Obituaries from December 2002

Billy Dowdy Sr. (12/17/02)
Billy Dowdy Sr., of Dyersburg, died Monday, Dec. 16, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Germantown Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Mary Helen Barker Harris (12/20/02)
Mary Helen Barker Harris, 60, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002 at Methodist Hospital in Germantown. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Don Layman and Major Jimmy Jackson officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Jasper Baker Miller (12/20/02)
Jasper Baker Miller, of Tigrett, died today at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Lucille Lewis (12/20/02)
Lucille Lewis, of Memphis, formerly of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Lurline C. Lewellying (12/20/02)
Lurline C. Lewellying of Newbern, died Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002 at Riverwalk Nursing in Noblesville, Ind. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Joel Richardson (12/20/02)
Joel Richardson, 74, of Murray, Ky., formerly of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002 at Murray-Calloway County Hospital. He was a retired employee of the maintenance department of Colonial Rubber Works, a member of Poplar Spring Baptist Church and a former commercial fisherman...

Opal Reed Orr (12/20/02)
Opal Reed Orr, 95, of Memphis, formerly of Tiptonville, died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002 at her residence. She was a retired cook for Lake County School System and attended Wynnburg Baptist Church. Services will be at noon Saturday in the Tiptonville chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Ernest Mayo officiating. Burial will be in Tiptonville City Cemetery...

Ruby Marie Deaton (12/20/02)
Ruby Marie Deaton, 79, of Alamo, died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a homemaker and a member of Providence Baptist Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Friendship Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert Prince officiating. Burial will be in Providence Cemetery...

Robert Beard (12/23/02)
Robert Beard, 82, of Jackson, died Sunday, Dec. 22, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.

Bertha Foster (12/23/02)
Bertha Foster, 89, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Dec. 21, 2002 at Oakwood Manor in Dyersburg. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Jerry Leach officiating. Burial will be in Rehoboth Cemetery in Newbern...

Mary Harris (12/18/02)
Mary Harris of Dyersburg died today at Methodist Hospital in Germantown. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry and Son Funeral Home.

Harriet Jean Kuta (12/18/02)
Harriet Jean Kuta, 69, of Tiptonville, died Monday, Dec. 16, 2002 at Baptist Hospital in Union City. She was a retired qualified medical assistant with Wedow Nursing Home in Michigan City, Ind., a member of First Christian Church in Michigan City, Ind. and First Baptist Church in Tiptonville and a graduate of Ivy Technical Institute in South Bend, Ind...

Linda May Hicks (12/18/02)
Linda May Hicks, 59, of Tiptonville, died Monday, Dec. 16, 2002 at Methodist North Hospital in Memphis. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Tiptonville chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Houston Northcutt officiating. Burial will be Lake Memorial Gardens in Tiptonville...

Bill Dowdy Sr. (12/18/02)
Bill Dowdy Sr., 74, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Dec. 16, 2002 at Methodist Hospital in Germantown. He was a refrigeration maintenance worker and attended Sorrell's Chapel Methodist Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of J.W. Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Walt Asher officiating. Burial will be in Sorrell's Chapel Cemetery...

Joel Richardson (12/19/02)
Joel Richardson, 75, of Murray, Ky., died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002 at Murray-Calloway County Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Opal Orr (12/19/02)
Opal Orr, 95, of Memphis, formerly of Tiptonville, died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Jasper Baker Miller (12/20/02)
Jasper Baker Miller, of Tigrett, died today at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Laura Belle Anderson Ellis (12/23/02)
Laura Belle Anderson Ellis, 27, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Dec. 21, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Haywood in Brownsville. She was a licensed practical nurse for Oakwood Manor, a member of First United Methodist Church, salutatorian of her nursing class, and very active in Girl Scouting and Young Life. ...

