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December 05, 1943 – November 17, 2008
Carolyn Marie Rogers, 64, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2008 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired employee of Sylvania and Wal-Mart.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Jim Branscum officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.
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February 22, 1922 – November 12, 2008
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March 17, 1935 – November 12, 2008
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Read full obituary → November 11, 2008
Gerald Ray Massengill, 58, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008 at his residence. He was a retired telecommunications engineer, a U.S. Army veteran of Vietnam, and a Baptist.
Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Fairview Cemetery. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Read full obituary → November 10, 2008
Jimmy Wayne Warden, 60, of Unionville, died Monday, Nov. 10, 2008 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center.
He was a farmer, a U.S. Army veteran of Vietnam where he received the Bronze Star and Air Medal, and was a Baptist.
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Read full obituary → September 09, 1936 – November 10, 2008
John Thomas Johnson, 72, of Finley, died Monday, Nov. 10, 2008 at his residence. He was retired from the maintenance department at PolyOne, a member of Finley Church of Christ and a former member of the Tennessee Army National Guard.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Fairview Cemetery with the Rev. Doug Ellingsworth officiating.
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March 23, 1940 – November 08, 2008
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January 28, 1921 – November 06, 2008
Christine Heathcott French, 87, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired cook at First Citizens National Bank and Finley Elementary School and a member of the Church of God of Prophecy. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today in Dyer County Memorial Gardens with Bro. Jim Chamblee officiating. The family will receive visitors at 1-3 p.m. today at Curry Funeral Home. Survivors include a daughter, Janie Heathcott of Dyersburg; three sons, Preston Heathcott and wife, Elaine, Jerry Heathcott and wife, Ronda, and Mike Heathcott and wife, Beverly, all of Dyersburg; a brother, George Freeman Strawn and wife, Mary, of Dyersburg; seven grandchildren, John Heathcott of Knoxville, Jim Heathcott of Union City, Torrie Dodds, Phillip Heathcott and Amy Martin, all of Dyersburg, Gina Heathcott of Jackson and Danny Hayes Jr. of Bogota; and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Carl Preston Heathcott and Albert French; her father, George Strawn; her mother and stepfather, Lexie Jane Strawn Winchester and Clarence Winchester; and a granddaughter, Nancy Heathcott Lopez. Pallbearers will be Danny Hayes Jr., Jim Heathcott, Phillip Heatcott, Logan Throgmorton, Danny Hayes Sr. and Steve Throgmorton.
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Read full obituary → June 02, 1944 – November 04, 2008
James Joseph Bock, 64, of Ridgely, died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 at his residence. He was a retired machinist for Amtrak, a member of St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Chicago and attended Cottonwood Baptist Church in Ridgely.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Cottonwood Baptist Church with the Rev. Rob Dennison officiating. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Read full obituary → April 24, 1969 – November 03, 2008
Bradley Nathan Strain, 39, of Hornbeak, died Monday, Nov. 3, 2008 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City.
He was self-employed, worked as a correctional officer at Northwest Correctional Complex for 14 years and was an avid horseman.
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Read full obituary → April 16, 1944 – November 03, 2008
Louise Hensley Walker, 64, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Nov. 3, 2008 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center.
She was retired as a welder for Heckethorn Manufacturing.
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Read full obituary → March 24, 1941 – November 02, 2008
Wayne Cartwright, 67, of Ripley, died Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley.
He was chief engineer for Anderson Tulley.
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Read full obituary → July 24, 1926 – November 01, 2008
Alvie Astor Pride, 82, of Jackson, died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
He was a mechanic for Foam Fabricators in Jackson and a member of the VFW.He was a veteran of the U.S. Army WWII.
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June 11, 1926 – November 01, 2008
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November 03, 1954 – November 01, 2008
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October 30, 2008
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Read full obituary → December 07, 1934 – October 29, 2008
Callie Lu Fowler Acred, 73, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008 at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. She was a homemaker, a member of First United Methodist Church where she was also a member of the youth and senior choir and United Methodist Women, a former Girl Scout leader, Cotillion Club member, charter member of Budding Garden Club, partner in Acred Shoe Store, member of the Parent-Teachers Association, and recently celebrated her 55-year high school class reunion.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with Dr. Phillip Cook officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.
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February 23, 1944 – October 26, 2008
Bea Turnbo, 64, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. She was a homemaker and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ in Hickman, Ky. for 32 years. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Bro. Billy Uzzle officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens. The family will receive visitors at 11 a.m. today at the funeral home. Survivors include her husband, John H. Turnbo of Dyersburg; a daughter, Judy Hamil and husband, Philip, of Union City; a son, Gary Turnbo and wife, Susan, of Dyersburg; her mother, Christine Rundles Maxwell of Dyersburg; and five grandchildren, Ryan Hamil, Jon-Tyler Hamil, Monica Turnbo, Beth Pittman and Matt Pittman. She was preceded in death by her father, Willie Rundles; and two brothers, Hugh Rundles and J.B. Rundles. Pallbearers will be Tyler Uzzle, Aaron Baker, Jaron Baker, Chase Jones, Randy Jones and Jeff Jones.
