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Vivian Yelverton Finch
An esteemed teacher and citizen, Vivian Yelverton Finch
of East Main Street, Huntingdon died Saturday, November
23, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis. She was
preceded in death by her husband, John Edward Finch in
1987. She is survived by her three children, Carol Finch
Gooch of McKenzie, John E. Finch, II of Kalispell,
Montana and Janet Finch Milinet of Germantown. She is
also survived by four grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Finch was born in Faro, North Caroline to David
Archie and Mattie Hunt Yelverton. She earned an
undergraduate degree from East Carolina University and
later a Masters’ Degree from Memphis State University. A
firm believer in the value and importance of a good
education, she took additional courses at Bethel
College, Jackson State Community College and the
University of Tennessee at Martin.
Upon arriving in Huntingdon in the late 1940’s, she
began a long and distinguished teaching career in the
Huntingdon Special School District. For over three
decades, she enthusiastically taught a variety of high
school business and science courses, including biology,
chemistry and physics. Her former students include
innumerable healthcare providers, attorneys, engineers,
educators, and other professionals, many of whom credit
her for inspiring their academic and professional
achievement. Her contribution to the education of the
citizens of Huntingdon is without measure.
A woman of sterling character, Mrs. Finch was known to
all in Huntingdon and to many in West Tennessee and
beyond. As a firm believer in the virtue of education,
she frequently advised her students to get all the
education they could. She assured them that education
was the key to their future. She was devoted to her
family and committed to their education, working two
jobs to put her children through college. In addition to
teaching, she also worked for over thirty years as a
bookkeeper at Wilson’s Clinic and later at the R.B.
Wilson Medical Center of Baptist Memorial Hospital in
Huntingdon.
Notwithstanding her busy work schedule, Mrs. Finch found
time for many community activities. She was a member of
the First United Methodist Church of Huntingdon and the
Booklover’s Club at the time of her death. In years’
past, she had also been very involved with the Women’s
Club, the Business and Professional Women’s Club and
Delta Kappa Gamma Professional Society.
She was an extraordinary and respected citizen, teacher,
guide, mother and friend. We shall miss her terribly,
but her legacy lives on with her family and the
thousands of lives she touched with her teaching skills.
Services will be Wednesday, November 27 at 1:00 p.m. at
the Huntingdon First United Methodist Church with Dr.
Mickey Carpenter and Dr. William Bailey officiating.
Interment will be at Hopewell Cemetery near Gleason.
Dilday Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Pallbearers for the service are Dr. Jerry Atkins, Sam
Bailey, Steve Barnett, Richard Gooch, Mayor Dale Kelley,
Johnny Radford, Vince Taylor and Gene Thomas. Honorary
pallbearers are Dr. Howard Johns and Frank Taylor.
Franklin Howell
1916-2002
MCKENZIE: Funeral services for Franklin Howell, 86,
were Saturday, November 23 at 2:00 p.m. at Brummitt
Funeral Home in McKenzie with burial following in the
Mt. Olivet Cemetery in McKenzie.
Mr. Howell, former owner of Quality Cleaners, died on
Thursday morning, November 21 at Methodist Healthcare
Center in McKenzie.
He was born on June 21, 1916, the son of the late John
William Howell and Bertie Lankford Howell.
He was a member of the VFW, former member of the Rotary
Club, past president of the Chamber of Commerce,
McKenzie Board of Education, American Legion, and
Trustee of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, McKenzie
where he served as Sunday School Superintendent, Deacon
and Elder. He also served in the United States Army
during World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Terry Howell; two
sons, Terry Howell of McKenzie and Jim Howell of Beech
Bluff; a daughter, Jane Christopher of Frankfort,
Kentucky, six grandchildren, Elizabeth Howard, John
David Thompson, Amy Howell, John Craig Howell, Evan
Howell, and Meredith Howell and two great-grandchildren,
Rachel Howard and Joseph Howard.
Leanetta A. Berry
1920-2002
HUNTINGDON: Funeral services for Mrs. Leanetta A.
Berry, 82, were on Tuesday, November 26 at 1:00 p.m. at
Mount Ararat Baptist Church in Trezevant with burial
immediately following in the Mt. Ararat Cemetery.
Survivors include one daughter, Mae Thelma Berry of
Huntingdon.
Rawls Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
J.L. Fletcher
1926-2002
BRUCETON: Services for J.L. Fletcher, 76, formerly
of Dyer were held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 23 at
Karnes & Son Chapel with burial in Oakwood Cemetery in
Dyer. Mr. Fletcher, retired from Brown Shoe, died on
Thursday, November 21, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in
Huntingdon.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Fletcher of Bruceton; a
daughter, Linda Smith of Humboldt; a sister, Vivian
Russell of Dyer; two grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Carl Franklin Hudgins
1941-2002
MILAN: Carl Hudgins, 61, passed away at Milan
General Hospital. He was employed by Glenn Smith
Construction. Carl is survived by a wife, Mary Frances
Hudgins; two sons, Carlos Rae and Tommy Hudgins and one
daughter, Suzie Hudgins Webb, all of Milan; two
surviving sisters, Cathy Parrish and Martha Umstead; one
brother, David Hudgins; and three granddaughters.
