Obituaries

Obituaries

Charles Wilson Young

Charles Wilson Young

Sep 20, 2020

Charles Wilson Young age 75, passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2020 at his residence in Whiteville, TN. All services are under the direction of the Brownsville Funeral Home. He was born in Haywood County, Tennessee to the late Mr. R.B. Young and Mrs. Ruby Estelle Benard Young. He worked as a self-employed carpenter for many years. Also preceding him...

Joseph Lee "Sonny" Watson, Jr.

Joseph Lee "Sonny" Watson, Jr.

Sep 19, 2020

Mr. Joseph Lee “Sonny” Watson, Jr., age 83, passed away on Saturday, September 19, 2020, at his residence in Brownsville, TN. Funeral Services to honor Mr. Sonny will be held on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, at 12 Noon at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN with burial to follow at Brownsville Memorial Gardens. Bro. Grover Westover will...

James Kendall Moore

James Kendall Moore

Sep 17, 2020

James Kendall Moore, age 92, passed away peacefully at his home in Brownsville, TN, on Thursday, September 17, 2020. Graveside Services will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2020, at 3:00 PM, at Brownsville Memorial Gardens, with Bro. Jimmy Chapman and Bro. Larry Kendrick officiating. Following the burial, there will be a time of fellowship and remembrance at Kendall’s house,...

Dalton Durwood Foster

Dalton Durwood Foster

Sep 17, 2020

Mr. Dalton Derwood Foster, age 89, passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2020, at Northbrook Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Jackson, TN. Graveside services for Mr. Foster will be held on Monday, September 21, 2020, at 10:00 AM at Brownsville Memorial Gardens with Rev. Richard Dickerson, officiating. Dalton Foster was born on March 9, 1931, in Haywood County to Kan and...

Linda  Joan Nichols Barnett

Linda Joan Nichols Barnett

Sep 16, 2020

Linda Joan Nichols Barnett, age 80, passed away on September 16, 2020, at 1:56 PM, in the Jackson Madison County General Hospital in Jackson TN. After 9 years of chronic pain she finally claimed her ultimate healing. Graveside Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, September 22, 2020, at 3:00 PM at Archer's Chapel Cemetery in Halls, TN, with Bro....

Nellie Sue Doughten

Nellie Sue Doughten

Sep 13, 2020

Nellie Sue Doughten age 88, passed away on Sunday, September 13, 2020 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. She was born in Bells, TN on May 5, 1932 to the late Harmon George and Lucy Kemp George. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 32 years, Mr. Robert Doughten Sr.; one brother: Travis George; and three...

Martha Nell Raines Dickerson

Martha Nell Raines Dickerson

Sep 10, 2020

Martha Nell Raines Dickerson, age 92, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 10, 2020, at her residence in Brownsville, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Monday, September 14, 2020, at 1:00 PM at the Lea and Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN with Rev. Sam Stallings and Richard Dickerson officiating. Burial will follow at the Brownsville Memorial Gardens. Visitation...

Martha Barbara Layne

Martha Barbara Layne

Sep 9, 2020

Martha Barbara Layne age 83, of Gates, TN passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at her residence. A Memorial Service to celebrate the life of Mrs. Layne will be held at Concord United Methodist Church located on Concord Rd in Gates, TN on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. Genesis rites have been accorded. Barb was born on...

Rebecca Jean English Robison

Rebecca Jean English Robison

Sep 7, 2020

Rebecca Jean English Robison, age, 76, passed away Monday, September 7, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington, TN. Funeral Services will be held Friday Evening, September 11, 2020, at 6:00 PM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN with Rev. J. B. Mitchell officiating. Visitation will be held on Friday afternoon, September 11, 2020, from 4:00...

Jerry Wayne Drake, Jr.

Jerry Wayne Drake, Jr.

Sep 4, 2020

Mr. Jerry Wayne Drake, Jr., age 25, passed away Friday, September 4, 2020 in Rochester, New York. A Memorial Visitation will be conducted Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 2 PM in the Lea and Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN. Jerry loved animals and was a self-employed Animal Transporter, he also loved to travel. Jerry is survived by his father,...

