Obituaries from November 2003

Clyde Wayne Clark (11/28/03)
Clyde Wayne Clark, 67, of Bonicord, died Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2003 at his residence. He was a farmer. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at Friendship Funeral Home with the Rev. Frank Gardner officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Beatrice McKnight (11/28/03)
Beatrice McKnight, 97, of Newbern, died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003 at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of Palestine Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Bobby Williams officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern. The family will receive visitors at 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home...

Katie Sue Pugh Brewer (11/26/03)
Katie Sue Pugh Brewer, 90, of Newbern, died Monday, Nov. 24, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Fairview Cemetery with the Rev. Waymon Hogue officiating. The family will receive visitors at 5:30-9 p.m. today at Johnson Funeral Home...

Eddie Jones (11/26/03)
Eddie Jones, 45, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a domestic worker. Services will be at noon Wednesday at Salter's Chapel A.M.E. Church in Dyersburg with Bishop Melvin Shaw officiating. Burial will be in M.C.C.O. Cemetery in Newbern. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements...

Richard Kent "Butch" Lee (11/26/03)
Richard Kent "Butch" Lee, 55, of Halls, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Ripley. He was a truck driver. Graveside services will be Wednesday at Herrin City Cemetery in Herrin, Ill. Halls Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

William A. Newton (11/26/03)
William A. Newton, 78, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003 at his residence. He was a retired employee of Dyersburg Fabrics after 14 years and a member of Halls First Assembly of God. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. A.L. Land officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Delmar Lee Rector (11/26/03)
Delmar Lee Rector, 95, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a carpenter, a United States Coast Guard veteran of World War II and crossed both oceans on the USS General R.L. Howze. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with Dr. Phillip Cook officiating...

Starlin Ross (11/26/03)
Starlin Ross, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Nov. 21, 2003 at Baptist Hospital-East in Memphis. She was a domestic worker. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church with the Rev. W.L. McCadney officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Dyersburg. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Maxine Thurmond Clayton (11/26/03)
Maxine Thurmond Clayton, of Tupelo, Miss., formerly of Dyersburg, died Monday, Nov. 24, 2003 at Cedars Nursing Home in Tupelo, Miss. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington.

Kathy Yvonne Read Cage (11/20/03)
Kathy Yvonne Read Cage, 40, of Henning, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Covington. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church in Henning with the Rev. Joe Dowell officiating. Burial will be in New Hope Cemetery. The family will receive visitors at noon-6 p.m. Friday at Currie's Funeral Home in Henning...

Arnold Guthrie Grief Sr. (11/20/03)
Arnold Guthrie Grief Sr., 65, of Trimble, died Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired factory employee and a Baptist. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with Dr. William Oakley officiating. Burial will be in Pierce Cemetery in Trimble. The family will receive visitors at 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home...

Harold Lane Screws (11/20/03)
Harold Lane Screws, 76, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired salesman for Glass Auto Parts, a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church where he was a Sunday school director and deacon and an avid fisherman and traveler. ...

Sylvia Jean Diggs (11/28/03)
Sylvia Jean Diggs, 66, of Ripley, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003 at Baptist Hospital-East in Memphis. She was a retired employee of USDA ASCS Office and a member of First Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley. Burial will be in Ripley Memorial Gardens...

Virginia Shoulders (11/28/03)
Virginia Shoulders of Newbern, died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Johnson's Funeral Home of Newbern.

Kenneth Bargery (11/28/03)
Kenneth Bargery of Ridgely died Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2003 at VA Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home of Dyersburg.

Lee Morris (11/28/03)
Lee Morris of Dyersburg died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2003 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Maxine Thurmond Clayton (11/28/03)
Maxine Thurmond Clayton, 72, of Tupelo, Miss., formerly of Dyersburg, died Monday, Nov. 24, 2003 at Cedars Nursing Home in Tupelo, Miss. She was a retired telephone operator and a Baptist. Graveside services will be today at 2 p.m. at Thurmond Cemetery in Halls with Elder Ed Carter officiating. Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington is in charge of arrangements...

Mary Evelyn Hollandsworth (11/28/03)
Mary Evelyn Hollandsworth, 82, of Ridgely, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired cook for Lake County School System and a member of Willingham Memorial Baptist Church. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in the Ridgely chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. James Hooper officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely...

Pastor Michael Lee McClenney (11/28/03)
Pastor Michael Lee McClenney, 50, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003 at his residence. He was minister of First United Pentecostal Church and enjoyed golf and music. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at First United Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Jerry Holland, the Rev. Wayne Chester, the Rev. Don Gill and the Rev. Ronald Lovins officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

William A. Newton (11/28/03)
William A. Newton, of Fowlkes, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Delmar L. Rector (11/28/03)
Delmar L. Rector, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Bill Mealer Jr. (11/28/03)
Bill Mealer Jr., 35, of Brownsville, died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003 at his home. He was a warehouse employee at Pictsweet Co., a member of Willingham Baptist Church near Ridgely and a 1986 graduate of Lake County High School. Services are at 1 p.m. Monday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with Bro. J.L. Campbell officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely...

Danny Ray Powell (11/28/03)
Danny Ray Powell, 49, of Dyersburg, formerly of Ridgely, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003 at his home. He was a retired employee of World Color Press. Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. today in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely with the Rev. David Gray officiating...

Emma Peacock Wigdor (11/28/03)
Emma Peacock Wigdor, 99, of Tiptonville, died Friday, Nov. 21, 2003 at Reelfoot Manor Nursing Home. She was a retired clothing-store owner, a member of the Lake County Historical Society and a member of Tiptonville First United Methodist Church, where she was a member of the Blanche Peacock Sunday School Class and served as church historian. She also worked with the Easter Seal Society...

