Obituaries from October 2002

Willie Gordon (10/01/02)
Willie Gordon, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2002 at Wesley of Dyersburg. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Patricia Hazell Barnard (10/01/02)
Patricia Hazell Barnard, 62, of Obion, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Morris Smith (10/01/02)
Morris Smith, 61, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg. He was owner of Edutech Inc., attended St. Mary's Episcopal Church, was a member of Dyersburg Kiwanis Club, Dyersburg Moose Lodge, committee member with JTPA, and former manager and coach with Clarksville Babe Ruth Baseball League...

Isaac P. Morris (10/01/02)
Isaac P. Morris, 69, of Gleason, formerly of Dyersburg, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare in Martin. He was a retired police officer for Greenfield Police Department and Martin Police Department and a member of Liberty Baptist Church...

Carrie May Jones (10/01/02)
Carrie May Jones, 84, of Somerville, formerly of Friendship, died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2002. She was a retired home-demonstration agent in Fayette County. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. today at Somerville First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Walter German officiating. Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Christopher Isaiah Boshers (10/01/02)
Christopher Isaiah Boshers, infant son of Chris and Kristin Green Boshers of Martin, died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Mike Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Sorrell's Chapel Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Hugh Holder (10/02/02)
Hugh Holder, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by H.H. Hudson Funeral Home.

Willie Sue 'Billie' Gordon (10/02/02)
Willie Sue "Billie" Gordon, 77, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2002 at Wesley at Dyersburg. She was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Hill Baptist Church. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with the Rev. Mac Daniels officiating...

Pat Barnard (10/02/02)
Pat Barnard, 62, of Jackson, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a retired grocery store clerk. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with the Rev. Guy Merryman officiating...

Hugh T. Holder (10/03/02)
Hugh T. Holder, 63, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. He was a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War and a member of New Bethal Baptist church in Dyersburg. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at International Gospel Temple Church in Dyersburg with Elder William Holder officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Marilyn H. Roberts (10/04/02)
Marilyn H. Roberts, died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Jim Stanfield (10/04/02)
Jim Stanfield, 65, of Denver, Colo., formerly of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2002 at Presbyterian St. Luke Hospital in Denver. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date.

Mai Chitwood Craig (10/07/02)
Mai Chitwood Craig, 94, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, October 6, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. She was a retired teacher for Dyer County School System, the oldest member of Rehoboth United Methodist Church and a member of Retired Teacher's Association...

Evelyn Brown (10/07/02)
Evelyn Brown, 85, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, October 5, 2002 at Baptist Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. She was a homemaker and a member of Fowlkes Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Fowlkes Baptist Church with the Rev. Jerry Ashley and the Rev. Ricky Ray officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...

Marilyn Louise Roberts (10/07/02)
Marilyn Louise Roberts, 71, of Newbern, died Thursday, October 3, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was as retired officer manager. Services were at 1 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Dan Tilley officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern...

Mary Tate Moody (10/07/02)
Mary Tate Moody, 63, of Tiptonville, died Friday, Oct. 4, 2002, at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Independent Baptist Church near Gratio. Services are at 1 p.m. Monday at Calvary Independent Baptist Church with the Rev. Carl Southerland officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. Dyersburg Funeral Home in Dyersburg is in charge of arrangements...

Dorothy Edwards Hummel (10/07/02)
Dorothy Edwards Hummel, 85, of Memphis, formerly of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002, at Methodist Healthcare University Hospital in Memphis. She retired after 35 years in the alterations department at Schlesingers and was a member of First Baptist Church in Dyersburg...

Robert Erwin "Doc" Bryant (10/07/02)
Robert Erwin "Doc" Bryant, 80, of Tiptonville, died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002, at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. He retired from his optometry profession in 1993 after 50 years of practice in Tiptonville. Before beginning his practice, he served in the U.S. Army after being drafted in 1943. He served his country as an ambulance driver, engineer and foot soldier. He began his European tour of duty in 1945 and remained there to the end of World War II...