Services were held for the immediate family only. The
body was cremated. The family requests any memorials be
sent to Enon Baptist Church in McKenzie.
Ed Morgan
1927-2002
BRUCETON: Services for Ed Morgan, 75, were at 1:00
p.m. on Saturday, November 23 at Hebron Methodist Church
near Bruceton with the Rev. Lloyd Rich officiating.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
Mr. Morgan, a retired farmer, died Thursday, November 21
at Life Care Center in Bruceton.
He was born May 27, 1927 in Trenton to the late John
Alfred Morgan and Mattie Lee Russell Morgan. He was a
World War II veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Survivors include his wife, Kathryn Morgan of Bruceton;
one daughter, Mattie Morgan of McKenzie; one son, Larry
Morgan of Bruceton; sisters, Mary Morgan of Eaton and
Judy Williams of Romulus, Michigan; one brother, James
Morgan of Milan; six grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
Bruceton Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
William Thomas “Tommy” Rayburn, Jr.
1952-2002
New Market: William Thomas Rayburn, Jr., 50, passed
away on Friday, November 22 in Crossville from results
of a truck accident. He was of the Baptist faith, a
former employee of Asarco with 28 years of services and
was presently employed by Merita Bakery Company.
Funeral services were at 8:00 p.m., Monday, November 25
in Fielden Chapel with the Rev. Charles Courtney
officiating. A graveside service was held at Jefferson
Memorial Garden at 10:00 a.m., November 26.
Survivors include his wife, Sherry Ivy Rayburn of New
Market; a daughter, Amy Elizabeth Rayburn of Jefferson
City; a son, Steven Thomas Rayburn of Knoxville; a
granddaughter, Lyndsey Drew Rayburn of Virginia; a
grandson, Kal-El Thomas Rayburn of Jefferson City;
parents, Fannie and Autis Langley of McKenzie; a sister,
Sharon Rose Burnett of Knoxville, three brothers, Larry
Dale Rayburn of Knoxville, Kenneth Wayne Rayburn and
Gary Wayne Langley, both of McKenzie, several nieces and
nephews.
Hester Inez Irby
1914-2002
MCKENZIE: Services for Hester Inez Irby, 88, were at
Brummitt Funeral Home with Johnny Wall and Robert
Simmons officiating. Burial followed in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
Mrs. Irby, a retired seamstress, died on Friday,
November 22 at Baptist Hospital in Union City.
She was born March 28, 1914 in Yuma to the late Mary
Gooch Morris and Eugene Morris. She was a member of the
New Bethel Baptist Church in Henry.
Survivors include a sister, Bonnie M. Lawrence of
McKenzie and one brother, John Morris of McKenzie.
Her husband, James Irby, preceded her in death.
Alvis R. Fowler
1934-2002
MCKENZIE: Funeral services for Alvis R. Fowler, 68,
were held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, November 24 at Enon
Baptist Church with Bro. Dennis Beal and Bro. Ray Forest
officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
Mr. Fowler, a hospital maintenance person at Barnes
Hospital in St. Louis for 40 years, died on Thursday,
November 21 at Methodist LeBonheur Hospital in Jackson.
He was born September 4, 1934 in Camden to the late Viva
Anderson Fowler and Lowell Fowler. He was a member of
Enon Baptist Church and a Mason.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby Birmingham Fowler; two
daughters, Judy Carol Rye and Jill Ann Baker, both of
McKenzie; two brothers, Vernice Fowler of Sturgeon,
Missouri and Billy Joe Fowler of McKenzie; three
sisters, Dorothy Chandler and Ernestine Bunyard, both of
McKenzie and Linda Sue Garner of Greenfield and four
grandchildren.
Brummitt Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Joe F. Corlew
1919-2002
BRUCETON: Services for Joe F. Corlew, 83, retired
Bruceton Postmaster, were at 2:00 p.m., Friday, November
22 at Bruceton Methodist Church with the Rev. Steve
Whitworth officiating. Burial was in the Prospect
Cemetery in Hollow Rock.
Mr. Corlew died on Tuesday, November 19 at Baptist
Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon.
He was born January 11, 1919 in Martin to the late
Dexter Guy Corlew and Tommie Hazel Brooks Corlew. He was
a member and past chairman of the Board of Trustees at
Bruceton First United Methodist Church. He served his
country during World War II with U.S. Army Air Corps
460th Bomb Squadron in Italy. He was a magistrate (now
county commissioner) for 18 years, past master of the
Bruceton Masonic Lodge 731, a member and past Worthy
Patron of Bruceton Order of the Eastern Star Adah
Chapter 314, Memphis Scottish Rite and the Carroll
County Democratic Executive Committee.
His wife, Lounita Corlew preceded him in death.
Survivors include two daughters, Kay Corlew of
Hendersonville and Joanne Walker of Cleveland; two
sisters, Sue Horton of Clarksdale, Mississippi and Jean
Johnson of Amarillo, Texas and three grandchildren.
