Obituaries

Obituaries

Betty Jordan

Betty Jordan

Oct 28, 2024

Betty Jordan, age 73, a devoted Christian lady and musician, loving mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, passed away on Monday, October 28, 2024, at her residence in the Providence Community. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, October 31, 2024, at 1:00 PM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home with Martha Bunch and Jerry Winberry officiating. Burial will...

Timothy (Tim) Wynn Morris

Timothy (Tim) Wynn Morris

Oct 28, 2024

Timothy (Tim) Wynn Morris, age 73, of Jackson, TN, passed away Monday morning, October 28, 2024. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, November 1, 2024, at 2:00 PM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN, with Bro. Carl White officiating. Burial will follow at the Providence Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Friday, November 1, 2024,...

Elizabeth Winfrey Walker Reid

Elizabeth Winfrey Walker Reid

Oct 26, 2024

Elizabeth Winfrey Walker Reid, 93, passed away peacefully at her home in Brownsville on October 26, 2024. She is survived by her husband Thomas Lyle Reid; her two daughters, Betsy Reid (Bill Gruenewald) and Martha Lyle Ford (Bob Ford); three grandchildren, Walker Thornton (Dannon Thornton), Eliza Ford, and Mattie Ford; one brother, J. G. Walker Jr (Virginia Ann Walker); a...

Sandra Nell Austin Goodman

Sandra Nell Austin Goodman

Oct 26, 2024

Sandra Nell Austin Goodman, age 73, departed this life on Saturday, October 26, 2024, at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at 11:00 AM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN. Burial will follow at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in the Hillville Community. Visitation for...

Alice Marie Wosz

Alice Marie Wosz

Oct 26, 2024

Alice Marie Armstrong Wosz, age 71, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 26, 2024, at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home.

Mrs. Wosz was born on December 8, 1952, in Chicago, IL, to the late Charles Armstrong and surviving Mary Anna Tosto Armstrong of Downers Grove, IL. Mrs. Alice was...

Windell Mask, Jr.

Windell Mask, Jr.

Oct 22, 2024

Memorial Visitation for Windell Mask, Jr.Saturday, October 26, 2024 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM will be held at our Bells Funeral Home Location5342 College Street, Bells, TN

Windell Mask, Jr., faithful husband, loving father, beloved son, brother, uncle, nephew, grandson and friend, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. He passed away unexpectedly at the Jackson-Madison County...

Garey Anthony Ballard

Garey Anthony Ballard

Oct 18, 2024

Garey Anthony Ballard, age 72, a resident of Fort Smith, AR, and a former resident of Brownsville, TN, passed away on Friday, October 18, 2024. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, October 26, 2024, at 2:00 PM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN, with Bro. Ben Cowell officiating. Visitation will be held on Saturday, October...

Michael Lynn Bain

Michael Lynn Bain

Oct 16, 2024

Michael Lynn Bain, age 67, was born in Ripley, TN on June 15, 1957, to Barbara Faye Parker Bain and Thomas Lynn Bain. He was a resident of Hot Springs, Arkansas and became a permanent resident of Heaven on October 16, 2024.

Graveside Service for Mr. Bain will be held on Saturday, October 19, 2024, at 3:30 PM at the Trinity...

Alma Olivia Murphy

Alma Olivia Murphy

Oct 14, 2024

Alma Olivia Murphy

Sunrise: November 16, 1961

Sunset: October 14, 2024

 Alma Olivia Murphy, age 62, departed this life on Monday, October 14, 2024, at the Haywood Community Hospital in Brownsville, TN. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Saturday, October 19, 2024, at 12 Noon at the St. James Church of God in Christ with Pastor James Gray officiating. Burial...

Darrell "Craig" Reasons

Darrell "Craig" Reasons

Oct 12, 2024

Darrell “Craig” Reasons, a resident of Brownsville, TN, passed away on October 12, 2024, at the Regional One Health in Memphis, TN. Memorial Services will be held on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at 12:00 Noon at the Brownsville Baptist Church. Visitation for family and friends will be held on Thursday, October 17, 2024, from 11:00 AM – 12:00 Noon at...

