Obituaries
Obituaries
James Baird
Jan 29, 2010
Mr. James Fletcher Baird, 74, passed away Friday, January 30, 2010 in Brownsville, Tennessee. Funeral Services will be conducted at 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00 - 8:00 PM, Tuesday, February 2, 2010 in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. Mr. Baird...
Cora Ann Edwards
Jan 28, 2010
Cora's Obituary Ms. Cora Ann Edwards, age 72, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2010, at the Bells Nursing Home, Bells, TN., following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on September 18, 1937 in Bells, TN to the late Aldon and Faye Edwards. She received her education at Bells High School and Memphis State University. She was a life-long...
James Daniel Sweat
Jan 25, 2010
James' Obituary Mr. James Daniel Sweat, age 27, passed away Monday, January 25, 2010 in Gibson County General Hospital. He was preceded in death by his mother: Shirley Faye Britton Sweat; maternal grandparents: Mr. & Mrs. James O. Britton; and paternal grandparents: Pete and Willie Sweat. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 AM, Friday, January 29, 2010 in the...
Daniel Francis Lynch
Jan 25, 2010
Daniel's Obituary Daniel Francis "Robert" Lynch, age 81, of Collierville died Monday, January 25, 2010. Graveside services will be at 10:30 AM, Thursday, January 28, 2010 in West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, Memphis. He was a decorated veteran of WWII and the Korean War, serving in the regular army. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, he retired as a Stationary...
Mary Elizabeth Watson
Jan 20, 2010
Mary's Obituary Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Pittman Watson, age 88, of Whiteville, TN passed away January 20, 2010 in Haywood Park Community Hospital. She was preceded in death by her parents: Albert and Lola Ann Phillips Pittman; her husband: Raymond Watson; two brothers: Vernon Pittman and Raymond Pittman; and two sisters: Lucy Goodman and Josie Mae Goodman. Funeral services will be...
Lorraine Thornton
Jan 16, 2010
Ms. Lorraine Regen Thornton, age 92 passed away in the Jackson Madison County Hospital on Saturday, January 16, 2010. A Memorial Service will be held at 1:30 PM, Sunday, January 17, 2010 in the Tabernacle United Methodist Church, with Dr. Joe Thornton and Rev. Lea Thornton, officiating. Visitation will be from 1:00-1:30 PM, Sunday, January 17,2010 in the Tabernacle United...
Charles Sullivan
Jan 16, 2010
Mr. Charles "Chuck" Everett Sullivan, age 52 passed away in the Onslow Memorial Hosptial, January 16, 2010, in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Funeral Services will be conducted at 2 P.M. Friday, January 22, 2010 in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mark Conway officiating. Interment will follow in Brownsville Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 P.M., Thursday,...
Cheryl Leann Covington
Jan 16, 2010
Cheryl's Obituary Cheryl Leann Hale Covington, age 65, passed away Saturday, January 16, 2010 in Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, William A. Hale and Elean M. Cook, and two daughters: Dee Evans and Teri Ann Ammons. Funeral services will be at 2 PM, Monday, January 18, 2010 in the Brownsville Funeral Home Chapel...
Richard Saul Sternberger
Jan 11, 2010
Richard's Obituary Richard Sternberger, Rabbi and Navy Chaplain dies at 83 Rabbi Richard Sternberger of Falls Church, Virginia, formerly the Mid Atlantic Director for Reform Judaism and a long-time United States Navy Chaplain died Monday (January 11th) at Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, Virginia. He died from injuries received in a fall. Born August 10, 1926, Rabbi Sternberger grew up in...
Doloris Markwart
Jan 11, 2010
Mrs. Doloris Meck Markwart, age 81 passed away at her residence on Monday, January 11, 2010. Funeral Services will be conducted at 10 AM Thursday, January 14, 2010 in St. Johns Catholic Church, Brownsville, TN. Entombment will follow in Brownsville Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. Visitation will be Tuesday, January 12, 2010 and Wednesday, January 13, 2010 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM...
