Obituaries
Obituaries for the Dyer County & Lake County, TN Area
Thomas G. "Tommy" Tolley
Sep 18, 2009
Mr. Thomas G. "Tommy" Tolley, 73 of Ridgley, TN, died Friday, September 18, 2009 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was retired from Colonial Rubber after 32 years of employment and a Navy Veteran. Services will be at 1:00 p.m. Monday, September 21, 2009 in the Ridgely Chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Rev. Kenny Chessor officiating. Burial will be...
Velma Alford Sanders
Sep 14, 2009
Velma Alford Sanders of Dyersburg, died Monday, September 14, 2009, at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center. Velma was born in Dyersburg, one of seven siblings born to Percy and Lucy Mustain Alford. She was a lifelong member of the Church of God with her most recent church home being the Cornerstone Church of God in Dyersburg. Velma, along with her father...
Joe Thomas Gean
Sep 3, 2009
Joe Thomas Gean, 70, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, September 3, 2009, at the Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Joe was born on Tuesday, June 20, 1939 in Dyersburg to James Stanley Gean and Alice Mary Lee Simmons Gean. He grew up in the Southtown area with his five brothers. The Gean family will receive friends for visitation at Curry Funeral Home...
James Alton Reasons
Sep 3, 2009
James Alton Reasons, 91, died Thursday, September 3, 2009 at St Francis Hospital in Memphis, TN. James was born October 26, 1917, raised and farmed for 50 years in the Richwoods Community of Western Dyer County. He married Lila Bess Burton in 1937 and they were married for nearly 72 years. James and Lila lived at Maple Ridge Assisted Living...
Artie B. Griffin
Aug 31, 2009
Mrs. Artie B. Griffin, 77, of Elgin, IL formerly of Samburg, TN died Monday, August 31, 2009 at her residence. Services will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, September 4, 2009 at Samburg Pentecostal Church with Sister Rose Huey officiating. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery, Hornbeak, TN. Curry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The family will receive visitors...
Edna Faye McCorkle
Aug 31, 2009
Edna Faye McCorkle, 69, of Halls, died Monday, August 31, 2009 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center where she was a resident. Edna was born one of nine children Monday, April 8, 1940 in Lenox, Tennessee to Gladys and Cletus "Snowball" Snow. She was a regular member of the congregation of the Lenox Church of God of Prophecy while living in...
Sarah Evelyn Hudson Cross
Aug 24, 2009
Sarah H. Cross, 91, of Hot Springs, Arkansas formerly of Dyersburg died Monday, August 24, 2009 at St. Joseph's Mercy Health Center's Hospice Facility. Born in Dyersburg, TN, Sarah was a true southern belle, who had many friends of all ages. A devoted Christian, she and her late husband, Richard D. Cross, worked for many years with the young people...
Ralph A. Reeves
Aug 18, 2009
Ralph Aaron Reeves, 62, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. Ralph was born January 4, 1947 in Dyersburg where he lived his entire life. He was a former Washtex of Dyersburg employee and also farmed. Ralph attended church services at the South Main Church of Jesus Christ in Dyersburg....
Thomas Kirk
Aug 15, 2009
Thomas Kirk, 73, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, August 15, 2009, at his residence. He was a member of Three Oaks Baptist Church, who, in addition to enjoying fishing at Kentucky Lake, loved to barter at "swap-meets" with his friends. Funeral services for Mr. Kirk will be held in the Chapel of Curry Funeral Home Monday, August 17, 2009, at 2:00...
Elvis Smith
Aug 13, 2009
Elvis Smith, 83, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, August 13, 2009 at Highlands of Dyersburg Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born in Dyer County on May 3, 1926 and lived here until he and his family moved to Chicago, IL. While in Chicago, he was employed by several factories as a laborer. He served a tour of duty in the...
Rebekah JoAnn Crittendon
Aug 10, 2009
Rebekah JoAnn Crittendon was born on August 14, 1990 in Dyersburg, Tennessee to Mandel and Deidre nee Riley Crittendon. She died on August 10, 2009 at her home in Arlington Heights. Ms. Crittendon was a 2008 graduate of Rolling Meadows/Vanguard High School. Rebekah is survived by her parents, Deidre Crittendon of Arlington Heights, Illinois and Mandel Crittendon of Philadelphia, Mississippi;...
Bessie H. Tucker
Aug 8, 2009
Mrs. Bessie H. Tucker, 95, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, August 08, 2009 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. A woman of faith and strength, who raised herself and her family amid simple and poor circumstances, sacrificing for her children, her children's children and theirs. At her last, at 95 years of age, she remained a faithful and loving grandmother and true...
Mary Martha Shull Phebus
Aug 8, 2009
Mary Martha Shull Phebus, 81, of Memphis, formerly of Ridgely, died Saturday, August 8, 2009, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center in Dyersburg. She was a retired secretary for Faxon-Gillis Home Builders in Memphis and a member of Bartlett United Methodist Church. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m., Monday, August 10, 2009, at the Ridgely Chapel of Curry Funeral Home. Graveside...
Dan Leggett
Aug 7, 2009
On August 7, 2009, Brother Dan Leggett went to be with his Lord and Savior. He was an ordained minister with The Assemblies of God since 1979. He pastored churches in Tennessee, Mississippi, Kansas and Missouri. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, August 10th in the Chapel of Curry Funeral Home with Reverend Randy Lainheart and Reverend Jerry Leggett...
Betty Lou Roberts
Aug 7, 2009
Betty Lou Runion Roberts, 76, Dyersburg, TN died Friday, August 07, 2009 at Dyersburg Manor. She was born December 4, 1932 in Miston, Tennessee to the late Charlie H. and Eva Bottoms Runion. She was the third of six children. Funeral services for Mrs. Roberts will be at 2:00 pm Sunday, August 9, 2009 at Second Baptist Church conducted by...
Sloan Hassledean Covington
Aug 5, 2009
Sloan Covington, 78, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, August 5, 2009, at his residence. Funeral services will be held in the Chapel of Curry Funeral Home Friday, August 7, 2009 with Reverend Bill Phipps officiating. Interment will follow in Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg. Pallbearers will be Bradley Hopgood, Brandon Hopgood, Nicholas Blalock, Robert "Bubber" Alford, Joey Fortner, and Lynn Fortner. The family...
Stevie Noelle Milburn
Aug 2, 2009
Stevie Noelle Milburn, 15, of Dyersburg died Sunday, August 2, 2009. Stevie was born in Reedsport, Oregon, and moved to Dyersburg in 2002. She loved soccer, dancing, and singing. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Friday, August 7, 2009, at Curry Funeral Home. Services will be held at 7:00 p.m. Friday, August 7, 2009, in the Chapel of Curry...
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