Donald M. Ashby
MANSFIELD: Services were conducted at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, June 3 at McEvoy Funeral Home with Rev. Vance Rushing and Bill Lambert officiating. Burial followed in Hillcrest Cemetery.
Ashby, 70, was dead on arrival, Friday morning, June 1 at the Henry County Medical Center emergency room.
Born March 3, 1931, in Akron, Ohio, he was a son of Clarence and Ruby Pinkston Ashby. He was married October 17, 1953, to the former Bessie Ruth Davis who survives.
Ashby retired after 30 years as a set up instructor with Emerson Electric. He served 40 years in the Army National Guard and was a member of Shiloh Methodist Church.
In addition to his wife, he leaves a daughter, Donna Ashby Wade of Mansfield; three sons, Morris Ashby of McKenzie, Jeffrey Ashby of Hollow Rock and Kent Ashby of Mansfield; one sister, Juanita Gist of Iuka, Mississippi; two brothers, his twin, Dillard Ashby of Lobelville and J. C. Ashby of Winchester; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by a brother, Harold Ashby.

Joan Groves
HUNTINGDON: Mrs. Joan Groves, 50, died Friday, June 15 at the Milan General Hospital. Graveside services were conducted on Saturday, June 16 at the Bethlehem Cemetery with Reverend Steve Atwood officiating.
Mrs. Groves, the daughter of the late Alvin and Mary Severns Ezell, was born February 18, 1951 in Memphis.
She is survived by her husband, William Ray Groves; two daughters, Christine Groves of Huntingdon and Michelle Lindsey of Clarksburg; one son, Al Groves of Huntingdon; one sister, Gean Turner of Covington; a brother, Winford Ezell of Michigan and six grandchildren.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Willie Joyner
HUNTINGDON: Mrs. Willie Joyner, 94, died Friday, June 15 at the Methodist Hospital in Germantown. Funeral services were conducted on Sunday, June 17 at 3:00 p.m., in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel, with Brother Bill Goodpasture officiating. Interment followed in the Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Joyner, the daughter of the late William Harvey and Sarah Mitchell Blair, was born October 17, 1906 in Carroll County. She was the widow of Glynn Joyner, who died August 20, 1995, was a retired Circuit Court Clerk, and a member of the Huntingdon Church of Christ.
She is survived by one son, Jack Joyner of Germantown; two grandsons; four great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Charles Keener
MCKENZIE: Services for Charles Round Keener, 78, were at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 16 at Brummitt Funeral Home with Bro. Kenny Carr officiating. Burial was in the Shiloh Cemetery.
Mr. Keener, a carpenter, died Wednesday, June 13 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital of heart failure.
He was born September 28, 1922 in Fairfax, Pennsylvania to the late Anna Mary Rowan Keener and George Edward Keener. He was a member of the Long Heights Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Marie Reynolds Keener; a daughter, Anita Marie Hollis of McKenzie; a stepdaughter, Lenora Mayo of Big Sandy; two sisters, Anna Carrow of Baltimore and Linda Wiatrowski of Dover, Pennsylvania; a brother, James Keener of Baltimore; eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a stepdaughter, Nelda Moore.

Estelle Caplinger
BRUCETON: Services for Estelle Pierce Caplinger, 82, were at 10:00 a.m., Monday, June 18, at Bruceton Funeral Home with the Rev. Eulas Greer officiating. Burial was in the Liberty United Methodist Church near Camden.
Mrs. Caplinger, a homemaker died Saturday, June 16 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon of heart failure.
She was born October 20, 1918 in Benton County to the late William Sleath Pierce and Lou Etta Stagner Pierce. She was a member of the Liberty United Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James C. Caplinger and two sons, James Terrell Caplinger and Winfred Ray Caplinger. Survivors include a sister, Blondell Abbott of Bruceton; a grandson and a niece.

