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Fayette County, TN Obituaries

Local obituaries for Somerville, TN. and surrounding areas

Gene Martin Lunsford

Gene Martin Lunsford

Jun 23, 2013

Gene Martin Lunsford, longtime resident of the Somerville and LaGrange Communities, well-known bird dog trainer for the Ames Plantation for many years before his retirement and husband of Ruth Lunsford departed this life Sunday evening, June 23, 2013 at the Gallaway HealthCare Center where he had been a patient for three weeks. He was 88 years...

James Franklin Sexton

James Franklin Sexton

Jun 22, 2013

James Franklin Sexton, known to many as Jim and J.F. Sexton, resident of Horn Lake, Mississippi, retired employee for Mason-Dixon Truck Lines and related to the Montague Family of Fayette County departed this life Saturday afternoon, June 22, 2013 at the DeSoto HealthCare Center where he resided since April of this year. He was 79 years...

Lucile (Abernethy)  Terry

Lucile (Abernethy) Terry

Jun 22, 2013

Mellie Lucile Abernethy Terry (Mrs. Chesley Orr Terry) died Saturday, June 22, 2013, at the age of 90 at the Dove Health Care Center in Collierville.

Lucile was born October 3, 1922, in Algoma, Mississippi, the last of nine children of Dr. Eddie Greenland Abernethy and Mellie Steen Holland Abernethy....

Walter Dacus

Walter Dacus

Jun 21, 2013

James Walter Dacus, Jr., 82, passed away at home on June 21, 2013. Mr. Dacus, known as “Pops” to his loving family and close friends, was born March 20, 1931 to James Walter Dacus, Sr. and Virginia Burrows Dacus Burgess.

He was predeceased by his father, James Dacus, Sr. and...

Franklin Roosevelt Bailey

Franklin Roosevelt Bailey

Jun 20, 2013

Franklin Roosevelt Bailey, age 76, resident of Duck Hill, Mississippi and husband of Josee Bonifas Bailey departed this life Thursday evening, June 20, 2013 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Services for Mr. Bailey will be private and arrangements were provided by Peebles Fayette County Funeral Homes & Cremation Center - West Chapel at Oakland....

Jim Riddle

Jim Riddle

Jun 20, 2013

Jim Riddle, resident of the Oakland Community, United States Naval Veteran and husband of Ruth McKnight Riddle departed this life Thursday afternoon, June 20, 2013 at the St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett. He was 90 years of age and died unexpectedly of natural causes. Services of Remembrance with Military Honors for Mr. Riddle will be conducted...

Taiareh Mirghahari

Taiareh Mirghahari

Jun 18, 2013

Taiareh Kaveh Mirghahari, resident of the Hickory Withe Community and mother of Ray Mirghahari of the Hickory Withe Community departed this life Tuesday morning, June 18, 2013 at her residence. She was 91 years of age and died following a brief illness. Graveside Services of Remembrance for Mrs. Mirghahari were conducted at 2 P.M. Thursday, June...

Janice (Garrison)  Baker

Janice (Garrison) Baker

Jun 18, 2013

Janice Garrison Baker, resident of Horn Lake, Mississippi and daughter of Kenneth Garrison of the Moscow Community departed this life Tuesday morning, June 18, 2013 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis where she had been a patient since March 20th. She was 62 years of age and died following an extended illness. Graveside Services of...

Han Ra Cho

Han Ra Cho

Jun 18, 2013

Han Ra Cho, resident of the Hickory Withe Community and mother of Lydia Shin of Hickory Withe departed this life Tuesday morning, June 18, 2013 at the Grace Healthcare Center in Cordova where she resided for three months. She was 96 years of age and died following a brief illness. Graveside Services of Remembrance for Mrs....

Vicki Anita (Snider)  Martin

Vicki Anita (Snider) Martin

Jun 12, 2013

Vicki Anita “Sunshine” Snider Martin, resident of Walls, Mississippi with extended family members throughout Fayette County and wife of Randy Lee Martin departed this life Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at the Baptist DeSoto Hospital in Southaven, Mississippi where she had been a patient for five weeks. She was 55 years of age and died following an...

