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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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Obituaries for May 16, 2012 (05/16/12)
Richie Jackson, 49, of Dyersburg, died Monday, May 14, 2012 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 16 at the City Cemetery in Dyersburg. Curry Funeral Home is charge of arrangements. --- Kenneth Newman Moss, 79, of Dyersburg, died Monday, May 14, 2012 at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Memphis...
Obituaries for May 15, 2012 (05/15/12)
Virginia Lowrance Carpenter, 87, of Newbern, Tennessee died on Sunday, May 13, 2012, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center in Dyersburg, Tennessee. Born Tuesday, December 16, 1924 in Gibson County, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Virgil Robert Lowrance and the late Evelyn Walker Lowrance...
Obituaries for May 13, 2012 (05/13/12)
Tommy Gene Eddlemon, 75, of Tiptonville, died Friday, May 11, 2012 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. He was a retired farmer and employee for Lake County Highway Department and a member of Tiptonville Church of Christ. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the Ridgely Chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Mr. Jeff O'Dell officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery...
Obituaries for May 11, 2012 (05/11/12)
Joe Morris Cooper, 71, of Halls, died Thursday, May 10, 2012 at his residence. He was a retired postman for the United States Postal Service, where he worked for 40 years in the Dyersburg area and in Clarksdale, MS area, was a school bus driver for Dyer County School System and a member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. He was an U.S. Navy Veteran, where he served on the U.S. Kitty Hawk, he served in the Mississippi National Guard and was members of VFW and the American Legion...
Obituaries for May 10, 2012 (05/10/12)
Louvenia Lyte, 75, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by H.H. Hudson Funeral Home.
Obituaries for May 9, 2012 (05/09/12)
No obituaries were reported.
Obituaries for May 8, 2012 (05/08/12)
Mildred L. Parker Brandon, 89, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, May 3, 2012 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. She was a homemaker and a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church. Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Dyer County Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Danny Tackett and the Rev. Jeremy Ballinger officiating. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements...
Obituaries for May 6, 2012 (05/06/12)
Mildred L. Parker Brandon, 89, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, May 3, 2012 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. She was a homemaker and a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church. Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Dyer County Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Danny Tackett and the Rev. Jeremy Ballinger officiating. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements...
Obituaries for May 4, 2012 (05/05/12)
Mrs. Dorothy Cravens, 86, of Dyersburg, TN died Sunday, April 29, 2012 at Joliet Area Community Hospice Home in Joliet, Illinois. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, May 5, 2012 in the Chapel of Curry Funeral Home in Dyersburg with Bro. Mac Daniels officiating. Interment will follow in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
Obituaries for May 3, 2012 (05/03/12)
Herman Louis Decker, 61, of Tiptonville, died Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at his residence. He was a retired employee with the Lake County Highway Department. He was a Baptist. As per Herman's request, there will be no memorial service. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements...
Obituaries for May 2, 2012 (05/02/12)
No obituaries were reported.
Obituaries for May 1, 2012 (05/01/12)
Billy Gerald Adams, 58 of Friendship, TN, died Saturday in the Jackson Madison Co. General Hospital, Jackson, TN. Born in Dyersburg, TN, he was the son of the late Aaron and the late Pazetta (Steward) Adams. He was a Salesman, employed by Pennington Seed Co. in Dyersburg, TN...
Obituaries for April 29, 2012 (04/29/12)
Randall "Randy" Wyatt Kemp, 56 of Newbern, died Thursday, April 26, 2012 in Dayton, Ohio. Blessed is the man whose strength is in you, whose heart is set on pilgrimage. Ps. 84:5 Randy was the beloved husband of Cindi and father of John, Lauren, Miranda, and Wyatt. ...
Obituaries for April 27, 2012 (04/27/12)
Lillie Bolden, age 53 of Tiptonville, TN, died Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at her residence. Cosmopolitan Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements. Visitation will be held Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at St. John No. 2 M.B. Church, Tiptonville, TN. ...
Obituaries for April 26, 2012 (04/26/12)
John "Dan" Clegg, age 72 ,of Smyrna died April 24, 2012. Preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Lucille Clegg. Survived by his wife of 51 years, Justine Clegg; son, Chris (Kathryn) Clegg; daughter, Dana Clegg; grandson, Daniel Clegg; brother, James "Jim" (Sharon) Clegg...
Obituaries for April 25, 2012 (04/25/12)
Leland Junior Johnson, 84, of Willis, MI, formerly of Dyersburg, died Friday, April 20, 2012 at his residence. He was a retired tool and dye setter and a member of Holy Hills Baptist Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Jeremy Ballinger officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely...
Obituaries for April 24, 2012 (04/24/12)
Hailee Kate Austin, infant daughter of Steve and Kasi Austin, of Dyersburg, died on Saturday, April 21, 2012, at Jackson-Madison County General in Jackson, Tennessee. Graveside services will be held 11:00 AM, Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at Palestine Cemetery in the Bruceville Community. Officiating this service will be Mr. Kent Forsythe...
Obituaries for April 22, 2012 (04/22/12)
Prentiss Johnson, 84, of the Bogota Community, died Thursday, April 19, 2012 at his residence. He was a member of Broadmoor Church of Christ, and a World War II Veteran where he served in France and Germany as a platoon sergeant. Mr. Johnson served on the Board of Directors at Forked Deer Electric from 1969 until present and served 12 years on the ASC community committee. He was a retired farmer and rural mail carrier...
Obituaries for April 20, 2012 (04/20/12)
No obituaries were reported.
Obituaries for April 19, 2012 (04/19/12)
David "Potts" Sawyer, 57 of Newbern, Tennessee died on Monday, April 16, 2012, at his residence in Newbern. Born Thursday, July 29, 1954, he was the son of the late James Morris Sawyer and the late Mary Lucille Canada Sawyer. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. ...
Obituaries for April 18, 2012 (04/18/12)
Mrs. Shirley Bell Baker, 74, of Trenton, TN died Monday, April 16, 2012 at Humboldt General Hospital. She was retired from Jimmy Dean in Newbern and a member of Shelter for the Sheep. Shirley was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She always blessed many people by her love of cooking and sewing...
Obituaries for April 17, 2012 (04/17/12)
Irene Lois Marie Beasley, 90, of Humboldt, Tenn., formerly of Newbern, died on Friday, April 13, 2012, at Tennessee Veterans Home in Humboldt. Born Friday, March 24, 1922 in Joliet, Ill., she was the daughter of the late Russell Haines and the late Ruby Marie Zahm Haines...