Obituaries

OBITUARIES FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2003

 

Joseph Daniel Powers
1984-2003
MILAN:
Services for Joseph Daniel Powers, 19, were at 2:00 p.m., Monday, June 9 at Bodkin Funeral Home. Burial was in Locust Grove Cemetery near Bradford.
Mr. Powers, a construction worker, drowned on Thursday, June 5.
Survivors include his wife, Jamie Powers; a daughter, Julie Powers of Milan; his mother and stepfather, Sarah Powers Miller and Roger Miller of Cedar Grove; his father, Mark Ward of Dresden; two sisters, Jessica Miller and Jennifer Miller, both of Cedar Grove; a brother, Joshua Miller of Cedar Grove; his grandparents, Lee Young of Milan, Marjorie Powers of Milan and Aaron and Joyce Ward of Martin.

George Wesley “John” Anderson
1924-2003
DYERSBURG:
Services for George Wesley “John” Anderson, 78, were at 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 6 in the Curry Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Mac Daniels and C.H. Ricks officiating. Burial was in the Sorrell’s Chapel Cemetery in Dyersburg.
Mr. Anderson, retired supervisor of maintenance at the City Golf course, died on Wednesday, June 4 at his residence.
He was a member of the Evansville Free Holiness and was a World War II U.S. Army veteran and recipient of the Bronze Star.
Survivors include his wife, Rachel Anderson; three daughters, Jeanne Hooper of Trezevant and Judy Thurmond and Sarah Alley, both of Dyersburg; two sons, Johnny Anderson and Wade Anderson, both of Dyersburg; two sisters, Helen Shipley and Myrtle Leitherland, both of Dyersburg; a brother, Logan Anderson of Friendship; fourteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Sarah Bell Doss and Benjamin Jackson Anderson and three sisters, Eliza Spry, Opal Haynes and Minnie Bishop.

Jamie V. Clark
1914-2003
CEDAR GROVE:
Mrs. Jamie V. Clark, 88, died Thursday, June 5 at Life Care Center in Bruceton. Funeral services were conducted on Sunday, June 8 at 2:00 p.m. in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Robert Barger officiating. Interment followed in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Clark was born on October 23, 1914 in Carroll County to the late Tommy and Lula Cobb Thompson. She was a homemaker and a member of the Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Claxton Clark and a daughter, Blondell Sellers.
Survivors include one daughter, Wanda Lou Ward of Memphis; two sons Jerry D. Clark of Cedar Grove and James “Pete” Clark of Bruceton; eight grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Pearl Britton Cooper
1930-2003
MCKENZIE:
Services for Pearl Britton Cooper, 72, were at 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 6 at Brummitt Funeral Home with Bro. Charles Richie and Bro. Dennis Trull officiating. Burial was in Enon Cemetery.
Mrs. Cooper died on Wednesday, June 4 at her home.
She was born September 7, 1930 in McKenzie to the late Ruby Haddock Britton and Ruben Britton. She was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Warren Cooper; a son, Gary Cooper of Crown Point, Indiana; a daughter, Barbara Ann Cooper of Maryville, Indiana; four sisters, Zittie Stafford, Dorothy Britton, Jean Adams and Geneva Horton, all of McKenzie; two grandchildren and one step-grandchild.

Georgia Wynema Daily
1935-2003
CARROLLTON, GEORGIA:
Services for Georgia Wynema Daily, formerly of McKenzie were at 1:00 p.m., Monday, June 9 at Brummitt Funeral Home with Bro. Vance Rushing officiating. Burial was in the Carroll Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Daily died on Saturday, June 7 at Northlake Medical Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
She was born June 11, 1935 in Henderson County to the late Ruby Maness Duke and John Duke.
Survivors include a son, Sam Daily of Carrollton, Georgia; a daughter, Valerie Moore of Carrollton, Georgia; a brother, John Duke of McKenzie; three sisters, Betty Laughlin of McKenzie, Frances Cary of Huntingdon and Geneva Deere of Lexington; and four grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd Daily.

