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Fayette County, TN Obituaries

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DONALD WAYNE SHIPLEY

DONALD WAYNE SHIPLEY

Aug 6, 2008

DONALD WAYNE SHIPLEY, a resident of the Galloway Community and longtime area Heating & Air Conditioning Contractor, died at 12:10 P.M. Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at the St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett where he was taken after becoming suddenly ill at his residence. He was 49 years of age and died unexpectedly. Funeral services for Mr. Shipley were...

DR. JOHN EDWARD MCINTOSH

DR. JOHN EDWARD MCINTOSH

Aug 6, 2008

DR. JOHN EDWARD MCINTOSH, a resident of the Oakland Community, Psychiatrist and husband of Sugi McIntosh, died Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at the Methodist Hospital of Germantown where he had been a patient for five days. He was 72 years of age and died following a four-month illness. Funeral services for Dr. McIntosh were conducted at 2 P.M....

JEREMY WAYNE MCCULLEY

JEREMY WAYNE MCCULLEY

Aug 3, 2008

JEREMY WAYNE MCCULLEY, a resident of Mountain Home, Arkansas, with extended family members in Fayette County, died Sunday, August 3, 2008 in Mountain Home. He was 18 years of age and died unexpectedly. Funeral services for Jeremy were conducted at 11 A.M. Saturday, August 9th at the Peebles West Funeral Chapel near Oakland with the Rev. Trey South,...

KENNETH MORRIS PRUETT

KENNETH MORRIS PRUETT

Aug 3, 2008

KENNETH MORRIS PRUETT, a resident of Mississippi and retired equipment operator, died Sunday morning, Aug. 3, 2008, at the residence of his grandson on Locke Drive in Somerville. He was 83 years of age and died following an extended illness. Funeral Services for Mr. Pruett were conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, August 7th at the Graveside, with the...

FRANCES VIRGINIA JACOBS KIEFER

FRANCES VIRGINIA JACOBS KIEFER

Jul 31, 2008

FRANCES VIRGINIA JACOBS KIEFER, resident of the Somerville Community, wife of the late Edward Kiefer, and a person active in the religious and community affairs of Fayette County, died at 6:30 P.M. Thursday, July 31, 2008 at the Methodist Hospital of Germantown. She was 87 years of age and died following a brief illness. Funeral services for Mrs....

TONY WAYNE CHURCHILL

TONY WAYNE CHURCHILL

Jul 31, 2008

TONY WAYNE CHURCHILL, 42, of Walnut, MS, died July 31, 2008 in a vehicle accident at Michie, TN. Services 2 p.m. Thursday at Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland with interment in Fisherville Cemetery. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Peebles West Chapel. A Christian and graduate of Bartlett High School, survivors include mother, Doris Rodgers of Walnut; father,...

JESSE JAMES BLALOCK

JESSE JAMES BLALOCK

Jul 23, 2008

JESSE J. "JIMMY" BLALOCK, longtime resident of the Whiteville area and member of a family long active in the agricultural community of Hardeman and Fayette Counties, died at 9:50 A.M. Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital where he had been a patient for one week. He was 73 years of age and died following...

LON BENTON BYRUM, SR.

LON BENTON BYRUM, SR.

Jul 15, 2008

LON BENTON BYRUM, SR., a resident of Somerville, United States Veteran and Owner of Byrum's Vehicle Repair Garage and Used Cars in Somerville before his retirement, died Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at the Quince Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Memphis where he had been a patient for one week. He was 87 years of age and died following...

LOIS DRUMWRIGHT POWERS

LOIS DRUMWRIGHT POWERS

Jul 9, 2008

Lois Drumwright Powers, former resident of the Somerville and Oakland Communities in Fayette County for many years and retired Office Manager for Powers & Son Jewelers in Somerville for 47 years before her retirement in 2005, died Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at the Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, New Jersey. She was 92 years of...

EDWARD HARRISON ROGERS, JR.

EDWARD HARRISON ROGERS, JR.

Jul 7, 2008

EDWARD HARRISON ROGERS, JR., longtime resident of Somerville, retired School Plant Supervisor for the Fayette County Public School System and United States Veteran, died at 8:45 A.M. Monday, July 7, 2008 at the Methodist Hospital of Fayette in Somerville where he had been a patient for one month. He was 92 years of age and died following an...

