Obituaries from September 2003

Homer Reed (09/02/03)
Homer Reed, 63, of Lenox, died today at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Mary N. Lasher (09/02/03)
Mary N. Lasher, 71, of Obion County, died Monday, Sept. 1, 2003, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Lorene P. Reaves (09/02/03)
Lorene P. Reaves, 96, of Bristol, formerly of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 31, 2003, at Cambridge House Nursing Home in Bristol. She was a homemaker and a member of Sorrell's Chapel United Methodist Church. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with Brother Walt Asher officiating. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Nancy Davis Johnston (09/02/03)
Nancy Davis Johnston, 65, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 31, 2003, at West Tennessee Transitional Care in Jackson. She was a retired bookstore owner and a member of Cornerstone Church of God. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Rodney Lindsey, Aaron Staulcup and Mayor Bill Revell officiating. Burial will be in East View Cemetery in Union City...

Henry F.N. Holland Sr. (09/02/03)
Henry F.N. Holland Sr., 79, of Ridgely, died Sunday, Aug. 31, 2003, at Ridgely Care and Rehab. He was a retired postmaster with 30 years of service and a retired employee of Curry Funeral Home. He served in many capacities in his church and community. ...

Homer Floyd 'Jake' Reed (09/03/03)
Homer Floyd "Jake" Reed, 63, of Lenox, died Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2003 at his residence. He was a retired mechanic. Graveside services were at 10 a.m. today in Concord Cemetery in Gates with Donnie Reed officiating. Dyersburg Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Mary Nell Lashear (09/03/03)
Mary Nell Lashear, 71, of Obion, died Monday, Sept. 1, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a member of Calvery Independent Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Ridgely chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Carl Southerland officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely...

Pearl Reeves (09/04/03)
Pearl Reeves, 79, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Gladys Williams Young (09/04/03)
Gladys Williams Young, 82, of Corbin, Ky., formerly of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2003 at Heritage Nursing Home in Corbin. She was a homemaker and a member of Georgian Hills Methodist Church in Memphis. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with the Rev. Donald A. Davidson officiating. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Verla Jean Fingers (09/04/03)
Verla Jean Fingers, 55, of Jackson, formerly of Halls, died Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Spiller Hill Church of God in Christ in Ripley with Elder L.C. Hayslett officiating. Thompson's Mortuary is in charge of arrangements...

Betty Jean Erwin (09/04/03)
Betty Jean Erwin, 69, of Newbern, died Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2003 at her residence. She was a retired seamstress for Halltex Manufacturing Company and Todd Uniform Company in Ripley and was a member of Elon Baptist Church in the Double Bridges Community near Halls...

Hazel G. Pigue (09/05/03)
Hazel G. Pigue, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Sept. 4, 2003 at Wesley at Dyersburg Nursing Care. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Hugh Finley (09/05/03)
Hugh Finley, of Fairfax, Va. died in Fairfax. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Pearl B. Reeves (09/05/03)
Pearl B. Reeves, 79, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and attended Jenkinsville Free Holiness Church. Services were at 11 a.m. today in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Brother Mac Daniels officiating. ...

E.R. "Rusty" Hendrix (09/05/03)
E.R. "Rusty" Hendrix, 85, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Sept. 4, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired farmer and business owner. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. today in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with the Rev. Bill Phipps and Doctor Phillip Cook officiating. ...

Anna Ruth Dunivant Burg (09/05/03)
Anna Ruth Dunivant Burg, formerly of Dyersburg, died Aug. 26 in Thousand Palms, Calif. She was a 1943 graduate of Dyersburg High School. Survivors include two daughters, Patty Montanez and Pam Stading; a son, Kenneth Burg; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren, all of California. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Ralph Dunivant, Thomas Dunivant, Billy Dunivant and David Dunivant...

Bessie Owens (09/09/03)
Bessie Owens, of Bells, died today at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Alton King (09/09/03)
Alton King, of Yorkville, died today at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Larry Gray (09/09/03)
Larry Gray, 56, of Rutherford, died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2003 at his residence. He was an employee of Dana-Humboldt Division and a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Karnes & Son Funeral Home in Dyer with Brother John Fields officiating. Burial will be in Rutherford Cemetery...