Jasper Baker Miller (12/23/02)
Jasper Baker Miller, 85, of Tigrett, died Friday, Dec. 20, 2002 at his residence. A retired farmer, he was the son of the late Tom Miller and the late Esther Baker Miller. He was a member of the Dyersburg Moose Lodge, the Farm Bureau and served on the Dyer County School Board for 17 years. Services will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home and burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. Rev. Jim Griffith and Rev. Frank Gardner will officiate...

Callie Lucille Anderson Bunn Lewis (12/23/02)
Callie Lucille Anderson Bunn Lewis, 78, of Memphis, died Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002 at Baptist East Hospital. She was a homemaker, a member of Elon Baptist Church in the Double Bridges Community in Lauderdale County, named to the Commanders Club in 2001 by the D.A.V. ...

Vernon Lee Hines (12/30/02)
Vernon Lee Hines, 48, of Brownsville, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2002, at Methodist Healthcare-Brownsville Hospital. He was an auto repairman. Services were at 2 p.m. Sunday at London Branch Missionary Baptist Church in Brownsville with the Rev. Julius Harden officiating. Burial was in Ebenezer Cemetery in Mercer. Currie and Apple Funeral Home in Alamo is in charge of arrangements...

Gladys Orene Efird (12/30/02)
Gladys Orene Efird, 94, of Dyersburg, formerly of Memphis, died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2002, at Wesley at Dyersburg Nursing Care. She was a retied plant supervisor with General Electric after 30 years and a Baptist. Services were at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Forest Hill Funeral Homes and Cemeteries Midtown in Memphis. Burial was at Forest Hill Midtown...

Mary Hazel Burns (12/30/02)
Mary Hazel Burns, 81, of Union City, formerly of Tigrett, died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2002, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. She was a homemaker and a member of the First United Pentecostal Church in Union City. Services were at 2 p.m. Dec. 28 at Friendship Funeral Home with the Rev. Travis Grimsley and the Rev. Garvin Alfter officiating. Burial was in Friendship Cemetery in Friendship...

Cheryl E. Terry (12/31/02)
Cheryl E. Terry, 41, of Jackson, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Debra Diane Patterson (12/31/02)
Debra Diane Patterson, of Finley, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2002 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Tommie Lou Diggs (12/31/02)
Tommie Lou Diggs, 58, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Ruby P. Lawrence (12/31/02)
Ruby P. Lawrence, 95, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg. She was retired co-owner and office assistant for Lawrence Animal Clinic, a member of First United Methodist Church and Alma Potts Sunday School Class, Elizabeth Circle, volunteer Pink Lady at Methodist Hospital-Dyersburg where she received a Pink Lady of The Year Award and recognized with a 3,000 hour volunteer work pin...

Linda Roark (12/31/02)
Linda Roark, of Newbern, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2002 at Methodist Hospital-North in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Jeff Parsons (12/31/02)
Jeff Parsons, 41, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Geraldine Shands (12/31/02)
Geraldine Shands, 50, of Planterville, Miss., died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2002 at Baptist Hospital in Birmingham, Ala. She was a employee of Walmart and a member of the Church of Christ. Services will be 3 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel Lee Memorial Funeral Home in Verona, Miss. with Brother Craig Bailey and Brother Eddie Boutwell officiating. Burial will be in Lee Memorial Park...

Vadie Easter Turnbow (12/30/02)
Vadie Easter Turnbow, 76, of Friendship, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2002, at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. She was a homemaker and a member of Friendship United Pentecostal Church. Services were at 2 p.m. Sunday at Friendship Funeral Home with the Rev. Eugene Bishop officiating. Burial was in Bowen's Chapel Cemetery in Friendship...

Edward Cork Sr. (12/30/02)
Edward Cork Sr., of Dyersburg, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2002, at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by H.H. Hudson Funeral Home in Dyersburg.

Lurline C. Lewellyng (12/23/02)
Lurline C. Lewellyng, 87, of Noblesville, Ind., formerly of Newbern, died Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002 at the Riverwalk Nursing Home in Noblesville. A retired employee of the U.S. General Accounting Office, she was a member of Newbern First United Methodist Church, the Newbern Garden Club and the Newbern Depot committee that was responsible for the restoration of the old railroad depot and having it listed with the Historical Registry. ...

