All Obituaries

Jeffrey Wayne “Jeff” Johnson, age 50, resident of Somerville, Tennessee, departed this life Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at his residence. Funeral Services for Mr. Johnson will be at 1 P.M. Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at the Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland. Interment will follow in Fayette County Memorial Park. Visitations for Mr. Johnson will be from 6 to 8 P.M. Tuesday, September 24, 2019 and from 12 to 1 P.M. Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at the Peebles West...

Charlotte Elaine Doyle, age 65, resident of Olive Branch, Mississippi and former resident of Somerville and Oakland, Tennessee, departed this life Tuesday evening, September 17, 2019 at Baptist Memorial Hospital – DeSoto in Southaven, Mississippi. A visitation for Miss Doyle will be from 1 to 3 P.M. Sunday, September 22, 2019 at the Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland.  Funeral Services for Miss Doyle will be held at 3 P.M. Sunday, September 22, 2019 at the Peebles West...

Carolyn Poole Tartera, age 84, resident of Bartlett, Tennessee and wife of the late Johnny Angelo Tartera, Sr., departed this life Tuesday morning, September 17, 2019 at King’s Daughters and Sons Home in Bartlett. Memorial Services for Mrs. Tartera will be held at 11 A.M. Saturday, September 21, 2019 at Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland with Father Robbie Favazza, pastor at St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church in Somerville, officiating. Interment will be private. A visitation...

Laura Elizabeth Boswell Winfrey, age 85, resident of Somerville and wife of the late Whitson Wilkinson “Whit” Winfrey, Sr., departed this life Friday, September 13, 2019 at St. Francis Hospital Bartlett after a brief stay. Funeral services for Mrs. Winfrey were held at 11 A.M. Tuesday, September 17, 2019 with Reverend Mike Krech officiating. Interment followed in the Somerville City Cemetery.  Laura Elizabeth was born August 29, 1934 in Moscow, Tennessee, the...

James Calvin Smith, age 83, resident of Eads, Tennessee and husband of Patsy A. Smith, departed this life Thursday morning, September 12, 2019 at his residence. Funeral Services for Mr. Smith were held at 2 P.M. Monday, September 16, 2019 at the Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland with Bro. Eddie Little, pastor of Hickory Withe First Baptist Church, officiating. Interment with Military Honors followed in the Fayette County Memorial Park Cemetery on Highway 64. Arrangements...

Douglas Ray Aubut, age 70, resident of Somerville, Tennessee, departed this life Friday afternoon, August 2, 2019 at his residence. A celebration of life was held at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, September 14, 2019 at Victory Life Church in Somerville with Bro. David Dodd officiating.   Douglas was born November 8, 1948 in Duluth, Minnesota, the son of the late Wilfred and Hazel Aubut. He received his education in Huntington Park, California. Douglas had a personal relationship with...

Esther Marie Nix passed away on Wednesday, September 11, 2019.  She was a devoted wife and mother.  She was also an avid gardener, cook and seamstress.  A Memorial Service for Mrs. Nix was held at 11:30 A.M. Saturday, September 14, 2019 at Idlewild Presbyterian Church in Memphis. Esther was preceded in death by her husband, Horace Nix; her parents, Johnny and Alma Phillips; her sisters, Elizabeth Johnson, Dorothy Grow, Ressie Cronic, Berthie Grammer; and her brother, John...

Patricia Ann Monz, of Moscow, Tennessee, departed this life and went home to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on September 7, 2019. She died at Methodist LeBonheur Germantown Hospital from natural causes. Patricia, “Pat” to her friends and family, was born on August 24, 1948 in South Plainfield, New Jersey to Elsie and Louis Lisko. She was raised in the Catholic Church and received the sacraments of Baptism, First Holy Communion, and Confirmation at Sacred Heart Church in...

Starlon Ray Moorman, age 82, resident of Memphis and husband of Mary Ruth Jackson Moorman, departed this life Thursday afternoon, September 5, 2019 at his residence. Funeral Services for Mr. Moorman were held at 11 A.M. Monday, September 9, 2019 at the Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland with Rev. G.K. Ballard officiating. Interment followed in the Cedar Hill Cemetery at Mason. Arrangements were provided by Peebles Fayette County Funeral Homes & Cremation Center - West Chapel at...

Arthur Junior McElroy, age 73, resident of Rossville, Tennessee and husband of Margaret Adair McElroy, departed this life Thursday morning, August 29, 2019 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Collierville. Funeral Services for Mr. McElroy were held at 2 P.M. Saturday, August 31, 2019 at the Peebles Main Funeral Chapel in Somerville with Bro. Billy Adair, pastor of Morris Chapel Baptist Church in Somerville, officiating. Interment with Military Honors followed in the Somerville City...