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Mable Inez Woodruff
1913-2003
GLEASON: Services for Mrs. Mable Inez Woodruff, 89,
were Tuesday, June 24 at 2:00 p.m. at the Gallimore
Funeral Home with Bro. Steve Boone officiating. Burial
was in the New Hope Cemetery.
Mrs. Woodruff, widow of Blaine Woodruff, died on
Saturday, June 21 at Jackson-Madison County General
Hospital.
She was born on September 6, 1913 in Hollow Rock to the
late Aaron and Irene Crews Hudson. She was a member of
the Gleason Church of Christ.
Survivors include a daughter, Carolyn Woodruff of
Gleason.Otis Bateman
1913-2003
MCKENZIE: Funeral services for Otis Bateman, 89,
were held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 20 at Brummitt
Funeral Home with Rev. Glen Cooley officiating. Burial
was in the Trezevant Cemetery. Mr. Bateman was a member
of the Liberty Hills Baptist Church. Mr. Bateman died on
Wednesday, June 18 at McKenzie Regional Hospital.
Mr. Bateman was preceded in death by a daughter,
Patricia, a son, Billy, his first wife, Eva Mae and
second wife Mary D. Bateman.
Survivors include daughters, Carolyn Diaz, Linda Faye
Williams and Barbara Garner, a son, Truman Bateman; 12
grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, a sister, O’Grady
Day and a brother, Oline Bateman.
Lottie Bratton
1913-2003
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA: Mrs. Lottie Bratton, 89,
formerly of McKenzie, died on Thursday, June 12 at the
Mercy San Juan Hospital in California. Funeral services
were conducted on Thursday, June 19 at 11:00 a.m. in the
Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Johnny Burns
officiating. Interment followed in the Chapel Hill
Cemetery.
Mrs. Bratton was born on July 31, 1913 to the late Silas
David Hampton and Vinny Hicks Lindsey. She was preceded
in death by her husband, Luther Newton Bratton and two
brothers, Olive Cleo Lindsey and William Audrey Lindsey.
She was a homemaker and an avid traveler who enjoyed a
full and active life.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth
J. and Bettie Bratton of Sacramento, California; two
grandchildren, Virginia Elaine Bratton Edwards and
Michael Alan Bratton; four great-grandchildren, Matthew
Edwards, Erin Edwards, Kirk Bratton and Amber Bratton
and several nieces and nephews.
Ruth Woodard Fry
1913-2003
CEDAR GROVE: Mrs. Ruth Woodard Fry, 89, died on
Saturday, June 21 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday, June 24 at
2:00 p.m. in the Chase Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Ed
Glover officiating. Interment followed in the Leach
Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery.
Mrs. Fry was born on September 16, 1913 in Carroll
County to the late Uris and Ophelia Montgomery Woodard.
She was a retired factory worker for Brown Shoe Company
and a member of the Hickory Plains Church of Christ. She
was also preceded in death by her first husband Taft
Fry, second husband Wapco West and two sisters, Nell
Gentry and Opal Howley.
Survivors include one daughter, Shelva Arnold of
Nashville; one son, Travis Fry of Marion, South
Carolina; two stepsons, Jimmy West of Troy and Ronald
West of Cedar Grove; three sisters, Edith Rigsby of
Portales, New Mexico, Lucille Fry of Milton-Freewater,
Oregon and Johnnie B. Kelly of Cedar Grove; five
grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and three
great-great grandchildren.
Alfred Curtis “A.C.” Hardy
1921-2003
MCLEMORESVILLE: Mr. Alfred Curtis “A.C.” Hardy, 82,
died on Tuesday, June 17 at the Baptist Memorial
Hospital in Huntingdon. Funeral services were conducted
on Thursday, June 19, at 1:00 p.m. in the Chase Funeral
Home Chapel with Bro. Ron Cox officiating. Interment
followed in the Obion Chapel Cemetery.
Mr. Hardy was born February 12, 1921 in Bemis to the
late William Atkins and Grace Anna Garrett Hardy. He was
a member of the VFW Post 1889 of Paris. He had retired
from the Milan Arsenal as a boiler fireman and also
retired from the United States Air Force after 24 years
of active service. During his first six years of his
military career, he was in the navy and was a World War
II naval veteran. He was also preceded in death by his
wife Nitta Hashimoto Hardy, who died January 4, 1995;
one sister, Mary Carroll, two brothers, Kelly Hardy and
Jim Hardy and one granddaughter, Rene Stone.
Survivors include one daughter, Grace Stone of
McLemoresville; one son, William Hardy of McKenzie,
three grandchildren and two great-grandsons.
Earl Wayne King
1926-2003
LAVINIA: Services for Earl Wayne King, 76, were at
12:00 p.m. Friday, June 20 at Bodkin Funeral Home in
Milan with burial in the Hopewell Cemetery.
Mr. King, a retired Milan Arsenal employee, died on
Monday, June 16 at NHC Healthcare in Milan.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Lavinia.
