James Herbert Hurst
Jul 27, 2010
James Herbert Hurst was born March 18, 1924, in McNairy County, Tennessee; he died July 27, 2010, at his home. Mr. Hurst is survivied by his wife, Mary Evelyn Medford Hurst; his son, Blakely Baynes Hurst; his daughter-in-law, Su-Ann Lee; and his grandson, Benjamin James Hurst. He is also survived by his sister, Joyce Hurst Moore.Preceding him in death were...
Martha Ann Galbraith
Jul 27, 2010
Key West, FL: Martha Ann Galbraith, age 68, passed away July 27, 2010 at her home. She was born in Chattanooga, TN the daughter of the late James Stinson and Mary Elizabeth Jordon Galbraith. She was a legal assistant with a law firm.
Delia Keller Prokopeck
Jul 27, 2010
Mrs. Prokopeck passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at Camden Hospital.She was born May 30, 1919 in Hardeman County to the late Archibald Clinton Keller and Bertha Estelle Teague Keller and lived most of her life here. Mrs. Prokopeck retired as an accounting clerk at Western Mental Health Institute and ran Happy Tots Nursery in Toone. She was a member...
Irene Phillips
Jul 27, 2010
Irene Phillips was born June 27, 1927 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of the late William Ervin and Della Richards Bell.She was united in marriage to Willie D. Phillips who preceded her in death on February 5, 2003.Mrs. Phillips was a retired inspector at Brown Shoe Company with 41 years of service. She was a member of the First...
Cora Gene Miller
Jul 26, 2010
Cora Gene DeBerry Miller Cora Eugenia “Cora Gene†DeBerry Miller died at her lifelong home on College Street in Savannah, TN on Monday, July 26, 2010. She was born on December 12, 1924 in Hardin County, TN to Una Mae Adkins and John Herman “Hank†DeBerry who preceded her in death, as did dear brother John Herman “Jack†DeBerry of...
Jean Murley
Jul 26, 2010
JEAN MULLINS MURLEYHenderson: Shelby Jean Mullins Murley, age 73, died Monday afternoon July 26, 2010 at Jackson General Hospital.Mrs. Murley was born and reared in Madison County near Medon the daughter of the late James Walter “Red†and Grace Collins Mullins. She graduated from Malesus High School in 1955 and married Charles E. Murley in 1958. They made their home...
Norman Don Johnson
Jul 26, 2010
Mr. Johnson passed away Monday night at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.The husband of Evelyn Cook Johnson, who survives, he retired as a physician assistant for the Bureau of Prisons. Mr. Johnson was born April 11, 1931 in Coldwater, MI to the late Don A. Johnson and Geneva Morehouse Johnson. He was a member of the ASRT (Radiology Tech Club), Starcraft...
Mary Emma McGee
Jul 26, 2010
Mary Emma Dixon McGeewas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on February 2, 1938 the daughter of the late Richard and Margaret Catherine Cherry Dixon.Mrs. McGee had worked for the I.R.S. in Los Angeles, California for 2 years and the Veterans Administration as a Medical Administrative Assistant in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for 25 years. She enjoyed cooking, baking, loved her grandchildren,...
Julia Carol Richardson
Jul 26, 2010
Mrs. Richardson passed away Monday night, July 26, 2010 at Bolivar General Hospital.The widow of William Edward "Billy" Richardson, Sr., who died June 7, 2010 after 38 years of marriage, she retired in 1996 as a psychiatric technician at Western Mental Health Institute. Mrs. Richardson was born August 23, 1953 in Pocahontas to Clyde and Mary Nell Flake of Pocahontas...
Dessie Faye Edmonds
Jul 26, 2010
Mrs. Edmonds passed away Monday evening, July 26, 2010 at McNairy County HealthCare Center in Selmer.The widow of Lee Edmonds, who died November 4, 1997 after 59 years of marriage, she was a homemaker, a production worker, and a farmer. Mrs. Edmonds was born January 5, 1920 in Hardeman County to the late Oscar Tigner and Lannie Baker Tigner and...
