Obituaries
Obituaries
Amanda "Mandy" Beth Branch
Feb 15, 2021
Amanda “Mandy” Beth Coggeshall Branch age 45, passed away on Monday, February 15, 2021 at her home in Brownsville, TN. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 1:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Brownsville Funeral Home with Pastor Susan Atkinson officiating. Burial to follow in the Brownsville Memorial Gardens. A visitation for the Branch family...
Jack Thomas Williams
Feb 14, 2021
Jack Thomas Williams, age 79, of Brownsville, TN passed away Sunday, February 14, 2021, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was born August 9, 1941 in Coffee Springs, AL, the son of the late J.E. and Elizabeth Irene Anderson Williams. He grew up in West Tennessee, graduated from Humboldt High School, and received degrees from Freed-Hardeman College, David Lipscomb College...
Ruth Sullivan Davis
Feb 13, 2021
Ruth Sullivan Davis, age 91, passed away Saturday, February 13, 2021 in the Bells Nursing Home. Funeral Services will be conducted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN with Bro. Eddie Mallonee officiating. Visitation will be Friday, February 19, 2021, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM at the Lea & Simmons...
Laura Waddell King
Feb 12, 2021
Laura Waddell King, age 68, passed away on Friday, February 12, 2021 in Brownsville, TN. Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 1:00 PM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel in Brownsville, TN. Visitation will be on Saturday, February 20, 2021 from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home...
Wesley Jerome Taylor, Jr.
Feb 11, 2021
Wesley Jerome Taylor, Jr. was born on July 8, 2004 in Jackson, TN to Wesley Jerome Taylor, Sr. and Judy Renee Farmer Taylor of Brownsville, TN. On February 10, 2021 God decided to pick one of his perfect flowers and called Wesley, Jr. home. Funeral Services for Wesley Jerome Taylor will be private. The burial is open to the public...
Frances Virginia Taylor
Feb 6, 2021
Frances Virginia Stewart Taylor age 80, passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at her home in Bells, TN. Graveside Services will be conducted on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 12:30 P.M. at the Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, with Rev. Susie Riley officiating. Burial to follow in the Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery. She was born in Jackson, TN...
Charles Beverly Scallions
Feb 5, 2021
Charles Beverly Scallions, age 77, passed away suddenly on Friday, February 5, 2021, at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Public Graveside Services will be held on Wednesday, February 10, 2021, at 12:30 PM at Oakview Memorial Park in Alamo, TN with Dr. Roger Penn and Rev. Sammy Tillman officiating. Mr. Scallions was born on October 13, 1943 in Crockett County....
Danny Wayne Cobb, Sr.
Feb 1, 2021
Danny Wayne Cobb Sr. age 79, passed away on Monday, February 1, 2021 at his home in Newbern, TN. Funeral services for Mr. Cobb will be conducted on Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 1:00 P.M. at the First Baptist Church of Bells, with Pastor Jackie Harris officiating. Burial to follow in the Belleview Cemetery. A visitation for the Cobb family...
Stephanie Yvett Frye
Jan 31, 2021
Stephanie Yvett Frye age 56, passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2021 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. She was born in Savannah, TN on November 11, 1964 to the late Charles Bishop and Linda Bishop Walker. She worked as a Home Health Caregiver for many years. Also...
Bill Emerson
Jan 30, 2021
Mac Boyd “Bill” Emerson was born in Fruitvale, Tennessee to Malcolm and Maggie Lou Emerson on May 9, 1935. He graduated from Bells High School, attended UT Martin for two years, and graduated from Murray State University. Bill received his master’s degree in mathematics from Middle Tennessee State University in 1969. He married his high school sweetheart, June Stephens, in...
John Thomas "Tom" Callery
Jan 29, 2021
John Thomas “Tom” Callery, age 80 of Brownsville, TN, passed away peacefully on January 29, 2021 at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. A Private Graveside Service will be held on Monday, February 1, 2021 at the Brownsville Memorial Gardens with Dr. Roger Penn and Bro. Grover Westover officiating. Tom was born on October 18 ,1940 in Brownsville,...
Melissa Iris Flores
Jan 28, 2021
Melissa Iris Flores, age 54, passed away on January 28, 2021 at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. The family has chosen cremation and will schedule a service at a later date. Melissa was born on November 10, 1966 in Texas to Efrain and Amelia Flores. She graduated from Weslaco High School and attended the University of Texas,...
James Franklin Davis
Jan 28, 2021
James Franklin Davis, age 83, passed away on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Mr. Davis was born on July 16, 1937 in Haywood County to the late William and Mary Watson Davis. Also preceding him in death is one brother, Joe Alvis Davis and one sister, Louise Davis. He is survived by...
Doss Vaughn
Jan 27, 2021
Doss Vaughn, Jr., age 71 passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2021 in Jackson Madison County General Hospital. A Memorial Service to honor his life will be conducted Sunday, January 31, 2021 at 2 PM in the Spirit Filled Baptist Church in Ripley, TN, with Bro. Rocky Gilliam officiating. Mr. Vaughn was self employed as a Dozer/Heavy Equipment Operator in Ripley....
Thomas "Big Tom" Pittman
Jan 26, 2021
Thomas Pittman, 65, of Eurekaton, TN passed from this life unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 26, 2021. Graveside services will held on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 11:00 AM at the Mt. Tabor Cemetery in Whiteville, TN with Bro. Alan McCall officiating. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Gloria Kelley Pittman; one son, Ed Pittman (Brittany) of Brownsville;...
Phyllis Elaine Coell
Jan 25, 2021
Phyllis Elaine Shelton Coell age 76, passed away on Monday, January 25, 2021 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mrs. Phyllis was born in Ohio on March 28, 1944 to the late Robert Orman Shelton and Melva Lorene Davidson Shelton. She worked as a seamstress for Keneric Manufacturing...
Annie Catherine Hendrix
Jan 24, 2021
Annie Catherine Diggs Hendrix age 93, passed away on Sunday, January 24, 2021 at the Alamo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A Graveside Service will be conducted on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 1:00 P.M. at the Brownsville Memorial Gardens with Bro. Jeff Keen officiating. Mrs. Annie was born in Haywood County, TN on October 5, 1927 to the late William...
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...
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