WARD WILFORD SEVERTS

WARD WILFORD SEVERTS

Jul 5, 2008

WARD WILFORD SEVERTS, pilot for Federal Express in Memphis and U.S. Veteran, died instantly July 5, 2008 when his single engine plane crashed in Fayette County near Rossville. He was forty-eight years of age. Funeral Services for Mr. Severts were conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at the Church of Latter Days Saints in Boise, Idaho. Interment with Full...

NAOMI HARRISON LOW

NAOMI HARRISON LOW

Jul 4, 2008

NAOMI HARRISON LOW, a resident of the Oakland Community in Fayette County, and wife of the late Leon Low, died at 7:30 P.M. Friday, July 4, 2008 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis where she had been a patient for several weeks. She was 79 years of age and died following a brief illness. Crypt-Side Services for...

KATHERINE LEE BROWN WILDER

KATHERINE LEE BROWN WILDER

Jul 3, 2008

KATHERINE LEE BROWN WILDER, resident of the Germantown Community for 46 years, and wife of Dr. William Wiggins Wilder, a native of Fayette County, died July 3, 2008 at her Germantown residence. She was eighty years of age and died following an extended illness of several months. Funeral Services for Mrs. Wilder were conducted at 2 p.m. Monday,...

VIRGINIA CAROLYN ANDREWS MCKENZIE

VIRGINIA CAROLYN ANDREWS MCKENZIE

Jun 30, 2008

VIRGINIA CAROLYN ANDREWS "JENNY" MCKENZIE, resident of the Hebron/Bethlehem Community in Fayette County and wife of Earl W. McKenzie, died at 6:05 A.M. Monday, June 30, 2008 at the St. Francis Hospital in Memphis where she had been a patient for six months. She was 68 years of age and died following an extended illness of several months....

PAMELA KAYE SMITH

PAMELA KAYE SMITH

Jun 25, 2008

PAMELA KAYE SMITH, former resident of Cabot, AR and Long Distance Truck Operator, died Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at the Methodist Hospital of Fayette in Somerville. She was 53 years of age and died unexpectedly. Graveside services were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 1st at the Butlerville Cemetery in the Butlerville Community near Cabot, AR. Eulogies were...

HARRY WILLIAM ARNDT

HARRY WILLIAM ARNDT

Jun 22, 2008

HARRY WILLIAM ARNDT, a resident of Bartlett, TN and father of Gary Arndt of Somerville, died at 11:12 P.M. Sunday, June 22, 2008 at the St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett where he had been a patient for one day. He was 92 years of age and died following a brief illness. A visitation for family and friends was...

MARGARET CATHRYN GUTHRIE MURRAY

MARGARET CATHRYN GUTHRIE MURRAY

Jun 20, 2008

MARGARET CATHRYN GUTHRIE MURRAY, a resident of Somerville, former resident of Memphis and retired Kroger Company employee, died at 5:05 P.M. Friday, June 20, 2008 at the National Health Care Center in Somerville where she had resided for thirteen months. She was 78 years of age and died following an extended illness of several years. Funeral services for...

LORENE DARNELL HOUSTON

LORENE DARNELL HOUSTON

Jun 17, 2008

LORENE DARNELL HOUSTON, a resident of Memphis, former Fayette Countian and wife of the late John L. Houston, died at 4:45 P.M. Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at the Signature Health Care Center in Memphis where she had resided for four years. She was 94 years of age and died following an extended illness. Funeral services for Mrs. Houston...

JAMES WALTER "JIM" FREANO, JR.

JAMES WALTER "JIM" FREANO, JR.

Jun 17, 2008

JAMES WALTER "JIM" FREANO, JR., a resident of the Warren Community in Fayette County and former Buckeye Corporation employee, died June 17, 2008 at the Methodist Hospital of Fayette in Somerville where he was taken after becoming suddenly ill at his home. He was 57 years of age and died unexpectedly. Funeral services for Mr. Freano were conducted...

KELLYE RENEE RAINES

KELLYE RENEE RAINES

Jun 11, 2008

KELLYE RENEE RAINES, a resident of the Oakland Community and employee of Skimo's Restaurant in Cordova, died in Memphis on Wednesday, June 11, 2008. She was 25 years of age and died unexpectedly. Funeral services for Kellye were conducted at 1 P.M. Monday, June 16th at the Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland with the Rev. Carl Meyer,...

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