Janie M. Hall
BRUCETON: Funeral services for Janie M. Hall, 70, were at 2:00 p.m., Friday, August 31 at Mt. Ararat Baptist Church in Trezevant. Burial followed in Mt. Ararat Cemetery . Mrs. Hall died Thursday, August 23, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon.
Survivors include two daughers, Gwen Collier of Los Angeles, California and Sandra Hutch of Perris, California; and a son, Sammy Hall of Bruceton.
Bond Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements

Margaret Ellen Sutton
MCLEMORESVILLE: Funeral services for Margaret Ellen Sutton, 70, were held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, August 30 at McLemoresville United Methodist Church with Brothers Tommy Martin and Buddy Chandler officiating. Burial was in McLemoresville Cemetery.
Ms. Sutton, a production worker for Henry I. Siegel, died Tuesday, August 28 at the McKenzie Health Care Center of heart failure.
She was born February 27, 1931 to the late W. F. and Ora Pafford Freeman, in Carroll County. She was also preceded in death by six brothers, Laymond Holland, Lyndell Holland, Tilmon Holland, Harold Holland, Ezera Holland and Sherman Holland.
Survivors include two daughters, Amber Gay Milam of Nashville and Jackie Poole of McLemoresville; two sisters, Christine Barker and Mildred Kelly; two brothers, Bill Holland and James Holland, both of McLemoresville; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Bennie Morgan, Jr.
MCKENZIE: Funeral services for Bennie Morgan, Jr., 59, were at Brummitt Funeral Home of McKenzie on Friday, August 31 at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Vance Rushing officiating. Burial was in Union Academy Cemetery in McKenzie.
Mr. Morgan, who was disabled, died Tuesday, August 28 at his home.
He was born July 29, 1942 in Carroll County to the late Clara Mae Wheeler Morgan and Bennie Morgan, Sr. He was a member of Enon Baptist Church in McKenzie. He was also preceded in death by two sisters, Doris Hall and Evelyn Sydnor.
Survivors include his wife Margie Fuzzell Morgan; two sons, Dennis Morgan and Prentice Morgan, both of Nashville; a daughter-in-law, Leah Morgan of Nashville; a sister, Ruth Morgan of McKenzie; and two brothers, Bobby Morgan of McKenzie and Williams Morgan of Cedar Grove.

Carl M. Gertz
BOURBONNAIS, ILLINOIS: Funeral services for Carl M. Gertz, 76, were on Wednesday, August 29 at 11:00 a.m. at Messiah Lutheran Church in Park Ridge, Illinois, with Rev. Mark Larson officiating. Burial was in Park Ridge, Illinois. Mr. Gertz resided in McKenzie from 1989 until 1997 on Tower Road and was active in AARP and contributed as a volunteer in many organizations.
Mr. Gertz passed away at his home on Saturday, August 25.
He was born on December 13, 1924 in Mead, Nebraska to the late Charles and Christine Springer Gertz.
He served in the United States Air Corps from March 25, 1943 until November 21, 1945. He was an avid golfer.
Survivors include his wife, Charlotte Letzow Gertz, who he married in Chicago, Illinois on May 22, 1948; two daughters, Charlene Lobitz of DesPlaines, Illinois and Christine Landewehr and husband Robert of Orland Park, Illinois; two sisters, Freida White of McHenry, Illinois and Camille McManus of Casper, Wyoming; two sisters-in-law, Kathryn Gallagher of Bartlett, Illinois and Camille Gertz; one brother-in-law Lewis Letzow of Chicago, Illinois; seven grandchildren, James and Kim Lobitz, Scott and Coleen Kowalski, Margaret Lobitz and Jeff and Tim Landwehr; and two great-grandchildren, Maggie Kate and Moira.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made the American Heart Association.
Bradley Chapel of the Schreffler Funeral Homes was in charge of the arrangements.

Jo Ann Springer
HUNTINGDON: Mrs. Jo Ann Springer, 59, died Sunday, August 26 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon. Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday, August 29 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chase Funeral Home Chapel, with Brother Wayne Holmes officiating. Interment followed in the Humbles Cemetery.
Mrs. Springer was born September 12, 1941 in North Carolina to the late Joseph Allen and Fannie Gray Sutton Clifton. Before becoming ill, she was a certified nursing assistant for the Life Care Center in Bruceton.
She is survived by two daughters, Cheryl Fowler of Memphis and Sherry Springer of Huntingdon; one son, Kent Springer of Huntingdon and one sister, Donna Atkinson of Waukegan, Illinois.

