Obituaries from December 2003

Margrette Powers Colvett (12/18/03)
Margrette Powers Colvett, of Newbern, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Virginia Taylor (12/22/03)
Virginia Taylor, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003 in Linden. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home

Mary Ring (12/22/03)
Mary Ring, of Trimble, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003 at Gibson County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Jewell Cooper (12/22/03)
Jewell Cooper, of Newbern, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Wilma Thurmon Whybrew (12/22/03)
Wilma Thurmon Whybrew, 87, of Wichita, Kan., formerly of Dyersburg, died Friday, Dec. 19, 2003 in Wichita. She was a retired saleswoman and a member of Central Church of Christ. Services will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Dyersburg Funeral Home with Roy Thurmon and Parks Thurmon officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Joe Wallace (12/22/03)
Joe Wallace, 71, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003 at his residence. He was retired as a highway-maintenance supervisor of the Tennessee Department of Transportation, a member of the National Knife Collectors Association, served on the board of directors of the Dyersburg Moose Lodge, was a member of Ducks Unlimited and a Methodist...

Natalie Taylor Simmons (12/22/03)
Natalie Taylor Simmons, infant daughter of Felicia Dawn Crenshaw of Newbern and David Lee Simmons of Kenton, died Saturday, Dec. 20, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be today at 2 p.m. in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. Johnson Funeral Home of Newbern is in charge of arrangements...

Willis 'Knott' Wyrick (12/23/03)
Willis "Knott" Wyrick of Newbern died today at his daughter's residence in Dyersburg. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Ruth E. Snipes (12/23/03)
Ruth E. Snipes, 76, of Jackson, died Monday, Dec. 22, 2003 at Jackson General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.

Margrette Powers Colvett (12/19/03)
Margrette Powers Colvett, 85, of Newbern, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired nurse's aide from Covington Manor. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Dewayne Thomas officiating. Burial will be in Covington Memorial Gardens...

Bessie Lee Hill (12/19/03)
Bessie Lee Hill, 89, of Tiptonville, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a domestic worker. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Solomon Chapel Church in Wynnburg with the Rev. James Barlow officiating. Burial will be in Citizen Cemetery in Tiptonville. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Harold Lawson Tillman Jr. (12/19/03)
Harold Lawson Tillman Jr., 54, of Halls, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Ripley. He was a carpenter and attended Enon Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home. Burial will be in Enon Cemetery near Halls...

Thurman Cantrell (12/18/03)
Thurman Cantrell, 80, of Tiptonville, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Thomas Taylor Rose (12/18/03)
Thomas Taylor Rose, 56, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2003 at his residence. He was a retired employee of Dyersburg Fabrics Inc., a member of Southside Baptist Church and an avid fisherman and hunter. Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Lynn Drumwright officiating. Burial will be in Sorrell's Chapel Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Herman E. 'Herm' Zimmermann (12/18/03)
Herman E. "Herm" Zimmermann, 86, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a mechanical engineer for Heckethorn Manufacturing and a member of First United Methodist Church and Outpost Sunday School Class...

Lloyd Willis (12/18/03)
Lloyd Willis, 86, of Ridgely, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003 at Ridgely Care & Rehabilitation Center. He was a retired foreman and crane operator for Anderson Tully. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Ridgely chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Bert Burkett officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Margie Marie Akers (12/18/03)
Margie Marie Akers, 87, of Paris, died Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a homemaker. Services were at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Stockdale-Malin Chapel in Big Sandy with Brother Johnny Adkins officiating. Burial was in Crooked Creek Cemetery...

Ron Ropkin (12/18/03)
Ron Ropkin, 77, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a retired employee of Patterson Brothers Service Station, a member of First United Pentecostal Church and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II...

Margaret E. Horner (12/18/03)
Margaret E. Horner, 83, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003 at Wesley Care Center in Dyersburg. She was a retired nurse from Parkview Hospital and Dyersburg Manor, a member of Bryant's Chapel United Methodist Church and a member of the Eastern Star...

Joseph M. Walker (12/19/03)
Joseph M. Walker, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Harold Kirby (12/23/03)
Harold Kirby of Dyersburg died Monday, Dec. 22, 2003 at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Lillie Virginia Taylor (12/23/03)
Lillie Virginia Taylor, 90, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003 in Linden. She was a homemaker and a member of Second Baptist Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Ronnie Turner officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Mary A. Ring (12/23/03)
Mary A. Ring, 84, of Trimble, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003 at Gibson County General Hospital in Trenton. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Terry Presson officiating. Burial will be in Pierce Cemetery in Trimble...