Mary Helen Barker Harris (12/23/02)
Mary Helen Barker Harris, 60, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002 at Methodist Hospital in Germantown. She was a homemaker. Services were at 10 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Don Layman and Major Jimmy Jackson officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

H.C. Poiner (12/24/02)
H.C. Poiner, of Obion, died today at Baptist Hospital in Union City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Peggy Fern Ball (12/24/02)
Peggy Fern Ball, 68, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Dec. 22, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a retired hostess for Plaza Restaurant and a member of Friendship Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Friendship Funeral Home. ...

Blanche Faught (12/26/02)
Blance Faught, of Tiptonville, died Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2002 at Obion County Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

H.C. Poiner (12/26/02)
H.C. Poiner, 85, of Newbern, died Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2002 at Baptist Hospital in Union City. He was a retired State of Tennessee employee of Highway Department of Transportation and a member and deacon of Harmony Baptist Church. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with Dr. Thomas Parnell and the Rev. Jack Criswell officiating. Burial will be in Poplar Grove Cemetery in Newbern...

Pamela Karen Pike (12/26/02)
Pamela Karen Pike, 40, of Finley, died Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2002 at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis. She was a homemaker, a member of Finley Baptist Church and a member of Phi Beta Kappa International Junior College Honors Society. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Finley Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Halliburton officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Blanche Rhodes Faught (12/27/02)
Blanche Rhodes Faught, 98, of Wynnburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2002, at Obion County Nursing Home. She was a retired school teacher and a landowner. A lifelong member of Wynnburg Baptist Church, she served as Sunday school teacher and pianist until her 80s. She also served as women's director of the Farm Bureau and was a member of the Wynnburg Woman's Club...

Martha Faye Carnatzie (12/27/02)
Martha Faye Carnatzie, 55, of Ridgely, died Friday, Dec. 20, 2002, at her home. She was a homemaker. No services are planned. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge. The widow of Damon Carnatzie, survivors include a daughter, Martha Elaine Davis of Obion; two sisters, Hattie Tolley of Ridgely and Ann Kelsey of Dyersburg; three brothers, Thomas Morton of Union City, Leonard Morton of Blytheville, Ark., and Gail Morton of Kansas City, Kan.; a granddaughter, Natasha Elaine Thacker; and two great-grandchildren, Brionna Danielle Thacker and Damon Wesley Thacker.. ...

Mary Sue Wisener Ballard (12/27/02)
Mary Sue Wisener Ballard, 88, of Sun City West, Ariz., formerly of Obion County, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2002, in Sun City West. She was an inspector for A.B. Dick Company in Chicago for 30 years. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home. Burial will be in Zion Cemetery in Obion County...

Clare John Campbell (12/31/02)
Clare John Campbell, 62, of Obion, died Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2002 in Florida. He was a member of a Baptist church in Florida. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Minnick Bible Church with the Rev. Don Campbell officiating. Burial will be in Star of Bethelhem Cemetery. J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Charles W. Presley Sr. (12/02/02)
Charles W. Presley Sr., 78, of Brownsville, died Saturday, Nov. 30, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a member of Brownsville Baptist Church where he was a long time Sunday school teacher and deacon, founding member of the Layman Quartet and the West Tennessee Quartet Convention, he was recognized by the West Tennessee Quartet convention in 1996 and 1997 for his contributions to gospel music and a World War II Army veteran...

Gracie Northcutt (12/05/02)
Gracie Northcutt, of Tiptonville, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002 at Reelfoot Manor Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

William Murl McKee Sr. (12/05/02)
William Murl McKee Sr., 82, of Halls, died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2002 at Wesley Homes of Dyersburg. He was retired Tupperware employee and an Army veteran of World War II. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Halls Funeral Home. Burial will be in Friendship Cemetery...

