Local obituaries for Jackson & Madison County, TN
Garry Lee Gallegos
Aug 4, 2020
Garry Lee Gallegos, age 74, died peacefully at his home after a long illness. He was born March 16, 1946 in Waxahachie, TX the son of Jose Gallegos and Mildred Kirk Martin. He was retired from General Motors, a member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and enjoyed bowling, football, baseball, fishing, movies, and yard sales with...
Cornelia Tignor
Aug 2, 2020
Cornelia Faye Tignor, age 83, died Sunday, August 2, 2020 at Jackson Madison County Hospital after a long illness. She was born September 11, 1936 in Henderson County, TN and the daughter of Murt and Ruby Parham Hale. She was retired from International Paper as a Machine Operator and enjoyed cooking and helped many years in the church nursery at...
William Kurt Simpson
Aug 1, 2020
William Kurt Simpson, age 73, died at St Francis Select Specialty Hospital of Memphis on Saturday, August 1, 2020. Kurt was born on November 18, 1946 in Topeka, KS, the son of the late Jack Benard Simpson and Norma Elaine Williams Simpson. Before graduating from Leesville High School located in Natchitoches, LA, he participated in the SROTC program. Kurt attended...
Robert W. Dailey Jr
Jul 30, 2020
Robert Wiley Dailey, Jr., “Captain Dailey” 88 of Jackson, TN passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 30, 2020 at Trezavant Manor- Allen Morgan in Memphis,TN. SERVICE: Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 3:00 PM at Arrington Funeral Directors in Jackson, TN with Pastor Henry Richerson , Parkview Baptist Church officiating. In place of visitation a...
Dorothy "Dot" Shelton
Jul 28, 2020
Dorothy Burnette “Dot” Shelton, age 94, died peacefully at her daughter’s home on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. She was born February 24, 1926, the daughter of Samuel Clifton Burnette and Rubye Mae Milam Burnette. On September 25, 1946, she married William D. (Bill) Shelton, Jr. Both music and art were her passions, and both gifts were passed along to each...
James "Jimmy" Thrasher
Jul 27, 2020
James Lee “Jimmy” Thrasher went to be with the Lord on July 27, 2020. He was born in Jackson, TN February 4, 1941 the son of the late James H. Thrasher and Inis Haney Thrasher. He was a retired 39-year Supervisor with Ormet/Conalco Aluminum. He was a graduate of the South Side High School class of ‘59 and was co-captain...
Wells H. Kirby Jr.
Jul 25, 2020
Wells H. Kirby, Jr, age 85, died peacefully on July 25, 2020 at his home in Huntsville, TX. Formerly of Jackson, TN, Wells was born on July 21, 1935, in Crockett Mills, TN the son of the late Wells Holman and Gladys Johnson Kirby. He was a member of the Tennessee Army National Guard serving as a Master Sergeant and...
William Love Thompson Iii
Jul 23, 2020
William Love Thompson III, age 79, of Jackson, TN., formally of Memphis, TN passed away after a long illness Thursday, July 23, 2020 and went to be with his heavenly father. He was born September 14, 1940 in Doniphan, MO the son of Margaret and William L. Thompson Jr. A graduate of Memphis City Schools, he earned a BBA from...
Samuel "Sammy" Mathieu
Jul 23, 2020
Samuel Scott Mathieu, age 55, died on July 22,2020, at his home in Henderson, Tenn. Sammy, as his family and closest friends called him, was born on September 11,1964, in Queens, New York, but they moved shortly afterwards to Paragould, AR where he grew up. He was the youngest of 3 sons born to Samuel Salvador and the late Jacquelyn...
King Lee Bradley Sr.
Jul 21, 2020
King L. Bradley, Sr., age 69, died peacefully at his area residence after a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s disease and complications of COVID-19. King was born in Nashville, TN on January 24, 1951, the son of the late Lee Ward and Mary Ann Whitesell Bradley. He and his wife were long-time members of Northside Church. He established King Bradley Dozer...
Joseph L. Collins
Jul 20, 2020
Joseph L. Collins, age 69, died on July 20, 2020 at his Jackson, TN residence. Joseph was born on October 16, 1950, the son of the late Weldon Woodrow and Willie Mae Graves Collins. He was married to Edith Marie Boone Collins, who preceded him in death. He spent his working career as a salesman in the area automobile industry....
Maridel Mason Roberts
Jul 15, 2020
Maridel M. Roberts, age 91, died on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at her residence in the Bells Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Maridel was born in Stuttgart, AR on June 4, 1929, the daughter of the late R. E. and Mary Elizabeth Armstrong Mason. She was married to Floyd “Pee Wee” Roberts who preceded her in death in 2015. She was...
Lucille H. Freeman
Jul 13, 2020
Lucille Freeman, age 93, passed away July 13, 2020. She was born in Centerville, TN on April 25, 1927. She was the daughter of James Ellis Hooper and Willie June Ballard Hooper. She was a member of Old Hickory Church of Christ. Lucille was known as a great cook and also enjoyed sewing and quilting. She is survived by her...
Virginia Mae Moore
Jul 12, 2020
Virginia Mae Moore, age 89, died on Sunday, July 12, 2020 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Virginia, the oldest girl of seventeen children, was born in Chapel Hill, TN on December 20, 1930, the daughter of Jolly Walls, Sr. and Bessie Mae Fagan Walls. She was married to Charles L. Moore who preceded her...
Barbara Ann Henson Johnson
Jul 10, 2020
Barbara Johnson, age 86, died on Friday, July 10, 2020 at the Bells Nursing and Rehabilitation in Bells, TN. Born in Jackson, TN, she was the daughter of the late Jessie Parker and Inez Hailey Henson. Barbara was married to Billy Frank Johnson, who preceded her in death in 2008. She was a graduate of the former Jackson High School...
Pearl Suzanne Kile
Jul 4, 2020
Pearl Suzanne Kile, age 46, died Saturday, July 4, 2020 after a long illness. She was born to Sylvia Sanchez and David Brown on June 19, 1974 in Pueblo, CO. Her life had its’ challenges very early on despite those things, she managed to live a very fulfilling life. Pearl had four children and as different as they all are,...
James A. Boone
Jul 3, 2020
James A. Boone, age 78, died peacefully in his sleep on July 3, 2020 at his Columbia, TN residence. Formerly of Jackson, TN, James was born on April 6, 1942, the son of the late Dallas Murry and Evie Marie Sanders Boone. He married his wife of 48 years on February 12, 1972. He served in the Tennessee Army National...
Ida Grace Crowley
Jul 2, 2020
Ida Grace Crowley, age 24, lost her struggle on July 2, 2020. She was born on July 18, 1995 in Jackson, where she lived her short life. Grace had an energetic personality, a beautiful smile, a face full of freckles, and a contagious laugh and made everyone around her join in. She loved a good scary movie. She loved Chinese...
Felix Leslie "Buddy" Gresham
Jun 26, 2020
Felix Leslie “Buddy” Gresham, age 72, died on June 26, 2020. Buddy was born in Jasper, AL on May 21, 1948 to Gladys Waldrop Gresham and Felix Gresham, Sr. who preceded him in death. Being a son of a Naval Chief Petty Officer, Buddy lived in various locations through the 3rd grade. He then lived out the remainder of his...
Don K. Lay
Jun 25, 2020
Don Kent Lay took his final breaths on Thursday afternoon, June 25, 2020. He was 67 years old. Don was born second of three sons to Carl and Earline Lay on May 22, 1953 in Jackson, TN. A Madison County native, he dedicated his life to those around him. Don graduated from North Side High School, served six years in...
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