Obituaries from August 2003

Bessie Cole Tipton (08/01/03)
Bessie Cole Tipton, 100, of Tiptonville, died Thursday, July 31, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Gene Autry Rice (08/01/03)
Gene Autry Rice, 51, of Dyersburg, died Friday, July 25, 2003 at his residence. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at New Hope Pentecostal Church with Elder Jessie Wyatt officiating. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery in Halls. The family will receive visitors at 7-9 p.m. today at Cosmopolitan Funeral Services...

James Utra Burton (08/01/03)
James Utra Burton, 85, of Middleburg, Fla., formerly of Tiptonville, died Monday, July 28, 2003 in Middleburg. He was a theater owner, a Navy veteran and Pearl Harbor survivor. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Johnnie Allmon Johnson (08/08/03)
Johnnie Allmon Johnson, 62, of Newbern, died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003 at her residence. She was a hairdresser and a member of Dyer County Hairdresser Association. Graveside services were at 10 a.m. today in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern with the Rev. Waymon Hogue officiating. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Bobby Woods (08/08/03)
Bobby Woods, of Tiptonville, died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2003 at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Fred William Tippit Jr. (08/08/03)
Fred William Tippit Jr., 54, of Ridgely, died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2003 at his residence. He was a retired mechanic. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. The family will receive visitors at 5-7 p.m. Friday at the Ridgely chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home...

James Aaron Shepherd (08/08/03)
James Aaron Shepherd, 76, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2003 at Ridgely Care & Rehab. He was a retired employee of Dyersburg Electric after 37 years, and a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church and Dyersburg Ham Radio Club. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Lynn King officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Garden...

Janice Maude Mardin (08/08/03)
Janice Maude Mardin, 76, of Maury City, died Thursday, July 31, 2003 at her residence. She was a retired trucking-company owner. A memorial service was held Wednesday at Maury City Cemetery with the Rev. Joe Walker officiating. Friendship Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Leedell 'Mama' Jones (08/08/03)
Leedell "Mama" Jones, 90, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Finley United Pentecostal Church. Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Finley United Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Doug Ellingsworth officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Charles William 'Chuck' Hudson (08/08/03)
Charles William "Chuck" Hudson, 86, of Finley, died Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired farmer and carpenter and a member of Finley United Pentecostal Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Finley United Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Doug Ellingsworth officiating. Burial will be in McCullough Chapel Cemetery...

Dr. John Wesley Evans Sr. (08/08/03)
Dr. John Wesley Evans Sr., 65, of Tupelo, Miss., died Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003 at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was a retired Urology PA, and a member of First United Methodist Church in Tupelo and a 32nd degree Mason. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church in Tupelo, Miss...

Lena Binkley (08/08/03)
Lena Binkley, 74, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003 at her residence. She was a homemaker and member of Fowlkes Baptist Church for 56 years. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Don McCulley and the Rev. Rick Ray officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...

Frances Perry (08/08/03)
Frances Perry, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003 at Wesley of Dyersburg. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Johnnie Cannon (08/08/03)
Johnnie Cannon, of Newbern, died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Helen Thompson (08/08/03)
Helen Thompson, 73, of Friendship, died Saturday, Aug. 2, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a homemaker and a member of Parrish Chapel Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Parrish Chapel Baptist Church. Burial will be in Friendship Cemetery. Halls Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Betty Moore Borden (08/08/03)
Betty Moore Borden, 69, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Aug. 2, 2003 at her residence. She was a retired senior secretary for Centex for 38 years and a member of First Baptist Church in Dyersburg. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with the Rev. Raymond Boston officiating...

Doris Truett (08/08/03)
Doris Truett,, 66, of Ridgely, died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003 at Ridgey Care & Rehabilitation Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Christine Leedell Jones (08/08/03)
Christine Leedell Jones, of Finley, died today at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Charles 'Chuck' Hudson (08/08/03)
Charles "Chuck" Hudson, 86, of Finley, died Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Willie 'Lena' Binkley (08/08/03)
Willie "Lena" Binkley, 74, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Billy Junior Vanhoy (08/08/03)
Billy Junior Vanhoy, 75, of Obion, died Monday, Aug. 4, 2003 at Parkway Regional Hospital in Fulton, Ky. He was a self-employed retail businessman. Services will be 2 p.m. today at Cryer Funeral Home in Obion. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery in Obion...

