Obituaries from August 2005

John W. Lee (08/01/05)
John W. Lee, 73, of Newbern, died Monday, July 25, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a self-employed mechanic and a Baptist. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Joey Morgan and the Rev. Perry Grills officiating. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery in Newbern...

L.D. Hilliard (08/01/05)
L.D. Hilliard, 77, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, July 23, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired school bus driver, retired master carpenter and former employee in quality control for Ford Motor Company for over 15 years and an Army veteran of the Korean War...

Robert F. Westbrook (08/01/05)
Robert F. Westbrook, 64, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at his residence. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Dyer County Memorial Gardens with Brother Kenneth Westbrook officiating. The family will receive visitors at 5:30-8 p.m. today at Dyersburg Funeral Home...

John W. Lee (08/02/05)
John W. Lee, 73, of Newbern, died Monday, July 25, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a self-employed mechanic and a Baptist. Services were Sunday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Joey Morgan and the Rev. Perry Grills officiating. Burial was in Mount Carmel Cemetery in Newbern...

Valgene Rice (08/02/05)
Valgene Rice, 79, of Devils Elbow, Mo., died Sunday, July 10, 2005 at General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital at Fort Leonard Wood. He was a retired U.S. Army Master Sergeant veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Graveside services were held July 16 at Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. Waynesville Memorial Chapel in Waynesville, Mo. was in charge of arrangements...

Doris McCoy Russell (08/02/05)
Doris McCoy Russell, 69, of Trenton, died Saturday, July 23, 2005 at her residence. She was a employee of Sylvania and Tennessee Department of Corrections. Services were Saturday at Red Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Bluespring, Miss. with the Rev. Bogen officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery...

Rebecca Ann Stem (08/02/05)
Rebecca Ann Stem, 65, of Hornbeak, died Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. She was owner of Crown Manufacturing and a member of Samburg Baptist Church. Services were Sunday at Samburg Baptist Church with the Rev. Ernest Mayo officiating. Burial was in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. White-Ranson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Birdie Thompson (08/02/05)
Birdie Thompson, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at Oakwood Community Living Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Maxine Breeden Clements (08/02/05)
Maxine Breeden Clements, 69, of Ridgely, died Friday, July 29, 2005 at Ridgely Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was a retired factory worker of Rolane Manufacturing and a member of the Wynnburg Baptist Church. Services were Sunday at Dyersburg Funeral Home, Tiptonville Chapel with Rev. Ernest Mayo officiating. Burial was in New Haven Cemetery of Ridgely...

Birdie Mae Thompson (08/02/05)
Birdie Mae Thompson, 64, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at Oakwood Community Living Center. She was a retired factory worker a member of the Baptist faith. Services were held Saturday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Bro. Leonard Ballinger officiating. Burial was in the Meacham Cemetery in Newbern...

Martha Louise Walton (08/02/05)
Martha Louise Walton, 83, of Newbern, died Friday, July 29, 2005 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Home. She was a homemaker and a member of Fair Havens Church of Christ. Graveside services will be held at 5 p.m. today at Fairview Cemetery in Newbern with Wendell Cary officiating. Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Evelyn Sudbury Wylie (08/02/05)
Evelyn Sudbury Wylie, 90, of Friendship, died Thursday, July 28, 2005 at Jackson-Madison County Regional Hospital. She was a homemaker and retired hairdresser. Services were Monday at Friendship Baptist Church with Dr. Mike Melton and the Rev. Wayne Foropoulos officiating. Burial was in the Bellevernon Cemetery. Friendship Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Jack Hudson (08/02/05)
Jack Hudson, 88, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, July 30, 2005 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Gladys Studard (08/02/05)
Gladys Studard of Finley died Saturday, July 30, 2005 at Jackson Regional Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Curry Funeral Home.

Effie B. Fisher (08/02/05)
Effie B. Fisher, 92, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, July 28, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church. Services were Saturday at Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Joe Naylor officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Emma Jean Jordan (08/05/05)
Emma Jean Jordan, 81, of Memphis, formerly of Halls, died Monday, Aug. 1, 2005 at her residence. She was a homemaker. Services were Wednesday at Archers Chapel United Methodist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery.