Irma Delora Bolding (12/29/03)
Irma Delora Bolding, 93, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Parrish Chapel Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Guy Merriman officiating. Burial will be in Sorrell's Chapel Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Dorothy M. Lewis (12/29/03)
Dorothy M. Lewis, 83, of Ridgely, died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Curry Funeral Home.

Michael Fullington (12/29/03)
Michael Fullington of Jackson, 29, died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003 in Jackson. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services of Dyersburg.

Ida Taylor (12/29/03)
Ida Taylor, 75, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a domestic worker. Services will be Monday at Refuge Temple Church with the Rev. Randy Taylor and the Rev. Bobby Lee officiating. Burial will be in M.C.C.O. Cemetery in Newbern. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Billy Dwight Link (12/29/03)
Billy Dwight Link, 65, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Dec. 26, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Born in Yorkville, he was the son of Goodloe Link and Geneva Cole Link, both deceased. Memorial services will be held on Monday at 2 p.m. at Dyersburg Manor. Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Rev. James Hooper will officiate...

Kabrein Errol Lavar Eastwood (12/29/03)
Kabrein Errol Lavar Eastwood, infant son of Tobi Ann Eastwood of Alamo and Kinte Washington of Dresden, died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2003 at Humboldt General Hospital. Services were at 1 p.m. Saturday at Union Baptist Church in Martin with E.T. Echols officiating. Burial was in Bible Union Baptist Church Cemetery. Ronk Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Terry Lee Luna (12/30/03)
Terry Lee Luna, 45, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2003 at his residence. He was a former employee of Jimmy Dean Foods and attended Phillips Street Church of God. Graveside services were at 9 a.m. today at Dyersburg City Cemetery with Paul Greer officiating. Curry Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Terry Lynn Glisson (12/30/03)
Terry Lynn Glisson, 34, of Finley, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was an employee of Fowlkes Concrete and an organ donor. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Tiptonville with the Rev. Ronnie Turner and the Rev. Andy Martin officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

George D. Finch (12/30/03)
George D. Finch, 83, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. He was a retired assistant postmaster and employee of Dyersburg Funeral Home, a member of First Christian Church and a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II...

Paul Sherman Gregson (12/29/03)
Paul Sherman Gregson, 62, of RoEllen, died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003 at his residence. He was a former employee of Dyersburg Fabrics Inc., raised Quarter Horses and was a member of American Quarter Horse Association. Services were at 11 a.m. today in Rehoboth Cemetery with the Rev. Carmen Dennison officiating. Curry Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...

Lorene Baker Gurley (12/29/03)
Lorene Baker Gurley, 80, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She was a retired salesperson of Graber's and Dyersburg Cotton Products, a member of First Assembly of God, where she was a former choir member, Sunday school teacher and Sunday school superintendent, a 1941 graduate of Dyersburg High School, past president of Jennie Bell PTA and president of Dyer County Council of PTA...

Beatrice Eleanor Criswell (12/23/03)
Beatrice Eleanor Criswell, 86, of Grand Rapids, Mich., formerly of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003 in Grand Rapids. She was a retired employee of Wytheville Hospital of Wytheville, Va., a member of Wytheville Seventh-Day Adventist Church and Grand Rapids Central Seventh-Day Adventist Church, active in the ladies club at the church, and active with the fund-raising programs for Echo Valley School...

Jewell Greene Cooper (12/23/03)
Jewell Greene Cooper, 78, of Newbern, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired cosmetologist. Services were at 10 a.m. today in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. George Butler officiating. Burial will be at 3 p.m. in Sunset Memorial Park in West Helena Ark...

Samuel C. Baker (12/23/03)
Samuel C. Baker, 81, of Smithville, formerly of Memphis, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003 at his daughter's residence in Smithville. He was a retired plant manager with Choctaw Inc., a U.S. Navy veteran during World War II, and a member of Georgian Hills United Methodist Church in Memphis where he served as past church lay leader, past chairman of the board and past trustee...

