Obituaries from June 2003

Ruby J. Vanness (06/02/03)
Ruby J. Vanness, 62, of Ripley, died Saturday, May 31, 2003 at Methodist Hospital-Central in Memphis. She was manager of Ripley Meadows Apartments and a Baptist. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley. Burial will be in Ripley Memorial Gardens...

Virgil Tirey (06/02/03)
Virgil Tirey, 78, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, May 31, 2003, at Baptist Hospital East in Memphis. He was a retired mechanic, an Army veteran of World War II and a member of First United Pentecostal Church, Disabled American Veterans and the American Legion. ...

Robert Dale Odle (06/02/03)
Robert Dale Odle, 71, of Dresden, died Thursday, May 29, 2003, at Volunteer General Hospital in Martin. He was a farmer and a real estate broker and appraiser. He was a veteran of the Korean War and was a member of Gearin's Chapel. Services were Sunday at Williams Funeral Home in Greenfield with Kenneth Williams officiating. Burial will be in Liberty Cemetery in Greenfield...

James Jackson Lloyd Sr. (06/02/03)
James Jackson Lloyd Sr., 100, of Troy, died Saturday, May 31, 2003, at his home. He was an owner and operator of the Tupelo (Miss.) Ice Co. and a member of the Church of Christ. Services are at 2 p.m. Tuesday at White-Mahon Funeral Home in Troy with Dr. Vann Kissell officiating. Burial will be in Mount Ararat Cemetery in Troy. The family will receive visitors 5-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home...

Hazel Inez Burrell (06/02/03)
Hazel Inez Burrell, 75, of Union City, died Saturday, May 31, 2003 at her home. She was a machine operator at the Brown Shoe factory and a member of Mount Ararat Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Services are at 1 p.m. Monday at White Ranson Funeral Home in Union City with Dr. Bobby Williams officiating. Burial will be in East View Cemetery in Union City...

Pat Henry (06/03/03)
Pat Henry, 50, of Dyersburg, died Monday, June 2, 2003 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Julian F. Welch (06/03/03)
Julian F. Welch, 74, of RoEllen, died Thursday, May 29, 2003 at his residence. He was a retired farmer and minister and a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Dan Tilley officiating. Burial will be in RoEllen Cemetery. The family will receive visitors at 5-7 p.m. today at the funeral home...

Dovie B. Parks (06/03/03)
Dovie B. Parks, 87, of Bradenton, Fla., died Sunday, June 1, 2003. She was a retired travel clerk for Army Missile Command in Huntsville, Ala. and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Brown & Sons Funeral home in Bradenton, Fla. Burial will be in Ellenton, Fla...

Edith Norris Henderson (06/03/03)
Edith Norris Henderson, 91, of Wilmington, N.C., died Thursday, May 29, 2003 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care Center. She was a member of Myrtle Grove Baptist Church. Services were at 11 a.m. Monday at Myrtle Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul Waters officiating. Burial was in Cavenaugh Cemetery in Wallace, N.C...

Jerry Glen Canada (06/03/03)
Jerry Glen Canada, 41, of Seymour, formerly of Newbern, died Wednesday, May 28, 2003 at Blount Memorial Hospital. A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Dotson Funeral Home in Wildwood.

Maxine Springfield (06/04/03)
Maxine Springfield, of Tiptonville, died Sunday, June 1, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by H.H. Hudson Funeral Home.

George Wesley Anderson (06/04/03)
George Wesley Anderson, of Dyersburg, died today at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

William Marshall Jennings (06/04/03)
William Marshall Jennings, 53, of Newbern, died Wednesday, May 28, 2003 at his residence. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Jones Street Church of Christ with Brother W.O. Armstead officiating. Burial will be in Newbern-RoEllen Road Cemetery. Cosmopolitan Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements. The family will receive visitors at 1 p.m. Thursday at the church...

