Obituaries from January 2003

Annie B. Walker (01/02/03)
Annie B. Walker, 80, of Dresden, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2002 at Volunteer Community Hospital in Martin. She was a homemaker and a member of Dresden Pentecostal Church. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Bowlin Funeral Home in Dresden. Burial will be in McClain Chapel Cemetery in Dresden...

Linda Faye Roark (01/02/03)
Linda Faye Roark, 59, of Newbern, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2002 at Methodist Hospital North in Memphis. She was an employee of Methodist Healthcare and a retired employee of All Wear Manufacturing. Services were at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Andy Brasfield officiating. Burial was in Rehoboth Cemetery in Newbern...

Deborah Diane Patterson (01/02/03)
Deborah Diane Patterson, 44, of Finley, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2002 at her residence. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 11 a.m. today in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with Rev. John Morris officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Joe Junior Neville (01/02/03)
Joe Junior Neville, 54, of Gates, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2003 at Methodist Healthcare-Brownsville Hospital. He was a farmer, a U.S. Marine and Air Force veteran and attended the Baptist church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Halls Funeral Home. Burial will be in Edith Cemetery near Ripley...

Katie Bell Reeves (01/02/03)
Katie Bell Reeves, 72, of Dyersburg, formerly of Obion, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2002 at Dyersburg Manor. She was a homemaker. Services were at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cryer Funeral Home in Obion. Burial was in Elbridge Cemetery in Obion.

Jeffery Wayne Parson (01/02/03)
Jeffery Wayne Parson, 41, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a retired bricklayer. Services will be at 11 a.m. today in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Ray Sollis officiating. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery in Hornbeak...

Carolyn Kay Two Star Hart Nance (01/02/03)
Carolyn Kay Two Star Hart Nance, 79, of Pulaski, Ill, formerly of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2002 at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Larry McClure officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. The family will receive visitors at 2-3 p.m. today at the funeral home...

L.Z. McDaniel (01/02/03)
L.Z. McDaniel, 79, of Briar, Mo., formerly of Dyer County, died Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2002 at Saint Bernards Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark. He was a pipefitter, a member of Local 136 Pipefitters, a coon hunter and showed several champion coon hounds. Services will be at 7 p.m. today at Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan, Mo. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. The family will receive visitors at 5-7 p.m. today at the funeral home...

Tommie Lou Diggs (01/02/03)
Tommie Lou Diggs, 58, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. She was a machine operator for Honeywell Manufacturing. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Stan Pruitt and the Rev. Billy Tucker officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...

Edward Cork Sr. (01/02/03)
Edward Cork Sr., 83, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. He was a retired employee of Marrs Cleaner for more than 18 years, a former employee of Johnson Furniture Store and an Army veteran. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Hopewell Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Al Seward officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Eva Sherbit (01/03/03)
Eva Sherbit, of Dyersburg, died today at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Cheryl Elaine Perry (01/03/03)
Cheryl Elaine Perry, 41, of Jackson, died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Brown Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Chester Newsom officiating. Burial will be in Montgomery Cemetery...

Georgia 'Mama Tolson" Tolson (01/03/03)
Georgia 'Mama Tolson" Tolson, 106, of Dyersburg, died today at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.

Mary Lee (01/03/03)
Mary Lee, 80, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2002 at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.

Cleo Green (01/03/03)
Cleo Green, 90, of Halls, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2002 at Bells Nursing Home. She was a retired nurse. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Ronk Funeral Home in Alamo. Burial will be in Oakview Memorial Garden.

Mary Sue Davidson (01/06/03)
Mary Sue Davidson, 82, of Humboldt died Friday, Jan. 3, 2003, at Bailey Park Nursing Center in Humboldt. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. Services will take place at 1 p.m. today at Curry Funeral Home, Ridgely Chapel. Burial will follow in New Haven Cemetery. Rev. Carl Hutcheson will officiate...

