Local obituaries for Jackson & Madison County, TN
Jack "Jackie" Surratt Laughlin
Jan 26, 2017
Jack “Jackie” Surratt Laughlin passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, January 26, 2017. Jack affectionately known as “Papa” was born in Jackson, TN on June 18, 1935. He was educated in local schools, and began his career with the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad on March 22, 1952 at an early age to provide for his family. He worked as a...
Robert W. Moore
Jan 26, 2017
Robert Wesley Moore, age 76, died Thursday January 26th at Northbrook Healthcare. He was born August 15, 1940 to the parents of Frank and Dovie Yarbrough Moore. He is survived by his wife of 57 years Mary Alice (Graves) Moore, a son, Eddie and Janie Moore of Lexington; a daughter, Karen and Kenneth Taylor of Oakfield, three grandchildren, Ryan and...
Timothy W. Jones
Jan 14, 2017
Timothy Whitwell Jones age 66 died Saturday January 14, 2017 at his residence in Trenton, Tennessee. He was the son late Thomas Huton and Annie Loudean Whitwell Jones. Tim was a graduate of Peabody High School in Trenton and a member of the Union United Methodist Church. He was a 1970 graduate of John A Gupton College in Nashville, Tennessee...
James Ashley Hadley Iii
Jan 13, 2017
James Ashley Hadley III, age 60, died on Friday, January 13, 2017 at his Jackson residence surrounded by his loving family and friends. James was born in Memphis, TN on February 24, 1956, the son of James Ashley Hadley, Jr and Bonnie Jean Watkins. He was a retired twenty-year employee from Proctor and Gamble of Jackson and was a member...
Sally Beth Williams
Jan 13, 2017
Sally B. Williams, age 73, died on Friday, January 13, 2017 at her Jackson residence. She was born in Jackson, TN on October 27, 1943 the daughter of the late James Alvin and Nellie Scott Gilliand. Sally was a retired educator with the Jackson-Madison County School System with over thirty years of service. She was a Loving mother and a...
Dolores S. Miller
Jan 12, 2017
Services for Dolores S. Miller will be held Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Jackson, TN. The family will receive visitors before the service at 9:30 a.m. Dolores Nellie Miller was born on September 13, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. She died in Memphis, TN on January 12, 2017. Dolores’ parents were Henry Mack...
Johnnie S. Gibson, Jr.
Jan 11, 2017
Johnnie S. Gibson, Jr., age 75, died on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at the West Tennessee Transitional Care of Jackson. Johnnie was born on March 23, 1941 in Ashland, MS, the son of the late Johnnie S. Gibson, Sr. and Opal Austin Gibson. He was a veteran of the United States Army and was a retired Job Superintendent with Watlington...
Velma Lee "Sue" Garner
Jan 7, 2017
Velma Lee “Sue” Garner, age 90, died on Saturday, January 7, 2017 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. A native of Henderson County, TN, she was born on August 30, 1926, the daughter of the late Fenner and Hautie McDaniel. She married Robert Garner on December 29, 1946, and just celebrated their 70th Anniversary. She was a member of...
Ms Della June Haffner
Jan 7, 2017
Della June Haffner, 82, died Saturday evening, January 7, 2017 at Douglas Health and Rehabilitation Center in Milan, TN. She was born June 22, 1934 in Ellendale, ND the daughter of the late Richard and Irene Genz Henneberg. She was a retired nurse for the State of Florida and a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Della is survived...
Dorothy June Boyd Mckay
Jan 3, 2017
Dorothy June Boyd McKay, 73, of Jackson, TN passed away on Tuesday, January 3rd after battling cancer. She was the wife of the late Jerry B. McKay. Both Dorothy and Jerry were originally from Morrison, TN. Dorothy worked as a stay at home mother and as a local insurance agent until retirement. She is survived by two sons, Douglas and...
William Edward Griffis Jr.
Dec 31, 2016
William Edward Griffis, Jr., passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at the Medical Center of Humboldt, TN. He was 87 years old. Mr. Griffis was a graduate of Jonesboro High School, Arkansas State College all in Jonesboro, AR. He also graduated from Memphis State in 1954. He was a staff Sargent in the U.S. Army during the Korean War...
Shirley Richerson Anthony
Dec 31, 2016
Shirley Richerson Anthony, age 56, died on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Shirley was born in Jackson, TN the daughter of the late Raymond Richerson, Sr. and Janice Barham Richerson. Shirley was a register nurse and was a thirty-year employee of West Tennessee Healthcare currently in the Case Management Department as a Social Services...
John Stevens (Steve) Snapp
Dec 30, 2016
John Stevens (Steve) Snapp, 81, of Mohawk, went to sleep Friday, December 30, 2016, with his family by his side at Takoma Regional Hospital. He was a former nursing home and hospital administrator, nurse, and entrepreneur. Mr. Snapp was saved in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was a member of Northside Lions Club in Jackson, Tennessee. He was also a...
Dennis G. Fisher
Dec 27, 2016
Dennis Galen Fisher, age 64, of Jackson, Tennessee, died Tuesday afternoon, December 27, 2016, at Jackson General Hospital, surrounded by family and close friends. Born April 15, 1952, in Humboldt, Tennessee, he was the son of the late Robert Fisher and Evelyn (Buckner) Fisher. He attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and opened Sounza Muzik in Jackson in 1973....
Roy Chester Hawkins Sr.
Dec 26, 2016
Roy Chester Hawkins, Sr., age 59, died on Monday, December 26, 2016 at his Brownsville, TN residence. Roy was born on January 13, 1957 in Brownsville TN the son of the late Alroy and Loraine Hawkins. He was retired from Ross Manufacturing. He was a member of the Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Brownsville. He loved to sew and work...
Harvey Leon Hurst
Dec 25, 2016
Harvey Leon Hurst, 62, of Roanoke, TX passed away on December 25, 2016 after a 15 year battle with neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer. He was proceeded in death by his father, Harvey Hurst of Anna, TX. He is survived by his mother, Lou Hurst of Anna, TX; his wife of 39 years Sharon Hurst; two daughters, Rachel Powers and son-in-law Shannon...
Carol Fullerton Peterson
Dec 22, 2016
Carol Fullerton Peterson, age 74, died on Thursday, December 22, 2016 at the Bells Nursing Home. Carol was born and raised in Oakfield, TN the daughter of the late Louis Fullerton, Sr. and Neely Osborne Fullerton. She was retired as the Account Manager with GMAC with thirty years of service. She was a member of Englewood Baptist Church and the...
Shirley Fouser
Dec 22, 2016
Shirley Fouser, age 85, died on Thursday, December 22, 2016 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Shirley was born in Chicago, IL on October 22, 1931, the daughter of the late Rory and Mary Kuhn Taylor. She was married to the late William Fouser. She was a communicant of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. She was a homemaker who enjoyed...
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