Obituaries from July 2005

Dr. John Bay (07/05/05)
Dr. John Bay, 61, of Ridgely, died Wednesday, June 29, 2005 at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Billy Russell Williams (07/05/05)
Billy Russell Williams, 72, of Whitemore Lake, Mich., formerly of Friendship, died Monday, June 27, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired employee of Michigan Seamless Tubing Company and was a U.S. Army veteran. Services were Sunday at Friendship Funeral Home with the Rev. David Green officiating. Burial will be in Young-Williams Cemetery near Friendship...

John Calvin Lomax (07/05/05)
John Calvin Lomax, 77, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, June 29, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired machinist with Collins Auto Parts after 46 years. Graveside services were Saturday in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with Doctor Phillip Cook officiating. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Carole Marie Etheridge (07/05/05)
Carole Marie Etheridge, 52, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, June 30, 2005 at Bells Nursing Home. Graveside services were Friday in Fairview Cemetery.

Homer Anderson (07/05/05)
Homer Anderson, 89, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, June 30, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a factory employee and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Services were Saturday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Bro. Mac Daniels officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

John C. Lomax (07/05/05)
John C. Lomax, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, June 29, 2005 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Carole Etheridge (07/05/05)
Carole Etheridge, 52, of Dyersburg, died today at Bells Nursing Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Rev. Harvey Yance (07/05/05)
Rev. Harvey Yance, 71, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired security guard for Murray Guard, a minister of the Church of Jesus Christ and a veteran of U.S. Air Force. Services were Thursday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Bishop Jimmy Ennis Sr. officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Ronnie Wilson (07/05/05)
Ronnie Wilson, 62, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was an employee of Ermco Manufacturing for 28 years, a Navy veteran and a Baptist. Services were Thursday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Brother Mac Daniels and Brother Tommy Hughes officiating. Burial will be in Poplar Grove Cemetery in Henning...

Evelyn Owsley (07/05/05)
Evelyn Owsley, 86, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, June 29, 2005 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She was a retired employee of Dyersburg Fabrics and a member of Hawthorne Baptist Church. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with Brother Jim Ennis officiating...

Ogie McGuire (07/05/05)
Ogie McGuire, 57, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, June 26, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired employee of Colonial Rubber. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Dyer County Memorial Garden with the Rev. Lloyd Davis officiating...

David Wayne Perry (07/05/05)
David Wayne Perry, 41, of Dyersburg died Friday, July 1, 2005 in Henderson, KY. He was a self-employed painter and a member of Calvary Hill Baptist Church in Dyersburg. Graveside services will be at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 at New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. Dr. Joe Wright will officiate...

John Windfield Hunt Jr. (07/05/05)
John Windfield Hunt Jr., 67, of Jackson died Friday, July 1, 2005. Hunt served in the U.S. Navy for seven years. He operated the Keglar Lanes in Dyersburg in the 1970s. He was employed by All-Wear Manufacturer of Newbern and Consultech as an independent computer programmer until his retirement in 2002. An accomplished bowler, he bowled semi-pro and was on several traveling teams. He was also a member of Brown's United Methodist Church...

Timothy Copeland (07/05/05)
Timothy R. Copeland Sr., 49, of Decatur, Ala., formerly of Dyersburg, died Friday, July 1, 2005 at his home following a six-month illness. He was a loving husband, a devoted father and recently became a proud grandfather. He was president of Copeland Metals Sales Inc. in Decatur. He was an accomplished artist and musician...

Dr. John Ralph Bay (07/05/05)
Dr. John Ralph Bay, O.D., 60, of Ridgely died Wednesday, June 29, 2005 at the Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, TX. He was an optometrist at Wal-Mart, a graduate of the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis and a member of the Abundant Life Fellowship Church...

Colton Ian Deven Smith (07/06/05)
Colton Ian Deven Smith, the infant son of Robert and Sarah Smith of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, June 29, 2005, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Graveside services were Wednesday in Church Grove Cemetery in Newbern with the Rev. Danny Klutts officiating. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Amos Earl Scott (07/06/05)
Amos Earl Scott, 64, of Halls, died Saturday, July 2, 2005, at his residence. He worked in industrial maintenance for 14 years at Lasco Tomkins. Services were Monday at Murrys Chapel Methodist Church, where he was a member. Halls Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Virginia Newman (07/06/05)
Virginia Newman, 80, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, July 3, 2005, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired cook for Parkview Hospital. Services were Wednesday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Buddy Weeks officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery...

