Local obituaries for Jackson & Madison County, TN
Mr. Oscar Robertson Jr.
Jan 2, 2014
Oscar Robertson, Jr., 86, died on Thursday, January 2, 2014 at Northbrooke Healthcare of Jackson. A native of Tyronza, AR, he was born on October 29, 1927, the son of the late Oscar and Lillian Walls Robertson, Sr. He was married to Betty Joyce Robertson who preceded him in death in January 2013. He served his county in the United...
Mr. Sammy Wade Collins
Dec 30, 2013
Sammy Wade Collins, 76, of Jackson, TN passed away on Monday, December 30, 2013 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. He was born in Medon, TN on June 2, 1937, the son of the late William David “W.D.” and Eva Seaton Collins. He served in the Tennessee National Guard for eight years. He was co-owner of 70 Wrecker Service...
Peggy Wall Griffith
Dec 28, 2013
Peggy Griffith passed away on December 28, 2013 at Jackson Madison Co. General Hospital at the age of 87. She was born on November 30, 1926 in Linden, TN. Mrs. Griffith was a graduate of Jackson High School and West Tennessee Business College. She worked for many years as a legal secretary and was involved in the Manhattan Project at...
Mona Pulliam Bailey
Dec 27, 2013
Mona Pulliam Bailey, 84, of Jackson, passed away peacefully in her sleep, surrounded by her immediate family, on December 27, 2013. She will be remembered as a loving wife to her husband of sixty-three years, William (Bill) Bailey, and a devoted mother to her two sons, Gregory Bailey of Medina, TN and Robert Bailey (wife Breon and son Liam) of...
Betty Jo Spencer Replogle
Dec 24, 2013
Betty Replogle, 78, died on Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at Northbrooke Healthcare of Jackson. A native of Gibson County, Tennessee Betty was born on July 20, 1935, the daughter of the late Jim and Dulcie Cotton Spencer. She was married to Bobby Replogle for fifty three years before his death in 2008. Betty was a graduate of Medina High School...
Mrs. Betty Jane Moling
Dec 21, 2013
Betty Jane Moling Betty Jane Moling, 82, died on Saturday, December 21, 2013 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. A native of Gibson County, TN, Betty was born on February 24, 1931, the daughter of the late Mose and Laura Mae Cheeks Loyens. She was married to Jerry Moling who preceded her in death. She was a member of...
Ida Magdalyne "Maggie" Creech Wilson
Dec 17, 2013
Maggie was born March 29, 1920 in Barnwell County, South Carolina to Annie and Ed Creech. She was preceded in death by four brothers and four sisters. She attended schools in Olar, South Carolina and Nursing School in Columbia, South Carolina. She received a degree as a Licensed Practical Nurse. She was also a Medical Technologist. She started working at...
Janet Forgy Yarbro
Dec 15, 2013
Janet Yarbro, 86, died Sunday, December 15, 2013 at West Tennessee Transitional Care. She was born January 9, 1927 in Hope, AR the daughter of the late Henry O’Neal Forgy Sr. and Blossom Barton Forgy, but spent most of her school years in Shawnee, OK. After graduating from high school, she attended Abilene Christian College in Abilene, TX and completed...
Billy J. Pennington
Dec 14, 2013
Billy June Pennington, 83 died on Saturday, December 14, 2013 at his Jackson, TN residence. A native of Amory, MS, Billy was born on April 10, 1930, the son of the late J.C. and Minnie Fuqua Pennington. He was retired as an Engineer with the Illinois Central Railroad. He was married to Helen E. Pennington who preceded him in April...
Kary Lee Cook
Dec 14, 2013
Kary Lee Cook passed away Saturday, December 14, 2013 in Murfreesboro, TN. Kary was 37 years old, born September 17, 1976 in Donelson, TN, the daughter of Gary and Karen Cook and the granddaughter of Maida and Clyde Cook and Weda and James Stafford. Kary was a graduate of North Side High School and was an art major at MTSU...
John Glass Dickinson Jr.
Dec 9, 2013
JOHN GLASS DICKINSON, JR. John Glass Dickinson, Jr., born February 3, 1926, passed away late Monday evening, December 9, 2013. He was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Virginia Leggett Dickinson; his parents, John Glass and Mary Hudson Dickinson; sister Lois Carolyn Roberts and her husband, Lymon L. (Buster) Roberts; sister Mary Virginia Frey and her husband,...
Doris E. Enfinger
Dec 9, 2013
Doris E. Enfinger, 87 died on Monday, December 9, 2013 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Doris was born in a community named Little Cornered Sudbury in Essex, England on August 7, 1926, the daughter of the late George and Florence Mary Stiff. She was married to Charles Enfinger who preceded her in death in November 1993. Doris, a...
Philip Said Hakeem
Dec 1, 2013
Philip Said Hakeem Philip Said Hakeem, age 92, passed away December 1, 2013. He was born November 29, 1921 in Fall River, Massachusetts. Preceded in death by parents Said Monsour Hakeem and Azizi Hakeem, first wife Birdie Louetta Hakeem, brothers Elias Hakeem and Edward Hakeem, and sister Lateefie Pedro. Survived by his wife of over 21 years, Sara S. Hakeem;...
Leon Thomas Dyer
Nov 20, 2013
Leon Thomas Dyer, 80, died on Wednesday, November, 20, 2013 at his Jackson residence after a sudden illness. A native of Jackson, he was born on November 19, 1933 the son of the late John Thomas and Ruby Elizabeth Smith Dyer. He was retired as a maintenance supervisor with Ormet, formerly Consolidated Aluminum of Jackson, with over twenty years of...
Shelton Fly
Nov 9, 2013
Wesley Shelton Fly, 74, passed away Saturday, November 9, 2013 at Jackson Madison Co. General Hospital. He was born March 8, 1939 in Columbia, TN the son of the late Ernest and Eunice Fly. Mr. Fly retired from Dolly Madison and was the owner of Burger Barn. He is survived by his wife of 36 years Wanda Fly; a son,...
Guy John West
Nov 2, 2013
Guy John West, 56, died on Saturday, November 2, 2013 at his home in Jackson. A native of Melrose Park, IL, he was born on February 27, 1957, the son of the late Clarence John and Virginia (Jini) Corazza West. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, where he proudly served for eight years. He received his Master’s...
Warren P. Lowrance
Oct 29, 2013
Warren P. Lowrance, 95, died Tuesday October 29, 2013 in Ooltewah, TN. He was born August 10, 1918 in Carroll Co. TN the son of the late Dohl and Ollie Lowrance. He was a current member of the Hamilton congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Chattanooga and formerly of the South congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Jackson, TN. He is survived...
Thomas Paul Miller
Oct 27, 2013
Thomas Paul Miller, Sr. was born on May 29, 1930 in Chicago, IL. He died in Jackson, TN on Oct 27, 2013. His parents were Paul Nathan Miller and Christine Mack Miller. Tom married his high school sweet heart Dolores (Dee) Schwartz in 1949. They were married for 64 years. Tom attended Loyola Academy in Chicago, Loyola University and Northwestern...
Virginia Leggett Dickinson
Oct 27, 2013
Virginia Leggett Dickinson, born October 9, 1927, passed away early Sunday morning, October 27, 2013. Mrs. Dickinson is survived by her husband of 64 years, John Glass Dickinson, Jr., daughter, DeeAnn Dickinson Ketcherside, son-in-law, John F. Ketcherside, and son, John Glass Dickinson III. She was pre ceded in death by her parents, Herman and Ruby Leggett of Halls, Tennessee; sister,...
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