Patricia Ann 'Pat' Henry (06/04/03)
Patricia Ann "Pat" Henry, 50, of Dyersburg, died Monday, June 2, 2003 at her residence. She was co-owner and operator of Neil's Barbecue & Grill Inc., attended First Assembly of God in Newbern, a member of National Wild Turkey Federation and Women in the Outdoors. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with the Rev. Lyndell Fisher officiating. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Marlin M. Childress (06/04/03)
Marlin M. Childress, 74, of Dyersburg, died Monday, June 2, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Covington. She was a retired employee of a retail convenience store in Memphis and a member of South Fork Baptist Church and the Ladies Auxiliary of VFW. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home. Burial will be in South Fork Cemetery near Halls...

Richard Perett (06/05/03)
Richard Perett, of Tiptonville, died Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at Lakeshore Rehab in Nashville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Lorene Eaton (06/05/03)
Lorene Eaton, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at Wesley Care Center in Dyersburg. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Maxine Springfield (06/05/03)
Maxine Springfield, 73, of Tiptonville, died Sunday, June 1, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a CNA at Reelfoot Manor Nursing Center in Tiptonville. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Mount Zion Freewill Baptist Church in Tiptonville with Elder Alvino Davis officiating. ...

Pauline Moore (06/05/03)
Pauline Moore, 86, of Ridgely, died Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Virginia G. Lucas (06/05/03)
Virginia G. Lucas, of Newbern, died Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at Wesley Care Center in Dyersburg. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Herbert Ables (06/05/03)
Herbert Ables, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

George Wesley 'John' Anderson (06/05/03)
George Wesley "John" Anderson, 78, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at his residence. He was a retired supervisor of maintenance for the city golf course, a World War II Army veteran awarded the Bronze Star, and a member of Evansville Free Holiness Church. ...

Mary Virgina Fowlkes (06/06/03)
Mary Virginia Fowlkes, died Thursday, June5, 2003 at Baptist Hospital-East in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Alice Frazier (06/06/03)
Alice Frazier, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, June 5, 2003 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

I.J. Baker (06/06/03)
I.J. Baker, 92, of Dyersburg, died today at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Tyler Terrett (06/06/03)
Tyler Terrett, 88, of Tiptonville, died Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at Lakeshore Rehabilitation Center in Nashville. He was manager of West Tennessee Soybean Mill, a member of Tiptonville Church of Christ, Lions Club and West Tennessee Soybean Association. ...

Virginia G. Lucas (06/06/03)
Virginia G. Lucas, 83, of Newbern, died Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at Wesley Care Center in Dyersburg. She was a homemaker, member of Center United Methodist church, awarded lifetime member of Newbern Garden Club and received a lifetime membership to the PTA. ...

Hassie L. Burke (06/06/03)
Hassie L. Burke, 92, of Arnold, Mo., formerly of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in DeSoto, Mo. She was a homemaker and a former member of RoEllen Baptist Church. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in Sorrell's Chapel Cemetery with the Rev. ...

Pauline Moore (06/06/03)
Pauline Moore, 86, of Ridgely, died Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired secretary for the Lake County Highway Department, a member of First Baptist Church in Ridgely, secretary of Dorcas Sunday school class, and a member of Ridgely Women's Club and Women's Missionary Union. ...

Lorene Eaton (06/06/03)
Lorene Eaton, 84, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at Wesley of Dyersburg Nursing Center. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today in Dyer County Memorial Gardens with the Rev. James Branscum officiating. ...

Herbert Ables (06/06/03)
Herbert Ables, 64, of Newbern, died Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a farmer. Graveside services were at 9:30 a.m. today in Dyersburg City Cemetery with the Rev. John Morris officiating. J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. ...

Larry Joe Harris (06/09/03)
Larry Joe Harris of Dyersburg died Saturday, June 7, 2003, at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Alice Frazier (06/09/03)
Alice Frazier, 57, of Dyersburg died Thursday, June 5, 2003, at her residence. She was an employee of Fred & Hazel's Flower Shop. Services will be held in the chapel of J. W. Curry and Son Funeral Home at 2 p.m. today with burial to follow in the Dyer County Memorial Gardens. Pastor Tim Nichols will preside...