Bobby Lee McDaniel (12/26/03)
Bobby Lee McDaniel, 67, of Friendship, died Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003 at his residence. He was a self-employed farmer, cattleman, landowner and owner of American Quarter Horses, Crockett County Commission in District 1 for 25 years, a member of Elizabeth United Methodist Church, where he served as song leader and was on numerous committees...

George D. Finch (12/26/03)
George D. Finch, of 83, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. He was a retired assistant postmaster and employee of Dyersburg Funeral Home, a member of First Christian Church and a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II...

Lola Mildred Agee (12/26/03)
Lola Mildred Agee, 87, of Maury City, died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003 at Crockett County Nursing Home. She was a retired grocer and a member of Maury City Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Maury City Baptist Church with the Rev. L.D. Kennedy and the Rev. James R. Jones officiating. Burial will be in Floyd's Chapel Cemetery...

Terry Glisson (12/29/03)
Terry Glisson, of Tiptonville, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Jessie Thomas Hatley (12/15/03)
Jessie Thomas Hatley, 77, of Tiptonville, died Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. She was a retired grocery clerk and a member of a member of Lakeview Baptist Church for more than 44 years. Services were at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lakeview Baptist Church with the Rev. Houston Northcutt and the Rev. Ernest Mayo officiating. Burial was in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. Curry Funeral Home in Dyersburg was in charge of arrangements...

Carl Burden (12/15/03)
Carl Leroy Burden, 59, of Trenton, formerly of Obion County, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2003 at his home. He was a self-employed heavy-equipment operator and a member of Doris Chapel Church of Christ. He was born March 6, 1944 in Missouri. Services are at 2 p.m. today at White and Mahon Funeral Home in Troy with Tim Fuqua officiating. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery in Hornbeak...

Mildred Riggs (12/16/03)
Mildred Riggs, 78, of Dyersburg, died today at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home or you may call the information line at 285-2424.

R.A. McPeake (12/16/03)
R.A. McPeake, 92, of Finley, died today at Wesley of Dyersburg Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Margaret Horner (12/16/03)
Margaret Horner, of Newbern, died today at Wesley of Dyersburg Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Pauline Studard (12/16/03)
Pauline Studard, 92, of Lenox, died Monday, Dec. 15, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Lenox Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Don Williams officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Herman Zimmerman (12/17/03)
Herman Zimmerman, 87, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Lloyd Willis (12/17/03)
Lloyd Willis, of Ridgely, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003 at Ridgely Care & Rehabilitation Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Ron Ropkin (12/17/03)
Ron Ropkin, 77, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Mildred Elizabeth Cox Riggs (12/17/03)
Mildred Elizabeth Cox Riggs, 78, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Dec. 15, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a homemaker and a member of West Dyersburg Church of Christ. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Paul Helton officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery...

Margaret E. Horner (12/17/03)
Margaret E. Horner, 83, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003 at Wesley Care Center in Dyersburg. She was a retired nurse from Parkview Hospital and Dyersburg Manor, a member of Bryant's Chapel United Methodist Church and a member of the Eastern Star...

James D. Binkley (12/17/03)
James D. Binkley, 75, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Dec. 15, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a former employee of Colonial Rubber Works for 20 years and was employed part time with Country Mart and was a Baptist. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Ralph Gunter officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern...

Leroy Arterbridge (12/04/03)
Leroy Arrterbridge, 89, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Dec. 1, 2003 at Wesley at Dyersburg. He was a farmer. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Buck Chapel Church in Maury City with the Rev. David Lewis officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery...

William 'Jack' Keeling (12/15/03)
William "Jack" Keeling, 83, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Care. He was a retired day care owner and retired salesman, a Methodist and a Navy veteran of World War II. Services are at 11 a.m. Monday at Curry Funeral Home in Dyersburg with the Rev. Tom Perkins officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens in Dyersburg...

Jewel Lauria Overton (12/02/03)
Jewel Lauria Overton, 88, of Finley, died Friday, Nov. 28, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of the Independent Free Holiness Church. Services will take place at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with burial to follow in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. Brother Calvin Smith and Brother Kenny Chessor will officiate...

Charles Edward Johnson Jr. (12/05/03)
Charles Edward Johnson Jr., 54, of Tiptonville, died Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003 at his residence. He was a correctional officer with Northwest Correctional Center, retired from the Army National Guard and a member of St. John No. 2 Missionary Baptist Church...

