Obituaries
Obituaries
Frances Coulston Simpson
Jan 15, 2021
Mrs. Frances Marie Coulston Simpson, age 88, passed away Friday, January 15, 2021 at her residence in Stanton, TN. A Memorial Visitation will be held in her honor on Thursday, January 21, 2021, from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN. Frances was born on October 15, 1932 in Haywood County to...
Dora Bessie Robison
Jan 14, 2021
Dora Drake Robison was born on July 16, 1921, in Brownsville, Tennessee to Sheriff Earnest Benton Drake and Marcia Gordon Drake. She was the last to pass away of the 10 children born to the Drake family. She grew up in Brownsville graduating from Haywood County high school. With the beginning of World War II, she began work at the...
Dana Burford Williams
Jan 14, 2021
Dana Burford Williams, age 80, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2021 in Jackson Madison County General Hospital. A Private Family Graveside Funeral Service will be conducted in Oakwood Cemetery on Saturday, January 16, 2021. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. Dana was an avid reader, loved to paint and spending time with her family, who she loved very much. She...
Betty Rains Doyle
Jan 12, 2021
Betty Rains Doyle age 82, passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at the Sugar Creek Assisted Living Center of Brownsville, TN. A Private Graveside Service will be conducted on Friday, January 15, 2021 at 10:30 A.M. at the Brownsville Memorial Gardens, with Bro. Ralph Brown officiating. All services are under the direction of the Brownsville Funeral Home. Mrs. Betty...
Carl William Gruenewald, II
Jan 10, 2021
Carl William Gruenewald, II, age 87 passed away Sunday, January 10, 2021 in the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Carl was born in Memphis, TN to the late Miriam Rawlison Gruenewald and the late Carl William Gruenewald Sr. He graduated from Christian Brothers College High School. He received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Memphis (formerly...
Milton Leroy Booth
Jan 10, 2021
Milton Leroy Booth, age 80, passed away on January 10, 2021 after an extended illness at his home in the Holly Grove Community of Haywood County, which was also his birthplace and home for the majority of his life. Mr. Booth was a life-long member of Holly Grove Baptist Church where he and his wife, Becky, were members of the...
Juan Matias
Jan 8, 2021
Juan Matias age 85, passed away on Friday, January 8, 2021 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. He was born in Mexico on August 20, 1935 to the late Librado Matias and Isabel Calderon. He worked as a General Laborer for many years. Also preceding him in death...
Tammy Phipps
Jan 7, 2021
Tammy Rae Lewis Phipps, age 55, passed away Thursday, January 7, 2021 at Baptist Hospital in Huntingdon, TN. Her Memorial Service will be conducted on Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the New Life Church in Alamo, TN. Tammy was born on May 3, 1965, in Haywood County to Albert and Doris Lewis. She was self employed in...
Bettye Gray Powell
Jan 5, 2021
Bettye Gray Kirby Powell, age 89 passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 in the Jackson Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Due to Covid-19, the family is having a private graveside service at Allen’Baptist Church Cemetery. Bettye Gray was born on November 30, 1931 in Brownsville, TN to J.C. Kirby and Miriam Ruth Stephens Kirby. She was a...
Paul Guy Lincer
Jan 5, 2021
Paul Guy Lincer, age 59, passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Graveside Funeral Services for Mr. Lincer will be held on Monday, January 11, 2021 at 11:00 AM at the Ridgecrest Cemetery in Jackson, TN with Rev. Richard Dickerson, officiating. Mr. Lincer was born on August 12, 1961 in Grant...
Richard "Dick" Carraway
Jan 5, 2021
Richard (Dick) Gilliam Carraway, Sr., was born April 27, 1925, to Carl Alvin and Mamie Carlton Carraway in Brownsville, Tennessee. He passed away peacefully at the age of 95 on January 5, 2021, joining his wife of 71 years, Marian Laster Carraway and his daughter, Linda Carraway Bradshaw. During WWII, Dick served in the Marines as an airplane mechanic in...
Kathy Diane Watson
Jan 4, 2021
Kathy Diane Watson, age 62, passed away on Monday, January 4, 2021, in Haywood County. A Visitation for Diane will be held on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 from 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel in Brownsville, TN. Diane was born on July 7, 1958 in Haywood County to Joe and Edna Swain. She...
Bennie Willis Morrison
Jan 4, 2021
Mr. Bennie Willis Morrison, age 87, passed away at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Graveside Funeral Services for Mr. Bennie will be held on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at the Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery at 2:00 PM with Bro. Grover Westover officiating. There will be no visitation. Bennie Morrison was born September 26, 1933 to H.L. and...
Wyatt Dean Pettigrew
Jan 4, 2021
Wyatt Dean Pettigrew, 92, passed away January 4, 2021 at Sugar Creek Senior Living Center in Brownsville, Tennessee. Graveside Funeral Services for Mr. Pettigrew will be held on Saturday, January 9, 2021, at 2:00 PM at Oakwood Cemetery in Brownsville, TN with Rev. Sammy Tillman and Dr. Roger Penn officiating. Dean was born October 15, 1928 to Ezra Dean Pettigrew...
Bobbie Barcroft Simmons
Jan 2, 2021
Bobbie Barcroft Simmons passed away on January 2, 2021 at Sugar Creek Senior Living Center in Brownsville, Tennessee. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the Tabernacle Cemetery with Rev. Mike Hutcherson officiating. Bobbie Simmons was born August 3, 1929, to Robert Jenkins Barcroft and Araminta Ivy Lea Barcroft of the Allen...
Shannon Doah Buck
Jan 2, 2021
Shannon Doah Buck, age 49 passed away on Saturday, January 2, 2021, at his residence in Brownsville, TN. He was born on November 15, 1971 in Dyersburg, TN to Thomas W. Buck, Jr. and Brenda Carman Buck. He attended schools in Haywood County. He worked as a machinist at World Color Press. He is survived by his mother, Brenda Maddox...
Dorothy Lavera Mea
Jan 2, 2021
Dorothy Lavera Mea, age 82, passed away on Saturday, January 2, 2021 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital after a courageous battle with COVID-19. Due to COVID-19 concerns, a Graveside Funeral Service will be conducted at Highland Memorial Gardens on Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 1:00 P.M. with Reverend Chris Rigby of First Baptist Church of Alamo, TN officiating....
Rex Barnes
Dec 30, 2020
Rex Barnes, age 75, passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Funeral Services will be held Monday, January 4, 2021 at 12:00 Noon at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN with Bro. Mike Young and Bro. Bobby Russ officiating. Burial will follow at the Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. A visitation...
Samuel Willis Baggett
Dec 28, 2020
Samuel Willis Baggett, 75, passed away peacefully December 28, 2020 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Sam Baggett was born March 13, 1945 in Tibbs to Andrew Thomas Baggett and Rachel Evans Baggett of Brownsville, Tennessee. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Levada Ann Baggett, two sons, Travis (Katherine) and Galon (Angela), along with 4 grandchildren,...
Doug Jones
Dec 27, 2020
Douglas Glenn Jones, age 73, passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2020, at his residence in Brownsville, TN. Visitation for Mr. Jones will be held on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date. Doug was born on...
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