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Andrew Bryant Boyd
1968-2002
PARIS: Services for Andrew Bryant Boyd, 33, were at
10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 24 at Western Oak Grove
Baptist Church in Buchanan with Rev. James Webb, Jr.
officiating. Burial was in Western Oak Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Boyd, an employee of Hubbell Lighting in Martin,
died Tuesday, August 20.
Mr. Boyd was born September 21, 1968 in Paris, the son
of Albert H. and John Ella Coats Boyd. He was a graduate
of Henry County High School, Class of 1987 and R.E.T.E.S.
College in Louisville, Kentucky. He was also a member of
Western Oak Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Bobbie Hennings Boyd;
daughters Donna Brooks of Jackson and Kimberly Wyatt of
Bolivar; son Lawrence Wyatt of Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
sister, Nellie Jean Woods of Camden, Brenda Porter of
Forrest City Arkansas and Glenda Herron of Huntingdon;
brothers Anthony Milan of Athens, Alabama, Angelo Milan
of Smithfield, Virginia and Quincy L. Boyd of Paris; six
grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews.
Trinity Funeral Home in Paris was in charge of the
arrangements.
O.D. "Pony" Maness
1925-2002
LEXINGTON: Services for O.D. "Pony" Maness, 77, were
at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, August 24 at Central Grove
Baptist Church with burial following in Central Grove
Cemetery.
Mr. Maness, a construction worker, died on Friday,
August 23 at Lexington Methodist Hospital.
Survivors include one son, Ricky Maness of Lexington;
four sisters, Edna Woods of Lexington, Eva Noles, Doris
Noles and Bonnie Thompson, all of Buena Vista and one
granddaughter.
His wife, Dean Maness preceded him in death.
Reed's Chapel was in charge of the arrangements.
Maurice A. Guill
1911-2002
MCKENZIE: Services for Maurice Alvin Guill, 91, were
at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 27 at Brummitt Funeral
Home with Dr. Howard Walton officiating. Burial was in
Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Mr. Guill, retired from the Tennessee Department of
Agriculture after 25 years of service, died Sunday,
August 25 at Methodist Hospital in McKenzie.
He was born May 15, 1911 to the late Mary Ursula Hearne
Guill and William Guill. He was a member of the USA
Presbyterian Church in McKenzie. He served as a Carroll
County Magistrate for six years.
Survivors include his wife, Freda Ruth Guill; a
daughter, Margaret G. Brakebusch of Cordova; a grandson,
Stephan A. Brakebusch; and a sister, Elizabeth Fagan of
Houston, Texas.
Mary K. Barlow
1961-2002
HENRY: Mary Knight Barlow, 41, died of cancer on
Wednesday, August 21 at her residence on Herrondale West
Road. Services were held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August
24 at McEvoy Funeral Home in Paris with Charles Cate
officiating. Burial was in Old Union Cemetery.
Born March 14, 1961 in Obion County, she was the
daughter of George Knight and the late Maudie Lowe
Knight.
She was married on November 14, 1981 to Steve Barlow who
survives.
Mrs. Barlow was a factory worker and a dietitian in a
nursing home. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors also include two daughters, Sabrina K. Adams
of Springville and Felicia Barlow of Henry; four
sisters, Sandra Darda of McKenzie, Janice Capps and Anna
Johnson, both of Trezevant and Gail Haney of Michigan;
four brothers, George E. Knight of Huntingdon, Carlton
Knight of Gleason, Aubrey Knight of McKenzie and Bobby
Knight of Trezevant and one grandchild.
A sister, Patricia Knight and two brothers, Donald and
Ronald Knight, all died in infancy and preceded her in
death.
Evelyn Raymell Fesmire
1927-2002
TREZEVANT: Services for Evelyn Ramell Fesmire, 75,
were at 2:00 p.m., Friday, August 23 at the First
Baptist Church in Trezevant with Bro. Malcolm Norton
officiating. Burial was in the Oak Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Fesmire, retired employee of HIS in Trezevant, died
on Tuesday, August 20 at Jackson-Madison County General
Hospital.
