Obituaries
Obituaries
Quita Gray Baker
Sep 5, 2022
Quita Gray Baker passed away peacefully on Monday, September 5, 2022, at the Waters of Union City Skilled Nursing Center. Graveside Services will be held on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, at 12:00 Noon at the New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in Mason Hall, TN with Rev. Richard Dickerson officiating and burial to follow. Mrs. Baker was born on March 5,...
Melvin Perry Ellington
Sep 2, 2022
Mr. Melvin Perry “Sonny” Ellington, age 82, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, September 2, 2022, at his home in Bells, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Thursday, September 8, 2022, at 1:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Bells Funeral Home, with burial to follow in the Walnut Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. A visitation...
Dorothy M Johnson
Sep 1, 2022
Dorothy Morris Johnson, age 71, a resident of Whiteville, TN passed away at her home on Thursday, September 1, 2022. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, September 3, 2022, at 1:00 PM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel in Brownsville, TN with Bro. Terry Logan officiating. Burial will follow at the Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will...
Frances Virginia Johnson
Aug 22, 2022
Frances Virginia Johnson, age 80, passed away on Monday, August 22, 2022, at her home in Humboldt, TN. A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, September 18, 2022, from 11:00 A.M. until 4:00 P.M. at the Baily Park, 2400 Mitchell Street, Humboldt, TN 38343 Mrs. Johnson was born in Mississippi County, Arkansas on October 21, 1941, to the...
Carl Alexander Stewart
Aug 20, 2022
Carl Alexander Stewart, age 80, passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2022, at his home in Stanton, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, at 12:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Brownsville Funeral Home. Burial to follow in the Stanton Cemetery. A visitation for the Stewart Family will be held on Tuesday, August 23, 2022,...
LaReta Peace Diamond
Aug 19, 2022
LaReta Peace Diamond, age 77, of Haywood County, native of Crockett Mills, TN, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 19, 2022. Reta (Sister) loved the Lord and found beauty in all His creations. She was a faithful member of Springhill United Methodist Church. She was an excellent cook and loved gardening and planting flowers. She was preceded in death by...
Jerry Randel Overton
Aug 16, 2022
Jerry Randel Overton, age 77, a resident of Jackson, TN, passed away on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at the Alamo Nursing Home in Crockett County. Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted on Saturday, August 20, 2022, at 2:00 PM at the Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery with burial to follow. Jerry was born on August 15, 1945, in Haywood County...
John Marion Pearson
Aug 15, 2022
John Marion Pearson, age 81, died peacefully, in the presence of his family, on August 15, 2022 in Knoxville, Tennessee after an extended illness. Born May 4, 1941, at home, to Marion and Louise Pearson on the Pearson farm in Bells, Tennessee, John was the first of six siblings. He graduated from Bells High School in 1959 and in 1963...
Becky Lee Baker Haynes
Aug 11, 2022
Becky Lee Baker Haynes, age 86, passed peacefully on Thursday, August 11, 2022, at her residence in Brownsville, Tn. Graveside Funeral Services will be held on Monday, August 15, 2022, at 10:00 AM, at the Oakwood Cemetery in Brownsville, TN, with Bro. Bob Connerley officiating. Burial will follow at the Oakwood Cemetery. Becky Lee (Bebe) was born in Jackson, TN...
Christopher Wayne Patterson
Aug 11, 2022
Christopher Wayne Patterson, age 40, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2022, at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Christopher was born in Jackson, TN on September 3, 1981, to Wayne Patterson of Pinson, TN, and Verna Bohanan Patterson (Jack) of Gadsden, TN. He loved the outdoors and was...
Amy Floyd Moss
Aug 6, 2022
Beloved Mama and Mamie, Amy Elizabeth Floyd Moss passed away peacefully on August 6, 2022, in her 76th year, with her loving family by her side. Throughout her battle with ovarian cancer, she always had a smile or kind word to share. Her health never compromised her ability to live each day to the fullest, and she was an inspiration...
Nancy Kara Reeves
Aug 4, 2022
Nancy Kara Reeves, age 88, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 4, 2022, at her home in Jackson, TN. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Nancy was born in Jackson, TN on January 6, 1934, to the late Walter and Grace Hastings. She was a gifted mother who most enjoyed spending time with the family...
Myrna Gail Bourne
Jul 31, 2022
Myrna Gail Bourne, age 80, a resident of Stanton, TN, passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2022, at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. A graveside service will be held at the Stanton Cemetery on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at 11 AM. Rev. Richard Dickerson will officiate the services. Myrna was born in Stanton, TN on July 8, 1942, to the...
Tommy Lee Lipford
Jul 30, 2022
Tommy Lee Lipford, age 66, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, July 30, 2022, in Alamo, TN. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mr. Lipford was born in Alamo, TN, on June 13, 1956, to the late Raymond Lipford and Elizabeth Ann Robertson Lipford. He worked in construction his whole life and will...
Delois Davis Baggett
Jul 29, 2022
Delois Davis Baggett, age 89, passed away at her residence in the Tibbs Community, on Friday July 29, 2022. Graveside Funeral Services will be held on Monday, August 1, 2022, at 10:00 AM at the Trinity Cemetery with Bro. Lonnie Robinson, officiating. Burial will follow. Mrs. Delois Baggett was born on May 22, 1933, in Tipton County, to Jesse Owen...
Kenneth Wayne Maddox
Jul 28, 2022
Kenneth Maddox, age 72, of Brownsville, TN passed away Thursday, July 28, 2022. Funeral Services for Mr. Maddox will be held on Sunday, July 31, 2022 at 2 PM in the chapel of the Brownsville Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN. A visitation will be held from 1230 PM until the hour of service. Burial to follow at Providence Cemetery. Bro....
Alvin Lawrence Hayes, Sr
Jul 27, 2022
Alvin Lawrence “Sonny” Hayes, Sr. died peacefully at his country home in Bells on July 27, 2022, surrounded by his family at the age of 86. Sonny was born on March 9, 1936, in Madera, California to his parents Samuel “Rawdie” and Pearle Hayes. When Sonny was three years old, his family moved back East and would eventually settle in...
Pamela Marie Allen
Jul 23, 2022
Pamela Marie Allen, age 57, passed away on Saturday, July 23, 2022. A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held on Thursday, July 28, 2022, from 5 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. Ms. Pam was born on July 13, 1965, to the late William Allen and Doris Sweat Allen. She was...
Nickey Wayne Buchanan
Jul 22, 2022
Nickey Wayne Buchanan, age 72, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 22, 2022, at his home in Humboldt, TN. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mr. Buchanan was born in Jackson, TN on September 9, 1949, to the late James Otis Buchanan and Virginia Rostelle Buchanan. Nickey grew up in Yorkville, TN, and served his...
Frank Hardin Jones
Jul 20, 2022
Frank Hardin Jones, age 81, passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at his home in Dyersburg, TN. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mrs. Jones was born in Obion Co, TN on March 27, 1941, to the late Billy Jones and Beulah Hardin Jones. He worked as a truck driver and loved to grill....
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