Mae Helen Travis (08/08/03)
Mae Helen Travis, 51, of Kansas City, Kan., died Tuesday, July 29, 2003 at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. She was an employee of Wal-Mart. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Faith Deliverance Apostolic Church with Elder Denard Williams officiating. Burial will be in RoEllen Cemetery...

Frances Jackson Perry (08/08/03)
Frances Jackson Perry, 70, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003 at Wesley of Dyersburg Nursing Care. She was an employee of Sylvania for 12 years and attended Hawthorne Baptist Church. Graveside services were at 11 a.m. today in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with the Rev. Barry Greenlee officiating. Curry Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Leora Light (08/08/03)
Leora Light, 86, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Aug. 1, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She was a domestic worker. Services will be at noon Friday at New Bethel Baptist Church with the Rev. Joe A. Scott officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Dyersburg. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Doris Truett (08/08/03)
Doris Truett, 66, of Ridgely, died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003 at Ridgely Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was a retired sewing-machine operator for Rolane Manufacturing, a member of Cottonwood Baptist Church and a part-time hostess for Dyersburg Funeral Home...

Mattie Sue Pickle (08/08/03)
Mattie Sue Pickle, 85, of Newburg, Ind., died Wednesday, July 30, 2003 at Angel River Health and Rehabilitation. She was a member of United Church of God an International Association. Services were at 1 p.m. Monday at Alexander East Chapel Funeral Home with Pastor Mark Winner officiating. Burial was in Park Lawn Cemetery in Evansville, Ind...

Janice Maude Martin (08/08/03)
Janice Maude Martin, 76, of Maury City, died Thursday, July 31, 2003 at her residence. She was a retired trucking-company owner. A memorial service will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Maury City Cemetery with the Rev. Joe Walker officiating. Friendship Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Harold D. Rose (08/11/03)
Harold D. Rose, 68, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Aug. 8, 2003 at the Veterans Hospital in Memphis. He retired after 40 years of service in the Dyersburg Water Department and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Graveside services are at 2 p.m. today in Sorrell's Chapel Cemetery with Brother Don Williams officiating. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Harry Robinson (08/11/03)
Harry Robinson, 81, of Oxford, Miss., formerly of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Aug. 7, 2003 at Baptist Hospital in Oxford. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Fairview Cemetery. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Donna Buchanan (08/11/03)
Donna Buchanan, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 10, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Medie Sue Taylor Jones (08/11/03)
Medie Sue Taylor Jones, 82, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Aug. 9, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Halls Funeral Home. Burial will be in Greenhill Memorial Gardens in Halls...

Melvin K. French (08/11/03)
Melvin K. French, 75, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Aug. 9, 2003 at Ridgely Care & Rehabilitation Center. He was a truck driver for Dyersburg Express, a member of RoEllen Baptist Church and a US Army veteran. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Tucker officiating. Burial will be in Rehoboth Cemetery...

Melvin French (08/11/03)
Melvin French of Dyersburg died Saturday, Aug. 9, 2003 at Ridgely Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Johnson Funeral Home in Newbern.

Leonard Harrsion (08/12/03)
Leonard Harrison, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Aug. 11, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Donna Monnell Buchanan (08/12/03)
Donna Monnell Buchanan, 57, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 10, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a former accountant and a member of East Dyersburg United Methodist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Earl Dickerson officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...

Leonard Harrison (08/13/03)
Leonard Harrison, 92, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Aug. 11, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was the retired owner of Harrison's Dry Cleaners. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Lyndel Fisher officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...

Paul Ward (08/13/03)
Paul Ward, 72, of Maury City, died Friday, Aug. 8, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a security guard for Murray Guard Services and a veteran of the Korean War. Services will be at noon today at New First Baptist Church in Maury City with the Rev. Kenwood Reed officiating. Burial will be in Hudson Grove Cemetery in Friendship. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Guster D. Edwards (08/13/03)
Guster D. Edwards, 81, of Tigrett, died Sunday, Aug. 10, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired porter from Methodist Hospital in Dyersburg and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ, where he was a deacon and treasurer. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Cosmopolitan Funeral Services with Bishop Jimmy Ennis officiating. Burial will be in St. Peter Cemetery in Tigrett. Trinity Funeral Home in Paris in charge of arrangements...