Mary Virginia Fowlkes (06/09/03)
Mary Virginia Fowlkes, 79, of Dyersburg died Friday, June 6, 2003, at Baptist Hospital-East in Memphis. The widow of Emmon Fowlkes, she was a retired telephone operator for South Central Bell and a member of Fowlkes Baptist Church. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in the Dyersburg Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Dyer County Memorial Gardens. Rev. Neal Chatham and Rev. Trent Bullock will officiate...

Billy David Foster (06/09/03)
Billy David Foster, 57, of Alamo, died Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a factory worker at Jockey International. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Alamo with the Rev. Jerry Person officiating. Burial will be in Harris Grove Cemetery in Alamo. Currie Funeral Home in Henning is in charge of arrangements. The family will receive visitors Monday from 1-7 p.m. at Currie and Apple Funeral Home in Alamo...

Julie Ann James (06/09/03)
Julie Ann James, of Ridgely, died Sunday, June 8, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

John Andrew Reaves Sr. (06/09/03)
John Andrew Reaves Sr., 88, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, June 7, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor. He was a realtor, contractor and developer, a member of First United Methodist church, a World War II veteran where he served as captain and bombardier trainer in the Army Air Force. ...

Daisy Mae Hudson (06/09/03)
Daisy Mae Hudson, 46, of Halls, died Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at NHC Healthcare in Milan. She was a retail clerk. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Dyersburg with the Rev. Louis Hudson III officiating. Burial will be in Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive visitors at 11 a.m.-8 p.m. today at Thompson Mortuary in Ripley and a 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church...

Larry Joe "Jody" Harris (06/09/03)
Larry Joe "Jody" Harris, 54, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, June 7, 2003 at Regional Medical Center in Memphis. He was a construction worker and farmer. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Phipps officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Gracie Ruth Barnes (06/09/03)
Gracie Ruth Barnes, 61, of Ridgely, died Saturday, June 7, 2003 at Methodist Hospital-North in Memphis. She was a homemaker and a member of Abundant Life Fellowship in Ridgen. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Ridgely Chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Billy Earl Gray officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. The family will receive visitors at 6-9 p.m. today at the funeral home...

Louise Wallace Yarbro (06/09/03)
Louise Wallace Yarbro, 91, of Finley died Saturday, June 7, 2003, at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Care. She was a homemaker and a Methodist. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at the Yarbro Family Cemetery in Decaturville, Tenn., with the Rev. Steven Douglas officiating. ...

Brenda Jo Robinson (06/10/03)
Brenda Jo Robinson, 62, of Dyer, died Sunday, June 8, 2003 at Gibson County General Hospital. She was an employee of Kellwood and a member of New Bethlehem Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Karnes & Son Funeral Home in Dyer with the Rev. John Coleman and the Rev. Randy Latch officiating. Burial will be in New Bethlehem Cemetery...

Ivery J. 'Skeeter' Baker (06/10/03)
Ivery J. "Skeeter" Baker, 92, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, June 5, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. He was a retired Missionary Baptist minister and a former employee of Sylvania and Holiday Inn of Dyersburg. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Fairview Cemetery with Dr. Phillip Cook officiating. The family will receive visitors at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Dyersburg Funeral Home...

Elenore Work (06/10/03)
Elenore Work, of Tiptonville, died Monday, June 9, 2003 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Scott Lowery (06/10/03)
Scott Lowery died Monday, June 9, 2003, in Savannah. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

John Andrew Reaves Sr. (06/10/03)
John Andrew Reaves Sr., 88, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, June 7, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor. He was a realtor, contractor and developer, a member of First United Methodist Church, a World War II veteran where he served as captain and bombardier trainer in the Army Air Corps. ...