Georgia Fowler Parks (12/06/02)
Georgia Fowler Parks, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002 at Wesley Care Center in Dyersburg. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Larry J. Thomason (12/06/02)
Larry J. Thomason, 61, of Trimble, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002 at her residence. He was a retired employee of the State of Tennessee Highway Department. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today in Pierce Cemetery in Trimble with Dr. William Oakley officiating. Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Barbara Dycus Scott (12/06/02)
Barbara Dycus Scott, 65, of Nebo, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002 at Methodist-LeBonheur Healthcare in Jackson. She was a homemaker and a member of Midway Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Johnny Criswell officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern...

Willie James 'Bolden' Rice (12/06/02)
Willie James "Bolden" Rice, 53, of Tiptonville, died Nov. 28, 2002 at his residence. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. John #2 Baptist Church in Tiptonville with Minister Terry Bolden officiating. Burial will be in Citizens Cemetery in Tiptonville. Cosmopolitan Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements...

Lucille Huffine (12/06/02)
Lucille Huffine, 72, of Lake Station, Ind., formerly of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002 at her residence. She was a retired employee of Comet Cleaners and a member of the Church of God of Prophecy. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Rees Funeral Home in Hobart, Ind. with the Rev. Jack Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Chapel Law Memorial Gardens in Scherberville, Ind...

David Morris Peacock (12/09/02)
David Morris Peacock, 62, of Winona, Miss., formerly of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Dec. 7, 2002 at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis. He was an engineer for Krugher International in Winona and had worked as a broadcast engineer for numerous radio stations in Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Illinois since the 1960s. He was a member of the Broadcast Electronic Association and the Toastmasters in Dyersburg...

J.L. Franks (12/09/02)
J.L. Franks, 63, of Ridgely, died Saturday, Dec. 7, 2002 at his residence. He was a farmer and a Baptist. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at Curry's Ridgely Chapel with the Rev. Bobby Barnett and the Rev. Rob Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Minnick Cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home of Newbern is in charge of arrangements...

Georgia Fowler Parks (12/09/02)
Georgia Fowler Parks, 80, of Newbern, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002, at Wesley Care Center in Dyersburg. She was a retired employee of Dyersburg Fabrics and a member of Dyersburg First United Methodist Church. Graveside services were at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern with Dr. Phillip Cook officiating. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Barbara Scott (12/05/02)
Barbara Scott, of Yorkville, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002 at Methodist Hospital in Jackson. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Larry Thomason (12/05/02)
Larry Thomason, of Trimble, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Mary Lillie Stutts (12/02/02)
Mary Lillie Stutts, 87, of Bruceville, died Thursday, Nov. 28, 2002 at Oakwood Manor in Dyersburg. She was a homemaker and a member of Palestine Methodist Church in the Bruceville Community. Services were at 2 p.m. Saturday at Palestine Methodist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery. Halls Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Carlton Smith (12/02/02)
Carlton Smith, 78, of Bonicord, died Saturday, Nov. 30, 2002, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was retired from Trunkline Gas Co. in Bonicord and was a member of Miller's Chapel Church of Christ of Bonicord. Services are at 11 a.m. Monday at Friendship Funeral Home with the Rev. Oscar Bruce officiating. Burial will be in Friendship Cemetery of Friendship...

Debra Ann Bishop (12/02/02)
Debra Ann Bishop, 50, of Tiptonville, died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2002 at Methodist LeBonheur Hospital in Jackson. She was an employee of Royal Care Nursing Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ridgely Chapel Church in Ridgely with the Rev. Tom Sander officiating. Burial will be in Citizen Cemetery in Tiptonville. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Charles E. Bryson (12/02/02)
Charles E. Bryson, 65, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Nov. 28, 2002 at his residence. He was a former supervisor for a grocery store and factory and a member of Northside Church of Jesus Christ. Services were at 1 p.m. Saturday at Northside Church of Jesus Christ with Pastor Ray Winstead officiating. Burial was in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely...