Alease Hayes
Jan 10, 2010
Mrs. Alease Kidd Hayes, age 90 passed away in the Bells Nursing Home, Sunday, January 10, 2010. Funeral Services will be conducted at 2 PM Friday, January 15, in Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Brownsville Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 12:00 - 2:00 PM, Friday, January 15 in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home....
Sarah Elizabeth Morton
Jan 8, 2010
Sarah's Obituary Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell Morton, age90, passed away Friday, January 8, 2010, at the Bells Nursing Home, Bells, TN. Mrs. Morton was born on March 9, 1919. She was preceded in death by her Parents: John Mitchell and Creedie Mai Boling Mitchell; and a brother: Booker Mitchell. She was also preceded in death by her husband: Aubrey Morton. They...
Annie Ruth Gann
Jan 8, 2010
Annie's Obituary Mrs. Annie Ruth Cobb Gann passed away peacefully at Orange Park Medical Center surrounded by loving family, January 8, 2010 after battling serious heart and lung issues as a result of a heart attack and complications that occurred Christmas night. Ruth grew up a Tennessee farm girl, then a navy wife and mother, then saw much of our...
Linda Lou Beard
Jan 6, 2010
Linda's Obituary Mrs. Linda Lou Briggs Beard, age 64, passed away Wednesday, January 6, 2010 in Methodist University Healthcare, Memphis, TN. She was preceded in death by her parents: Louie Edgar Briggs, Sr. and Hautie Fern Cornatzor Briggs; one brother: James Earl Briggs; and two sisters: Norma Jean McNalley and Ann McFarland. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM,...
Mildred Davis
Jan 6, 2010
Mrs. Mildred Beatrice Byars Davis, age 84 passed away in the Crestview Healthcare & Rehab Center, Wednesday, January 6, 2010. Graveside Services will be conducted at 3 PM Friday, January 8, 2010 in the Stanton Cemetery, Stanton, TN. A visitation will be 1:30-2:30 PM in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home, Friday, January 8, 2010. Mrs. Davis was preceded in...
Jimmy Joe Moss
Jan 5, 2010
Jimmy's Obituary Jimmy Joe Moss, 68, passed away January 5, 2010 at St. Francis Hospital after suffering a massive heart attack at his Bartlett, TN home. Originally from Brownsville, TN, Mr. Moss lived in Tampa, FL for 4 years, then moved to Memphis, where he has lived for the past 47 years. Mr. Moss was a retired assistant Terminal Manager...
Donald Young
Jan 5, 2010
Mr. Donald Wayne Young, 61 passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Graveside Services will be conducted at 1 PM Friday, January 8, 2010 in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Whiteville, TN. A visitation will be 5-8 PM in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Thursday evening, January 7, 2010. He is preceded in death by...
Ernestine Pendergrass
Jan 3, 2010
Mrs. Ernestine Studdard Pendergrass, age 74 passed away Sunday, January 3, 2010, in the Jackson Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted at 10:00 AM Tuesday, January 5, 2010 in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ralph Brown. Interment will follow in Brownsville Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 P.M., Monday,...
Earley Conatser
Jan 3, 2010
Mr. Earley B. "Bubba" Conatser, III, age 37 passed away Sunday, January 3, 2010, in the Haywood Park Community Hospital in Brownsville, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted at 2 P.M. Wednesday, January 6, 2010 in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jim Appelton officiating. Interment will follow in Brownsville Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00...
Lloyd Charles Watkins
Dec 29, 2009
Lloyd's Obituary Mr. Lloyd "Charlie" Watkins, age 80, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2009 in Regional Hospital of Jackson. He was preceded in death by his parents, Floyd Watkins and Annie Louvelle Sweat Watkins, and his wife, Bernice Watkins. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Thursday, December 31, 2009 in the Brownsville Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Eddie...
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