Obituaries

OBITUARIES FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2002

 

Diane Barker Wall
1953-2002
MCKENZIE:
Services for Diane Barker Wall, 49, were held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, September 13 at the Bodkin Funeral Home in Milan. Burial was in the Poplar Springs Cemetery.
Mrs. Wall, a retired dental assistant, died Wednesday, September 11 at her home.
She was born March 13, 1953 in McKenzie to Sarah Lorene Pratt Barker and the late James Carnell Barker. She was a member of the New Liberty Missionary Baptist Church in Cedar Grove.
Survivors include her husband, Danny Wall; a daughter, Tara Maupin Allen, both of McKenzie; her mother, Lorene Pratt Barker of Trezevant; and two granddaughters, Kodi Warman and Sarah Allen.
Memorials may be sent to the American Heart Association.

Willis Reuben Chandler, Jr.
1943-2002
MCKENZIE:
Services for Willis Reuben Chandler, Jr., 59, will be at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 25 at Brummitt Funeral Home in McKenzie with Bro. Dennis Beal officiating. Burial will follow at Finley Cemetery in McKenzie.
Mr. Chandler, a mechanic, died at his home on Monday, September 23.
He was born August 11, 1943 in McKenzie to the late Sara Grace Huggins and Willis Reuben Chandler, Sr.
Survivors include his wife, Janice Ann Dunlap Chandler, a daughter and son-in-law, Kim and Matthew Chandler and one grandson, Chandler Noah Chapman.
Pallbearers will be Ricky Anderson, Frank Morgan, Donald Trull, Ray Trull, James (Doodle) Pruitt and Bob Brawner.

James Hugh Waldrup
1928-2002
MCKENZIE:
Graveside services for James Hugh Waldrup, 74, were on at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 24, at Shiloh Cemetery in McKenzie with Bro. Vance Rushing officiating.
Mr. Waldrup, retired from the McKenzie Sanitation Department, died on Monday, September 23 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon.
He was born on June 16, 1928 in Paducah to the late Elsie Lee Strout and Bernice Waldrup.
Survivors include three daughters, Betty Moore of Bruceton and Judy Earls and Martha Myers, both of McKenzie; a son, Eddie Waldrup of Hickory, Kentucky; two sisters, Margie Hime and Iva Mae Fuzzell, both of McKenzie, a brother, B.D. Waldrup of McKenzie; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Gracie Lee Buckley
1924-2002
CEDAR GROVE:
Services for Gracie Lee Buckley, 78, were at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 22 at Seats Chapel Holiness Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Buckley, widow of Andie Lee Buckley, died Thursday, September 19, at Methodist Healthcare of Lexington.
Survivors include four daughters, Margaret Browning of Cedar Grove, Ilean Weathers of Huntingdon, and Evelyn Parker and Marcella Henry, both of Lexington; two sons, Wayne Buckley and James Buckley, both of Cedar Grove; two sisters, Verda Mae Williams of Cedar Grove and Irene Johnson of Benton Harbor, Michigan; and three brothers, Leon Seats and Lue Seats, both of Cedar Grove and Floyd Seats of Benton Harbor, Michigan.
Stephenson-Shaw Funeral Home of Lexington was in charge of the arrangements.

Kenneth Jay Holland
1971-2002
ATWOOD:
Services for Kenneth Jay Holland, 31, were held a 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 22 at Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home. Burial followed in House Cemetery in Atwood.
Mr. Holland, a truck driver, died Friday, September 20 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. His father, Horace G. Holland preceded him in death.
Survivors include his mother, Frances Holland of Lavinia; one daughter, Kimberly Dianne Holland of Bradford; one son, Kenneth J. Holland, Jr. of Bradford; two sisters, Belinda Gay Mealer of Gadsden and Melissa Gail Moore of Leach; two brothers, Denis Ray Holland of Trezevant and Gaylon Dale Holland of Milan and his grandmother, Nannie Fay Buckingham of Humboldt.