Hamilton Bryant (09/10/03)
Hamilton Bryant, 83, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Bessie Underwood Owen (09/10/03)
Bessie Underwood Owen, 94, of Bells, formerly of RoEllen, died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a homemaker and a member of Rehoboth United Methodist Church for more than 75 years. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. today in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern with the Rev. Terry Presson officiating. Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Helen Johnson Lanier (09/10/03)
Helen Johnson Lanier, 77, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a domestic worker, a member of Ross United Methodist Church and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Services will be noon Thursday at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church with the Rev. Russell Morrow officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive visitors at 7-9 p.m. today at H.H. Hudson Funeral Home in Dyersburg...

Rev. Alton Allen 'Al' King (09/10/03)
Rev. Alton Allen "Al" King, 70, of Newbern, died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003 at Baptist Hospital in Union City. He was a retired minister and employee of Boyd Needle of Chicago, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ, 32nd degree Mason and Shriner, raised as a Master Mason at the Paul Revere Lodge in Chicago where he advanced to 32 degree Masonic Scottish Rite and rose to become a Shriner at the Al Chymia Temple in Memphis...

Wanda Sue Frison Hart (09/10/03)
Wanda Sue Frison Hart, 52, of Tiptonville, died Saturday, Sept. 6, 2003 at her residence. She was a dining room employee in Tiptonville. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Rock of Ages C.M.E. Church in Tiptonville. Burial will be in Citizen Cemetery in Tiptonville. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

L.C. Cannon (09/10/03)
L.C. Cannon, 88, of Halls, died Monday, Sept. 8, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Covington. He was a retired self-employed blacksmith and welder and a member of Grace Baptist Church in the Central Community near Ripley. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home. Burial will be in Ripley Memorial Gardens in Ripley...

Vera Mamie Martindale Barker (09/10/03)
Vera Mamie Martindale Barker, 75, of Friendship, died Monday, Sept. 8, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a homemaker and farmer and a member of Pond Creek Methodist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Pond Creek Methodist Church with Brother Jeff Lohrstorfer and Brother Ralph Poston officiating. Burial will be in Pond Creek Cemetery. The family will receive visitors at 5-9 p.m. today at Friendship Funeral Home...

Helen Johnson Lanier (09/11/03)
Helen Johnson Lanier, 77, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a domestic worker, a member of Ross United Methodist Church and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Services will be at noon today at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church with the Rev. Russell Morrow officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Rev. Alton Allen 'Al' King (09/11/03)
Rev. Alton Allen "Al" King, 70, of Newbern, died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003 at Baptist Hospital in Union City. He was a retired minister and employee of Boyd Needle of Chicago, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ, 32nd degree Mason and Shriner, raised as a Master Mason at the Paul Revere Lodge in Chicago where he advanced to 32nd degree Masonic Scottish Rite and rose to become a Shriner at the Al Chymia Temple in Memphis...

Doris Hilda Hepler (09/11/03)
Doris Hilda Hepler, 82, of Union City, died Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a teacher and a member of Woodland Mills First Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at White-Ranson Funeral Home in Union City with the Rev. Raymond Boston officiating. Burial will be in Obion County Memorial Gardens in Union City...

Joseph A. 'Joe Peck' Hayden Jr. (09/11/03)
Joseph A. Hayden Jr., 65, of Caruthersville, died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-East in Memphis. He was a pharmacist and co-owner of Hayden's Pharmacy in Caruthersville. He was a 1955 graduate of Caruthersville High School and a 1964 graduate of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. ...

Hamilton M. Bryant (09/11/03)
Hamilton M. Bryant, 83, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired paymaster for Dyersburg Fabrics Inc., a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, a member of East Dyersburg Methodist Church, a former choir director, Sunday school teacher, administrative board member, treasurer, Gideon and was active in lay missions and youth sports...

