Obituaries
Obituaries
Earl Hight
Mar 1, 2016
Earl Romus Hight, age 88, entered the presence of his Lord on March 1, 2016 at Jackson General Hospital. Visitation will be held at Lea and Simmons on March 3 from 6:00-8:00 PM. Funeral service will be held at Calvary Baptist Church on March 4 at 11:00 AM with Dr. Jerry Drace and Rev. Ron Davis officiating. Burial will follow...
James Edward Earnest
Feb 28, 2016
James' Obituary Mr. James Edward Earnest age 77 of Brownsville, passed away Sunday, February 28, 2016, at Trevecca Health and Rehabilitation Center in Nashville. He was born May 29, 1938 in Haywood County to the late Robert Louis Earnest and Mary Beatrice Crossen Earnest. Mr. Earnest retired as a small engine technician from John Deere in Brownsville as well as...
Finis Neal Davis
Feb 27, 2016
Finis' Obituary Bells, TN - Mr. Finis Neal Davis age 82, passed away on Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Jackson General Hospital. Mr. Davis was born in Crockett County on June 18, 1933 to the late Ewell Davis and wife, Madie Bridger Davis. He is preceded in death by a brother, Clarence L. Davis; a sister, Janice Hendrix, a grandson,...
Michael Wayne Thomason
Feb 25, 2016
Michael's Obituary Brownsville, TN – Michael Wayne Thomason, age 63 of Brownsville, passed away on Thursday, February 25, 2016 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. He was born on May 29, 1952 in Brownsville, TN to the late Samuel F. Thomason and Beulah G. Austin Thomason. Mr. Thomason was a devoted family man and grandfather. He was self employed...
Martha Jean Mann
Feb 25, 2016
Martha's Obituary Mrs. Martha Jean Wilson Mann age 74 of Brownsville, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. She was born July 22, 1941 in Crockett County to the late Oscar Truman Wilson and Gladys Stephenson Wilson. Mrs. Mann was a retired seamstress and member of Holly Grove Baptist Church. In addition to her parents,...
Paul Howard Shewmaker
Feb 24, 2016
Paul's Obituary Jackson, TN – Mr. Paul Howard Shewmaker passed away on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Paul was born in Jessamine County, KY on August 27, 1937 to the late John Shewmaker and wife, Gertrude Woods Shewmaker. He is also preceded in death by three brothers. He was a Veteran on the United States...
Charlotte Pernell
Feb 23, 2016
Charlotte Verdell Davis Parnell, age 57, passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at her home in Brownsville, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted Friday, February 26, 2016 at 11 AM in the Lea and Simmons Funeral Home. Graveside Services will follow at 2 PM in Crittenden Memorial Park Cemetery in Marion, Arkansas. A visitation will be held Friday, February 26,...
David Stewart
Feb 23, 2016
David C. Stewart, 64, of Washington, D.C. died on February 23, 2016. He was born on January 31, 1952, in Brownsville, TN to Dr. David Earl and Mrs. Edna Earle Outlaw Stewart of Brownsville, TN. He is survived by his family, which includes his sister, Elise Stewart Mullikin of Brownsville, TN: niece, Elise Mullikin Gillespie of Brownsville, TN; nephew Stanley...
Lyde Hamilton
Feb 20, 2016
Lyde Davis Johnson Hamilton went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 20, 2016, at the age of 97. She was born in Brownsville, TN, on October 3, 1918. She was preceded in death by her parents Robert Currie Johnson and Callie Taylor Johnson, and her beloved husband of 59 years, J.C. Hamilton. She is survived by two...
Terry Colborn
Feb 19, 2016
Mr. Terry Wilson Colborn, age 74 passed away February 19, 2016 at his home in Brownsville, Tennessee. A Memorial Service will be conducted Monday, February 22, 2016 at 2:30 PM in the Lea and Simmons Funeral Home. Mr. Colborn was preceded in death by his parents: Delos and Delta Easton Colborn. He is survived by his wife: Donna Webb Colborn,...