James H. Whitfield (08/05/05)
James H. Whitfield, 80, of Seymour, died Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired employee of Robert Shaw, worked at Knoxville Sentinel for 27 years and was a member of Providence Baptist Church. Services were held July 28 in the chapel Highland South Memorial Park Funerals and Cremations with the Rev. Dallas Gibson and the Rev. Chris Partain officiating. Burial was in Highland South Memorial Park...

Jimmy Dale Bevis (08/05/05)
Jimmy Dale Bevis, died Monday, Aug. 1, 2005 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Kathryn Prichard (08/05/05)
Kathryn Prichard, of Newbern, died Monday, Aug. 1, 2005 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Gladys Studard (08/05/05)
Gladys Studard, 95, of Finley, died Saturday, July 30, 2005 at Jackson Regional Hospital. She was a homemaker and a member of Finley United Pentecostal Church. Services were Tuesday at Finley United Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Doug Ellingsworth and the Rev. Larry Burkett officiating. Burial was in Dyer County Memorial Gardens. Curry Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Benester Welch (08/05/05)
Benester Welch, 95, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, July 31, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Dyersburg Phillips Street Church of God. Services were Tuesday at Dyersburg Phillips Street Church of God with Brother Tom Burgner, Brother Mac Daniels and Brother Kenny Chessor officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery...

Martha Louise Walton (08/05/05)
Martha Louise Walton, 83, of Newbern, died Friday, July 29, 2005, at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Home. She was a homemaker and a member of Fair Havens Church of Christ. Graveside services were Sunday at Fairview Cemetery in Newbern with Wendell Cary officiating. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Dr. Thomas Boston (08/05/05)
Dr. Thomas Boston, 83, of Newbern, died Sunday, July 31, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Jack Hudson (08/09/05)
Jack Hudson, 88, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, July 30, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired farmer, a member of Dyersburg First United Methodist Church and a World War II veteran. Services were Tuesday at Palestine United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jack Rogers officiating. Burial was in Palestine Cemetery in the Bruceville Community...

Nancy Belle Curtis (08/09/05)
Nancy Belle Curtis, 85, of Dyersburg, died July 29, 2005. She attended Ridgely schools and was a member of Central Church of Christ. Services were held Monday at Central Church of Christ in Caruthersville, Mo. with the Rev. Jimmy Colvett officiating. Burial was in Maple Cemetery in Caruthersville. H.S. Smith Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

James 'Jim' Mooney (08/09/05)
James "Jim" Mooney, 73, of Lane, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005 at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. He was a retired custom-mix department employee of Colonial Rubber Works. Services were Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. James Combs officiating. Burial was in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Genova K. Pugh (08/09/05)
Genova K. Pugh, 86, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired nurse and restaurant owner and a member of Holy Angels Catholic Church. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Ruby Heathcott Quinn (08/09/05)
Ruby Heathcott Quinn, 72, of Memphis, formerly of Halls, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005 at her residence. She was a member of Stage Road Church of Christ. Services were Friday at Halls Funeral Home.

Mary Janet 'Net' Riggs (08/09/05)
Mary Janet "Net" Riggs, 59, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005 at Regional Hospital in Jackson. She was a homemaker. Services were Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Bro. Rick Crawford officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery...

Rev. John Edward Ferguson (08/09/05)
Rev. John Edward Ferguson, 75, of Flint, Mich., formerly of Dyersburg, died Friday, July 29, 2005 at Hurley Medical Center in Flint. He was a schoolteacher and owner of a shoe shop in Flint, Mich. Graveside services were Friday in Memorial Park Cemetery in Dyersburg. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

James Mooney (08/09/05)
James Mooney, 73, of the Lane Community, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005 at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Genova Pugh (08/09/05)
Genova Pugh, 86, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Mary Riggs (08/09/05)
Mary Riggs, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005 at Jackson Regional Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Joseph 'Jake' Bargery (08/10/05)
Joseph "Jake" Bargery, 83, of Ridgely, died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2005 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Home. He was a farmer, a member of Hathaway Baptist Church where he served as a deacon, church treasurer, Sunday school teacher, was a magistrate, served on tax equalization board of Lake County and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II...