James Robert Pierce (08/14/03)
James Robert Pierce, 66, of Dyersburg, died Aug. 13, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.

Elsie Mae Rice (08/14/03)
Elsie Mae Rice, 84, of Union City, died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Pentecostal Church in Union City. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First United Pentecostal Church in Union City with the Rev. John Stepp and the Rev. Wayne Chester officiating. Burial will be in East View Cemetery in Union City. White-Ranson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Mattie V. Reed Nabors (08/14/03)
Mattie V. Reed Nabors, 90, of Watertown, formerly of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2003 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. She was a teacher, artist and farmer, a graduate of Dyersburg High School, Tennessee Polytechnical Institute and Union University and attended Watertown First Baptist Church...

Tammy Beal (08/15/03)
Tammy Beal, of Tiptonville, died Thursday, Aug. 14, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Mary Lovelace (08/18/03)
Mary Greer Lovelace, 89, of Newbern, formerly of Troy, died July 26, 2003 at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Center in Union City. She was a machine operator at Trimble Manufacturing Company for 45 years and a member of Mount Ararat Cumberland Presbyterian Church...

Francine Lee (08/18/03)
Francine Lee, 78, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker. Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Tommy Hughes officiating. Burial will follow in Sudbury Cemetery in Friendship...

Tammy Beal (08/18/03)
Tammy Beal, 35, of Tiptonville, died Thursday, Aug. 14, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was an employee of Jimmy Dean Foods in Newbern and a Baptist. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Tiptonville chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Wilson Walley officiating. Burial will be in Keefe Cemetery...

Frank Wallace (08/18/03)
Frank Wallace, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 17, 2003 in Johnson City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Rudy Priddy (08/18/03)
Rudy Priddy, 54, of Jackson, died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.

Mary Bell Young (08/18/03)
Mary Bell Young, 77, of Friendship, died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2003 at Baptist Hospital in Memphis. She was a homemaker and farmer and a member of Elizabeth United Methodist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Elizabeth United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ray Gardner officiating. Burial will be in Elizabeth Cemetery...

Louise C. Regenold (08/18/03)
Louise C. Regenold, of Newbern, died Sunday, Aug. 17, 2003. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis with the Rev. Bob Miller officiating. H.S. Smith Funeral Home in Caruthersville, Mo. is in charge of arrangements...

Maxine Horner Cupples (08/18/03)
Maxine Horner Cupples, 82, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a cosmetologist and sales clerk. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Edward Horner officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Mary Bell Young (08/18/03)
Mary Bell Young died Saturday, August 16, 2003 in Memphis. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Friendship Funeral Home.

Anne K. Sherrod (08/18/03)
Anne K. Sherrod, 77, of Halls, died Friday, Aug. 15, 2003 at Covington Care Nursing Home. She was a retired coordinator of Tupperware Inc. and the vice president of Halls Funeral Home Inc. She was a member of Gates Church of Christ and a former Girl Scout leader...

Evelyn Fowlkes (08/19/03)
Evelyn Fowlkes, 97, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Aug. 18, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

F.M. Ellis (08/19/03)
F.M. Ellis, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Aug. 18, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Frank C. Wallace (08/19/03)
Frank C. Wallace, 92, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 17, 2003 at Appalachian Christian Village in Johnson City. He was the retired owner of Wallace Printing Company. Services will be at 4 p.m. today in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Mike Gardner officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Peggy Muncrief (08/20/03)
Peggy Muncrief, 78, of Dyersburg, died today at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Fran Marie 'Doodle' Clark Voyles (08/20/03)
Fran Marie 'Doodle' Clark Voyles, 70, of Litchfield, Ill., formerly of Finley, died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2003 at her residence. She was former employee of Echlin Corporation and a retired housekeeper for the Gardens in Litchfield and a member of Women of the Moose Chapter 581...