Beadie Ann Vaughn Cole (07/06/05)
Beadie Ann Vaughn Cole, 95, of Milan, died Sunday, July 3, 2005, at N.H.C. Health Care in Milan. She was a retired employee of Cole's Department Store and a member of Salem United Methodist Church in Milan. Services were Tuesday at Bodkin Funeral Home in Milan with the Rev. Mary Mitchell and Robert Lambert officiating. Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery in Milan...

Martha Ritter (07/07/05)
Martha Ritter, of Dyersburg, formerly of Newbern, died Tuesday, July 5, 2005, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Eddie Goings (07/07/05)
Eddie Goings, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, July 5, 2005, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by H.H. Hudson Funeral Home.

Ocil W. Hipps (07/12/05)
Ocil W. Hipps, 77, of Friendship, died Thursday, July 7, 2005, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a farmer. Services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 9, in the chapel of Halls Funeral Home. Burial took place in Boens Chapel Cemetery in Friendship...

Gerald Kenneth "Ken' Daniel (07/12/05)
Gerald Kenneth "Ken" Daniel, 41, of Bolivar, died Wednesday, July 6, 2005, at the Regional Medical Center of Memphis. He was a machinist at Vandiver's Sawmill, a carpenter, a U.S. Army veteran who served from 1981-83 and was a member of Toone Baptist Church...

Eddie Goins (07/12/05)
Eddie Goins, 72, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, July 5, 2005, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired truck driver for Terra Fertilizer Co. in Dyersburg and a U.S. Navy veteran. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, July 11, at Hopewell Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, located in Dyersburg, with the Rev. Ronald Bowers officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Jewell Irene Clanton (07/12/05)
Jewell Irene Clanton, 93, of McKenzie, died Thursday, July 7, 2005, at McKenzie Health Care Center. She was a homemaker. Services were Friday at the McKenzie Church of Christ, where she was a member, with Brother Terry Joe Kee officiating. Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in McKenzie. Brummit Funeral Home in McKenzie was in charge of arrangements...

Martha Elmore Ritter (07/12/05)
Martha Elmore Ritter, 83, of Dyersburg, formerly of Newbern, died Tuesday, July 5, 2005, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a former employee of Brown Shoe, a homemaker and a member of Shiloh Baptist Church. Services were Thursday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. James Combs officiating. Burial was in McCorkle Cemetery in Newbern...

James Franklin Parnell (07/12/05)
James Franklin Parnell, 63, of Obion, died Monday, July 4, 2005, at Henry County Medical Center in Paris. He was a former employee of Brown Shoe Co. in Union City and of All Steel in Milan, a U.S. Army veteran, a retired member of the Union City National Guard and a member of First Baptist Church in Obion...

James Nelson Keathley (07/14/05)
James Nelson Keathley, 85, of Dyersburg, died Monday, July 11, 2005 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. He was a retired master plumber for Radnor Plumbing and Colonial Rubber Works, a U.S. Coast Guard veteran of World War II and attended the Tusculum Presbyterian Church in Nashville...

Helen Hart (07/14/05)
Helen Hart, 71, of Dyersburg, died Monday, July 11, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a former nurse and restaurant operator and was a Baptist. Services were Thursday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Brother Paul Helton and Brother Rick Crawford officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery...

Helen Hart (07/14/05)
Helen Hart, 71, of Dyersburg, died Monday, July 11, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Claude D. Stevens (07/14/05)
Claude D. Stevens, 79, of Philadelphia, Miss., died Thursday, July 7, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired dairy farmer and a U.S. Army veteran. Services were held Monday in the chapel of McClain-Hays Funeral Service in Philadelphia, Miss. with the Rev. Tony Wilson officiating. Burial was in Bethsaida Cemetery in Neshoba County, Miss...