Pauline Reeves (10/07/02)
Pauline Reeves, 84, of Dyersburg, died today at Oakwood Community Living Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Claude Curtis (10/08/02)
Claude Curtis Jones, of Tiptonville, died Monday, Oct. 7, 2002 at Baptist Hospital-East in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

James Ramm (10/08/02)
James Ramm, of Cordova, died Sunday, Oct. 6, 2002 in Cordova. He was vice president of Applied Materials. Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. The family will receive visitors from noon-12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home...

John Dunahoo (10/09/02)
John Dunahoo, of Newbern, died Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2002 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

L.E. Cain (10/09/02)
L.E. Cain, 80, of Tiptonville, died Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2002 at Baptist Hospital in Union City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Jerry G. Pace (10/09/02)
Jerry G. Pace, 66, of Apopka, Fla., formerly of Newbern, died at Dupont Hospital in Fort Wayne. A memorial service was held at 5 p.m. Friday at Lake Ivanhoe Chapel of Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home in Florida. He was a retired chief for Medical Administration Services of the Veterans' Administration and an Air Force veteran after 24 years of service...

Claude Curtis Jones (10/09/02)
Claude Curtis Jones, 68, of Tiptonville, died Monday, Oct. 7, 2002 at Baptist Hospital-East in Memphis. He was a retired carrier and clerk for the U.S. Postal Service. The family will receive visitors from 5-9 p.m. today at the Tiptonville chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home...

Dale Thompson (10/10/02)
Dale Thompson, 82, of Obion, died Monday, Oct. 7, 2002 at his residence. He was a retired livestock dealer, a member of First United Methodist Church in Obion, 50-year member of Western Sun Masonic Lodge in Troy, member of Al Chymia Shrine Temple in Memphis and a graduate of Draughns Business College in Memphis...

Pauline Bishop Reeves (10/10/02)
Pauline Bishop Reeves, 84, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Oct. 7, 2002 at Oakwood Community Living Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Finley Baptist Church. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Fairview Cemetery with the Rev. Willard Watson officiating...

Asa Daniel Fisher (10/10/02)
Asa Daniel Fisher, 89, of Maury City, died Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. He was a retired grocer and farmer and a member of Floyd's Chapel Methodist Church, where he served as Sunday school teacher for 30 years. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Floyd's Chapel Methodist Church with the Rev. Jim Roper, the Rev. Joe Walker and the Rev. Don Barnett officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Maury City Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

John C. Dunahoo (10/10/02)
John C. Dunahoo, 54, of Newbern, died Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2002 at his residence. He was manager of Tennessee Rehabilitation Center in Dyersburg. Services will be at 7 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. George Butler, Don Council and Ralph Tyksinski officiating...

Brenda Kay Carroll (10/10/02)
Brenda Kay Carroll, 49, of Halls, died Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2002 at Baptist Hospital-East in Memphis. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at the Church of Jesus Christ in Halls. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery in Friendship. Garner Funeral Home in Ripley is in charge of arrangements...

L.E. Cain (10/10/02)
L.E. Cain, 80, of Tiptonville, died Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2002 at Baptist Hospital in Union City. He was a retired carpenter, a member of Tiptonville Post of the American Legion and a Navy veteran of World War II. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Tiptonville chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Ralph Gunter officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely...

Gladys Williams (10/11/02)
Gladys Williams, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Ernest Ray Thorp (10/11/02)
Earnest Ray Thorp, 81, of Tiptonville, died today at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.

Charles H. Renfro (10/11/02)
Charles H. Renfro, 49, of Halls, died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Margaret Pauline Rhodes (10/14/02)
Margaret Pauline Rhodes, 74, of Tiptonville, died Sunday, Oct. 13, 2002 at Reelfoot Manor Nursing Center in Tiptonville. She was retired manager of Paul's Cleaners in Tiptonville. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Tiptonville chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Glen Burse officiating. Burial will be in Tiptonville City Cemetery...