George Bell (01/06/03)
George Bell, 66, of Washington, Mo., died today at St. John's Mercy Hospital in Washington, Mo. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Judy Lynn Kilpatrick Elam (01/06/03)
Judy Lynn Kilpatrick Elam, 49, of Kenton, formerly of Union City, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2003, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will take place Monday at 2 p.m. at Lake Road Baptist Church in Union City. Rev. Chip Davis and Rev. Chris Harris will officiate. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens in Union City. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Monday at the church...

Verla Patterson (01/06/03)
Verla Patterson, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Jan. 5, 2003 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Eva May Sherbit (01/06/03)
Eva May Sherbit, 80, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Jan. 3, 2002 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and attended First Church of the Nazarene. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with Pastor Don Dakin officiating. J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Porter Harris (01/06/03)
Porter Harris, 95, of Ridgely, died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She was a homemaker and landowner and a member of Ridgely First United Methodist Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Ridgely First United Methodist Church with Dr. Larry Blackburn officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern. J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

James Marshall Reed (01/06/03)
James Marshall Reed of Dyersburg died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2003, at his residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by J. W. Curry and Son Funeral Home of Dyersburg.

Mary Elizabeth Lee (01/06/03)
Mary Elizabeth Lee, 80, of Dyersburg died on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2002, at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis. Funeral services will take place at 1 p.m. Monday at Tabernacle Baptist Church on East Court Street in Dyersburg, where she was a member and served on the Usher Board. Rev. Louis Hudson III will officiate. Burial will follow at M.C.C.D. Cemetery in Newbern. Cosmopolitan Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements...

Lois Rennels Janeaux (01/06/03)
Lois Rennels Janeaux, 75, of Newbern, formerly of Mattoon, Ill., died Friday, Jan. 3, 2003, at Baptist Hospital in Union City. She was a homemaker and a member of both the Rebecca Lodge and White Shrine in Mattoon. Graveside services will take place Monday at 1 p.m. in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens of Mattoon. Services will be conducted by Rev. Danny Klutts. Visitation is scheduled between 6 and 8:30 p.m. today at Johnson Funeral Home in Newbern...

Autie Gourley Whitson (01/07/03)
Autie Gourley Whitson, 81, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2003 at her daughter's residence in Portage, Ind. She was a retired pollution-control operator for Bethlehem Steel and a member of S.O.A.R. Club. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. George Butler officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...

Verla Thelma Patterson (01/07/03)
Verla Thelma Patterson, 98, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Jan. 5, 2003 at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of RoEllen Presbyterian Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Karen Mosley officiating. Burial will be in RoEllen Cemetery...

Mildred Ponder (01/07/03)
Mildred Ponder, 90, of Chicago, Ill., formerly of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2003 at Harmony Nursing Home in Chicago. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Laverne Alexander (01/07/03)
Laverne Alexander, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Jan. 6, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

William H. 'Bill' Hampton (01/07/03)
William H. "Bill" Hampton, 87, of Brownsville, died Sunday, Jan. 5, 2003 at Haywood Park Community Hospital. He was a butcher for Kroger for 35 years and a member of Brownsville Baptist Church, VFW and American Legion. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today in Allen Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Bob Connerley officiating. Brownsville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Emma Glaydes Poor (01/07/03)
Emma Glaydes Poor, 98, of Newbern, died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor. She was a homemaker and farmer, a member of Newbern First United Methodist church where she attended the Rose Tillman Fidelis Sunday school class and was an honorary member of the Helen Hines Sunday school class and a member of Dorcus Circle...

Don Hawkins (01/07/03)
Don Hawkins, of Walnut Ridge, Ark., died Monday, Jan. 6, 2003 in Walnut Ridge. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

James W. Walker (01/08/03)
James W. Walker, 83, of Union City, died Monday, Jan. 6, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. He was a farmer and factory worker. Services were at 10 a.m. today at Cryer Funeral Home in Obion with the Rev. James Decanter and the Rev. J.T. Brown officiating. Burial will be in Freemont Cemetery in Union City...

