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Fayette County, TN Obituaries

Local obituaries for Somerville, TN. and surrounding areas

Inez (Holmes)  Davis

Inez (Holmes) Davis

Aug 29, 2013

Inez Holmes Davis, resident of Germantown, former resident of the Somerville Community, retired business manager of the West Tennessee Realty Insurance Company and wife of Julius Perry Davis departed this life Thursday evening, August 29, 2013 at the Germantown Plantation Senior Living Community in Germantown where she resided since July of 2009. She was 86 years...

Odis H. Cullins

Odis H. Cullins

Aug 28, 2013

Odis H. Cullins, age 67, resident of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States Veteran and husband of Peggy Thompson Cullins departed this life Wednesday, August 28, 2013 in Pine Bluff. Mr. Cullins was born March 16, 1946 in Rison, Arkansas. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lavelle Wilson Cullins and Mary Ellen Simmons Freeman. He...

Mary Ann (Moss)  Bobbitt

Mary Ann (Moss) Bobbitt

Aug 28, 2013

Mary Ann Moss Bobbitt, resident of Bolivar, former resident of the Moscow Community and wife of the late Eugene "Red" Bobbitt departed this life Wednesday morning, August 28, 2013 at the McNairy Regional Hospital in Selmer where she had been a patient for one day. She was 72 years of age and died following an extended...

Mr. Francis "Fran" Alwyn Thrift

Mr. Francis "Fran" Alwyn Thrift

Aug 26, 2013

Francis Alwyn “Fran” Thrift, resident of the Gallaway Community, retired vending machine mechanic, United States Veteran and husband of the late Diane Bopp Shea departed this life Monday afternoon, August 26, 2013 at his residence. He was 70 years of age and died following an extended illness. Services of Remembrance with Military Recognition for Mr. Thrift...

Raymond Joseph Velpel

Raymond Joseph Velpel

Aug 26, 2013

Raymond Joseph Velpel, age 70, resident of the Hickory Withe Community, retired software developer for First Tennessee Bank and husband of Wilma Velpel departed this life Monday morning, August 26, 2013 at the Gallaway Health Care Center.

Services for Mr. Velpel will be private and arrangements were provided by Peebles...

Frances Irene (Gibson)  French

Frances Irene (Gibson) French

Aug 25, 2013

Frances Irene Gibson French, of Heber Springs, Arkansas, former resident of the Arlington Community and beloved mother and grandmother departed this life Sunday, August 25, 2013 at the Baptist Health Medical Center in Heber Springs where she had been a patient for four days. She was 87 years of age and died following an extended illness....

Charles "Charlie" Louis Petty

Charles "Charlie" Louis Petty

Aug 25, 2013

Charles Louis "Charlie" Petty, resident of the Mason Community and heavy equipment operator and farmer departed this life Sunday, August 25, 2013 at his residence. He was 53 years of age and died unexpectedly of natural causes.

Services for Mr. Petty were conducted at 4 P.M. Wednesday, August 28th at...

Lloyd "Red" Olin Oliver

Lloyd "Red" Olin Oliver

Aug 25, 2013

Lloyd Olin "Red" Oliver, age 81, resident of the Hickory Withe Community, retired deputy for the Shelby County Sheriff's Office and husband of the late Mary Joan Grammer Oliver departed this life Sunday afternoon, August 25, 2013 at the Emeritus Health Care Center in Cordova.

Services for Mr. Oliver will...

Jenny Ruth (Gramlick)  Benson

Jenny Ruth (Gramlick) Benson

Aug 24, 2013

Jenny Ruth Gramlick Benson, resident of the Fisherville Community in Fayette County and wife of David Andrew Benson, Jr. departed this life Saturday morning, August 24, 2013 at her residence. She was 64 years of age and died following an extended illness. Services and interment for Mrs. Benson were private and arrangements were provided by Peebles...

Gertrude Haygood

Gertrude Haygood

Aug 21, 2013

Evelyn Gertrude Griffin Haygood, resident of the Oakland Community and retired caregiver departed this life Wednesday afternoon, August 21, 2013 at the Methodist Hospital in Germantown where she had been a patient for one week. She was 87 years of age and died following a brief illness. Services for Mrs. Haygood were private and arrangements were...