Donnie Lee Jason 'Shaggee' Gray (08/10/05)
Donnie Lee Jason "Shaggee" Gray, 26, of Tiptonville, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2005 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was disabled. Services were Monday in the Ridgely chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Bro. Howard Truett officiating. Burial was in the New Haven Cemetery near Ridgely...

Robert Madison 'Hot Shot' Lumley (08/10/05)
Robert Madison "Hot Shot" Lumley, 82, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a farmer, an avid domino player and a lifetime member of the VFW. Services were Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Bro. Bill Phipps and Bro. Don Campbell officiating. Burial was in McCulloch Chapel Cemetery...

Fred McMullin (08/10/05)
Fred McMullin, 69, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired welder and a member of First Baptist Church. Services were Saturday at First Baptist Church in Alamo with the Rev. Jerry Person officiating. Burial was in Harris Grove Cemetery...

Susan David (08/10/05)
Susan David, 83, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2005 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Margaret Deese (08/10/05)
Margaret Deese, 85, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2005 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

May Flower Gibson (08/10/05)
May Flower Gibson, 92, of Dyersburg, died today at Wesley of Dyersburg. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Joseph 'Jake' Bargery (08/11/05)
Joseph "Jake" Bargery, 83, of Ridgely, died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2005 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Home. He was a farmer, a member of Hathaway Baptist Church where he served as a deacon, church treasurer, Sunday school teacher, was a magistrate, served on tax equalization board of Lake County and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II...

Bobby Randall Morris (08/11/05)
Bobby Randall Morris, 63, of Obion, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2005 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. He was an employee of Goodyear for 30 years and was a member of Protemus Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Services were Sunday at White-Mahon Funeral Home in Union City with the Rev. James Gunter and Dr. Bobby Williams officiating. Burial was in Obion County Memorial Gardens in Union City...

Gary Eugene Trueblood (08/11/05)
Gary Eugene Trueblood, 64, of Newbern, died Thursday, August 4, 2005 at Jackson General Hospital. He was an employee of Caterpillar, Inc. for 30 years, retiring in 1996 as a maintenance supervisor in East Peoria, IL. Following retirement he was a consulting engineer for Caterpillar in Dyersburg, last working on July 30th. ...

Grace Williamson (08/11/05)
Grace Williamson, 87, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2005 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing center. She was a homemaker and a member of Englewood Baptist Church in Jackson. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Ridgecrest Cemetery in Jackson. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Vinette Fisk (08/11/05)
Vinette Fisk, 75, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2005 at Jackson General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by H.H. Hudson Funeral Home.

Robert McPherson Jr. (08/11/05)
Robert McPherson Jr., 44, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2005 in Nashville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by H.H. Hudson Funeral Home.

Willie Ross Cathey Jr. (08/12/05)
Willie Ross Cathey Jr., 25, of Alamo, died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2005 at Jackson General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Alamo with Elder Julius DeBerry officiating. Currie's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Vinette Fisk (08/12/05)
Vinette Fisk, 75, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2005 at Jackson General Hospital. She was a domestic worker. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. John #1 Baptist Church in Newbern with the Rev. Janet Taylor officiating. Burial will be in Pierce Cemetery in Trimble. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Robert McPherson Jr. (08/12/05)
Robert McPherson, 44, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2005 in Nashville. He was a domestic worker. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Tabernacle Baptist Church with the Rev. Louis Hudson officiating. Burial will be in M.C.C.O. Cemetery in Newbern. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Guy McClain (08/12/05)
Guy McClain, 77, of Dyersburg, died today at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

James Runions (08/12/05)
James Runions, 73, of Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005 at Wesley at Dyersburg Nursing Care. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Guy Steven Huffstutter (08/18/05)
Guy Steven Huffstutter, 38, of Palm City, Fla., died Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2005. A memorial service was held Friday at Christ Fellowship Church in Palm Beach Gardens. All County Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Guy T. McClain (08/18/05)
Guy T. McClain, 81, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. He was a retired employee of Dr Pepper-Pepsi Cola Bottling Company after 30 years, an avid golfer and artist, and an Army veteran of World War II in the 778th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. He received the American Theater Ribbon: Eame Theater Ribbon with three Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medal and World War II Victory Medal...

