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Vicki Jacqulyn Rickman
May 31, 2012
Vicki Jacqulyn Rickman, age 56, of Biloxi, MS formerly of McNairy County passed from this life on May 31, 2012 after a long illness. She was born April 24, 1956 the daughter of the late Connie Idell Ellis and Fred Glen Henry. Vicki was united in marriage to Robert Larry Rickman who preceded her in death. She was a homemaker.Survivors...
Bill Swope
May 30, 2012
Bill Swopewas born in Tennessee on June 14, 1956 the son of Beatrice Swope and the late William Lawrence Swope, Sr.He was united in marriage to Wanda Lee Brashier who precedes him in death.Bill was an over the road truck driver. He worked for Anderson Trucking Company in Selmer, Tennessee and for Aqua Glass in the transportation department in Adamsville,...
Terry Joe Martin
May 30, 2012
Terry Joe Martin was born July 4, 1959 in Brownsville, TN, the son of the late James Franklin and Hazel V. Bendall Martin.Mr. Martin departed this life on May 30, 2012 in Bethel Springs, Tennessee at the age of 52 Years, 10 Months, 26 Days.He is survived by his children, Thomas Coleiron of Peru, IN, Kimberly Martin of Hornsby, TN,...
Carolyn Nell Gilchrist
May 30, 2012
Carolyn Nell White Gilchrist passed away May 30th at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, following an extended hospital stay.Carolyn attended Saltillo High School in Hardin County where she was the captain of the basketball team and graduated in 1950. She married Orville Lee Gilchrist on August 12, 1950. Carolyn and Orville enjoyed a wonderful time during his 30 year...
Ruby Killough
May 30, 2012
Ruby Killoughwas born in Savannah, Tennessee on September 13, 1917 the daughter of the late James and Ocie Stotts Gant.She was united in marriage to Milton Killough whom precedes her in death.Mrs. Killough worked and retired from the Brown Shoe Company after 20 years of her service. She was a shoe assembler. Mrs. Killough aslo worked for J and M...
Laszlo Arpad Karpati
May 29, 2012
Laszlo Arpad (Les) Karpati, of Waynesboro was born July 11, 1944 in Budapest, Hungary, the son of the late Arpad and Terezia Bara Karpati. On the evening he was born the Allies were bombing Budapest. His father was trained as a piano technician during the 1930's at Steinway Piano Co. in Hamburg, Germany. Arpad owned a piano shop in Budapest...
Charles Glenn Davis
May 29, 2012
Charles Glenn Davis of Waynesboro, TN was born August 13, 1939 in Waynesboro, TN, the son of the late William Clyde and Pearl Smotherman Davis. In addition to his parents, Mr. Davis was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy Davis. Mr. Davis departed this life Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at Wayne Medical Center in Waynesboro at the age of...
Ledford Thacker
May 29, 2012
LEDFORD (BO) THACKERwas born in Selmer, Tennessee on November 3, 1954 the son of the late Edwin and Christene Morgan Thacker.On November 22, 1990 he was united in marriage to Candace J. Belk, who preceded her husband in death on April 8, 1992.Mr. Thacker worked for Aqua Glass, he also had worked for Gateway in Corinth and worked the woods....
W.D. Vandiver
May 28, 2012
Mr. W. D. “Bill†Vandiver of Brownfield, Mississippi departed this life at the age of 80 years, 9 months and 18 days Monday morning, May 28, 2012 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.He was born in Hornsby, Tennessee September 10, 1931 to the late Aubrey Martin and Gracie Emogene Sanders Vandiver. He worked as the owner and operator of Vandiver Sawmill...
Elaine Brewer
May 28, 2012
Elaine Davison Brewerwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on January 25, 1946 the daughter of the late Jim Davison and Artie Blanche Caperton Davison.On July 30, 1965 she was united in marriage to Richard Brewer whom survives.Elaine worked for White\'s Camera Shop in Columbia, Tennessee where she was a photo technician. She loved sports and antique hunting. Elaine was a...
Ruth Elizabeth Therasse
May 28, 2012
Ruth Elizabeth O'Neal Therasse was born October 28, 1927 in Bethel Springs, TN the daughter of the late Scott Ervin and Viola Hendrix O'Neal.Ms. Ruth was a retired secretary who lived most of her life in Miami, Florida. She was a loving sister, aunt, and friend. She also had a special love for cats as well as feeding wild animals...
Marsha Daylene Austin
May 27, 2012
Marsha Daylene Johnson Austin was born August 9, 1962 in Selmer, TN the daughter of the late Willie Lee and Jewell Maudine Johnson Johnson.Marsha was a homemaker, liked reading, raising puppies, cooking and camping.Ms. Austin departed this life on May 27, 2012 in Selmer, Tennessee at the age of 49 Years, 9 Months, 18 Days. She is survived by a...
Madison L. Robinson
May 27, 2012
Madison Logan Robinson Jr. was born February 17, 1927 in McNairy County, TN the son of the late Madison Logan Robinson, Sr. and Ella Flowers Robinson.Mr. Robinson was a retired truck driver for Morton Metal buildings and a school bus driver for the Pekin, Illinois school district.. He was of the Baptist faith. He served his country honorably during World...
Kathy L. Long
May 27, 2012
Kathy L. Long of Waynesboro, TN was born August 26, 1950 in Waynesboro, TN, the daughter of Reba Staggs Berry who survives of Waynesboro and the late Earl Berry. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by a brother, Clyde Brewer. She was married to Dallas Edwin Long on December 12, 1969, he preceded her in death...
Romulus Palmer
May 27, 2012
Romulus (Rummy) Palmerwas born in Weakley County, Tennessee on June 8, 1924.Mr. Palmer served in the US Navy and was stationed in Japan during WWII. He completed 2 years of college and went on to work for ICG Railroad as a rate clerk from which he retired.Mr. Palmer departed this life on Sunday, May 27, 2012 at the age of...
Coy Clellan Harmon
May 27, 2012
Coy Clellan (Bud) Harmonwas born in Savannah, Tennessee on October 20, 1929 the son of the late Arch Lee and Bernice Scott Harmon.Mr. Harmon loved to whittle and was very good at making items by hand. He had worked as a machinist for Arnold\'s Machine Shop and several other businesses as a machinist over the years. He was a member...
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...
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