Obituaries
Obituaries for the Dyer County & Lake County, TN Area
Dorothy Jean Payne
Feb 24, 2016
Dorothy Payne, 84, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Born July 15, 1931 in Dyersburg, she was the daughter of the late Dee and Nona Ball England. She was retired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency.
Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, February 26, 2016...
Reba Tate
Feb 20, 2016
Reba Tate, 96, of Ridgely, died Saturday, February 20, 2016 at The Bridge in Ridgely. Born December 29, 1919 in Piggott, Arkansas, she was the daughter of the late Ivory and Hattie Box Helton. After the death of her mother, she was raised by Claude and Mamye Box Sims. She was a homemaker, a faithful Christian and member of Cottonwood...
Melissa Owsley Hall
Feb 16, 2016
Melissa Owsley Hall, 45, of Halls, died Monday, February 15, 2016 at Tennova Healthcare Dyersburg Regional. Born February 28, 1970 in Dyersburg, she was a homemaker. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, February 18, 2016 in the Chapel of Curry Funeral Home conducted by Reverend Mike Glover with interment to follow in Fairview Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Harley...
Alice Butz
Feb 14, 2016
Alice Butz, 77, passed from this life Sunday February 14, 2016. She was born in Lake County, TN on June 21, 1938 to Charles and Pauline (Arrington) Leary. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Glen Butz of Pierceton, IN & sister Mildred Campbell.
She is survived by daughters Beth (Scott) Turner, Carol (Jon) Esenwein of Pierceton,...
James Alton "Tip" Walton, Sr.
Feb 11, 2016
James Alton “Tip” Walton, 70, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, February 11, 2016 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Born October 3, 1945, he was the son of the late Richard and Dora Lee Williamson Walton. He was retired from Dyersburg Fabrics.
Funeral services will be at 1:00 pm, Monday, February 15, 2016 in the Chapel of...
John Andrew Fisher, Sr.
Feb 9, 2016
John Andrew Fisher, Sr., 89, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at Tennova Healthcare Dyersburg Regional Hospital. Born July 17, 1926, he was the son of the late Harry and Helen Murdock Fisher. He was a retired teacher with Dyersburg City Schools. Mr. Fisher was a faithful and active member of The First United Methodist Church, where he taught...
L. Ray Johnson
Feb 3, 2016
Ray Johnson, 60, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at Tennova Healthcare Dyersburg Regional. Born July 6, 1955, he was retired from the U.S. Navy.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 10, 2016 in the Chapel of Curry Funeral Home conducted by Brother Michael Williams. Military graveside services will be held Thursday, February...
Martha Coleman
Jan 31, 2016
Martha Allene Bennett Coleman, 95, of Dyersburg, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at Tennova Healthcare Dyersburg Regional. Born June 21, 1920 in Corinth, MS, she was the daughter of the late John A. Bennett and Mattie Lou Walden Bennett. She was retired from Colonial Rubber and a Baptist.
Funeral services will...
Lula Mae Mancell
Jan 30, 2016
Lula Mae Mancell, 86, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, January 30, 2016 at Lauderdale Community Hospital in Ripley. Born September 12, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Jess and Carrie Williams Sanderson. She was a homemaker.
Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 3, 2016 in the Chapel of Curry Funeral Home conducted by...
Elmer John Rausch
Jan 24, 2016
Elmer Rausch, 74, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, January 24, 2016 at his residence. Born June 16, 1941, he was the son of the late John Anthony and Mildred Jaeger Rausch. He was a retired business owner of Chuppa Knife. Elmer was a member of Holy Angels Catholic Church.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, January 29, 2016 in the...
Leo Keith Thurmond
Jan 23, 2016
Leo Thurmond, 77, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, January 23, 2016 at his granddaughter's residence in Lakeland. He was retired from Bennett's Tool and Die.Graveside services for Mr. Thurmond will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 25, 2016 at Dyer County Memorial Gardens conducted by Mr. John Huse Robinson.Family members will serve as pallbearers.The family will receive friends Monday, January 25th...
