Ray Everett Jones
Ray Everett Jones was born December 17, 1914 to the union of Ora and Alford Jones in McKenzie. He died Thursday, August 23. He received his formal education in the Carroll County School System at Webb High School in McKenzie. Mr. Jones was instrumental in building Johnson Temple A.M.E. Church in McKenzie.
He was preceded in death by his parents, six brothers, and two sisters.
Survivors include his wife, Earlene White Jones; one daughter, Annie Ray Jones Alexander of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; one grandchild, three great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter; two brothers, Rev. Chester Jones of St. Louis, Missouri, and Woodrow Jones of Los Lumas, New Mexico; four sisters, Mildred Vance, Ruth Jones, and Dean Jones, all of Detroit, Michigan and Ethel Macintosh of Los Angeles, California and a host of other relatives and friends.

William Millard (Bill) Shaw
HUNTINGDON: Mr. William Millard (Bill) Shaw, 79, died Monday, September 3 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon. Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday, September 5 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chase Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Rufus Chandler officiating. Interment followed in the Clarksburg Cemetery in Clarksburg.
Mr. Shaw was born November 18, 1921 in Hickman, Kentucky to the late Paul E. and Virginia Thompson Shaw. He was a retired employee of the City of Huntingdon and a member of the Clarksburg Missionry Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Burlean Spencer Shaw; two daughters, Sue Killion of Union City and Penny Carroll of Huntingdon; one son, Johnny Crafton of Huntingdon; one sister, Henrietta Isbell of Hickman, Kentucky and six grandchildren.

Rufus Rodney Phillips
HUNTINGDON: Mr. Rufus Rodney Phillips, 60, died Thursday, September 13 at his home. Funeral services were conducted on Saturday, September 15 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chase Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Wayne Burton officiating. Interment followed in the Chapel Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Phillips was born February 13, 1941 in Selmer. He was a member of the Faith in Christ Church and a U. S. Air Force veteran. His mother, Lucille Jones Phillips, preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife, Sharon Umstead Phillips; his father and stepmother, Louis and Motiaco Phillips of Scotts Hill; one stepdaughter, Tammy Vestal of Milan; three sons, Bruce Alan Phillips of Scotts Hill, Ronny Dale Phillips of McKenzie, and Daymon Greg Phillips Schafer of Selmer; two stepsons, Timothy Hays and Michael Hays, both of Milan; two brothers, Danny Phillips of Lexington and Randall Phillips of Holladay; six grandchildren, seven step-grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Emma Grissom
Services for Emma Grissom, 80, were held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 18 at Johnson Funeral Home Chapel, with Bro. Kenneth Roark officiating. Burial was in Zion Cemetery in Elbridge.
Ms. Grissom, an Avon representative and retired food service employeee of Methodist Healthcare of Dyersburg, died Saturday, September 15 at Baptist Hospital in Memphis of heart disease.
She was born May 12, 1921 in Waverly to the late Ethel Grimes Gibson and Howard Clifford Price.
Survivors include three daughters, Brenda Hood of Millington, Bonnie Whitson of Trimble, and Martha Jewell Whitworth of Gleason; two sons, William Howard Grissom and Roger Dale Grissom, both of Newbern; two sisters, Dorothy Dozier and Bonnie Greek, both of Newbern; a half-sister, Eveline Philips of Brianburg, Kentucky; a brother, Lawrence Price of Ridgely; a half-brother, Howard Price of Huntingdon, eleven grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.

Herman Bolin
HOLLOW ROCK: Services for Mr. Herman Bolin, were at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, September 13 at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church. Burial was in the Hopewell Cemetery.
Mr. Bolin died at Huntingdon Health and Rehabilitation in Huntingdon.
He is survived by his father, Totie Melton.

Shirlene Floyd
CAMDEN: Services for Shirlene Floyd, 58, were held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 16 at Stockdale-Malin Chapel in Camden. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery in Camden.
Mrs. Floyd, an insurance agent, died Saturday at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville of an aneurysm.
She is survived by her husband, Don Floyd; a son, Phil Floyd of Camden; two sisters, Zula Buck of Lexington and Jerri Young of McLemoresville; and two brothers, Wyly Pearson and Jimmy Pearson, both of Huntingdon.

Noble Noel Wiggins, Sr.
Services for Noble Noel Wiggins, Sr., were at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 15 at Brummit Funeral Home in McKenzie with Bro. Dennis Trull officiating. Burial followed in Carroll Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Wiggins, a retired farmer, died Thursday morning, September 13 at McKenzie Health Care Center.
He was born August 30, 1903 in Gleason to the late Lola Mae Perry Wiggins and Larry Edmond Wiggins.
Survivors include four sons, Noble Noel Wiggins, Jr. and W. C. Wiggins, both of McKenzie, Charles Norman Wiggins of Huntingdon and James Edward Wiggins of Milan; two sisters, Ava Nell Owen of Henry and Ruby Lee Holmes of St. Louis, Missouri; a brother, Mark Wiggins of St. Louis, Missouri; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Mary E. Lee
HUNTINGDON: Mrs. Mary E. Lee, 81, died Sunday, September 16 in Chicago, Illinois. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at presstime. Dilday Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Pamela "Pam" Tillman
MCKENZIE: Pam Tillman, 35, passed away on Tuesday, September 11 at Henry County Medical Center in Paris. Services were held at Holly Leaf General Baptist Church at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, September 14 with burial at Republican Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Tillman was born January 20, 1966 to Robert and Shirley Whitmore of Atwood, who survive.
Other survivors include her husband, Shannon Tillman; one son, Jemery Tillman of McKenzie; three sisters, Deborah Massey of Atwood, Ellie Bates of McKenzie, and Melissa Lovell of Trenton; her paternal grandmother, Marie Brooks and grandfather, Dewey Brooks. She was preceded in death by her grandfathers, Robert Woodrow Whitmore and John Walter Simpson and her grandmother, Susie Simpson.