Obituaries
Obituaries
Dorothy Busbey
Oct 11, 2011
Ms. Dorothy Darnaby Busbey, age 73 passed away Tuesday, October 11, 2011 in the Haywood Park Community Hospital. Funeral Services will be conducted at 4:00 PM, Thursday, October 13, 2011 at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home with burial to follow in Union Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, October 12, 2011 from 5-8 PM in the Lea & Simmons...
Jake Lowry
Oct 6, 2011
Mr. Forrester Jaques "Jake" Lowry, age 17 passed away in Memphis, Tennessee on October 6, 2011. Funeral Services will be conducted at 1 PM on Monday, October 10, 2011 in the Christ Church of Brownsville. Burial will follow in Memphis Memory Gardens in Memphis, Tennessee. Visitation will be Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011 from 5 to 8 in the Lea &...
Jere East
Oct 3, 2011
Jere O. East went home to be with the Lord on October 3, 2011. Born February 18, 1929 to the late Clayton and Gladys East of Bells, TN, he was also predeceased by two sisters, Mildred East (infant) and Jean Crattie. Jere graduated from Bells High School and attended Bowling Green Business College in KY. He began his banking career...
Gwen Patterson Ellis
Oct 3, 2011
Dr. Gwen's Obituary Dr. Gwen Patterson Ellis, age 62, passed away Monday, October 3, 2011 at her residence in Bells, TN. She was preceded in death by her parents: Rev. Oscar Patterson and Clarice Williams Patterson; and a grandchild: Samuel Shands. Graveside services will be conducted in the Walnut Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Bells, TN, Wednesday, October 5, 2011,with Rev....
William Keltner
Oct 3, 2011
Mr. William Douglas Keltner, age 74 passed away Monday, October 3, 2011 in the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral Services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Graveside in the Providence Cemetery. Mr. Keltner is survived by his wife: Shirley Swain Keltner, Brownsville, TN; his mother: Pansy Crutchfield Patterson, Bells, TN; two sons: Russell Keltner (Sheila),...
William E. Cobb
Sep 29, 2011
William E.'s Obituary William E. "Billy" Cobb, age 81 died Sept. 29, 2011. He was born in Haywood County, TN on June 13, 1930. He was the son of the late Bill and Helen Cobb of Bells, TN. He was also preceded in death by a daughter; Callie Patricia Cobb. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Pauline...
Elizabeth Evans
Sep 29, 2011
Elizabeth "Liz" Annie Evans, age 57, went home to be with her Jesus on Thursday, September, 29, 2011, in the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral Services will be held, Sunday, October 2, 2011 in the Allen Baptist Church at 2:30 PM. A visitation for the Evans family will begin at 1:30 PM and go until service time at 2:30....
Keats Kerr Warren
Sep 26, 2011
Keats' Obituary Mr. Keats Kerr Warren, age 50 passed away, Monday, September 26, 2011 in Auburn, AL. He was preceded in death by his parents: Liard and Marian Warren. Visitation for the Warren family will be held from1:00 - 3:00 P.M., Thursday, September 29, 2011, in the Brownsville-Bells Funeral Home Chapel, Brownsville, TN. Graveside services will follow at 3:30 P.M....
Milton Turner
Sep 20, 2011
Mr. Milton Turner, Jr., age 58 passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at his home. Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 1 PM in Keeling Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 PM, Friday, September 23, 2011 in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. Mr. Turner is preceded in death by his parents: Milton Turner,...
Charles Douglass
Sep 12, 2011
Mr. Charles Harry Douglass, age 68, passed away at his home, Monday, September 12, 2011. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 A.M., Thursday, September 15, 2011 in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 P.M., Wednesday, September 14, 2011 in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. Mr. Douglass...
Curtis Franklin Walls
Sep 8, 2011
Curtis' Obituary Mr. Curtis Franklin Walls, age 79, passed away Thursday, September 8, 2011, in the Crestview Health Care and Rehab Center, Brownsville, TN. Mr. Walls was a retired navy veteran with twenty years service. He was preceded in death by her parents: Lyle Walls and Ivey Celiese Jacq Walls; three brothers: Herbert Walls, Tony Walls, and Gene Walls. Funeral...
Mary Myers
Sep 3, 2011
Mary Moore Myers, age 63, passed away on September 3, 2011 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital, in Jackson, Tennessee. Memorial Services will be conducted at 7 P.M. Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN. A visitation for the Myers family will be September 7, 2011, 6 PM to 7 PM in the Lea...
Allyne Freeman
Aug 26, 2011
Allyne Jett Freeman, age 90, passed away at home in Spanish Fort, AL on Friday, August 26, 2011 from a long term illness of pulmonary fibrosis. She was born on September 27, 1920 in Providence, KY. She was a resident of Brownsville, TN for sixty-six years prior to moving to Spanish Fort, AL. She was preceded in death by her...
Pauline Sims
Aug 24, 2011
Pauline's Obituary Mrs. Pauline Bridgewater Sims, age 90, went to be with the Lord peacefully, on Wednesday, August 24, 2011, at Haywood Park Community Hospital, Brownsville, TN. She was preceded in death by her parents: Thomas Richard Bridgewater and Pearl Smith Bridgewater; her husband: Paul V. Sims; five brothers: Roy Bridgewater, Hubert Bridgewater, J.B. Bridgewater, Gordon Bridgewater, and George Bridgewater;...
Olene Blount
Aug 22, 2011
Olene Wateridge Blount, age 90, passed away at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN on Monday, August 22, 2011. Funeral Services will be conducted Wednesday, August, 24, 2011 at 3PM in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery. A visitation for the family will be Wednesday, August 24, 2011,...
Judith Lynn Peterson
Aug 19, 2011
Judith's Obituary Mrs. Judith Lynn Peterson age 61, passed away Friday August 19, 2011 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital, Jackson, TN. She was preceded in death by her parents: David Brown and Virginia Slavenski Brown Tucker. Memorial services will be conducted at 3:00 P.M., Saturday, August 27, 2011, in the Bells Assembly of God Church, Bells, TN with Bro....
Edd Black
Aug 18, 2011
Mr. Edd Douglass "Doug" Black, age 66, passed away at his home in Memphis, TN on Thursday evening, August 18, 2011. Graveside Funeral Services will be Monday, August 22, 2011 in the Stanton Cemetery. A visitation will be Monday, August 22, 2011 at Stanton United Methodist Church in Stanton, TN from 1- 2 PM. He was preceded in death by...
Sara Escue
Aug 17, 2011
Mrs. Sara Cain Escue, 93 passed away Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at her home in Brownsville, Tennessee. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Saturday, August 20, 2011 at Lea & Simmons Funeral Home with burial to follow in Brownsville Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Saturday, August 20, 2011 from 9 to 11 AM in the Lea & Simmons...
Nora Nanney
Aug 14, 2011
Nora's Obituary Mrs. Nora Davis Nanney age 80, passed away Sunday August 14, 2011 at Three Rivers Health Care & Rehab Center in Marked Tree, AR. She was preceded in death by her parents: Hollis Davis and Ruby Griffin Davis; her husband: Rev. John Calvin Nanney; and two brothers: Rev. Jerry Davis and Larry Davis. Funeral services will be conducted...
David Tipton
Aug 12, 2011
David Evans Tipton, Jr. age 61, passed away at his residence in Cordova, TN on August 12, 2011. Funeral services will be held Monday, August 15, 2011 at 3:00 PM in the First United Methodist Church in Brownsville, TN. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. A visitation will be from 1:00 to 3:00 PM in the First United Methodist Church....
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