Edward Pinson
TREZEVANT: Services for Edward Morris Pinson, 77, were at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 13 at Trezevant Church of Christ with Bro. Don Reidheimer and Bro. John Forgy officiating. Burial was in the Trezevant Cemetery.
Mr. Pinson, a retired farmer, died Monday, June 11 at McKenzie Methodist Hospital of heart failure.
He was born November 23, 1923 in Carroll County to the late Lennie Green Pinson and Dennis Lowrence Pinson. He was a member of Trezevant Church of Christ.
He is survived by his wife, Helen Pinson of Trezevant.
Brummitt Funeral Home of Trezevant was in charge of the arrangements.

Zera Seavers
TREZEVANT: Services for Zera D. Seavers, 88, were at 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 15 at Brummitt Funeral Home in McKenzie with Bro. Vance Rushing and Bro. Bob Hull officiating. Burial was in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Cedar Grove.
Mrs. Seavers, retired owner of Seaver's Grocery, died Wednesday, June 13 at McKenzie Methodist Hospital of heart failure.
She was born August 6, 1912 in Huntingdon to the late Margaret Chandler Groom and Noah S. Groom. She was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Percy D. Seavers. She is survived by a daughter, Faye Broughton of Memphis; a sister, Velma Scott of Atwood; two half sisters, Leverne Mayfield of Fairview Heights, Illinois and Norma Blank of Keyesport, Illinois; and two grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Nehemiah Building Fund, Cumberland Presbyterian Church in McKenzie.

Alfred Kelley
BRUCETON: Services for Alfred Lee Kelley, 70, formerly of Somerville, were at 1:00 p.m., Friday, June 15 at J. A. Lofties Funeral Home in Memphis. Burial was in the Travelers Rest Cemetery in Laconia.
Mr. Kelley, a retired farmer, died Monday, June 11 at Life Care Nursing Center in Bruceton of heart failure.
He is survived by two sons, Alfred J. Kelley, Jr. of Jackson and Larry Harris of Atlanta; a sister, Frances Lewis of Bruceton and a brother, Robert Kelley of New York.

Camdan Gwaltney
MCKENZIE: Services for Camdan Bramley Gwaltney, 3 weeks old, were Thursday, June 14 at Brummitt Funeral Home with Bro. Kenny Carr officiating. Burial was in the Milan Cemetery.
Camdan died Tuesday, June 12 at home from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), according to a prelimiary autopsy report.
He is survived by his mother and father, Tabatha Ann Watson Gwaltney and Robert Bramley Gwaltney of McKenzie; a sister, Samantha Gwaltney of McKenzie; and his grandparents, Dr. Sidney and Sharon Ray of McKenzie, Robert and Elaine Gwaltney of Dallas, Texas, Ann and David Williams of Bradford, and Roger and Joyce Watson of Huntingdon.

Naomi Jordan Platt
BRUCETON: Services for Naomi Jordan Platt, 79, were at 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 8 at Bruceton Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Steve Whitworth officiating. Burial was in Prospect Cemetery in Hollow Rock.
Mrs. Platt, a homemaker, died Wednesday, June 6 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon.
She was born May 8, 1922 in Zack, to the late W. B. "Dutch" Jordan and Deloris Jordan.
Survivors include a son, Terrill Johnson of Memphis; a stepdaughter, Pam Brewer of Norman, Oklahoma; a brother, Wilbur Jordan of Bruceton; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Glenn Johnson in 1964 and Louis Platt in 1999.

Laila Danielle Williams
SPRINGVILLE: Graveside services were held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 15 at Evergreen Church Cemetery with the Rev. George Williams Sr. officiating.
The infant was stillborn on Saturday, June 9 at Henry County Medical Center.
Survivors include her parents, Quotesha and George Williams III; maternal grandparents, Rev. and Mrs. Thomas (Sharon) Teague of Springville; great-grandparents Mary Webb of McKenzie, Ray and Peggy Teague, Sr. of Springville, Clyde and Mildred Teague, Sr. of Springville and Louise Diggs of Murray, Kentucky; paternal grandparents George Williams, Jr. of Paris, Rosie Moss Williams of Clarksville, and great-grandparents Rev. and Mrs. George (Alice) Williams, Sr. of Paris and Sarah Moss of Clarksville.