Obituaries from September 2005

Eunice Box Forsythe (09/07/05)
Eunice Box Forsythe, 79, of Finley, died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Chic Free Church of God. Services were Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Rev. Bill Phipps officiating. Burial was at Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Mary Lou Hastings (09/07/05)
Mary Lou Hastings, 77, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2005 at Friendship Retirement Home. She was a retired beautician, a member of the Lake Road Church of Christ, a member of the Dyersburg Women's Club and a member of the West Tennessee Hairdressers Association...

Vera Mae Cook Blythe (09/07/05)
Vera Mae Cook Blythe, 78, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Ridgely First United Pentecostal Church. Services were Tuesday at Ridgely First United Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Ronnie Eaves and the Rev. Bert Burkett officiating. Burial was in New Haven Cemetery...

Nellie Jackson (09/07/05)
Nellie Jackson, 99, of Newbern, died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005 at her niece's residence in Cordova. She was the former owner of Newbern Florist and a member of Newbern Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Services were Saturday at Newbern Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the Rev. George Butler officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern. High Point Funeral Home in Memphis was in charge of arrangements...

Jerry Glen Lee (09/07/05)
Jerry Glen Lee, 47, of Newbern, died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was supervisor for Marine Terminals of Arkansas. Services were Tuesday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Perry Grills officiating. Burial was in Mount Carmel Cemetery in Newbern...

Rick Odom (09/07/05)
Rick Odom, 52, of Savannah, died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2005 at Hardin Medical Center in Savannah. He was chief engineer for Bailey Street Bakeries in Atlanta for 15 years and attended Savannah Church of Christ. Services were held Saturday at Savannah Church of Christ. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Thomas Edward Tatum (09/08/05)
Thomas Edward Tatum, 65, of Tiptonville, died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired mechanic and a Baptist. Services were Thursday in the Tiptonville chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Any Martin officiating. Burial was in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely...

Alma Ardell Viar (09/08/05)
Alma Ardell Viar, 90, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She was a retired nurse's aide for Parkview Hospital and a member of Beech Grove Baptist Church. Services were Thursday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Bro. Brent Rashall and Bro. Ray Carson officiating. Burial was in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Jeanette Lovell (09/08/05)
Jeanette Lovell, 61, of Samburg, died Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. She was a homemaker. Services were Friday in the Tiptonville chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Ernest Mayo officiating. Burial was in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely...

Nadine Lowery (09/08/05)
Nadine Lowery, 85, of Newbern, died Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She was a homemaker. Services were Saturday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Carman Dennison officiating. Burial was in Lowry Cemetery in Big Sandy...

Melvin Edward 'Poppa' Bargery (09/08/05)
Melvin Edward "Poppa" Bargery, 86, of Ridgely, died Friday, Sept. 2, 2005 at his residence. He was a retired farmer and a member of Cottonwood Grove Baptist Church where he served as a deacon for 60 years. He drove a school bus for the Lake County School System for over 28 years and did maintenance work for many local businesses in Lake County...

Myrtle Aline 'Monk' Burns (09/08/05)
Myrtle Aline "Monk" Burns, 86, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of the Finley United Pentecostal Church. Graveside services were Sunday at Dyer County Memorial Gardens with the Bro. Tim Nichols officiating. Curry Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

James D. Barnes Jr. (09/08/05)
James D. Barnes Jr., 52, of Ridgely, died Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Mary Katherine Quick (09/12/05)
Mary Katherine Quick, 72, of Tiptonville, died Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005 at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of Wynnburg Baptist Church. Services were held Tuesday at Wynnburg Baptist Church with the Rev. Houston Northcutt and the Rev. John Fields officiating. Burial was in Freemont Cemetery near Union City...

Willie 'Coon' Mathis (09/12/05)
Willie "Coon" Mathis, 81, of Tiptonville, died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005 at Reelfoot Manor Nursing Center. He was a retired farmer and a member of St. John No. 2 Baptist Church. Graveside services were Wednesday in Citizens Cemetery in Tiptonville with the Rev. Perry Woods officiating. Dyersburg Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

James D. Barnes Jr. (09/12/05)
James D. Barnes Jr., 52, of Ridgely, died Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005 at his residence. He was a former industrial electrician for General Motors, a freelance photographer and journeyman carpenter. A memorial service was held Saturday at Abundant Life Fellowship Church with Billy Earl Gray officiating. Dyersburg Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Alvie Wayne 'Levi' Daniel (09/12/05)
Alvie Wayne "Levi" Daniel, 57, of Newbern, died Monday, Sept. 5, 2005. He was a Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Graveside services were Friday in Crossroads Cemetery near Ripley. Halls Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Bill Robinson (09/12/05)
Bill Robinson, 62, of Jackson, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.