Julie Ann Staggs James (06/10/03)
Julie Ann Staggs James, 94, of Ridgely, died Sunday, June 8, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Ridgely Church of God of Prophecy. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Ridgely Church of God of Prophecy with the Rev. Clayton Mahan officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The family will receive visitors at 10 a.m. today at the church...

Ruth Roberson (06/11/03)
Ruth Roberson, formerly of Dyersburg, died today in Knoxville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Steven Workman (06/11/03)
Steven Workman, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, June 10, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Boyd Dotson (06/11/03)
Boyd Dotson, of Tiptonville, died Tuesday, June 10, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Eleanor Marie Upson Work (06/11/03)
Eleanor Marie Upson Work, 69, of Tiptonville, died Monday, June 9, 2003 at her residence. She was a retired bookkeeper and real estate agent and a Baptist. Graveside services were at 10 a.m. today in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely with the Rev. Jerry Leggett officiating. Dyersburg Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Jimmie Anthony Scott (06/11/03)
Jimmie Anthony Scott, 54, of Hometown, Mo., died Saturday, May 31, 2003 at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston, Mo. Services were at 1 p.m. June 7 at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Hometown, Mo. with the Rev. Emmanuel Lofton officiating. Burial was in Hometown Cemetery...

Morris McCorkle (06/11/03)
Morris McCorkle, 80, of Halls, died Friday, June 6, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired carpenter. Services will be at noon Saturday at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Halls with the Rev. Dennis Chaney officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The family will receive visitors at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church and after services at 509 N. Wilson Street in Halls...

Scott Allen Lowery (06/11/03)
Scott Allen Lowery, 25, of Adamsville, died Monday, June 9, 2003 at Hardin County Hospital in Savannah. He was an auto repairman at Ted Lowery Body Shop. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Don Lipford officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Dontae Lamont Brown Jr. (06/11/03)
Dontae Lamont Brown Jr., infant son of Trinia Monique Pearson of Ripley and Dontae L. Brown Sr. of Halls, died Friday, June 6, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Ripley. Services will be at 4 p.m. today in the chapel of Currie's Funeral Home in Henning with the Rev. Terry Barlow officiating. Burial will be in Bethelhem Cemetery in Henning. The family will receive visitors at 10 a.m.-4 p.m. today at the funeral home...

Ruth Miller Robertson (06/12/03)
Ruth Miller Robertson, 92, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, June 11, 2003 at Brooke Bill Nursing Home in Knoxville. She was a retired teacher for Dyersburg City Schools, a member of First Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school for more than 50 years, a member of Dyersburg Woman's Club, McDowell Music Club, Delta Kappa Gamma Teacher Society, Summer Hill Garden Club, Dyer County Senior Citizens and a pink lady for Methodist Hospital. ...

Boyd Brown Dotson (06/12/03)
Boyd Brown Dotson, 67, of Ridgely, died Tuesday, June 10, 2003 at Baptist Hospital in Union City. He was a retired farmer and a U.S. Army veteran. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Ridgely chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. James Branscum officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. The family will receive visitors at 5:30 p.m. today at the funeral home...

Charles Kessner (06/16/03)
Charles Kessner, 73, died Saturday, June 14, 2003 at the Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired inspector for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and veteran of the Air Force in the Korean War. He was a member of First Christian Church and graduated from UT-Martin. ...

Mable Spain (06/18/03)
Mable Spain, of Dyersburg, died today at Wesley at Dyersburg. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Mary Julia Rhodes (06/18/03)
Mary Julia Rhodes, 92, of Halls, died Friday, June 13, 2003 at Memory Crawford Lane Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. She was a retired teacher for Lauderdale County Schools. Services will be at 12 p.m. Friday at Holly Grove Baptist Church in Ripley with the Rev. W.L. Ried officiating. Burial will be in Canfield Cemetery in Ripley...

Dr. Lee S. Harris (06/18/03)
Dr. Lee S. Harris, 59, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, June 15, 2003 at his residence. He was a doctor of internal medicine and endocrinology, an Air Force Veteran, a member of Aircraft Owners and Pilot Association, Experimental Aircraft Association, American Bonanza Aircraft Owners Association and Seaplane Pilots Association...

