William R. Brooks
MEMPHIS: Services for William (Bill) R. Brooks, 78, were at 2:00 p.m., Friday, April 5 at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel. Burial was in Memorial Park Southwoods Cemetery.
Mr. Brooks, a retired teacher and coach at Bellevue Junior High School from 1953-1985, died Wednesday, April 3 at Primary Health Care.
He attended Bethel College and received his masters' degree from Vanderbilt University.
He was a retired major with the Tennessee National Guard and was a U. S. Army World War II veteran and a member of the Colonial Cumberland Presbyterian Church where he was an ordained elder.
Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Sunshine C. Brooks; a daughter, Leslie Bobbitt of Memphis; a son, Cole Brooks of Memphis; a sister, Juanita Finley of McKenzie; a brother, Bobby Brooks of Nashville and seven grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Bethel College or Colonial Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Stella Mae Williams
HUNTINGDON: Mrs. Stella Mae Williams, 80, died Wednesday, April 3 at her home. Funeral services were conducted on Saturday, April 6 at 2:30 p.m. in the Chase Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Bill Goodpasture officiating. Interment followed in the Christian Chapel Cemetery.
Mrs. Williams was born October 17, 1921 in Missouri to the late Fred and Vera Prater Pritchard. She was a member of the Huntingdon Church of Christ and a retired cook for the Carroll County Hospital. Her husband, Fred Williams, who died November 17, 1993 and one brother, James Pritchard, preceded her in death.
Survivors include two daughters, Elaine Moore and Mildred Stacy; one son, Dean Williams, all of Huntingdon; four sisters, Patricia Blankenship of Cedar Grove, Grace Redden of Milan, Wilma Newsome of Brownsville, and Gladys Hill of Medon; two brothers, Gordon Pritchard of Jackson and Charles Pritchard of Murfreesboro; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

David Bruce Robinson
HOLLOW ROCK: Mr. David Bruce Robinson, 77, died Sunday, April 7 at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, April 10 at 1:00 p.m. in the Huntingdon First Baptist Church with Bro. Fred Ward and Bro. Jimmy Allison officiating. Interment will follow in the Prospect Cemetery in Hollow Rock.
Mr. Robinson was born January 22, 1925 in Carroll County to the late Clarence and Ruby Russell Robinson. He was a retired railroad worker of 42 years for L & N Railroad Company and was a member of the Huntingdon First Baptist Church. A brother, Wade Robinson, also preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Ruth Robinson; one daughter, Patricia Latham of Jackson; one son, Gary Robinson of New Johnsonville; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Chase Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Katherine Renee Gentry
HUNTINGDON: Mrs. Katherine Renee Gentry, 23, died Sunday, April 7 at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday, April 9 at 3:00 p.m. in the Chase Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Michael Pickford officiating. Interment followed in the Twin Oaks Cemetery.
Mrs. Gentry was born February 17, 1979 in Madison. She was a member of the Chickasaw Drive Church of Christ and a teacher for the Huntingdon Head Start. Her paternal grandfather, R. H. Driver and maternal grandfather, Othel Gateley, preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband, Jason Gentry, whom she married on July 10, 1999; her parents, George and Teresa Gateley Driver of Madison; paternal grandmother, Dorothy Driver of Lafayette; maternal grandmother, Audrey Gateley of Huntingdon and one sister, Tracy Driver of Madison.

Helen Grey Lawrence
TRENTON: Services for Helen Grey Lawrence, 72, were at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 3 at Gallimore Funeral Home in Gleason with Bro. Phillip Norris officiating. Burial was in Hopewell Cemetery.
Mrs. Lawrence, formerly of Gleason, died Monday, April 1 at Gibson County General Hospital.
She was born April 10, 1929 in Gleason to the late Overton and Valda Terrell Duke. She was a member of the Trenton First United Pentecostal Church. She was the widow of Thomas R. Lawrence.
There were no immediate survivors.