Survivors include his wife, Rebecca King; two daughters,
Wanda Lynn King Strickland of Senatobia, Mississippi and
Kimberly King Tharp of Lavinia; three sons, Randall
Wayne King of Dalton, Georgia, Donald Wayne King of
Atwood, and Johnny Clyde King of Copperas Cove, Texas;
one brother, Rev. Dearled King of Milan; ten
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the American Parkinson’s
Disease Association.
Clara M. McKee
1919-2003
CEDAR GROVE: Services for Mrs. Clara M. McKee, 84,
were Sunday, June 22 at 4:00 p.m. at Reed’s Chapel in
Lexington with John Mustain officiating. Burial followed
in the Bargerton Church of Christ Cemetery. Mrs. McKee
died June 20 at her home.
Mrs. McKee is survived by five daughters, Sandra Kay
Morris, Marcia McNatt, Melda Mills, all of Lexington,
Robbie Morrissett of Cedar Grove and Reba Pruitt of
Wildersville; one son, Jerry McKee of Lexington; two
sisters, Edna Peterson and Dorothy Perry, both of Yuma;
one brother, Howell Pendergrass of Yuma; thirteen
grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert L.
McKee and one daughter, Mary Patterson.
Mattie Enzor
1902-2003
ATWOOD: Services for Mattie Enzor, 100, were held at
2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 22 at First United Methodist
Church with burial in the Pisgah Cemetery.
Mrs. Enzor died on Friday, June 20 at Covington Care
Center.
She was born on August 22, 1902 to the late Milton and
Elnora Walker Mann. She was a member of the First United
Methodist Church in Atwood.
Survivors include three daughters, Louise Daniels and
Rachel Fuller, both of Atwood and Naomi McDade of
Covington; one son, William Bryan Enzor of Covington;
one sister, Flossie Cook of Atwood; 10 grandchildren; 21
great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years,
Charlie Enzor.
The family requests memorials be directed to either the
First United Methodist Church in Atwood or the First
United Methodist Church of Covington.
Bodkin Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Billie Reba Nolen
1927-2003
EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS: Billie Reba Nolen, 76, died
on Thursday, June 19 at Manorcare at Riverview in East
Peoria. Funeral services were at 10:00 a.m., Monday,
June 23 at Remmert Funeral Home in East Peoria with the
Rev. Gary England officiating. Burial was in the Roberts
Cemetery in Morton, Illinois.
She was born January 17, 1927 in Benton County to
Graydon B. and Velma A. Jordan Odle. She married Vibert
H. Nolen in Corinth, Mississippi on June 29, 1946. He
died in Peoria on October 12, 1990.
She worked in food service at Caterpillar, Inc. and
retired in 1981. She volunteered at OSF St. Francis
Medical Center in Peoria from 1990 until 2003. She was a
member of the Richland Southern Baptist Church in East
Peoria.
Survivors include one daughter, Dawn M. Bender of Worth,
Illinois; one sister, Sue Ann Lewis of Yuma and several
nieces and nephews.
Bennie Mae Thomas
1907-2003
ATWOOD: Services for Bennie Mae Thomas, 95, were at
2:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 18 at Bodkin Funeral Home
with burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Lexington.
She was the widow of B.F. “Buck” Thomas and was also
preceded in death by a daughter, Clara Wyer.
Mrs. Thomas died Saturday, June 14 at Douglas Nursing
Home. She was a member of the Howse Baptist Church in
Atwood.
Survivors include a son, Finis Thomas of Atwood; three
daughters, Lavern Eason of Lexington, Mary Butler of
Horn Lake, Mississippi and Geninda Speer of Atwood;
sixteen grandchildren, twenty-seven great-grandchildren
and eight great-great grandchildren.
Annie B. McCartney
1911-2003
GLEASON: Services for Annie B. McCartney, 92, were
at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 19 at Gallimore Funeral
Home with Bro. Jim Roberts and Bro. Kenneth Edwards
officiating. Burial was in Pleasant View Cemetery.
Mrs. McCartney died Tuesday, June 17 at her home.
She was born March 2, 1911 in Fairview to the late Ervin
Luther and Lena McPherson. She was a member of the
McKenzie Church of Christ.
Survivors include three daughters, Mona Lue Holt and
Wanda Lue Laster, both of Bradford and Violet Jeanette
Clark of Gleason; a son, J.B. McCartney of Trenton; a
brother, Leon Billops of Humboldt; four sisters, Reathie
Ramsey and Anie May Billops, both of Humboldt, Mary Mat
Altman of Union City and Edna Lee McCartney of Bradford;
six grandchildren and one step-grandchild; seventeen
great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Harold McCartney;
two sisters, Aultie Nails and Lallie Neil and a brother,
Bobby Billops.
Kathy H. Townsend
1955-2003
PARIS: Services for Kathy Heath Townsend were at
2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 22 at the First Baptist Church
where she was a member, with Bro. Jerry W. Massey
officiating. Burial was in Memorial Cemetery.