Sidney H. 'Sid' Rogers (01/08/03)
Sidney H. "Sid" Rogers, 41, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Booneville, Mo. He was manager of Rogers Supermarket in Corinth, Miss. and a member of First Freewill Baptist Church in Booneville. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at McMillan Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Rick Powers and Brother Ben Parman officiating. Burial will be in Jones Chapel Cemetery...

Harold Ray 'Big Odie' James (01/08/03)
Harold Ray "Big Odie" James, 59, of Obion, died Monday, Jan. 6, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a security guard for Northwest Tennessee Correctional Facility. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Troy Church of Christ with Ricky Burse officiating. Burial will be in Terrace Hill Cemetery in Troy...

Don Hawkins (01/08/03)
Don Hawkins, 60, of Jonesboro, Ark., died Monday, Jan. 6, 2003 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was a store owner and engineer for S-B Power Tool Company, a member of First Assembly of God Church in Jonesboro and a U.S. Air Force Veteran. Services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with Pastor Larry Vine officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Zelia Mae Drumwright (01/08/03)
Zelia Mae Drumwright, 97, of Ripley, died Sunday, Jan. 5, 2003 at Ripley Healthcare and Rehab. She was a homemaker and a member of Whitefield Assembly of God. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Whitefield Assembly of God. Burial will be in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Clara Cotham (01/08/03)
Clara Cotham, 86, of Collierville, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2002 at Baptist East Hospital. She was a homemaker, a member of First Baptist Church, church choir, Collierville Women Club and the Eastern Star. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Collierville Funeral Home. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

George C. 'Corky' Bell (01/08/03)
George C. "Corky" Bell, 66, of Washington, Mo., formerly of Dyersburg, died Monday, Jan. 6, 2003 at St. John Mercy Hospital in Washington, Mo. He was a telephone engineer for GTE Verizon, a member of the Church of Christ, Telephone Pioneers and Central States Archaeological Society...

Laverne S. Alexander (01/08/03)
Laverne S. Alexander, 90, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Jan. 6, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired employee of Dyersburg Fabrics after 35 years and a member of Phillips Street Church Christ. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with Brother Dustin Forthun officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern...

Peggie J. Tyler (01/09/03)
Peggie J. Tyler, 72, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a parts specialist at Moody Wadley Auto and a member and treasurer of Finley United Methodist Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Willard Watson and Dr. Benny Hopper officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Georgia Anna Tolson (01/09/03)
Georgia Anna Tolson, 106, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Jan. 3, 2003 at her residence. She was a member of Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church, Mother Board and a past Sunday school teacher. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. W.L. McCadney officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Dyersburg. Cosmopolitan Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements...

Mildred Bryant Ponder (01/09/03)
Mildred Bryant Ponder, 90, of Chicago, Ill., formerly of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2003 at Harmony Nursing Home in Chicago. She was a homemaker, a member of Bells Methodist Church and a former teacher at Dyersburg Beauty School. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Don Layman officiating. Burial will be in Palestine Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Joe Pleasant (01/09/03)
Joe Pleasant, 72, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003 at his residence. He was a retired mechanic for Goodyear and a member of West Dyersburg Church of Christ. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at West Dyersburg Church Christ with Brother Paul Helton officiating. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Gwendolyn West McKissack (01/09/03)
Gwendolyn West McKissack, 66, of Bartlett, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2003 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. She was a social worker, a member of Bartlett Baptist Church, attended Union University and Memphis State University, where she received a bachelor's degree...

Melvin Smith (01/09/03)
Melvin Smith, of Maury City, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2003 at Crockett County Nursing Home in Alamo. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by H.H. Hudson Funeral Home in Dyersburg.

Jerry Matheny (01/09/03)
Jerry Matheny, of Wynnburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Willie Mae Dew (01/09/03)
Willie Mae Dew, of Newbern, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Rev. Melvin L. Smith (01/10/03)
Rev. Melvin Smith, 76, of Maury City, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2003 at Crockett County Nursing Center in Alamo. He was a retired construction worker and a minister for 45 years. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at First New Baptist church in Maury City with the Rev. Michael Dupree officiating. Burial will be in Poston Grove Cemetery in Maury City...

