Mr. Jerry Wayne Gardner, age 68, passed away at his residence in Brownsville, TN, on Sunday, April 8, 2012. Funeral Services will be Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 2 PM in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home.
Burial will follow in the Brownsville Memorial Gardens. A visitation for the Gardner family will be 1 to 2 PM in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. Mr. Gardner was a United States Army Veteran and retired building inspector. He is preceded in death by his parents: H.G. and Dorris Marie Mackey Gardner and a sister; Patricia Gardner. He is survived by his wife: Sandra Carpenter Gardner, one daughter: Joy English (Rickey), three sons: Chris Gardner (Courtney), Gary Gardner (Melissa) and Rob Wade, one sister; Dot Thompson (Moody), eight grandchildren: Gracie, Ansley, Kayla, and Amanda Gardner, Jessica Frye (Mike), Hunter, Savanna and Samantha Wade and one great grandchild: Aubrey Frye. Memorials may be made to Bells First Christian Church, P.O. Box 42, Bells, TN 38006.