Wylodean Kelley McFall
Jul 25, 2010
Wylodean Gilchrist Kelley McFall, Collinwood, TN, was born May 27, 1932 in Cypress Inn, Tennessee, the daughter of the late James Henry and Clara Murphy Gilchrist. She was united in marriage to Robert McFall Jr. on October 10, 1980.Mrs. McFall was a retired sewing machine operator with Genesco and departed this life on Sunday, July 25, 2010 at ECM Hospital...
Mary Marie Holland
Jul 25, 2010
Mary Marie Holland was born May 24, 1927 in Stantonville, Tennessee the daughter of the late Leonard and Alma Chandler Chambers.She was united in marriage to Elmo V. Holland on October 2, 1948. Mr. Holland preceded her in death on September 3, 1991.Mrs. Holland was a housewife . She was a member of the Peeble Hill church where she was...
Tommy Dale Ponds
Jul 24, 2010
TOMMY DALE PONDSwas born in Saltillo, Tennessee on April 15, 1937 the son of the late Charlie Ponds, Jr. and Maggie May Crider Ponds McMullen.Mr. Ponds was united in marriage to Pluemjit Ponds, who preceded her husband in death.Mr. Ponds retired after 23 years from the United States Air Force as a Target and Imagery Intelligence Technician. After retirement he...
Hazel Davis
Jul 24, 2010
HAZEL HAGGARD DAVISwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on November 15, 1915 the daughter of the late Otis Orville and Zelma Alice Garrard Haggard.On August 22, 1931 she was united in marriage to Wallace Davis, who preceded his wife in death on July 1, 1993.Mrs. Davis was a machine operator for Savannah Manufacturing Company. She was a member of the...
Patricia Hill
Jul 24, 2010
Patricia Hill was born February 17, 1938 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Fred and Dorie Meeler Parker.She was united in marriage to Bobby Joe Hill, who preceded her in death on May 1, 2007.Mrs. Hill was a cook for 15 years at McNairy County General Hospital in Selmer, and was a member of the First Baptist...
Perry Holder
Jul 23, 2010
Perry Holder was born April 22, 1961 in Madison County Tennessee the son of JT and Bonnie Pinkley Holder.Mr. Holder departed this life on July 23, 2010 in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 49 Years, 3 Months, 1 Day.He was very active in Civil War reenactments, and was a Captain of the 7th Tennessee Company B Dismounted Calvary. He...
Ruth Childers
Jul 23, 2010
RUTH CHILDERSwas born in Mississippi on December 14, 1926 the daughter of the late Frank and Golda May Owens Mathis.In 1940 she was united in marriage to Henry Clay Childers, who preceded his wife in death on April 5, 2000.Mrs. Childers worked for Hagy Foods. She enjoyed quilting and cooking. Mrs. Childers spent her life caring for her family.She departed...
C. J. Olness
Jul 23, 2010
C. J. ‘Ole’ OlnessHenderson: Carrol James Olness, age 77, died Friday afternoon at his home in Brownsville.Mr. Olness was born and reared in Peterson, Minnesota, the son of the late Joseph Martin and Bertha Lillian Woxland Olness. He graduated from Peterson High School in 1951 and was married to Doris Helland and they made their home in Wisconsin. Mr. Olness...
Cecil Henry Kelley
Jul 22, 2010
Cecil Henry (J.R.) Kelley Cecil (J.R.) Kelley was born in Flint, Michigan on August 2, 1938 the son of the late Cecil B. and Rose Kathreen Redman Kelley. On December 29, 1989 he was united in marriage to Mary Hawkins who survives.Mr. Kelley was a plumber employed at Clayton Homes in Savannah, TN. He had also worked for General Motors...
James 'Jim' Ashworth, Jr.
Jul 22, 2010
James 'Jim' Ashworth, Jr. was born January 30, 1925 in Clarksdale, Mississippi the son of the late James M. Ashworth, Sr. and Savannah Lee Hardeman Ashworth.He was reared in Memphis, TN. He volunteered for the army one day after Pearl Harbor just before his 17th birthday. He served from December 1941 until March 1943 but never served overseas. He worked...
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