Obituaries
Obituaries for the Dyer County & Lake County, TN Area
Ralphard Mace "R.M." Palmer
Mar 24, 2017
Ralphard Mace (R. M.) Palmer, 93, of Dyersburg, died Friday, March 24, 2017 at Tennova Healthcare Dyersburg Regional. Born October 9, 1923, he was the son of the late Eli Mace and Luna Vercie Rumley Palmer. He was an active member of the Northside Church of Christ of Dyersburg. He was a World War II Navy veteran, retired from...
Pennie Sue Moore
Mar 24, 2017
Pennie Sue Moore, 55, of Finley, died Friday, March 24, 2017 at her residence. Born June 17, 1961, she was the daughter of Homer and Sue Moore. She was a former employee at Dyersburg Fabrics, Colonial Rubber and Penguin.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 26, 2017 in the Chapel of Curry Funeral Home conducted...
Jo Ruth Smith
Mar 20, 2017
Jo Ruth Smith, 87, of Ridgely, died Monday, March 20, 2017 at The Bridge in Ridgely. Born April 12, 1929 in Obion County, she was the daughter of the late Ulis and Lula Lemonds Ward. She was a retired machine operator and attended River of Life Church of God of Prophecy in Ridgely.
Funeral services will be...
Hazel McCutcheon
Mar 15, 2017
Hazel McCutcheon, of Dyersburg, died on March 15th, 2017 at the Highlands of Dyersburg. Born June 23rd, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Obie Hollingsworth and Mary Cox Hollingsworth. She was a member of Parr Avenue Church of Christ.
The family will receive visitors on Friday, March 17th, starting at 5pm until 8pm.
Funeral services will be...
Billy F. Brewer
Mar 13, 2017
Billy F. Brewer, 77, of Dyersburg, died Monday, March 13, 2017 at his residence. Born August 13, 1939, he was the son of the late Oscar and Neva Boone Brewer. Bill was a kind man and avid outdoorsman, whether it was farming from sunup to sundown or hunting his favorite wild game of the season. He was a deacon in...
Joyce P. Brown
Mar 7, 2017
Joyce P. Brown, 81, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at Tennova Healthcare Dyersburg Regional. Born January 2, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Mark Wayne and Rosie Elizabeth Caldwell Hutchison. She was a homemaker, member of Holy Hills Baptist Church, loving wife, mother and grandmother.
Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, March...
Peggy Fowler McBride
Mar 6, 2017
Peggy Fowler McBride, 74, of Obion, TN died peacefully Monday, March 6, 2017, at The Bridge of Ridgely. Born October 6, 1942, she was the daughter of Annie Lorene Sims Fowler and the late Junior Fowler. She began her career in April, 1967, and retired in January, 2005, after 38 years of dedicated service as manager of Patient Financial Services...
Lawrence Bell
Mar 5, 2017
Lawrence Bell, 68, of Ridgely, died Sunday, March 5, 2017 at Baptist Hospital Union City. Born March 11, 1948, he was the son of the late William Delbert Bell and Katie Pearl Collier Bell. He was a retired commercial fisherman and a well-known card player and pool shark of Ridgely.
Funeral services will be at 1:00...
Angie Vantassel
Mar 4, 2017
Angie Vantassel, 48, of Dyersburg, TN died Saturday, March 4, 2017 at Tennova Healthcare Dyersburg Regional. Born December 23, 1968, she was the daughter of the late Calvin Hollis and Patricia Vowell .
Funeral services will be 4:00 p.m. Thursday, March 9th in the Chapel of Curry Funeral Home conducted by Brother Mac Daniels.
The family will...
Brown Lesley Ham
Mar 3, 2017
Brown Lesley Ham, 92, of Dyersburg, TN died Friday, March 3, 2017 at his residence.
Graveside services will be at 1:00 p.m., Monday, March 6, 2017 at Fairview Cemetery. Family and friends are asked to meet at the cemetery at 12:45 prior to the service.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Sue Ham of Dyersburg;...