Paul Emile Leger
HUNTINGDON: Mr. Paul Emile Leger, 90, died Friday, April 5 at the Huntingdon Health & Rehabilitation Center. A memorial service was conducted on Monday, April 8 at the Holy Family Catholic Church with Father Ed Fisher officiating.
Mr. Leger was born December 23, 1911 in Montreal Quebec, Canada to the late Napoleon and Florestine Cyr Leger. One daughter, Elizabeth Leger, preceded him in death.
Survivors include three daughters, Florine Collins of Ogden, Utah, Patricia Cunningham and Antoinette Stokes, both of Huntingdon; one son, Ned Leger of Salt Lake City, Utah; one sister, Des Niege Lafortune of Montreal Quebec; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Irene Phelps Taylor
HUNTINGDON: Mrs. Irene Phelps Taylor, 78, died Saturday, April 6 at her home. Funeral services were conducted on Monday, April 8 at 1:00 p.m. at the Mixie Missionary Baptist Church with Bro. Joe Abbott officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Taylor was born September 30, 1923 in Wildersville to the late Joseph Bomar and Issa Earah Todd Phelps. She was a member of the Mixie Missionary Baptist Church and was a retired factory worker for Henry I. Siegel Company. Her husband of 49 years, F. A. Taylor, who died in 1996, also preceded her in death.
Survivors include eight children, Ruth Ann Kee of McKenzie, Barbara Wilson of Mayfield, Kentucky, Linda Joy Taylor of Huntingdon, Barry A. Taylor of Hollow Rock, Kathy Newman Reynolds of McKenzie, Wanda McMackins of Bruceton, Lynn Milam and Tony Taylor, both of Huntingdon; two sisters, Vonell Bolen of Wildersville and Ruth Essary of Jackson; nineteen grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren.
Chase Funeral Home was in charge of the services.

Herman Cash, Jr.
ATWOOD: Funeral services for Herman Cash, Jr., 72, were at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, April 7 in the Lawrence Sorensen Funeral Home Chapel in Jackson and were officiated by Rev. John Ross. Interment followed in Antioch Cemetery in Madison County with Replogle-Lawrence Funeral Home of Medina in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Cash died Friday, April 5 at his home in Atwood.
He was born in Gibson County, the son of the late Herman Luther and Mary Ellen Goodrich Cash, Sr. Mr. Cash retired in 1992 from Consolidated Aluminum Corporation but continued to work for Murray Guard and was assigned to the DeVilbiss Corporation in Jackson until illness forced him to stop. He was a member of Faith Baptist Church in Jackson.
Survivors include his wife, Eulene Woodard Cash of Atwood; two sons, Gerry Cash of Jackson and Ronnie Cash of McLemoresville; a sister, Rita Coody of Threeway; a brother, Bobby Cash of Milan; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

James Lester Pryor
MCKENZIE: Services for James Lester Pryor were at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 4 at Brummitt Funeral Home with Bro. Bobby Mann officiating. Burial was in Shiloh Cemetery in McKenzie.
Mr. Pryor died April 2 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon.
He was born February 23, 1923 in McKenzie to the late Lucy Webb Pryor and Guy D. Pryor. He was a member of the Concord Baptist Church and served in the U. S. Army Air Corp during World War II.
A sister, Betty Barker and a brother, G. W. Pryor, also preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Grace "Brownie" Pryor; two sons, Phillip Pryor and Jerry Pryor, both of McKenzie; four grandchildren; two step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.

Lester Winfield Flowers
YUMA: Services for Lester Winfield Flowers, 92, were at 4:00 p.m. in the Pafford Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Duke Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Martha Flowers; a son, Charles Flowers of Wildersville; four daughters, Dean Mullins, Evelyn McPeake and Shirley Singleton, all of Lexington and Brenda Throgmorton of Clarksburg; two sisters, Nola Wallace and Mavine Hayes, both of Lexington; two brothers, Howell Flowers of Flint, Michigan and Paul Flowers of Lexington; ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.