Robert Lee Jackson
HUNTINGDON: Services for Mr. Robert Lee Jackson, 69, were at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 1 at Concord Missionary Baptist Church, with Brothers Rufus Chandler and Jerry Dodd officiating. Burial was in the New Hope Cemetery in Yuma.
Mr. Jackson, Courier for Jackson Press Truck, died Wednesday, August 29 at Baptist Memorial Hospital of heart failure.
He was born June 6, 1932, to the late Harvey and Hattie Mai Holladay Jackson in Carroll County. He was an army veteran who served in the Korean Conflict. He was also preceded in death by two sons, Robert Lee Jackson, Jr. and Robert Kyle Jackson and a sister, Helene Smith.
He is survived by his wife, Peggy Sue Floyd Jackson; two sons, Bradley Gene Jackson of Sanger, Texas and Kevin Dale Jackson of Huntingdon; three daughters, Rhonda Lee Reed and Kimberly Dawn Whitten of Huntingdon and Donna Sue Webb of Louden; and two sisters, Janie Marie Brandon and Hazel Kirksey, both of Huntingdon; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Samuel W. Beasley
JACKSON: Funeral services for Mr. Samuel Wardell Beasley, 84, were held Friday, August 31 at 2:00 p.m. at Berean Baptist Church.
Mr. Beasley was born December 14, 1916 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, the only child of Saul and Mable Beasley. Shortly after his birth, he moved with his family to Carroll County (Huntingdon). For a while he lived with his grandmother, Mrs. Rhonda Hill, in St. Louis, Missouri where he attended elementary school. He returned to Carroll County and attended Webb High School in McKenzie. He then attended Lane College in Jackson and graduated with a BA degree in education in 1941.
Following graduation, Mr. Beasley began his teaching career in a one-room school in Carroll County. One year later, he was drafted into military service and served three and one half years in the U. S. Army, with service in the Pacific Theatre of Operations. While stationed in Los Angeles, he and his college sweetheart were married on September 21, 1943. They later settled in Henderson County and he began teaching at Montgomery High School, coached football and girls and boys basketball. He completed graduate studies and received a Master's Degree from Tennessee State University.
Survivors include his wife, Juanette Beasley; two daughters, Rhonda Malone of Champaign, Illinois and Barbara Ross of Sacramento, California; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Dorothy Adell Skinner
HUNTINGDON: Mrs. Dorothy Adell Skinner, 71, died Friday, August 31 at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services were conducted on Monday, September 3 in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Fred Ward officiating. Interment followed in the Carroll Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Skinner, the daughter of the late John Leonard and Mary Mozella Johnson Reaves, was born July 23, 1930. She was a retired employee of the Thomas Bradford Company and a member of Huntingdon First Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Albert Ernest Skinner, who died in 1992.
She is survived by three daughters, Sharon Ditmore of Garden City, Michigan, Laura Johnson of Palmersville, and Dorothy Allison of Huntingdon; four sons, Al Skinner of Ventura, California, Victor Skinner of Livonia, Michigan; Lorne Skinner of Fair Oaks, California, and Keith Skinner of Huntingdon; three sister, Gladys Brethauer of Lansing, Michigan, Peggy Perritt of McKenzie and Wanda West of Houston, Texas; six brothers, Eugene Reaves of Lansing, Michigan, Joe Reaves, Jerry Reaves and Charles Reaves, all of McKenzie, Cecil Reaves of Trezevant and Bobby Reaves of Paris; 17 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

Mary Jane Harder
HUNTINGDON: Mrs. Mary Jane Harder, 72, died Monday, September 3 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, September 6 at the Holy Family Catholic Church with Father Ed Fisher and Father Joseph Palozzi officiating. Interment will be in the Carroll Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Harder was born April 17, 1929 to the late Joseph and Mary Marcin Sholtis in Cleveland, Ohio. She was a homemaker and a member of the Holy Family Catholic Church.
She is survived by her husband of 52 years, William Harder and one daughter, Mary Elizabeth Weekly of Huntingdon; one son, William Dale Harder of Parma, Ohio; two sisters, Irene Kloscak of Massa, Arizona and Eleanor Kepic of Avon Lake, Ohio; one brother, Robert Sholtis of Sun City, Arizona and three grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation.

Walter Leston Etheridge
GLEASON: Funeral services fro Walter Leston Etheridge, 85, will be at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 5 at Gallimore Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Tumbling Creek Cemetery in Gleason.
Mr. Etheridge died Monday, September 3 at Henry County Medical Center of heart failure. His wife, Queen Ester Etheridge preceded him in death.
Survivors include two sons, Ditmore Etheridge of McKenzie and Dwain Etheridge of Huntingdon; one stepson, Murray McFarland of Paris and two sisters, Gracie Moody of Gleason and May Lane of Dyersburg.