She was born April 27, 1927 in Trezevant to the late
Ebbie Rush Tate and Jessie Tate. She was a member of the
First Baptist Church in Trezevant.
Survivors include her husband, Leotha Fesmire; a
daughter, Janice Allen of Milan; one sister, Patty Scott
of Reagan; three brothers, John M. Tate of Lexington and
Joe Tate and James Tate, both of Wildersville; two
grandchildren, Anita Allen Hamilton of Martin and Julie
Allen Burke of Knoxville; and one great-grandchild,
Sullivan Thomas Burke of Knoxville.
Anita Hicks Herndon
1917-2002
MIAMI, FLORIDA: Anita Hicks Herndon died Monday,
August 19 of complications from pneumonia in Miami,
Florida. Born in Camden on August 27, 1917, she was the
second child of Dr. Garvin Priestly Hicks and wife Grace
Paschal of Bruceton. She attended school in Bruceton and
college at Milligan College, graduating from Murray
State University in 1937.
She married Joe Ted Herndon, also of Bruceton and the
two then began a long and successful teaching career at
Greenfield High School in Greenfield. Later they
relocated to Bruceton where they both taught high school
for over twenty years and both received their Master's
degrees from George Peabody College for Teachers in
Nashville.
Mrs. Herndon was renowned as an inspiring and
challenging teacher of English. She also served as
guidance counselor. In 1968, Mrs. Herndon taught at West
Junior High in the Metropolitan Nashville Public School
System and in 1979 she became the Assistant Dean of
Students at Peabody College. Later she was promoted to
Dean of Students there. She retired in 1979 in Bruceton.
In 1982, she and Mr. Herndon relocated to Nashville
where they remained until his death in 1992. In 1994,
she relocated to Miami to the home of her son, Joseph.
She was a member of the Bruceton United Methodist Church
and was an organist and teacher there. Her husband and
her only sister, Brenda Mae Orr of Bruceton and Murray,
Kentucky preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Karen Herndon Miller of
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts; a son, Joseph L Herndon of
Miami; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services were at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, August 24 at the
Bruceton Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Camden
City Cemetery.
Benjamin Eugene "Cheeter" Lee
1941-2002
MCKENZIE: Services for Benjamin Eugene "Cheeter"
Lee, 60, will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 28 at
Brummitt Funeral home. Burial will be in the Liberty
Cemetery.
Mr. Lee, retired from Hansen Marble, died Sunday, August
25 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
He was born December 12, 1941 in McKenzie to the late
Mozelle Eldridge Lee and Lewis P. Lee.
Survivors include a daughter, Rachel Lee of Tucson,
Arizona; a son, Robert Lee of Tucson, Arizona; four
sisters, Betsey Carpenter, Mary Arnold, Neely Waldrop
and Linda Ross, all of McKenzie; four brothers, Joe Lee
of Indiana, Lewis Lee, Jimmy Lee and Donnie Lee, all of
McKenzie.
A son, B.J. Lee and six brothers, Roger Lee, Earl
"Paddy" Lee, Floyd Lee, Robert Lee, W.D. Lee and
Franklin Lee also preceded him in death.
Visitation will be after 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 27
at Brummitt Funeral Home.
Billy Joe "Snipper" McCoy
1964-2002
HENRY: Billy Joe "Snipper" McCoy, 37, was dead on
arrival on Sunday, August 18 at Henry County Medical
Center. An autopsy was scheduled to determine the cause
of death. The body was to be cremated.
A memorial service was held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday,
August 22 at Ridgeway Funeral Home.
Born October 12, 1964 in Hayti, Missouri, he as the son
of Bill McCoy of Holcomb, Missouri and Nelly Blanche
Mitchell McCoy of Henry.
He was married October 19, 2001 to the former Carolyn
Raymer, who survives.
McCoy was a former employee of Murray Outdoors in
McKenzie. He was a Catholic.
