Obituaries
Obituaries
Virginia Ferguson
Jan 18, 2014
Mrs. Virginia Adkins Ferguson, age 91 passed away Saturday, January 18, 2014 in the Crestview Healthcare & Rehab Center. Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted in the Oakwood Cemetery at 11:00 A.M., Monday, January 20, 2014. Mrs. Ferguson was preceded in death by her parents: Haskell C. and Sarah Grandstaff Adkins and her husband: A. W. Ferguson. She is survived...
Mildred Raines Basinger
Jan 17, 2014
Mildred's Obituary Mildred Raines Basinger, age 96, of Waiehu, HI, passed away on January 17, 2014, at Hale Makua. She was born on February 5, 1917, in Fruitvale, TN, and moved to Washington, D.C., in 1941 beginning a 32 year career on Capitol Hill working for Senator Kenneth Douglas McKellar (D-TN), other congressmen, and in the Office of the Doorkeeper,...
Perry Ann McCloud
Jan 4, 2014
Perry Ann Hart McCloud, 47 passed away Saturday, January 4, 2014 in Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral Services will be Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at 1:00 PM in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. Burial will be private. A visitation for the McCloud family will be Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 11 to 1 PM in the Lea & Simmons...
Mary Sammons
Jan 4, 2014
Mary Taylor Sammons, 55 passed away January 4, 2014 at Haywood Park Community Hospital. Graveside Funeral Services will be Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 2 PM in the Chestnut Grove Cemetery. A visitation for the family will be Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 5 to 7 PM in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. Mrs. Sammons was preceded in death by...
Patsy Hawkins Dotson
Jan 2, 2014
Patsy's Obituary Mrs. Patsy Hawkins Dotson, age 69, of Brownsville, passed away on Thursday, January 2, 2014, at her residence. Mrs. Dotson was preceded in death by her parents: Lynn Hawkins and Irene Williams Hawkins; and a sister: Betty McFarland. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Mrs. Dotson was of the Baptist faith and had...
Kim Haywood
Dec 31, 2013
Kimberly D. Haywood, age 39 passed away December 31, 2013 in Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral Services will be Friday, January 3, 2014 at 11 A.M. in the Lea and Simmons Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. A visitation for the Haywood family will be Thursday evening, January 2, 2014, 5 to 7 PM, in...
Ruby Lee Replogle
Dec 28, 2013
Ruby's Obituary Mrs. Ruby Lee Replogle, age 74, of Memphis, formerly of Brownsville, passed away Saturday, December 28, 2013, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. Mrs. Replogle was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church and a retired LPN and transportation nurse at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. She was a devoted mother and grandmother. Visitation will be Sunday, December 29,...
Linda Johnson
Dec 23, 2013
Linda Sue Johnson, age 65 passed away Monday, December 23, 2013 in the Haywood Park Community Hospital. Funeral Services will be December 26, 2013 at 11:00 A.M. in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home with burial to follow in Brownsville Memorial Gardens. Visitation for the Johnson family will be Thursday, December 26, 2013 at 10:00 - 11:00 A.M. in the...
Doris Burgess
Dec 22, 2013
Doris Rogers Burgess, age 90 died peacefully in her sleep December 22, 2013 at her daughter's house in Houston, Texas. She was born November 30, 1923 in Memphis, Tennessee to Henry Floy Rogers and Eula Adcock Rogers. She graduated with honors at age sixteen from Nickolas Blackwell High School in Bartlett, Tennessee and soon started work with Memphis radio station...
Jack Rainey
Dec 22, 2013
Jack's Obituary Mr. Jack Rainey, age 74, of Alamo, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2013, at his residence. Mr. Rainey was a member of the Liberty Hall Full Gospel Church, a retired employee of Anchor-Hocking Glass Company (over 25 years), a retired employee of Haywood Company (over 13 years), and loved to play his guitar and sing at local nursing...
Joe Edwards
Dec 18, 2013
Mr. Joe Aldon Edwards, Sr., age 87 passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2013 in the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral Services will be Saturday, December 21, 2013 at 11:00 A.M. in the First United Methodist Church of Bells, TN. Burial will follow in Belleview Cemetery. A visitation for the Edwards family will be Friday, December 20, 2013, from 4:00...
Emily Henley Staggs
Dec 18, 2013
Emily's Obituary Mrs. Emily Henley Staggs, age 68, passed away on Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. She was a Baptist and a homemaker. Visitation will be Sunday, December 22, 2013, from 1:00 until 2:00 P.M. at Brownsville-Bells Funeral Homes in Brownsville, TN. Services will be at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel of...
Sarah F. Porch
Dec 13, 2013
Sarah's Obituary Mrs. Sarah F. Porch, age 92, of Brownsville, passed away Friday, December 13, 2013, at Crestview Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Brownsville, Tennessee. Mrs. Porch was a member of Zion Baptist Church, a former CNA at Crestview Healthcare and Rehabilitation for over 13 years, and a former employee of B and B Department Store. Visitation will be from 3:00...
James Brasfield
Dec 2, 2013
James Wendell Brasfield, 58, passed away Monday, December 2, 2013 in the Veteran's Hospital in Memphis, TN. A Memorial Service will be held Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at 4:30 P.M. in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. Visitation will be Wednesday, December 4, 2013 from 4:00 - 4:30 P.M. in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. Mr. Brasfield was preceded...
Johnnie Towles
Dec 1, 2013
Mr. Johnnie Lane Towles was born on June 6, 1928, to the late William Shepherd and Viola Hunt Towles. Funeral Services will be conducted at 12:00 P.M., Saturday, December 7, 2013 in the Wesley Chapel C.M.E. Church in Somerville, TN with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 P.M., Friday, December 6, 2013 in the...
Richard Pepper
Nov 30, 2013
Richard Pepper, Sr., age 71 passed away Saturday, November 30, 2013 at Forest Cove Nursing Home in Jackson, Tennessee. A visitation for the Pepper family will be Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 5:00 to 7:00 PM in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be private. Mr. Pepper was preceded in death by his parents: Jim and Patty Pepper....
Marjorie Brooks
Nov 26, 2013
Mrs. Marjorie M. Brooks, 85, passed away Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at her daughter's home in West Memphis, AR. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, November 30, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home with burial to follow in Brownsville Memorial Gardens. A visitation for the Brooks family will be Saturday, November 30, 2013, 12:00 to...
Charles M. Williams
Nov 10, 2013
Charles' Obituary Charles M. "Butch" Williams, III, age 70, passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2013, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital, Jackson, Tennessee. "Mr. Butch", as he was affectionately called, was a member of the Christ Community Church where he was a trustee and Sunday School teacher. He was the Superintendent of Bells City Schools, the previous principal of...
Jose Guadalupe-Diaz
Nov 10, 2013
Jose's Obituary Mr. Jose Guadalupe Diaz, age 29, passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2013, at his home in Bells, TN. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Jackson, TN. Mr. Diaz worked at AutoZone for many years. He was born in Michoacan, Mexico. Funeral services will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Jackson, TN.,...
Danny Wayne Plunk
Nov 7, 2013
Danny's Obituary Danny Wayne Plunk, age 62, of the Providence Community, passed away Thursday, November 7, 2013, at his residence. Mr. Plunk was a member of the East Haywood Church of God, a former employee of American Air Filter with 24 years of service, a former employee of Industrial Products in Martin, TN, with 12 years of service, and a...
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