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Wayne Oscar Gallimore
1947-2002
MCKENZIE: Services for Wayne Oscar Gallimore, 55,
were at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 10 at the Gallimore
Funeral Home in Gleason with Rev. Gene Gallimore and
Terry Flatt officiating. Burial was in the Finley
Cemetery.
Mr. Gallimore died on Sunday, December 8 at Methodist
Healthcare Hospital. He was an employee of Morrissett
Tire Service.
Survivors include his wife, Donna Gallimore, a daughter,
Shelia Murphy of Murfreesboro, a stepdaughter, Sheena
Rash of McKenzie, three sons, Clayton Chesser and Waylon
Gallimore, both of McKenzie and Dwayne Gallimore of
Nashville; a stepson, Joshua Martin of McKenzie; two
brothers, James Thomas Gallimore of McKenzie and Gary
Dale Gallimore of Chicago, Illinois; five sisters,
Jeanette Largent of San Antonio, Texas, Reba Butler and
Janice Heath, both of Jonesboro, Arkansas, Doris Hall of
McKenzie, and Phyllis Bensinger of Chicago, Illinois and
seven grandchildren.
Joe N. Stafford
1931-2002
TREZEVANT: Joe N. Stafford, 71, died on Sunday,
December 8. Services were on Tuesday, December 10 at
2:00 p.m. at Brummitt Funeral Home in Trezevant. Burial
was in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Greenfield.
Mr. Stafford was born on March 15, 1931 in McKenzie. He
retired from the Milan Arsenal.
Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Jeffie Hames
Stafford of Trezevant; two daughters, Carolyn Barker and
Tammy Stenberg of Trezevant; two sons, Brent Stafford of
McLemoresville and Tony Stafford of Trezevant; his
mother, Imogene Stafford of McKenzie; two brothers,
Kenneth and Robert Stafford of Greenfield, grandsons,
Jeffrey, Bradley, Joseph, Josh, and Devin;
granddaughters, Adrianne, Tosha, Ashley, Courtney, and
Kayce; and two great-grandsons, Kris and Jaycub. His
father, R.J. Stafford preceded him in death.
Dorothy Darnall Durden
1914-2002
HUNTINGDON: Mrs. Dorothy Darnell Durden, 88, died on
Saturday, December 7 at the Jackson-Madison County
General Hospital. Funeral services were conducted on
Tuesday, December 10 at 11:00 a.m. in the Dilday Funeral
Home Chapel with Brother Bill Goodpasture officiating.
Interment followed in Carroll Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Durden, the daughter of the late Wallace and Pearl
Carter Darnell was born on April 4, 1914 in Carroll
County. She was a retired retail clerk and a member of
the Huntingdon Church of Christ.
Survivors include her son, Don Durden of Greenfield; one
grandson, one great-grandson; and one sister, Mrs.
Natalie Pinckley of Huntingdon.
Mabel T. Stewart
1911-2002
GLEASON: Services for Mabel T. Stewart, 91, were at
2:00 p.m., Sunday, December 8 at Gallimore Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. Kenny Carr officiating. Burial was
in the Hopewell Cemetery.
Mrs. Stewart, widow of Roy Stewart, died on Friday,
December 6 at Methodist Volunteer Hospital in Martin.
She was born on November 25, 1911 in Savannah to the
late Fagan and Ina Falls Moore. She was a member of the
Gleason First Baptist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Donnie Stewart of McKenzie
and Billy Stewart of Gleason; a daughter, Joyce Jones of
Gleason; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren
and four step-great-grandchildren.
Willodean (Dean) Orr Fenner
1935-2002
MCKENZIE: Services for Willodean (Dean) Orr Fenner,
67, were at 2:00 p.m., Monday, December 9 at Liberty
Methodist church. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Fenner, a homemaker, died on Saturday, December 7
at McKenzie Health Care Center.
She was born on October 17, 1935 in McKenzie to the late
Bela Britton Sutton and Homer Sutton. She was a member
of the Liberty Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Louis Fenner; a daughter,
Becky Orr Eason of McKenzie; two sons, Ronnie Orr of
McKenzie and Tony Orr of Springville; two sisters,
Georgia Powell and Shirley Pace, both of McKenzie; three
grandchildren, Brad Eason of Jackson, Stephen Eason and
Mary Orr, both of McKenzie; and one great-grandchild,
Amber Eason of McKenzie.
Her first husband, Murray William Orr and a brother,
Thomas Williams preceded her in death.
Charlie Clayborn Gatlin
1911-2002
CEDAR GROVE: Mr. Charlie Clayborn Gatlin, 91, died
on Monday, December 2 at the Methodist Hospital in
McKenzie. Funeral services were conducted on Thursday,
December 5 at 11:00 a.m. in the Dilday Funeral Home
Chapel with Brother Robert Simmons officiating.
Interment followed in McAuley Cemetery.
Mr. Gatlin was born September 7, 1911 in Jonesboro,
Arkansas to the late John Thomas and Sara Jane Adams
Gatlin. He was a retired employee of the American Label
Company and the Caterpillar Company. A daughter, Sandra
Kay Magel and a sister, Lorene Coffman preceded him in
death.
Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Irene Williams
Gatlin; three daughters, Ollie Wallace and Catherine
Sharpe, both of Paragould, Arkansas and Selma Reno of
St. Charles, Missouri; five sons, Kenneth Gatlin,
Darrell Gatlin, Charles Gatlin and Bill Gatlin, all of
Paragould, Arkansas and Claborn Gatlin of Cedar Grove;
26 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and five
great-great-grandchildren.
James W. Jackson
1924-2002
CEDAR GROVE: Funeral services for James W. Jackson,
78, were held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 10 at
Bodkin Funeral Home. Burial was in the Pleasant Hill
Cemetery, near Cedar Grove.
Mr. Jackson, a retired employee of the Milan Army
Ammunition Plant, died on December 7 at his residence.
He was a member of the Pleasant Hill Methodist Church
and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Verlan Jackson of Cedar
Grove, two sons, Keith Jackson of Cedar Grove and Mark
Jackson of Humboldt; four sisters, Helen Courtney of
Milan, Elizabeth Eason of Lexington, Rachel Williams of
Dresden and Ruby Hamrick of Olive Branch, Mississippi;
two brothers, Cecil Jackson of Atwood and Glenn Jackson
of Lexington and four grandchildren.
A sister, Perlie Smith and two brothers, Ray Jackson and
Howard Jackson preceded him in death.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Pleasant Hill
United Methodist Church.
Johnnie “Bonnie” Bernell Marise
1935-2002
MCLEMORESVILLE: Mrs. Johnnie “Bonnie” Bernell Marise,
67, died on Tuesday, December 3 at the Jackson-Madison
County General Hospital. Funeral services were conducted
on Friday, December 6 at 1:00 p.m. in the Dilday Funeral
Home Chapel with Brother Ray Wade officiating. Interment
followed at the Carroll Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Marise was born February 17, 1935 in Hardeman
County to the late Johnnie Charles and Fannie Mae Ervin
Cooksey. She was a retired employee of ITT in Milan and
attended church at the Leach Full Gospel Church.
Survivors include her husband, Robert Marise; five
daughters, Beverly Kay Banks of Spring Creek; Brenda Fay
McKinley of Dresden, Judy Carol Moore, Patricia Faye
Smith and Cynthia Jane Marise, all of McKenzie; four
sons, Danny Harold Goodman of McKenzie, Randy Howard
Marise and Gary Lee Marise, both of McLemoresville, and
Hershel Eugene Marise of Savannah; one sister, Dorothy
Hodge of Covington; one nephew; 22 grandchildren and 20
great-grandchildren.
Martha Hicks Leach
1910-2002
ATWOOD: Services for Mrs. Martha Hicks Leach, 92,
were at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 6 at Bodkin Funeral
Home in Milan. Burial was in the Pisgah Cemetery in
Atwood.
Mrs. Leach a retired employee of the Milan Army
Ammunition Plant died on Wednesday, December 4 at the
Milan General Hospital.
She was a member of the Atwood Church of Christ and
retired senior volunteer program.
Memorials or contributions may be made to the Atwood
Church of Christ.
She was the widow of Ben E. Leach.
Bessie Lee McLeod
1916-2002
MCKENZIE: Services for Bessie Lee Page McLeod, 86,
were at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, December 8 at Brummitt
Funeral Home with Bro. Paul Conquest officiating. Burial
was in the Tumbling Creek Cemetery in Gleason. Her
husband, Marvin McLeod and a son, Guy Adren Page, a
sister, Verna Barlow and a brother, Robert Arnold
preceded her in death.
Mrs. McLeod, retired from HIS in Gleason and a
homemaker, died on Friday, December 6.
She was born March 17, 1916 in Gleason to the late Eron
Adell Travis Arnold and Lonnie Guy Arnold. She was a
member of the Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church in
McKenzie.
Survivors include two daughters, Rubye Scott of Henry
and Peggy McCuiston of McKenzie; a son, Ralph Jeter Page
of Milledgeville; a special friend, Otis Bateman; 14
grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Anthony Houston Warbritton
1961-2002
NEW JOHNSONVILLE: Mr. Anthony Houston Warbritton,
1941, died on Wednesday, December 4, at the Life Care
Center in Bruceton after a lengthy illness. Funeral
services were conducted on Friday, December 6 at 3:30
p.m. in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother
Jerry Dodd officiating. Interment followed in the
Hampton Cemetery.
Mr. Warbritton was born on March 16, 1961 in Huntingdon.
He was self-employed and a member of Concord Missionary
Baptist Church. His mother, Moetta Reeves Warbritton
preceded him in death.
Survivors include his father, Jerry Warbritton of New
Johnsonville; two sisters, Teresa Towater of New
Johnsonville and Lisa Fuller of Clarksburg; and one
brother, Jerry Dale Warbritton of New Johnsonville.
