Obituaries

Madie Climer, 77, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at her residence. Born December 17, 1939, she was the daughter of the late L.J. and Cora Ann Tate Howard. She was a homemaker and member of The Church of Jesus Christ. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 28, 2017 at The Church of Jesus Christ on Hamer Road conducted by Pastor Jerry Stafford with interment to follow in Hurricane Hill Cemetery...

Mary Sue Woods Gourley, 93, of Friendship passed away on May 23 at Bells Nursing Home surrounded by family and friends. She was born April 16, 1924 in Crockett Mills, TN to the late Algie and Ruby Woods. She was retired from Kellwood Manufacturing. After her retirement, she continued to work at the Crockett County Schools Cafeteria and Friendship Funeral Home. She was a member of the Friendship United Methodist Church, where she held numerous positions over the years...

Robert Arthur Barton, 40, of Dyersburg, passed away on Tuesday at Tennova Healthcare Dyersburg Regional. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Dyersburg Funeral Home. --- John Frank Spence, 87, of Ridgely, passed away on Monday at Obion County Nursing Home...

Pamela Patton Fortner, 54 of Newbern, Tennessee died on Friday, May 19, 2017, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee. Born Friday, October 12, 1962 in Dyersburg, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late W. E. Patton and the late Peggy Bell Patton. She was the maintenance clerk for DOT Foods, member of The Sanctuary and a 1981 Graduate of Dyer County High School where she was a member of the Choctaw cheerleading squad...

Sue F. Frye, 61 of Trimble, Tennessee died on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at Tennova Regional Hospital of Jackson in Jackson, Tennessee. Born Sunday, July 10, 1955, she was the daughter of the late Billy Jerome Riddick and the late Willie Sue Green McCants. Mrs. Frye was a home-maker...

James Wallace Bailey, 79, of Dyersburg, passed away on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at his residence. 

He was born on January 10, 1938 in Gibson County, TN to the late, L.Z. Bailey and the late Lily Whitehead Bailey. James was retired from the maintenance department with Ermco. He liked to fish and cook with friends.

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Dr. Bernie Lee Brunson, 58, of Madisonville, KY, passed away May 15, 2017 at ContinueCARE in Madisonville. Dr. Brunson was a General Surgeon for Baptist Health in Madisonville for 5 years and was a general surgeon in Paducah for 9 years. He was previously an on-call MD for Dyersburg SWAT Team...

Jean Grills Forrester, 88, of Newbern, Tennessee died on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at The Highlands Of Dyersburg in Dyersburg, Tennessee. Born Sunday, January 13, 1929 in Dyer County, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Carl Grills and the late Mary Mulherin Grills. Mrs. Forrester was a retired LPN from The Highlands of Dyersburg. Her home church was Center United Methodist Church where she attended many years before becoming a member of the Newbern First United Methodist Church...

Lottie G. Brown, 90 of Newbern, Tennessee died on Sunday, May 14, 2017, at Dyer Nursing Home in Dyer, Tennessee. Born Saturday, October 9, 1926 in Dyer County, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late George Franklin Pierce and the late Annie C. Hendricks Pierce. Mrs. Brown retired from HECO Manufacturing after thirty-three years of service and was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Yorkville, Tennessee...

Charles Van Buckingham, 71, of Dyersburg, passed away on Friday, May 12, 2017 at Tennova Healthcare Dyersburg Regional. 

He was born on December 20, 1945 in Humboldt, TN to the late Charles Porter Buckingham and the late Mary Elizabeth Tucker Buckingham. ...

Dotolynn J. Branch, 82, of Trimble, TN, passed away Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Dot was born May 27, 1934, in Stuttgart, AR, the daughter of Clarence A. and Ethel Vaughn Mathews. She received her education in Stuttgart, graduating from Stuttgart High School in 1952...

Thomas Wayne Burns, 69 of RoEllen, Tennessee died on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at his residence in Dyersburg, Tennessee. Born Friday, March 26, 1948 in Dyer County, Tennessee, he was the son of the late James Paul Burns and the late Sadie Louise Swims Burns. He was a retired employee of World Color and Walmart maintenance department. Mr. Burns proudly served his country in the United States Air Force...

Lewis Barton Palmer, 52, of Cordova, TN formerly of Dyersburg, passed away on Monday, May 8, 2017 at his residence. He was born on October 30, 1965 in Millington, TN. Bart was a security technician for Protection One Security in Memphis. He was a member of Jamestown Church of Christ and was a talented musician and guitarist...

Linda Lee Ore Perry, age 70, a Morrison, TN resident and Kansas City, MO native was born December 14, 1946 and died May 6, 2017 in St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital following a sudden illness. She was a retired elementary teacher in Dyersburg, TN, attended Hebron Church of Christ and was the daughter of the late Arthur Franklin and Bessie Mae Harris Ore. Mrs. Perry was married May 31, 1978 to Michael O'Neil Perry who preceded her death on June 11, 2015...

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Royce Wade Lippard, 76 of Collegedale, Tennessee died on Thursday, April 27, 2017, at Tennova Healthcare in Cleveland, Tennessee. Born Thursday, October 31, 1940 in Lane, Tennessee, he was the son of the late Clayton Ivie Lippard and the late Maurine Evelyn Roddy Lippard...

Bobby Leon Burkett, 76, of Ridgely, passed away on Wednesday at The Bridge at Ridgely. Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Ridgely Chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home. Online condolences may be sent to our website at www.dyersburgfuneralhome.net...

Eva Louise "Tidley" Baker Seratt, 91, of Dyersburg, passed away on Monday, May 1, 2017 at The Highlands of Dyersburg. She was born on September 29, 1925 in Dyer County, TN to the late Elco Baker and the late Ollie Daniel Baker. Louise was a retired employee with Dyersburg Fabrics and attended East Dyersburg Methodist Church. She loved working in her flowerbeds and enjoyed her constant companion, Tiger the cat...

Rebecca Scobey Austin, 84 of Newbern, Tennessee died on Saturday, April 29, 2017, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee. Born Saturday, March 11, 1933 in Dyer County, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Willie "Bill" Scobey and the late Lessie Fitzgerald Scobey. ...

Luther Richard Faulk, 88, of Dyersburg, passed away on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. He was born on June 21, 1928 in Portageville, MO to the late Nathan William Faulk and the late Bessie Mae Carrington Faulk. Luther was well loved by all the people he worked with and supervised during his 30 years at Heco. He had a logging job and had other grown men under his supervision at the age of 14. Luther was a very hard-working man and had two jobs most of his life...

Andre DeShawn Long, age 25 of Dyersburg, died Monday, April 24, 2017 at Tennova-Healthcare-Dyersburg Regional. Memorial service will be held Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 6:00p.m. at McCreight Funeral Home, 1607 Hornbrook St., Dyersburg. Survivors include his Parents, Angie Long, Andre McDaniel, Dyersburg; Children, Adelyn Long, Andre Long Jr., Dyersburg; Sisters, Desirea Long, Dawanna Long, Dyersburg; Brothers, Christopher Long, Jerrard Long, Trovon Long, Dyersburg...