Irma Atlas Reece (10/14/02)
Irma Atlas Reece, 84, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Oct. 12, 2002 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Home. She was a homemaker and a member of East Dyersburg United Methodist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with Brother Tommy Jowers officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Manuel L. Quinn (10/14/02)
Manuel L. Quinn, 87, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Oct. 12, 2002 at his residence. He was a retired maintenance supervisor for the city of Dyersburg and an Army veteran of World War II. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Dyer County Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Guy Merryman and Mayor Bill Revell officiating...

James I. Lovelace (10/14/02)
James I. Lovelace, 60, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Oct. 11, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. He was a retired electrician. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today in Dyer County Memorial Gardens with Jerry Leach officiating. Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

James 'Jim' Jacobi (10/14/02)
James "Jim" Jacobi, 63, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Oct. 12, 2002 at Methodist Hospital-Central in Memphis. He was a former owner of Jacobi Rexall Drugs, a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War and graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy...

Oner U. Flatt (10/14/02)
Oner U. Flatt, 84, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Oct. 13, 2002 at Oakwood Community Living Center. He was a retired employee of the United States Postal Service and a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Lynn King officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

R.A. Joslin (10/14/02)
R.A. Joslin, of Newbern, died today at Wesley of Dyersburg. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Lucille 'Lu' Bush (10/14/02)
Lucille "Lu" Bush, 64, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Oct. 13, 2002 at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. She was a clerk at T & B Grocery and a member of Calvary Hill Baptist Church. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with Brother James L. Bailey officiating...

Gladys Williams (10/14/02)
Gladys Williams, 80, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a retired inspector with Salant & Salant Inc. and a member of Faith Assembly Church in Union City. Services were held Oct. 12 in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Danny Jones officiating. Burial was in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely...

Charles H. Renfroe (10/14/02)
Charles H. Renfroe, 49, of Halls, died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002, at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. He was an electronics technician for Apex Digital and a Baptist. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home. Burial will be in Sunnyside Cemetery in Kenton...

Elsie Goodwin (10/14/02)
Elsie Goodwin, 87, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Oct. 11, 2002, at Wesley at Dyersburg Nursing Center. She was a homemaker and a member of East Dyersburg United Methodist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Earl Dickerson officiating. Burial will be in Lebanon Cemetery in Crockett County...

Walter Ditmore Ethridge (10/14/02)
Walter Ditmore Ethridge, 50, of McKenzie, died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002, at Henry County Medical Center. He was a retired truck driver. Services were at 2 p.m. Sunday at Gallimore Funeral Home in Gleason. Burial will be in Tumbling Creek Cemetery in Gleason...

Milburn E. Anderson (10/14/02)
Milburn E. Anderson, 79, of Newbern, died Friday, Oct. 11, 2002, at his residence. He was a retired staff sergeant with the U.S. Air Force with 20 years of service, a retired factory employee with 20 years at Colonial Rubber, a member of Fort Hudson Baptist Church and a Mason...

Jerome 'Jero' Morris (10/14/02)
Jerome "Jero" Morris, 88, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Oct. 13, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.

Willie D. Harber (10/15/02)
Willie D. Harber died Monday, Oct. 14, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Funeral Home.

Jerome 'Jero' Morris (10/15/02)
Jerome "Jero" Morris, 88, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Oct. 13, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. He was a member of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church and the Senior Usher Board. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church with the Rev. W.L. McCadney officiating. Burial will be in M.C.C.O. Cemetery in Newbern...

R.A. Joslin (10/15/02)
R.A. Joslin, 91, of Newbern, died Monday, Oct. 14, 2002 at Wesley Care of Dyersburg. He was a retired butcher for Davis Sausage Company and a member of Main Street Church of Christ. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with Brother Alex Ogden officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern...

