Local obituaries for Jackson & Madison County, TN
Malcolm Dennis Wilcox
Dec 26, 2020
Malcolm D. Wilcox, age 80, died Saturday, December 26, 2020 at Jackson -Madison County Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Houston, Texas and was the son of Frank and Daisy Ann Montogomery Wilcox. He was retired as the fleet manager for Colonial Bread for 30 years. Malcolm loved tending to his horses, he was a civil war...
Bertha Mae Fly Neisler
Dec 26, 2020
Bertha Neisler, age 83 died peacefully at her Jackson residence on December 26, 2020. She was born on January 21, 1937, the daughter of the late Abb and Pearline Stegall Fly. She was married to Eugene Neisler who preceded her in 1989. Bertha was a retired fifty-year employee of the Jackson Clinic holding various positions during her employment. She was...
Virginia Burris Kissell
Dec 25, 2020
On the morning of December 25, 2020, Virginia Burris Kissell of Jackson, TN., died at the age of 91. Virginia was born to Dewey and Mae Burris August 3, 1929, in Rockwood, TN. She was married to E.B. Kissell Jr. in 1963. He preceded her in death in 1997. Virginia worked for over 30 years as a travel consultant in...
James Delbert Holman Ii
Dec 25, 2020
It is with deep sadness that the family of James Delbert Holman II, better known to the family and friends as Jimbo and Beast, passed away peacefully at his home in Kenton, TN on December 25, 2020. Jimbo was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas on September 21, 1964 to the late Delbert Holman and Becky Lou Holman. Jimbo attended St. Petersburg...
Gilbert W. Kiper
Dec 24, 2020
Gilbert W. Kiper, age 72, died December 24, 2020 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was born May 12, 1948 in East Chicago, Indiana, the son of Cecil and Shirley Crenshaw Kiper. He graduated from Springfield High School in the class of 1967. Gil married Loretta Widmayer in Jackson, Michigan in 1972. Gil served in the United States Army as...
Janice Frizzell Garner
Dec 23, 2020
Janice was born in Memphis, TN on October 22, 1938 and grew up in Lexington, TN. Her parents were the late John L. and Donna Mae Frizzell. Janice graduated from Lexington High School in 1956, where she played basketball and was a cheerleader. She met a Lexington High School football player by the name of Bobby Joe Garner, who became...
Blakelee Hope Reeves
Dec 20, 2020
Blakelee Hope Reeves, newborn daughter of Rick Reeves and Lynsey Reeves of Yuma, Tennessee was born Sunday, December 20 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN and went to Heaven while in surgery. Weighing 2 lbs. 10 oz. and measuring 15 inches long, this beautiful dark-haired girl was much loved by family and friends and touched many lives before...
Barry Russell Geise
Dec 20, 2020
Barry Russell Geise, 80, died Sunday, December 20, 2020 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Husband of Nancy Guyton Geise, Barry was born January 29, 1940, and raised in Grand Mound, IA, as the son of Lois and Bert, Jr, older brother of Lynn, and cousin and nephew to the Geise and Barber families. He is father of Lucian Downs...
Claude Neil Morphis
Dec 19, 2020
Claude Neil Morphis, age 75, died early Saturday morning December 19, 2020 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Neil was born in Bemis, TN November 17, 1945, the son of the late George and Myrtle Haney Morphis. He served four years in the Army National Guard and forty-five years in law enforcement in Jackson-Madison County. He was...
Gladys Jean Murdaugh
Dec 18, 2020
Gladys “Jean” Murdaugh, age 77, died Friday, December 18, 2020 at Jackson- Madison County Hospital after a short illness. She was born in Cullman, AL and retired as a bookkeeper for Consolidated Aluminum. She was Baptist in faith and was a member and past president of the Women’s Auxiliary of VFW Post 1848 serving in many roles supporting veterans and...
Betty Jane Stewart
Dec 18, 2020
Betty Jane Stewart passed away on December 18, 2020 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital after a short illness from Covid-19. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 1:00 PM at Hollywood Cemetery, in Jackson, TN in the family plot with Dr. John White officiating. Betty was worn in Corinth, MS to the late Alpha...
Robert David Perrin
Dec 16, 2020
Robert David Perrin, Sr., was born June 25, 1931, in Naylor, MO, the son of David Lewis Perrin and Ruby Lee Dabbs. Mr. Perrin passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at home with his family in Colorado Springs, CO, at the age of 89. He is preceded in death by his wife of 46 years, Norma Jean Gollaher Perrin; his...
Audrey G. Osborne
Dec 14, 2020
Audrey Graves Osborne, 95, died peacefully in her home December 14, 2020. She was born June 8, 1925 in Chester County, Tennessee the daughter of Robert and Ethel Lee Tedford. She retired as an LPN from Jackson-Madison County Hospital. Audrey enjoyed cooking, gardening, sewing and quilting, and being with her family. She especially enjoyed her grand and great-grandchildren. She is...
Ted L. Phipps
Dec 12, 2020
A Celebration of Life Memorial Service for Ted Phipps will be held Saturday, May 22 at 12PM at Arrington Funeral Directors. Visitation with family and friends will begin at 11AM until service time. The service will be live streamed at www.arringtonfuneralgroup.com . Teddie Lee (Ted) Phipps, loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, died Saturday December 12 at Jackson-Madison County...
Juanita Pearl Brock
Dec 9, 2020
Juanita P. Brock, age 82, died Wednesday, December 9, 2020 in Medon, TN after a long illness. She was born the daughter of Cecil and Fairy Sparks Rhoades in Tupelo, MS. She was retired as the Medical Director at Jackson Oaks. She was Protestant in faith and loved religious television shows, loved her family deeply, and was a generous, caring...
Terry Ray Dyer
Dec 8, 2020
Terry Ray Dyer of Jackson, TN, age 78, went to be with the Lord on December 8, 2020. Terry was born on May 29, 1942 in Sardis, TN, the son of Floyd and Ruby Dyer. He was a graduate of Scotts Hill High School, attended West Tennessee Business College, and served in the United States Army Reserves. He founded Golden...
Ryan Wallace Graves
Dec 7, 2020
Ryan Wallace Graves, age 23, of Jackson, TN, passed away at Jackson-Madison General Hospital on Monday, December 7, 2020. Ryan passed from this life in the embrace of his dedicated and loving parents, and his first walk was into the arms of his Savior. Praise be to the Lord, Ryan is now completely free, hearing and seeing clearly all that...
Taylor Michael Prunty
Dec 6, 2020
Taylor M. Prunty, age 26, died on Sunday December 6, 2020 at Jackson Madison Co. General Hospital after a sudden illness. He was born in Tulsa, OK on July 7, 1994. He was employed with Berry Global as a Production Associate and was an avid chef and had worked for many restaurants in the Jackson area. He attended Fellowship Bible...
Jerry Kenneth Moore
Dec 3, 2020
Jerry Kenneth Moore, age 79, passed away peacefully on December 3, 2020 at Jackson Madison Hospital. He was born January 25, 1941 in the City of Belmont in Gaston County, North Carolina. Jerry was the youngest son of his late parents Carl K. Moore and Dallas Henderson Moore. Brothers Harold and James Moore, sister Bonnie Moore Black, sister-in-law, Sarah France...
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