William 'Buddy' Stallings (09/11/03)
William "Buddy" Stallings, 87, of Lenox, died Friday, Sept. 5, 2003 at Veterans Hospital in Memphis. He was a retired painter, a U.S. Army veteran and POW of World War II and attended Lenox Church of God of Prophecy. Services were Sunday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home in Dyersburg with the Rev. Jerry Robbins and Brother Melvin Rector officiating. Burial was in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

J.B. Simmons (09/12/03)
J.B. Simmons, 77, of Churchton, died Thursday, Sept. 11, 2003 at his residence. He was a farmer, a World War II veteran and a member of Mount Carmel United Methodist Church. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Mount Carmel Methodist Church with the Rev. Perry Grills officiating. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery. Karnes and Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Hugh O. Finley (09/12/03)
Hugh O. Finley, 88, of Fairfax, Va., formerly of Finley, died Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003 at Fairfax Nursing Home. He was a scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Fairview Cemetery with Dr. Phillip Cook officiating. Curry Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Jacqueline Tatum Duffey (09/12/03)
Jacqueline Tatum Duffey, 83, of Atlanta, Ga., formerly of Dyersburg, died Monday, Sept. 1, 2003 in Atlanta. After living in Dyersburg for a number of years, Mr. and Mrs. Duffey moved to Montgomery, Ala. in 1957 and then to Atlanta in 1959 where they remained. She was active at Northside United Methodist Church in Atlanta...

Hamilton M. Bryant (09/12/03)
Hamilton M. Bryant, 83, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired paymaster for Dyersburg Fabrics Inc., a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, a member of East Dyersburg Methodist Church, a former choir director, Sunday school teacher, administrative board member, treasurer, Gideon and was active in lay missions and youth sports...

Rachel Kelsey Brown (09/12/03)
Rachel Kelsey Brown, 71, of Union City, died Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003 in Union City. She was a homemaker and a member of Union City Baptist Temple. Services were at 10 a.m. today at White-Ranson Funeral Home in Union City with the Rev. Mike Wells and the Rev. Chris Gouger officiating. Burial was in Old Republican Cemetery in Union City...

Vera Mamie Martindale Barker (09/12/03)
Vera Mamie Martindale Barker, 75, of Friendship, died Monday, Sept. 8, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a homemaker and farmer and a member of Pond Creek Methodist Church. Services were at 11 a.m. Thursday at Pond Creek Methodist Church with Brother Jeff Lohrstorfer and Brother Ralph Poston officiating. Burial was in Pond Creek Cemetery. Friendship Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Edna Ruth Wells (09/15/03)
Edna Ruth Wells, 82, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Sept. 13, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Leonard Ballinger officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Thomas Edward Scobey (09/15/03)
Thomas Edward Scobey, 79, of Springville, died Saturday, Sept. 13, 2003 at his residence. He was a retired employee of the State of Tennessee Highway Department and a member of Antioch United Methodist Church. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Thomas Parnell, the Rev. Nate Ozment and the Rev. Lilly Short officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Danny Ray Crowell (09/15/03)
Danny Ray Crowell, 42, of Obion, died Friday, Sept. 13, 2003 in Caruthersville, Mo. He was a farmer. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Cryer Funeral Home in Obion. Burial will be in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Obion.

Alvie Warden (09/16/03)
Alvie Warden, of Dyersburg, died today at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Linda Bennett (09/16/03)
Linda Bennett, 51, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Sept. 15, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Louise Woolley Tickle (09/16/03)
Louise Woolley Tickle, 81, of Jesup, Ga., died Thursday, Sept. 11, 2003 in Jesup. She was a homemaker, she attended Jesup First United Methodist church, was a member of Bell's Landing Preservation Society of Hybart, Ala., and an executive assistant at the Pentagon from 1942-1956...

James Edward Pirtle (09/16/03)
James Edward Pirtle, 52, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003 at Mercy Medical Center. He was an employee of the packaging department of Spherion Inc. A memorial service was held Saturday at New Life Church of God in Christ with Pastor Pledge officiating. Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids was in charge of arrangements...

