Donnie Terrell Cooksey
Feb 5, 2011
Donnie Terrell Cooksey was born August 26, 1949 in McNairy County, Tennessee the son of C.E. and the late Faye Marie Smith Cooksey.Mr. Cooksey worked in law enforcement for over 20 years, having worked for the McNairy County Sheriff Department, Hardin County Sheriff Department and City of Adamsville Police Department. He had been a member of the Fraternal Order of...
Robert Rhodes
Feb 5, 2011
ROBERT (BONES) RHODES, JR.was born in Hardin County, Tennessee on November 26, 1949 the son of Villar Godwin Rhodes and the late Robert Bailey Rhodes, Sr.Mr. Rhodes was a self-employed sawmill worker. He was a member of the Savannah Moose Lodge. Mr. Rhodes enjoyed golfing.He departed this life on February 5, 2011 at the Hardin Medical Center in Savannah, Tennessee...
Donna Jean Franks
Feb 5, 2011
Donna Jean Frankswas born in Caruthersville, Missouri on December 7, 1946 the daughter of J. Melvin and Geneva Murleen Porter Hosea.On November 29, 1997 she was united in marriage to Jimmie Franks, who survives.Mrs. Franks had worked for Angelica Corp. in Savannah, Tennessee and for BandB Construction in Verona, Mississippi. She enjoyed sewing, crafts, line-dancing, and animals, dogs especially. She...
Ronnie Nix
Feb 5, 2011
RONNIE NIXwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on March 3, 1950 the son of the late Joe and Beatrice Frazier Nix.Mr. Nix was a computer technician. He was a member of Church of God in Savannah. Mr. Nix enjoyed bluegrass music, history, fishing and spending time with his family.He departed this life on February 5, 2011 at Vanderbilt Medical Center...
Ralph Donovan Wilson
Feb 4, 2011
Beech Bluff TN: Ralph Donovan “Pop†Wilson, age 82 passed away February 4, 2011 at his home in Beech Bluff.He was born and reared in Bemis, TN the son of the late Robert Lee and Lois Margaret Brown Cearley Wilson. He went to school in Madison County and graduated from Malesus High School in 1946. He entered the US Navy...
Roger Dale Swope
Feb 4, 2011
Roger SwopePinson: Roger Dale Swope, age 62, died Friday evening, February 4, 2011 at the emergency room of Jackson General Hospital.Mr. Swope was born in Chester County at Henderson the son of George Franklin and Ruby Brown Swoape. He went to school in Madison County and graduated from South Side High School in 1966 and graduated from Jackson State Community...
Lucy Clayton
Feb 4, 2011
Lucy Horn ClaytonHenderson: Virginia Lucille Horn Clayton, age 97, the widow of Joel Clayton, died Friday morning at Chester County Healthcare.Mrs. Clayton was born and reared in Chester County, the Jacks Creek Community, the daughter of the late Calvin Patrick and Dausie Pavie Morris Horn. She graduated from Chester County High School and in 1940 married Joel Adrian Clayton and...
Henry Sank Casey
Feb 3, 2011
Henry Sank Caseywas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on April 26, 1932 the son of the late Harry Lee Armstrong and Flora Casey.Mr. Casey retired from the City of Savannah Waste Management Department. Mr. Casey departed this life on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at the age of 78 years, 9 months, 8 days.He is survived by his wife, Betty Casey...
Mary Ann Crews
Feb 3, 2011
Mary Ann Brown Crews of Waynesboro, TN was born October 5, 1944 in Waynesboro, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Thomas Elvin and Mary Magdalene Farmer Brown. She was united in marriage to Joe Crews on March 17, 1962.Mrs. Crews was a homemaker and had been a hairdresser, a school cafeteria worker, and a pharmacy technician. She was of the...
Bonnie Breeden
Feb 3, 2011
Mrs. Breeden passed away Thursday afternoon at her home in Bartlett.The widow of Kenneth Breeden, who died December 27, 1980, she was a homemaker. She was born November 25, 1925 in Bolivar to the late Rev. Allie Bruce Baker and Eva Ann Burnette Baker and lived in Memphis since about 1950. She was a member of Ellendale Baptist Church in...
