Obituaries
Obituaries
Ina Mae Surles
Nov 21, 2022
Ina Mae Surles, age 75, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 21, 2022, at her home in Bells, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at 12:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Cypress Community Church with Dr. Dennis Renshaw officiating. Burial to follow in the Cypress Community Church Cemetery. A visitation will be held on...
Mattie Lou Qualls Marlar
Nov 18, 2022
Mattie Lou Qualls Marlar, age 84, of Brownsville, passed away Friday, November 18, 2022, at Bells Nursing Home after a 7-year battle with Alzheimer’s. Services will be held on Monday, November 21, 2022, at 12:00 PM, at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home, 1280 S. Dupree Ave, Brownsville, TN with Bro Greg Bowers officiating. Burial will follow at Harmony Baptist...
Ann Reid
Nov 16, 2022
Margaret “Ann” Castellaw Reid, age 89, passed away November 16, 2022, in Jackson-Madison County General Hospital after a short illness. Mrs. Reid was born on August 1, 1933, to the late J.F. Castellaw and Iva Belch Castellaw. She was a lifelong member of Woodland Baptist Church in Brownsville, TN. She was married for 72 years to her beloved husband, Joseph...
Ronald Allen Adkins
Nov 15, 2022
Ronald Allen Adkins, age 70, passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at the Bells Nursing Home. The family has honored his wishes for cremation and a service will be scheduled at a later date. Ron was born in Dyersburg, TN on July 22, 1952. He grew up in Chicago, IL, where he attended Prosser Vocational High School. He entered the...
Lynn Davis Coburn
Nov 15, 2022
Lynn Davis Coburn, age 81, passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at the Bells Nursing Home, Bells, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Friday, November 18, 2022, in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home with burial to follow in the Brownsville Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Thursday, November 17, 2022, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM in the...
Thomas (Tom) Dixie Owen
Nov 15, 2022
Thomas (Tom) Dixie Owen of Foley, Alabama, died peacefully at home November 15, 2022, at the age of 86. Tom was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 25, 1936. His parents were Thomas D. and Grace Berriman Owen. He married Sybil Yelverton on May 25, 2007. Tom attended the University of Mississippi where he made lifelong friends in the Sigma Alpha...
Billy Fay Russell
Nov 15, 2022
Billy Fay Russell, age 82, passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted on Friday, November 18, 2022, at 2:00 PM, at the Brownsville Memorial Gardens Mausoleum with Rev. Sammy Tillman officiating. Billy Russell was born on April 1, 1940, in Henderson County, TN. He was a retired truck driver and he loved working on...
Janie Layvonne Bain
Nov 13, 2022
Janie Layvonne Roberson Bain, age 82, passed away on Sunday, November 13, 2022, at the Lauderdale Community Hospital. Funeral Services will be conducted on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, at 2:00P.M. in the Chapel of the Maranatha Baptist Church, with Bro. Tim Smartt officiating. Burial to follow in the Trinity Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Wednesday, November 16, 2022,...
Kent Cole Gray
Nov 12, 2022
Mr. Kent Cole Gray, age 70, passed away on Saturday, November 12, 2022, at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mr. Kent was born on March 12, 1952, in Gary, Indiana to the late Kenneth Gray and Becky Cole Gray. He was a jack of all trades and will...
William Judson Duke, Jr.
Nov 11, 2022
William Judson Duke, Jr., age 69, passed away on Friday, November 11, 2022, at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral Services will be conducted on Monday, November 14, 2022, at 1:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Brownsville Funeral Home. Burial to follow at the Allen’s Baptist Church Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Monday, November 14, 2022,...
Richard Duane Waltrip
Nov 11, 2022
Richard Duane Waltrip, age 37, passed away Friday, November 11, 2022, at his home in Huntingdon, TN. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mr. Waltrip was born on April 20, 1985, in Jacksonville, FL. He proudly serviced in the United States Army before residing in Huntingdon. He had a great love for Alabama football. He...
Jennie Diane Neal
Nov 11, 2022
Jennie Diane Neal, age 73, passed away on Friday, November 11, 2022, at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Funeral services for Mrs. Neal will be held on Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at 1:00 PM at the Westside Church of Christ in Brownsville, TN with Minister Josh Barnett officiating. The first visitation will be held on Monday evening,...
Sheila Marie Stanley
Nov 9, 2022
Sheila Marie Austin Stanley, age 64, passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, at the St. Thomas-Rutherford Hospital of Murfreesboro, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Saturday, November 12, 2022, at 12:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Brownsville Funeral Home, with Rev. Richard Dickerson officiating. Burial to follow in the Brownsville Memorial Gardens. A visitation will be held...
Yolanda Cortinas Thomas
Nov 8, 2022
Yolanda Cortinas Thomas, age 69, of Olive Branch, MS passed away on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, at the Desoto Healthcare Center in Southaven, MS. Yolanda was born in Dallas, TX on February 27, 1953, to the late Luis Cortinas and Isaura Guerra. She worked in the medical field and was a medical coder. She is survived by her husband, Jimmy...
William Russell Phillips
Nov 7, 2022
William Russell Phillips, age 72, passed away on Monday, November 7, 2022, at the West Tennessee Healthcare-Dyersburg Campus. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mr. Phillips was born in Memphis, TN, on March 17, 1950, to the late William Stanley Phillips and Peggy Joyce Wright Phillips. He proudly served his country in the United States...
Ward Elwyn Smith
Nov 1, 2022
Ward Elwyn Smith, age 79, a resident of Stanton, TN, departed this life on Tuesday, November 1, 2022. A Memorial Service for Mr. Smith will be held on Saturday, November 5, 2022, at 10:00 AM at Stanton Baptist Church in Stanton, TN, with Bro. Ed Miller officiating. Ward was born on August 11, 1943, to Charlie and Lillie Jackson Smith...
Buddy Moncier
Nov 1, 2022
James Ralph “Buddy” Moncier, age 73, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at his home in Gadsden, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Friday, November 4, 2022, at 1:00 P.M. at the Maury City Church of God, with Bro. Rowdy Davis and Pastor Walter Manley officiating. Burial to follow in the Hartsfield Cemetery in Brazil, TN. A...
Marie Lovelace Carlton
Oct 31, 2022
Marie Lovelace Carlton, passed away peacefully on Monday October 31, 2022, at the age of 100 at Sugar Creek Senior Living in Brownsville, Tennessee, less than a month shy of her 101st birthday. Funeral Services for Mrs. Carlton will be held on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 1:00 PM at the Brownsville Funeral Home Chapel in Brownsville, TN. Burial will...
Bobby Ray Ellington
Oct 31, 2022
Bobby Ray Ellington, age 81, passed away on Monday, October 31, 2022, at AHC Senior Living and Rehab in Humboldt, TN. Funeral Services for Mr. Ellington will be conducted on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at 1:00 PM at the Walnut Hill Baptist Church in Bells, TN, with Bro. Grover Westover officiating. Burial will follow at the Walnut Hill Cemetery in...
Karen Witbart Reames
Oct 30, 2022
Karen Witbart Reames, age 67, of Brownsville, TN, passed away on Sunday, October 30, 2022, at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, November 4, 2022, at the First United Methodist Church in Brownsville, TN at 2:00 PM with Bro. Ralph Brown and Rev. Sammy Tillman officiating. Burial will follow at Brownsville...
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