Willie D. Maynard Harber (10/16/02)
Willie D. Maynard Harber, 89, of Newbern, died Monday, Oct. 14, 2002, at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. She was a cook at Arizona Children's Colony and a member of First Methodist Church in Coolidge, Ariz. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with the Rev. Guy Merriman officiating...

William Thomas Jacobs (10/18/02)
William Thomas Jacobs, 63, of Halls, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2002 at his residence. He was a brick mason. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Halls Funeral Home. Burial will be in Greenhill Memorial Garden.

Pallbearers will be Steve Dodds and David Dodds. (10/18/02)
Don Russell Holland Don Russell Holland, 46, of Crossett, Ark., died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2002 at Arkansas Hospice in Little Rock, Ark. He was a member of Southside Baptist Church in Dyersburg. A private family memorial service will be held at a later date...

Charlie E. 'Bill' Radford (10/21/02)
Charlie E. "Bill" Radford, 85, of Trimble died at Baptist Hospital in Union City on Friday, Oct. 18, 2002. He was a retired plant manager for Trimble Manufacturing, having worked there for 35 years. He was the son of the late Charles G. and Lalla McDavid Radford and was married to Pauline Park Radford, also deceased. ...

Marion Atkins Jr. (10/21/02)
Marion Atkins Jr., 79, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Oct. 17, 2002 at his residence. He was a domestic worker. Funeral services will be Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002 at 1 p.m. in the chapel of H.H. Hudson Funeral Home in Dyersburg. The Rev. Louis Hudson will officiate. Burial will follow in the Memorial Park Cemetery of Dyersburg...

Elder Ernest Ray Tharp Jr. (10/21/02)
Elder Ernest Ray Tharp Jr., 81, of Ridgely, died Oct. 10, 2002 at his residence. He was a retired farmer, a World War II veteran and a member and elder of C.O.G.I.C. Church. Services were at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. John No. 2 Missionary Baptist Church with Elder Leon White officiating. Burial was in Citizens Cemetery in Tiptonville. Cosmopolitan Funeral Services was in charge of arrangements...

Etta Lee Henry (10/21/02)
Etta Lee Henry, 80, of Greenfield died Friday, Oct. 18, 2002 at her residence. She retired as a grocery-store owner after more than 25 years. She was the widow of Ernest E. Henry and a member of Sidonia Missionary Baptist Church. Services were Sunday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home of Dyersburg. Burial was in Newhaven Cemetery in Ridgely...

Madison Alexis Moore (10/22/02)
Madison Alexis Moore, infant daughter of Tina Williams and Michael Moore of Dyersburg, died at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Graveside services were at 10 a.m. today in Dyer County Memorial Gardens. J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

William Dexter Corlew (10/22/02)
William Dexter Corlew, 75, of Nashville, formerly of Bogota, died Monday, September 30, 2002. He was a retired insurance salesman for Mutual of Omaha for 40 years, a member of Belmont Christian Assembly and a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. A memorial service was held Oct. 3 at Woodlawn Funeral Home. Burial was in Middle Tennessee Veterans Cemetery in Pegram...

Joseph L. 'Red' Tucker (10/23/02)
Joseph L. "Red" Tucker, 81, of Ripley, died Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002, at the VA Hospital in Memphis. He was a retired fruit-and-vegetable salesman and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley. Burial will be in Ripley Memorial Gardens...

Madison Alexis Moore (10/23/02)
Madison Alexis Moore, infant daughter of Tina Williams and Michael Moore of Dyersburg, died at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Graveside services were at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Dyer County Memorial Gardens. J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. ...

Billy Lowrance (10/25/02)
Billy Lowrance, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Doris Carter (10/25/02)
Doris Carter, of Madison, Ind., formerly of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002 in Madison, Ind. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Bonnie Carter (10/25/02)
Bonnie Carter, of Newbern, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002 at Methodist-Central Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Hazel Mitchell (10/25/02)
Hazel Mitchell, 87, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. She was a retired employee of Dyersburg Fabrics. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Charlie Halliburton officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...

