Velma Snead
MCKENZIE: Mrs. Velma Snead, 94, passed away on Sunday, June 2 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon. Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, June 5 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chase Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Paul Merwin, Bro. Russ Carlock and Bro. Vance Rushing officiating. Interment will follow in the Shiloh Cemetery in Mansfield.
Mrs. Snead was born October 19, 1907 in Carroll County to the late Robert Lee Hastings and Anna Beulah Wilcox. She was a graduate of Henry High School and attended Bethel College in McKenzie. She retired from the Department of Human Services, serving as Carroll County Director in 1972 and was a member of the Long Rock Methodist Church. Her husband, Mace Snead, who died in 1977 and two sisters, Ruth McCadams and Gladys Davis preceded her in death.
Survivors include a niece, Bessie Ruth Ashby of Mansfield, two nephews, Charles Davis of Hollow Rock and Carl Davis of Mansfield; a foster brother, Vernon Walker of Orange Blossom, Florida; and three great-nieces and six great-nephews.
The family will receive friends in the Cherry Wood room of Chase Funeral Home from 4:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday.

Paul Thomas Carroll
MCKENZIE: Paul Thomas Carroll, 77, died Friday, May 31 at Oak Manor Health Care Center in McKenzie. Services were held at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, June 2 at Brummitt Funeral Home with Bro. Don Capperton officiating. Burial followed in Mt Olivet Cemetery. Pallbearers were James Adams, Joe Hearn, John Baumgardner, Phillip Morrissett, Bailey Wrinkle and Robert Highfil. Honorary pallbearers were Billy Vawter, J.B. Johnsonius and Max Manley.
Mr. Carroll, the son of the late Harry Carroll and Lucille Lankford Carroll, was born February 2, 1925 in McKenzie. He was a retired owner of Paul Carroll Ins. Agency and Carroll Farms in McKenzie. He was a World War II army veteran and was also a member of the VFW, American Legion, and U.S.A. Presbyterian Church. His wife, Nellie Ann Carroll, preceded him in death.
Survivors include two sons, Jimmy Carroll of McKenzie and Mike Carroll of Knoxville; two sisters, Betty Wheat of Paris and Nell McAden of Wales, Mississippi; and five grandchildren, Paul Carroll, Rachel Carroll, Brandon Carroll, Brett Carroll and Chase Carroll.
He served as a commissioner on the Carroll County Commission, served on the Methodist Hospital Board, the McKenzie Special School District Board of Education and McKenzie Industrial Board.
The family requests in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.

H. Wray Gaston
JONESBORO, ARKANSAS: Graveside services for H. Wray Gaston, 83, were at 1:00 p.m., Monday, June 3 at New Prospect Cemetery with Bro. Junior Jones officiating. Cutshall Funeral Home in Iuka, Mississippi was in charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Gaston, formerly of McKenzie, died Friday, May 31 at the VA Medical Center in McKenzie.
He was a Baptist and a World War II army veteran who served in the Pacific Theater. He owned a service station in Memphis for many years and was a salesman for Wynn's oil company. His parents, Herman and Martha Gaston and a stepson, Rodney Rutherford preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Billie Gaston; a son, Gary Gaston of Ft. Worth, Texas; a daughter, Debra Flippin of Germantown; four stepdaughters, Patricia Cunningham of Brownsville, Brenda Nipp of Gates, Paula Hawkins of West Virginia, and Diane Bull of Jonesboro, Arkansas; five grandchildren; 12 step-grandchildren and eight step-great-grandchildren, several nieces and several nephews.

Guy Harold "Doc" Revel
HENRY: Services for Guy Harold "Doc" Revel, 67, were at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, June 1 at McEvoy Funeral Home with Dusty Stout, pastor of Fairview Baptist Church officiating. Burial followed in Fodge Cemetery in Henry County.
Mr. Revel died Thursday morning, May 30 at Oak Manor Nursing Home in McKenzie. A Henry County native, he was born June 5, 1934 to the late Hulie Revel and Nona Joyner Revel Ervin.
He was married on March 2, 1989 to the former Shirley Wyatt who survives.
Revel was a self-employed logger. He was a U.S. Army veteran and served in the Tennessee National Guard. He was a member of the Henry Baptist Church.
In addition to his wife, survivors include one daughter, Wendy Huddleston of Henry; one son, Will Revel of McKenzie; one stepdaughter, Sherry Heck of Boyertown, Pennsylvania; one stepson, Christopher Pillinger of Henry; three sisters, Dorothy Clendenin of Paris, Mildred Horn of Murray and Virginia Aden of Louden; one brother, Joe H. Revel of Henry and four grandchildren.