Willie Mai Dew (01/10/03)
Willie Mai Dew, 78, of Newbern, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker, a member of Main Street Church of Christ and a lifetime member of Goldwing Road Riders Association. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with Brother Olin Kern officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Jerry Thomas Matheny (01/10/03)
Jerry Thomas Matheny, 60, of Wynnburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 20032 at Baptist Hospital in Union City. He was a retired factory worker. Services will be in at 2 p.m. today in the Tiptonville chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Chip Davis officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely...

Paul Ochoa (01/13/03)
Paul Ochoa, 82, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2003 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Iola M. Harris (01/13/03)
Iola M. Harris, of Dyersburg, died today at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Robert S. 'Bob' Simon (01/13/03)
Robert S. "Bob" Simon, 59, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Jan. 10, 2003, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. He was a former employee of BTR in Frederick, Okla., and Casino Aztar in Caruthersville, Mo. He was a graduate of Wichita State University in Kansas, a Methodist and a member of the Frederick Jaycees and the Society of Human Resources Management...

Paul G. Ochoa (01/14/03)
Paul G. Ochoa, 82, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2003 at his residence. He was a factory worker. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with Brother Paul Helton officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Iola M. "Eid" Harris (01/14/03)
Iola M. "Eid" Harris, 82, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Jan. 13, 2003 at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of Springhill Baptist Church. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Don Williams officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Juanita Jo Grafe (01/14/03)
Juanita Jo Grafe, 76, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Jan. 10, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Dyersburg. Services will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church with Bill Stevenson officiating. Burial will be in Oakridge Cemetery in Effingham, Ill. Currie's Funeral Home in Henning is in charge of arrangements...

Mable Smith Pickard Booth (01/14/03)
Mable Smith Pickard Booth, 82, of Brownsville, died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2003 at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of Brownsville Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Brownsville Funeral Home with the Rev. Bob Connerley officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery...

Margaret Pope (01/15/03)
Margaret Pope, of Dyersburg, died today at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Julian Robert Keas (01/15/03)
Julian Robert Keas, 77, of Dyer, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2003 at Gibson General Hospital. He was a retired pharmacist. Services were at 2 p.m. Sunday at Mount Olive Church. Burial was in Mount Olive Cemetery. Karnes & Son Funeral Home in Dyer was in charge of arrangements...

George Viar (01/16/03)
George Viar, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Hazel Tolley (01/16/03)
Hazel Tolley, 67, of Union City, formerly of Tiptonville, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Nickey Darrell Stutts (01/16/03)
Nickey Darrell Stutts, 60, of Halls, died Monday, Jan. 13, 2003 at his residence. He was a tool and die supervisor for Anderson-Hickey Manufacturing Company and a member of Palestine United Methodist Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home. Burial will be Palestine Cemetery near Halls...

Margaret C. Pope (01/16/03)
Margaret C. Pope, 91, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired teacher and supervisor for the Dyer County School Systems, a member of Dyersburg First United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Dyersburg Garden Club, Retired Teacher's Association, instrumental in starting libraries in Dyer County schools and the library of the Dyer County High School was named in her honor last year. ...

Rev. James C. Pledge (01/20/03)
The Rev. James C. Pledge, 64, formerly of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003. He was a retired employee of Mutual of Omaha Companies, member of Bells Campground Baptist Church, and pastored several churches in the Knoxville area. Services will be at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Mynatt Funeral Home with the Rev. Jack Anderson, the Rev. Herman Faddis, the Rev. Tommy Pledge and the Rev. Bill McCarter officiating. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bells Campground...

Horace R. Kemper (01/20/03)
Horace R. Kemper, 83, of Dyersburg died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003 at Madison County General Hospital in Jackson. He was a retired restaurant operator and farmer, and was also an Army veteran of World War II. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home. The burial will be at Eureka Cemetery near Gates...

