Obituaries

Fayette County, TN Obituaries

Local obituaries for Somerville, TN. and surrounding areas

Robert Earl Craig

Robert Earl Craig

Dec 12, 2013

Robert Earl Craig, resident of the Somerville Community, retired welder, United States Veteran and husband of the late Betty Jo Denton Craig departed this life Thursday afternoon, December 12, 2013 at the St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett where he had been a patient for one day. He was 75 years of age and died following an...

Ellen Fay (Anthony)  Morris

Ellen Fay (Anthony) Morris

Dec 12, 2013

Ellen Fay Anthony Morris, resident of Cookeville, Tennessee and wife of Kenneth Morris, Jr. departed this life Thursday afternoon, December 12, 2013 at her residence. She was 62 years of age and died following an illness of four months.

Services for Mrs. Morris will be conducted at 2 P.M. Sunday, December 15th...

Wilma Ruth Edge

Wilma Ruth Edge

Dec 11, 2013

Wilma Ruth Clemmer Edge, resident of the Moscow Community and wife of Carl L. Edge departed this life Wednesday morning, December 11, 2013 at her residence. She was 88 years of age and died following an extended illness. Services of Remembrance for Mrs. Edge were conducted at 10 A.M. Friday, December 13th at the Peebles West...

Homerlene "Lynn" (Kerley)  Benson

Homerlene "Lynn" (Kerley) Benson

Dec 10, 2013

Homerlene "Lynn" Kerley Benson, age 74, resident of Cordova, retired corporate secretary for Security Alert Systems in Memphis and wife of Frank G. Benson, Sr. departed this life Tuesday evening, December 10, 2013 at her residence.

Services for Mrs. Benson will be conducted at 2 P.M. Saturday, December 14th at the Peebles...

Walter "Buddy" Ray Taylor

Walter "Buddy" Ray Taylor

Dec 10, 2013

Walter Ray “Buddy” Taylor, resident of the Rossville Community, longtime volunteer Fire Chief for the Rossville Fire Department and husband of Janet Huffman Taylor departed this life Tuesday evening, December 10, 2013 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. He was 65 years of age and died following a brief illness. Services of Remembrance for Mr....

Thelma Lucille (Murphy)  Burch

Thelma Lucille (Murphy) Burch

Dec 10, 2013

Thelma Lucille Murphy Burch, resident of Memphis with survivors that include her daughter, Gwen Gunn of Oakland, departed this life Tuesday morning, December 10, 2013 at the National HealthCare Center in Somerville where she had been a patient for four weeks. She was 93 years of age and died following an extended illness. Services of Remembrance...

Calvin "Cal" Louis Stewart

Calvin "Cal" Louis Stewart

Dec 9, 2013

Calvin Louis “Cal” Stewart, resident of the Hickory Withe Community, well-known real estate and property developer who was the husband of Marie Stewart departed this life Monday evening, December 9, 2013 at his residence. He was 82 years of age and died following a brief illness. Services of Remembrance with Military Honors for Mr. Stewart were...

Vicki Lynn (Logan)  Gray

Vicki Lynn (Logan) Gray

Dec 8, 2013

Vicki Lynn Logan Gray, resident of the Laconia Community and native Fayette Countian departed this life Sunday morning, December 8, 2013 at her residence. She was 55 years of age and died following a brief illness. Services of Remembrance for Mrs. Gray were conducted at 2 P.M. Friday, December 13th at the Peebles Main Funeral Chapel...

Glennie Ruth (Miller)  Short

Glennie Ruth (Miller) Short

Dec 7, 2013

Glennie Ruth “Glen” Miller Short, resident of the Somerville Community and wife of Leslie L. Short departed this life Saturday afternoon, December 7, 2013 at the St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett where she had been a patient for five days. She was 80 years of age and died following an extended illness. Services of Remembrance for...

William "Bill" Franklin Carneal, Jr.

William "Bill" Franklin Carneal, Jr.

Dec 4, 2013

William Franklin “Bill” Carneal, Jr., resident of the Moscow Community, United States Navy Veteran and husband of Janice Lowrey Carneal departed this life Wednesday afternoon, December 4, 2013 at his residence. He was 72 years of age and died following an extended illness. At Mr. Carneal’s request, services and interment were private. Arrangements were provided by...