Jane McKeever (12/03/02)
Jane McKeever, 46, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Dec. 2, 2002 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

William Harris Taylor (12/03/02)
William Harris Taylor, 61, of Nashville, formerly of Newbern, died Saturday, Nov. 30, 2002 at Gibson County General Hospital in Trenton. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Brother Henry Butler officiating. Burial will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Middle Tennessee Veterans Cemetery, with full military honors, with Chaplain Steven Turner officiating. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Billy Neal Woodard (12/04/02)
Billy Neal Woodard, 72, of Halls, died Monday, Dec. 2, 2002 at Dyersburg Manor. Services were at 10 a.m. today at Halls Funeral Home. Burial will be in Halls Cemetery.

Jane Morrison McKeever (12/04/02)
Jane Morrison McKeever, 46, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Dec. 2, 2002 at her residence. She was a research coordinator for the University of Tennessee and a member of First Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Raymond Boston officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Jannie Clenney Lovins (12/04/02)
Jannie Clenney Lovins, 98, of Sardis, died Sunday, Dec. 1, 2002 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Home. She was a homemaker. Services were at 2 p.m. Monday at Pafford Funeral Home in Lexington. Burial was in Sardis City Cemetery.

James Lloyd Grissom (12/04/02)
James Lloyd Grissom, 50, of Reagan, died Sunday, Dec. 1, 2002 at Lexington Methodist Hospital. Graveside services were at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Palestine Cemetery in Lexington. Pafford Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Gracie Robeson Peacock Northcutt (12/09/02)
Gracie Robeson Peacock Northcutt, 76, of Tiptonville, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002, at Reelfoot Manor Nursing Center. She was a retired business owner, land owner and a pastor's wife for 31 years, a member of Lakeview Baptist Church, foreperson of the Grand Jury for Lake County for 17 years, a member of Tiptonville Junior Women's Club, active in missions work, active in the Parent Teacher Association, an avid genealogist, and a member of Methodist UMW and Baptist WMU...

Flagg Lee (12/09/02)
Flagg Lee, 80, of Henning, died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2002, at Baptist Lauderdale Hospital in Ripley. He was a farmer. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at New Bethel Baptist Church in the Cherry community near Henning with the Rev. Larry Dixon officiating. Burial will be in the Garden of Everlasting Life in Covington...

Ruby Mae Kee (12/09/02)
Ruby Mae Kee, 93, of Friendship, died Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, at Crockett County Nursing Home in Alamo. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Friendship Baptist Church, where she was a member, with Dr. Billy Murphy officiating. Burial will be in Friendship Cemetery...

Jodi Stevens (12/16/02)
Jodi Stevens, of Memphis, formerly of Tiptonville, died Saturday, Dec. 14, 2002 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Glenn B. Peevyhouse (12/16/02)
Glenn B. Peevyhouse, 81, of Newbern, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a retired state employee who served with the Tennessee Highway Department for 37 years, a U.S. Army veteran and a member of Main Street Church of Christ...

rene Sipes (12/16/02)
Irene Sipes, 85, of Dyersburg, died Friday at Oakwood Community Living Center. She was a retired employee of Dyersburg Fabrics after 38 years in the bag-sewing department and a member of Glendale Church of Christ. Services are at 1 p.m. today at the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Bro. John Stacy officiating. Burial will be in Hurricane Hill Cemetery...

Marvin Ray Odom (12/16/02)
Marvin Ray Odom, 44, of Dyersburg, died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. He was a welder for Trinity Marine in Caruthersville, Mo. and a U.S. Army veteran. Services are at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Caruthersville with the Rev. Joe Campbell officiating. Burial will be in Little Prairie Cemetery in Caruthersville. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Annie L. Castleman Howerton (12/16/02)
Annie L. Castleman Howerton, 80, of Tiptonville, died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002 at Baptist Hospital in Union City. She was a homemaker and a member of Wynnburg Baptist Church. Graveside services were at 10 a.m. Saturday in Haynes Memorial Gardens with Brother Ernest Mayo and Brother Ralph Buckley officiating. J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Joe Bob Lemonds (12/16/02)
Joe Bob Lemonds, 87, of Ridgely, died Saturday, Dec. 14, 2002 at Ridgely Care and Rehabilitation Center. He was a retired electrician and a member of Ridgely Church of Christ and Ridgely Coffee Club. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Ridgely chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Jeff O'Dell officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely...