Robert White (01/20/03)
Robert White, of Newbern, died today at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

W.E. Huffstutter (01/20/03)
W.E. Huffstutter, of Newbern, died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

William Earl Turner (01/20/03)
William Earl Turner, 55, of Dyersburg died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003 at the University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the chapel of Cosmopolitan Funeral Home with the Rev. Henry Boykin officiating. Burial will be at the M.C.C.O. Cemetery in Newbern...

Hazel Sue Watts Tolley (01/20/03)
Hazel Sue Watts Tolley, 67, of Union City, formerly of Tiptonville, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. She was a homemaker, a Baptist and a member of Union City Senior Citizens Club. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at Keystone Church of God near Tiptonville with the Rev. Tim Nichols officiating. Burial will be in Haynes Memorial Gardens...

Jewell Dean 'Judy' Chambers Simpson (01/20/03)
Jewell Dean "Judy" Chambers Simpson, 81, of Heber Springs, Ark., formerly of Memphis, died Thursday, Jan. 16 at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born in Unionville and graduated from Dyersburg High School. She retired after 35 years of civilian service at the Naval Air Station in Millington...

Edna Willis (01/21/03)
Edna Wills, 62, of Tiptonville, died Monday, Jan. 20, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Marshall Apperson (01/21/03)
Marshall Apperson, 69, of Dyersburg, died today at Baptist Hospital-East in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Robert Allen White (01/21/03)
Robert Allen White, 55, of Newbern, died Monday, Jan. 20, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. He was a farmer. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Perry Grills officiating. Burial will be in McCorkle Cemetery in Newbern...

Charles Edward Story (01/21/03)
Charles Edward Story, 59, of Waverly, died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003 at Three Rivers Hospital in Waverly. He was a retired mechanic and a member of Bells Missionary Baptist Church in Waverly. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Luff Bowen Funeral Home in Waverly. Burial will be in McKeel Cemetery in Waverly...

Olieve Craddock Parker Myers (01/21/03)
Olieve Craddock Parker Myers, 92, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Home. She was a homemaker, a member of First Christian Church in Union City, Daughters of the American Revolution and Gideons Ladies Auxiliary. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at First Christian Church in Union City with the Rev. Jim Latimer and the Rev. Tommy Jowers officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery in Humboldt...

W.E. Huffstutter (01/22/03)
W.E. Huffstutter, 89, of Newbern, died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003 at his residence. He was a retired construction supervisor with Fish Engineering and a retired employee of the City of Newbern and a member of Main Street Church of Christ where he was an Elder. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with Brother Olin Kern officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern...

Marshall L. Apperson (01/22/03)
Marshall L. Apperson, 69, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2003 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. He was a car salesman. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. The family will receive visitors from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. today at J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home...

Edna M. Willis (01/22/03)
Edna M. Willis, 62, of Tiptonville, died Monday, Jan. 20, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a clerk for Boyette's Resort and very active in Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in the Tiptonville chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Houston Northcutt officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely...

Joseph Robertson 'J.R.' Enochs (01/22/03)
Joseph Robertson "J.R." Enochs, 86, of Newbern, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2003 at his residence. He was a farmer and landowner in Newbern and a former partner of Lyn-Lou Studios of Memphis, a member of Newbern First United Methodist church since 1939, the men's Sunday school class and held many leadership roles on the administrative board, finance committee and the board of trustees. ...

Lyverne Bush (01/23/03)
Lyverne Bush, 92, Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Delbert Burns (01/23/03)
Delbert Burns, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2002 in Waynesboro. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Joseph Robertson 'J.R.' Enochs (01/23/03)
Joseph Robertson "J.R." Enochs, 86, of Newbern, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2003 at his residence. He was a farmer and landowner in Newbern and a former partner of Lyn-Lou Studios of Memphis, a member of Newbern First United Methodist church since 1939, the men's Sunday school class and held many leadership roles on the administrative board, finance committee and the board of trustees. ...

Obilene Woodard (01/24/03)
Obilene Woodard, 96, of Jackson, died Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003 at Maplewood Nursing Home in Jackson. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.