Marquetta Bennett-Middlebrook (09/16/03)
Marquetta Bennett-Middlebrook, 45, of East St. Louis, Ill., died Wednesday, Sept. 10 at Belleville Memorial Hospital in East St. Louis. She was a former employee of General Electric. Services will be at noon today at Community Church of God in Christ with Elder Bobby Kenton officiating. Burial will be in New Cemetery in Maury City. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Richard Leon Rogers (09/17/03)
Richard Leon Rogers, 65, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Sept. 15, 2003 at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

James Douglas (09/17/03)
James Douglas, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003 at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Leona Moore Weaver (09/17/03)
Leona Moore Weaver, 91, of Friendship, died Monday, Sept. 15, 2003 at Bells Nursing Home. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Friendship Funeral Home with the Rev. Eugene Bishop officiating. Burial will be in Bowen's Chapel Cemetery...

James Alvie Warden (09/17/03)
James Alvie Warden, 81, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003 at his residence. He was a retired farmer and employee of Dyersburg Fabrics, a member of Phillips Street Church of Christ and an Army veteran of World War II with rank of sergeant. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Brother Tom Bright officiating. Burial will be Fairview Cemetery...

Charles Samuel Mueller (09/17/03)
Charles Samuel Mueller, 82, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired superintendent for Federal Compress & Warehouse in Brownsville, a member of Palestine United Methodist Church and the American Legion Post in Ripley and an Army veteran of World War II...

Ruth Woods (09/18/03)
Ruth Woods, 91, of Union City, died Friday, Sept. 12, 2003 at Baptist Hospital in Union City. She was a domestic worker. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Brown Chapel Church in Union City with the Rev. William Smith officiating. Burial will be in Eastview Cemetery in Union City. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Richard Leon Rogers (09/18/03)
Richard Leon Rogers, 65, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Sept. 15, 2003 at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. He was a U.S. Navy veteran. Graveside services were at 10 a.m. today in Dyersburg City Cemetery with the Rev. Mac Daniels officiating. Curry Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Bette Carolyn Nash (09/18/03)
Bette Carolyn Nash, 70, of Jackson, Miss., formerly of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Wright Ferguson Funeral Home in Ridgeland, Miss.

Bessie Gunn (09/18/03)
Bessie Gunn, 71, of Ridgely, died Friday, Sept. 12, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services were Wednesday at Ridgely Chapel Baptist Church with the Rev. Tom Sanders officiating. Burial was in Citizen Cemetery in Tiptonville. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

James Gilbert Douglas (09/18/03)
James Gilbert Douglas, 52, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003 at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. He was a welder. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Billy Criswell officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Linda Tabor Bennett (09/18/03)
Linda Tabor Bennett, 51, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Sept. 15, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a nurse and a member of Dyersburg First Assembly of God. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today in Dyersburg City Cemetery with Brother Mike Johnson officiating. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Thelma Mae Tilly Conley (09/19/03)
Thelma Mae Tilly Conley, 52, of Clinton, Ky., formerly of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003 at Parkway Regional Hospital in Fulton, Ky. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Teddy Gauldin Walker (09/19/03)
Teddy Gauldin Walker, 97, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a farmer. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Faith Deliverance Apostolic Church with Elder Denard Williams officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Dyersburg. Thompson's Mortuary in Ripley is in charge of arrangements...

Wendell Vaughn Arnold (09/19/03)
Wendell Vaughn Arnold, 67, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was an employee of Bennett Tool & Die and a retired employee of Colonial Rubber, a member of West Dyersburg Church of Christ and a member of Dyersburg High School Band Boosters...

Dennis Ray Hudgins (09/19/03)
Dennis Ray Hudgins, 39, of Trimble, died Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cryer Funeral Home in Obion.

Gene Franklin Davis Jr. (09/22/03)
Gene Franklin Davis Jr., 48, of Halls and Memphis, died Friday, Sept. 19, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Covington. He was an employee of Auto Zone in Memphis, he attended the University of Tennessee and was a novel writer. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Gates Cemetery. Halls Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Addie Page (09/23/03)
Mrs. Addie Page of Tiptonville died Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2001 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Bess Louise Raines (09/23/03)
Bess Louise Raines, 75, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Sept. 22, 2003 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. She was the retired co-owner of The Pantry Convenience Store and Deli, a member of First Baptist Church and a member of Women of the Moose. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with the Rev. Raymond Boston officiating...

