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....
Roy R. Davis
May 15, 2011
He was born and reared in Chester County, near Milledgeville, the son of the late Robert and Effie Kelley Davis. He attended school at Milledgeville and overseas and after the service went to Memphis State. He entered the U.S. Army in 1944 and served with the 7th Infantry Division at Okinawa during which time the atomic bomb was dropped. He...
Timothy Wade Risner
May 15, 2011
Timothy Wade Risner of Savannah, TN was born March 2, 1979 in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, the son of the late Lloyd Freeman and Sarah Frances Lawson Hamsley Risner. Mr. Risner departed this life on May 15, 2011 in Savannah, Tennessee at the age of 32 Years, 2 Months, 13 Days.He is survived by son, Taylor Wade Risner of Florence, AL; two...
Sue Holloway
May 15, 2011
Sue Hollowaywas born in Campbell, Missouri on June 26, 1932 the daughter of the late Pete B. and Serena Bell Wilkerson Brannan.On July 30, 1948 she was united in marriage to Bill Holloway, who survives.Mrs. Holloway was a member of the Hopewell Baptist Church, were she was a member of the Hopewell Baptist Missions Committee, the Wednesday Night Meal Team,...
Herschel Conaway
May 14, 2011
Herschel Conaway was born August 1, 1929 in Sardis, Tennessee the son of the late Jess J. and Maude Godwin Conaway.Mr. Conaway was retired from Parris Manufacturing Company in Savannah, where he served as a machine shop supervisor for 46 years. He had formerly served his country in the United States Army, and was a member of the Hinkle Baptist...
Thomas E. Ingle
May 14, 2011
Thomas E. Ingle was born August 5, 1940 in Selmer, Tennessee the son of the late William and Agnes Margaret Crangle Ingle.He was united in marriage to Katherine Estes on May 25, 1961.Mr. Ingle was formerly employed by Brown Shoe Company in Selmer. In later years, he owned and operated a service station in Selmer. He was a member of...
Eugene T. Phillips
May 14, 2011
Eugene T. (Gene) Phillips was born December 4, 1932 in Vidalia, Georgia the son of the late John Oliff and Eudene McArthur Phillips.He was united in marriage to Patricia Holloway. Mr. Phillips was a Diesel Mechanic . He was a member of the Landmark United Pentecostal Church in Stantonville, Tennessee. He proudly served his country in the United States Army.Mr....
Tony Eugene Sweat
May 14, 2011
Tony Eugene Sweat was born December 11, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois the son of Peggy Marie Gray Sweat and the late W. E. Sweat.He was united in marriage to Tracye Cannon on December 28, 2007.Tony was employed as a security guard for Aqua Yacht Harbor in Iuka, MS, and also continued the family business as an antique dealer and refinisher....
Elsie Eleanor Lawhead
May 14, 2011
ELSIE ELEANOR LAWHEADwas born in Abington, Pennsylvania on February 17, 1918 the daughter of the late James T. and Gertrude Mullin Mudd.In January of 1940 she was united in marriage to Bernard Milton Lawhead, who preceded his wife in death on February 3, 1969.Mrs. Lawhead was a retired secretary for Boeing. She departed this life on May 14, 2011 in...
Louise Magner Sells
May 13, 2011
Riverside, CA: Louise Leona Magner Sells, age 87 passed away May 13, 2011 at Inspiration Boarding Care in Corona, CA.She was born and reared in Beloit, WI the daughter of the late Louis and Bell Goik Magner. She attended school in Wisconsin. She was married to Shelbin Sells in 1946. He was in the U.S. Navy. They made their home...
Dorothy Ann Gean
May 13, 2011
DOROTHY ANN GEANwas born on May 31, 1930 the daughter of the late Arch A. and Mamie Perkins Todd.Ms. Gean was a teacher's aide for Adamsville High School. She was a member of First Christian Church in Adamsville, Tennessee. Ms. Gean loved shopping, gardening and she was a wonderful mother.She departed this life on May 13, 2011 in Adamsville, Tennessee...
Dallas Gober
May 13, 2011
Dallas Gober was born February 15, 1919 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi the son of the late George Mitchell Gober and Lennie Mae McCullough Gober.He was united in marriage to Jewell Black on May 23, 1975.Mr. Gober was retired from Ford Motor Co. in Lorraine, OH. He was a member of the Little Chapel Pentecostal Church in Selmer, Tennessee and a...
Mary Ann Dixon
May 13, 2011
Mary Ann Shubert Dixon was born November 12, 1971 in Waynesboro, Tennessee the daughter of and Shirley A. Moser Shubert and the late James Shubert. Mrs. Dixon departed this life Friday, May 13, 2011at her home at the age of 39 Years, 6 Months, 1 Day. She was employed at Buffalo River Services and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith.She...
Carolyn E. Cooper
May 12, 2011
Carolyn E. Cooper was born October 26, 1932 in Covington, Tennessee the daughter of the late Casper E. and Nora Bell Golightly Smith.She was united in marriage to J.D. Cooper. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Cooper departed this life on May 12, 2011 in Corinth, Mississippi at the age of 78 Years, 6 Months, 16 Days....
James E. Long
May 12, 2011
Services will be held on Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 1:00 PM at Shackelford Funeral Home in Waynesboro, Tennessee, with David Skipworth and Danny Clark officiating. Burial will follow in Railroad Cemetery , Iron City, Tennesseewith Shackelford Funeral Directors in charge of the arrangements.Visitation will be on Friday, May 13th. 4:00-9:00 pm and on Saturday, May 14th. 11:00 am until...
Berta Davidson
May 12, 2011
Berta McCasland Davidson was born in Hardin County, Tennessee on July 19, 1916 the daughter of the late Irvin Sylvester and Mendia McDonald McCasland.On December 25, 1934 she was united in marriage to John Walker Davidson, who preceded her in death on August 14, 1997.Mrs. Davidson was an Inspector at Clifton Manufacturing Company for 15 years. She loved to play...
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