May Lyverne Bush (01/24/03)
May Lyverne Bush, 92, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Fowlkes United Methodist Church. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Walt Asher officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Delbert Burns (01/24/03)
Delbert Burns, 76, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003 at Wayne County Hospital in Waynesboro. He was a retired farmer. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of J.W. curry & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Tommy Johnson officiating. Burial will be in McCullough's Chapel Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Gladys McClorn (01/27/03)
Gladys McClorn, 39, of Caruthersville, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.

Will Guess (01/27/03)
Will Guess, of Ridgely, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003 at Baptist Hospital-East in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Maudie Alford (01/27/03)
Maudie Alford, of Hornbeak, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003 at Ridgely Care and Rehab. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Wayne Morris Wilson (01/27/03)
Wayne Morris Wilson, 63, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Jan. 25, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was retired owner/operator of The Print Shop in Hayti, Mo. and a Navy veteran. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Michael McClenney officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...

Doris E. Nichols (01/27/03)
Doris E. Nichols, 81, of Coldwater, Miss., formerly of Memphis, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003 at American Transitional Nursing Home. She was a homemaker and a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Independence, Miss. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill East Funeral Home in Memphis. Burial will be in Forest Hill East Cemetery...

Wayne Wilson (01/27/03)
Wayne Wilson, 63, of Dyersburg, died Saturday at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Roy E. Tyler (01/27/03)
Roy E. Tyler, 81, of Dyersburg, died Friday at his residence. He was the retired owner of W.C.'s Liquor Store and a member of Finley United Methodist Church. Services are at 11 a.m. Monday at the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home in Dyersburg with the Rev. Willard Watson and Dr. Benny Hopper officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Jane Farrow Isom (01/27/03)
Jane Farrow Isom, 69, of Friendship, died Saturday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a homemaker and a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church. Services are at 11 a.m. Monday at Friendship Funeral Home with Dr. Mike Melton officiating. Burial will be in Oakview Memorial Park at Alamo...

Julia Smith Arnold (01/27/03)
Julia Smith Arnold, 51, of Medina, died Thursday at her residence. She was a teacher. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at New First Baptist Church in Maury City with Bro. Terry Graves officiating. Burial will be in Harris Grove Cemetery in Alamo. Currie's Funeral Home in Henning is in charge of arrangements...

Billy Williams (01/28/03)
Billy Williams, 56, of Tiptonville, died Monday, Jan. 27, 2003 at Primary Care Clinic. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.

Rev. James C. Pledge (01/28/03)
The Rev. James C. Pledge, 64, formerly of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003. He was a retired employee of Mutual of Omaha Companies, member of Bells Campground Baptist Church, and pastored several churches in the Knoxville area. Services were at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21 at Mynatt Funeral Home in Knoxville with the Rev. Jack Anderson, the Rev. Herman Faddis, the Rev. Tommy Pledge and the Rev. Bill McCarter officiating. Graveside services were at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bells Campground...

Kalei Brooke Perkins (01/28/03)
Kalei Brooke Perkins, infant daughter of Brad and Carrie Perkins of Tiptonville, died Monday, Jan. 27, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Wynnburg Baptist Church with the Rev. Ralph Buckley officiating. Burial will be in Zion Cemetery in Elbridge. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Wilbur Dean Guess (01/28/03)
Wilbur Dean Guess, 74, of Ridgely, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. He was a retired employee of Memphis Light, Gas & Water Department, a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean Era and a member of Southland Baptist Church...

Maudie Alford (01/28/03)
Maudie Alford, 99, of Ridgely, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003 at Ridgely Care & Rehabilitation Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Ridgely First United Methodist Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Ridgely First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Houston Northcutt and the Rev. Dean Emerson officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely...

Raylian Brady 'R.B' Kirby (01/29/03)
Raylian Brady 'R.B' Kirby, 80, of Fowlkes, died Monday, Jan. 27, 2003 at The VA Regional Medical Center in Memphis. He was a retired mechanic for Anderson-Hickey in Halls, a World War II Navy veteran, a member of Masonic Lodge 564, VFW, owned and operated Halls Auto Parts, and a member of Patton Memorial Methodist Church...

