Obituaries
Obituaries
Becky Lee Baker Haynes
Aug 11, 2022
Becky Lee Baker Haynes, age 86, passed peacefully on Thursday, August 11, 2022, at her residence in Brownsville, Tn. Graveside Funeral Services will be held on Monday, August 15, 2022, at 10:00 AM, at the Oakwood Cemetery in Brownsville, TN, with Bro. Bob Connerley officiating. Burial will follow at the Oakwood Cemetery. Becky Lee (Bebe) was born in Jackson, TN...
Christopher Wayne Patterson
Aug 11, 2022
Christopher Wayne Patterson, age 40, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2022, at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Christopher was born in Jackson, TN on September 3, 1981, to Wayne Patterson of Pinson, TN, and Verna Bohanan Patterson (Jack) of Gadsden, TN. He loved the outdoors and was...
Amy Floyd Moss
Aug 6, 2022
Beloved Mama and Mamie, Amy Elizabeth Floyd Moss passed away peacefully on August 6, 2022, in her 76th year, with her loving family by her side. Throughout her battle with ovarian cancer, she always had a smile or kind word to share. Her health never compromised her ability to live each day to the fullest, and she was an inspiration...
Nancy Kara Reeves
Aug 4, 2022
Nancy Kara Reeves, age 88, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 4, 2022, at her home in Jackson, TN. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Nancy was born in Jackson, TN on January 6, 1934, to the late Walter and Grace Hastings. She was a gifted mother who most enjoyed spending time with the family...
Myrna Gail Bourne
Jul 31, 2022
Myrna Gail Bourne, age 80, a resident of Stanton, TN, passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2022, at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. A graveside service will be held at the Stanton Cemetery on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at 11 AM. Rev. Richard Dickerson will officiate the services. Myrna was born in Stanton, TN on July 8, 1942, to the...
Tommy Lee Lipford
Jul 30, 2022
Tommy Lee Lipford, age 66, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, July 30, 2022, in Alamo, TN. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mr. Lipford was born in Alamo, TN, on June 13, 1956, to the late Raymond Lipford and Elizabeth Ann Robertson Lipford. He worked in construction his whole life and will...
Delois Davis Baggett
Jul 29, 2022
Delois Davis Baggett, age 89, passed away at her residence in the Tibbs Community, on Friday July 29, 2022. Graveside Funeral Services will be held on Monday, August 1, 2022, at 10:00 AM at the Trinity Cemetery with Bro. Lonnie Robinson, officiating. Burial will follow. Mrs. Delois Baggett was born on May 22, 1933, in Tipton County, to Jesse Owen...
Kenneth Wayne Maddox
Jul 28, 2022
Kenneth Maddox, age 72, of Brownsville, TN passed away Thursday, July 28, 2022. Funeral Services for Mr. Maddox will be held on Sunday, July 31, 2022 at 2 PM in the chapel of the Brownsville Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN. A visitation will be held from 1230 PM until the hour of service. Burial to follow at Providence Cemetery. Bro....
Alvin Lawrence Hayes, Sr
Jul 27, 2022
Alvin Lawrence “Sonny” Hayes, Sr. died peacefully at his country home in Bells on July 27, 2022, surrounded by his family at the age of 86. Sonny was born on March 9, 1936, in Madera, California to his parents Samuel “Rawdie” and Pearle Hayes. When Sonny was three years old, his family moved back East and would eventually settle in...
Pamela Marie Allen
Jul 23, 2022
Pamela Marie Allen, age 57, passed away on Saturday, July 23, 2022. A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held on Thursday, July 28, 2022, from 5 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. Ms. Pam was born on July 13, 1965, to the late William Allen and Doris Sweat Allen. She was...
Nickey Wayne Buchanan
Jul 22, 2022
Nickey Wayne Buchanan, age 72, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 22, 2022, at his home in Humboldt, TN. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mr. Buchanan was born in Jackson, TN on September 9, 1949, to the late James Otis Buchanan and Virginia Rostelle Buchanan. Nickey grew up in Yorkville, TN, and served his...
Frank Hardin Jones
Jul 20, 2022
Frank Hardin Jones, age 81, passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at his home in Dyersburg, TN. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mrs. Jones was born in Obion Co, TN on March 27, 1941, to the late Billy Jones and Beulah Hardin Jones. He worked as a truck driver and loved to grill....
Opal Mae Watson
Jul 16, 2022
Opal Mae Watson, age 80, passed away at her residence in the Hillville Community on Saturday Morning, July 16, 2022. Funeral Services will be held at the Mt. Pleasant Community Church on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at 1:00 PM with Danny Watson and Margaret Phillips officiating. Burial will follow at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Visitation for the family will be...
Quilla Hightower
Jul 13, 2022
Quilla Oliver Tapp Hightower, age 104, of Stanton, TN passed away on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at her residence. Funeral Services will be held on Sunday, July 17, 2022, at 2:30 PM, at the Brownsville Funeral Home. Burial will follow at the Stanton Cemetery in Stanton, TN. Visitation for Mrs. Hightower will be on Sunday, July 17, 2022, from 1:00...
Jeannette Frances Adams (Henri)
Jul 8, 2022
Born September 25, 1930, in Bronx, New York, to Frances B. Henri and Daniel Henri. She died July 8, 2022, in Savanna, Tennessee at the Harbart Hills Academy Nursing Home. She was 91. At age 17, Jeannette, along with her mother Frances Henri, grandmother, Ophelia Brown, her aunt and several other members of her family, decided to visit an evangelism...
Alfred Lee Graves
Jul 8, 2022
Alfred Lee Graves (Billy), age 85, a resident of Brownsville, TN, passed away on Friday, July 8, 2022. Memorial Services to celebrate his life will be held on Friday, July 15, 2022, at 12:00 Noon at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel in Brownsville, TN. Alfred Lee Graves (Billy) was born August 19, 1936, the oldest of fourteen children...
Mary Littles Beshires
Jul 5, 2022
Mary Littles Beshires, age 77, passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at her home in Brownsville, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Friday, July 8, 2022, at 10:00 A.M. in the Chapel of the Lea and Simmons Funeral Home. Burial to follow in the Brownsville Memorial Gardens. A visitation for the Beshires family will be held on Thursday,...
William Edward Kendrick
Jul 5, 2022
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJV A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR WILLIAM E. (Bill) KENDRICK 1935 - 2022 THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND Mr. William E. (Bill) Kendrick, age 86, passed away at the AHC...
Ann Durham Anderson
Jul 4, 2022
Ann Durham Anderson, a resident of the Bells Nursing Home, Bells, TN, passed away July 4, 2022. Ann was born on November 14, 1929, in Tennessee Ridge, TN, to Clarence Durham and Zula Mae Brown Durham. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Charles Wesley Anderson, III and her cousin, Billy...
Mary Lou East
Jun 26, 2022
Mary Lou Miller East, 85, a resident of Brownsville, TN, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 26, 2022, at AHC Crestview. Mrs. East was born on October 23, 1936, in Bells, Tennessee to John Hunter Miller and Dora Crawford Miller. She was a homemaker and loved dearly by her family. As a faithful member of the First United Methodist Church...
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