He also leaves one stepdaughter, Kristina Hilliard of
Henry; one stepson, Randy "Spankie" Mobley, Jr. of
Paris; two brothers, Johnny Lee McCoy and Scotty Lynn
McCoy, both of Paris; one uncle, Jimmy Mitchell of Henry
and an aunt, Margie Mitchell of Henry.
J.C. Miller
1925-2002
YUMA: Mr. J.C. Miller, 76, died on Monday, August 19
at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral
services were conducted on Wednesday, August 21 at 3:00
p.m. at the Yuma Missionary Baptist Church with Brother
Kevin Hollingshead officiating. Interment followed in
the New Hope Cemetery.
Mr. Miller was born September 14, 1925 in Carroll County
to the late Henry Denmon and Joan Ridley Carnal Miller.
He was a farmer and a member of the Yuma Missionary
Baptist Church. A daughter, Carolyn Jean Miller and a
son, Gordon "Pee Wee" Richard Miller preceded him in
death.
Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Emma Jean
Miller; four daughters, Deloris Williams and Janice
Boyd, both of Huntingdon; Tammie Berry and Jamie Miller,
both of Yuma; one son, James Norman Miller of
Clarksburg; seven grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Hazel Eugenia Roberts
1907-2002
MCKENZIE: Services for Hazel Eugenia Roberts, 94,
were at 4:00 p.m., Friday, August 23 at Brummitt Funeral
Home with Bro. Vance Rushing officiating. Interment was
in Everett's Chapel Cemetery.
Mrs. Roberts, widow of Harold Roberts, died on
Wednesday, August 21 at Oak Manor Health Care.
She was born September 12, 1907 in Murphysboro,
Illinois. She was a retired waitress and homemaker.
Survivors include one stepdaughter, Betty Roehrs of St.
Louis, Missouri, two grandchildren, Iris Elaine Rye and
Stephen Roehrs, both of St. Louis, Missouri; three
sisters-in-law, Monnie Crocker, Edith Foster and
Blondell Greer; five great-grandchildren and three
nieces, Margie Keeney and Jeanie Harott of St. James,
Missouri and Elsie Tucker of Caseyville, Illinois.
Rev. Lawson Williamson
ATWOOD: Services for Rev. Lawson Williamson,
formerly of Atwood were at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August
24 at the First Baptist Church in Atwood with Rev. David
Lawler and Rev. King Thetford officiating. Bodkin
Funeral Home of Milan was in charge of the arrangements.
Rev. Williamson died on Monday, August 19 at his home in
Leavenworth, Kansas after a lengthy battle with cancer.
He served the ministry forty-six years, serving churches
in West Tennessee and Western Kentucky. At his death, he
was a member of the Leavenworth Baptist Church in
Leavenworth.
Survivors include his wife of forty-four years, Gladys
Jones Williamson; two daughters, Pamela Lynn Bowles and
Esther Elizabeth "Beth" Smith; three grandchildren; two
sisters, Lorene Crocker and Linnie Walden and one
brother, Leamon Williamson, all of Milan.
Memorials may be sent to Leavenworth Baptist Church at
803 S. Broadway, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.
Dora Lorane Clement
1931-2002
MCKENZIE: Services for Dora Lorane Clement, 71, were
at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 20 at Brummitt Funeral
Home with Bro. Dennis Beal officiating. Burial was in
Shiloh Cemetery.
Mrs. Clement died on Sunday, August 18 at Methodist
Hospital in McKenzie.
She was born September 22, 1931 in McKenzie to the late
Nora Robbins Stone and Ebbin Brinkley Stone. She was a
member of the Calvary Tabernacle Church in McKenzie.
Survivors include her husband, Buford Clement; five
daughters, Betty Watson, Mary Lou Crocker, Barbara Reed,
and Shirley Higdon, all of McKenzie and Margie Bush of
Santee, California; four sons, Billy Clement of
McKenzie, James and Elvis Clement, both of Gleason and
Johnny Clement of Huntingdon; a brother, J.D. Stone of
Chicago, Illinois; 23 grandchildren and 19
great-grandchildren.