B.D. Howerton (10/28/02)
B.D. Howerton, of Tiptonville, died Sunday, Oct. 27, 2002 at Reelfoot Manor Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Margie Hardy (10/28/02)
Margie Hardy, 55, of Memphis, died Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002 at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.

Bonnie Louise Carter (10/28/02)
Bonnie Louise Carter, 82, of Newbern, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002 at Methodist Hospital-Central in Memphis. She was a retired employee of Sylvania and a member of Glendale Church of Christ. Services were at 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with Bro. Wayne Jones officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern...

Dossie Mae Sidney (10/28/02)
Dossie Mae Sidney, 72, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002 at Skill Nursing Center. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at St. John #1 Baptist Church with the Rev. James Woods officiating. Burial will be in St. John #1 Church Cemetery. Cosmopolitan Funeral Services are in charge of arrangements...

Nancy Olive Harris (10/28/02)
Nancy Olive Harris, 94, of Mount Vernon, Ill, formerly of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002 at Mount Vernon Care Center. She was a retired employee of the telephone company in Washington D.C. and a was a member of Central Christian Church in Mount Vernon...

Dossie Mae Sidney (10/28/02)
Dossie Mae Sidney, 72, of Jackson, died Thursday at Jackson General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services of Dyersburg.

Gola Childress (10/28/02)
Gola Childress, 77, of Dyersburg, died Saturday at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Billy Lowrance (10/28/02)
Billy Lowrance, 59, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. He was a construction administrator for Fleming Associates, a member of Rehoboth United Methodist Church and an avid supporter of Southern gospel music...

Jeffery Owen Keeling (10/28/02)
Jeffery Owen Keeling, 42, of Obion, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002 at his residence. He was a factory employee. Services were at 2 p.m. Sunday at Cryer Funeral Home in Obion with Bro. Dale Walford officiating. Burial will be in Zion Cemetery in Obion...

Laura Fay Johnson (10/28/02)
Laura Fay Johnson, 92, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Oct. 25, 2002 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Care. She was the owner of a dress shop, a Methodist and a member of the Eastern Star. Graveside services were at 2 p.m. Sunday at Fairview Cemetery with the Rev. Ron Mann officiating. J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home in Dyersburg is in charge of arrangements...

Sarah Green (10/28/02)
Sarah Green, 80, of Ripley, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Ripley. She was a homemaker. Services are at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mark Baptist Church in Henning with the Rev. William Jarrett officiating. Burial will be in Bethlehem Cemetery in Henning. Currie's Funeral Home in Henning is in charge of arrangements...

Doris Lourne Carter (10/28/02)
Doris Lourne Carter, 79, of Madison, Ind., formerly of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002 at Kings Daughters Hospital in Madison. Services were at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Cris Alexander officiating.

R.B. Blackley (10/28/02)
R.B. Blackley, 91, of Ripley, formerly of Tiptonville, died Friday at Ripley Health Care Center. He was a farmer. Services are at 10 a.m. today at Lakeland Baptist Church in Ridgely with Bro. Marvin Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Tiptonville. Currie's Funeral Home in Henning is in charge of arrangements...

R.H. Bell Jr. (10/28/02)
R.H. Bell Jr., 72, of Yorkville, died Friday at his residence. He was a retired factory worker at Conalco in Newbern. Services are at 10 a.m. today in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home in Newbern with the Bro. Frank Parrish officiating. Burial will be in Yorkville Cemetery...

Jerry T. Damons (10/29/02)
Jerry T. Damons, of Friendship, died today at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Aubrey Childress (10/29/02)
Aubrey Childress, of Dyersburg, died today at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Delores "Lois" Brown (10/29/02)
Delores "Lois" Brown, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Oct. 28, 2002 at Oakwood Manor. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.

