Obituaries
Obituaries
Betty Williams
Dec 9, 2020
Betty S. Williams left this earth December 9, 2020 at age 91. She was a lifelong resident of Bells, TN. She was preceded in death by her parents, Owen and Alice Stephenson and four brothers: Owen, Harbor, Bill and Charles. Her husband of 60 years, Henry G. Williams also preceded her in death. Mrs. Williams was an active member of...
Mary Ethel Austin
Dec 8, 2020
Mary Ethel Benard Austin age 92, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at the AHC Humboldt Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside Service will be conducted on Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 1:30 PM at the Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Cemetery. Mrs. Austin was born in Haywood County, TN on October 2, 1928 to the late Jeff Benard and Maggie...
James "Red" Watson
Dec 8, 2020
James “Red” Watson, age 69, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, in AHC Crestview Health Care and Rehabilitation in Brownsville, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Friday, December 11, 2020, at 2:00 PM in Harmony Baptist Church in Haywood County, with Bro. David Reeves and Bro. Johnny Wayne Watson officiating. Burial will follow in Harmony Baptist Church...
Glenn Doyle West
Dec 7, 2020
Mr. Glenn Doyle West, age 87, passed away Monday, December 7, 2020 at his home in Mercer, TN. Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 2:00 PM at Brownsville Memorial Gardens with Bro. Robert McGee officiating. Glenn was born on July 18, 1933 to William Arthur West and Beulah West Galloway. He served as a...
Judy Ann Sisco
Dec 4, 2020
Judy Sisco age 57, passed away on Friday, December 4, 2020 at her residence in Humboldt, TN. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Miss Judy was born in Humboldt, TN on August 18, 1963 to the late Cecil Sisco and Mary M. Tillman Sisco. She was a member of the Liberty Hall Church of Gadsden,...
Mary Jane Qualls Cox
Dec 4, 2020
Mary Jane Qualls Cox age 76, passed away on Friday, December 4, 2020 at the Crestview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral Services will be conducted on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 2:00 PM at Harmony Baptist Church with Bro. Bennie Morrison officiating. Burial to follow in the Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery. A visitation for the Cox family will be held...
Edna Freels Swain Forsythe
Dec 3, 2020
Mrs. Edna Freels Swain Forsythe, age 85, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2020 at her residence in Dyersburg, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at 11:00 AM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN with Bro. Mark McSwain officiating. Burial will follow at the Dancyville Assembly of God Church Cemetery. Visitation will...
Randolph Marshall Woody
Dec 3, 2020
Randolph Marshall Woody joyfully transferred his residence to the Golden City in Glory, after a protracted illness, on the evening of December 3rd, 2020 with his daughter and son-in-law by his side. Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted, Sunday, December 6, 2020, at 3 PM, in Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery with Bro. Bob Connerley officiating. Burial will follow. He was...
Charles Houston Sills
Dec 3, 2020
Charles H. Sills age 83, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 3, 2020 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center of Nashville, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Monday, December 7, 2020 at 1:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Brownsville Funeral Home with Bro. Greg Bowers officiating. Burial to follow in the Oakwood Cemetery. A visitation for the Sills family...
Martha Rosson Byrd
Dec 2, 2020
Mrs. Martha Rosson Byrd, age 86, passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2020 in the Bells Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bells, TN. Her Graveside Funeral Service will be conducted Friday, December 4, 2020 at 2:00 PM in Union Cemetery in Haywood County with Bro. Jeff Brown officiating. The family request those who are attending to please wear a mask. Martha...
Virginia Mathias McKenna
Nov 30, 2020
Virginia Mathias McKenna age 78, passed away peacefully on St. Andrew’s Day, Monday, November 30, 2020 at the St. Thomas Ascension Hospital of Murfreesboro, TN. A Graveside Service will be conducted on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 12:00 Noon at the Brownsville Memorial Gardens with Mr. Glen Owen officiating. Mrs. Virginia was born in Memphis, TN on July 26,...
Christine Watson
Nov 29, 2020
Christine Johnson Watson age 95, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 29, 2020 at her home in Whiteville, TN. Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 1:00 PM in the Chapel of the Brownsville Funeral Home with Bro. David Reeves officiating. Burial to follow in the Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church Cemetery. A visitation for the...
Jerry Wayne McDonald
Nov 29, 2020
Jerry Wayne McDonald age 57, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 29, 2020 at the Alamo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mr. McDonald was born in Obion County, TN on October 15, 1963 to the late Miles Franklin McDonald and Gladys Opal Scott McDonald. He worked for many years at...
Bobby H. Whittington
Nov 28, 2020
Bobby Hughes Whittington, Sr. age 72, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 28, 2020 at his home in Brownsville, TN. Graveside Services will be conducted on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 1:00 PM in the Holly Grove Baptist Church Cemetery with Pastor Gregory C. Bowers officiating. He was born in Clarksdale, MS on January 17, 1948 to the late Emmett...
Bennie Faye Stephenson
Nov 27, 2020
Bennie Faye Jaynes Stephenson age 94, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 27, 2020 at her home in Bells, TN. Graveside Services will be conducted on Monday, November 30, 2020 at 1:00 PM in the Cypress Cemetery. She was born on April 29, 1926 in Bells, TN to the late Ben Jaynes and Omie Mae Thomason Jaynes. She was devoted...
Kenneth George Clemens, Jr.
Nov 26, 2020
Kenneth George Clemens, Jr. (Ken), age 85, passed away peacefully after a brief illness, surrounded by family on November 26, 2020, in Memphis, Tennessee. Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted on Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 2:00 PM in the Dancyville United Methodist Church Cemetery with Bro. John Banks and Bro. David Horne officiating. He is survived by his wife...
Mary Maiden Bishop
Nov 26, 2020
Mary Maiden Bishop (Momo), age 62, passed away November 26, 2020 in Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN, after a hard battle with cancer. A Memorial Service will be conducted Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 2:00 PM in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home with Bro. Ralph Brown officiating. Mary was born December 20, 1957 to Charles Rupert and...
Sarah Stafford Richardson
Nov 22, 2020
Sarah Elizabeth Stafford Richardson, age 98, passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2020 at the AHC Crestview Healthcare Center in Brownsville, TN. Graveside Services will be held on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at 2:00 PM at Zion Baptist Church Cemetery in Brownsville, TN with Bro. Carl White officiating. There is no visitation scheduled for Mrs. Richardson. She was born on...
Francisco Huerta Aguirre
Nov 21, 2020
Francisco Huerta Aguirre, age 58, passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at the Jackson-Madison County Hospital in Jackson, TN. He was born on October 4, 1962 in Cuastecomate, Nayarit, Mexico to Efren and Dolores Huerta Aguirre. He worked as a machine operator for Lasco Fittings. He was a resident of Lexington, TN. He enjoyed fixing cars and buying and...
Frances Stewart Austin
Nov 21, 2020
Frances Stewart Austin age 90, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at the Bells Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The Austin Family will have a Private Family Graveside Service at Brownsville Memorial Gardens. She was born in Bolivar, TN on December 19, 1929 to the late John Dewey Stewart and Dee Hammers Stewart. Mrs. Austin was a member of...
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