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Read full obituary → May 30, 1933 – October 17, 2008
Marguerite Burrus Moore, 75, of Hornbeak, died Friday, Oct. 17, 2008 at Baptist Hospital in Union City. She was a homemaker.
Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Lake Memorial Gardens in Tiptonville with the Rev. Fred Lowrance officiating. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Read full obituary → October 16, 2008
Bettye Diggs Downing, 66, of Tiptonville, died Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008 at her residence. She was retired from the quality-control department at Quebecor World, attended Lakeview Baptist Church, and was a retired supervisor for H.I.S. Manufacturing.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Dyersburg Funeral Home - Tiptonville Chapel with the Rev. Houston Northcutt officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery.
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Read full obituary → January 04, 1912 – October 12, 2008
Edna Boyd, 96, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center.
She was a retired beautician and a member of Southside Baptist Church.
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October 12, 2008
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Read full obituary → March 18, 1943 – October 11, 2008
Robert "Bob" Grunert, 65, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008 at his residence.
He was retired from ERMCO and RG Services, a member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Dyersburg Choral Society, Leadership Dyer County, a board member of the Dyersburg-Dyer County Chamber of Commerce, bishop and council of the West Tennessee Episcopal Diocese, a member of the Community Concert Board and the Dyer County Arts Council.
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April 09, 1917 – October 10, 2008
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August 24, 1931 – October 09, 2008
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December 07, 1916 – October 07, 2008
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Read full obituary → August 21, 1930 – October 05, 2008
Howard Augusta Truett, 78, of Ridgely, died Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008 at The Bridge at Ridgely.
He was a retired minister, a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, a member of Cottonwood Baptist Church, a volunteer chaplain for 15 years at Northwest Correctional Facility where he received the Tennessee Volunteer of the Year Award in 1974, and was former pastor of Mooring Baptist Church.
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Read full obituary → October 01, 2008
Grace Vaughn Butler, 99, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center.
She was a retired owner of Butler's Restaurant in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. and beautician with LaVague Beauty Shop, and a member of Fowlkes Methodist Church.
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June 01, 1918 – September 30, 2008
Frances Hansbrough Yarbro, 90, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008 at Dyersburg Manor following a long illness. She was retired as food-stamp supervisor for Dyer County Human Services. She was born June 1, 1918 in Sharon, the second child of Marcellus Theopolus and Charles Allen McDearmon Hansbrough. She had been a member of First United Methodist Church since Nov. 25, 1945, where she was involved in local and district leadership in United Methodist Women, a member of Outpost Sunday School Class, organized mission studies and health fairs, was a Sunday School teacher, MYF leader and choir member. She received her education in Greenfield City Schools, University of Tennessee Junior College in Martin, and University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where she received her Smith-Hughes degree in Home Economics in 1940. She taught home economics in Wardell, Mo., where she built the Home Economics Cottage there, and taught high school in Monroe, La. She was also named Miss Greenfield, and was a volunteer with the Girl Scouts, Alice Thurmond PTA, UNICEF and AFS (American Field Service). She was a member of Summer Hill Garden Club, Alpha Delta Pi Alumnae Association, West Tennessee Council on Aging, and Rotaryann. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church with Dr. Phillip Cook, the Rev. Terry Presson and the Rev. Robert Craig officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. The family will receive visitors from 4-7 p.m. today at Curry Funeral Home and from 1-2 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of First United Methodist Church. Survivors include four daughters, Frances Ann Y. McCoin and husband, Mac, of Charleston, Tenn., Mary Jane Y. Frederick and husband, Kevin, of Valdese, N.C., Amy Y. Heckethorn and husband, Patrick, of Dyersburg, and Dr. Gro Nylander of Oslo, Norway; a son, Dr. George L. Yarbro Jr. and wife, Kathy, of Finley; a sister-in-law, Norma Moore of Sharon; nine grandchildren, Joseph Y. McCoin III and wife, Elizabeth, of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., Reed Hogan-Yarbro of Chicago, Ill., Jayme Lawson Hogan-Yarbro of New Orleans, La., Frances Marion H. France and husband, Christopher, of Ft. Collins, Colo., Sarah Elizabeth Heckethorn of Greenville, S.C., William Patrick Heckethorn Jr. and James Forrest Heckethorn, both of Dyersburg, Eleanor Allen Frederick and Samuel George Frederick, both of Valdese, N.C.; two great-grandchildren, Joseph Y. "Mac" McCoin IV and Charles Hardwick McCoin, both of Lookout Mountain; special caregivers Kathy Shaw, Carolyn Robinson, Debbie Dance, Jo Vene Patton, Florence Jones and Ella Cheer; and many cousins, nieces and nephews whom she held dear. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Lawson Yarbro Sr., whom she married June 14, 1942; a sister, Anna Kathryn H. Grice; and four brothers, Mac T. Hansbrough, Thomas Forrest Hansbrough, Charles Allen Hansbrough and Robert Lee Moore. Nephews will serve as pallbearers. The family requests that any memorials be directed to First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 452, Dyersburg, TN 38025-0369; Safeline, P.O. Box 1831, Dyersburg, TN 38025-1831; or Reelfoot Rural Ministries, 6923 Minnick-Elbridge Road, Obion, TN 38240.
