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Fayette County, TN Obituaries

Local obituaries for Somerville, TN. and surrounding areas

Melvin Eugene Jackson

Melvin Eugene Jackson

May 5, 2008

MELVIN EUGENE "GENE" JACKSON, lifelong resident of Mason, TN, retired long distance truck operator, U.S. Army Veteran and husband of Thelma Watson Jackson, died at 3:25 A.M. Monday, May 5, 2008 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. He was 59 years of age and died following an extended illness. Funeral services for Mr. Jackson were conducted at 2...

Lena Katherine Morgan Paradise

Lena Katherine Morgan Paradise

Apr 28, 2008

LENA KATHERINE MORGAN PARADISE, resident of the Macon Community in Fayette County and wife of the late Clifford M. Paradise, died at 8 A.M. Monday, April 28, 2008 at her residence on Hwy. 193. She was 88 years of age and died following an extended illness. Funeral services for Mrs. Paradise were conducted at 1 P.M. Wednesday April 30th...

Elizabeth McLendon Wood

Elizabeth McLendon Wood

Apr 28, 2008

ELIZABETH "LIZ" McLENDON WOOD, resident of the Pickwick Lake area, nd former resident of Memphis and retired Realtor and Broker, died at 6 P.M. Monday, April 28, 2008, at the National Healthcare Center in Somerville where she had been a resident for two weeks. She was 81 years of age and died following a six week illness. Funeral services...

Florence Elizabeth Murphy Byrd

Florence Elizabeth Murphy Byrd

Apr 28, 2008

FLORENCE MURPHY BYRD, (affectionately known as "Mama Byrd") of Hickory Withe, TN, formerly of Joiner, AR went to be with the Lord at 4:30 P.M. Monday, April 28, 2008 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. She was 88 years of age and died following a five day illness. Homecoming services were celebrated at 11 A.M. Friday, May 2nd...

Ellen Elizabeth Mooneyhan

Ellen Elizabeth Mooneyhan

Apr 28, 2008

Ellen Elizabeth "Bettye" Fly Mooneyhan, a resident of Moscow and wife of Harold L. Mooneyhan, died at 1 P.M. Monday, April 28, 2008, at her residence on Amy Street. She was 82 years of age and died following an extended illness. Funeral services for Mrs. Mooneyhan were conducted at 11 A.M. Thursday at the Peebles Main Funeral Chapel in...

Reuben Scott Rhea, Sr.

Reuben Scott Rhea, Sr.

Apr 26, 2008

Reuben Scott "Rube" Rhea, Sr., 81, lifelong resident of the Somerville Community, owner of Rhea Oil Co. for forty-three years before his retirement and World War II Air Force Veteran, died Saturday, April 26, 2008, at the National Healthcare Center in Somerville.

Funeral services for Mr. Rhea were at 2...

Julie Mae Arrans Thompson Staggs

Julie Mae Arrans Thompson Staggs

Apr 23, 2008

JULIE MAE ARRANS THOMPSON STAGGS, a resident of Spokane, Washington and former resident of Fayette County, died at 1:51 P.M. Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at the Spokane Hospice House in Washington State. She was 66 years of age and died following an extended illness. Funeral services for Mrs. Staggs were conducted at 3 P.M. Tuesday at the Peebles Main...

James Everett Anthony, Sr.

James Everett Anthony, Sr.

Apr 23, 2008

JAMES EVERETT "JIMMY"ANTHONY, SR. a resident of Terra Alta Lakes near Somerville, died at 12:45 P.M. Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at his residence on Heaven Hill Drive. He was 76 years of age and died following an extended illness. Funeral services for Mr. Anthony were conducted at 2 P.M. Saturday at the Peebles West Funeral Chapel in Oakland with...

Ricky Lewis Vaughn

Ricky Lewis Vaughn

Apr 21, 2008

RICKEY LEWIS VAUGHN, a resident of Dyersburg, TN and former resident of Fayette County, died at 3 A.M. Monday, April 21, 2008 at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson. He was 49 years of age and died following an extended illness. Funeral services for Mr. Vaughn were conducted at 11 A.M. Thursday at the Peebles Main Funeral Chapel...

Donna Joy (Key)  Simmons

Donna Joy (Key) Simmons

Apr 16, 2008

Donna Joy Key Simmons, resident of the Woodrun Community in Hardeman County, longtime organist and wife of Adrian G. Simmons, died at 7 P.M. Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at the St. Francis Hospital in Memphis where she had been a patient for the past two days. She was 72 years of age and died following a...