Shirley Ruth Willis
1939-2002
HUNTINGDON: Mrs. Shirley Ruth Willis, 63, passed
away Thursday, August 22 at the Baptist Memorial
Hospital in Huntingdon. Funeral services were conducted
on Monday, August 26 at 2:00 p.m. at the Smyrna
Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Lonnie Parker
officiating. Interment followed in the Humbles Cemetery.
Mrs. Willis was born May 24, 1939 in Carroll County to
the late Jimmie and Ella (State) Williams. She was a
sewing machine operator for Publix Shirt Corporation
before becoming disabled and was a member of the Smyrna
Missionary Baptist Church. Her husband, Hulon Willis,
who passed away on September 18, 1990 and a sister,
Corene Johnson, also preceded her in death.
Survivors include one daughter, Diane Johnson of
Huntingdon; one son, Hulon Mike Willis of St. Louis,
Missouri; two sisters, Retha Mae King and Oneita Thomas,
both of Huntingdon; and three grandchildren.
Chase Funeral Home of Huntingdon was in charge of the
arrangements.
Hulon McDade
1935-2002
MCKENZIE: Services for Hulon McDade, 67, will be at
4:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 28 at Brummitt Funeral Home
with Bro. Jerry Summers officiating. Burial will be in
Union Academy Cemetery.
Mr. McDade, a retired employee of Publix Shirt Factory
in Huntingdon, died Sunday August 25 at Baptist Memorial
Hospital.
He was born April 26, 1935 in Trezevant to the late
Geneva Edlin McDade Lundy and Joe McDade. He attended
Union Academy Baptist Church in McKenzie.
Survivors include a son, Charlton McDade of Bradford; a
brother, J.T. McDade of Trezevant; and three
grandchildren, Clayton, Jordan and Hannah McDade, all of
Bradford.
Visitation will be Tuesday, August 27 after 5:00 p.m. at
Brummitt Funeral Home.
Hobson Reagan, Jr.
1930-2002
DRESDEN: Services for Hobson Reagan, Jr., 72, were
at 2:00 p.m., Friday, August 23 at Gallimore Funeral
Home Chapel with the Revs. Terry Griffin, Fady Al-Hagal
and Bob Copeland officiating. Burial was in New Hope
Cemetery.
Mr. Reagan, a retired backhoe operator, died Tuesday,
August 20 at the VA Hospital in Nashville.
He was born April 15, 1930 in Cincinnati, Ohio to the
late Hobson Reagan, Sr. and Bessie Bailey Grooms Reagan.
He was a member of Adams Chapel Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Merrell Reagan; seven
sons, David Reagan of Ozark, Alabama, Gary Reagan and
Larry Reagan, both of Dresden; Charles Reagan of Martin,
Johnny Reagan of Fulton, Kentucky, Donald Reagan of
Union City and James C. Reagan of Nashville; a daughter
Lora Moseley of Martin; a brother, Robert (Buddy) Grooms
of Marshall, Michigan; 21 grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
A brother, James Grooms and two sisters, Ethel Lou Moore
and Ruby Heidel preceded him in death.
Mallie M. Wilson
1934-2002
GLEASON: Services for Mallie M. Wilson were at 2:00
p.m., Wednesday, August 28 at Gallimore Funeral Home
with burial in New Valley Cemetery.
Mrs. Wilson died Tuesday, August 20 at Methodist
Volunteer Hospital.
Her parents, Ira W. and Myrtle Williams Sanders, her
husband, James E. Wilson and a son, Jimmy Lee Wilson
preceded her in death.
Survivors include two sons, Mikey Wilson and Terry
Wilson, both of Gleason; four sister, Virginia Turner of
Lacey Springs, Alabama, Frances Steadman of Jasper,
Alabama, Zima Mae Turner of Hohenwald and Rachel Corum
of Gleason; two brothers, A.C. Sanders and Huey Sanders,
both of McKenzie; seven grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
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