William Earl Singleton
Mar 2, 2017
William Earl Singleton, 69, of Big Sandy, TN died Wednesday, March 2, 2017 at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Born January 27, 1948 he was the son of the late Woodrow and Florine Giles Singleton. He was a self-employed contractor and an Army Veteran.
Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, March 5, 2017 in the Chapel...
Herbert Ralph Strain
Feb 27, 2017
Herbert Ralph Strain, 93, of Tiptonville, died Monday, February 27, 2017 at his residence. Born January 27, 1924 to the late Rosco Herbert and Norene Gilliand Strain, he was a retired business owner of Strain’s Trading Post. He was a decorated WWII Veteran serving in the South Pacific.
Funeral services will be at 1:00 pm, Thursday, March 2,...
Ben Leary
Feb 24, 2017
Ben Leary, 82, of Tiptonville, died Friday, February 24, 2017 at his residence. Born February 3, 1935, he was the son of the late Jessie and Relmer Smith Leary. He was a self-employed Concrete Contractor.
Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m., Monday, February 27, 2017 in the Ridgely Chapel of Curry Funeral Home conducted by Brother...
Edith Darlene Myers
Feb 20, 2017
Edith Darlene Myers, 89, of Dyersburg, died Monday, February 20, 2017 at The Bridge at Ridgely. Born February 11, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Grady and Lola Scott Buchanan. She was the first dietician at Dyersburg State Community College, former dietician at Parkview Hospital, retired dietician from Dyersburg Fabrics and a member of Lake Road Baptist...
Elizabeth "Bibus" Brigham
Feb 17, 2017
Elizabeth “Bibus” Brigham, age 93, of the Villages, FL, formerly of Dyersburg, TN, died Friday, February 17, 2017 at The Villages Hospice House. Born November 17, 1923 to the late Urban Coy and Myrtle Evans Bell, in Greenville, Mississippi. She met James “Jimmie” Brigham also of Dyersburg, TN and they were married March 7, 1942.
She was...
Andraya Cymone McPhearson
Feb 16, 2017
Andraya Cymone McPhearson, infant daughter of Destoni Spears and Tavis McPhearson was born into the arms of angels on Thursday, February 16, 2017 at Tennova Healthcare Dyersburg Regional.
Graveside services will be private.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by her brother, Tristan McPhearson; her grandparents, Helen McWilliams of Caruthersville, MO, Donna Spears, Michael...
Alicia Yarbro Cutler
Feb 8, 2017
Alicia Yarbro Cutler, 63, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, February 8, 2017, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. Memorial services will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 11, 2017 in the Chapel of Curry Funeral Home conducted by Reverend Jim Tom Pilcher and Reverend Ed White.
The family will receive visitors Friday, February 10th, from 5:00 p.m.– 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Born October 20, 1953...
Lawrence Dean Taylor
Feb 7, 2017
Lawrence Dean Taylor, 72, of Dyersburg, TN died Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at his residence. He was the son of the late Oliver L. and Mary E. Allen Taylor. Mr. Taylor was an Army veteran.He is survived by his wife, Andrea Sue Bennett Taylor of Dyersburg; one daughter, Kathy Haggerty of Ewing, MO; one son, Robert Taylor of Missouri; three...
Laura Bivens
Feb 5, 2017
Laura Duncan Bivens, 40, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, February 5, 2017 at her residence. Born January 23, 1977, she was the daughter of Vicky Haynes (Jimmy) of Halls and Allen Wayne Duncan (Carolyn) of Ripley. She was a Registered Radiologic Technologist at Lauderdale Community Hospital and a member of Finley Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be at...
Martha Buchanan Eskridge
Feb 4, 2017
Martha Buchanan Eskridge, 78, of Atoka, died Saturday, February 4, 2017 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. Born February 23, 1938, she was the daughter of Grady and Lola Scott Buchanan.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 7, 2017 in the Chapel of Curry Funeral Home with interment to follow in Fairview Cemetery.
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