Paul Friedrich Filsinger

Paul Friedrich Filsinger

Jun 11, 2013

Paul Friedrich Filsinger, age 22, resident of the Whiteville Community and employee of Corrections Corporation of America in Whiteville departed this life Tuesday morning, June 11, 2013 at the Bolivar General Hospital as a result of an automobile accident.

Services for Paul will be at 11 Saturday morning at the...

Shirley Ann Clutts

Shirley Ann Clutts

Jun 10, 2013

Shirley Ann Clutts, age 63, lifelong resident of Holly Springs, Mississippi and retired Sunbeam Appliances employee departed this life Monday afternoon, June 10, 2013 at the Baptist DeSoto Hospital in Southaven.

Services for Ms. Clutts will be at 4 Saturday afternoon at the New Hope Baptist Church near Slayden, Mississippi...

Tonya Marie (Jenkins)  Pulido

Tonya Marie (Jenkins) Pulido

Jun 9, 2013

Tonya Marie Jenkins Pulido, resident of Hiram, Georgia with family members in the Mason Community of Tipton and Fayette Counties departed this life Sunday evening, June 9, 2013 at the WellStar Paulding Hospital in Dallas, Georgia. She was 34 years of age and died following a brief illness. Family Graveside Services of Remembrance for Ms. Pulido...

Mike Thomas

Mike Thomas

Jun 9, 2013

David Michael “Mike” Thomas, resident of Memphis and the father of William Mayo Thomas and Jackson Lee Thomas, both of the Somerville Community, departed this life Sunday afternoon, June 9, 2013 at the Methodist University Hospital in Memphis where he had been a patient for one week. He was 44 years of age and died following...

Virginia Dale Moore

Virginia Dale Moore

Jun 7, 2013

Virginia Dale Lusk Moore, resident of the Somerville Community and a native Fayette Countian departed this life Friday evening, June 7, 2013 at the National HealthCare Center in Somerville where she had been a resident for four years. She was 87 years of age and died following an extended illness. Services of Remembrance for Mrs. Moore...

Winston Wayne German, Sr.

Winston Wayne German, Sr.

Jun 6, 2013

Winston Wayne German, Sr., resident of the Somerville Community, United States Veteran and husband of Sherry Gruthoff German departed this life Thursday afternoon, June 6, 2013 at the Methodist Le Bonheur Hospital in Germantown where he had been a patient for ten days. He was 64 years of age and died following a brief illness. Services...

Bobby Gene Pickens

Bobby Gene Pickens

Jun 5, 2013

Bobby Gene Pickens, resident of the Oakland Community, retired employee for Southern Concrete in Oakland and husband of Betty Pickens departed this life Wednesday morning, June 5, 2013 at the Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital where he had been a patient for two weeks. He was 75 years of age and died following a short illness....

Shirley Madeline (Treadway)  Demby

Shirley Madeline (Treadway) Demby

Jun 4, 2013

Shirley Madeline Treadway Demby, resident of Millington, and a native of Fayette County departed this life Tuesday morning, June 4, 2013 at the St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett where she had been a patient for one week. She was 77 years of age and died following an extended illness. Services of Remembrance for Ms. Demby will...

Vernon George Jenkins

Vernon George Jenkins

Jun 3, 2013

Vernon George Jenkins, resident of the Oakland Community, United States Air Force Veteran and husband of Suzanne Alexander Jenkins departed this life Monday morning, June 3, 2013 at the King's Daughters and Sons Home in Bartlett where he had been a patient for four days. He was 77 years of age and died following an extended...

Scott Bankston

Scott Bankston

Jun 2, 2013

Christopher Scott Bankston, resident of Germantown, formerly of the Somerville Community, Memphis area paramedic and husband of Tiffini Bankston departed this life Sunday morning, June 2, 2013 at the Methodist Germantown Hospital. He was 37 years of age and died unexpectedly of natural causes. Services of Remembrance for Mr. Bankston were conducted at 2 P.M. Saturday,...

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