Lee N. 'Polly' Hopper (12/05/03)
Lee N. "Polly" Hopper, 100, of Pocahontas, Ark., died Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2003 at Randolph County Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a Methodist. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with the Rev. John Morris officiating...

Betsy Jane Hardin (12/05/03)
Betsy Jane Hardin, 44, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2003 at her residence. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Mac Daniels officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens. The family will receive visitors from 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home...

William "Glover" Throgmorton (12/08/03)
William "Glover" Throgmorton, 73, of Halls, died Saturday, Dec. 6, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a farmer, custom craft manufacturing, a retired maintenance employee of Tupperware and a member of West Dyersburg Church of Christ...

Jessie G. Smith (12/08/03)
Jessie G. Smith, 93, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Dec. 6, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Home. She was a homemaker and a member of Southside Baptist Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Brother Joe Naylor and Brother Leonard Ballinger officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

Alma Ruth Crenshaw Dozier (12/08/03)
Alma Ruth Crenshaw Dozier, 78, of Obion, died Saturday, Dec. 6, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Zion United Methodist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Zion United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dale Mills and the Rev. Robert Craig officiating. Burial will be in Zion Cemetery in Elbridge. Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Mary Jeanette Bradshaw (12/08/03)
Mary Jeanette Bradshaw, 88, of Obion, died Saturday, Dec. 6, 2003 at Ridgely Care and & Rehabilitation Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Union Church in Fulton, Ky. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Marlon Stephens and the Rev. Larry Blakeburn officiating. Burial will be in Zion Cemetery in Elbridge...

Reba Walker Carroll Bearden (12/08/03)
Reba Walker Carroll Bearden, 84, of Newbern, died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2003 at Ridgely Care & Rehabilitation Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Lemalsamac Church of Christ. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with Brother Dan Clevenger officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern...

Shirley Ann Cooper (12/08/03)
Shirley Ann Cooper, 63, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired nurse's aide from Oakwood Nursing Center after 30 years and a member of Evansville Free Holiness Church. Services were at 1 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Brother Mac Daniels officiating. Burial will be in McCullough Chapel Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Bessie A. Childress (12/08/03)
Bessie A. Childress, 74, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Dec. 6, 2003 at her residence. She was a homemaker, a member of First Christian Church, a member of the Dyersburg-Dyer County Senior Citizens Group and a former craft teacher for the Dyer County Office on Aging...

Louise Akin (12/08/03)
Louise Akin, 93, of Huntsville, Ala., formerly of Newbern, died Friday, Dec. 5, 2003 at Somerby Assisted Living in Huntsville. She was a retired business owner of A&R Department Store and Akin Chevrolet in Newbern. A devoted member of Newbern First United Methodist Church, she joined Trinity Methodist Church after moving to Huntsville 10 years ago. She more recently visited often at First United Methodist Church in Huntsville with her family...

Annie Brisendine Nichols Kelly (12/05/03)
Annie Brisendine Nichols Kelly, 92, of Scottsdale, Ariz., formerly of Dyersburg, died on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003. She was a former cafeteria employee of Dyersburg High School. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Eternal Hills Mortuary in Oceanside, Calif...

Shirley Cooper (12/05/03)
Shirley Cooper, 63, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home. You may call their obituary line 285-2424 for arrangements.

Martha Frances Crouch (12/04/03)
Martha Frances Crouch, 91, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Home. She was a retired employee of Dyersburg Fabrics and a member of First Assembly of God Church. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Mike Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...

William A. Newton (12/02/03)
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, a U.S. Army veteran and a member of Halls First Assembly of God. Services were at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. A.L. Land officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...

Lee Thomas Morris (12/02/03)
Lee Thomas Morris, 94, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2003 at his residence. The retired owner of Morris Furniture, he was a 50-year Mason with Hess Lodge No. 93 where he served as Past Worshipful Master when the new lodge was built. He was a member and a Sunday School teacher at First United Methodist Church and was a driving force in building the cross atop the bluff that can be seen at night along Highway 78...

Howard S. 'Red' Hunt (12/02/03)
Howard S. "Red" Hunt, 89, of Shelby, Ohio died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2003 at his residence. He was a former employee of Wilkens Air Force Depot in Shelby, the author of "Did You Ever? Well, I Did", a top bowler with Shelby Bowling League and a member of First United Methodist Church in Shelby...