Nova Lynn (Stafford)  Steward

Nova Lynn (Stafford) Steward

Aug 19, 2013

Nova Lynn Stafford Steward, longtime resident of the Somerville Community and native Fayette Countian departed this life Monday evening, August 19, 2013 at the Dove Health Care Center in Collierville. She was 92 years of age and died following an extended illness. Services of Remembrance for Mrs. Steward were conducted at 11 A.M. Thursday, August 22nd...

Rev. Wendell Gene Smith

Rev. Wendell Gene Smith

Aug 18, 2013

Rev. Wendell Gene Smith, resident of the Braden Community and minister of the Braden and Mason United Methodist Churches departed this life Sunday afternoon, August 18, 2013 at the Methodist Hospital in Somerville. He was 60 years of age and died unexpectedly after becoming ill at his home after completing the Sunday morning worship service at...

James "Little Murrell" Tatum, Jr.

James "Little Murrell" Tatum, Jr.

Aug 16, 2013

James Murrell “Little Murrell” Tatum, Jr., lifelong resident of the Somerville Community and steel industry employee departed this life Friday afternoon, August 16, 2013 at Heber Springs, Arkansas. He was 46 years of age and died unexpectedly of natural causes. Services of Remembrance for Mr. Tatum were conducted at 1 P.M. Wednesday, August 21st at the...

Mabel (Sealand)  Wiles

Mabel (Sealand) Wiles

Aug 16, 2013

Mabel Sealand Wiles, resident of the Laconia Community for many years and wife of the late Ashley G. Wiles, Sr., longtime Fayette County surveyor, departed this life Friday morning, August 16, 2013 at the St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett where she had been a patient for two weeks. She was 90 years of age and died...

Velma (White)  Thompson

Velma (White) Thompson

Aug 15, 2013

Velma White Thompson, resident of Highway 195 in the Somerville Community and wife of the late John Pearce Thompson, Sr. departed this life Thursday afternoon, August 15, 2013 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis where she had been a patient for eight days. She was 68 years of age and died following an extended illness....

Katherine Eileen Whittemore

Katherine Eileen Whittemore

Aug 14, 2013

Katherine Eileen “Kathy” Whittemore, resident of the Somerville Community departed this life Tuesday evening, August 14, 2013 at the Methodist Hospital in Somerville. She was 46 years of age and died following an extended illness.

Services of Remembrance for Miss Whittemore were conducted at 2 P.M. Monday, August 19th at...

George Land Middlecoff

George Land Middlecoff

Aug 14, 2013

George Land Middlecoff, longtime resident of the Somerville Community, United States Naval Veteran, retired mail carrier for the United States Postal Service and husband of Maxine Kelley Middlecoff departed this life Wednesday morning, August 14, 2013 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis where he had been a patient for one day. He was 78 years...

Zola "Tubby" Glaze

Zola "Tubby" Glaze

Aug 13, 2013

Mrs. Zola “Tubby” C. Glaze, 89, of Pace, Mississippi, native Fayette Countian and sister of Clarice Borrow of Somerville passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2013, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. Services for Mrs. Glaze were in Cleveland, Mississippi on August 15th. Graveside Services were on Thursday afternoon, August 15th at the Hood Cemetery in...

Ruby Franklin (Crawford)  Crawford

Ruby Franklin (Crawford) Crawford

Aug 13, 2013

Ruby Franklin Crawford, native of Fayette County and wife of the late William Francis Crawford of Williston departed this life Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at The Isle at Cedar Ridge in Cedar Park, Texas. She was 92 years of age and died following a brief illness. Services of Remembrance for Mrs. Crawford were conducted at 11...

D. Gene Smith

D. Gene Smith

Aug 13, 2013

Dorris Gene Smith, resident of Memphis and U.S. Army Veteran died August 13, 2013 at the  Rainbow Health & Rehab Center in Bartlett where he had been a patient for 2 months.  He was 80 years of age and died following an extended illness.

Services of Remembrance with Military Honors...

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