Obituaries
Obituaries
Tommy Lynn Elrod, Sr.
Jan 22, 2021
Tommy Lynn Elrod, Sr., age 63, passed away Friday, January 22, 2021, at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 11:00 AM at Harmony Baptist Church with Bro. David Reeves. Burial will follow in the Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery. A Visitation for Mr. Elrod will be on Monday Evening,...
Richard L. Gray
Jan 21, 2021
Mr. Richard Leslie Gray, age 79, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2021, in the TN State Veterans Home in Humboldt, TN. Graveside Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, at 1:00 PM, at the Brownsville Memorial Gardens in Brownsville, TN with Dr. Roger Penn and Rev. Sammy Tillman officiating. Richard Gray was born on December 13, 1941...
Wanetta L Baker
Jan 20, 2021
Miss Wanetta L. Baker age 51, passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at the West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Campus. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. A visitation for the Baker Family will be conducted on Saturday, January 30, 2021 at the New Womack Temple CME Church of Dyersburg from 11:00 A.M. until the Memorial...
David Carl Coulston
Jan 19, 2021
David Carl Coulston, age 76 of Brownsville, passed away peacefully on January 19, 2021 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. David was born on August 14, 1944 in Mason, Tennessee, to the late William Luther and Zora Mae Webb Coulston. David started D.C. Redi-Mix in 1974 and operated it until 1978 before opening D.C. Construction and Trucking Inc., where...
Terry Lee Brown
Jan 17, 2021
Terry Lee Brown age 74, passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2021 surrounded by his loving wife and children. A Parking Lot Service will be conducted on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at the Holly Grove Baptist Church by parking lot broadcast at 1:00 P.M. on 88.3 FM, with Bro. Grover Westover and Dr. Fred Campbell officiating. Burial to follow in...
Judy Burse Chilcutt
Jan 17, 2021
Mrs. Judy Burse Chilcutt age 69, passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2021 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral Services will be conducted on Thursday, January 21, 2021 in the Chapel of the Brownsville Funeral Home at 11:00 A.M. with Bro. Mike Young officiating. Entombment to follow at the Brownsville Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. A visitation for the Chilcutt...
Stephanie Rena Hart
Jan 16, 2021
Stephanie Rena Hart age 49, passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2021 at the Regional One Hospital of Memphis, TN. All services are under the direction of the Brownsville Funeral Home. She was born in Jackson, TN on February 2, 1971 to Mr. Max C. Hart and Rena Faye Chapman Hart. She was a homemaker and a loving mother. She...
Joe Sills
Jan 15, 2021
Joseph Robert Sills was born on May 4, 1942 in Brownsville, Tennessee to Joe Wallace Sills and Cordelia “Peggy” Sills. The son of a brick layer, he spent his childhood learning his father’s trade, fishing and exploring the fields and forests of Haywood County with his horse, Lady. He played a trumpet out of poverty and into history. Though Joe...
Frances Coulston Simpson
Jan 15, 2021
Mrs. Frances Marie Coulston Simpson, age 88, passed away Friday, January 15, 2021 at her residence in Stanton, TN. A Memorial Visitation will be held in her honor on Thursday, January 21, 2021, from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN. Frances was born on October 15, 1932 in Haywood County to...
Dora Bessie Robison
Jan 14, 2021
Dora Drake Robison was born on July 16, 1921, in Brownsville, Tennessee to Sheriff Earnest Benton Drake and Marcia Gordon Drake. She was the last to pass away of the 10 children born to the Drake family. She grew up in Brownsville graduating from Haywood County high school. With the beginning of World War II, she began work at the...
Dana Burford Williams
Jan 14, 2021
Dana Burford Williams, age 80, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2021 in Jackson Madison County General Hospital. A Private Family Graveside Funeral Service will be conducted in Oakwood Cemetery on Saturday, January 16, 2021. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. Dana was an avid reader, loved to paint and spending time with her family, who she loved very much. She...
Betty Rains Doyle
Jan 12, 2021
Betty Rains Doyle age 82, passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at the Sugar Creek Assisted Living Center of Brownsville, TN. A Private Graveside Service will be conducted on Friday, January 15, 2021 at 10:30 A.M. at the Brownsville Memorial Gardens, with Bro. Ralph Brown officiating. All services are under the direction of the Brownsville Funeral Home. Mrs. Betty...
Carl William Gruenewald, II
Jan 10, 2021
Carl William Gruenewald, II, age 87 passed away Sunday, January 10, 2021 in the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Carl was born in Memphis, TN to the late Miriam Rawlison Gruenewald and the late Carl William Gruenewald Sr. He graduated from Christian Brothers College High School. He received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Memphis (formerly...
Milton Leroy Booth
Jan 10, 2021
Milton Leroy Booth, age 80, passed away on January 10, 2021 after an extended illness at his home in the Holly Grove Community of Haywood County, which was also his birthplace and home for the majority of his life. Mr. Booth was a life-long member of Holly Grove Baptist Church where he and his wife, Becky, were members of the...
Juan Matias
Jan 8, 2021
Juan Matias age 85, passed away on Friday, January 8, 2021 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. He was born in Mexico on August 20, 1935 to the late Librado Matias and Isabel Calderon. He worked as a General Laborer for many years. Also preceding him in death...
Tammy Phipps
Jan 7, 2021
Tammy Rae Lewis Phipps, age 55, passed away Thursday, January 7, 2021 at Baptist Hospital in Huntingdon, TN. Her Memorial Service will be conducted on Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the New Life Church in Alamo, TN. Tammy was born on May 3, 1965, in Haywood County to Albert and Doris Lewis. She was self employed in...
Bettye Gray Powell
Jan 5, 2021
Bettye Gray Kirby Powell, age 89 passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 in the Jackson Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Due to Covid-19, the family is having a private graveside service at Allen’Baptist Church Cemetery. Bettye Gray was born on November 30, 1931 in Brownsville, TN to J.C. Kirby and Miriam Ruth Stephens Kirby. She was a...
Paul Guy Lincer
Jan 5, 2021
Paul Guy Lincer, age 59, passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Graveside Funeral Services for Mr. Lincer will be held on Monday, January 11, 2021 at 11:00 AM at the Ridgecrest Cemetery in Jackson, TN with Rev. Richard Dickerson, officiating. Mr. Lincer was born on August 12, 1961 in Grant...
Richard "Dick" Carraway
Jan 5, 2021
Richard (Dick) Gilliam Carraway, Sr., was born April 27, 1925, to Carl Alvin and Mamie Carlton Carraway in Brownsville, Tennessee. He passed away peacefully at the age of 95 on January 5, 2021, joining his wife of 71 years, Marian Laster Carraway and his daughter, Linda Carraway Bradshaw. During WWII, Dick served in the Marines as an airplane mechanic in...
Kathy Diane Watson
Jan 4, 2021
Kathy Diane Watson, age 62, passed away on Monday, January 4, 2021, in Haywood County. A Visitation for Diane will be held on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 from 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel in Brownsville, TN. Diane was born on July 7, 1958 in Haywood County to Joe and Edna Swain. She...
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