Daisy Mae Butler
HUNTINGDON: Mrs. Daisy Mai Butler, 86, died Thursday, May 30 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were conducted on Saturday, June 1 at the Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church with Brother Jimmy Stewart, Brother Phillip Halter and Brother Bill Goodpasture officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Butler was born March 10, 1916 in Carroll County to the late Henry Clinton and Lou Genie Bond Butler. She was a homemaker, schoolteacher, and a columnist. She wrote the Spanish Grove News and This, That and the Other for the paper for 60 years. She was a member of Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church for 72 years, a lifetime member of the Spanish Grove Home Demonstration Club and a member of the Republican Executive Committee. Her husband, Loren Levi Butler, who died in 1995, an infant daughter, Joyce Dean Butler; two sisters, Edna Joyner and Clell Nolen and two brothers, Herman Butler and Eldon Butler preceded her in death.
Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Norma and Jerry Hardy of Huntingdon; two granddaughters, Janet Hill of Huntingdon and Adriana (Alex) Griffy of Cordova; and one great-grandson, Logan Hill of Huntingdon.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

James Etheridge Gowan
ATWOOD: Services for Mr. James Etheridge Gowan, 87, were at 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 31 at Bodkin Funeral Home with burial in Hopewell Cemetery in Lavinia. Mr. Gowan died Wednesday, May 29.
Survivors include his wife, Lucille Johnson Gowan; a sister, Annie Mai Arrington and a brother, Jodie Gowan.

Marie F. Travis
MCKENZIE: Services for Marie F. Travis were held on Sunday, June 2 at 2:00 p.m. at Brummitt Funeral Home with Bro. Aaron Holmes officiating. Burial was in Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery.
Mrs. Travis died Thursday, May 30 at Methodist Hospital in McKenzie.
She was born September 13, 1916 in McKenzie to the late Lela Allen Featherstone and Will Featherstone. She was a member of the Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery.
Survivors include a daughter, Ann Hammett of Cedar Grove; four sons, Kenneth Travis of Greenfield, William and Larry Wayne Travis, both of McKenzie and Charles Travis of Milan; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Faye E. Myrick
GLEASON: Graveside services for Mrs. Faye E. Myrick, 77, were held Sunday, June 2 at 3:00 p.m. at Olive Branch Cemetery.
Mrs. Myrick died Tuesday, May 28 in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
Survivors include a daughter, Juanita Stallings.
Gallimore Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Erleene Darby Sanders
DRESDEN: Erleene Darby Sanders, 82, died Friday, May 31 at the home of her daughter, Shirley Copeland near Dresden. Services were held at 4:00 p.m., Sunday, June 2 at Gallimore Funeral Home with Bro. Bob Copeland and Bro. Gerry Gallimore officiating. Burial was in Lebanon Cemetery near Dresden.
Mrs. Sanders was born July 10, 1919 to the late Ora Mae and Robert I. Darby. She was a homemaker and retired from Martin Manufacturing Company. She was a member of the Hodges Chapel Baptist Church.
A brother, Lonzo Darby and a son-in-law preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband of 65 years, Robert M. Sanders; three daughters, Shirley Copeland, Jimmie Gail Parham and Jean Mitchell, all of Dresden; two sisters, Jessie Hamilton and Pauline Julian of Gleason; a brother, Edward Darby of Camden; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Jessica Lynn Noles
HUNTINGDON: Miss Jessica Lynn Noles, 18, died Thursday, May 30 at the Lexington Methodist Hospital in Lexington from injuries she received in an automobile accident. Memorial services were conducted on Sunday, June 2 at 7:00 p.m. in the Chase Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Terry Poole officiating.
Miss Noles was born July 21, 1983 in Melrose Park, Illinois. She graduated from Huntingdon High School in May 2001 and was a student at the Lexington Vocational School.
Survivors include her mother, Diana Liedke of Huntingdon; her father, Dennis Noles of McKenzie; her maternal grandmother, Henrietta Liedke of Brooksville, Florida; one sister, Jennifer Chesser of McKenzie; one brother, Joshua Noles of Huntingdon and two nieces.

Olivia Beville Chandler
MCKENZIE: Services for Olivia Beville Chandler, 86, will be at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 5 at Brummitt Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Mrs. Chandler died Monday morning, June 3 at Oak Manor Healthcare Center in McKenzie.
She was born January 8, 1916 in McKenzie to the late Callie McCord Beville and George W. Beville. She was a member of the McLemoresville First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Rodney Chandler; a son, Randall Chandler of Germantown; a stepdaughter, Karen Allen of McKenzie; a stepson, Gary Chandler of McKenzie; four grandchildren and three step-great grandchildren. A son, Reichle Chandler preceded her in death.

Williard Edward "Jack" Mebane
JACKSON: Funeral services for Willard Edward "Jack" Mebane, 84, were held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 4 at the North Chapel of George A. Smith and Sons. Burial was in Ridgecrest Cemetery.
Mr. Mebane, a self-employed carpenter, died Sunday, June 2 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. He was born on October 3, 1913 in McKenzie, the son of the late Arvil and Eula Mae Mann Mebane. He was a member of the Campbell Street Church of Christ and a World War II veteran.
Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Louise Cranford Mebane; a daughter, Paulette Pentecost of Bellevue, Nebraska; one son, Kenneth Mebane of Jackson and one grandson.

Carolyn Kemp
HUNTINGDON: Mrs. Carolyn Kemp, 88, widow of Clovis Howard Kemp, a Methodist minister, died Monday, June 3 at Methodist Hospital North in Memphis. Two children survive, Jane McCoy of Huntingdon and Howard Kemp of McCall, Idaho. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced as information becomes available. For more information, call Chase Funeral Home at 986-0500.