Obituaries for May 13, 2008 (05/13/08)
Ruby Mozella Burse, 84, of Maury City, died Monday, May 12, 2008 at Crockett County Nursing Home. She was a homemaker and a member of Maury City Church of Christ. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Maury City Funeral Home with Stephen Sutton officiating. Burial will be in Maury City Cemetery...

Obituaries for May 11, 2008 (05/10/08)
Dr. James Edward McKee, 84, formerly of Newbern, died Thursday, May 1, 2008 at his residence in Memphis. He was a retired teacher and coach at Newbern High School, was principal at Halls, Trimble and Obion County Central High School and was president of Bethel College in McKenzie and a World War II Army veteran, served as an officer with AARP, and a member, teacher and elder at Germantown Cumberland Presbyterian Church...

Obituaries for May 7, 2008 (05/07/08)
Mary Edith Crockett, 89, of Dyersburg, formerly of Big Sandy, died Monday, May 5, 2008 at Wesley of Dyersburg Nursing Center. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church in Big Sandy. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Stockdale-Malin Funeral Home in Big Sandy with Bro. Joe Walker officiating. Burial will be in Liberty Cemetery in Camden...

Obituaries for May 6, 2008 (05/06/08)
Hazel E. Brown, 85, of Lowell, Ind., formerly of Dyersburg, died Sunday, May 4, 2008. She was a self-employed home health aide, former employee of Paramore Hospital, Mills Nursing Home and Lowell Healthcare, worked in the Cleveland Ohio Airplane Factory during World War II and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Lowell...

Obituaries for May 5, 2008 (05/05/08)
Doris Marie Rose, 63, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, May 3, 2008 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a production worker for Colonial Rubber and a member of Harvest Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Scott Sewell officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Obituaries for May 4, 2008 (05/03/08)
Arthur Yancy, 64, died Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services were held at Ridgely Chapel Saturday. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Survivors include his wife, Ruthie Yancy of Ridgely; five daughters, Lavon Yancy, Sharon Yancy, LaShana Yancy, Renae Pearson and Samantha Yancy, all of Ridgely; a son, Arthur Yancy Jr.; a stepson, Cory Biggs; a sister, Barbara Ann McCoy of Ridgely; two brothers, James Woods and Chico Yancy of Dyersburg; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.. ...

Obituaries for May 2, 2008 (05/02/08)
Andrew Davis, 80, of Dyersburg, died Monday, April 28, 2008 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. He was a retired employee of Forcum Lannom Materials. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today in MCCO Cemetery in Newbern with Bro. Dustin Forthum officiating. Johnson-Williams Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Obituaries for May 1, 2008 (05/01/08)
Joel Blevins Sr., 87, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, April 27, 2008 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a retired owner of Blevins Bail Bonding Company, a member of Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church and Men Empowering Men, a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, receiving the European-African-Middle Easter Theater Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal and a War II Victory Medal...

Obituaries for April 30, 2008 (04/30/08)
Bobbie Sue Hendrix Cooper, 66, of Harrisburg, N.C., died Monday, April 28, 2008 at her residence. She was an orthodontic assistant for Dr. Frank Pattshall, a graduate of Newbern High School, a member of the National Street Rod Associa-tion and Good Guys and a member of Sugar Creek Pres-byterian Church in Charlotte, N.C...

Obituaries for April 29, 2008 (04/29/08)
Dr. Mickey R. Carpenter, 60, of Paris, formerly of Dyersburg, died Saturday, April 26, 2008. He was serving as District Superintendent of the Paris District of the United Methodist Church, received a BS from Lambuth, a Masters of Divinity from Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, and a Doctorate of Ministry from Vanderbilt University in Nashville...

Obituaries for April 28, 2008 (04/28/08)
George Herbert Shelton, 68, of Gleason, formerly of Lake County, died Saturday, April 26, 2008 at the Regional Hospital in Jackson. He was a retired investigator for the Weakley County Sheriff's Office, a former Ridgely police officer and former Tiptonville Chief of Police and attended Twin City Community Church in Hollow Rock...

Obituaries for April 27, 2008 (04/26/08)
Woodrow Box, 75, of Dyersburg, formerly of Haines City, Fla., died Saturday, April 26, 2008 at Wesley Care Center in Dyersburg. He was a heavy-equipment operator and a member of Lake Hamilton Free Will Baptist Church in Haines City, Fla. The family will receive visitors from 5:30-8 p.m. Monday at Johnson-Williams Funeral Home...

Obituaries for April 25, 2008 (04/25/08)
Tillman E. Bragg, 80, of Duck River, Tenn., formerly of Dyersburg, died Thursday, March 6, 2008. He was a retired steel-fabricating sheer operator. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at The Free Holiness Church with Bro. David Bragg officiating...

Obituaries for April 24, 2008 (04/24/08)
Agnes Louise McCloud, 59, of Dyersburg, formerly of Delray Beach, Fla., died March 23, 2008 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a member of Tucker Street Church. Graveside services were held in Boynton Beach, Fla. on April 5. A memorial service will be held Sunday at 4:30 p.m. at Tucker Street Church...

Obituaries for April 23, 2008 (04/23/08)
Ruth R. Apple, 84, of Dyersburg, died Monday, April 21, 2008 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a retired employee of Dyersburg Fabrics for over 25 years, a charter member of Second Baptist Church, former Sunday school teacher and WMU president...

Obituaries for April 22, 2008 (04/22/08)
Luther Vernon Blalock, 75, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, April 20, 2008 at Ridgely Care & Rehabilitation Center. He was a painter and attended the Church of Jesus Christ. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the City Cemetery with the Rev. Ray Sollis officiating. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Obituaries for April 21, 2008 (04/21/08)
Ada Moselle Jones, 81, of Dyersburg, died Friday, April 18, 2008. She was a member of Silver Springs Baptist Church, Mt. Juliet. Services will be at noon Tuesday, in the chapel of Hermitage Funeral Home with Rev. Don Williams officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Juliet Memorial Gardens...

Obituaries for April 20, 2008 (04/19/08)
Guy Maddox, 90, of Ridgely, died Friday, April 18, 2008 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was retired from the Lake County Highway Department, a member of Wynnburg Baptist Church, and an Army veteran of World War II. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at the Ridgely Chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Ralph Buckley officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely...

Obituaries for April 18, 2008 (04/18/08)
Jo Evelyn Canada, 93, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, April 17, 2008 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She was a retired clerk for Jacobi Rexall Drugs and a member of First Christian Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with Dr. Aubrey Hay officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...