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Obituaries for November 6, 2009 (11/06/09)
Wilbern Leon "Squeekie" Evans, 79, of Newbern, died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009 at his residence. He was a member of Newbern First Baptist Church, a U.S. Army veteran and an avid golfer. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Johnson-Williams Funeral Home with the Rev. Danny Klutts officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern...

Obituaries for November 5, 2009 (11/05/09)
Betty Jean Storts, 77, Beloved Mother, Grandmother and Homemaker passed away Thursday morning Oct. 22, 2009 at Baptist Hospital in Memphis. Betty was born in Whitmire, S.C. on May 19, 1932 to Lucious and Delia (Barfield) Reynolds. She was a devoted Wife, Mother and Grandmother...

Obituaries for November 4, 2009 (11/04/09)
Beatrice Ligon Thurmon, 86, of Obion, died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 at her residence. She was a homemaker, a member of First Baptist Church in Ridgely and a member of Ridgely Jr. Woman's Club. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Dyersburg Funeral Home - Ridgely Chapel with Parks Thurmon and Ray B. Thurmon officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery...

Obituaries for November 3, 2009 (11/03/09)
Charles William Cravens, 78, of Newbern, died Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 at his residence. He was a retired farmer and employee of All Wear Manufacturing. Graveside services were at 3 p.m. Monday in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern wit the Rev. James Combs officiating. Johnson-Williams Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Obituaries for November 1, 2009 (10/31/09)
William Leo England, 90, of Ridgely, died Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 at his residence. He was a retired farmer and employee of Shaw Truck and Tractor Company and served in the CC Camp in the 1930s. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Ridgely chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Brother Michael Ainsworth, Brother Timmy Turnbo and Billy Goodlett officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely...

Obituaries for October 30, 2009 (10/30/09)
Amy K. Hooper Fleming, 35, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Lauderdale at Ripley, TN. Mrs. Fleming was born Friday, November 22, 1973 in Dyersburg to Gordon Hooper and Victoria Hendrix Hooper. She was a member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church and an avid outdoors person who liked to ride motorcycles...

Obituaries for October 28, 2009 (10/28/09)
Mrs. Mary Helen Jones, 86, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at Dyersburg Manor. She was a retired florist, a member of First United Methodist Church, a former Girl Scout leader and a former teacher at Mrs. Geron Brown's Kindergarten. Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, October 30, 2009 Graveside at Sorrell's Chapel Cemetery with Dr. Phillip Cook officiating. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Obituaries for October 27, 2009 (10/27/09)
Katherine "Kat" Lyon Allen, 74, of Ridgely, died Monday, Oct. 25, 2009 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Ridgely chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Bro. Don Layman officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. Johnson-Williams Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Obituaries for October 25, 2009 (10/25/09)
Oscar "Dick" Bruce, 83, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 at his residence. He was retired as an elementary school principal for Dyersburg City School System, a Marine Corps veteran of World War II receiving three Purple Hearts in the battle of Iwo Jima, a minister and member of Millers Chapel Church of Christ for 53 years, and a member of the Tennessee Education Association and the National Education Association...

Obituaries for October 22, 2009 (10/22/09)
John Thomas Alvoid, 68, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009 at Reelfoot Manor Nursing Home. He was a retired salesman for Lowe's and Riggs. The family will receive visitors at 5-8 p.m. today at Johnson-Williams Funeral Home today. There will be no service...

Obituaries for Oct. 21, 2009 (10/21/09)
Martha Elizabeth Butler, 77, of Newbern, died Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. She was a retired employee of Heckethorn Manufacturing Company and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ at Middle City. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Johnson-Williams Funeral Home with the Rev. William Norman officiating. Burial will be in Butler Family Cemetery in Newbern...

Obituaries for October 20, 2009 (10/20/09)
Joe Phillip Dennison, 53, of San Diego, Calif., formerly of Newbern, died Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009 in San Diego, Calif. He was a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer and was employed as a guard for the State of California Department of Correction, a 1975 graduate of Dyer County High School and was an Eagle Scout...

Obituaries for October 18, 2009 (10/17/09)
Janie DeFoe Bunn passed away Sunday, January 20, 2001 in Fayetteville, NC at the age of 85. She was born Tuesday, January 9, 1917 in Dyersburg, TN to J.W. DeFoe and Mary Nettie Hunt Defoe. She was the loving wife of Eldred B. Bunn who died in 1984. Together they had two adoring daughters, seven grandchildren, and fifteen great-grand children...

Obituaries for October 16, 2009 (10/16/09)
Norma Ray Hicks, 93, of Crockett County, died Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bucks Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. David Joe Lewis officiating. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include Robert Hicks of Lansing, Mich., Charles Hicks of Jacksonville, Fla., John Hicks of Brownsville, Michael Hicks of Decatur, Ind., James and Solomon Midgett of Fairfax, Va. and William Midgett of Chicago, Ill...

Obituaries for October 15, 2009 (10/15/09)
Jack Hickman, 53, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Oct. 12, 2009 at his residence. He was a warehouse forklift operator for Marvin Windows & Doors in Ripley. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Jerry Edmundson officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...

Obituaries for October 14, 2009 (10/14/09)
Doris Vonell Leake Wells Riggs, 68, of Dyersburg, died Monday, October 12, 2009, at Jackson Regional Hospital, Jackson, TN. Doris was born Saturday, January 11, 1941 in Trenton, TN to Alene and Aubrey Leake. She was a member of The Main Street Church of Jesus Christ for 45 years. ...

Obituaries for October 13, 2009 (10/13/09)
Helen Hubble Faulk, 80, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Oct. 9, 2009 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She was a retired employee of Heckethorn Manufacturing and a member of First United Pentecostal Church. Services were held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Brent Rashall officiating. Burial was in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Obituaries for October 11, 2009 (10/10/09)
Mr. Joseph Tony Allen, 48, Dyersburg, TN died Friday, October 09, 2009 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN. He was formerly employed at Nordine and was in the National Guard in Union City for 3 years. Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, October 11, 2009 in the Chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Reverend Lyndel Fisher officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Obituaries for October 9, 2009 (10/09/09)
Paul Travis Burns, 72, of Dyersburg, was called home to be with his Savior on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. He was a retired farmer and attended Dyersburg Church of God of Prophecy. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Jerry Robbins officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...