Addie Jo Page (09/24/03)
Addie Jo Page, 87, of Tiptonville, died Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2003, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. She was a retired cook from Boyette's Dining Room. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Tiptonville chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Terry Council and the Rev. Leon Elder officiating. Burial will be in Cobb's Chapel Cemetery in Hornbeak...

Harold Kilpatrick Jr. (09/24/03)
Harold Kilpatrick Jr., 26, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church in Dyersburg with the Rev. Coopen officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Memphis...

Vernell Gwinn Irvin (09/24/03)
Vernell Gwinn Irvin, 78, of Friendship, died Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2003, at her residence. She was a retired employee of the ASCS office in Dyersburg and a member of the Tigrett Church of Christ. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Friendship Funeral Home with Ramey Vetter and Dan Richardson officiating. Burial will be in Bellevernon Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 5-9 p.m. today at the funeral home...

Barbara Faye Dees Hubbard (09/24/03)
Barbara Faye Dees Hubbard, 45, of Ripley, died Saturday, Sept. 20, 2003, at her residence. She was a nurse's aide and a factory worker. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church in Ripley with Elder Felix Moore officiating. Burial will be in Bethlehem Cemetery in Henning...

Truitt Whitley (09/25/03)
Truitt Whitley, of Dyersburg, died today at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Charles Edward 'Chuck' Yarbro (09/26/03)
Charles Edward "Chuck" Yarbro, 65, of Eureka, Mo., died Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2003. He was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard and a member of the Fraternal Lodge 363 AF&AM of Robertsville, Mo. Services will be at 5 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church of Murphy in Fenton, Mo...

Truitt Whitley (09/26/03)
Truitt Whitley, 66, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Sept. 25, 2003 at his residence. He was a retired employee of Ford Motor Company in Michigan. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Kenneth Westbrook officiating...

Don Long (09/26/03)
Don Long, of Dyersburg, died today at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Bill Thomason (09/29/03)
Bill Thomason, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2003 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Dennis Heatherly (09/29/03)
Dennis Heatherly, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2003 at Baptist Hospital-East in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Loren Whitnel Pearson (09/29/03)
Loren Whitnel Pearson, 83, of Halls, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a self-employed accountant, an airplane pilot, a member of Pilots Association, Claybrook Cumberland Presbyterian Church near Jackson and Eastern Star in Jackson...

Sonya Michelle Anderson (09/29/03)
Sonya Michelle Anderson, 35, of Friendship, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was head teller for First Tennessee Bank in Dyersburg and a member of Cairo Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Friendship Funeral Home. Burial will be in Concord Cemetery in Gates...

Larry Wadley (09/30/03)
Larry Wadley, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Sept. 29, 2003 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Pam Maddox (09/30/03)
Pam Maddox, of Tiptonville, died Monday, Sept. 29, 2003 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Frank Easley (09/30/03)
Frank Easley, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Sept. 29, 2003 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Ray Thurmond (09/30/03)
Ray Thurmond, 72, of Henderson, formerly of Dyer County, died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2003 at McNairy Regional Hospital. He was former employee of Co-op in Dyer County and an Army veteran of the Korean conflict. Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. today in Haltom's Chapel Cemetery with the Rev. C.P. Vandiver officiating. Leon Johnson Funeral Home in Henderson is in charge of arrangements...

Billy B. Thomason (09/30/03)
Billy B. Thomason, 79, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2003 at his residence. He was a retired employee of Ozment Implement and Colonial Rubber Works of Dyersburg, a U.S. Navy veteran and a member of West Dyersburg Church of Christ. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with Brother Paul Helton officiating. Burial will be in McCorkle Cemetery in Newbern...

Dennis Paul Heatherly Sr. (09/30/03)
Dennis Paul Heatherly Sr., 48, of Munford, formerly of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2003 at Baptist Hospital-East in Memphis. He was a cargo handler for Federal Express. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.