Obituaries
Obituaries
Zora Nell Sills
May 21, 2020
Zora Nell Smith Sills, age 97, passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2020, at the Bells Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bells, TN. Private Family Graveside Services will be held on Sunday, May 24, 2020, at the Oakwood Cemetery in Brownsville, TN with Rev. Bob Connerley officiating. Mrs. Sills was born on November 30, 1922, in Haywood County to Dorsey...
Tony K Baxter
May 19, 2020
Tony K. Baxter age 61, passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. He was born in Savannah, TN on June 10, 1958 to the late Otis Baxter and Myrtle Hunt Baxter. He worked as a towboater for many years and then pursued a career in truck driving for over 22 years. He was...
Joseph Todd Chilcutt
May 17, 2020
Joseph Todd Chilcutt, age 58, passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2020, at his residence in Brownsville, TN. Private Family Graveside Services will be held on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at Zion Baptist Church Cemetery with Bro. Mike Young officiating. Todd Chilcutt, was born on January 22, 1962, in Dyersburg, TN. He was self-employed as an electrician and a plumber...
Lara Overton Morton
May 15, 2020
Lara Gillian Overton Morton, age 49, passed away on Friday, May 15, 2020, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. She was born on February 13, 1971, in Jackson, TN to her parents, Larry and Barbara Buford Overton. She was employed as a nurse at the Whiteville Correctional Facility in Hardeman County. She is survived by her husband of...
Jonathan Daniel Voss
May 5, 2020
Jonathan Daniel Voss, age 83, passed away on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at his residence in Brownsville, TN. Mr. Voss was born on March 6, 1937 in Halls, TN. He was self-employed in Agriculture Sales. He served in the US Navy and the Tennessee National Guard. He grew up in Halls, TN and attended Halls High School, where he played...
Emily Howse Thomas
May 5, 2020
Emily Howse Thomas age 98, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at the St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett, TN. A Private Graveside service will be conducted on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at the Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery in Whiteville, TN, with Bro. Grover Westover officiating. Mrs. Thomas was born in Whiteville, TN on December 19, 1921 to the...
Becky Bonita RisCassi
May 5, 2020
Becky Bonita RisCassi: Loving daughter, sister, mother, wife, grandmother, and cherished friend to many around the world passed away at age 57 peacefully at her home on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. A Private Graveside Service will be conducted on Saturday, May 16, 2020 with Bro. Justin Moreland officiating. Mrs. Becky was born in Okinawa on October 14, 1962 to the...
Anna Blondell Pearson
Apr 28, 2020
Anna Blondell Pearson age 102, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at the Alamo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A Private Graveside service will be conducted on Thursday, April 30, 2020 at the Belleview Cemetery in Bells, TN. Mrs. Pearson was born in Crockett County, TN on January 14, 1918 to the late Jim Monroe Pipkin and Sisily Annie...
Leland LeRoy Marsh
Apr 28, 2020
Leland LeRoy Marsh, age 91, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, at AHC Crestview in Brownsville, TN. Private Family Graveside Services will be held on Friday, May 1, 2020, at Oakwood Cemetery with Rev. Jimmy Horn, Jr. officiating. Mr. Marsh was born on June 24, 1928, in Northampton, PA, to the late LeRoy Cyrus Marsh and Bertha May Biechy...
Gladys Jane Walker Benard
Apr 27, 2020
Mrs. Gladys Benard, age 73, passed away on Monday, April 27, 2020, at Bells Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bells, TN. Private Graveside Services will be conducted on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, at Mt. Pleasant UMC Cemetery in Whiteville, TN with Bro. Tim Lonon officiating. Gladys was born on April 28, 1946 in Mississippi and worked as a homemaker. She...
