Local obituaries for Jackson & Madison County, TN
William H. "Bill" Stewart
Apr 7, 2017
WILLIAM H. (BILL) STEWART October 12, 1936 - April 7, 2017 Mr. William H. (Bill) Stewart entered into the gates of Glory on Friday, April 07, 2017. Bill was born in Jackson, Tennessee. Although he traveled extensively performing as a gospel singer, he lived almost all of his life in the East Union and Beech Bluff communities. He graduated from...
Josie Dale Kease Johnson
Apr 5, 2017
Josie Dale Kease Johnson, 92, of Jackson, TN passed away peacefully on April 5, 2017. Dale was born February 27, 1925 to Clyde E. Keas and Olivia Cavitt Kease. She was educated in the Jackson public school system and attended Union University. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Billy Johnson. They were married on October...
Douglas Ray Lonon
Apr 4, 2017
Douglas Ray Lonon, age 62, died Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at Jackson Madison County Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Jackson, TN to the late parents of Herschel and Minnie Pearl Hampton Lonon. He was retired from Three State Supply in Sales and enjoyed home improvements, camping, baseball, golf, fish, and most importantly, keeping his grandchildren. He...
Peggy Doris Murley
Apr 4, 2017
Peggy Doris Murley, age 84, died on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at her residence surrounded by her family and under the loving care of Avalon Hospice, Peggy was born in Humboldt, TN on May 8, 1932 the daughter of the late Lonnie and Aileen Sanders Wallsmith. She was a retired Pre-K teacher with twenty-seven years at the Cottonwood Heights Baptist...
Beauton Redding
Apr 2, 2017
Beauton Redding was born in Oakfield, TN to Willis and Annie Shindoll Rodgers on August 16, 1923. She lived almost all of her life in Bemis, TN. She grew up in a large and loving family of two brothers, four sisters and a loving mother and father. Almost everyone in the family played a guitar, sang or danced. Beauton and...
Loraine M. Duffey
Mar 30, 2017
Loraine M. Duffey, age 76, died on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. A native of Jackson, TN, she was born on Feb. 22, 1941 the daughter of the late Jacob Thomas and Loraine Wisdom Martin. She was married to Kenneth Joseph Duffey who preceded her in death in 2005. She was a homemaker for...
Brian Alan Ridley
Mar 28, 2017
Brian Alan Ridley, age 29, died on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, TN. A native of Jackson, TN, he was born on October 26, 1987 the son of Barry Max and Patricia Ann Honen Ridley. He was a graduate of Madison Academic of Jackson and received his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the...
Katie Lynn Gordon
Mar 27, 2017
Katie Lynn Gordon Katie took her final journey here on Earth to her forever journey into the heavens with our Lord Jesus Christ on March 27, 2017. She was loved by so many and will be missed greatly. Katie was born in Jackson, TN on December 21, 1994, the daughter of James Albert and Jennifer Ruth Wade Gordon. She was...
Mary Arnold
Mar 26, 2017
Alta “Mary” Arnold age 71 of Jackson, TN passed suddenly on March 26, 2017. She was born on January 10, 1946, the daughter of Frances Loyd and the late Ernest Neal Loyd. Mary was a graduate of Jackson High School and McCollum & Ross Cosmetology. She retired from the Jackson Madison County School System as a special education assistant. Mary...
Oscar Davis "Buddy" Ryan
Mar 18, 2017
Oscar Davis “Buddy” Ryan received his call from the Lord on Saturday, March 18, 2017. Buddy Ryan was born on December 29, 1942 on Nashville, TN to the late Oscar Davis “Buddy” Ryan, Jr. and Dorothy Carlton Ryan. He was a 1960 graduate of Clarksville High School in Clarksville, TN, where he served as manager of both the football and...
Jane Allen Lipsey
Mar 9, 2017
Jane Allen Lipsey of Camden, TN passed away peacefully on March 9, 2017. Jane was born in Columbus, MS on October 28, 1948 to Willis Marchbank and Robert Lipsey, Jr. She attended Happy Hollow School as a young child. She later went to CS Patterson Center in Trenton, TN. Jane has lived in Camden, TN with Omni Vision for the...
Robert (Bob) Cabel Morford Sr.
Mar 7, 2017
Robert (Bob) Cabel Morford Sr., age 91, died Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at Bells Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born in Jackson, TN to the late William and Eudora Neblett Morford. He was a graduate of Jackson High School and was retired from the John Deere Company and was in sales for many years serving the community. He was...
Katie M. Worley
Mar 4, 2017
Katie M. Worley, age 74, died on Saturday, March 4, 2017 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Katie was born in Madison County, TN on October 22, 1942, the daughter of the late Hubert and Maggie Ora Ada Warren. She was retired as a receptionist with West Tennessee Healthcare. She was an active member of Woodland Baptist Church for...
Betty Ruth Woodard
Mar 1, 2017
Betty Ruth Woodard, age 92 died on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 in Jackson, TN Betty a native of Springfield, TN, was born on January 31, 1925, the daughter of the late Hubert and Sally Lawrence Moore. She was married to Joseph Smith Woodard who preceded her in death. She was retired as the office manager for Micro-Electronics. She was a...
William "Bill" M. Lacy
Mar 1, 2017
William M. “Bill” Lacy, 90, died Wednesday morning March 1, 2017 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. He was born in Memphis, TN on September 16, 1926 the son of the late William Moss and Mary Ellis Lacy. He was a retired investment banker and served in the United States Navy. Bill is survived by his wife Lucile Lacy of...
Jimmy Dale Johnson
Feb 26, 2017
Jimmy Dale Johnson, age 80, died on Sunday, February 26, 2017 at his residence. Jimmy was born on July 28, 1936, the son of the late Sadie Gatley Johnson. He was raised in the Westover Community attending the Westover Grammar School and Northside High School. He began his career in Sales and Delivery in 1960, a career that spanned fifty-seven...
Jerry Gordon Harris
Feb 25, 2017
Jerry Gordon Harris, age 65, died on Saturday, February 25, 2017 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Southaven, MS. A native of Jackson, TN, Jerry was born on June 26, 1951 the son of Gordon Alvis and Doris Ann Arnold Harris. He was a graduate of Northwest College in Southaven, MS with a business degree. He was retired as a...
Thomas Richard Yandell
Feb 23, 2017
Thomas Richard "Rik" Yandell, Jr., age 66, was welcomed into the Kingdom of heaven on February 23, 2017, by his Savior, Jesus Christ. Born in 1950 to Thomas Richard Yandell, Sr. and Keelen Bond Yandell, Rik grew up in Jackson, graduating from Jackson High School and attending Memphis State University on basketball scholarship. He began his career, joining his father...
Gilbert Brevard Pope
Feb 22, 2017
Funeral services will be held for Gilbert Brevard Pope (Papaw) at 11:00 Friday, February 24th, 2017 in the chapel of Arrington Funeral Directors with Jerry Patterson and Drew Crosby presiding. Mr. Pope died. Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017. Mr. Pope was born in Germantown, TN on August 4th, 1930. Upon marrying Laura Elizabeth Julian on December 10th, 1948, they made their...
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