Obituaries
Obituaries
Richard Duane Waltrip
Nov 11, 2022
Richard Duane Waltrip, age 37, passed away Friday, November 11, 2022, at his home in Huntingdon, TN. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mr. Waltrip was born on April 20, 1985, in Jacksonville, FL. He proudly serviced in the United States Army before residing in Huntingdon. He had a great love for Alabama football. He...
Jennie Diane Neal
Nov 11, 2022
Jennie Diane Neal, age 73, passed away on Friday, November 11, 2022, at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Funeral services for Mrs. Neal will be held on Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at 1:00 PM at the Westside Church of Christ in Brownsville, TN with Minister Josh Barnett officiating. The first visitation will be held on Monday evening,...
Sheila Marie Stanley
Nov 9, 2022
Sheila Marie Austin Stanley, age 64, passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, at the St. Thomas-Rutherford Hospital of Murfreesboro, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Saturday, November 12, 2022, at 12:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Brownsville Funeral Home, with Rev. Richard Dickerson officiating. Burial to follow in the Brownsville Memorial Gardens. A visitation will be held...
Yolanda Cortinas Thomas
Nov 8, 2022
Yolanda Cortinas Thomas, age 69, of Olive Branch, MS passed away on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, at the Desoto Healthcare Center in Southaven, MS. Yolanda was born in Dallas, TX on February 27, 1953, to the late Luis Cortinas and Isaura Guerra. She worked in the medical field and was a medical coder. She is survived by her husband, Jimmy...
William Russell Phillips
Nov 7, 2022
William Russell Phillips, age 72, passed away on Monday, November 7, 2022, at the West Tennessee Healthcare-Dyersburg Campus. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mr. Phillips was born in Memphis, TN, on March 17, 1950, to the late William Stanley Phillips and Peggy Joyce Wright Phillips. He proudly served his country in the United States...
Ward Elwyn Smith
Nov 1, 2022
Ward Elwyn Smith, age 79, a resident of Stanton, TN, departed this life on Tuesday, November 1, 2022. A Memorial Service for Mr. Smith will be held on Saturday, November 5, 2022, at 10:00 AM at Stanton Baptist Church in Stanton, TN, with Bro. Ed Miller officiating. Ward was born on August 11, 1943, to Charlie and Lillie Jackson Smith...
Buddy Moncier
Nov 1, 2022
James Ralph “Buddy” Moncier, age 73, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at his home in Gadsden, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Friday, November 4, 2022, at 1:00 P.M. at the Maury City Church of God, with Bro. Rowdy Davis and Pastor Walter Manley officiating. Burial to follow in the Hartsfield Cemetery in Brazil, TN. A...
Marie Lovelace Carlton
Oct 31, 2022
Marie Lovelace Carlton, passed away peacefully on Monday October 31, 2022, at the age of 100 at Sugar Creek Senior Living in Brownsville, Tennessee, less than a month shy of her 101st birthday. Funeral Services for Mrs. Carlton will be held on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 1:00 PM at the Brownsville Funeral Home Chapel in Brownsville, TN. Burial will...
Bobby Ray Ellington
Oct 31, 2022
Bobby Ray Ellington, age 81, passed away on Monday, October 31, 2022, at AHC Senior Living and Rehab in Humboldt, TN. Funeral Services for Mr. Ellington will be conducted on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at 1:00 PM at the Walnut Hill Baptist Church in Bells, TN, with Bro. Grover Westover officiating. Burial will follow at the Walnut Hill Cemetery in...
Karen Witbart Reames
Oct 30, 2022
Karen Witbart Reames, age 67, of Brownsville, TN, passed away on Sunday, October 30, 2022, at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, November 4, 2022, at the First United Methodist Church in Brownsville, TN at 2:00 PM with Bro. Ralph Brown and Rev. Sammy Tillman officiating. Burial will follow at Brownsville...
Mary Jordan
Oct 28, 2022
Mary passed from life here to be received in Heaven on Friday afternoon, October 28,2022 surrounded by family. She had turned 92 on Wednesday the 26th and passed away two months shy of her 72nd wedding anniversary. She was the epitome of a kind, Christian lady always looking to the positive. She loved Jesus, her family and friends. Mary grew...
Debra Sills Taylor
Oct 27, 2022
Debra Sills Taylor, age 65, a resident of Millington, TN, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, October 27, 2022. She was born on August 31, 1957, in Memphis, TN. She worked as a medical assistant. She had a very caring and giving spirit and loved helping people. She enjoyed going to estate sales and loved spending time with her dogs. She...
Leigh Hayes
Oct 25, 2022
Leigh Stephens Hayes, age 63, passed away on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral Services will be conducted on Friday, October 28, 2022, at 1:00 P.M. at the Bells Funeral Home with Bro. Mark Wade officiating. Burial to follow in the Gadsden Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Friday, October 28, 2022, at...
William "Shaggy" B. Doop
Oct 24, 2022
William “Shaggy” B. Doop, Jr., age 66, passed away on Monday, October 24, 2022, at AHC in Dyersburg, TN. Graveside Service will be on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, at 4:00 PM at the Gates Cemetery in Gates, TN. He was born on July 11, 1956, in McAllen, TX to William Berl and Peggy Moore Doop. He worked as an electrician....
Harriet K Norville
Oct 21, 2022
Harriet K. Norville, age 81, passed away on Friday, October 21, 2022, in Nashville, TN. Graveside Services will be conducted on Saturday, October 29, 2022, at 1:00 P.M. at the Belleview Cemetery of Bells, with Mr. Mauricio Porras officiating. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. She was born in Memphis, TN on April 9, 1941....
Rivers Miller Stephenson
Oct 21, 2022
Graveside services for Mrs. Rivers Miller Stephenson, 94, will be held on Monday, October 24, 2022, at 1:00 pm at Belleview Cemetery in Bells, TN, with Reverend Susie Riley officiating. Mrs. Stephenson was surrounded by her family when she was peacefully called from her earthly home by her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and there is no doubt she was...
T.C. Baker, Sr.
Oct 21, 2022
T.C. Baker, Sr., age 79, passed away on Friday, October 21, 2022, at his home in Bells, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, at 11:00 A.M. at the Bells Funeral Home with the Rev. Richard Dickerson officiating. Burial to follow at the Belleview Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at...
Lois McCool Morrison
Oct 18, 2022
Lois Windrow McCool Morrison died peacefully at home on October 18, 2022. She was 95. Funeral Services will be Friday, October 21, 2022, at 11 A.M. at First Presbyterian Church in Brownsville, TN with Dr. Joe Thornton and Dr. Joe Pettigrew officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Brownsville, TN. A visitation will be on Friday, October 21, 2022,...
Lauren Rochevot Bartram
Oct 17, 2022
Lauren Elise Rochevot Bartram, age 25, a resident of Memphis, TN, passed away on Monday, October 17, 2022. A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, October 27, 2022, at 1:00 PM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel in Brownsville, TN with Bro. J.P. Barden officiating. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service beginning...
Cory Francis Hosick
Oct 15, 2022
Cory Hosick, loving father, son, brother, uncle, nephew, and friend, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, October 15th, 2022. Cory was born on August 12, 1979, in Greenville, PA., to John and Elaine Hosick. He attended St. Mary’s School and graduated from Northside High School in Jackson, TN. He leaves behind his daughter, Greenlee Hosick, the pride and joy of his...
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