Mrs. Townsend, 48, died Wednesday, June 18 at Methodist
Central Hospital in Memphis following a stroke.
Born in Paris on May 2, 1955, she was the daughter of
Aline Henderson Burnette of Paris and the late Floyd E.
Burnette, Sr.
She was married on March 28, 1992 to Chris Townsend, who
survives.
Mrs. Townsend received a bachelor’s degree in nursing in
1982 from Murray State University. She was a former
teacher in the Neese Technology Center nursing program
where she was serving on the licensed practical nurse
advisory board at the time of her death.
As a former director of nursing at Methodist Hospital in
McKenzie, she received the Continuous Improvement
Process Team Leader Award from Methodist Health Systems
in 1995. She also formerly worked for HCMC Home Health.
At her death, she was the nursing director of surgical
services at HCMC, where she had worked for seven years.
She was also the 2001 Department Manager of the Year at
HCMC. Mrs. Townsend was a member of the Tennessee
Organization of Nurse Executives and Sigma Theta Tau
honor society of nursing.
She received the 1996 Carroll County Leadership Award
and the Alumnus of the Year Award in 1995 from Neese
Technology.
In addition to her husband and mother, she leaves two
daughters, Holly Heath and Hailey Townsend, both of
Paris; one son, Taylor Townsend of Paris; four sisters,
Sue Madden, Pat Jackson and Judy Corwyn, all of Paris
and Nelda Adkins of Springville; one brother, Raythel
Burnette of North Carolina.
She was also preceded in death by twin children, Matthew
and Megan Heath; two brothers, Floyd E. Burnette, Jr.
and Jimmy Burnette.
Donations may be made to the Kathy Townsend Memorial
Scholarship, c/o Henry County Medical Center, Attn:
Nursing Administration, 301 Tyson Avenue, Paris. The
fund is intended for a nursing student at Murray State
University, who is seeking to become a registered nurse.
Donations may also be made to the Neese Technology
Center, Attn: Patsy Howard, 312 S. Wilson Street, Paris.
Funds are meant to help a Henry County nursing student.
Alean Argo
1914-2003
MCKENZIE: Services for Alene Argo, 88, were at 11:00
a.m., Tuesday, June 24 at the McKenzie Church of Christ
with Bro. John Forgy and Bro. Kenneth Edwards
officiating. Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Mrs. Argo died Sunday, June 22 at McKenzie Regional
Hospital.
She was born July 20, 1914 in Mississippi to the late
Mattie Thomas and Obe Thomas. She was a member of the
McKenzie Church of Christ.
Survivors include her husband, Lindell Argo, a son,
Charles (Catherine) Argo of McKenzie; a daughter, Joan
(Bill) Brown of McKenzie; a niece, Evelyn Vawter of
McKenzie; three grandsons, Mike Brown, Ellen Argo and
Susan A. Reynolds and three great-grandchildren, Chad
Brown, Beau Brown, and Drew Brown.
Preceding her in death were two brothers, Arzo and Gene
Thomas and two sisters, Verdie Hollowell and Ester
Beasley.
Brummitt Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Barton Mebane Hayes
1938-2003
NASHVILLE:A Mr. Barton Mebane Hayes, formerly of
Huntingdon, died on Sunday, June 22 at his home. Funeral
services will be conducted on Wednesday, June 25 at
11:00 a.m. in the Dilday Funeral Home Chapel with Bro.
William P. Bailey officiating. Interment will follow in
the Carroll Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Hayes, 64, was born November 15, 1938 in Huntingdon
to the late Harold and Elenor Mebane Hayes. He was a
retired pharmacist for Kmart Pharmacy.
Survivors include one daughter, Janet Davis, one son,
Alan Barton Hayes, both of Johnson City; one sister,
Karon Clark of Memphis and three grandchildren.
Bobby Gene McGuire
1937-2003
HUNTINGDON: Mr. Bobby Gene McGuire, 65, died
Saturday, June 21 in Newton, Iowa. Funeral services will
be conducted on Wednesday, June 25 at 10:00 a.m. in the
Chase Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. David Mackens and
Bro. Terry Bradshaw officiating. Interment will follow
in the Carroll Memorial Gardens.
Mr. McGuire was born October 9, 1937 in Kellyville,
Oklahoma. He was a retired conductor for CSX Railroad
Company, an army veteran, and a Methodist by belief. His
father, Leon McGuire preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Martha Walton
McGuire, his mother Denzyl McGuire of Depew, Oklahoma;
one daughter, Marty French of Bruceton; two sons, Jerry
McGuire of Bruceton and Larry McGuire of Cumberland
Furnace; one sister, Trela McKinzie of Depew, Oklahoma;
two brothers, Leon McGuire of Kellyville, Oklahoma and
Richard McGuire of Sapulpa, Oklahoma; five grandchildren
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