Kristie Cherry
Oct 18, 2009
Kristie Linette Cherry-Bynum (Miss America) was born March 8, 1976 in Selmer, Tennessee to loving parents Mamie Bingham Cherry and the late Elder BJ (Robert Sr.) Cherry. God and his loving angels welcomed her home on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at Hardin Medical Center in Savannah, Tennessee. She was preceded in death by her father, Elder BJ Cherry; brothers, Robert...
James Pinson
Oct 18, 2009
JAMES PINSONwas born in Hardin County, Tennessee on February 8, 1920 the son of the late Frank Eldridge and Nellie Etta Tanner Pinson.Mr. Pinson worked in Maintenance for Angelica Manufacturing Company until his retirement. He was a member of the Mount Zion church of Christ..He was a wonderful Christian man and he loved his family and friends.Mr. Pinson departed from...
Betty Jo Miles
Oct 17, 2009
Mrs. Miles died Saturday evening at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.The daughter of the late Wilson Marion and Gladys Victoria Vandiver Morris, she was a native and long-time resident of Hardeman county. Mrs. Miles was a homemaker and also worked for 10 years for Anderson Fruit Farm. A member of the Somerville Seventh Day Adventist Church, she spent her whole...
Beatrice Lee
Oct 17, 2009
Beatrice Kirk Tackett Lee was born May 23, 1925 in McNairy County, Tennessee, the daughter of Beatrice Kirk Tackett and the late Walter Bowers Tackett. She was united in marriage to Charles William Lee on Friday, January 18, 1946.Mrs. Lee was a homemaker, an accomplished pianist, and loved crocheting and needlepoint. During her life, she served as a Gray Lady...
Sarah Louella Jones
Oct 15, 2009
Sarah Louella Jones was born November 5, 1929 in Carter County, Tennessee the daughter of the late Arthur and Blanche Finney Dugger.Mrs. Jones was a homemaker. She was a member of the Church of God of Prophecy in Adamsville, Tennessee and assisted her husband in the ministry at Pebble Hill Methodist Church of Michie, TN.Mrs. Jones departed this life on...
Jessie L. Cromwell
Oct 14, 2009
JESSIE L. CROMWELLwas born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee on June 19, 1919 daughter of the late Jessie Luther Shutt and Maude Lois Reed Shutt Rich.On September 26, 1939 she was united in marriage to Raymond Doty Cromwell and he prceded her in death on December 27, 1998.Mrs. Cromwell was a member of the Sharon Baptist Church. She retired from Brown Shoe...
James Jacob Hale
Oct 14, 2009
James Jacob Halewas born in Iuka, Mississippi on June 20, 1916 the son of the late William Jacob and Ida Gortney Hale.On December 24, 1938 he was united in marriage to Thelma Smith, who survives.Mr. Hale was a former of Sheriff of Hardin County, serving from 1964-1970 and again in 1974-1976, he had also served as Hardin County Commissioner. Mr....
Joe D. Eads
Oct 14, 2009
Joe D. Eads of Naples, FL, departed this life on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, after a long battle with cancer. Joe had been a resident of Naples for the past 13 years coming from Jackson, TN. He was born in Selmer, TN, a son of the late Jesse L. and Isabel Clifton Eads. He spent 12 years in the U....
Edith Irene Sanders
Oct 14, 2009
Edith Irene Sanders was born January 17, 1940 in Memphis, Tennessee the daughter of the late Marvest and Eunice Adams Reed.She was a Homemaker and departed this life on October 14, 2009 in Ramer, Tennessee at the age of 69 Years, 8 Months, 27 Days.Miss Sanders is survived by a daughter, Judith Poole and husband Tracy of Ramer, TN; her...
Billie Dillon
Oct 14, 2009
Billie King Dillon was born March 15, 1939 in McNairy County, Tennessee the daughter of the late J. P. and Althia Mullins King.Miss Dillon worked at ITT for 22 years and retired from General Electric after 6 years of service. She was a member of the Sanctified Church of Rose Creek.Miss Dillon departed this life on October 14, 2009 in...