David Francis Holden

David Francis Holden

Dec 2, 2013

David Francis Holden, lifelong resident of the Somerville Community and husband of the late Naomi Parks Holden departed this life Monday morning, December 2, 2013 in the comfort of his home on Holden Drive where he had resided for many years. He was 88 years of age and died following an extended illness. Services of Remembrance...

Patsy (Umphers)  Gaither

Patsy (Umphers) Gaither

Dec 1, 2013

Patsy Umphers Gaither, resident of Hernando, Mississippi, former resident of Fayette County and wife of the late Billy Gaither, departed this life Sunday afternoon, December 1, 2013 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis where she had been a patient for two and a half weeks. She was 79 years of age and died following a...

Dorothy "Dot" Adelia (Parrott)  Reeves

Dorothy "Dot" Adelia (Parrott) Reeves

Nov 22, 2013

Dorothy Adelia “Dot” Parrott Reeves, lifelong resident of the Somerville Community and wife of the late Milton Reeves departed this life Friday afternoon, November 22, 2013 at the Laurelwood HealthCare Center in Jackson, Tennessee where shehad resided for one year and seven months. She was 92 years of age and died following an extended illness. Services...

Linda (Sircloumb)  Gillespie Holden

Linda (Sircloumb) Gillespie Holden

Nov 22, 2013

Linda Sircloumb Gillespie Holden, age 68, resident of the Lakeland Community, retired nurse and wife of the late Robert D. (Bubba) Holden departed this life Friday morning, November 22, 2013 at the St. Francis Hospital in Memphis where she had been a patient for six months.

Services for Mrs. Holden...

Karen Frances (Armstrong)  Thorpe

Karen Frances (Armstrong) Thorpe

Nov 22, 2013

Karen Armstrong Thorpe, 75, lifelong resident of Somerville, departed this life on Friday, November 22, 2013 at Methodist Le Bonheur Hospital in Germantown after a brief illness. Her family knows she is tap dancing in heaven with the angels.

Services of Remembrance for Mrs. Thorpe were conducted at 2 P.M....

Garland Burroughs White, Jr.

Garland Burroughs White, Jr.

Nov 21, 2013

Garland Burroughs White, Jr., resident of Oakland, who departed this life on November 21, 2013, was a North Carolina boy, born in Asheville on April 25, 1918 to Garland B. White, Sr. and Birdie Shaw White. A younger sister, Rebecca Sper of Sellersville, PA, survives him. Garland grew up in depression times, determined to be the...

Frank Arthur Shepard

Frank Arthur Shepard

Nov 19, 2013

Frank Arthur Shepard, longtime resident of the Arlington Community and a person active in the civic, community and religious activities of Arlington for many years departed this life Tuesday evening, November 19, 2013 at his residence. He was 89 years of age and died following an extended illness.

A Celebration...

L. Franklin Yancey

L. Franklin Yancey

Nov 19, 2013

Leonadus Franklin “Frank” Yancey, lifelong resident of the Oakland Community, retired Post Master for Oakland and husband of Robbie Matheson Yancey peacefully departed this life Tuesday evening, November 19, 2013 in the comfort of his home. He was 91 years of age and died following a brief illness. Services of Remembrance with Military Honors for Mr....

John Alan Soltow

John Alan Soltow

Nov 19, 2013

John Alan Soltow, resident of Lusby, Maryland and son of John Ray Soltow of Moscow departed this life Tuesday morning, November 19, 2013 at the Calvert Memorial Hospital in Prince Frederick, Maryland where he had been a patient for six days. He was 58 years of age and died unexpectedly of natural causes.   

Services of Remembrance with Military Honors for Mr....

Opal Faye (Minor)  Houston

Opal Faye (Minor) Houston

Nov 16, 2013

Opal Faye Minor Houston, age 87, resident of Memphis, former resident of Fayette County and wife of the late Walter Houston of the Macon Community departed this life Saturday, November 16, 2013. Services for Mrs. Houston were conducted at 12 Noon Tuesday, November 19th at the Moscow Evangelical Full Gospel Church. Interment followed in the Evergreen...

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