Mary Frances Smith Simmerman
Apr 27, 2020
Mary Frances Smith Simmerman, age 89, passed away peacefully at her home in the Nutbush Community on Monday, April 27, 2020. There will be a private family graveside service on Friday, May 1, 2020, with Bro. Lonnie Robinson officiating. She was born on February 7, 1931 to Casper and Nora Bell Golighty Smith. She and her husband owned Simmerman Sheet...
Roberta Ann Barr
Apr 27, 2020
Roberta Ann Morse Barr age 51, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 27, 2020 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. She was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa on January 10, 1969 to the late Mary Ann Wolman Morse. Her greatest passion was working with rescuing parrots through the Nebraska Parrot Rescue. She is survived by three sons: Nicholas Gregory...
Michelle Marie Pipkin Neal
Apr 27, 2020
Ms. Michelle Marie Pipkin Neal, age 48, passed away Monday, April 27, 2020, at her residence in Ripley, TN. Private Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted Thursday, April 30, 2020, at Ripley Memorial Gardens in Ripley, TN with Bro. Lonnie Robinson officiating. Michelle Neal was born on August 6, 1971, in Beckley, West Virginia. She was a Sales Analyst for...
Millie Richards
Apr 24, 2020
Millie Richards, age 69, passed away on April 24th, 2020 at her home in Brownsville, TN with her family gathered around. She was born on April 23, 1951. She was survived by her husband of 46 years, Chris Richards. Daughters: Angela Kirby and Lisa Stanfield. Grandchildren: Andrew Stanfield, Shelby Hartline (Morgan), Alyssa Kirby, and Bradleigh-Grace Bailey. Great grandchild: Ella Reese...
Catherine Irene Sorrell
Apr 24, 2020
Catherine Irene Morris Sorrell age 88, passed away on Friday, April 24, 2020 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital of Memphis, TN. A private family graveside service will be conducted on Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 2:00 PM at the Brownsville Memorial Gardens, with Rev. Richard Dickerson officiating. She was born on March 5, 1932 in Gibson County, TN to the...
Ronnie Galen Flowers
Apr 8, 2020
Ronnie Galen Flowers, age 72, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at West Tennessee Healthcare in Dyersburg, TN. There are no services scheduled for Mr. Flowers at this time. He was born on August 17, 1947, to Freddie Warren Flowers and Minnie Louise Jenkins Flowers in Henning, TN. He was a self-employed carpenter by trade. He served his country in...
Vicki McLeod Pepper
Apr 6, 2020
Mrs. Vicki McLeod Pepper, age 64, passed away Monday, April 6, 2020, in the Bells Nursing Home in Bells, TN. Private graveside services will be conducted Thursday, April 9, 2020, in the Stanton Cemetery with Rev. John Banks officiating. Vickie was born on August 15, 1955, in Red Oak, Iowa. She worked for InSouth Bank and was a loving mother...
Bootsey Vanstory
Apr 4, 2020
Bennie (Bootsey) Cole Vanstory, age 82, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2020 at her home in Brownsville, TN. Private Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted Tuesday, April 7, 2020 in Brownsville Memorial Gardens with Dr. Fred Campbell and Bro. Bob Connerley officiating. Bootsie was born on January 8, 1938, in Gibson County. She worked in Insurance Sales. She was a...
Russell Monroe Baker
Apr 3, 2020
Russell Monroe Baker age 61, died Friday April 3, 2020 at his residence in Dyersburg, TN after losing the fight with lung cancer. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Baker; two daughters: Krystal Baker and Amelia Baker; and three sons: Zachary Baker and Austin Baker of Dyersburg, TN and Derrick Baker of Kingsport, TN; two step-sons: Daniel Parson and...
Larry Jerome Sorrell
Apr 2, 2020
Larry Jerome Sorrell age 75, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 2, 2020 at his home in Brownsville, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on May 22, 1944 in Brownsville, TN to the late Thomas Sorrell and Irene Leggett Sorrell. He was also preceded in death by two brothers: Gary Sorrell and Tommy Sorrell; two sisters: Elsie Romesburg...
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