Alton Edgar Weatherford
1907-2002
CLARKSBURG: Mr. Alton Edgar Weatherford, 95, died of
heart failure on December 4. Funeral services were
conducted on Thursday, December 5, at 2:00 p.m. at the
County Line Baptist Church with Brother Randal Woods
officiating. Interment followed at the Beech River
Cemetery near Lexington.
Mr. Weatherford was a retired farmer and sawmill owner.
He was born in Decatur County on August 24, 1907, son of
the late John Franklin and Lucy Edna Patterson
Weatherford. He moved to Henderson County in 1923 and to
Carroll County in 1943. He attended the County Line
Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife of 72 years, Ruby Frances
Goff Weatherford; one sister, Alma Stack of Springville;
four daughters, Faye Morris of Jackson, Dorothy Jean
Wilkes of Savannah, Emma Ruth Hopper of Camden, and
Charlotte Tucker of Huntingdon; two sons, Charles
Weatherford of Clarksburg and Jim Weatherford of
Jackson; seventeen grandchildren; twenty-two
great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Dorothy Inez Willis
1933-2002
HUNTINGDON: Services for Dorothy Inez Willis, 69,
were at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 7 at Smyrna Baptist
Church with Rev. Carvene Jamison officiating. Burial was
in Humble Cemetery.
Mrs. Willis died Tuesday, December 3 at Methodist
Healthcare in McKenzie.
She was born January 10, 1933 in Carroll County to the
late Rev. Bentice Jamison and Hallie King.
Survivors include three daughters, Betty Jamison of
Huntingdon, Vonnie Bell of Pennsylvania and Kathy Jillo
of Marietta Georgia; four sons, Darnell Jamison and
Jonte Willis of Huntingdon, Robert Earl Willis of Paris
and Johnny Lee Willis of Ripley; four sisters, Louise
Blankenship, Vella Mae Owens, and Melvie Pearson, all of
Huntingdon and Mary Jean Graig of Jackson; four
brothers, Rev. Carvene Jamison, Raymond Jamison, and
Dwayne Jamison, all of Huntingdon and George Jamison of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 16 grandchildren and 9
great-grandchildren.
Her husband, Weldon Willis, one sister and two brothers,
preceded her in death.
Rawls Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Sam Oden
1902-2002
LAVINIA: Services for Sam Oden, 100, were held at
11:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 5 at Little Grove
Church in Lavinia with burial in Highland Memorial
Cemetery in Lexington, Kentucky.
He died on Monday, December 2 at Baptist Memorial
Hospital in Huntingdon. He attended the Reedy Creek
Baptist Church in McLemoresville.
Survivors include his wife, Sadie Oden; four sons,
Edward Oden of Alliance, Ohio, John Oden and Julius Oden,
both of Elmira, New York and Wilburt Oden of Milan; five
daughters, Mary DeShields of Atlanta, Georgia, Lorvora
Gosby and Luvette Gosby, both of Akron, Ohio, Ruth
Martin of West Virginia, and Sandra Pannell of
Rochester, New York; 49 grandchildren, 76
great-grandchildren and 25 great-great-grandchildren.
John Edward Davis
1924-2002
MCKENZIE: Services for John Edward Davis, 78, were
at 1:00 p.m., Friday, December 6 at Brummitt Funeral
Home with Bro. John Forgy officiating. The body was
cremated.
Mr. Davis, a retired truck driver and coal miner, died
on Sunday, December 1 at Methodist Hospital in McKenzie.
He was born July 26, 1924 in Castle Gate, Utah to the
late Zella Anderson Davis and William E. Davis.
Survivors include his wife, Beulah M. Davis; two sons,
John D. Davis of Fair Oak, California and Edward R.
Davis of Dearborn Heights, Michigan; three daughters,
Patricia A. Davis and Sandra J. Mungor, both of
Sacramento, California and Susan M. Akins of McKenzie;
two sisters, Barbara J. Davis of Tijeras, New Mexico and
Carol Jean McRaven of Mt. Vernon, Illinois; eleven
grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
Wilma Huffstatler
1926-2002
DRESDEN: Wilma D. Huffstatler, 76, died on Sunday,
December 1 at her residence. Services were at 2:00 p.m.,
Wednesday, December 5 at Bowlin Funeral Home in Dresden.
Burial followed in Jolley Springs Cemetery in Weakley
County near Como.
Born in Arkansas, she was a daughter of Lula E. Harbison
of Dresden and the late Frank Harbison. She was the
widow of Hughey M. Huffstatler.
Mrs. Huffstatler was a retired telephone operator for
AT&T. She was a member of the Jolley Springs Baptist
Church, west of Como.
Survivors include three sons, James W. and Cecil
Huffstatler, both of Paris and Kenneth Huffstatler of
Rochelle, Illinois; one daughter, Pamela Johns of
Latham; three brothers, Linder and Dennis Harbison, both
of McKenzie and Troy Harbison of Dresden; one sister,
Illa Miller of Rochelle; nine grandchildren and 15
great-grandchildren.
Two sisters and one grandchild preceded her in death.
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