Osco Abernathy Carroll
Feb 2, 2011
Osco Abernathy Carroll was born March 20, 1930 in the Purdy Community of McNairy County, the son of the late Aubrey Carroll and Ora Lee Hardin Carroll Wilson. He was united in marriage to Wanda Sanders on April 5, 1954.Mr. Carroll was a retired Truck Driver with Carroll Trucking Company. He was a former employee of Brown Shoe Company, the...
Lonnie Ray Ferguson
Feb 2, 2011
Lonnie Ray Ferguson was born April 28, 1940 in Chester County, Tennessee the son of the late Dee and Lavonia McNeill Ferguson.He was united in marriage to Faye Price on October 15, 1964.Mr. Ferguson attended Chester County schools before moving to McNairy County. He was a self-employed contractor, and was a member of Gateway Holiness Chapel in Bethel Springs, TN....
Loyce Clement
Feb 2, 2011
Loyce (Clem) Clementwas born in Phil Campbell, Alabama on April 9, 1932 the son of the late Robert Roy and Icie Evelyn Carroll Clement.On April 16, 1953 he was united in marriage to Joyce Ramsey, who survives.Mr. Clement was an Automotive Salesman and Mechanic for Millers Used Cars in Haleyville, Alabama. He had lived in Haleyville for 58 years. He...
Mamie Ann McClain
Feb 2, 2011
MAMIE ANN MCCLAINwas born in Chicago, Illinois on April 16, 1959 the daughter of the late S. P. Joe and Mamie Ozella White Qualls.Ms. McClain was a member of Lighthouse Pentecostal Church.She departed this life on February 2, 2011 in Savannah, Tennessee at the age of 51 years, 9 months and 17 days.Ms. McClain is survived by 2 daughters, Mamie...
Bonnie Lee Pevahouse
Feb 2, 2011
Bonnie Lee Pevahousewas born in Decatur County, Tennessee on October 11, 1923 the daughter of the late Charlie Otis and Bessie Eloise Smith Riley.On February 19, 1945 she was united marriage to Andy Pevahouse, who preceded her in death on March 7, 1982.Mrs. Pevahouse was raised in Wayne County, lived in Perry County most of her life and moved to...
Gary Leon Shirley
Feb 1, 2011
Gary Leon Shirley Sr. was born January 4, 1952 in Memphis, Tennessee the son of the late Loyd Earl and Mildred Newman Shirley.Mr. Shirley was a carpenter. When he lived in McNairy County he attended Faith Baptist Church in Selmer. Mr. Shirley departed this life on February 1, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 59 Years, 28 Days....
Sarah Lewell Lee
Feb 1, 2011
Sarah Lewell Lee was born January 12, 1916 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Luther Carl and Myrtle Lugene Boswell Wilds.She was united in marriage to Hayes Petty Lee. Mr. Lee preceded her in death on November 27, 1962.Mrs. Lee was a graduate of Michie High School. She attended Lambuth University and what was then Memphis State,...
Alton C Stanford
Feb 1, 2011
Mr. Stanford passed away Tuesday morning at St. Francis Hospital of Bartlett.The widower of Ola Maxine Stanford, who died May 12, 2002, he retired as a security officer at Bellevue Woods Apartments in Memphis. Mr. Stanford was born March 19, 1927 in Hamilton, TX to the late Jack Stanford and Hilma Coston Stanford. He lived in Memphis from 1961 to...
Jim Melton
Feb 1, 2011
Memphis TN: James Manford Melton, Sr. passed away February 1, 2011 at Belmont Village in Memphis, TN.He was born in Hardin County, the son of the late Leonard and Mammie Rachel Colbert Melton. He attended schools in Chester County and served in the Army Air Corps during WWII. After service he drove a Greyhound Bus for a few years and...
Lavinia Brewer
Jan 31, 2011
Lavinia Stults Brewer of Iron City, TN was born March 8, 1919 in Florence, Alabama, the daughter of the late Tipton Commodore and Nora Pearl Parrish Stults. She was united in marriage to Elvie Clovis Brewer on March 27, 1937 and he preceded her in death on July 20, 1984.Mrs. Brewer was a homemaker and a member of the Burns...
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