Henrietta Bullion (06/18/03)
Henrietta Bullion, 91, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, June 15, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. She was a retired cotton grader for Dyersburg Fabrics, a greeter at Wal-Mart for 13 years and a beauty operator for 28 years and a member of East Dyersburg Methodist Church...

Mable E. Spain (06/19/03)
Mable E. Spain, 83, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, June 18, 2003 at Wesley at Dyersburg Nursing Care. She was a former employee of Sylvania and a homemaker and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ on South Main Street in Dyersburg. Services will be at 11 a.m. ...

John Charles Jaco (06/19/03)
John Charles Jaco, 58, of Troy, formerly of Dyersburg, died Saturday, June 14, 2003. Services were Wednesday at George A. Smith & Sons Funeral Home-North Chapel in Jackson with the Rev. Ronald Brown officiating. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery in Jackson...

Henrietta Bullion (06/19/03)
Henrietta Bullion, 91, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, June 15, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. She was a retired cotton grader for Dyersburg Fabrics, a greeter at Wal-Mart for 13 years and a beauty operator for 28 years and a member of East Dyersburg United Methodist Church. Services were at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Earl Dickerson officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Stella Butler (06/20/03)
Stella Butler, 92, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, June 19, 2003, at the Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Pelvie Lee (06/20/03)
Pelvie Lee, 90, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at his residence. He was a retired employee of Dyersburg Fabrics and a minister. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with Brother William Norman officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Nora Smith (06/23/03)
Nora Smith, formerly of Dyersburg, died Sunday, June 22, 2003 in Gilbert, Ariz. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Margaret Holt (06/23/03)
Margaret Holt, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, June 22, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Jackie Henson (06/23/03)
Jackie Henson, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, June 22, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Dora Yarbro Twilla (06/23/03)
Dora Yarbro Twilla, 91, of Milan, formerly of Dyersburg, died Saturday, June 21, 2003 at Milan General Hospital. She was a retired teacher, a member of Hurricane Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church, former pink lady at Parkview Hospital and a member of Fort Hudson Home Demonstration Club. ...

Bobby Markham (06/23/03)
Bobby Markham, 61, of Ridgely, died Saturday, June 21, 2003 at Jackson Regional Medical Center. He was a retired employee of Lake County Lumber Company, in the National Guard eight years and a member of Willing-ham Memorial Baptist Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Ridgely chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Archie Larry officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. The family will receive visitors at 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home...

Stella Butler (06/23/03)
Stella Butler, 92, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, June 19, 2003, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Holy Hills Baptist Church. Graveside services were at 1 p.m. Saturday at Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with the Rev. Fred Jones officiating. J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Margaret Parmenter Holt (06/24/03)
Margaret Parmenter Holt, 82, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, June 22, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was an employee of Heckethorn Manufacturing and a member of Lenox Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. today in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with Brother Bill Phipps officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Jackie Henson (06/24/03)
Jackie Henson, 61, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, June 22, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a welder and shop foreman for the City of Dyersburg. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Ronnie Sanders and Don Dakin officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Freddie Lynn Pratt (06/25/03)
Freddie Lynn Pratt, 21, of Friendship, died Monday, June 23, 2003 at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Ronk Funeral Home in Alamo with Bob Pagley officiating. Burial will be in Cairo Cemetery.

Eva Lee Boykin (06/25/03)
Eva Lee Boykin, 96, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, June 21, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church with the Rev. Willie McCadney officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Dyersburg. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The family will receive visitors at 11 a.m. Friday at the church...

Billy Barnett (06/26/03)
Billy Barnett, 79, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Nora Smith (06/26/03)
Nora Smith, of Gilbert, Ariz., formerly of Dyersburg, died Sunday, June 22, 2003 at her residence. She was a retired bookkeeper for Wilson Oil Company. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Wally Bumpas officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. The family will receive visitors at 5-8 p.m. today at J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home...

