Obituaries
Obituaries
Jerry Wayne Drake, Jr.
Sep 4, 2020
Mr. Jerry Wayne Drake, Jr., age 25, passed away Friday, September 4, 2020 in Rochester, New York. A Memorial Visitation will be conducted Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 2 PM in the Lea and Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN. Jerry loved animals and was a self-employed Animal Transporter, he also loved to travel. Jerry is survived by his father,...
Krista Ann Strickland
Sep 4, 2020
Miss Krista Ann Strickland, age 25, passed away, Friday, September 4, 2020 in Rochester, New York. Her services will be private. She is survived by her father, Gerald Strickland of Memphis, TN and her mother, Donna Strickland of Pontotoc, Mississippi, two brothers, Wesley Mann and Brandon Strickland and a brother, who passed away with her, Jerry Wayne Drake, Jr.
Johnnie Wilson Brown
Sep 2, 2020
Mrs. Johnnie Wilson Brown, age 89 passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at Advent Health in Orlando, FL. Her Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 1:00 PM in the Oakwood Cemetery in Brownsville, TN with the Revered Timothy Guess officiating. Johnnie lived in Memphis, TN, where she was a devoted church member of Collierville Primitive...
Earline Kyzar
Sep 2, 2020
Earline Kyzar, age 64 passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2020, in Jackson Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. A Memorial Service will be conducted on Sunday, September 13, 2020, at 11:00 AM in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN, with the Rev. Richard Dickerson, officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Pleasant UMC Cemetery. Earline was born...
Patricia Ann Whitehead
Sep 1, 2020
Patricia Ann Whitehead age 77, passed away on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. A Memorial Service to celebrate the life of Mrs. Whitehead will be conducted on Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 1:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Bells Funeral Home with Bro. Manly Luscombe officiating. A visitation for the Whitehead family will...
Alpha Joy Robertson
Aug 29, 2020
Alpha Joy Raines Robertson age 71, passed away on Saturday, August 29, 2020 at the Dyersburg Campus-West Tennessee Healthcare. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mrs. Robertson was born in Laurens County, South Carolina on April 8, 1949 to the late George Washington Raines and Mary Elizabeth Norris Preston. She was a homemaker and will...
Martha Anne Taylor
Aug 26, 2020
Anne Crider Taylor age 85, passed away on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at her residence in Bells, TN. A visitation for the Crider family will be held on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 in the Chapel of the Bells Funeral Home from 1:00 P.M. until 2:00 P.M. A Graveside service will be conducted on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at the Belleview...
Albert "Rabbit" Jackson
Aug 24, 2020
Albert “Rabbit” Jackson, age 88, passed away at Bells Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bells, TN, on August 24, 2020. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, August 29, 2020, at 3:00 PM, at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN with Bro. Kevin Williams officiating. Burial will follow at the Brownsville Memorial Gardens. A Visitation for Mr....
Frances Rooks Mann
Aug 24, 2020
Frances Rooks Mann passed away at the age of 103 on August 24, 2020. She was a resident of Sugar Creek Senior Living in Brownsville, TN, at the time of her death. Funeral Services for Mrs. Mann will be on Saturday, August 29, 2020, at 1:00 PM at Trinity United Methodist Church, Nutbush, TN, with burial to follow at Trinity...
Chelsey Renee Morris
Aug 24, 2020
Chelsey Renee Morris, age 24, passed away in her hometown of Brownsville, TN, on Monday, August 24, 2020. Graveside Funeral Services will be held on Sunday, August 30, 2020, at 2:00 PM at the Dancyville Assembly of God Church Cemetery with Bro. Phil Lovelace officiating. Chelsey was born on June 6, 1996, in Jackson, TN. She is survived by her...
Patsy Taylor Privett
Aug 23, 2020
Patsy Taylor Privett age 79, passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2020 at The Cades Center Assisted Living of Humboldt, TN. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mrs. Privett was born in Savannah, TN on April 18, 1941 to the late William T. Taylor and Altha D. Sipes Taylor. She worked as a CNA for...
Lottie "Faye" Walden
Aug 23, 2020
Lottie “Faye” Bain Walden, age 85, passed away Sunday, August 23, 2020 in the Canterbury Place Assisted Living Center in Dyersburg, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, August 26, 2020, in the Maranatha Baptist Church with Rev. Tim Smartt officiating, and burial to follow in the Trinity UMC Cemetery, Nutbush, TN. Visitation will be from 10:00...
Rosemary English
Aug 22, 2020
Rosemary English, age 67, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2020, at her residence in Brownsville, TN. Memorial Services to celebrate her life will be held on Monday, August 31, 2020, at 2:00 PM with Bro. Sammy Tillman officiating. Rosemary English was born on December 28, 1952, in Haywood County to Lucion B. and Linnie Bell Stanley English. She worked...
Tony Joe Castleman
Aug 21, 2020
Tony Joe Castleman, age 72, passed away on August 21, 2020, at his home in Bells, TN. A Celebration of His Life Services will be conducted Monday, August 24, 2020 at 11:00 AM at Christ Church of Brownsville with Bro. Eddie Martin officiating. Burial will follow in Cypress UMC Cemetery in Bells, TN. Visitation will be held on Monday, August...
Elizabeth Reed Baddour
Aug 21, 2020
Elizabeth Reed Baddour passed away from an extended illness on Friday, August 21, 2020, at her residence in Brownsville, TN. She was 92 years of age. Graveside Services will be held on Sunday, August 23, 2020, at 2:00 PM at the Brownsville Memorial Gardens in Brownsville, TN, with Dr. James Coffman and Rev. Anne Emery officiating. Mrs. Elizabeth Baddour was...
Walter L. "Sonny" Bishop
Aug 21, 2020
Walter L. “Sonny” Bishop, age 83, left this earthly world of pain and sorrow and went home to be with Jesus in the early morning hours of Friday, August 21, 2020. “He fought the good fight”. Sonny leaves behind his wife, Sandi, of Jackson, TN; his son, Greg (Tammy) of Savannah, TN; sister-in-law, Debby Rose (Dee) of Henning, TN, and...
Roy Ivan Grace, Jr.
Aug 21, 2020
Roy Ivan Grace, Jr. age 90, passed away on Friday, August 21, 2020 at NHC in Milan, TN. All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. He was born in Jackson, TN on April 9, 1930 to the late Roy Ivan Grace, Sr. and Delores Dickey Grace. Mr. Grace proudly served his country and retired from the...
Bonnie Patterson
Aug 16, 2020
Bonnie Patterson age 70, passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2020 at the Bells Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A Graveside Service will be conducted on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at the Walnut Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Patterson was born on January 8, 1950 in Oceanside, CA to the late Robert W. Overton and Jewell Gregory Overton. She was also...
Ernest Paul (Pete) Lott, III
Aug 15, 2020
Ernest Paul “Pete” Lott, III, age 50, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2020 in Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, TN. A Celebration of Life Service will be conducted Sunday, August 23, 2020, at 1:00 PM in the First Assembly of God Church, in Brownsville, TN. Pete worked in restaurant management and loved gaming on computers, as well as repairing them....
Sandra Irene Horner
Aug 15, 2020
Sandra Irene Horner age 68, passed away on Saturday, August 15, 2020 at her residence in Gadsden, TN. A Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, August 23, 2020 at the Gadsden Church of Christ with Bro. David Sweeney officiating. She was born on November 14, 1951 in Humboldt, TN to the late Claude Jasper Bolton and Bobbie Dean Boyd...
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