Charles Max Tucker (10/29/02)
Charles Max Tucker, 72, of San Rafael, Calif., formerly of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2002. Services were held at 11 a.m. Oct. 21 at Valley Memorial Park in Novato, Calif.

Katherine Terry (10/29/02)
Katherine Terry, 81, of Tiptonville, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. today at H.H. Hudson Funeral Home

B.D. Howerton (10/29/02)
B.D. Howerton, 85, of Tiptonville, died Sunday, Oct. 27, 2002 at Reelfoot Manor Nursing Care. He was a carpenter and a member of Wynnburg Baptist Church. Graveside services were at 10 a.m. today in Lake Memorial Gardens with Brother Ernest Mayo and Brother Ralph Buckley officiating. J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Min. Margie Nell Hardy (10/29/02)
Min. Margie Nell Hardy, 55, of Memphis, formerly of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002 at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis. She was a former school teacher with Dyer County School System. Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Ross United Methodist Church with Dr. Russell Morrow officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Dyersburg. Cosmopolitan Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements...

Aline Thurmond Cohoon (10/29/02)
Aline Thurmond Cohoon, 91, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Oct. 28, 2002 at Wesley at Dyersburg Nursing Care. She was a homemaker and a member of Phillips Street Church of Christ. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with Brother Dustin Forthun officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Doris Lourne Carter (10/29/02)
Doris Lourne Carter, 79, of Madison, Ind., formerly of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002 at Kings Daughters Hospital in Madison. She was a hairdresser and a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church. Services were at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Cris Alexander officiating. Burial was in Bellevernon Cemetery in Friendship...

Marvin G. Canoy (10/29/02)
Marvin G. Canoy, 74, of Wynnburg, died Sunday, Oct. 27, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. He was a retired farmer. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Lakeland Church. Burial will be in Old Republic Cemetery. Cryer Funeral Home in Obion is in charge of arrangements...

Jerry Thomas Damons (10/30/02)
Jerry Thomas Damons, 54, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2002 at his residence. He was an electrician and attended Dyersburg Phillips Street Church of God. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Clayton Privett officiating. Burial will be in Oakgrove Cemetery in Dukedom...

Gola Marie Sorrell Childress (10/30/02)
Gola Marie Sorrell Childress, 77, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. She was a homemaker and a member of First Church of the Nazarene. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at First Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Don Dakin officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Aubrey Thomas Childress (10/30/02)
Aubrey Thomas Childress, 79, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Oct. 28, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. He was a retired foreman for LaSalle Steel Company in Hammond, Ind. for over 30 years, a member of First Church of the Nazarene and a Bronze Star Recipient...

Wilburn Sykes (10/30/02)
Wilburn Sykes, of Newbern, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Annie Mae King (10/30/02)
Annie Mae King, 70, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. J. Keith Free officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Wilburn 'Roughouse' Sykes (10/31/02)
Wilburn "Roughouse" Sykes, 62, of Newbern, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. He was a retired employee of Dyersburg Fabrics Inc., a member of Lenox Baptist Church, 269th MP Company for 25 years, he was a staff sergeant in the National Guard and served in the Gulf War...

Audrey Modean Johnson Connell (10/31/02)
Audrey Modean Johnson Connell, 79, of Dyersburg, formerly of Tiptonville, died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. She was a retired employee of Reelfoot Manor Nursing Home and attended Springhill Baptist Church in Dyersburg...

Mary Francis Brown (10/31/02)
Mary Francis Brown, of Brownsville, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002 at Brownsville Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Peaceful Chapel Baptist Church in Brownsville with F.R. Williamson Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Cain Creek Cemetery...

Delores 'Lois' Brown (10/31/02)
Delores "Lois" Brown, 65, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Oct. 28, 2002 at Oakwood Manor in Dyersburg. She was a homemaker and a member of Salter's Chapel A.M.E. Church in Dyersburg. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Salter's Chapel A.M.E. Church with the Rev. Cecil Maddox officiating. Burial will be at M.C.C.O. Cemetery in Newbern...