Vicki Lynn Meadows-Futrell

Vicki Lynn Meadows-Futrell

Oct 11, 2024

Vicki Lynn Meadows-Futrell, age 57, resident of Braden, Tennessee passed peacefully at home on October 11, 2024. Vicki Lynn Meadows-Futrell was born on August 28, 1967 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the daughter of James Laverne “Rooster” Meadows and Martha Bowling Meadows. 

 Vicki started her love for adventure and outdoors at a young age. She enjoyed riding horses, any type of ATV vehicle,...

Jimmy Joe Goodman

Jimmy Joe Goodman

Oct 7, 2024

Jimmy Joe Goodman, age 78, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Monday, October 7, 2024, at his home in Brownsville, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Friday, October 11, 2024, at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home at 12:00 PM with Bro. David Reeves officiating. Burial will follow at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. A visitation will...

Ray Ables

Ray Ables

Oct 7, 2024

Delma Ray Ables, age 82, passed away on Monday, October 7, 2024, at his home in Ripley, TN. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, October 10, 2024, at 1:00 PM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN. Burial will follow at the Woodville Cemetery in the Woodville Community. Visitation will be held on Thursday, October 10,...

Edna Mae Foster

Edna Mae Foster

Oct 6, 2024

Edna Mae McCarver Foster, age 89, passed away on Sunday, October 6, 2024. Graveside Services will be held on Sunday, October 13, 2024, at 2:00 PM at the Brownville Memorial Gardens in Brownsville, TN, with Bro. John Hayes officiating. 

Edna Mae Foster was born in Haywood County on January 15, 1935. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Bomber...

Greg Neal

Greg Neal

Oct 6, 2024

Gregory Wayne Neal, age 55, passed away on Sunday, October 6, 2024, at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, at 1:00 PM, at the Westside Church of Christ with Bro. Jeff Horton officiating. Burial will follow at Brownsville Memorial Gardens. Visitation for family and friends will be held...

Catherine Elaine McCool Butler

Catherine Elaine McCool Butler

Oct 3, 2024

Catherine Elaine McCool Butler, age 75, passed away peacefully, on Thursday, October 3, 2024, at the Diversicare of Martin, TN. Memorial Services will be held on Monday, October 7, 2024, at 11:00 AM, at the First Presbyterian Church in Brownsville, TN with Rev. Cindy Schwartz officiating. Visitation for family and friends will be held on Monday, October 7, 2024, from...

Barbara Parker Bain

Barbara Parker Bain

Oct 1, 2024

Barbara Parker Bain, age 83, a resident of Bells, TN, departed this life on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at the Bells Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside Services will be held on Friday, October 4, 2024, at 10:00 AM, at the Trinity Cemetery in the Nutbush Community with Bro. Tim Smartt officiating. 

 Barbara Bain was born in Dyersburg, TN on January 23,...

Fred Davis Hinsley

Fred Davis Hinsley

Sep 28, 2024

Fred Davis Hinsley, age 94, passed away peacefully on September 28, 2024 in the Jackson Madison County Hospital following a short illness. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, October 5, at Brownsville Funeral Home located at 107 South Lafayette Avenue in Brownsville, Tenn. Visitation will be from 12:00 to 2:30 P.M. The funeral service will begin at 2:30 P.M. with...

Samantha Ann Gray

Samantha Ann Gray

Sep 27, 2024

Samantha Ann GraySunrise: December 31, 1977Sunset: September 27, 2024

 Samantha Ann Gray, age 46, departed this life on Friday, September 27, 2024, at her residence in Brownsville, TN. A Memorial Visitation to celebrate her life will be held on Saturday, October 12, 2024, from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN. 

 Samantha was born...

Beuna Alice Watson

Beuna Alice Watson

Sep 27, 2024

Beuna Alice Stephens Watson was born on Sunday, January 4, 1931, as the eldest child of Donald and Bessie Stephens of the Gum Flat community in Crockett County, Tennessee. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones on Friday, September 27, 2024. Alice, or “Dunnie” as she was nicknamed by her father, and as so many of her family...

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