James 'Jim' Mooney (08/18/05)
James "Jim" Mooney, 73, of Lane, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005 at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. He was a retired custom-mix department employee of Colonial Rubber Works. Services were Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. James Combs officiating. Burial was in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Rev. James Monroe Runions (08/18/05)
Rev. James Monroe Runions, 73, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005 at Wesley of Dyersburg Nursing Center. He was a retired employee of Dyersburg Fabrics, a member of Phillips Street Church of God and an Air National Guard veteran. Services were Friday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with J.B. Enochs and Marty Goins officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Anita Wilson Fisher (08/18/05)
Anita Wilson Fisher, 52, of Dyersburg, died Friday, August 12, 2005, at her residence. She was a homemaker. Services were Sunday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with Bro. Mac Daniels officiating. Burial was at Zion Cemetery in Elbridge.

Richard Pierce (08/18/05)
Richard Pierce, 71, of Tiptonville, died Friday, August 12, 2005, at his residence. He was a retired construction worker for Luhr Bros and a member of Sanders Chapel Methodist Church. Graveside services were Sunday at Lake Memorial Gardens with Rev. Ernest Mayo officiating. Dyersburg Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Mildred Tinkle (08/18/05)
Mildred Tinkle, 85, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, August 11, 2005, at St. Francis Nursing Home in Memphis. She was a retired knitter for Dyersburg Fabrics, a member of First Baptist Church and an avid softball and basketball player and fan. Services were Sunday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Hickman officiating. Burial was at Yorkville Cemetery...

Hubert Allen Branch (08/19/05)
Hubert Allen Branch, 64, of Friendship, died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired factory employee. Services were Tuesday at Friendship Funeral Home with the Rev. Sam Hollis officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery.

Ernest Junior Haynes (08/19/05)
Ernest Junior Haynes, 76, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired farmer, a member of Dyersburg Saddle Club, Newbern Saddle Club and a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Services were Wednesday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Bro. Johnny Michael and Bro. Lynn King officiating. Burial was in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Dale Franklin Dial (08/19/05)
Dale Franklin Dial, 70, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Aug. 15, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired carpet layer, a member of West Dyersburg Church of Christ, van driver for NWTNHR and lifetime member and past president of Jennie Bell Primary School PTA...

Bobby Dale Summers (08/19/05)
Bobby Dale Summers, 56, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a member of Free Holiness Church. Services were Thursday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Calvin Smith officiating. Burial was in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Evelyn Hall (08/19/05)
Evelyn Hall, 89, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2005 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by H.H. Hudson Funeral Home.

Lester Robertson (08/19/05)
Lester Robertson, of West Frankford, Ill., died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2005 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Evelyn Hall (08/24/05)
Evelyn Hall, 89, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005 at her residence. She was a domestic worker. Services were Saturday at Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Halls with the Rev. Louis Hudson Jr. officiating. Burial was in Old Chapel Cemetery in Halls. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Lester Robertson (08/24/05)
Lester Robertson, 92, of West Frankfort, Ill., formerly of Obion, died Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired farmer. Graveside services were Friday in Church Grove Cemetery with the Rev. Waymon Hogue officiating.