James Breford Holland (07/14/05)
James Breford Holland, 80, of Troy, Ala., died Saturday, July 9, 2005 at Troy Regional Medical Center. Graveside services were Tuesday at Hopewell Cemetery with Doctor John Lane officiating. Dillard Funeral Home in Troy, Ala. is in charge of arrangements...

Douglas Hall (07/14/05)
Douglas Hall, 53, of Yorkville, died Saturday, July 9, 2005 at Baptist Hospital-East in Memphis. He was a master diesel mechanic and a member of Yorkville Masonic Lodge. Services will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Yorkville Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Karnes & Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Keith Norman Dean (07/14/05)
Keith Norman Dean, 21, of Dresden, died Sunday, June 10, 2005 at Camden General Hospital. He was a carpenter and was a Baptist. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Bowlin Funeral Home in Dresden. Burial will be in Sunset Cemetery.

Constance Marie Twining (07/19/05)
Constance Marie Twining, 66, of Cleveland, Ohio, formerly of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, July 13, 2005 in Fort Meyers, Fla. She was a nurse practitioner. Services were Monday at Cowling Funeral Home in Oberlin, Ohio with the Rev. Richard W. Behnke officiating. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery in Amherst, Ohio...

Sibyl Marie King (07/19/05)
Sibyl Marie King, 82, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, July 14, 2005 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She was a retired employee of Trimble Manufacturing Co. and a member of Holy Hills Baptist Church. Services were Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Bro. Leonard Ballinger officiating. Burial was in Belle Vernon Cemetery in Friendship...

Sherria Jean Scott Kempf (07/19/05)
Sherria Jean Scott Kempf, 30, of Livonia, Mich., formerly of Dyersburg, died Saturday, July 10, 2005 in Livonia. She was a domestic worker. Services were Sunday at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Tigrett with the Rev. Carl Hick officiating. Burial was in St. Peter Cemetery in Tigrett. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home in Dyersburg is in charge of arrangements...

Elizabeth E. 'Betsy' Wilkerson (07/19/05)
Elizabeth E. "Betsy" Wilkerson, 83, of Dyersburg, died Friday, July 15, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a legal assistant, a member of First United Methodist Church and Potts Price Sunday School Class, charter member of NAMI of Dyersburg, active in the Community Bible Study and Disciples Bible Study...

Ewell Wayne Follis (07/19/05)
Ewell Wayne Follis of Horn Lake, Miss., formerly of Fowlkes, died Friday, July 15, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired brick mason. Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Halls Funeral Home. Burial will be in Friendship Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 5-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home...

Odis Mathew Kendall (07/19/05)
Odis Mathew Kendall, 74, of Dyersburg, died Monday, July 11, 2005 at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. Services were Thursday at Emanual Christian Fellowship Church in Friendship. Halls Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Yvonne Roberson (07/20/05)
Yvonne Roberson, 78, of Ridgely, died Monday, July 18 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Hattie E. Smith Ennis Orman (07/20/05)
Hattie E. Smith Ennis Orman, 83, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, July 17, 2005 at Oakwood Community Living Center. She was a homemaker, a private sitter for the elderly and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ. Services were Wednesday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Bishop Jimmy Ennis Sr. officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Joe 'J.B.' Yarbro (07/20/05)
Joe "J.B." Yarbro, 47, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, July 17, 2005 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.

Hattie Orman (07/20/05)
Hattie Orman, 83, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, July 17, 2005 at Oakwood Community Living Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Parkman Blake Moore (07/20/05)
Parkman Blake Moore of Mobile, Ala., and Trimble, died Sunday, July 17, 2005 at Cogburn Midtown Rehab in Mobile, Ala. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Seth David Moss (07/20/05)
Seth David Moss, 19, died Friday, July 15, 2005 at The Regional Medical Center in Memphis. He was student at Middle Tennessee State University, a member of YMCA, an honors graduate of Dyer County High School, a member of DCHS football team for four years, a National Honor Roll student and received numerous awards for academics and sports...

Naomi Whittle (07/21/05)
Naomi Whittle, 92, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Lynn Trosper (07/21/05)
Lynn Trosper, 78, of Ripley, died Monday, July 18, 2005 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-East in Memphis. He was a truck driver. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Halls Funeral Home.