Grace Ann Hollingsworth (12/02/03)
Grace Ann Hollingsworth, 88, of St. Charles, Mo., formerly of Dyersburg, died Friday, Nov. 28, at National Health Care in St. Charles, Mo. A longtime Avon representative, she was a member of First United Methodist Church of Dyersburg and the widow of Daniel Lee Hollingsworth Sr...

Jeffery Bowles (12/02/03)
Jeffery Bowles, 17, of Finley died Friday, Nov. 28, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a senior at Dyer County High School, a member of FFA, the 4-H Club and the Charolais Club. Services will take place at the Junction Church of God at 1 p.m. on Monday. The Rev. Kenny Chessor will officiate. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Kenneth Bargery (12/02/03)
Kenneth Bargery, 73, of Ridgely, died Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2003 at the Veterans Medical Center in Memphis. He was a retired farmer, a retired correctional officer from Lake County Regional Correctional Facility, a member of Hathaway and Cottonwood Grove Baptist churches, and a former staff sergeant with the United States Air Force during the Korean Era...

Charles Johnson (12/03/03)
Charles Johnson, 54, of Tiptonville, died Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.

Martha Frances Crouch (12/03/03)
Martha Frances Crouch, 91, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Leroy Arterbridge (12/03/03)
Leroy Arterbridge, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Dec. 1, 2003 at Wesley of Dyersburg. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by H.H. Hudson Funeral Home.

Walter Lee Crawford (12/03/03)
Walter Lee Crawford, 53, of Tiptonville, died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2003 at Methodist Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 12 p.m. Thursday at St. John #2 M.B. Church in Tiptonville with the Rev. Jeffery Samples officiating. Burial will be in Citizen Cemetery in Tiptonville. Cosmopolitan Funeral Services are in charge of arrangements...

Mary V. Taylor Fowlkes (12/03/03)
Mary V. Taylor Fowlkes, 93, of Knoxville and Dyersburg, died Monday, Dec. 1, 2003 at Little Creek Nursing Home in Knoxville. She was a retired elementary school teacher in Georgia and Florida and was a member of Sequoyah Presbyterian Church in Knoxville. She was a graduate of Vanderbilt University and received her masters degree from the University of Mississippi...

Rosie May McCaig (12/09/03)
Rosie May McCaig, 73, of Bruceville Community, died Monday, Dec. 8, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center.

Rudy Pylant (12/09/03)
Rudy Pylant, 82, of Kennett, Mo., Sunday, Dec. 7, 2003 at his residence. He was a radio announcer for KOTC radio in Kennett and a World War II veteran. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at First United Pentecostal Church in Kennett. The family will receive visitors at 6-8 p.m. today at McDaniel Funeral Home in Kennett...

Miriam Beatrice Green (12/09/03)
Miriam Beatrice Green, 93, of Tigrett, died Monday, Dec. 8, 2003 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Home. She was a homemaker and a member of Friendship Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Friendship Baptist Church with the Rev. Doug Baker, the Rev. David Green and the Rev. Billy Murphy officiating. Burial will be in Bellevernon Cemetery...

Rosie May McCaig (12/12/03)
Rosie May McCaig, 73, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Dec. 8, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Mount Vernon Baptist Church. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home elder Johnny Harris officiating. Burial will be in Palestine Cemetery in the Bruceville Community...

James Lawrence Hicks Jr. (12/12/03)
James Lawrence Hicks Jr., 82, of Friendship, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a retired materials superintendent for Ford Construction and a member and trustee of Friendship United Methodist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Friendship Funeral Home. Burial will be in Bellevernon Cemetery...

Nell Haire Beard (12/12/03)
Nell Haire Beard, 73, of Collierville, formerly of Dyer County, died Monday, Dec. 8, 2003 at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. She was a homemaker and a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Vicksburg, Miss. A memorial graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Yorkville Cemetery. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Mary Pauline House Studard (12/15/03)
Mary Pauline House Studard, 92, of Lenox, died today at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

James D. Binkley (12/15/03)
James D. Binkley, died today at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Nancy Mackey Milner (12/15/03)
Nancy Mackey Milner, 85, of Memphis, formerly of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003 at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis. She was a homemaker and attended First Baptist Church in Dyersburg. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern with the Rev. Jack Rogers officiating. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Nancy Milner (12/15/03)
Nancy Milner, 85, of Memphis, formerly of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003 at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Curry Funeral Home in Dyersburg.