Janice Reaves Stafford
Jan 23, 2016
Janice Reaves Stafford, 82, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Tennova Healthcare Dyersburg Regional. She was born November 20, 1933 to the late Harold and Geraldine Reaves. She was retired from Tennessee Department of Employment Security and was a columnist for The Dyersburg Mirror and the Dyer County Tennessean. She published a cookbook, From the Back Burner that...
J. A. Barker
Jan 21, 2016
Chief Hospital Corpsman J. A. Barker, 89, of Cordova, TN, formerly of Ridgely, died Thursday, January 21, 2016 at Methodist Hospice Residence in Memphis, Tn. Born September 21, 1926 in Ridgely, Tn. he was the son of the late Jesse A. and Irene Mathis Barker. Mr. Barker was a retired 21 year veteran of the Navy, through WW2 and the...
James E. "Woody" Woods, Jr.
Jan 19, 2016
James E. “Woody” Woods, Jr., 72, of Dyersburg, TN died Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at Dyersburg Healthcare and Rehabilitation. Born June 1, 1943 to the late James E. Woods, Sr. and Margaret Geneva Dowell Woods, he was an Air Force veteran. Woody was owner of Dyersburg Insulation and former owner of Daylight Donuts. He was a Baptist. Woody was an...
Jean Sims Finley
Jan 10, 2016
Jean Sims Finley, 81, of the Fowlkes community, died Sunday, January 10, 2016 at Tennova Healthcare – Dyersburg Regional. Born December 15, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Jimmie Sims and Lona Hickerson Siler. She was a former owner of Anna-Marie Youthland. She was a Baptist. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 13, 2015 in...
Billy Wade Lamb
Jan 9, 2016
Billy Wade Lamb, 51, of Ridgely, died Saturday, January 9, 2016 at Tennova Healthcare – Dyersburg Regional. Born February 6, 1964, he was the son of the late Betty Sue Dotson Lamb and Robert “Billy” Lamb, Jr. He was a truck driver for Volunteer Express and a member of Ridgely Church of Christ. He was an Army veteran.Funeral services will...
Green Williamson Smitheal, III
Jan 8, 2016
Green Williamson Smitheal, III, 60, of Dyersburg, died Friday, January 8, 2016 at his residence. Born August 20, 1955 in Memphis, TN, he was the son of the late Green Smitheal, Jr. and Laura Lee Drane Smitheal. He was a farmer, landowner, and a lifelong member of Dyersburg First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where he was an Elder and a member...
Parker Glen Tate
Jan 5, 2016
Parker Glen Tate, infant son of Aaron (A. J.) Tate, Jr. and Chynna Parker, died Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at Tennova Healthcare Dyersburg Regional.Graveside services will be at 1:00 P. M., Thursday, January 7, 2016 conducted by Brother Kenny Chessor at Fairview Cemetery.In addition to his parents, Parker is survived by his grandparents, Mike and Valerie Parker of Dyersburg and...
James Donald "Fish" Bell
Jan 3, 2016
James Donald "Fish" Bell, 66, of Obion, died Sunday, January 3, 2016 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Born May 17, 1949, he was the son of the late William Delbert Bell and Katie Pearl Collier Bell. He was a retiredtruck driver.Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm, Tuesday, January 5, 2016 in the Chapel of Curry Funeral Home conducted by...
Betty Jean Farley Cutcher
Jan 1, 2016
Betty Jean Farley Cutcher, 82, of Cookeville, TN formerly of Dyersburg, died Friday, January 1, 2016 at Bethesda Health Care and Rehabilitation in Cookeville. Mrs. Cutcher was born July 21, 1933 to the late Harry Bennon Farley and Hazel Aleene Caudle Farley Hester. She was a retired nurse and a member of the Finley Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be...
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