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OBITUARIES FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2001 

Wilbur Lloyd Headden
MCKENZIE:
Services for Wilbur Lloyd Headden, 78, will be at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 24, at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the Revs. Larry Dailey and Bob Hull officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Mr. Headden, a retired electronic technician with South Central Bell, died Saturday, October 20 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
He was born November 11, 1919 on Veterans Day in Atwood to the late Camilla Cummings Headden and Kelly Headden. He was a member of First Cumblerland Presbyterian Church. He was a former commander of McKenzie VFW Post #4939 and chaired the local district Voice of Democracy contests at various times. Mr. Headden also participated in the annual Veteran's Day program at McKenzie High School.
Survivors include his wife, Emma Faye Smith Headden; two daughters, Cheryl Baker of Doylestown, Pennsylvania and Ann H. Borrell of Portsmouth, Virginia; a sister, Annell Jones of Nashville; a brother, Dr. Norvel J. Headden of McKenzie and four grandchildren.
A brother, Broeck Headden also preceded him in death.
Memorials may be sent to Wilbur Headden Memorial Fund Voice of Democracy, VFW Post #4939, attention, Lucille Cozart, P. O. Box, 231, McKenzie, Tennessee, 38201.

Bruce Daniel "Danny" Carter
HUNTINGDON:
Mr. Bruce Daniel "Danny" Carter, 54, died Monday, October 22 at his home. Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, October 26 at 11:00 a.m. in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Rufus Chandler officiating. Interment will follow in Carroll Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Carter was born October 25, 1946 in Carroll County. He was a member of New Crossroads Missionary Baptist Church. He was co-owner of Dilday Funeral Home, Northwest Tennessee Crematory and Carroll Memorial Gardens.
He is survived by his wife, Joyce Smothers Carter; his parents, Elder Clarence F. and Alene Carter of Huntingdon; four sons, Steve Carter, Stanley Carter, Scott Carter and Shawn Carter, all of Huntingdon; one brother, Dr. Lee Carter of Huntingdon; and three grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Danny Carter Memorial Relay for Life at Carroll Bank and Trust.
The family will receive friends on Wednesday after 3:00 p.m. at Dilday Funeral Home West Visitation Room.

Wallace A. D. Jordan
HUNTINGDON:
Services for Wallace A. D. Jordan were Friday, October 19 at 6:00 p.m. at St. Paul Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Coplin officiating with burial in Little Grove Cemetery in Cedar Grove. Mr. Jordan died Monday, October 15, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
Mr. Jordan was born October 12, 1930 to Mac and Wallace Jordan. He was an employee of Beare Cold Storage Co. for 29 years and retired in 1987.
Survivors include his wife, Naomi Jordan; one stepdaughter, Margaret Dove of Huntingdon; one step-granddaughter and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Bobbie Jean Gilbert
MCKENZIE:
Funeral services for Bobbie Gilbert, 58, were Sunday, October 21 at Olivet Baptist Church in McKenzie with burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Ms. Gilbert died Wednesday, October 17 at Methodist Healthcare in McKenzie of heart failure.
She was born November 15, 1942 in McKenzie to the late Tim Ottbridge and Laura Mae Gilbert. She was a member of Olivet Missionary Baptist Church.
Survivors include a son, Edward Gilbert, Sr. of McKenzie; two brothers, Tim Ottbridge and Maurice Ottbridge, both of South Bend, Indiana; eight sisters, Belinda Watts, Viola Comer, Vanessa Ottbridge, Robin Ottbridge, Cheryle Godwin, all of South Bend, Indiana; Cookie Jefferson of Wisconsin, Jean King of Chicago, Illinois and Frances Jones of Seattle, Washington; a stepmother Christine Ottbridge and one grandchild.
Rawls Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

James Earl Knott
BRUCETON:
Services for James Earl Knott, 82, were Saturday, October 20 at Bruceton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James S. Daniel officiating. Mr. Knott died October 10 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon. Burial was in Hebron Cemetery near Bruceton.
He was born June 11, 1919 in Weakley County to the late Fonzie and Willie Dale Fuzzell Knott. He was a member of Prospect Baptist Church in Hollow Rock. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Hollis H. Knott.
Surviving are his wife, Maggie Knott, several nieces and nephews.

Charles Wayne Beckman
BRUCETON:
Funeral services for Mr. Charles Wayne Beckman, 60, were held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, October 19 at Stockdale-Malin Chapel with Bro. Eulas Greer officiating. Burial was in Eastview Cemetery in Camden.
Mr. Beckman died Monday, October 15 at Camden General Hospital at Camden General Hospital.
He was born August 13, 1941 in Blytheville, Arkansas to the late Charles T. Beckman and Lucille Watkins Beckman.
Survivors include two sisters, Judy Pinson of Camden and Berry O'Hare of Chicago, Illinois; four brothers, George Beckman of Fulton, California, Jesse Beckman, Walter Beckman and Billy Beckman, all of Chicago, Illinois.

Billy Jim Roark
HUNTINGDON:
Mr. Billy Jim Roark, 69, died Tuesday, October 16 at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were conducted on Thursday, October 18 in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Ernest Ray Pounds and Brother Tim Lunn officiating. Interment followed at Obion Chapel Cemetery.
Mr. Roark was born January 10, 1932 to the late Gurther and Virgie Pendergrass Roark in Clarksburg. He was a retired employee of the Fisher Building Company and a member of the Obion Chapel Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his wife, Delma Hardeman Roark, who died in 1985.
He is survived by one sister, Bennie Alford of Huntingdon and four nieces.

Walter Wesley Lewis, Jr.
HUNTINGDON:
Mr. Walter Wesley Lewis, Jr., 58, died Tuesday, October 16 at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were conducted on Thursday, October 18 in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Robert Jones officiating. Interment followed at West Union Cemetery.
Mr. Lewis was born May 30, 1943 to the late Walter Wesley and Anna Eugenie Sulcer Lewis, Sr. in Memphis. He was a retired employee of the HOPE Center.

Linda Carol Lomax
BRUCETON:
Mrs. Linda Carol Lomax, 48, died Friday, October 19 at her home. Funeral services were conducted on Sunday, October 21 in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Bobby French officiating. Interment followed in Prospect Cemetery
Mrs. Lomax was born April 30, 1953 to the late Felix Graden and Lexie D. Whittaker Cary in Carroll County.
She is survived by her husband, Dexter Lomax of Bruceton; two stepsons, Brad Lomax of Huntingdon and Thad Lomax of Parsons; three brothers, Larry Whittaker of Bartlett, Bennie and Grady Cary, both of Yuma and one step-granddaughter.
        

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