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September 04, 1920 – September 28, 2008
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Read full obituary → September 27, 2008
Dana Celine Pierce, 47, of Tiptonville, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008 at The Bridge at Ridgley.
She was an insurance clerk for Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City, a member of Tiptonville First Baptist Church, active in Relay for Life, and was a member of the Fulton County High School Class of 1979.
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Read full obituary → April 08, 1918 – September 27, 2008
Obie Harris, 90, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008 at his residence.
He was retired as a truck driver for Castellaw Oil Company and a member of Main Street Church of Christ in Newbern.
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Read full obituary → September 27, 2008
Gavin Crocker Webb, infant son of Chad and Mandy Webb, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church with Dr. Mike Hickman officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Read full obituary → September 27, 2008
Thomas L. "Tom" Eison Sr., 70, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008 at his residence. He was a retired innkeeper and co-owner of Holiday Inn, a farm owner, a member of Phillips Street Church of Christ, retired member of the Air National Guard, and a member of the Dyersburg Saddle Club.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with Tom Bright, Larry Fowlkes and Parks Thurman officiating. Burial will be in Palestine Cemetery.
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February 08, 1934 – September 27, 2008
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Read full obituary → September 25, 2008
The Rev. Eart "E.J." Davis Jr., 79, of Southaven, Miss., formerly of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008 at VA Hospital in Memphis. He was a Church of God minister, a member of Oak Forest Church of God in Southaven, Miss., and an Army veteran.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Jerry Northam officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens.
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Read full obituary → January 08, 1918 – September 22, 2008
Myrtle Franks Lynch, 90, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Sept. 22, 2008 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center.
She was a homemaker and a member of Sanctuary Pentecostal Church.
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August 27, 1929 – September 22, 2008
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September 17, 1939 – September 22, 2008
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July 29, 1961 – September 21, 2008
Debra Jean Parrish, 47, of Dyer, died Monday, Sept. 22, 2008 at Gibson General Hospital in Trenton. She was a machine operator for Quebecor World, formerly World Color Press. Services will be at 7 p.m. today at Curry Funeral Home with Brother John Morris officiating. The family will receive visitors at 4-7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Survivors include a son, Chase E. Smith of Dyersburg; her father, John A. Hotseller of Mooresville, Ind.; a sister, Donna Hotseller of Beech Grove, Ind.; a brother, Darrell Edwards of Florida; and a grandchild, Haleigh C. Smith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mark Arnold Parrish, and her mother, Shelby J. Hotseller.
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Read full obituary → May 16, 1942 – September 20, 2008
Betty Sue York, 66, of Springville, died Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008 at her residence. She was retired as a supervisor for Sears and she was a Baptist.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Ridgely Chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Bob Dennison officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery.
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June 28, 1923 – September 20, 2008
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February 15, 1924 – September 20, 2008
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Read full obituary → May 31, 1942 – September 18, 2008
Larry Forsythe Sr., 66, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. He was retired from M.A. Hanna, a member of Independent Free Holiness Church, a former member of the Tennessee Army National Guard, and an avid hunter and fisherman.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Calvin Smith and Bro. Bud McPherson officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.
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Read full obituary → February 28, 1930 – September 18, 2008
Charles Harris Leake
Charles Harris Leake, 78, of Ridgely, died Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center.
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November 04, 1949 – September 18, 2008
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Read full obituary → September 17, 2008
John Leslie "Bud" Moore, 88, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008 at Bridge at Ridgely Nursing Center.
He was a retired employee of Tucker Tire Company and Dyersburg Coca-Cola Company.
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Read full obituary → September 30, 1950 – September 15, 2008
Barbara Gail Nance Forrest, 57, of Tiptonville, died Monday Sept. 15, 2008 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center.
She was a retired employee of Reelfoot Manor and a member of Solomon Chapel Baptist Church.
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