Thomas Harold Hunley
1927-2002
CEDAR GROVE: Mr. Thomas Harold Hunley, 75, died on
Tuesday, November 19 at the Huntingdon Health and
Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services were conducted
on Thursday, November 21 at the Dilday Funeral Home
Chapel with Brother Bill Crossno officiating. Interment
followed in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Hunley was born on April 16, 1927 in Carroll County
to the late James Dewey and Mae Carnell Hunley. He was a
retired employee of Griffin and Powell Monument Works
and a member of the Hickory Plains Church of Christ. Two
sons, Stevie Walls and Mark Walls and two brothers,
Cecil Hunley and Paul Hunley preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Ludie Hunley; four
daughters, Shirley Wilson of Huntingdon, Judy Cole and
Patricia Hunley, both of Cedar Grove and Donna Moody of
Lexington; four sons, Harold Hunley of Bruceton, James
Hunley of Huntingdon, Tony Hunley of Clarksburg and
Donnie Hunley of Camden; two sisters, Gladys Collins of
Cedar Grove and Betty Denninson of Harts, Michigan; 22
grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Michael Dale Ellis
1955-2002
MCKENZIE: Mr. Michael Dale Ellis, 47, died on
Saturday, November 23 at the Methodist Hospital in
McKenzie. Funeral services were conducted on Monday,
November 25 at 2:00 p.m. in the Dilday Funeral Home
Chapel with Brother Lynn Stapleton and Johnny Boyd
officiating. Interment followed in the New Hope Cemetery
near Yuma.
Mr. Ellis was born November 13, 1955 in Carroll County.
He was owner of Ellis Roofing Company, was a member of
the Baptist Church, the Volunteer Crappie Club and Coon
Hunters Association.
Survivors include his wife, Melissa Kaye Ellis, his
former wife, Ann Ellis; one daughter, Brandi Nicole
Ellis of McKenzie; two stepsons, Kevin McMackin and
Michael Paul McMackin, both of Bruceton; one
stepdaughter, Stephanie Dawn McMackin of McKenzie; his
parents, Roy Junior and Dorothy Horn Ellis of Yuma; two
brothers, Darrell Ellis of Westport and David Ellis of
New Johnsonville; one granddaughter; and six
step-grandchildren.
Venara Rogers Ashby
1913-2002
HUNTINGDON: Mrs. Venara Rogers Ashby, 89, died on
Saturday, November 23 at the Life Care Center in
Bruceton. Funeral services were conducted on Monday,
November 25 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chase Funeral Home
Chapel with Bro. Roger Ellis and Bro. William Fowler
officiating. Interment followed in the Oak Grove
Cemetery.
Mrs. Ashby was born February 15, 1913 in Dollar to the
late Clint and Lela Horn Rogers. She was a retired shirt
presser for Publix Shirt Corporation and did volunteer
work for the Life Care Center in Bruceton for 14 years
after she retired. She also was a member of the Humbles
Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Her husband, Aulie
Ashby, who died on January 5, 1978; two brothers, Leslie
Rogers and Onas Rogers and three sisters, Mae Ellis,
Allie Higdon and Ruby Christian McKenzie also preceded
her in death.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
Claudie B. Davis
1928-2002
HUNTINGDON: Mr. Claudie B. Davis, 74, died on
Thursday, November 21 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted on Saturday, November 23
at 12:00 noon in the Chase Funeral Home Chapel with Bro.
Steve Martin and Bro. Darren Larkin officiating.
Interment followed in the Oak Grove Cemetery near
Parsons.
Mr. Davis was born June 26, 1928 in Lexington to the
late Will and Fannie Shackleford Davis. He was a retired
captain of the Huntingdon Fire Department, a Korean army
veteran, member of the First Assembly of God Church in
McKenzie and a member of the Huntingdon Lodge #106 of
F&AM, where he was a 32nd degree Mason. He also helped
to start the Carroll County Rescue Squad. Three
brothers, Ethridge Davis, Fred Davis and Coy Davis also
preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Willodean Patterson Davis,
who he married on November 1, 1953, two daughters, Sue
Stockdale of Hollow Rock and Dorothy Lewis of Westport;
one son, Jimmy Davis of Huntingdon; one sister, Estelle
Scott of Lexington; one brother, Cleavie Davis of
Huntingdon; eight grandchildren and ten
great-grandchildren.
Lisa Ann Wilson
1968-2002
HUNTINGDON: Mrs. Lisa Ann Wilson, 34, died on
Wednesday, November 20 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted on Friday, November 22
in the Chase Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Fred Ward
officiating. Interment followed in the Jamison Cemetery.
Mrs. Wilson was born April 22, 1968 in Carroll County.
She was a certified nursing assistant and attended Oak
Grove Congregational Methodist Church. Her father,
William Hardy Hester preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband, Jeffrey W. Wilson and her
mother and stepfather, Kathy Lynn Rich and Randy B.
Rich.
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