Keith Alton Barham
February 18, 2009
Keith Alton Barham, 45, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Feb. 18 at Baptist Hospital-East in Memphis. He was a construction worker.
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William Mancell
May 19, 1939 – February 16, 2009
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Thomas I. Yarbro
December 08, 1913 – February 16, 2009
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Read full obituary → Dee Pounders
February 15, 2009
Dee Pounders, 95, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009 at his residence.
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Read full obituary → James Earl Sanford
February 14, 2009
James Earl Sanford, 66, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center.
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Read full obituary → James "Shorty" Wales
February 14, 2009
James A. "Shorty" Wales, 88, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009 at his residence.
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Read full obituary → Gloria Jean Pounders
February 14, 2009
Gloria Jean Pounders, 62, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center.
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Read full obituary → Frederick Wayne Stepp
February 14, 2009
Frederick Wayne Stepp, 82, of Ridgely, died Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center.
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Gail Patricia Lavalley
June 09, 1945 – February 14, 2009
Gail P. Lavalley, 63, of Newbern, died Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a homemaker, an active member of Holy Angels Catholic Church, Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, The Stephen Ministries, prison ministries in Brighton, Mich. and Tiptonville, building construction committee at St. Mary Magdalene in Brighton, Mich. and was a stained glass artiest. Services will be at noon Thursday at Holy Angels Catholic Church with Father Russell Harbaugh officiating. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include her husband, James A. Lavalley of Newbern; a daughter, Susan M. Carolin and husband, Patrick, of Newbern; three sons, James A. Lavalley Jr. and wife, Tammy, of Brighton, Mich., Brian P. Lavalley and wife, Pam Gagmon, of Benton, Ky. and Michael J. Lavalley of Newbern; and 11 grandchildren, Audrey Lavalley, Samantha Lavalley, Elizabeth Gagnon, Alexandria Lavalley, Laurence Carolin, Jessica Davis, Rachael Davis, Joseph Carolin, Kaylee Lavalley, Brittany Lavalley and Ashleigh Gail Lavalley; five sisters-in-law and spouses, Janice and Dick Schweitzer of Georgetown, Ky., Judy and Tom Coryell of Mound City, Kan., JoyAnne and Justin St. James of Burton, Ohio, Jacqueline and Mark Daniels of London, Ky. and Jillaine and Dwayne Thomas of Madison, Ind.; four brothers-in-law and spouses, Jerome and Elizabeth Lavalley of Manchester, Vermont, Jonathan and Linda Lavalley of Georgetown, Ky., Jeffery and Barbara Lavalley of Barboursville, W. Va. and Joel and Jean Lavalley of Murfreesboro; and special friends, Richard T. Seman Sr. of Newbury, Ohio and John Madden of Omaha, Neb. She was preceded in death by her mother, Leona Mae Preson; and two sons, Mark Robert Lavalley and Todd Anthony Lavalley. Pallbearers will be Michael Lavalley, Jerome Lavalley, Jonathan Lavalley, Jeffery Lavalley, Joel Lavalley, John Madden and David Cohen. The family requests that any memorials be directed to the American Diabetic Association or the charity of the donor's choice.
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Cathy Mae Bartlett Abernathy
January 14, 1963 – February 14, 2009
Cathy Mae Bartlett Abernathy, 46, of Red Banks, Miss., formerly of Ridgely, died Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009 at her residence. She was a homemaker and attended Byhalia Assembly of God Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Ridgely Chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Don Layman officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. The family will receive visitors from 5-8 p.m. today at the Ridgely chapel. Survivors include her husband, Marvin Abernathy of Red Banks, Miss.; a daughter, Jennifer Ruth Swearingen of Dyersburg; a son, Joshua Keith Stewart of Henning; a sister, Jacqueline Bartlett of Henning; six brothers, Mark Bartlett of Searcy, Ark., Kenny Bartlett of Walls, Miss., Gary Bartlett of Mt. Home, Ark., David Bartlett of Covington, Tim Bartlett of Parma, Mo., and Johnathan Bartlett of Hornbeak; five grandchildren; two cousins, Kay Cavness and Roger Dale Bartlett; and her best friend and caregiver, Eva F. Davis. She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy Hassel and Peggy Sue Glozier Bartlett. Pallbearers will be Gary Bartlett, David Bartlett, Tim Bartlett, Johnathan Bartlett, Mark Bartlett and Roger Dale Bartlett.
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Read full obituary → Julie Renee Callis
February 12, 2009
Julie Renee Callis, 34, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009 at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of Harmony Baptist Church.
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Read full obituary → Mattie "Pat" Sykes
February 09, 2009
Mattie "Pat" Sykes, 77, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center.
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Read full obituary → Billy Gaither
February 08, 2009
Billy Gaither, 86, of Dyersburg, formerly of Memphis, died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired salesman, a communicant of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Memphis and an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.
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Read full obituary → Blake Jordan
February 07, 2009
Blake Jordan, 29, of Finley, died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009 at his residence.