Bobby Clint Frazier (12/16/02)
Bobby Clint Frazier, 71, of Dyersburg, died Thursday at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. Services are at noon Wednesday at Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Larry Blakeburn officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Stanley Franklin Cook (12/16/02)
Stanley Franklin Cook, 35, of Trimble, died Tuesday. He was an employee of Dyer Grain Company and a member of the Turner Kirkland Memorial Shooting Range in Hornbeak. Services were Sunday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home in Newbern with the Rev. Glenn Forsee and Dr. William Oakley officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern...

Jimmy Powell (12/17/02)
Jimmy Powell, 51, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Dec. 15, 2002 at his residence. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Hopewell Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America with the Rev. Ronald Bower officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at H.H. Hudson Funeral Home in Dyersburg...

George Randall 'Jodie' Stevens (12/17/02)
George Randall "Jodie" Stevens, 19, of Memphis, formerly of Tiptonville, died Saturday, Dec. 14, 2002 at his residence. He was a roofer for Vickers Roofing in Memphis, a kick-boxer in the Memphis area where he had won several trophies and played football and basketball for Lake County Junior High School...

Glen Peevyhouse (12/13/02)
Glen Peevyhouse, 81, of Newbern, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a retired employee of State of Tennessee Highway Department for 37 years, a US Army veteran and a member of Main Street Church of Christ...

Judy L. Sikes (12/13/02)
Judy L. Sikes, 56, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002 at her residence. She was a homemaker and a Catholic. Services will be at 5 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Raymond Boston officiating. The family will receive visitors at 4 p.m. Saturday...

William 'Bill' Eubanks (12/10/02)
William ''Bill'' Eubanks, 82, of Dyersburg, died today at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Betty Ruth Farrow (12/10/02)
Betty Ruth Farrow, 71, of Fort Smith, Ark., died Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, in her home. She worked for 20 years with Pradco in plastic research, retiring as an injection mold operator. She was a member of the South 46th Street Church of Christ. Services were at 11 a.m. today in the chapel of Putman Funeral Home in Fort Smith. Burial was in the U.S. National Cemetery in Fort Smith. Putman Funeral Home in Fort Smith was in charge of arrangements...

Joyce Higgins (12/11/02)
Joyce Higgins, of Finley, died Monday, Dec. 9, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

William F. 'Bill' Eubanks (12/11/02)
William F. "Bill" Eubanks, 82, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002 at his residence. He was a retired cloth-finishing superintendent with Dyersburg Fabrics, a member of Southside Baptist Church, a World War II veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Dyer County Commissioner for 20 years and served as chairman of the budget committee for eight years...

Charles William Cochrum (12/11/02)
Charles William Cochrum, 63, of Union City, died Monday, Dec. 9, 2002 at his residence. He was an owner/operator of Pathway Family Bookstore in Union City, a former employee of Vaughn Electric and Reelfoot Supply Company for 22 years, a member of Calvary Baptist Church where he served as a deacon, Sunday school teacher and Sunday school director...

Glen Peevyhouse (12/12/02)
Glen Peevyhouse, of Newbern, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Stan Cook (12/12/02)
Stan Cook, of Trimble, died Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002 in Trimble. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Joyce Higgins (12/12/02)
Joyce Higgins, 55, of Finley, died Monday, Dec. 9, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Doug Ellingsworth officiating. Burial will be in Maple Cemetery in Caruthersville, Mo...

Annie Howerton (12/13/02)
Annie Howerton, of Tiptonville, died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002 at Baptist Hospital in Union City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.

Bob Frazier (12/13/02)
Bob Frazier, 71, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Harriet Kuta (12/17/02)
Harriet Kuta, 69, of Tiptonville, died Monday, Dec. 16, 2002 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.