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....
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....
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