Krista Ann Strickland

Krista Ann Strickland

Sep 4, 2020

Miss Krista Ann Strickland, age 25, passed away, Friday, September 4, 2020 in Rochester, New York. Her services will be private. She is survived by her father, Gerald Strickland of Memphis, TN and her mother, Donna Strickland of Pontotoc, Mississippi, two brothers, Wesley Mann and Brandon Strickland and a brother, who passed away with her, Jerry Wayne Drake, Jr.

Johnnie Wilson Brown

Johnnie Wilson Brown

Sep 2, 2020

Mrs. Johnnie Wilson Brown, age 89 passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at Advent Health in Orlando, FL. Her Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 1:00 PM in the Oakwood Cemetery in Brownsville, TN with the Revered Timothy Guess officiating. Johnnie lived in Memphis, TN, where she was a devoted church member of Collierville Primitive...

Earline Kyzar

Earline Kyzar

Sep 2, 2020

Earline Kyzar, age 64 passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2020, in Jackson Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. A Memorial Service will be conducted on Sunday, September 13, 2020, at 11:00 AM in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN, with the Rev. Richard Dickerson, officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Pleasant UMC Cemetery. Earline was born...

Patricia Ann Whitehead

Patricia Ann Whitehead

Sep 1, 2020

Patricia Ann Whitehead age 77, passed away on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. A Memorial Service to celebrate the life of Mrs. Whitehead will be conducted on Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 1:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Bells Funeral Home with Bro. Manly Luscombe officiating. A visitation for the Whitehead family will...

Alpha Joy Robertson

Alpha Joy Robertson

Aug 29, 2020

Alpha Joy Raines Robertson age 71, passed away on Saturday, August 29, 2020 at the Dyersburg Campus-West Tennessee Healthcare. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mrs. Robertson was born in Laurens County, South Carolina on April 8, 1949 to the late George Washington Raines and Mary Elizabeth Norris Preston. She was a homemaker and will...

Martha Anne Taylor

Martha Anne Taylor

Aug 26, 2020

Anne Crider Taylor age 85, passed away on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at her residence in Bells, TN. A visitation for the Crider family will be held on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 in the Chapel of the Bells Funeral Home from 1:00 P.M. until 2:00 P.M. A Graveside service will be conducted on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at the Belleview...

Albert "Rabbit" Jackson

Albert "Rabbit" Jackson

Aug 24, 2020

Albert “Rabbit” Jackson, age 88, passed away at Bells Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bells, TN, on August 24, 2020. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, August 29, 2020, at 3:00 PM, at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN with Bro. Kevin Williams officiating. Burial will follow at the Brownsville Memorial Gardens. A Visitation for Mr....

Frances Rooks Mann

Frances Rooks Mann

Aug 24, 2020

Frances Rooks Mann passed away at the age of 103 on August 24, 2020. She was a resident of Sugar Creek Senior Living in Brownsville, TN, at the time of her death. Funeral Services for Mrs. Mann will be on Saturday, August 29, 2020, at 1:00 PM at Trinity United Methodist Church, Nutbush, TN, with burial to follow at Trinity...

Chelsey Renee Morris

Chelsey Renee Morris

Aug 24, 2020

Chelsey Renee Morris, age 24, passed away in her hometown of Brownsville, TN, on Monday, August 24, 2020. Graveside Funeral Services will be held on Sunday, August 30, 2020, at 2:00 PM at the Dancyville Assembly of God Church Cemetery with Bro. Phil Lovelace officiating. Chelsey was born on June 6, 1996, in Jackson, TN. She is survived by her...

Patsy Taylor Privett

Patsy Taylor Privett

Aug 23, 2020

Patsy Taylor Privett age 79, passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2020 at The Cades Center Assisted Living of Humboldt, TN. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mrs. Privett was born in Savannah, TN on April 18, 1941 to the late William T. Taylor and Altha D. Sipes Taylor. She worked as a CNA for...