Local obituaries for Jackson & Madison County, TN
Damon Lee Allen Sr.
May 7, 2013
Memorial services for Damon Lee Allen, Sr. will be held at 11:00 AM Sunday, May 12, 2013 at the Apostolic Faith Pentecostal Church in Bradford, TN with Rev. Steve Gearin officiating. Mr. Allen died on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Damon was born in Newbern, TN the son of the late James M. and...
Kimberly Ann Hinote
Apr 25, 2013
Kimberly Ann Hinote, 48, died on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at her residence after a twenty-six month battle with cancer. Kim was born on September 24, 1964 in Las Cruces, NM, the daughter of Jerry K. and Ann Rice Price. She was employed as Vice President and CEO of DES Resource Group. She was a member of the International Right...
Mary Tharp Jackson
Apr 25, 2013
Mary Tharp Jackson, 90, died at her Jackson residence on Thursday, April 25, 2013. Mary was born in Gibson, Co. on December 25, 1922, the daughter of the late Samuel Evans and Lillian Lee Witherspoon Tharp. She was married to Raymond Jackson for sixty eight years, separated only by his death in May 2010. She worked as secretary of the...
Juanita Hammett
Apr 22, 2013
Juanita Hammett, 83, of Jackson, TN passed away April 22, 2013, in Memphis, TN. Juanita was born on December 16, 1929 the daughter of the late Roy and Ila Hammett of Hollow Rock, TN where she grew up. Juanita graduated from Hollow Rock – Bruceton High School as valedictorian of her class. She received a teaching certificate from Lambuth College...
Archie M. Welch
Apr 13, 2013
Archie M. Welch, 73, died on Saturday, April 13, 2013 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. He was born on June 30, 1939 in Medina, TN, the son of the late James Aaron and Myra L. Dunavan Welch. He served his country in the United States Army from 1962-1964. He was a retired thirty-five year employee as an Electronics...
Janette Alderman Gentry
Apr 9, 2013
Graveside services for Janette Gentry, 90, will be held 11:00 A.M. Saturday, April 13, 2013 at Brownsville Memorial Gardens with Rev. Will Chenault officiating. Mrs. Gentry died Tuesday April 9, 2013 at Northbrooke Healthcare. She was born October 27, 1922 in Chipley, FL the daughter of the late William and Edna Mae Alderman. Janette was an accomplished children’s literature author...
Josie Arlene Spain
Mar 29, 2013
Funeral services for Josie Arlene Pendergrass Spain, 86, will be held 2:00 P.M. Monday, April 1, 2013 at North Jackson Church of Christ with David Powell officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Spain died Friday March 29, 2013 at NHC Healthcare in Franklin, TN. She was born April 25, 1926 in Carroll County, TN the daughter of...
Bennie Crabtree
Mar 28, 2013
Bennie Crabtree, age 86, met her Savior, Jesus Christ, face to face March 28th, 2013. She died at Jackson Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee following a case of severe pneumonia and intestinal illness diagnosed in early March. Bennie was born in Buena Vista, Tennessee. She was the eldest child and only daughter of William Benjamin Cole and Mabel...
Joseph Harold Watson Jr.
Mar 15, 2013
Joseph Harold Watson Jr. age 68 died Friday, morning March 15, 2013 at Regional Hospital. Harold was born February 23, 1945 in Jackson, Tennessee. He was the son of the late Joseph Harold Watson Sr. and Velora Buck Watson. He was a life long farmer in Madison County. He graduated from North Side High School and attended the University of...
Lynn M. Nichols
Mar 14, 2013
Lynn M. Nichols Lynn M. Nichols, 67, died on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at her residence. Lynn was born in Mobile, AL, on September 28, 1945, the daughter of Lowell Scott and the late Clyde B. McMillian. She was a retired Registered Nurse with Jackson Madison County General Hospital. She is survived by her husband, Richard Nichols of Humboldt, TN;...
George Beiter
Mar 13, 2013
George M. Beiter, 89, died Wednesday evening March 13, 2013 at Maplewood Healthcare. Mr. Beiter was born November 1, 1923 in Portage, PA the son of the late James and Jane Brown Beiter. He was retired from Graham Snack Foods. He held a private pilot’s license and served in the Navy during WW II. He is survived by three sons,...
Gay Evans Brown
Mar 11, 2013
Mrs. Brown died on Monday, March 11, 2013 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. A native of Portsmouth, VA, she was born on August 11, 1934, the daughter of the late Howard Taft and Martha Nell Lewis Evans. She was married to Robert Walter Brown, who preceded her in death. She was a member of Woodland Baptist Church. She...
Rev. Arlo Dan Bates
Mar 6, 2013
Rev. Dan Bates, 88, died Wednesday March 6, 2013 at Jackson Madison Co. General Hospital. He was born March 25, 1924 in Hillsdale, MI the son of the late Robert Bates and Maude Fairbanks Bates. He graduated from Ben Franklin High School in Cedar Rapids, IA in 1942; graduated from Union University with a BA in 1946 and from Southwestern...
David D. "Dave" Trongale
Mar 2, 2013
Funeral services for David D. “Dave” Trongale, 75, will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, March 5, 2013 in the chapel of Arrington Funeral Directors. Burial will follow in Browns Cemetery. Mr. Trongale died on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Dave was born on December 16, 1937 in Chicago, IL, the son of the...
Jerry B. Mckay
Feb 28, 2013
Jerry B. McKay Mr. Jerry B. McKay, 70 died on Thursday, February 28, 2013 at his Jackson residence. Jerry was born on January 21, 1943 in Morrison, TN, the son of the late Lela Turner. He was married to the former Dorothy June Boyd and was a salesman retiring in 2011 from Schwan’s Frozen Foods. He was a member of...
Virginia Robinson
Feb 27, 2013
Virginia Rose Elston Robinson went to be with her Lord and Savior, Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at Bright Glade Health Care in Memphis TN. She was one of ten children and was born to David E Elston and Nannie Elizabeth Brown Elston on January 17, 1917 in Madison County TN. Virginia was a person of great faith and loved the...
Mr. Larry Casey
Feb 26, 2013
Mr. Larry Casey, age 79 of Jackson has succumbed to lung cancer after a seven year battle. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday, March 2, 2013 in the chapel of Arrington Funeral Directors. A private committal service will be held at Ridgecrest Cemetery with Rev. Nick Pappas officiating the services. The family will be receiving friends on...
David N. Carter Sr.
Feb 22, 2013
David N. Carter, Sr. age 94, passed away peacefully on February 22, 2013. He was born on January 14, 1919 in Humboldt, Tn to Alfred and Fannie Carter. He served in the US Army Air Corp during World War II. He was married for 53 years to the late Sara Frances Maitland of Trenton, Tn. In his earlier years Mr....
Vadis Ann Murdaugh Anthony
Feb 20, 2013
Vadis Ann Murdaugh Anthony, 75 died on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. She was born on July 22, 1937 in Jackson, TN the daughter of the late Jesse and Exie Lee Newman Murdaugh. She was a member of First Baptist Church and retired from the Madison County Court Clerk’s office. She is survived by...
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