Obituaries
Obituaries
Johnny Everett Beck
May 9, 2021
Johnny Everett Beck age 59, passed away on Sunday, May 9, 2021 at the Dyersburg West Tennessee Healthcare Hospital. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. A Memorial Service to celebrate the Life of Mr. Johnny will be conducted on Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 2:00 PM in the chapel of The Bridge Church (Formally known...
David Alan Wilcox
May 6, 2021
David Alan Wilcox age 35, passed away on Thursday, May 6, 2021 in Jackson, TN. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. David was born on October 15, 1985 in Pittsfield, MA. He was a self-employed artist and will be greatly missed by all that knew him. He was preceded in death by his father, Mr....
Virginia Blondell "Big Mama" Rice
May 4, 2021
Virginia Blondell “Big Mama” Rice, age 88, passed away Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at the Bells Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral Services will be conducted Friday, May 7, 2021 at 11:30 AM at Cross Roads Baptist Church in Bells, TN with Bro. Josh Simmons officiating. Visitation will be Friday, May 7, 2021 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM at...
Chasity Lynn Butler
May 4, 2021
Chasity Lynn Butler age 31, passed away on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. A Celebration of Life Service will be conducted on Friday, May 21, 20212 at the Bells Funeral Home from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Chasity was born on February 27, 1990 in Jackson, TN to the late Mr. Christopher Lynn Butler...
Susan Hart Foster
May 2, 2021
Susan Hart Foster, 85, passed away Sunday, May 2, 2021 at the home of her daughter, Nancy Weddington in Brownsville, TN. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 12:00 noon at Oakwood Cemetery with her grandson-in-law, Mike Young, officiating. Susan Allen Hart was born in Brownsville, TN to Lida Thomas Hart and Roger Marshall Hart...
Pauline (Polly) Vinson
May 1, 2021
Pauline Bates Vinson passed away on Saturday, May 1, 2021 in Jackson, Tennessee after a lengthy illness. She lived with her family in Jackson for the past eight years. Ms. Polly was born October 12, 1924 to the late Ruby Bates Sparks and Charlie Bates in Tupelo, Mississippi. She spent her childhood in Tupelo and relocated to West Memphis, Arkansas...
John Freemont Sharpe, Sr.
Apr 24, 2021
John Freemont Sharpe Sr., age 79, passed away on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at his home in Brownsville, TN. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 11:00 AM at the Tabernacle Cemetery, 3000 Tabernacle Road, Brownsville, TN with Dr. Susan Sharpe and Rev. Roger Penn officiating. John had a deep love for Haywood County and...
Tasha Nicole Bigelow
Apr 19, 2021
Tasha Nicole Bigelow, age 28, passed away Monday, April 19, 2021 in Jackson Madison County General Hospital. A Funeral Service will be conducted Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 3 PM in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. A visitation will also be Saturday, April 24, 2021, 2 PM to 3 PM in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. Tasha was...
Patricia Jean Vestal
Apr 19, 2021
Patricia Vestal age 78, passed away on Monday, April 19, 2021 at her home in Bells, TN. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the First Assembly of God, 1027 West Forest Ave., Jackson, TN with Pastor Garry Martin officiating. Burial to follow in the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, 79...
William Thomas Aubrey Langley
Apr 19, 2021
Baby William Thomas Aurbrey Langley returned to the angels on Monday, April 19, 2021. He was the infant son of Mr. Randy Wade Langley and Mrs. Emily Queen Langley of Henning, TN. All services are under the direction of the Brownsville Funeral Home. A Graveside Service will be conducted on Friday, April 30, 2021 at 11:00 A.M. at the St....
James Lloyd Castellaw
Apr 19, 2021
James Lloyd Castellaw age 83, passed away on Monday, April 19, 2021 at the Baptist Reynolds Hospice House of Collierville, TN. Graveside services will be conducted on Friday, April 23, 2021 at 1:00 P.M. at the Oakwood Cemetery of Brownsville, with burial to follow. All services are under the direction of the Brownsville Funeral Home. Mr. Castellaw was born on...
Leon Heron
Apr 13, 2021
Leon Howard Heron, age 82, passed away Tuesday, April 13, 2021 in Baptist Memorial Hospital-Huntingdon. He was born on March 2, 1939 in McAlester, OK. He worked at the Eel River Sawmill. He also served his country in the United States Navy. Mr. Leon is survived by his wife, Donna Cox Heron of Brownsville, TN; two sons, Robert Heron (Deborah)...
Mike Hood
Apr 13, 2021
Mike Hood, age 68, passed away on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. His Graveside Memorial Service will be conducted Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 11:00 AM at the Trinity Cemetery in Nutbush, TN with Bro. Lonnie Robinson officiating. Mike was born October 2, 1952 to George and Bertha Wells Hood, who precede...
Francis Dewitt Lyons
Apr 12, 2021
Mr. Francis Dewitt Lyons age 78, passed away on Monday, April 12, 2021 at his home in Alamo, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Bells Funeral Home with Bro. Rowdy Davis officiating. Burial to follow in the Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery. A visitation for the Lyons family...
Bob McClenahan
Apr 9, 2021
Robert John McClenahan (Bob), age 79, passed away on Friday, April 9, 2021 at his residence in Shelby County. He was born in San Francisco, CA on May 5, 1941 to John Lyon McClenahan and Phyllis Kemp McClenahan. He was a Banker and worked as a Credit Analysis for the Bank of Tennessee. He served his country in the United...
Mary Ann Shaw
Apr 9, 2021
Mrs. Mary Ann Bond Shaw, age 79, passed away Friday, April 9, 2021 at the Bells Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bells, TN. Graveside Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 4:00 PM at the Oakwood Cemetery in Brownsville, TN with Bro. Bob Connerley and Dr. Joe Thornton officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood. Mrs. Shaw...
Henry Hall Butler
Apr 5, 2021
Henry Hall Butler age 66, passed away on Monday, April 5, 2021 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mr. Butler was born in Humboldt, TN on June 15, 1954 to the late Elmer Horace Butler and Wilsie Lucille Wall Butler. He worked in Residential Construction for many years....
Charles Duffey Heglar, Sr.
Apr 4, 2021
Charles Duffey Heglar, Sr. passed away peacefully on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021. An exceptionally kind man with a big sense of humor, Charles was loved by all who knew him. He was born in 1935 as the youngest of three children to Henry Fenner Heglar and Miriam Gregory Heglar. He was affectionately known as “Hot,” a nickname given to...
Geneva A Davis
Apr 3, 2021
Geneva A. Holder Davis age 95, passed away on Saturday, April 3, 2021 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital of Covington. All services are under the direction of the Brownsville Funeral Home. Mrs. Geneva was born on June 16, 1925 in Chester County, TN to the late Tomcie Cornelious “T.C.” Holder and Sarah Ellen Seeley Holder. She was a homemaker and...
Bill Evans
Apr 2, 2021
William E, Evans, (Bill), age 69, of Jackson, TN, passed away on Friday, April 2, 2021. Bill was born May 19, 1951 to the late William Paul Evans and Mary June Bond Evans. In the past, he worked for American Olean Tile, as a production and maintenance employee. Bill was currently a member of King Riders Motorcycle Club. He enjoyed...
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