Obituaries
Obituaries
Gladys Jane Walker Benard
Apr 27, 2020
Mrs. Gladys Benard, age 73, passed away on Monday, April 27, 2020, at Bells Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bells, TN. Private Graveside Services will be conducted on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, at Mt. Pleasant UMC Cemetery in Whiteville, TN with Bro. Tim Lonon officiating. Gladys was born on April 28, 1946 in Mississippi and worked as a homemaker. She...
Mary Frances Smith Simmerman
Apr 27, 2020
Mary Frances Smith Simmerman, age 89, passed away peacefully at her home in the Nutbush Community on Monday, April 27, 2020. There will be a private family graveside service on Friday, May 1, 2020, with Bro. Lonnie Robinson officiating. She was born on February 7, 1931 to Casper and Nora Bell Golighty Smith. She and her husband owned Simmerman Sheet...
Roberta Ann Barr
Apr 27, 2020
Roberta Ann Morse Barr age 51, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 27, 2020 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. She was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa on January 10, 1969 to the late Mary Ann Wolman Morse. Her greatest passion was working with rescuing parrots through the Nebraska Parrot Rescue. She is survived by three sons: Nicholas Gregory...
Michelle Marie Pipkin Neal
Apr 27, 2020
Ms. Michelle Marie Pipkin Neal, age 48, passed away Monday, April 27, 2020, at her residence in Ripley, TN. Private Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted Thursday, April 30, 2020, at Ripley Memorial Gardens in Ripley, TN with Bro. Lonnie Robinson officiating. Michelle Neal was born on August 6, 1971, in Beckley, West Virginia. She was a Sales Analyst for...
Millie Richards
Apr 24, 2020
Millie Richards, age 69, passed away on April 24th, 2020 at her home in Brownsville, TN with her family gathered around. She was born on April 23, 1951. She was survived by her husband of 46 years, Chris Richards. Daughters: Angela Kirby and Lisa Stanfield. Grandchildren: Andrew Stanfield, Shelby Hartline (Morgan), Alyssa Kirby, and Bradleigh-Grace Bailey. Great grandchild: Ella Reese...
Catherine Irene Sorrell
Apr 24, 2020
Catherine Irene Morris Sorrell age 88, passed away on Friday, April 24, 2020 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital of Memphis, TN. A private family graveside service will be conducted on Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 2:00 PM at the Brownsville Memorial Gardens, with Rev. Richard Dickerson officiating. She was born on March 5, 1932 in Gibson County, TN to the...
Ronnie Galen Flowers
Apr 8, 2020
Ronnie Galen Flowers, age 72, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at West Tennessee Healthcare in Dyersburg, TN. There are no services scheduled for Mr. Flowers at this time. He was born on August 17, 1947, to Freddie Warren Flowers and Minnie Louise Jenkins Flowers in Henning, TN. He was a self-employed carpenter by trade. He served his country in...
Vicki McLeod Pepper
Apr 6, 2020
Mrs. Vicki McLeod Pepper, age 64, passed away Monday, April 6, 2020, in the Bells Nursing Home in Bells, TN. Private graveside services will be conducted Thursday, April 9, 2020, in the Stanton Cemetery with Rev. John Banks officiating. Vickie was born on August 15, 1955, in Red Oak, Iowa. She worked for InSouth Bank and was a loving mother...
Bootsey Vanstory
Apr 4, 2020
Bennie (Bootsey) Cole Vanstory, age 82, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2020 at her home in Brownsville, TN. Private Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted Tuesday, April 7, 2020 in Brownsville Memorial Gardens with Dr. Fred Campbell and Bro. Bob Connerley officiating. Bootsie was born on January 8, 1938, in Gibson County. She worked in Insurance Sales. She was a...
Russell Monroe Baker
Apr 3, 2020
Russell Monroe Baker age 61, died Friday April 3, 2020 at his residence in Dyersburg, TN after losing the fight with lung cancer. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Baker; two daughters: Krystal Baker and Amelia Baker; and three sons: Zachary Baker and Austin Baker of Dyersburg, TN and Derrick Baker of Kingsport, TN; two step-sons: Daniel Parson and...