Eddie Jones (11/28/03)
Eddie Jones, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by H.H. Hudson Funeral Home.

Beatrice McKnight (11/20/03)
Beatrice McKnight, 97, of Newbern, died today at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Danny Powell (11/20/03)
Danny Powell, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Betty J. Burns (11/17/03)
Betty J. Burns, 64, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Larry C. Wambsganss (11/17/03)
Larry C. Wambsganss, 60, of Munster, Ind., died Friday, Nov. 14, 2003 at St. Margaret Mercy Hospital-South Campus in Dyer, Ind. He was owner of Allied Rack Systems Inc. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Patsy Valentine Rice (11/17/03)
Patsy Valentine Rice, 60, of Halls, died Thursday, Nov. 13 at her residence. She was a homemaker. Services were at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Calvin Smith officiating. Burial was in Dyer County Memorial Gardens.

Margaret Pauline Whitson (11/18/03)
Margaret Pauline Whitson, of Trimble, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Bill Coleman (11/18/03)
Bill Coleman of Dyersburg died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Arnold Grief (11/19/03)
Arnold Grief, of Trimble, died Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Pauline Whitson (11/19/03)
Pauline Whitson, 89, of Trimble, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a homemaker, a member of Trimble First United Methodist Church, member of United Methodist Women, honorary member of Town & Country Literary Club, Canasta Club, Trimble Woman's Club, Ica-Bana Garden Club of Humboldt and Dyersburg Garden Club...

Virginia Shoulders (11/28/03)
Virginia Shoulders, 85, of Newbern, died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Fairview Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Jeff Odell officiating. Burial will be in Church Grove Cemetery in Newbern...

Clifford Autry (11/19/03)
Clifford Autry, 89, of Cedar Grove, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2003 at his residence. He was a farmer. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Chase Funeral Home with Brother Lynn Stapleton officiating. Burial will be in Clarksburg Cemetery...

Betty W. Gammons Burns (11/19/03)
Betty W. Gammons Burns, 64, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired employee of All-Wear Manufacturing Company and Wrangler, a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Brother Frank Paris officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Billy E. Coleman (11/19/03)
Billy E. Coleman, 78, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was owner/operator of Coleman Trucking Company, a Methodist, an avid coon hunter and a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Brother Mike Gardner officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Katherine Dunigan (11/19/03)
Katherine Dunigan, 83, of Halls, died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Cleaves Temple CME Church in Halls with the Rev. Ronald Shaw officiating. Burial will be in Old Chapel Cemetery in Halls...

J.D. Thomason (11/07/03)
J.D. Thomason, 69, of Obion, died Monday, Nov. 3, 2003 at The Regional Medical Center in Memphis. He was a retired farmer, a member of Obion First Baptist Church and a U.S. Army veteran. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Melvin Poe officiating. Burial will be in Pierce Cemetery in Trimble. The family will receive visitors at 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home...

Cecil Morris (11/07/03)
Cecil Morris, 89, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Nov. 3, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired employee of Memphis Light, Gas and Water Department and a member of Parrish Chapel Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Memphis Funeral Home-Poplar. Burial will be in Memphis Memory Gardens...

Clarice Hinson (11/10/03)
Clarice Hinson, of Trimble, died Sunday, Nov. 9, 2003 at Wesley of Dyersburg. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Leonard Fielder "Dunk" Dunagan Jr. (11/10/03)
Leonard Fielder "Dunk" Dunagan Jr., 92, of Ridgely, formely of Friendship, died Saturday, Nov. 8, 2003 at Ridgely Care & Rehab Center. He was retired owner of Dunagan Insurance Agency, a member of Ridgely First Baptist Church and a World War II Army veteran...

Joe Taylor (11/12/03)
Joe Taylor, of Fowlkes, died Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003, at Baptist Hosital-East in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Larry Laverne Sykes (11/07/03)
Laverne Sykes, 50, of Jackson, died Monday, Nov. 3, 2003 at the UT Hospital in Knoxville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.

Bessie Lee (11/12/03)
Bessie Lee, 77, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Earl McCall Walker (11/12/03)
Earl McCall Walker, 77, of Portageville, Mo., died Tuesday, Nov. 11 at Pemiscot Memorial Health Systems in Hayti, Mo. He was owner and operator of Earl Walker Mechanical Contractor, served as mayor and Alderman of Portageville, a member of Rotary, taught Sunday School classes at First Baptist Church, where he was a member and a Navy veteran of Korean Conflict...

Shelia Brown (11/13/03)
Shelia Brown of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003, at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Joe J. Taylor (11/13/03)
Joe J. Taylor, 69, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003 at Baptist Hospital-East in Memphis. He was a retired employee of Dyersburg Fabrics and a Mason. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Frank Gardner officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...

Ethel Pope Milner (11/13/03)
Ethel Pope Milner, 81, of Martin, died Wednesday, Nov. 12 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired employee of Martin Manufacturing Company and a member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Martin. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Murphy Funeral Home with the Rev. Mac Jett officiating. Burial will be in East Side Cemetery in Martin...

Max Wells McClure (11/13/03)
Max Wells McClure, 75, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a professional land surveyor and a retired hydrologist with Corps of Engineer Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Glenn Burse and Paul Helton officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Bessie Mae Lee (11/13/03)
Bessie Mae Lee, 77, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a merchant and a Baptist. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Fairview Cemetery with the Rev. John Morris officiating. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Lucille Walker Gunn (11/07/03)
Lucille Walker Gunn, 78, of Obion, died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2003 at Wesley at Dyersburg Nursing Care. She was a homemaker and a member of Second Baptist Church in Dyersburg. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Cryer Funeral Home in Obion with the Rev. Ronnie Turner officiating. Burial will be in Zion Cemetery in Obion...