Quinsola Meshell Kelly Pierce (06/26/03)
Quinsola Meshell Kelly Pierce, 27, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, June 21, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Jerusalem Temple C.O.G.I.C. in Dyersburg with the Rev. Dr. Perry Middlebrook officiating. Burial will be in M.C.C.O. Cemetery in Newbern. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The family will receive visitors Friday at 525 W. Market Street in Dyersburg...

Robert Edwards (06/27/03)
Robert Edwards, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, June 26, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Dovie Denton (06/27/03)
Dovie Denton, of Dyersburg, died today at Henry County Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Billy Royce Barnett (06/27/03)
Billy Royce Barnett, 79, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired employee of Dyersburg Fabrics and a member of Hurricane Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Donnie Ragsdale officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. The family will receive visitors at 5:30-9 p.m. today at the funeral home...

Clifford Michael 'Mike' Atkins Sr. (06/27/03)
Clifford Michael "Mike" Atkins Sr., 63, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, June 24, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a retired self-employed truck driver, a U.S. Navy veteran and a Baptist. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at White-Ranson Funeral Home in Union City. Burial will be in East View Cemetery in Union City. The family will receive visitors at 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home...

William E. Kirk (06/30/03)
William E. Kirk, of Corinth, Miss., died Monday, June 30, 2003, at Magnolia Hospital in Corinth. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

George Aden (06/30/03)
George Aden, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, June 29, 2003, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Sandra Legan Thompson (06/30/03)
Sandra Legan Thompson, 44, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, June 28, 2003, at her residence. She was a medical office manager. She grew up in Kennett, Mo., and served in the U.S. Marine Corp from 1980 to 1984. After graduating from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1989 with a bachelor of science in accounting, she worked for the IRS until 1991. ...

Marjorie LuAnn Nicholson (06/30/03)
Marjorie LuAnn Nicholson, 44, of Dyersburg, died Friday, June 27, 2003, at Methodist Central in Memphis. She was a maintenance worker at Volunteer Inn. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Mac Daniels officiating. ...

Johnny Green Jones Sr. (06/30/03)
Johnny Green Jones Sr., 68, of Tiptonville, died Saturday, June 28, 2003, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired dispatcher with the Lake County Sheriff's Office, a volunteer fireman, a Shriner and a member of Tiptonville First Baptist Church, the Tennessee National Guard, Harmony Lodge No. ...

Maxine Collinsworth (06/30/03)
Maxine Collinsworth, 82, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, June 28, 2003, at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Home. She was a homemaker and a member of Southside Assembly of God. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. ...

Johnny Green Jones Sr. (06/30/03)
Johnny Green Jones Sr., 68, of Tiptonville, died Saturday, June 28, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired dispatcher at the Lake County Sheriff's Office. He also worked as a volunteer fireman and was a member of Tiptonville First Baptist Church, the Tennessee National Guard, the Lake County Rescue Squad, Harmony Lodge 184 and the Shriners. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Tiptonville City Cemetery. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

James Robert 'Bob' Eskridge (06/30/03)
James Robert "Bob" Eskridge, 71, of Halls, died Friday, June 27, 2003 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. He was a self-employed painter and drywaller in Farmington, Mo. He was a U.S. Army veteran in Korea and served as a member of AMVETS Post 113 and the VFW Post 5896. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Halls Funeral Home, followed by burial at Halls Cemetery...

Robert Edwards (06/30/03)
Robert Edwards, 64, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, June 26, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired welder. Graveside services were at 2 p.m. Friday in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with Brother John Morris officiating. J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Dovie Lee Denton (06/30/03)
Dovie Lee Denton, 80, of Paris, died Friday, June 27, 2003 at Henry County Medical Center. He was a member of Woodmen of the World, attended Bethany Baptist Church in Paris, and was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII in the Philippine Liberation. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today at J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Johnny Farmer officiating. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery...