Local obituaries for Jackson & Madison County, TN
Glenna Rae Tedford
Aug 16, 2020
Glenna passed away peacefully at home in Jackson, Tennessee on August 16, 2020. She was born on July 20, 1948, in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Kenneth Ferree and Deane Ferree Mikel. She was raised by her loving grandparents Glen and Mabel Ferree. Glenna enjoyed life growing up in Hayti, Missouri. She participated in many school and church activities including...
Oreta Jane Bowman Des Ormeaux
Aug 14, 2020
Oreta Jane Bowman Des Ormeaux, passed away August 14, 2020 at her home in Jackson, TN at age 103 years and one day. Mrs. Des Ormeaux (Jane or Mrs. Jane) was born on August 13, 1917 the older of two daughters born to Eugene Pascal (Pat) Bowman and Hazle Howard Bowman in the Texas pan-handle town of Childress. She married...
Bobby D. Bishop
Aug 11, 2020
Bobby D. Bishop, age 85, died Tuesday, August 11, 2020 in Jackson, TN. He was born on July 17, 1935 the son of James and Effie McGoun Bishop in Essex, MO. He was retired from ABF Trucking as a professional driver for many years. Bob loved to farm, raising various crops, loved the St. Louis Cardinals, playing the card game...
Nelle Rose Agee
Aug 10, 2020
Nelle Rose Hulme Agee was born on May 22, 1940 in Memphis, Tennessee to John E. and Nelle Ray Hulme. On June 8, 1958 she married Dr. Bob R. Agee and they had two daughters. Nelle is survived by her devoted and loving husband of sixty-two years, Dr. Bob R. Agee; two daughters; Denise Agee Allen and her husband Don...
Mary Susan Austin
Aug 9, 2020
Susan Austin, age 72, passed from this life peacefully on Sunday, August 9, 2020 at her residence. A native of Jackson, TN, Susan was born on May 11, 1948, the daughter of the late Glynn K. and Frances Street Jones. She was a 1966 graduate of the former Jackson High School and received her Associate of Sciences degree from Jackson...
Gerald H. Thompson
Aug 8, 2020
Gerald H. Thompson, age 78, passed away at his residence in Beech Bluff surrounded by his family. He was born April 24, 1942 in Alamo, Tennessee to the late Daulton O’Neal Thompson and the late Margarette Delia Pinkston Thompson. Mr. Thompson was also preceded by a brother, Floyd Thompson, and his beloved dog, Happy. Mr. Thompson was a former member...
Lawana Annette Hopper
Aug 7, 2020
Lawana A. Hopper, age 83, died on Friday, August 7, 2020 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. She was born in Darden, TN on August 24, 1936, the daughter of Milford and Cora Hayes Graves. She was married to Bobby N. Hopper, Sr who preceded her in death in 2015. She enjoyed gardening and making ceramics. She was a...
Rebecca "Becky" Freeman
Aug 5, 2020
On August 5, 2020, Rebecca (Becky) Freeman, wife, mother, and adoring grandmother, died peacefully at the age of 93. Born and raised in Brownsville, Tennessee, she graduated from Lambuth College in 1950. In college she enjoyed any and all social gatherings. A gifted tennis player, she would run her tennis coach all over the court when she practiced against him. Becky...
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...
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