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Sue Smith
February 10, 1934 – February 07, 2009
Sue Smith, 74, of Obion, died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009 at her residence. She was a homemaker. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Zion Cemetery in Elbridge with Bro. John Fowler officiating. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include her husband, L.B. Smith of Obion; a stepdaughter, Pat Smith and husband, Louis, of Dyersburg; a sister, Maxine Tyland of Hasperia, Mich.; a brother, J.W. Pruitt of Phoenix, Ariz.; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dick and Pearl Blacley Pruitt; two sisters, Helen Pruitt and Carolyn Pruitt; and a brother, Charles Pruitt. Pallbearers will be Eddie Pruitt, Bart Sanders, Kevin Sanders, Gary Jones, Roger Roberts, Jamie Pritchett and Freddie Smith. The family requests that any memorials be directed to Alzheimer's Association: Mid-South Chapter, West Tennessee Office, 326 Ellsworth St., Memphis, TN 38111.
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Read full obituary → Mary Lucy Jones
February 04, 2009
Mary Lucy Jones, 86, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired bookkeeper for Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Dyersburg and Basil Smith Insurance Co., a member of Parr Avenue Church of Christ, Dyersburg Senior Citizens Club and Dyersburg Home Demonstration Club, and a former substitute teacher for the Dyersburg City School System.
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Jan Kramas
September 19, 1940 – February 04, 2009
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Read full obituary → Lessie Lee Beal
February 03, 2009
Lessie Lee Beal, of Dyersburg, formerly of Ridgely, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. She was a retired cook for Lake County School System and a member of Ridgely First Baptist Church.
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Read full obituary → Evelyn Pritchett
February 03, 2009
Evelyn Pritchett, 87, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center.
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Read full obituary → James Michael Hendrix, Jr.
February 02, 2009
James Michael Hendrix Jr., 40, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2009 at his residence.
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Read full obituary → Howard Martin Vaughn
February 02, 2009
Howard Martin Vaughn Sr., 88, of Tiptonville, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2009 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis.
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Read full obituary → Ricky Lee Dees
January 31, 2009
Rickey Lee Dees, 60, of Finley, died Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. He was a former district director in Tennessee for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a member of Finley United Methodist Church where he played piano and organ, a 1966 graduate of Dyersburg High School, a 1971 graduate of Lambuth College, and a former teacher at Finley School.
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Rachel Lewis
August 29, 1923 – January 30, 2009
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Willie Paul Williams
September 24, 1935 – January 29, 2009
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Read full obituary → Brian Pruett
January 28, 2009
Brian Pruett, 27, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009 at his residence.
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Read full obituary → Sarah Harrison Moore
January 27, 2009
Sarah Ruth Harrison Moore, 87, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center.
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Robert Allen Dunaway
January 27, 2009
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Fleming Hodges
August 01, 1921 – January 27, 2009
Fleming Hodges, 87, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was retired district attorney general for Dyer, Lake, Obion and Weakley counties and a member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church. He was a 1939 graduate of Dyersburg High School and a 1942 graduate of Murray State College, and an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II; after his 26th mission, he was shot down and captured by German troops and spent more than six months as a prisoner of war. In 1947, he received his law degree at the University of Tennessee where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, Omicron Delta Kappa, Leadership Fraternity and Phi Delta Phi. He was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1951 and to the state Senate in 1953. He was appointed to and served as assistant clerk to the Senate from 1955-1958 at which time he was elected district attorney general for Dyer, Lake, Obion and Weakley counties and served in that position until his retirement in 1979. He continued to practice law until 1995. He was an avid golfer and UT fan where he once served on the athletic board. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Dyersburg with Father Gary Meade officiating. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Peggy Hodges of Dyersburg; two daughters, Carol Miller and husband, Richard, of Loxley, Ala. and Lynn Smith and husband, Fred, of Knoxville; a son, John Hodges and wife, Polly, of Knoxville; 12 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, John Fleming and Louise Tickle Hodges; and a sister, Annabelle Triplett. The family requests that any memorials be directed to St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 108 King Ave. N, Dyersburg, TN 38024.
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Read full obituary → Gertrude Tubbs
January 25, 2009
Gertrude Tubbs, 86, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
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Read full obituary → John Roland Cannon, Jr.
January 24, 2009
John Roland Cannon Jr., 30, of Finley, died Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a welder for Systems Contracting, a Baptist, former lieutenant with the Dyer County Sheriff's Department, and an avid fisherman and NASCAR fan.
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Read full obituary → Syble Walker Lawton
January 24, 2009
Syble M. Walker Lawton, 73, of Burbank, Ill., formerly of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009 at her residence.
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Read full obituary → Elizabeth Maupin Helsing
January 24, 2009
Elizabeth Maupin Helsing, 94, of Clearwater, Fla., formerly of Bogota, died Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009 at Friendship Gardens Inc. in Clearwater, Fla. She was a retired waitress and a member of Hercules Church of Christ in Dunedin, Fla.