Duke Still (08/20/03)
Duke Still, 77, of Steele, Mo., died Monday, Aug. 18, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was farmer, a U.S. Army veteran and a member of the Church of Christ. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Bradshaw-Powell Funeral Home in Steele, Mo. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery...

Virginia Evelyn Little Fowlkes (08/20/03)
Virginia Evelyn Little Fowlkes, 97, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Aug. 18, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired employee of Dyersburg Fabrics and the oldest member of Finley Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Raymond Boston officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. The family will receive visitors at 5-8 today at the funeral home...

F.M. Ellis (08/20/03)
F.M. Ellis, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Aug. 18, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a construction and excavating worker. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. today in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with the Rev. Walker D. Leach officiating. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Gladys S. Castle (08/20/03)
Gladys S. Castle, 89, of Ripley, died Thursday, Aug. 14, 2003 at Baptist Hospital-Lauderdale. She was a homemaker and a cafeteria employee. She was the 19th child of Isom R. Sanders, a Confederate soldier with the Alabama Cavalry, was a recipient of the Real Daughters Medal from the Sons of Confederate Veterans and was a member of First Baptist Church in Ripley for more than 60 years...

Peggy Newbill Moncrief (08/21/03)
Peggy Newbill Moncrief, 78, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and an Episcopalian. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. George Butler officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...

Vester Dowdy (08/21/03)
Vester Dowdy, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Jewel Flagg Mays Stone (08/21/03)
Jewel Flagg Mays Stone, 46, of Ripley, died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2003 in Robinsonville, Miss. He was a juvenile probation officer for McDowell Center in Dyersburg. Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Holly Grove Baptist Church in Ripley with the Rev. W.L. Reid officiating. Burial will be in Canfield Cemetery in Ripley...

James Robert Pierce (08/21/03)
James Robert Pierce, 66, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Tabernacle Baptist Church with the Rev. Al Seward and the Rev. Louis Hudson III officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Dyersburg. Cosmopolitan Funeral Services will be in charge of arrangements...

Glen Gurley (08/22/03)
Glen Gurley, 85, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Aug. 22, 2003, at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Nathan Harris (08/22/03)
Nathan Harris, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Aug. 21, 2003, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

James Robert Pierce (08/22/03)
James Robert Pierce, 66, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2003, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired employee of Dyersburg Fabric Corp. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Tabernacle Baptist Church, where he was a member, with the Rev. Al Seward and the Rev. Louis Hudson III officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Dyersburg. Cosmopolitan Funeral Services will be in charge of arrangements...

Vester Dowdy (08/22/03)
Vester Dowdy, 76, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2003, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired mechanic from Rick Hill Nissan and a member of Phillips Street Church of Christ. Services were at 10 a.m. today in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Brother Dustin Forthun officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Edward McCullough Jr. (08/25/03)
Edward McCullough Jr., of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Helen Taylor Douglas (08/25/03)
Helen Taylor Douglas, 76, of Newbern, died Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a former office manager and dress shop manager, a member of Trimble First Baptist Church, former member of Oak Forrest Baptist Temple where she taught Sunday school for many years, and was a supporter of Disabled Veterans Association...

Loron 'Hard Rock' Crafton (08/25/03)
Loron "Hard Rock" Crafton, 77, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. He was a retired employee of the City of Newbern and a member of Hawthorne Baptist Church in Dyersburg. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Hogue and the Rev. Barry Greenlee officiating. Burial will be in Yorkville Cemetery...

Edward "Ed" Craig McCulloch Jr. (08/26/03)
Edward "Ed" Craig McCulloch Jr., 52, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center.

He was a retired Air Force Master Sergeant with over 20 years of service.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Brother Dustin Forthun officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg.

The family will receive visitors at 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home...

Charles B. Fry (08/26/03)
Charles B. Fry, 72, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Aug. 21, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center.

He was retired from Colonial Rubber.

Graveside services were Sunday at Cool Springs Cemetery with Brother Lloyd Hardy officiating. Karnes & Son Funeral Home in Dyer is in charge of arrangements...

John Fields 'J.B.' Carpenter (08/26/03)
John Fields "J.B." Carpenter, 73, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Aug. 22, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center.