Leatrice C. Jenkins
1923-2002
GREENFIELD:
Services for Leatrice C. Jenkins, 79, were at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, September 21 at Williams Funeral Home with burial in Hornbeak Cemetery.
Mrs. Jenkins died Wednesday, September 18.
Survivors include a daughter, Marie Hutcherson; two sons, Jack Jenkins and Kenneth Jenkins; two brothers, Billy Lon Cantrell and Bobby Fon Cantrell and a sister, Lou Nell Cochran.

Glenn Dale Crider
1954-2002
HUNTINGDON:
Mr. Glenn Dale Crider, 48, died Thursday, September 19 at his home. Funeral services were conducted on Sunday, September 22 in the Chase Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Joe Abbott officiating. Entombment followed in the Carroll Mausoleum.
Mr. Crider was born February 17, 1954 in Carroll County. He was a member of the Marlboro Church of Christ and a carpenter. His father, Hubert O. Crider; two brothers, Joe Crider and Justin Lee Crider; one daughter, Velma Larue Patterson and one stepson, Michael Ray Pruett preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Gloria Beaird Crider; his mother, Viola Byford Crider of Hollow Rock; one stepdaughter, Michelle Pruett Baker of Bruceton; one stepson, Billy Pruett of Cedar Grove; six sisters, Kathy Russell of Bruceton, and Mae Shelby, Dora Dobson, Margie Bridges, Estelle Glisson, and Wanda Hardin, all of Hollow Rock; three brothers, Hubert O. Crider, Jr., James Harold Crider and Paul Crider, all of Hollow Rock and one step-grandson, Dakota Joseph Baker.

Lawrence Woodrow "Shorty" Grooms
1918-2002
HUNTINGDON:
Mr. Lawrence Woodrow "Shorty" Grooms, 84, died on Saturday, September 21 at his home. Funeral services were conducted at 11:00 a.m., Monday, September 23 in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Scott Carter officiating. Interment followed in Hebron Cemetery.
Mr. Grooms was born August 15, 1918 in Carroll County to the late Tom and Ollie Dickerson Grooms. He was a retired owner of Grooms Brothers Well Drilling and a World War II army veteran. His first wife, Aline Bond Grooms, a brother, Edgia Grooms and a sister, Lee Kosovac preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Lillie Grooms; one daughter, Carolyn Grooms Patton of Bartlett; two brothers, Richard Grooms of Paducah, Kentucky and Gordon Grooms of Bruceton; five sisters, Rena Houston of Madison Heights, Michigan, Veron Obrecht of Lacanto, Florida, Nina Smithson of Nashville, Dora Jean Holland of Camden and Alva Melton of Camden; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Shirley Ann Savage Krezinski King
1949-2002
MCKENZIE:
Mrs. Shirley Ann Savage Krezinski King, 53, died Friday, September 20 at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 22 in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Bobby Mann officiating. Interment followed in the New Hope Cemetery.
Mrs. Krezinski was born July 11, 1949, in Carroll County to the late Marshall and Myrtle Haywood King. She was a homemaker and a member of the Assembly of God Church.
Survivors include Joe Savage and Mike Krezinski, both of McKenzie; one daughter, Kristy Lynn Krezinski of McKenzie; one son, Christopher Joe Savage of McKenzie; and two sisters, Sue Prince of McKenzie and Patsy Hodge of Bruceton.

Cathy Odle
1946-2002
HUNTINGDON:
Mrs. Cathy Odle, 56, died on Friday, September 20 at the West Tennessee Skilled Nursing Facility. Funeral services were conducted on Sunday, September 22 at the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Kenneth Stapleton officiating. Interment followed at Davis Chapel Cemetery.
Mrs. Odle was born January 8, 1946 in Carroll County to the late Frank and Odie Ritter Hodge. She was a CNA nurse at the Huntingdon Health & Rehab Center. Her husband, Kermit Odle and a granddaughter, Katie Odle, preceded her in death.
Survivors include two sons, Brian Odle of Kingsport and Chad Odle of Jackson and two sisters, Myrtle Davis of Holladay and Kay Kelly of Jackson.

Edward Everett "Buddy" Pace
1926-2002
HUNTINGDON:
Mr. Edward Everett "Buddy" Pace, Jr., 76, died on Monday, September 23 at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete at press time.
Dilday Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

 
 
      

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