Obituaries
Obituaries
Evelyn Victoria Pace
Mar 20, 2022
Evelyn Victoria Pace, age 1 Month and 4 days, passed away on March 20, 2022, at the LeBonheur Children’s Hospital surrounded by her adoring family. She was a bright light that will forever shine in our hearts. Evelyn was preceded in death by her paternal grandfather: Robert E. Garrett; and her maternal grandmother: Vickie Poole. Little EV is survived by...
Robert Allen Maddox
Mar 19, 2022
Robert Maddox, age 58, passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of Southaven, MS. Funeral Services will be conducted on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, at 1:00 PM in the Chapel of the Zion Baptist Church. Burial to follow in the Historic Oakwood Cemetery. A visitation for the Maddox family will be held on Wednesday, March 23,...
Jeremy Wilson
Mar 16, 2022
Jeremy Wilson, age 35, passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at his home in Bells, TN. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. A Memorial Service to Celebrate the Life of Mr. Wilson will be held on Monday, April 4, 2022 at the Second Baptist Church in Dyersburg, TN at 3:00 P.M. A visitation for...
Eddie Lee Neal, Jr.
Mar 15, 2022
Eddie Lee Neal Jr., age 43, passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at the West Tennessee Healthcare-Dyersburg Campus. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mr. Neal was born on August 8, 1978, to the late Glenda Grissom Neal and surviving Eddie Lee Neal, Sr. of Dyersburg, TN. He will be greatly missed by all...
William Michael Kelley
Mar 13, 2022
William Michael Kelley, age 64, a resident of Port St. Lucie, Florida, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2022. Graveside services will be held Friday, March 18, 2022, at 12 noon at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery with Danny Austin and Tyler Oliver officiating. Visitation will be held at Mt. Pleasant UMC Church on Friday, March 18, 2022, from 10:00 AM -12:00...
Larry Stanley
Mar 13, 2022
Larry Stanley, age 69, passed away on Sunday, March 13, 2022, at his home in Brownsville, TN. A Committal Service will be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at 12:00 P.M. in the Chapel of Brownsville Funeral Home with Rev. Richard Dickerson officiating. Burial to follow in the Brownsville Memorial Gardens. A visitation for the Stanley family will be held...
Stephen Drake Carlton
Mar 10, 2022
Stephen Drake Carlton, age 51, a resident of Brownsville, TN, passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2022. Funeral Services will be conducted Monday, March 14, 2022, at 2:00 PM, at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel in Brownsville, TN with Bro. J P Barden officiating. Burial will follow at Brownsville Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held on Monday, March...
Melvin Dane Norwood
Mar 9, 2022
Melvin Dane Norwood, age 69, passed away on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at his home in Stanton, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Monday, March 14, 2022, at 11:00 A.M. in the Chapel of the Brownsville Funeral Home. Burial to follow in the Stanton Cemetery. A visitation will be held at the Brownsville Funeral Home on Sunday, March 13,...
Marilyn Bridges Hines
Mar 1, 2022
Frances Marilyn Bridges Hines, age 83, a resident of Henning, TN, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Graveside Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at the Ripley Memorial Gardens in Ripley, TN with Bro. Mike Hutcherson officiating. Marilyn was born on August 11, 1938, in Lauderdale County....
Brittany "Bri" Williams
Feb 27, 2022
Brittany “Bri” Kathryn Williams, 31, passed into the world of Spirit too soon on February 27, 2022. Unfortunately, for a world that will be deprived of her light, it was the only time she was early for anything in her life. As with everything she did, Bri was born two weeks late on November 27, 1990, to Cheri Williams and...
Dale Roberts
Feb 27, 2022
Dale Roberts, age 88, passed away Sunday, February 27, 2022, at his home in Brownsville, TN. Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in the Trinity Cemetery, Nutbush, TN with Dr. Roger Penn and Rev. Sammy Tillman officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 1, 2022, from 4:00 PM -7:00 PM in the First United...
John Paul Butler
Feb 24, 2022
John Paul “Johnny” Butler, Sr., age 74, passed away on Thursday, February 24, 2022, at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mr. Johnny was born in Crockett Co, TN on December 12, 1947, to the late Luther W. Butler and Mary Cora Overton Butler. He honorably served his country...
Lynn Wyatt Veirs
Feb 24, 2022
Lynn Wyatt Veirs, 67, passed away Thursday, February 24, 2022, at her home in Brownsville, TN. Lynn was born January 20, 1955, to the late Reba and Howard Wyatt. She graduated from Haywood High School where she lettered in basketball as a star player for the Lady Tomcats. She was a lifelong fan of the sport and enjoyed reminiscing with...
James Trinity Landis
Feb 23, 2022
James Trinity “Trint” Landis, age 39, passed away on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at his home in Cordova, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at 1:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Brownsville Funeral Home. Burial to follow in the Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery. A visitation for the Landis family will be held on...
Mark Matthew Porter
Feb 22, 2022
Mark Matthew Porter, age 48, passed away on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at the West Tennessee Heath care-Dyersburg Campus. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mr. Porter was born in Red Bay, AL on November 17, 1973, to the late R. D. Porter and Veatrice Johnson Porter. He worked as a mobile home technician for...
William "Lannie" Ferrell
Feb 20, 2022
William (Lannie) Ferrell, age 71, passed away at his home in Brownsville, TN February 20, 2022. A Celebration of Life Visitation will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2022, from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN. This visitation will be followed by a gathering at Jimmy’s Main Street Grill for friends...
Carl Edmund Rutkowski
Feb 20, 2022
Carl Edmund Rutkowski, age 19, a resident of Ripley, TN, passed away Sunday, February 20, 2022, in the Hillville Community. Funeral Services will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Thursday, February 24, 2022, at Christ Church in Brownsville, TN, with Bro. Eddie Martin, Bro. Grover Westover and Bro. Johnny Wayne Watson officiating. Burial will follow in the Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery....
Sharon Denise Hibbitt
Feb 18, 2022
Sharon Denise Lennon Hibbitt, age 60, passed away on Friday, February 18, 2022, at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mrs. Sharon was born in Jackson, TN on March 10, 1961, to the late William Andrew Lennon and Lucy Mae Julian Lennon. She was a Medical Office Assistant for...
Lajuan "Neener" Morris Sills
Feb 17, 2022
Lajuan “Neener” Morris Sills, age 57, a resident of Whiteville, TN, passed away on Thursday, February 17, 2022, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 2:00 PM at Harmony Baptist Church with Bro. Adrian Knipper, Bro. Grover Westover, and Bro. Brennan Kress officiating. Burial will follow at the...
Shirley Alexander Marbury
Feb 17, 2022
Shirley Crenelia Alexander Marbury, age 85, passed away on Thursday, February 17, 2022 at her home in Brownsville, TN. Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted at 12:00 P.M., Saturday, February 19, 2022 in the Brownsville Memorial Gardens with Bro. Matt Cousson officiating. Visitation will be Saturday, February 19, 2022 from 11:00 – 11:45 A.M. in the Lea & Simmons Funeral...
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