Obituaries
Obituaries
Billy Dwain Joyner
Dec 24, 2020
Billy Dwain Joyner passed away on December 24, 2020, after battling COVID 19. Private Graveside Services for Immediate Family Only will be held on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 12 Noon at Brownsville Memorial Gardens in Brownsville, TN with Shawn Phillips officiating. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 from 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM at the Lea...
Mary Ann Pettigrew
Dec 24, 2020
Mary Ann Graves Pettigrew, 94, passed away peacefully December 24, 2020 at Sugar Creek Senior Living Center in Brownsville, Tennessee. Graveside Funeral Services for Mrs. Pettigrew will be held on Saturday, January 2, 2021, at 2:00 PM at Oakwood Cemetery in Brownsville, TN with Rev. Sammy Tillman, officiating. Ann Pettigrew was born April 8, 1926 to Talton Everette Graves and...
Herbert Campbell
Dec 23, 2020
Herbert Campbell, age 80, passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at the Hardin Medical Center of Savannah, TN. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mr. Campbell was born in Washington, D.C. on January 23, 1940 to the late Carlton Campbell and Louise Swygert Campbell. He worked in construction for many years. Also preceding him...
Tanya Ann Watson Dodd
Dec 18, 2020
Tanya Ann Watson Dodd, age 47, passed away Friday, December 18, 2020 at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. A Memorial Service for Ms. Dodd will be held Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 2:00 PM in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Tanya was born on October 15, 1973 in Brownsville, TN. She worked as a homemaker and...
Pat OLaughlin Sherrod
Dec 16, 2020
Pat OLaughlin Sherrod age 89, passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Graveside Services will be conducted on Monday, December 21, 2020 at 1:00 PM at the Walnut Hill Baptist Church Cemetery with Bob Layman officiating. A Visitation for the Sherrod family will be held on Monday, December 21, 2020, from 12:00 Noon...
Marvin Lamar Reed
Dec 14, 2020
Marvin L. Reed of Brownsville, TN, loving husband of Gertrud Reed, was received by the Lord on December 14, 2020. Marvin was born ‘at home’ in White Pigeon, MI on September 12, 1934. Marvin was preceded in death by his most precious and loving wife Gertrud (Sept 2019), and daughter, Christine (Danny) Howell. He was the son of Glenn and...
Jeffrey Glen Parker
Dec 14, 2020
Jeffrey Glen Parker, age 58, passed away on Monday, December 14, 2020, at Maplewood Healthcare Center in Jackson, TN. Graveside services for Mr. Parker will be held Sunday, December 27 at 1:00 PM at Cypress Cemetery in Bells, TN, with Bro. Keith Harwell officiating. He was born on September 18, 1962 to Billy Glen and Frances Laman Parker. He worked...
Betty Ann Freels Hayes
Dec 9, 2020
Betty Ann Freels Hayes, age 76, passed away peacefully at her residence in Whiteville, TN on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. Funeral Services for Mrs. Hayes will be conducted on Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 11:00 AM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN with Bro. Lonnie Robinson officiating. Burial will follow at the Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery...
Betty Williams
Dec 9, 2020
Betty S. Williams left this earth December 9, 2020 at age 91. She was a lifelong resident of Bells, TN. She was preceded in death by her parents, Owen and Alice Stephenson and four brothers: Owen, Harbor, Bill and Charles. Her husband of 60 years, Henry G. Williams also preceded her in death. Mrs. Williams was an active member of...
Mary Ethel Austin
Dec 8, 2020
Mary Ethel Benard Austin age 92, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at the AHC Humboldt Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside Service will be conducted on Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 1:30 PM at the Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Cemetery. Mrs. Austin was born in Haywood County, TN on October 2, 1928 to the late Jeff Benard and Maggie...
James "Red" Watson
Dec 8, 2020
James “Red” Watson, age 69, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, in AHC Crestview Health Care and Rehabilitation in Brownsville, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Friday, December 11, 2020, at 2:00 PM in Harmony Baptist Church in Haywood County, with Bro. David Reeves and Bro. Johnny Wayne Watson officiating. Burial will follow in Harmony Baptist Church...
Glenn Doyle West
Dec 7, 2020
Mr. Glenn Doyle West, age 87, passed away Monday, December 7, 2020 at his home in Mercer, TN. Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 2:00 PM at Brownsville Memorial Gardens with Bro. Robert McGee officiating. Glenn was born on July 18, 1933 to William Arthur West and Beulah West Galloway. He served as a...
Judy Ann Sisco
Dec 4, 2020
Judy Sisco age 57, passed away on Friday, December 4, 2020 at her residence in Humboldt, TN. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Miss Judy was born in Humboldt, TN on August 18, 1963 to the late Cecil Sisco and Mary M. Tillman Sisco. She was a member of the Liberty Hall Church of Gadsden,...
Mary Jane Qualls Cox
Dec 4, 2020
Mary Jane Qualls Cox age 76, passed away on Friday, December 4, 2020 at the Crestview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral Services will be conducted on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 2:00 PM at Harmony Baptist Church with Bro. Bennie Morrison officiating. Burial to follow in the Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery. A visitation for the Cox family will be held...
Edna Freels Swain Forsythe
Dec 3, 2020
Mrs. Edna Freels Swain Forsythe, age 85, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2020 at her residence in Dyersburg, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at 11:00 AM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN with Bro. Mark McSwain officiating. Burial will follow at the Dancyville Assembly of God Church Cemetery. Visitation will...
Randolph Marshall Woody
Dec 3, 2020
Randolph Marshall Woody joyfully transferred his residence to the Golden City in Glory, after a protracted illness, on the evening of December 3rd, 2020 with his daughter and son-in-law by his side. Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted, Sunday, December 6, 2020, at 3 PM, in Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery with Bro. Bob Connerley officiating. Burial will follow. He was...
Charles Houston Sills
Dec 3, 2020
Charles H. Sills age 83, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 3, 2020 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center of Nashville, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Monday, December 7, 2020 at 1:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Brownsville Funeral Home with Bro. Greg Bowers officiating. Burial to follow in the Oakwood Cemetery. A visitation for the Sills family...
Martha Rosson Byrd
Dec 2, 2020
Mrs. Martha Rosson Byrd, age 86, passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2020 in the Bells Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bells, TN. Her Graveside Funeral Service will be conducted Friday, December 4, 2020 at 2:00 PM in Union Cemetery in Haywood County with Bro. Jeff Brown officiating. The family request those who are attending to please wear a mask. Martha...
Virginia Mathias McKenna
Nov 30, 2020
Virginia Mathias McKenna age 78, passed away peacefully on St. Andrew’s Day, Monday, November 30, 2020 at the St. Thomas Ascension Hospital of Murfreesboro, TN. A Graveside Service will be conducted on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 12:00 Noon at the Brownsville Memorial Gardens with Mr. Glen Owen officiating. Mrs. Virginia was born in Memphis, TN on July 26,...
Christine Watson
Nov 29, 2020
Christine Johnson Watson age 95, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 29, 2020 at her home in Whiteville, TN. Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 1:00 PM in the Chapel of the Brownsville Funeral Home with Bro. David Reeves officiating. Burial to follow in the Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church Cemetery. A visitation for the...
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