Obituaries
Obituaries for the Dyer County & Lake County, TN Area
Thelma Laverne White
Oct 16, 2016
Thelma L. White, 99, of Finley, died Sunday, October 16, 2016 at Tennova Healthcare Dyersburg Regional Hospital. Born October 14, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Sell and Nellie Epperson Pinkley. She was a homemaker and member of Junction Church of God.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 19, 2016 in the Chapel...
Joyce Elizabeth Campbell
Oct 12, 2016
Joyce Elizabeth Campbell, 81, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at her residence. Born July 28, 1935, she was the second child and oldest daughter of the late Bernie F. and Lois Riggs, in Dyer County, TN. Joyce was educated in the primary schools of Dyer County and attended Dyersburg High School. She received her GED at Joliet...
Sherrie Gail Revell
Oct 10, 2016
Sherrie Gail Revell, 84, of Dyersburg, died Monday, October 10, 2016 at Dyersburg Manor of Dyersburg. Born February 8, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Jimmie Helen Skipper Purvis. She was a homemaker, loving wife and mother and former First Lady of Dyersburg for 26 years. A former Miss Newbern and Miss Dyer County Fair, she...
Ann Stanley Weeks
Oct 9, 2016
Ann Stanley Weeks, 83, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, October 09, 2016 at The Highlands of Dyersburg. Born November 19, 1932, she was the daughter of the late William and Anna Bell Lane Horner. She was a homemaker, mother, grandmother and a devoted Baptist. She was very active in the Bogota community.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday,...
Barbara Baxter Staggs
Oct 5, 2016
Barbara Staggs, 63, of Tiptonville, died Wednesday, October 05, 2016 at Tennova Healthcare – Dyersburg Regional. Born September 10, 1953, she was the daughter of the late Lonzo and Lydia Hinson Baxter. She was a homemaker.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, October 7, 2016 in the Ridgely Chapel of Curry Funeral Home conducted by...
Grace Lynn Phelps
Oct 1, 2016
Grace Elizer Phelps passed away in Nashville, TN at St.Thomas Hospital on October 1, 2016 from a lethal, spontaneous brain hemorrhage at the age of 57. Grace was born on July 9, 1959 in Jackson, TN to Georgia and Thomas Elizer. She grew up in Bells, TN – baptized and raised in the Bells United Methodist Church and graduated from...
Bernard Carmer
Oct 1, 2016
Chester Bernard “Cotton” Carmer, 90, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, October 1, 2016 at Dyersburg Manor. Born September 7, 1926, he was the son of the late John and Mary Scheina Carmer. Mr. Carmer was a first generation American as his parents were immigrants from Poland in the early 1900s. Cotton’s parents moved to Dyersburg from Oswega, New York in...
Mary Rodgers Latham
Sep 29, 2016
Mary Lorelle Bledsoe Rodgers Latham passed away on September 29, 2016 after a brief illness.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Lynn and Gladys McKnight Bledsoe, her husband Robert Ashley Rodgers, Sr., her brother Bobby Lynn Bledsoe and her sister Betty Bledsoe Piper. She is survived by her husband Roger G. Latham of Counce, TN, children...
Charles L. Gray
Sep 24, 2016
Charles L. Gray, 88, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, September 24, 2016 at The Highlands of Dyersburg. Born February 10, 1928, he was the son of the late Wilson and Pearl Richardson Gray. He was a retired lineman at Dyersburg Electric and a member of Holy Hills Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 27,...
June Louise Basham
Sep 22, 2016
June L. Basham, 84, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, September 22, 2016 at Dyersburg Nursing and Rehabilitation. Born January 4, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Roscoe and Bertha Simpson White. She was a member of Seventh Day Adventist Church. She served the community in health care during her career. She loved to travel and with her military...
Lyvenia Davis Sherrod
Sep 14, 2016
Lyvenia Davis Sherrod, 89, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at The Highlands of Dyersburg. Born October 2, 1926, she was the daughter of the late James Franklin and I.Z. Bishop Bradley. She was a homemaker.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 16, 2016 in the Chapel of Curry Funeral Home conducted by...
Mary "Tootie" Pope
Sep 10, 2016
Mary “Tootie” Pope, 76, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, September 10, 2016 at Dyersburg Healthcare and Rehabilitation. Born July 27, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Jimmy and Floy Samples Dennard. She was a member of Second Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 13, 2016 in the Chapel of Curry Funeral Home...
Doris Stallings Welborn
Sep 8, 2016
Doris Stallings Welborn of New Albany, Mississippi, passed away on September 8, 2016. Doris is survived by her husband of 63 years, Sterling Paul Welborn, Jr, her daughter Suzanne Welborn Jortner of Dallas, TX, and her son Sterling Paul Welborn, III (Amy) of New Albany, MS. In addition, she is survived by her grandchildren Katie Mackenzie Jortner of Washington,...
Bill Finley
Sep 6, 2016
Bill Finley, 75, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Born August 29, 1941 to the late Faye Wheeler Finley and Maxine Evans Finley, he was a retired sales manager for Kalium Chemical Company. Bill was a member of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, president of the Dyersburg Municipal Golf Association and president...
Riley Rector
Aug 30, 2016
Riley Rector, 44, of Hornbeak, died Tuesday, August 30, 2016 in Memphis. Born February 11, 1972, to William R. “Bear” and Pamella Riley Rector, he was a member of the Ridgely First United Methodist Church and an avid fisherman and duck hunter. Riley was a Licensed Certified General Commercial Real Estate Appraiser for the Shelby County Assessor Office.
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Charles B. McCuiston
Aug 28, 2016
Charles B. McCuiston, 78, of Finley, died Sunday, August 28, 2016 at his residence. Born September 12, 1937 to the late Bige and Barbara “Louise” Little McCuiston, he was a member of New Life Apostolic Church. He was retired from Thomas Industries and Olberg Manufacturing Companies and was an avid Tennessee Vols fan.
Funeral services will be at...
Jeffrey Howard Stoneburner
Aug 27, 2016
Jeffrey Stoneburner, 50, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, August 27, 2016 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. He was born April 17, 1966 to Linda Manns Stoneburner and the late Howard C. Stoneburner.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 30, 2016 in the Chapel of Curry Funeral Home conducted by Dr. Jerry Drace of Friendship Baptist Church. Interment...
William H. "Bill" Kelly
Aug 26, 2016
William Hathaway (Bill) Kelly Sr. of Dyersburg died of a heart attack August 26, 2016, at Tennova Healthcare-Dyersburg Regional. He turned 100 Aug. 23rd and had joyfully celebrated with family and friends Aug. 20th in Dyersburg, followed by supper with family at Boyette’s in Tiptonville, where one last time he relished eating country ham and onion rings.
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Rose Elaine Hutcheson
Aug 24, 2016
Rose Elaine Hutcheson, 80, of Ridgely, died Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at her residence. Born July 12, 1936 to the late Elmer Shaylor and Jane Ottinger Peters, she was retired.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, August 26, 2016 Graveside at New Haven Cemetery conducted by Reverend Paul Adams. Family and friend are asked to gather at the...
Betty Jean Gamble
Aug 21, 2016
Betty Jean Gamble, 78, of Tiptonville, died Sunday, August 21, 2016 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Born December 1, 1937 to the late Lester Lee and Annie Mae Howell, she was a homemaker and member of Tiptonville Church of Christ.
Funeral services will be Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. Graveside at New Haven Cemetery...
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