Obituaries
Obituaries
Philip Alonzo Hill
Sep 25, 2020
Philip Alonzo Hill passed away peacefully on September 25, 2020, just a short 6 hours prior to our dear mother, Mary. One might say that was the longest reprieve he had since their marriage in August of 1959. A double Graveside Service for Philip and Mary Hill will be held on Saturday, October 10, 2020, at 10:30 AM, at Brownsville...
Mary Lou Hill
Sep 25, 2020
Mary Lou Harris Hill passed away peacefully on September 25, 2020, at the side of her husband Philip Hill. A double Graveside Service for Philip and Mary Hill will be held on Saturday, October 10, 2020, at 10:30 AM, at Brownsville Memorial Gardens in Brownsville, TN. Mary Lou was born April 19, 1938 in Lexington, Tennessee to Walter OC and...
Michael Duane Freeman
Sep 22, 2020
Michael Duane Freeman age 53, passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mr. Freeman was born in Wheaton, IL on January 4, 1967 to the late Mr. Bobby Freeman and Mrs. Karen Davis Freeman. He worked as a security guard for many...
Charlie Brizentine
Sep 21, 2020
Charles Wayne Brizentine (Mr. Charlie), age 86, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 21, 2020, at his residence in West Melbourne, Florida. Celebration of Life Services will be held on Saturday, September 26, 2020, at 2:00 PM at the Brownsville Funeral Home, Brownsville, TN with burial to follow in Salem Cemetery, Gadsden, TN. A Visitation for Mr. Charlie will be...
Karan Ennis
Sep 21, 2020
Karan Alicia Weaver Ennis, age 52, passed away Monday, September 21, 2020 at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted Friday, September 25, 2020, at 10:00 AM at the Lea and Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN, with Bro. Tim Smartt officiating. Burial will follow in Concord Cemetery in Gates, TN. A visitation will be held Thursday,...
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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