Local obituaries for Jackson & Madison County, TN
Teresa Hull Jones Smith
Nov 23, 2022
Renowned singer and beloved music and vocal instructor of 50 years, Teresa Jones Smith, age 74, left this world too soon on Wednesday, November 23, 2022. Teresa was born to Carl and Grace Jones on July 9, 1948, in Greenville, TN. Her passion for music began at an early age and bled into the hearts of all her students and...
Joanett Monica Mckinley
Nov 22, 2022
It was a hot and balmy day in Catadupa St. James, Jamaica, and the first day of July in 1947, when Laurel Whitehorn and Sylvester Campbell welcomed a strong, beautiful, and talented baby girl, Joanett Monica Campbell. She was the first born of her parents. She grew up in Jamaica where she successfully graduated, majoring in bookkeeping and data entry....
Richard Dart Longeway
Nov 20, 2022
Richard Dart Longeway died Sunday afternoon, November 20, 2022, at his residence at the age of 69. Born on Monday, July 27, 1953, in Beatrice, NE, he was the son of the late Richard and Rita Marie Morio Longeway. Dart attended Roosevelt Military Academy, Iowa Wesleyan University, where he played football and Mount Mercy College where he completed his bachelor's...
Jessalyn Kelly Todd
Nov 19, 2022
Jessalyn K. Todd died peacefully on Saturday, November 19, 2022, at her residence surrounded by her loving family, at the age of 83. She was born on May 9, 1939, in Jackson, TN the daughter of the late Jessie Stephen and Theresa Kelly Brown. In 1959 she married the love of her life, Robert Marion Todd who preceded her in...
Martha Jane Williams
Nov 19, 2022
Martha Jane Williams (81 years old) was born to the late John E. & Dovie Fowler Holt on June 5, 1941, in Beech Bluff, TN. She was a graduate of Beech Bluff High School. After graduating, she met Velton Williams and the two married on January 28, 1960. Together, they had three children, Keith E. Williams, Marty J. Williams and...
James "Jimmy" Thomas Cole
Nov 17, 2022
James "Jimmy" Thomas Cole, age 90- died on Thursday, November 17, 2022 at his Jackson residence surrounded by his loving family. A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held on Saturday, December 3, 2022 on the campus of the University of Memphis. The reception will be held from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the "M" Club Hall of Fame...
Lawrence Carl Long
Nov 17, 2022
Carl Long, born November 16, 1931 in Jackson, Tennessee, passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2022, surrounded by his loving family at Baptist Hospital Collierville, at the age of 91. He graduated from North Side High School in 1950 and went on to attend Union University on a football scholarship. In 1954, he enlisted in the Army where he served...
Travis Edgar Grimsley
Nov 16, 2022
Reverend Travis Edgar Grimsley, left his earthly home and entered his heavenly home on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, at the age of 77. Born on May 27, 1945 in Scotts Hill, TN, he was the son of the late E.J. and Irona Grimsley. He later met and married the love of his life, Cynthia Pierce, who this year celebrated 51...
Glenn Houston Morris
Nov 13, 2022
Glenn H. Morris died on Sunday, November 13, 2022, at the Eiffel Gardens Senior Living Facility in Paris, TN, at the age of 80. He was born in Pinson, TN on October 5, 1942, the son of the late Woodard Ralph and Mary Nadine Kirby Morris. He was married to Ruthie Smith Morris who preceded him in death in 1994....
Violet Tucker Hindman
Nov 2, 2022
November 2, 2022, Violet Lucille Tucker Hindman passed away at the age of 97. She was born in Giles County, Tennessee to the late Ozro Keifer Tucker and Mary Lucille Johnson Tucker on December 23, 1924. She was preceded in death by her parents, her daughter, Cheryl Engles Coleman, her brothers, Ozro Tucker, Jr., Gene Tucker, and her two husbands,...
William "Bill" Haynes
Nov 1, 2022
William E. “Bill” Haynes, Jr., age 83, entered his eternal rest at his residence Tuesday, November 1, 2022. Born in Jackson, TN, on June 15, 1939, he was the son of the late Mildred and William Haynes, Sr. Graduating from Jackson High School in 1957, Bill was a member of the Golden Bears basketball team for four years and served...
Dr. William Matthew "Matt" Tomlin Jr.
Nov 1, 2022
Dr. William Matthew (Matt) Tomlin, Jr. was born to William Matthew Tomlin, Sr. and Ethel Hundley Tomlin in Bolivar, TN June 6, 1938. The family moved to Jackson when he was young, and he attended West Jackson Elementary School. Graduating from Jackson High School, he attended Union University, receiving a B. A. degree. Continuing his education, he received the Master...
Larry D. Petty
Oct 31, 2022
Larry D. Petty entered his heavenly home on October 31, 2022, at his Jackson, TN residence surrounded by his loving family, at the age of 62. Born on August 15, 1960, in Jackson, he was the son of Virginia Frances and the late Carl Petty. His career was as a machinist, retiring from Berry Plastics. He and his wife Gina...
Robert "Bob" Franklin Beasley Sr.
Oct 24, 2022
Bob Beasley, age 90, entered his heavenly home on Monday, October 24, 2022, at his Jackson residence surrounded by his loving family He was born in Jackson, TN on August 4, 1932, the son of the late Ellis and Frances Beasley. He married his first wife, Ramona Ann Mason Beasley, who preceded him in death in November 2019. A graduate...
Elizabeth "Beth" Frazier Glidwell
Oct 21, 2022
Elizabeth “Beth” Frazier Glidwell departed this life Friday, October 21, 2022, surrounded by loved ones at the age of 51. She was born on January 20, 1971 in Jackson, TN to James P. Frazier, Jr. and Judy Smith Frazier. She was a 1989 Northside High School graduate and later worked at DynaMetal Technologies for several years. Other than her parents,...
Christine Elaine Hollis
Oct 17, 2022
Elaine, devoted wife, loving mother of two sons, and grandmother of four grandchildren, passed away peacefully at Jackson Madison County General Hospital after a brief illness on Monday October 17, 2022. She was born March 28, 1928 in Union, Mississippi, the only child of late Covert and Christine Jenkins. She graduated from Union High School in 1945 and attended Belhaven...
Charles O. Giles
Oct 15, 2022
Charles O. Giles, of Jackson, TN, died Saturday, October 15, 2022, at West Tennessee Veterans Home in Humboldt, TN, at the age of 95. Born on Sunday, January 16, 1927, in Madison County, Tennessee, he was the son of the late George Fenner Giles, Sr. and Ethel Pomeroy Giles. Charles was in the second class to graduate from Northside High...
Edgar Frank Brasher
Oct 15, 2022
Edgar Frank Brasher, age 76, of Cedar Grove, TN, passed away in the early hours of October 15, 2022, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was born and raised in Decaturville, TN, the son of the late Walter “Jub” and Mary Ruth Brasher. Those he grew up with knew him as “Duke.” After graduating high school, Frank joined the United...
Matthew W. Wilhite
Oct 15, 2022
Matthew Wilhite was born on April 13, 1971, and died October 15, 2022 at his home in Jackson, TN. He is survived by his father Jerry (Peggy) Wilhite of Jackson, one sister Salena (Steve) Shannon of Jackson, and one brother Matthew (Ashley) Turk of Venice, Ca., nieces Katie Waldrup, Tansy and Nora Turk, and nephews Hunter and Ian Waldrup, as...
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