Teddie Marie Kiewiet
Feb 15, 2016
Teddie's Obituary Brownsville, TN – Mrs. Teddie Marie Staggs Kiewiet, age 78, of Horn Lake, MS passed away Monday, February 15, 2016 at her residence. She was born on January 16, 1938 in Brownsville, TN to the late Commodore Perry Staggs and Nyarcie Mae Young Staggs. She worked for many years as a self employed caregiver and was a member...
Gladys Aleene Crutchfield
Feb 13, 2016
Gladys' Obituary Bells, TN – Mrs. Gladys Aleene Crutchfield passed away on February 13, 2016 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. She was born on December 14, 1930 to the late Oscar Patterson and wife, Gladys Lallie “Howell” Patterson. Aleene is preceded in death by her husband, Tommy Crutchfield and two brothers, Oscar W. Patterson and Eber Patterson; three sisters,...
Rhonda Kay Besinger
Feb 11, 2016
Rhonda's Obituary Ms. Rhonda Kay Besinger age 52 of Alamo, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2016 at Bells Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Jackson, TN on August 5, 1963 to the late Billy Joe Williams and Janie Hill Williams. Mrs. Besinger is survived by her soulmate and companion of twenty-eight years, Larry Horne; two daughters, Chrissy Besinger...
Eva Faye Hendrix
Feb 10, 2016
Eva Faye's Obituary Mrs. Eva Faye Hendrix age 78 of Alamo, passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. She was born August 14, 1937 in Itawamba County, Mississippi to the late Lawrence G. and Ola Kent Sides. Mrs. Hendrix was a homemaker and member of Holly Grove Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she...
Robert Phillips
Feb 5, 2016
Mr. Robert Earl Phillips, 63, passed away Friday, February 5, 2016 in Baptist Trinity Hospice in Collierville, Tennessee. Funeral Services will be conducted Sunday, February 7, 2016 at 2:00 PM in the Lea and Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN. Burial will follow in Mt. Moriah Cemetery in Whiteville, TN. A visitation will be Saturday, February 6, 2016, 5 to...
Myrtice Griffin
Feb 4, 2016
Myrtice's Obituary Bells, TN – Mrs. Myrtice Lucielle Griffin, age 96 passed away on Thursday, February 5, 2016 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. She was born in Crockett County on January 12, 1920 to the late Troy C. Ward and wife, Nancy Ethel Vines Ward. Myrtice was a homemaker and member of Midway Baptist Church. Mrs. Griffin was preceded...
Hazel Louise Hobock
Feb 4, 2016
Hazel's Obituary Alamo, TN – Ms. Hazel Baxter Hobock passed away on February 4, 2016 at Alamo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was a retired seamstress from Kellwood Company and a member of Cairo Baptist Church. She was also born and educated in Alamo. Ms. Hobock was preceded in death by her parents, Benjamin Franklin and Flossie Cash Baxter; two...
Oscar Lee Hamilton
Feb 3, 2016
Oscar's Obituary Mr. Oscar Lee Hamilton age 71 of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2016 in Jackson Madison County General Hospital. He was born April 17, 1944 in Erie, Pennsylvania to the late Oscar and Hazel Ware Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton is survived by his sister, Charlotte Sirigos of Bells as well as three nephews. A memorial service to celebrate...
Brady Edwards
Feb 2, 2016
Brady Higgins Edwards, of Germantown, died Tuesday, February 2nd, at Baptist Reynolds Hospice House at the age of 81. He is survived by his wife of almost 61 years, Dorothy Rainey Edwards. Survivors also include 3 children, Amy Edwards Galyen (Tommy) of Germantown, Dr. Carl Edwards (Stacey), of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Mark Edwards of Germantown. Mr. Edwards had four grandchildren,...
Glen Morris Hightower
Feb 1, 2016
Glen's Obituary Collierville, TN – Glen Morris Hightower, age 70 of Collierville, passed away on Monday, February 1, 2016 at the Methodist Lebohner Germantown Hospital. He was born December 17, 1945 in Memphis, TN, to Mrs. Mary Eloise Cole Hightower and the late Mr. John Morris Hightower. He was a member of the Germantown Baptist Church and was retired from...
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