Local obituaries for Jackson & Madison County, TN
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...
Ruby Shoe
Dec 2, 2020
Mrs. Ruby Elizabeth Bowman Shoe passed away at her home on December 2, 2020. Born in White Fern, Henderson County, Tennessee, to the late Floyd and Laura Mae (Teddington) Bowman on February 17, 1926, Mrs. Shoe had three siblings who preceded her in death: Royce W. Bowman, Irene Blurton and Gladys Davis. Married to her devoted husband, William Leonard (Bill)...
Myrtis Wilson
Dec 2, 2020
Myrtis Wilson, age 93, passed peacefully to be with our Lord on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at Northbrooke Healthcare in Jackson, TN. She was born October 28, 1927, the daughter of Walter and Leila (Litchfield) Hodges in Beaufort, SC. She started being a Hairdresser at age 18 and retired at age 82 and loved every minute of it. She was...
Dymple Peterson
Nov 28, 2020
Dymple gained her “angel wings” on Saturday, Nov. 28th, 2020 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was born on November 7, 1926 to James Cecil and Lola Bee Reeves Summar. She is survived by a brother Eldon “Sonny” Summar of Kingsport, TN, and sister Ann Martin (Larry) of Medina. She was preceded in death by her husband Roy Melvin Peterson...
Don A. Coleman
Nov 26, 2020
Don A. Coleman, age 85, died peacefully at his residence on November 26, 2020 surrounded by his loving family under the care of Avalon Hospice of Jackson. He was born in Warrensburg, MO on April 9, 1935, the son of the late E. H. and Jessie Winfrey Coleman. As a minister of music, Don had the honor of serving several...
Joann Baker
Nov 26, 2020
Joann Baker, age 76, died on Thursday November 26, 2020 at her residence in Mercer, TN surrounded by her family under the care of AseraCare Hospice. A native of Memphis, TN, she was born on November 8, 1944, the daughter of the late Joe and Mary Susan Lakey Burks. She was married to Oren David Baker, Jr., who preceded her...
Sherry Lynn Knight Raines
Nov 25, 2020
Sherry Lynn Knight Raines was born December 12, 1956 in Milan, Tennessee and made the transition to her heavenly home on November 25, 2020. She passed away due to complications after open heart surgery at Vanderbilt hospital. Her loving daughter and son-in-law were at her side. Sherry was the daughter of Thomas Knight and Becky Butler Knight. She was the...
Sherry Lynn Knight Raines
Nov 25, 2020
Sherry Lynn Knight Raines was born December 12, 1956 in Milan, Tennessee and made the transition to her heavenly home on November 25, 2020. She passed away due to complications after open heart surgery at Vanderbilt hospital. Her loving daughter and son-in-law were at her side. Sherry was the daughter of Thomas Knight and Becky Butler Knight. She was the...
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