Raymond Lindle Harper
1923-2003
CHARLOTTE:
Michigan: Raymond Lindle Harper, 79, went home to be with the Lord on June 6. He was born in Benton, Kentucky on October 28, 1923, the son of Effie Jane and George Lindle Harper. He was reared in Gleason.
He served in World War II and was in the United States Navy from 1943-1946 on the U.S.S. Amick DE168. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Katie Summers Harper; his parents and two brothers, Paul and James Harper.
He is survived by his wife, Bonita Harper; four children, Brenda Siefert, Ray Harper, Mary Harper, and Geraldine Ziolkowski; three stepchildren, Gary Wright, Brenda Friar, and Teresa Lea. He also had 19 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; four brothers and three sisters, L.C. Harper and William Harper of Paris; Billy Harper and George Harper of McKenzie, Elawease Ellis of Gleason, and Faye Taylor and Shirley Morris of Greenfield.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, June 10 at 1:00 p.m. at Pray Funeral home in Charlotte, Michigan with burial in Mount Hope Cemetery in Lansing, Michigan.

Kendrick Lashawon Medlock
2003
WILDERSVILLE
: Kendrick Lashawon Medlock died on Sunday, June 1 at the Lexington Methodist Hospital. Graveside funeral services were conducted on Wednesday, June 4 at 4:30 p.m. at Parker’s Chapel Cemetery.
Kendrick was born on March 23 in McKenzie.
Survivors include his parents, Baryon Johnson and Tiffany Medlock; two brothers, Kennon Medlock and Kendall Johnson; one sister, Keyonna Johnson, all of Wildersville.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Lee J. Presley
1925-2003
TREZEVANT:
Mr. Lee J. Presley, 78, died on Friday, June 6 at the Huntingdon Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services were conducted on Sunday, June 8 at 2:00 p.m. at Eastview Baptist Church with Brother Johnny Burns officiating. Interment followed in the Carroll Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Presley, the son of the late Varney and Vester Lee Presley, was born on June 1, 1925 in Atwood. He was a retired employee of Carroll Farmers Co-op and a farmer. He was a member of the Eastview Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Bevia Nolen Presley; one stepson, Bobby Stewart of McKenzie; one sister, Imogene Presley of Trezevant; three brothers, Jesse Presley of Huntingdon, Virgil Presley of Ripley and Jerry Presley of McKenzie.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Dorothy Ann Phillips Rogers
1934-2003
MT. JULIET:
Dorothy Ann Phillips Rogers, 68, died on Sunday, June 8. She was a native of Tebbetts, Missouri and a former resident of Carroll County.
Mrs. Rogers was employed by Turner Dairies and was a Pentecostal Sunday School teacher for many years. She was the daughter of the late Clarence and Nellie Gertrude Wittenberger Phillips. A brother, Harold D. Phillips and a sister, Gladys M. Phillips Payne also preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11 at Bond Memorial Chapel in Mt. Juliet with Pastor Butch Martin officiating. Additional services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Friday, June 13 at Tebbetts United Methodist Church in Tebbetts, Missouri with Rev. Larry Sapp officiating. Burial will follow at Riverview Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to each service.
Survivors include two sons, Johnny Lee Byars and Steven Edward Byars, both of Mt. Juliet; a daughter, Kimberly J. Byars of Mt. Juliet; five brothers, Donald L. Phillips, Clarence Phillips, Jr, and James W. Phillips, all of Tebbetts, Missouri, Charles D. Phillips of Defiance, Missouri and Daniel K. Phillips of Jefferson City, Missouri; and three sisters, Betty J. Phillips Smith, Helen F. Phillips and Linda K. Phillips, all of Jefferson City, Missouri.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, Betty Adams, Memorial Chair, 14270 Lebanon Road, Old Hickory, TN 37183 or Tebbetts United Methodist Church.

 
 

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