Obituaries
Obituaries
Kitty Bright Geter
Mar 23, 2020
Kitty Bright Geter, infant daughter of Joey and Sue Bryan Geter, passed away on Monday, March 23, 2020, at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, TN. Kit was born February 27, 2020 in Memphis, TN. A private Graveside Service for Kit will be on Thursday, March 26, 2020, at Oakwood Cemetery in Brownsville, TN. Kit is survived by her loving...
Elizabeth Pittman Claiborne
Mar 22, 2020
Elizabeth Pittman Claiborne, widow of Alex Claiborne, died on March 22, 2020 at the age of 93 in Brownsville, Tennessee. She was the only child of the late Otho Pittman and Ruth Thornton Pittman, and was called “Libba” by her friends and numerous relatives. She had 21 first cousins. She was born March 8, 1927 in Brownsville, Tennessee. At the...
Laura Jean Baker Jorgensen
Mar 22, 2020
Laura Jean Baker Jorgensen age 78, departed to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 22, 2020 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Laura was born on February 17, 1942 in Stanton, TN to the late Eugene "Buddy" Clark & Mattie Kate Hunter Clark. She accepted Christ at a very early age at Douglass Chapel C.M.E. Church. She graduated with honors...
Matthew Ryan Walker
Mar 22, 2020
Matthew Ryan Walker, age 26, passed away on Sunday, March 22, 2020, in Ripley, TN. Matthew was born on March 19, 1994. He worked as a crop consultant for Helena Chemicals in Ripley, TN. He is survived by his father, Daniel Walker (Tracey) of Ripley, TN, his mother, Markeeta Walker (Brad Hughes) of Johnson City, TN, paternal grandparents, Dan and...
Nita Warren
Mar 21, 2020
Ounita “Nita” Taylor Whitten Warren, 90, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family on Saturday, March 21st, 2020. She was born March 12th, 1930 to Searcy and Roberta Taylor who preceded her in death, along with a brother who died at a young age. For 23 years she was the receptionist at American Air Filter, retiring in...
Edward Banks Burrow
Mar 19, 2020
Edward “Eddie” Banks Burrow, age 61, passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2020, at St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett, TN. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, March 23, 2020, at 2:00 PM at the Braden United Methodist Church in Mason TN, with burial to follow at the Walls Cemetery. Visitation for Mr. Burrow will be on Monday, March 23,...
Howard Clinton Durham, Jr.
Mar 18, 2020
Howard Clinton Durham, Jr. age 72, of Ripley, TN, passed away on March 18, 2020, in the Lauderdale Community Hospital in Ripley, TN. There will be a private family service at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN, with burial to follow at Brownsville Memorial Gardens. Howard was born in Brownsville, TN to Howard Clinton Durham, Sr. and...
Tabitha Jean Saxon
Mar 16, 2020
Tabitha Saxon, age 41, passed away on Monday, March 16, 2020, at her residence in Brownsville, TN. Tabitha was born on September 21, 1978, to John and Shirley Baggett Saxon, who preceded her in death. She was raised in Brownsville, TN and worked as a Sitter. She was a graduate of Haywood High School. She is survived by her husband...
Ryan Elliott
Mar 12, 2020
James “Ryan” Elliott, 36, originally from Jackson, Tennessee, died in Scott, Louisiana on March 12, 2020, as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident involving a drunk driver. He was born September 11, 1983, in Jackson, Tennessee, the son of James “Brent” Elliott and Sheryl “Sherry” (Kail) Elliott. Ryan attended East Union Daycare before starting school in the...
Buck Freels
Mar 11, 2020
Mr. John “Buck” Freels, age 83, passed away on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. His “Homegoing Celebration” Service will be held on Saturday, March 14, 2020, at 1:00 PM at the Harmony Baptist Church with Bro. Grover Westover and Bro. Adrian Knipper officiating. Visitation for Buck will be held two hours prior to...
Catherine Rickard
Mar 10, 2020
Mrs. Catherine Louise Richardson Rickard, age 90, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at her home in Brownsville, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Friday, March 13, 2020, at 12:00 PM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service beginning at 11:00 AM until 12:00 PM...
Jerry Cozart
Mar 7, 2020
Jerry Cozart, age 72, passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2020, at his residence in Brownville, TN. Funeral Services for Mr. Cozart will be held on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at 11:00 AM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN with burial to follow at Brownsville Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, from...
Robert Winfred Call
Mar 7, 2020
Robert Winfred Call, age 67, passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2020, at AHC Crestview Rehabilitation and Nursing Home. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel in Brownsville, TN at 5:00 PM. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 3:00 PM until 5:00 PM on Tuesday March...
Barbara Gayle Perry
Mar 5, 2020
Barbara Gayle Brown Perry age 72, passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at the Jackson Madison County General. She was born in Knoxville, TN on February 24, 1948 to the late Mr. Joe Brown and Mrs. Pauline Maples Brown. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 22 years, Mr. Shelton Perry; one brother: Kenneth Brown; and...
Sammy Joe Hayes
Mar 3, 2020
Mr. Sammy Joe Hayes, age 76 passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2020 in the NHC Healthcare in Somerville, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted Friday, March 6, 2020 at 2:00 PM in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN with Bro. Grover Westover officiating. Burial will follow at the Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery. A visitation for Mr. Hayes...
Frances Freels Elrod
Mar 2, 2020
Frances Freels Elrod age 78, passed away on Monday, March 2, 2020 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 10:00 AM in the Chapel of the Brownsville Funeral Home with Bro. David Reeves officiating. Burial to follow in the Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church Cemetery. A visitation for the...
Marion Boyd Smothers
Mar 1, 2020
Marion Boyd Smothers age 86, passed away on March 1, 2020. A visitation will be held on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at Meridian Baptist Church from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM and on Thursday, March 12, 2020 from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM. A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 2:00 PM at Meridian Baptist...
John Basiliano Sarmiento
Mar 1, 2020
John Basiliano Sarmiento, de 91 años, padre y esposo amoroso, falleció tranquilamente el domingo 1 de marzo de 2020 en el Hospital General del Condado de Jackson Madison. John Sarmiento nació en Matanzas, Cuba, el 18 de diciembre de 1928, hijo de Juan Sarmiento Moreno y María Dolores Guerra; más tarde emigró a la ciudad de Nueva York City, NY...
Carrie Lemay Jones
Feb 29, 2020
Carrie Lamay Jones, age 84, passed away on Saturday, February 29, 2020, at AHC Crestview in Brownsville, TN. Lamay Jones was born on October 14, 1935, in Vine Mont, AL to Marlow Jones and Carrie Derrick Jones. She was a resident of Brownsville, TN and worked as a Cashier. She is survived by one sister, Eva Louise Jones of Brownsville,...
Erna Luise Barcroft
Feb 29, 2020
Erna Luise Barcroft, age 91, passed away at Sugar Creek Retirement Center in Brownsville, TN on Saturday, February 29, 2020. Graveside Services for Mrs. Barcroft will on Friday, March 6, 2020 at 1:00 P.M. at the Oakview Memorial Park, Hwy 412 in Alamo, TN. Erna Luise Barcroft was born on December 7, 1928 in Zirndorf, Germany to Wolfgang Brunner and...
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