Danny Norman (08/24/05)
Danny Norman, 49, of Finley, died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2005 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Danny Wayne Norman (08/24/05)
Danny Wayne Norman, 49, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2005 at his residence. He was a 30-year employee of Heckethorn Manufacturing, a 1974 graduate of Dyersburg High School, a Dixie League Girls Softball coach and an avid sportsman. Services were Saturday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Mike Gardner officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

J.W. 'June Bug' Turnage Jr. (08/26/05)
J.W. "June Bug" Turnage Jr., 82, of Hayti, Mo., died Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005 at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital in Hayti, Mo. He was a vice-president of Caruthersville Gin Company, a farmer, a member of Hayti First Baptist Church, a World War II Navy veteran serving on the U.S.S. Ticonderoga and was present in Tokyo Bay as a member of the occupation force during the surrender of the Japanese to the Allied Powers, a member of Pemiscot County CB Club, the Motorcycle Club and the Triangle Boat Club...

Lynn Galloway (08/26/05)
Lynn Galloway, 73, of Yorkville, died Friday, Aug. 19, 2005 at Gibson General Hospital. He was a retired heavy equipment operator, a member of Bells Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church, a Mason and a veteran of the Korean conflict. Services were at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home with Dr. Howard Hensley officiating. Burial was in Yorkville Cemetery...

Wade 'Fuzzy' Preslar (08/26/05)
Wade "Fuzzy" Preslar, 50, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was an employee of Excel Polymers. Services were Wednesday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Don Williams officiating. Burial was in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Jerome Dean Shumate (08/26/05)
Jerome Dean Shumate, 69, of Tiptonville, died Monday, Aug. 22, 2005 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Giradeau. He was a retired farmer, a U.S. Navy veteran, a member of Tiptonville First Baptist Church, 1954 graduate of Tiptonville High School, a member of Lake County Levee Board, Board of Directors of Lake County Port Authority, received the Commander's Award for public service from the Corps of Engineers, a member of Harmony Lodge No. ...

Lizzie Mae Thompson (08/30/05)
Lizzie Mae Thompson, 52, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005 at Methodist Hospital-Central in Memphis. She was a employee of Dyer County Sheriff Department and Walmart. Services were Saturday at International Gospel Temple in Dyersburg with Pastor William Holder officiating. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery. Thompson's Mortuary was in charge of arrangements...

Eunice Forsythe (08/30/05)
Eunice Forsythe, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Jewel Edward Crum (08/30/05)
Jewel Edward Crum, 61, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a veteran of the Tennessee National Guard. Services were Friday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Mac Daniels officiating. Burial was in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Corenia Maze (08/30/05)
Corenia Maze, 88, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2005 at Jackson General Hospital. She was a domestic worker. Services were Friday at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Dyersburg with the Rev. Louis Hudson officiating and Saturday at Oak Grove C.M.E. Church in Renzi, Miss. with the Rev. Kevin Crum officiating. Burial was in the Annie Deerworth Cemetery in Renzi, Miss. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Edith Dotson Pernell (08/30/05)
Edith Dotson Pernell, 88, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She was a retired employee of Dyersburg Fabrics after 40 years and attended Fowlkes Church of Christ. Services were Thursday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Elbert Callis and the Rev. Guy Merryman officiating. Burial was in Greenhill Cemetery in Halls...

Bernard 'Larry' Riley (08/30/05)
Bernard "Larry" Riley, 56, of Eagle Lake, Fla., formerly of Dyer County, died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2005 at Winter Haven Hospital. He was owner and operator of Larry's Lawn Care in Eagle Lake, Fla. A memorial service was held Saturday at McCullough Chapel Baptist Church in Dyersburg. Ott-Laughlin Funeral Home in Winter Haven, Fla. and Curry Funeral Home in Dyersburg were in charge of arrangements...

Patrick Russell Henry (08/30/05)
Patrick Russell Henry, infant son of Joseph and Ashley Henry of Dyersburg, died Monday, Aug. 21, 2005 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Graveside services were Wednesday in Sorrell's Chapel Cemetery with the Rev. Mike Gardner officiating.

Jewel Crum (08/30/05)
Jewel Crum, 61, of Dyersburg, died today at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Edith Pernell (08/30/05)
Edith Pernell, 88, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005 at Dyersburg Manor. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.