Obituaries
Obituaries
Lyndon Gerry Harrison
Oct 11, 2022
Lyndon “Gerry” Harrison, age 77, passed away after a long illness at the West Tennessee Healthcare -Dyersburg Campus on Tuesday, October 11, 2022. A Memorial Gathering the Celebrate the Life of Mr. Gerry will be held on Sunday, October 23, 2022, at the Friendship Community Center, Walnut Street, Friendship, TN 38034 from 1:00 P.M. until 4:00 P.M. Mr. Gerry was...
Clyde Caldwell Woods
Oct 10, 2022
Clyde Caldwell Woods, age 66, passed away on Monday, October 10, 2022, at his residence. Funeral Services for Mr. Woods will be held on Friday, October 14, 2022, at 10:30 AM, at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN with Bro. John Banks and Pastor Mike Walker officiating. Burial will follow at the Stanton Cemetery in Stanton, TN....
Carl Wayne Tippett
Oct 1, 2022
Carl Wayne Tippett, age 73, passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2022, at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral Services will be conducted on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, at 1:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Lea and Simmons Funeral Home with Bro. Don Smith officiating. Burial to follow in the Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery. A visitation will...
Russ Lea
Sep 30, 2022
William Russell “Russ” Lea, age 58, a resident of Bowling Green, KY, departed this life Friday, September 30, 2022. Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted at Chestnut Grove Cemetery on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at 2 PM with Bro. Ralph Brown officiating. Russ was born on January 12, 1964, in Brownsville, TN. He was a server in the restaurant business....
Susan Deborah Yoder
Sep 28, 2022
Susan Deborah Yoder, age 75, passed away on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at the Bells Nursing and Rehabilitation Center located in Bells, TN. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mrs. Yoder was born in Wauwatosa, WI on October 8, 1946, to the late Alfred Dorst and Katherine Henneberry Dorst. She earned a master’s degree in...
Linda Hamilton Butler
Sep 28, 2022
Graveside Service - Saturday, April 15, 2023, at 11:00 AMLinda Hamilton Butler, age 73, passed away on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at her beloved home in Brownsville. A graveside service will take place on Saturday, April 15, 2023, at 11:00 AM at the Tabernacle Cemetery with Dr. Joe Thornton officiating. Linda was born on April 30, 1949, in Haywood County...
Janice Singleteary
Sep 25, 2022
Janice Singleteary, age 62, a resident of Trenton, TN, passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2022. A memorial visitation will be held on Saturday, October 1, 2022, from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM at the Bells Funeral Home in Bells, TN. Janice was born on August 10, 1960, in Brownsville, TN. She was a homemaker. She loved her family and...
Jeannine Urig Hill
Sep 24, 2022
Jeannine Urig Hill, age 50, a resident of Murfreesboro, TN, passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2022. Graveside Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, September 29, 2022, at 2:00 at the Brownsville Memorial Gardens with Bro. Richard Dickerson officiating. Visitation for Jeannine Hill will be on Thursday, September 29, 2022, from 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM at the Lea...
Stephen E. Allen Sr.
Sep 15, 2022
Stephen E. Allen, Sr., age 66, of Whiteville, TN, passed away on Thursday September 15, 2022. Funeral Services will be conducted on Monday, September 19, 2022, at 11:00 a.m., at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel in Brownsville, TN with Bro. Alan McCall and Bro. Adrian Knipper officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Pleasant Community Church Cemetery. Visitation will...
Ernest Glynn Elrod
Sep 14, 2022
Mr. Ernest Glynn Elrod, age 53, passed away on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, September, 24, 2022, at 4621 Eurekaton Road, Whiteville, TN 38075 from 2PM until 4PM. All Family and Friends are Welcomed to Join. Mr. Elrod was born in Chicago, IL on July...
John Michael Mingledorff
Sep 12, 2022
John Michael Mingledorff, age 67, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, September 12, 2022, in Jackson, TN. A Visitation will be held on Sunday, October 23, 2022, at the Northside Church, 2571 N. Highland Ave., Jackson, TN 38305 from 2:00 P.M. until 3:00 P.M., with the Memorial Service beginning at 3:00 P.M. officiated by Pastor Gerry Campbell and...
Juliet Campbell Choate
Sep 11, 2022
Juliet Campbell Choate, age 70, passed away peacefully at her residence in Stanton, TN on Sunday, September 11, 2022. Juliet was born on April 11, 1952, in Haywood County to the late Bobby Campbell and Josephine Leek Jones. She was a laborer and considered to be a jack of all trades holding many jobs over the years. Preceding her in...
Quita Gray Baker
Sep 5, 2022
Quita Gray Baker passed away peacefully on Monday, September 5, 2022, at the Waters of Union City Skilled Nursing Center. Graveside Services will be held on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, at 12:00 Noon at the New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in Mason Hall, TN with Rev. Richard Dickerson officiating and burial to follow. Mrs. Baker was born on March 5,...
Melvin Perry Ellington
Sep 2, 2022
Mr. Melvin Perry “Sonny” Ellington, age 82, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, September 2, 2022, at his home in Bells, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Thursday, September 8, 2022, at 1:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Bells Funeral Home, with burial to follow in the Walnut Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. A visitation...
Dorothy M Johnson
Sep 1, 2022
Dorothy Morris Johnson, age 71, a resident of Whiteville, TN passed away at her home on Thursday, September 1, 2022. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, September 3, 2022, at 1:00 PM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel in Brownsville, TN with Bro. Terry Logan officiating. Burial will follow at the Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will...
Frances Virginia Johnson
Aug 22, 2022
Frances Virginia Johnson, age 80, passed away on Monday, August 22, 2022, at her home in Humboldt, TN. A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, September 18, 2022, from 11:00 A.M. until 4:00 P.M. at the Baily Park, 2400 Mitchell Street, Humboldt, TN 38343 Mrs. Johnson was born in Mississippi County, Arkansas on October 21, 1941, to the...
Carl Alexander Stewart
Aug 20, 2022
Carl Alexander Stewart, age 80, passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2022, at his home in Stanton, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, at 12:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Brownsville Funeral Home. Burial to follow in the Stanton Cemetery. A visitation for the Stewart Family will be held on Tuesday, August 23, 2022,...
LaReta Peace Diamond
Aug 19, 2022
LaReta Peace Diamond, age 77, of Haywood County, native of Crockett Mills, TN, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 19, 2022. Reta (Sister) loved the Lord and found beauty in all His creations. She was a faithful member of Springhill United Methodist Church. She was an excellent cook and loved gardening and planting flowers. She was preceded in death by...
Jerry Randel Overton
Aug 16, 2022
Jerry Randel Overton, age 77, a resident of Jackson, TN, passed away on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at the Alamo Nursing Home in Crockett County. Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted on Saturday, August 20, 2022, at 2:00 PM at the Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery with burial to follow. Jerry was born on August 15, 1945, in Haywood County...
John Marion Pearson
Aug 15, 2022
John Marion Pearson, age 81, died peacefully, in the presence of his family, on August 15, 2022 in Knoxville, Tennessee after an extended illness. Born May 4, 1941, at home, to Marion and Louise Pearson on the Pearson farm in Bells, Tennessee, John was the first of six siblings. He graduated from Bells High School in 1959 and in 1963...
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