James W. Stanley (07/21/05)
James W. Stanley, 79, of Loveland, Ohio, died Monday, July 11, 2005 in Loveland. He was a retired employee of J&L Steel Company after 30 years and a World War II Navy veteran. Services were Friday at New Life Wesleyan Church in Chesteron, Ind. with Pastor Mike Cloud officiating. Burial was in Graceland Cemetery in Valparaiso, Ind. Tufts Schildmeyer Family Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Yvone Roberson (07/21/05)
Yvone Roberson, 86, of Ridgely, died Monday, July 18, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired farmer for Joseph Tolar for 38 years and a member of Ridgely Church of Christ. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Ridgely Church of Christ with Brother Jeff Odell officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Parkman Blake Moore (07/21/05)
Parkman Blake Moore, of Mobile, Ala. and Trimble, died Sunday, July 17 in Mobile. He was a retired U.S. Navy veteran, a member of Alabama Seniors Golf Association and West Tennessee and Mississippi Golf Association, which named Outstanding Senior of the Year in 1997, a member of Dauphin Way United Methodist Church, where he served on the official board and as head usher, a member of Addie Bledsoe Sunday school class and chaired the Carl Adkins Memorial Golf Tournament for several years...

Lela Hayes (07/22/05)
Lela Hayes, 99, of Dyersburg, died today at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Hoome.

Naomi Whittle (07/22/05)
Naomi Whittle, 92, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She was a retired employee of Morris Manufacturing. Graveside services were Thursday in Fairview Cemetery with Brother Billy Tucker officiating.

Yvone Roberson (07/22/05)
Yvone Roberson, 86, of Ridgely, died Monday, July 18, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired farmer for Joseph Tolar for 38 years and a member of Ridgely Church of Christ. Services were Thursday at Ridgely Church of Christ with Brother Jeff Odell officiating. Burial was in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. Curry Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Marie Jones (07/22/05)
Marie Jones, 86, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, July 20, 2005 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She was a homemaker and a member of West Dyersburg Church of Christ. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with Brother Glenn Burse, Brother Bill Teague and Brother Paul Helton officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Harry Franklin Jones (07/22/05)
Harry Franklin Jones, 76, of Tiptonville, died Monday, July 18, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired employee of MSL Steel in Chicago. Services were Thursday at Lakeview Baptist Church in Tiptonville with the Rev. Houston Northcutt officiating. Burial was in Terrace Hill Cemetery in Troy. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Doris Russell (07/25/05)
Doris Russell, 69, of Trenton died Saturday, July 23, 2005 at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by H.H. Hudson Funeral Home of Dyersburg.

Marie Jones (07/25/05)
Marie Jones, 86, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, July 20, 2005 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She was a homemaker and a member of West Dyersburg Church of Christ. Services were Friday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with Brother Glenn Burse, Brother Bill Teague and Brother Paul Helton officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Lela Irene Hayes (07/25/05)
Lela Irene Hayes, 99, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, July 21, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Star of Bethlehem Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Don Campbell officiating. Burial will be in Star of Bethlehem Cemetery in Obion County...

James Sawyer (07/25/05)
James Sawyer, 84, of Gates, died Wednesday, July 20, 2005 at Baptist Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. He was a retired employee of Tupperware in Halls and a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Trinity C.M.E. Church Cemetery in Gates with the Rev. Dorsey Cook presiding...

Hazel Agee King (07/26/05)
Hazel Agee King, 84, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, July 24, 2005 at her residence. She was a homemaker and former owner-operator of Fred and Hazel's Florist, a member of First Assembly of God Church in Dyersburg and was an avid and accomplished fisherman...

Joe Bobby 'JB' Yarbro (07/26/05)
Joe Bobby "JB" Yarbro, 47, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, July 17, 2005 at his residence. He was a member of New Jerusalem Temple Church of God in Christ. Services were Monday at New Jerusalem Temple Church of God in Christ with Elder Bobby Matthews officiating. Burial was in M.C.C.O. Cemetery. Cosmopolitan Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements...

John Lee (07/26/05)
John Lee, of Newbern, died Monday at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.