...
Alex Mixon
Apr 23, 2011
Enville, TN: Vaughn Alexander Mixon, age 51 passed away April 23, 2011 at his home at Enville.He is survived by his mother, Della Vada Brown Mixon of Enville; a son, Justin Bradley Mixon of Stonewall, MS; a daughter, Audrey Media Mixon; a sister, Susie Holley (Larry) of Enville and five brothers, Roger Cooper, Timothy Mixon and Johnny Mixon all of...
Frances Parks
Apr 23, 2011
Frances Bowen Parkswas born in Sassafras Hollow, Kentucky on February 20, 1927 the daughter of the late Delsie and Arminta Madden Bowen.On August 31, 1946 she was united in marriage to Clifford Parks, who preceded her in death on May 20, 1983.Mrs. Parks was a homemaker and a member of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Savannah, Tennessee.Mrs. Parks departed...
Delbert F. Stewart
Apr 21, 2011
Mr. Stewart passed away Thursday night at McNairy County Health Care in Selmer.The husband of Peggy Stewart, who survives, he retired as a supervisor at Harmon International, having worked for 33 years, never missing a day of work, and also was a cattle farmer. Mr. Stewart was born March 19, 1931 in Middleton to the late Will Dewey Stewart and...
Roger Byrd
Apr 20, 2011
ROGER BYRDwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on January 31, 1942 the son of the late Harry Carroll and Minnie Jane Counce Byrd.Mr. Byrd worked for 16 to 18 years for BEC Contractors for PCA in Counce, Tennessee. He lived in California for 20 years and in Hardin County area for 18 years. Mr. Byrd was a member of the...
Glenda Whisenhunt
Apr 20, 2011
Mrs. Whisenhunt passed away Wednesday morning, April 20, 2011 at Methodist Germantown Hospital.A native of Denmark, TN, she was born May 30, 1942 to the late Raymond A. Collins and Wilma Emerson Collins and lived in Memphis. Mrs. Whisenhunt was a member of Leawood Baptist Church.She is survived by two sons, David King and Gordon (Ann) Whisenhunt, III; a grandson,...
Ann Distretti
Apr 20, 2011
Ann Smith Distretti was born March 7, 1951 in Selmer, Tennessee the daughter of the late Montie Earl Smith, Jr. and Marion Allen Smith.Miss Distretti earned her bachelor degree from University of Tennessee at Knoxville and her master degree in library science from Union University in Jackson, TN. She had been a librarian for eleven years, having worked at West...
Charles Hillard Roten
Apr 20, 2011
Charles Hillard Roten was born February 7, 1928 in Adamsville , Tennessee the son of the late Thomas Andrew and Lora Jane Hicks Roten.He was united in marriage to his first wife, Genell Hughes on August 2, 1946. She preceded him on August 25, 1996. He later married Carolyn Cagle on December 13, 1997.Mr. Roten was a retired parts store...
Doris Annette Stack
Apr 20, 2011
Doris Annette Butler (Stack) died Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at Pleasant View Nursing Home.She was born in Memphis, TN to Beriah Gwynfa Butler and Ann Coline Crowley Butler. On January 12, 1959, she married Gilbert Lee Stack and they moved to Indiana. In 2007, after 48 years in the North, they moved back to Tennessee. Mrs. Stack was self-employed as...
Elnora P. Miller
Apr 19, 2011
Elnora Pearl Miller was born Feburary 10, 1912, in Chester County, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Oley Harris and Ida Mae Patterson Stovall. She was united in marriage to Huey Virgil "Poorboy" Miller on July 14, 1929. Mr. Miller preceded her in death on May 19, 2000. To this union were born three children, Conan Ramelle, Ivy Jewell, and...
Waymon Leon Robison
Apr 18, 2011
Mr. Robison died Monday, April 18, 2011 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.He was born on June 27, 1931 in Milledgeville, TN, son of the late Lee and Pauline Ellis Robison. After graduation from Adamsville High School, he went to work for Pickwick Electric Company. In the early 50’s he served four years in the United States Navy as an electrician...
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