Local obituaries for Jackson & Madison County, TN
Ashley Elizabeth Staggs
Aug 7, 2022
Ashley Elizabeth Staggs entered her heaven home on Sunday, August 7, 2022, at her residence at the age of 39. She was born in Jackson, TN the daughter of Ronnie Staggs and the late Nancy Collins Staggs, who proceeded her in death in 2014. She received an associate degree from Jackson State Community College and was employed as a secretary...
Susan Lea Day
Aug 7, 2022
Susan Lea Day received her heavenly reward on Sunday, August 7, 2022, at Jackson-Madison County General, at the age of 68. She was born in Jackson, TN on July 5, 1954, the daughter of Ernestine Stegall Day and the late John Richard Day, Sr. She was a member of Poplar Height Baptist Church of Jackson. She spent her working career...
Michael Lawrence Walker
Aug 5, 2022
Michael Lawrence Walker passed away Friday, August 5, 2022, surrounded by family and friends at Maplewood Healthcare following a brief illness. Mr. Walker was born on February 5, 1953 in Jackson, Tennessee. He was the son of Lawrence Edward Walker and Ernestine Pillow Walker, now deceased. Mike graduated in 1971 from the former Jackson High School. He later attended the...
Doris Bost Browder
Aug 4, 2022
Doris Bost Browder, 85, departed her earthly home to be with the Lord on August 4, 2022. Doris was born on December 16, 1936, to the late Forrest Bost and the late Janie Bost. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Buford Irwin Browder, and her brother Larry Bost. Doris was raised in Bolivar, Tennessee and...
Randy Joe Nipp
Aug 4, 2022
Randy Joe Nipp left this earth and entered his heavenly home on August 4, 2022, after a lengthy battle with cancer. He leaves behind his wife of twenty years, Rebecca Nipp; his mother, Patsy Blakemore; his brother, Timothy (Carolyn) Nipp; his mother-in-law, Carolyn Booker; his sister-in-law, Deborah (David) Elston; brother-in-law; Michael (Elsie) Booker; nephews, Andrew (Laura) Nipp, Landon Nipp, Luke...
Permelia "Pam" A. Beach
Aug 2, 2022
Permelia “Pam” A. Beach entered her heavenly home on Tuesday, August 2,2022 at her Jackson residence with her loving husband by her side, under the care of Hospice of West Tennessee, at the age of 73. Pam was born in Jackson, TN on January 15, 1949, the daughter of the late James Roberts and Mary Annie V. Roland Andrews. She...
Gerald Douglass Maroney
Aug 1, 2022
Gerald D. Maroney died peacefully at his Madison County residence on Monday, August 1, 2022, at the age of 74. The youngest of nine children, he was born in Jackson, TN on March 6, 1948, the son of the late Print and Rubie Olena McKinnie Maroney. Gerald married Delores Kay Maroney who preceded him in death on September 30, 2012....
Danny Weldon Jackson
Jul 29, 2022
Danny Weldon Jackson received his heavenly reward on Friday, July 29, 2022, at the age of 69. A native of Fort Worth, TX, he was born on August 18, 1952, the son of the late Carles and Ruby Nelson Jackson. His formative years were spent in Memphis, TN where was a graduate of Central High School. He proudly served his...
Dorothy Simpson Mccommon
Jul 26, 2022
Dorothy Simpson McCommon received her heavenly reward on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, at Maplewood Healthcare and Rehab. A native of Haywood County, TN, she was born on February 11, 1931, the daughter of the late Roy Earl and Zelma Williams Simpson. She was married to John B. McCommon, Sr., who preceded her in death in 2016. She was a Social...
Harper Jade Cornelison
Jul 24, 2022
Harper Jade Cornelison, the beautiful baby girl of Scott and April Cornelison, was born asleep and resting in the arms of Jesus on Sunday, July 24, 2022, at 8:36 a.m. at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Born at 36 weeks, she weighed 5 pounds and 8 ounces and was 18 inches long. Although she didn't spend any time on Earth, she...
Freida Kay Greenway
Jul 22, 2022
Freida K. Greenway entered her heavenly home on Friday, July 22, 2022, at her residence surrounded by her loving family under the care of Hospice of West Tennessee at the age of 70. She was born in Jackson, TN on August 19, 1951, the daughter of the late Robert Eugene and Ida Lucille Bryant Honen. Freida was a very strong-willed...
Rebecca Smith Lake
Jul 21, 2022
Rebecca Smith Lake (or Becky as she was affectionately known), entered her heavenly home on Thursday, July 21, 2022, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital, at the age of 78. She was born the daughter of the late Warren Smith, Jr. and Augusta Woodliff Smith on June 21, 1944, in Gadsden, AL. She married the love of her life, David Lake,...
Laquita Joyce Baskin
Jul 21, 2022
Laquita Joyce Baskin departed this life peacefully on Thursday, July 21, 2022, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital at the age of 62. Laquita was born October 18, 1959, in Jackson, TN to the late Oscar and Betty Norwood Robertson. She graduated from North Side High School in 1978. She attended New Life Church in Jackson, TN. Her hobbies included gardening,...
Joanne Burks
Jul 16, 2022
Joanne Burks, born September 13, 1936, a Jackson, TN resident, departed this life peacefully on Saturday, July 16, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis, TN. She was born in the Gravel Hill community of McNairy County, TN, the daughter of Thomas and Burlene Sipes Roberts. She married young and raised her children in both Corinth, MS and Memphis,...
Doris Hayes Franklin
Jul 16, 2022
Doris Hayes Franklin, age 86, died Saturday morning July 16, 2022, at Northbrooke Health Care, under the care of Tennessee Quality Hospice. She was born Saturday June 13, 1936, in Granville County, North Carolina, the daughter of the late John Wesley and Letha Vaughn Hayes. Although she worked for a time as a bank teller, she spent the majority of...
Mary Maxine Cepparulo
Jul 13, 2022
Mary M. Cepparulo entered her heavenly home on July 13, 2022, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital at the age of 77. She was born in Vandalia, IL on July 21, 1944, the daughter of the late Arthur and Erma Casey Atwood. Mary graduated from Union University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and retired from the Eye Clinic, PC in...
Haley Elizabeth Edwards
Jul 12, 2022
“O God of grace and glory, we remember before you this day Haley. We thank you for giving her to us, her family and friends, to know and to love as a companion on our earthly pilgrimage. In your boundless compassion, console us who mourn. Give us faith to see in death the gate of eternal life, so that in...
Randy Homer Honey
Jul 10, 2022
Randy Homer Honey entered his heavenly home on Sunday, July 10, 2022, at AHC Healthcare of McKenzie, TN at the age of 73. Randy was born to Homer and Lena Honey on June 29, 1949, in Clermont Florida. He graduated from Clermont High School in 1967, where he was very involved in multiple sports teams. He joined the US Air...
Diane Trevathan
Jul 9, 2022
Diane Trevathan entered her heavenly home on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital at the age of 82. She was born in McKenzie, TN on October 14, 1939, the daughter of the late Walter E. and Barbara Louise Gallimore Trevathan. Diane took great pleasure in watching the birds she especially loved Bluebirds, feeding the Hummingbirds and growing...
Kay Blurton Cathey
Jul 6, 2022
Ms. Kay Blurton Cathey passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at Dogwood Pointe Senior Living in Milan, TN at the age of 76. Kay was a graduate of Peabody High School, Richland College in Dallas, TX. After, she earned her degree in history from the University of Texas at Tyler and did graduate studies at Texas Woman’s University....
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