Carolyn Crawford Rosenbloom (12/15/03)
Carolyn Crawford Rosenbloom, 90, homemaker and widow of Milton J. Rosenbloom, died Wednesday night at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Curry Funeral Home with Dr. Phillip Cook and the Rev. Wade Cox officiating. Burial will be in Jackson, Tenn...

W.T. Osborne (12/15/03)
W.T. Osborne, 85, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003 at his home. He was a retired insurance agent for American General Life Insurance Co., a former greeter for Wal-Mart, a U.S. Navy veteran and a member of Dyersburg First Baptist Church. Services are at 2 p.m. Monday at Johnson Funeral Home in Newbern with the Rev. David Willard officiating. Burial will be in Sanders Chapel Cemetery in Obion County...

Mattie Neal (12/15/03)
Mattie Neal, 87, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a domestic worker and served on the Mother Board at Tabernacle Baptist Church. Services are at noon Wednesday at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Dyersburg with the Rev. Louis Hudson officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Dyersburg. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home in Dyersburg is in charge of arrangements...

Scott 'Pete' Long (12/15/03)
Scott "Pete" Long, 83, of Trenton, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a farmer. Services are at 3:30 p.m. today at Shelton Funeral Home in Trenton. Burial will be in Oakhaven Memory Gardens.

Debra Gordon (12/12/03)
Debra Gordon, 46, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003 in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Grace Pugliese (12/12/03)
Grace Pugliese, 93, of Cloverdale, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Iva Dell Trimble (12/12/03)
Iva Dell Trimble, of Yorkville, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Iva Dell Trimble (12/10/03)
Iva Dell Trimble, of Yorkville, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Grace Pugliese (12/10/03)
Grace Pugliese, 93, of Cloverdale, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Rosie May McCaig (12/10/03)
Rosie May McCaig, 73, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Dec. 8, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Mount Vernon Baptist Church. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home elder Johnny Harris officiating. Burial will be in Palestine Cemetery in the Bruceville Community...

Albert "Papa Smurf" Fultz (12/10/03)
Albert "Papa Smurf" Fultz, died today at his daughter's residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.

Debra Gordon (12/10/03)
Debra Gordon, 46, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003 in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

James Lawrence Hicks Jr. (12/10/03)
James Lawrence Hicks Jr., 82, of Friendship, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a retired materials superintendent for Ford Construction and a member and trustee of Friendship United Methodist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Friendship Funeral Home. Burial will be in Bellevernon Cemetery...

Nell Haire Beard (12/10/03)
Nell Haire Beard, 73, of Collierville, formerly of Dyer County, died Monday, Dec. 8, 2003 at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. She was a homemaker and a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Vicksburg, Miss. A memorial graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Yorkville Cemetery. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Carolyn Rosenbloom (12/11/03)
Carolyn Rosenbloom, 90, of Memphis, formerly of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003 at Baptist Hospital-East in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.

Iva Dell Trimble (12/11/03)
Iva Dell Trimble, 84, of Yorkville, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003 at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of Yorkville Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Services were at 11 a.m. today in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Carey Womack officiating. Burial was in Yorkville Cemetery...

Grace S. Pugliese (12/11/03)
Grace S. Pugliese, 93, of Obion (Cloverdale Community), died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003 at her residence. She was a comptometer operator with The Department of Navy for 31 years and a member of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. John Fields officiating. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va...

Deborah 'Debbie' Ballinger Gordon (12/11/03)
Deborah "Debbie" Ballinger Gordon, 46, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003 at Methodist Hospital in Germantown. She was employed with Genlyte-Thomas Industries and a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Brother Leonard Ballinger Jr., Jeremy Ballinger and Jeff Gordon officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely...

Wilda Wayne Latham (12/15/03)
Wilda Wayne Latham, 75, of Friendship, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a retied seamstress from Kellwood Manufacturing and a member of Friendship United Methodist Church and the Elva Dunagan Circle. Services are at 2 p.m. Monday at Friendship Funeral Home in Friendship with the Rev. Frank Gardner and the Rev. Jim Griffith officiating. Burial will be in Bellevernon Cemetery...