Larry Jerome Sorrell
Apr 2, 2020
Larry Jerome Sorrell age 75, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 2, 2020 at his home in Brownsville, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on May 22, 1944 in Brownsville, TN to the late Thomas Sorrell and Irene Leggett Sorrell. He was also preceded in death by two brothers: Gary Sorrell and Tommy Sorrell; two sisters: Elsie Romesburg...
Steve Clark
Mar 31, 2020
Donald Steven “Steve” Clark, age 63, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Steve was born on December 27, 1956, to Donald Edison Clark and Wanda Lynn Scroggins Nalls in Baltimore, MD. He was a master mechanic and loved working with engines and tools. He worked as a mechanic for Super Lube....
William Vincent Maddox
Mar 31, 2020
Mr. William Vincent Maddox, age 70, passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at his home in Brownsville, TN, surrounded by family and loved ones. His private graveside funeral service will be conducted on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in the Holly Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, with Dr. Fred Campbell officiating. William proudly served his country in the United States Army. He...
Nellie Ann Spitzer
Mar 25, 2020
Nellie Ann Wells Spitzer, age 83, passed away March 25, 2020, peacefully at home surrounded by family. Nellie was born August 2, 1936, in Brownsville, TN to Cecil W. and Annie Laura Wells, who preceded her in death. She is survived by her daughter Dawn Spitzer of Jackson, TN. Nellie was the oldest of four children and is survived by...
Minnie Cooke King
Mar 25, 2020
Minnie Cooke King, age 84, passed away peacefully at AHC Crestview in Brownsville, TN, on Wednesday, March 25, 2020. A private family Graveside Service will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2020, at Brownsville Memorial Gardens with Allan Glidewell officiating. Minnie was born on October 31, 1935, to Walter Neman and Betty Maness Cooke, who preceded her in death. She...
Kitty Bright Geter
Mar 23, 2020
Kitty Bright Geter, infant daughter of Joey and Sue Bryan Geter, passed away on Monday, March 23, 2020, at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, TN. Kit was born February 27, 2020 in Memphis, TN. A private Graveside Service for Kit will be on Thursday, March 26, 2020, at Oakwood Cemetery in Brownsville, TN. Kit is survived by her loving...
Elizabeth Pittman Claiborne
Mar 22, 2020
Elizabeth Pittman Claiborne, widow of Alex Claiborne, died on March 22, 2020 at the age of 93 in Brownsville, Tennessee. She was the only child of the late Otho Pittman and Ruth Thornton Pittman, and was called “Libba” by her friends and numerous relatives. She had 21 first cousins. She was born March 8, 1927 in Brownsville, Tennessee. At the...
Laura Jean Baker Jorgensen
Mar 22, 2020
Laura Jean Baker Jorgensen age 78, departed to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 22, 2020 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Laura was born on February 17, 1942 in Stanton, TN to the late Eugene "Buddy" Clark & Mattie Kate Hunter Clark. She accepted Christ at a very early age at Douglass Chapel C.M.E. Church. She graduated with honors...
Matthew Ryan Walker
Mar 22, 2020
Matthew Ryan Walker, age 26, passed away on Sunday, March 22, 2020, in Ripley, TN. Matthew was born on March 19, 1994. He worked as a crop consultant for Helena Chemicals in Ripley, TN. He is survived by his father, Daniel Walker (Tracey) of Ripley, TN, his mother, Markeeta Walker (Brad Hughes) of Johnson City, TN, paternal grandparents, Dan and...
Nita Warren
Mar 21, 2020
Ounita “Nita” Taylor Whitten Warren, 90, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family on Saturday, March 21st, 2020. She was born March 12th, 1930 to Searcy and Roberta Taylor who preceded her in death, along with a brother who died at a young age. For 23 years she was the receptionist at American Air Filter, retiring in...
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