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Thomas Kennon Harris
January 30, 1971 – January 22, 2009
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Charlotte Ann Vaughn Cook
January 22, 2009
Charlotte A. Cook, 66, of Cordova, formerly of Dyersburg, died Friday, Jan. 16, 2009 at Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Miss. She was officer manager for Cook Sales. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Curry Funeral Home with Bro. Jim Pilcher officiating. Memphis Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The family will receive visitors at noon today at the funeral home. Survivors include her husband of 49 years, James "Jim" Cook; two daughters, Alicia Rumbarger of Memphis and Sonya Starnes of Drummonds; a son, James Thomas "Bubba" Cook of Bartlett; her mother, Doris Vaughn Harris of Dyersburg; two sisters, Tommie Sue Kindle and Su Ann Childress, both of Dyersburg; five grandchildren, Jared Hyder, Walter E. Hyder, Jason Starnes, Thomas Clinton Starnes and James Nathan Starnes; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father, Thomas D. Vaughn.
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Mary Lynn Harris
December 26, 1944 – January 22, 2009
Mary Lynn Harris, 64, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009 at Oakwood Community Living Center. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Don Williams officiating. Burial will be in Sorrell's Chapel Cemetery in Dyersburg. The family will receive visitors from 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Survivors include a daughter, Betty Hallmark of Dyersburg; three sons, Clyde Nathan Harris, Frankie Harris and Gene Harris, all of Dyersburg; three sisters, Hazel Garrard of Mantachie, Miss., Marylee McDonald of Saltillo, Miss., and Evelyn Thomas of Guntown, Miss.; two brothers, Larry Gene Brown of Saltillo, Miss., and Jimmy Allen Brown of Guntown, Miss.; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Daniel Harris; her parents, James Edward and Lina Othello Brown; and a sister, Rosie Mae Cook. Pallbearers will be sons and grandsons, David Hallmark, Erick Hallmark, Bradley Harris, Clyde Nathan Harris, Frankie Harris and Gene Harris. The family requests that any memorials be directed to the American Red Cross.
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Read full obituary → Ora Lee Hendrex
January 21, 2009
Ora Lee Hendrex, 81, of Camden, died Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 at Camden Healthcare & Rehab.
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Read full obituary → Imogene Butcher
January 21, 2009
Imogene Butcher, 82, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Parr Avenue Church of Christ.
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Doris Parmenter Karlgaard
January 11, 1943 – January 21, 2009
Dyersburg - DORIS PARMENTER KARLGAARD, 66, retired raw material recipe coordinator at Polyone, died January 21, 2009 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis. Service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 25 at First United Methodist Church, Dyersburg, TN conducted by Dr. Phillip Cook. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg, TN. She leaves her husband, Wayne Karlgaard of Dyersburg, TN; two step-daughters, Susan Sartain, Shari Garrett, both of Lakeland, FL; one son, Tracy Allen Voss and wife, Jessica of Oakland, TN; mother Lucille Parmenter of Dyersburg, TN; three sisters, Shirley F. Gibson, Patsye Jones, both of Dyersburg, TN, Dianna Flatt of Newbern, TN; brother, Billy E Parmenter of Dyersburg, TN; four grandchildren, Gavin Allen Voss, Sonja Sartain, Annie Garrett, Matthew Garrett. She was preceded in death by her father, Bill Parmenter and sister, Linda J. Foster. Roy Campbell, John Gardner, John T. Yarbro, J.D. Stephens, Lowell Beck, Ben Ragan will serve as pallbearers. Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 452, Dyersburg, 38025-0452 or Community Cancer Fund, P.O. Box 1002, Dyersburg, TN 38025-1002
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Read full obituary → Mary Tribone Staymate
January 20, 2009
Mary Elizabeth Tribone Staymate, 79, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
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Read full obituary → Dorothy Beatrice Haynes
January 20, 2009
Dorothy Beatrice Haynes, 89, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center.
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Robert Carroll
July 10, 1924 – January 20, 2009
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Mary Sue Staggs
January 18, 2009
Mary Sue Staggs, 77, of Bogota, died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker.
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Mary Katherine Wofford
December 08, 1924 – January 18, 2009
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Mary Shelby McIntosh
August 06, 1927 – January 15, 2009
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Read full obituary → Barbara Holt Williamson
January 14, 2009
Barbara Childress Holt Williamson, 77, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009 at Baptist Hospital-East in Memphis.
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Jaxon Layne Morris
January 14, 2009
Jaxon Layne Morris, infant son of Adam Morris of Finley and Monica Jackson of Gates, died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. Brandon Lindsey and the Rev. John Morris officiating. Private burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. The family will receive visitors at 10-11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. In addition to his parents, survivors include his grandparents, Patsy Whitson of Gates, Pattye Morris of Finley and Gregg Morris of Atlanta, Ga.; and his great-grandparents, Carolyn Standley of Hayti, Mo., Frank Jackson of Ripley, Buck and Sue Moore of Finley and John and Jean Morris of Dyersburg.
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Ruby Inez Williams
March 04, 1925 – January 13, 2009
Inez W. Williams, of Roanoke, Va., formerly of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009 at her son's residence. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Fairview Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter, Kathy Keesee; a son, Danny Williams; five grandchildren, Brock Williams, Stepheny Lin Andrews, Jess Williams, Josh Williams and Drew Keesee; and a great-granddaughter, Jade Andrews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ulas N. Williams; and a son, Stephen Williams.
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