Ora B. Gentry (01/30/03)
Ora B. Gentry, of Newbern, died today at Dyersburg Manor. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Julia Frances May Brown (01/30/03)
Julia Frances May Brown, of Memphis, formerly of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003 at St. Francis Nursing Home in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Luke Stanfield (01/30/03)
Luke Stanfield died today at Ridgely Care & Rehab. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Luby Fagan (01/30/03)
Luby Fagan, of Trimble, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Billy Williams (01/30/03)
Billy Williams, 56, of Tiptonville, died Monday, Jan. 27, 2003 at Primary Care in Tiptonville. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at St. John No. 3 Baptist Church in Tiptonville with the Rev. Eddie L. Burnett officiating. Burial will be in Citizens Cemetery in Tiptonville...

Leon Tittle (01/30/03)
Leon Tittle, 80, of Ridgely, died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2003 at Beverly Health Care in Union City. He was a timber cutter, a World War II Army veteran serving in Normandy, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe and received four Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart...

Dorothy Poyner (01/30/03)
Dorothy Poyner, 81, of Tiptonville, died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2003 at Union City Manor Nursing Center. She was a retired seamstress for Henry I. Seigel Company and a member of Phillipy Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Phillipy Baptist Church with the Rev. Jerry Leggett, the Rev. Tom Brann and the Rev. Paul Bramlett officiating. Burial will be in Morgan Cemetery near Palmersville. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Virginia McNeill Lamb (01/30/03)
Virginia McNeill Lamb, 92, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and member of First United Methodist Church and an avid bird watcher and reader. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with the Dr. Philip Cook officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Albert Galatin Harris (01/30/03)
Albert Galatin Harris, 71, of Austin, Texas, formerly of Dyer County, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003 at South Austin Hospital in Austin, Texas. He was a retired U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant and served in the Navy, received the Bronze Star and the Meritorious Service Medal. He served in the Korean War and later in Japan, Thailand and various areas in the U.S. until his retirement in 1977...

Luby Odell Fagan (01/31/03)
Luby Odell Fagan, 77, of Trimble, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003 at his residence. He was a retired farmer and a member of Trimble Church of Christ. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with Bro. Everette McAnally and William Hinson officiating. Burial will be in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Obion...

Luke Stanfill (01/31/03)
Luke Stanfill, 91, of Ridgely, died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003, at Ridgely Care & Rehabilitation Center. He was a farmer and a member of the Church of Christ. Services are at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Ridgely chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Aubrey Turner officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. The family will receive visitors from 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home...

David Suddath Marbury (01/31/03)
David Suddath Marbury, 47, of Kingsport, formerly of Lake County, died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003 at Welmont-Holston Valley Hospital in Kingsport. He was a former employee of the state of Tennessee Department of Corrections, a Methodist and a U.S. Army veteran. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. today at Ridgely First Baptist Church with the Rev. Danny Rachel officiating...

Joseph William Horton (01/31/03)
Joseph William Horton, 29, of Tigrett, died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was an employee of Little King Manufacturing Company in Alamo. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Friendship Funeral Home with the Rev. Ray Sollis officiating. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Cemetery in Lexington. The family will receive visitors from 5-9 p.m. today at the funeral home...

Ora B. Gentry (01/31/03)
Ora B. Gentry, 90, of Newbern, died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor. She was a homemaker, a Baptist, a member of AARP and a former member of Home Demonstration Clubs of Dyer County. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with Laddie Owens officiating. The family will receive visitors from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home...

Julia Frances May Brown (01/31/03)
Julia Frances May Brown, 76, of Memphis, formerly of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003 at St. Francis Nursing Home in Memphis. She was a retired schoolteacher and a member of Mullins Methodist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home in Memphis with Dr. Steve Shapard officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive visitors at 5-7 p.m. today at the funeral home...