He was an insurance salesman and a member of First United Methodist Church.

Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with Dr. Phillip Cook officiating. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Nancy LuAnn Dickerson (08/27/03)
Nancy LuAnn Dickerson, 44, of Sugar Grove, Ill., formerly of Dyersburg, died Monday, Aug. 25 at her residence.

She was a case manager for Genex Corporation, an independent beauty consultant for Mary Kay Cosmetics, and a former nurse at Humana Hospital in Hoffman Estates.

Services will be at noon Friday at Village Bible Church in Sugar Grove. ...

Peggy Sweat Hipps Burke (08/27/03)
Peggy Sweat Hipps Burke, 68, of Chicago, Ill., formerly of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003 at Palliative Hostice Care Center in Shokie, Ill.

A private memorial service was held at Hostice Care Center.

Billy Lee Miller (08/27/03)
Billy Lee Miller, of Yorkville, died today at Gibson County Memorial Hospital in Trenton.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Maggie Sue Spray (08/27/03)
Maggie Sue Spray, 87, of Ripley, died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003 at Baptist Hospital-Lauderdale.

She was a homemaker and a member of Walnut Grove Baptist Church.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley. Burial will be in Grace Cemetery...

Calvin Walker Parrish (08/27/03)
Calvin Walker Parrish, 68, of Obion, died Monday, Aug. 25, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City.

He was self-employed carpenter and was a member of Obion Church of Christ.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Cryer Funeral Home in Obion with Harrell Davidson officiating. Burial will be in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Obion...

Dema Follis (08/28/03)
Dema Follis, 62, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

John Baker (08/28/03)
John Baker, of Trimble, died today at Jackson Regional Medical Center.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Arthur Leon 'Pete' Hodges (08/28/03)
Arthur Leon "Pete" Hodges, 80, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003 at Wesley of Dyersburg Nursing Care.

He was a retired employee of Dyersburg Fabrics and a longtime member of Hillcrest Baptist Church.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Lynn King officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg.

The family will receive visitors at 6-9 p.m. today at the funeral home...

Dr. Robert Kerr (08/28/03)
Dr. Robert Kerr, 84, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Marietta Brasfield (08/28/03)
Marietta Brasfield, 86, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Billy Lee Miller (08/28/03)
Billy Lee Miller, 67, of Yorkville, died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003 at Gibson County General Hospital in Trenton.

He was a retired employee of Yorkville Gin.

Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Yorkville Cemetery with Harry Jetton and the Rev. Tommy Jowers officiating.

The family will receive visitors at 5-8 p.m. today at the Johnson Funeral Home...

Marietta 'Tate' Brasfield (08/29/03)
Marietta "Tate" Brasfield, 86, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a retired employee of Heckethorn Manufacturing and a member of Cornerstone Church of God. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Earl Dickerson officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

George 'Jr.' Lanier (08/29/03)
George "Jr." Lanier, of Lansing, Mich., formerly of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003 in Michigan. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by H.H. Hudson Funeral Home.

Dr. Robert T. Kerr (08/29/03)
Dr. Robert T. Kerr, 84, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. He was a retired surgeon, a member and elder of Cumberland Presbyterian Church, a member of Tennessee Medical Association and Northwest Tennessee Medical Association...

Fay Morris (08/29/03)
Fay Morris, of Trimble, died Thursday, Aug. 28, 2003 at Dyer Nursing Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced Johnson Funeral Home.

Robert 'Junior' Crum (08/29/03)
Robert "Junior" Crum, 74, of RoEllen, died Thursday, August 28, 2003 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Dema Follis (08/29/03)
Dema Follis, 62, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired certified nurse's assistant for Wesley Nursing Center and a member of Elon Baptist Church in Halls. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Halliburton officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

John Leonard 'PaPa' Baker (08/29/03)
John Leonard "PaPa" Baker, 83, of Trimble, died Thursday, Aug. 28, 2003 at Jackson Regional Medical Center. He was a retired mechanic and school bus driver for Dyer County Schools. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Tommy Jowers officiating. Burial will be in Pierce Cemetery in Trimble...