Local obituaries for Jackson & Madison County, TN
Stephen Robert (Steve) Courtner
May 13, 2014
Stephen Robert (Steve) Courtner, 60, died Tuesday, May 13, 2014. He was born March 7, 1954 in Johnson City, TN the son of Robert Earl and Mildred Lipford Courtner. He was sales manager for Axalta Corporation. Steve was a devoted deacon and trustee of Englewood Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife Carol Courtner of 38 years, of Jackson,...
David W. Bowen Jr.
May 11, 2014
David W. Bowen, Jr., 64, died on May 11, 2014 at the Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, TN. A native of Tupelo, MS, David was born on June 19, 1949, the son of David W. Bowen, Sr. and the late Margaret Forsythe Bowen Elkins. David was a member of West Jackson Baptist Church and retired from the Kilgore Company as...
Ruth Averett Smith
May 10, 2014
Ruth Smith, 85, passed away Saturday May 10, 2014 at Regional Hospital of Jackson. She was born June 7, 1928 in Decatur Co., TN the daughter of the late B.S. and Beatrice Averett and was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Herman Smith; two brothers, Herman Averett and Newman Averett. She is survived by her daughter, Jan...
Mrs. Okla H. Shirley
May 8, 2014
Okla H. Shirley, 94, mother of David Shirley of Jackson, TN died on Thursday, May 8, 2014 at Maplewood Healthcare of Jackson. SERVICES: A graveside service will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday, May 10, 2014 at Ridgecrest Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:30 PM until 2:30 PM prior to the service. Arrington Funeral Directors, 148 W. University...
Mrs. Phoebe Frankland Corum
May 7, 2014
Phoebe Frankland Corum, 55, died on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at her Jackson, TN residence. A native of Jackson, TN, Phoebe was born on April 13, 1959, the daughter of Frances Gaba Frankland and the late Gordon Hays Frankland, Sr. Phoebe was a very artistic and full of life, energy, an unconditional sense of love, and vibrance. Everything she did...
Kedy Curl
May 5, 2014
Kedy Curl, 79, passed away Monday, May 5, 2014 at Regency Retirement Village. He was born September 7, 1934 in Garden City, AL the son of the late Luther and Lila Curl. Kedy was a longtime member of West Jackson Baptist Church and Forest Heights United Methodist Church. He worked in food sales throughout West Tennessee for 40 years. Kedy...
Edward Steele
Apr 30, 2014
Edward Steele, 85, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at his residence. He was born August 13, 1928 in Gibson Co. the son of the late Elbert and Esther Steele. Edward was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War and met his wife while stationed in England. He was a martin lover, building birdhouses from gourds and was also...
Frances Thomas Blankenship
Apr 26, 2014
Frances Thomas Blankenship, 89, died on Saturday evening at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Frances was born in Beech Bluff, TN on May 9, 1924, the daughter of the late Clyde and Lillie Russell Thomas. She was married to W.F. Blankenship who preceded her in death in 1997. As a child and young adult she was a member of...
Karah Elizabeth Osborne
Apr 25, 2014
Karah Elizabeth Osborne, 13, died Friday afternoon, April 25, 2014 at her residence after having been under the loving care of Hospice of West Tennessee. She was born in Jackson, TN, November 16, 2000 and has always been a true blessing to all who knew her. A special gift God allowed the family to be blessed with longer than ever...
Sara Lucille (Lucy) Butler
Apr 24, 2014
Lucy Butler, 65, died Thursday evening April 24, 2014 at her residence. She was born October 18, 1948 in Chester County, TN the daughter of the late Marcus and Dora Frances Rowland Hurst. Lucy was a longtime (38 years) cosmetologist, a member of the First United Methodist Church where she served as Head of the Alter Guild until her illness....
Billy Terrence Owen
Apr 20, 2014
Bill was born in Mayfield,Kentucky on May 27, 1938 to parents Fred and Josephine Owen. He grew up in Pryorsburg, KY and was an avid hunter and fisherman as a young man. Billy won several target shooting competitions during his teenage years. Bill attended school from K to 12th grade in Graves County, KY. While in high school Bill excelled...
Frank Eugene "Gene" Martindale
Apr 15, 2014
Frank Eugene “Gene” Martindale, 76, died on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. A native of Madison County, TN he was born on June 30, 1937, the son of the late Frank T. and Otera Aday Martindale. Gene was employed with the Jackson Sun for over forty years as a photographer, as well as the...
Amy Lyn Blackwell Newsom
Apr 12, 2014
Amy Lyn Blackwell Newsom was taken suddenly and unexpectedly to heaven on April 12, 2014 at JMCGH in Jackson, TN. She had been born in that same hospital 35 years ago to parents, Ben Blackwell and Melanie Counce Blackwell and her big brother, Ben. She attended Jackson City Schools, but graduated with a degree in Nursing from Jackson State in...
Laura Elizabeth Pope
Apr 11, 2014
Funeral services will be held for Laura Elizabeth Pope (Mama E) at 11:00 Monday April 14th, 2014 in the chapel of Arrington Funeral Directors with Jerry Patterson and Drew Crosby presiding. Mrs. Pope died. Friday, April 11th 2014, at her home. Mrs. Pope was born in Britton Lane, TN on August 24th, 1933. She was raised in Jackson, TN, and...
Brenda Poe Tillman
Apr 11, 2014
Brenda Poe Tillman, 68, died on Friday, April 11, 2014 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She was born in Hickman, KY on November 3, 1945, the daughter of the late Kenneth W. and Ruth Spillers Poe. Brenda was a teacher for twenty nine years retiring with the Lauderdale County School System. She was a member of Campbell Street Church...
Marjorie Kathleen Way
Apr 7, 2014
Kay Way, 92, softly entered the arms of Jesus Monday, April 7 at Regional Hospital of Jackson after a brief illness. Kay was preceded in death by her husband, William B. “Bill” Way. She is survived by her son, Bill Way and wife Susan and a daughter, Gail Way Mapes and husband Tom; three brothers, Gene Oliver, Billy Oliver and...
Charles Anthony Roe
Apr 3, 2014
Charles Anthony Roe, 65, died on Thursday, April 3, 2014 at his residence. Charles was born in Jackson, TN on December 12, 1948, the son of the late Bobbie D. and Betty Jane Loynes Moling. He proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corp during the Vietnam War as a member of the Air Medi-Vac Unit. He was...
Dr. William R. Nance, Sr.
Apr 2, 2014
Dr. William R. Nance, Sr., 82, died on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at the Jackson Madison County General hospital. Dr. Nance was born on January 21, 1932 in Ripley, MS, the son of the late John William Lenard and Lila Mae Wright Nance. He served in the United States Navy in the Pacific during the Korean Conflict. He was a...
Clyde Miller
Mar 31, 2014
Clyde Miller, 75, passed away Monday March 31, 2014 at his residence. He was born November 4, 1938 in Coldale, PA. Clyde was retired from Quaker Oats and a member of Henderson Fellowship Church. He is survived by his wife Rita Miller; a son Ralph A. Miller; daughters, Shari Lanza and Melody Patrick; a sister, Melody Weicker; eight grandchildren and...
Charles Raymond "Ray" Neudecker
Mar 30, 2014
Ray Neudecker, 71, died on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at his residence. He was born in Memphis, TN on June 6, 1942, the son of the late Dr. Roy M. and Frances Brien Neudecker. He was a 1960 graduate of the former Jackson High School, where he played football and attended two years at Union University at the former downtown...
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