Sarah Jewell Floyd
Oct 13, 2009
Sarah Jewell Floyd of Memphis, TN, departed this life on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, at the age of 101 years, and 24 days. Mrs. Floyd was born on September 19, 1908, the daughter of Robert and Maude Naylor Bailey. She was united in marriage to W. E. (Bill) Floyd on April 13, 1929. Mr. Floyd preceded her in death on...
Nada Pitts
Oct 13, 2009
NADA PITTSwas born March 6, 1929 in Henderson County, Tennessee daughter of the late Cargil and Doris Jewell Little Ross.On January 23, 1943 she was united in marriage to Max Ray Pitts who preceded her in death on February 26, 1995.Mrs. Pitts was owner and operator of Nada's Cafe for 20 years and she had also worked for Sardis Sportswear....
Geraldine Clark
Oct 13, 2009
GERALDINE B. CLARKwas born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee on December 24, 1931 the daughter of the late Finley and Dora Elizabeth Stricklin Brown.On June 5, 1950 she was united in marriage to James Lee Clark, who preceded his wife in death on April 26, 1991.Mrs. Clark was a homemaker and was of the Pentecostal belief. She was a true believer in...
Joseph Randolph Leathers
Oct 13, 2009
JOSEPH LEATHERSHenderson: Joseph Randolph Leathers, age 77, died October 13, 2009 at Jackson Madison County Hospital.He was born and reared in Hardeman County the son of the late John Rufis and Susie Tate Leathers. He attended schools in Hardeman County.He served in the U.S. Army as a demolition expert during the Korean War. He worked as an electrician, having worked...
Edward Horton
Oct 12, 2009
Edward Horton was born April 30, 1915 in Lutts, Tennessee, the son of the late James William and Sallie King Horton. He was united in marriage to Mary Lois Reaves on March 21, 1947.Mr. Horton was a retired maintenance worker from Murrary Ohio Manufacturing Company and was a member of the Piney Grove Freewill Baptist Church in Cypress Inn, Tennessee....
Dela Sue Black
Oct 11, 2009
Dela Sue Black departed this life on Sunday, October 11, 2009, in Jackson, TN, at the age of 83 years, 7 months, and 24 days. She was born on February 17, 1926, to the late John and Bessie Smith Watkins. She was united in marriage to Willard Hardin Black who preceded her in death in July of 1978.Mrs. Black was...
Donald Paul Davis
Oct 11, 2009
Donald Paul Davis was born March 20, 1942 in Cincinnati, Ohio the son of the late Dallas Paul and Francis Turner Davis.Mr. Davis was a retired truck driver . He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Selmer, Tennessee. He was a past master of Masonic Lodge #743 - Selmer, the Scottish Rite and the Shriner's, he...
Mike Hellums
Oct 11, 2009
Mr. Hellums, 59, of Middleton, passed away Sunday, October 11, 2009 at Bolivar General Hospital. The husband of Brenda Hellums, who survives, he was a nuclear engineer who retired from the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1996. He also was a nuclear consultant all over the country until 2002. He was born December 11, 1949, in Memphis, to John E. Hellums,...
Kenneth B. Munn
Oct 10, 2009
Mr. Munn died Saturday evening, October 10, 2009, at his home near Middleton.A native of Memphis, he lived most of his life at Middleton. He was the son of the late Tant B. and Maurine Lambert Munn. A mason and member of the church of Christ, Mr. Munn married the former Bonna Luttrell on August 26, 1961. He worked as...
Rosie Jane Kooken
Oct 10, 2009
Rosie Jane Highland Kookenwas born May 30, 1931 in Waterloo, Alabama the daughter of the late Joe Robert and Cynthia Elizabeth Gibbs Highland.Mrs. Kooken departed this life on October 10, 2009 in Savannah, Tennessee at the age of 78 Years, 4 Months, 10 Days.She is survived by a daughter, Martha Sue Johnson of Savannah, TN; a sister, Rena Elizabeth DeShazier...
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