Sarah Woods Stafford

Sarah Woods Stafford

Apr 15, 2008

SARAH WOODS STAFFORD, resident of the Mt. Pleasant Community in Marshall County, MS, former resident of the Williston Community and wife of the late James Robert Stafford of Fayette County, died at 11:15 P.M. Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis where she had been a patient for one day. She was 82 years of...

Johnny  Ann Starnes Jones

Johnny Ann Starnes Jones

Apr 8, 2008

JOHNNY ANN STARNES JONES, longtime resident of the Braden Community, retired employee of the Gallaway Healthcare Center and wife of Lloyd Jones, died at 9:15 A.M. Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. She was 65 years of age and died following an extended illness. Funeral services for Mrs. Jones were conducted at 2 P.M....

Pattie Jane Eubanks Perkins

Pattie Jane Eubanks Perkins

Apr 5, 2008

PATTIE JANE EUBANKS PERKINS, resident of Gallaway, died at 4:20 A.M. Saturday, April 5, 2008, at the Methodist North Hospital in Memphis where she had been a patient since March 15th. She was 70 years of age and died following a brief illness. Funeral services for Mrs. Perkins were conducted at 2 P.M. Tuesday, April 8th at the Gallaway...

Patricia Ann "Pat" Hollingsworth German

Patricia Ann "Pat" Hollingsworth German

Apr 4, 2008

Patricia Ann "Pat" Hollingsworth German, longtime resident of the Williston Community, employee of Wal-Mart at Collierville and wife of Kennie L. German, Jr. , died at 4 A.M. Friday, April 4, 2008 at her residence on Hwy. 76 South. She was 63 years of age and died following an extended illness.

Funeral services for Mrs. German were conducted at 3 P.M....

Jeanne Mae McCaskill Andrews

Jeanne Mae McCaskill Andrews

Apr 3, 2008

JEANNE MAE McCASKILL ANDREWS, resident of Mt. Vernon, Texas and native of Fayette County, died Thursday morning, April 3, 2008, at her residence in Mt. Vernon, Texas. She was 80 years of age and died unexpectedly. Funeral services for Mrs. Andrews were conducted at 10 A.M. Monday, April 6th at the Peebles West Funeral Chapel in Oakland with Rev....

Zula Margaret Claunch

Zula Margaret Claunch

Apr 2, 2008

ZULA MARGARET CLAUNCH, well-known resident of the Oakland Community and a well-known artist, writer and newspaper columnist before her retirement, died Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at the National Healthcare Center in Somerville where she had been a resident since May of 2006. She was 89 years of age and died following an extended illness. Funeral services for Mrs. Claunch...

Betty Rhea Snowden

Betty Rhea Snowden

Mar 28, 2008

BETTY RHEA SNOWDEN, longtime resident of the Yum-Yum Community in Fayette County, wife of the late C.P. Snowden and a person active in community and religious activities throughout her life, died at 5:05 P.M. Friday, March 28, 2008, at the McNairy County Healthcare Center in Selmer. She was 92 years of age and died following an extended illness. Funeral...

David Carl Stevens, Jr.

David Carl Stevens, Jr.

Mar 28, 2008

DAVID CARL STEVENS, JR., resident of the Oakland Community, husband of Mary Jane Stevens and truck operator for the Graham Contract Mail Service in Memphis, died Friday, March 28, 2008. He was 60 years of age and died unexpectedly. Funeral services for Mr. Stevens were conducted at 11 A.M. April 4th at the Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland...

Jan Windham

Jan Windham

Mar 28, 2008

JAN WINDHAM 1941 ~ 2008 JAN WAYNE WINDHAM, resident of Germantown with extended family members in the Somerville community and wife of Joe Wade Windham, died at 3 A.M. Friday, March 28, 2008, at her residence. She was 66 years of age and died following a brief illness. Funeral services for Mrs. Windham were conducted at 2:30 P.M. Sunday,...

Derek Senogles Rooke

Derek Senogles Rooke

Mar 27, 2008

Derek Senogles Rooke, age 86, resident of Memphis, retired farm director, broadcaster and advertising executive for WMC Television, Channel 5 in Memphis and husband of Louise Pankey Rooke, died March 27, 2008.

Funeral services were conducted at 3 P.M. Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at the Peebles Main Funeral Chapel in...

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