Local obituaries for Jackson & Madison County, TN
Harrison Dale Freshour
Mar 11, 2015
Harrison Dale Freshour, age 58, died on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. A native of Jackson, TN he was born on May 11, 1956 the son of the late William and Mable G. Wadley Freshour. He was a retired machine operator. He enjoyed woodworking, taking nature walks and photography. He was someone that never...
Mary Osalean "Ossie" Hensley
Mar 1, 2015
Mary Osalean “Ossie” Hensley, 96, died Sunday March 1, 2015 at Regional Hospital of Jackson. She was born July 6, 1918 in Deanburg, TN the daughter of the late Walter Guy Bell and Minnie Estelle Marsh Bell. She was a member of the Bemis United Methodist Church for 87 years where she had served as a children’s department Sunday school...
James Thomas "J.T." Howard
Mar 1, 2015
********SERVICES FOR JAMES THOMAS "J.T." HOWARD HAVE BEEN POSTPONDED UNTIL SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2015.******* James Thomas “J.T.” Howard, 61, died on March 1, 2015 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. J.T. was born in Danville, IL on November 22, 1953, the son of Ruth Webb Howard and the late Thomas Howard. He was retired as a construction superintendent, maintaining...
Sarah Catherine Key Harville
Feb 28, 2015
Sarah Catherine Key Harville (88) went to be with the Lord on Saturday February 28, 2015. Services will be on Wednesday March 4th at Arrington Funeral Home in Jackson TN. Visitation will be at 11:00 followed by a graveside service at 1:00 at Highland Memorial Gardens. Officiating will be Josh Cook of North Jackson Church of Christ. Daughter of the...
Heather Paige Davis Duncan
Feb 26, 2015
Heather Paige Davis Duncan, age 43, died on Thursday, February 26, 2015. Heather was born in Martin, TN the daughter of Colonel Jim E. Davis and the late Alice Faye Carr Davis. She was a graduate of Crockett County High School and received an Associate’s Degree from Jackson State Community College as a Licensed Practical Nurse. She was formerly employed...
Barbara L. Spray
Feb 26, 2015
Barbara L. Spray passed away Thursday, February 26, 2015 at Jackson Madison Co. General Hospital. She was born November 29, 1937 in Covington, TN the daughter of the late Robert E. Johnson and Flora Patrick Johnson. She was a member of Englewood Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband of 62 years Leonard Spray; two sons, Kenneth Spray and...
Thomas Alexander "Tom" Spain
Feb 25, 2015
Thomas Alexander “Tom” Spain, age 61, died on Wednesday, February 25, 2015. A native of Jackson and Madison County, Tom was born on July 29, 1953, the son of the late Charles Sidney and Gladys Alexander Spain. He was a graduate of Lambuth University and was retired from the Social Security Administration as a service representative. Tom was a lover...
Carrie May Attiyeh
Feb 25, 2015
Carrie May Attiyeh, 87, passed peacefully from this world to her heavenly home on February 25, 2015 at her residence. Born in Ohio on April 21, 1927, Carrie spent most of her life on the Southwest side of Chicago and lately resided in the home of her daughter, Alice, in Jackson, Tennessee. She was an excellent cook, an avid reader...
Anne Marbury Leonard
Feb 18, 2015
Anne Marbury Leonard, age 77, died on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Anne was born in Jackson, TN, on July 24, 1937, the daughter of the late Owen and Juanita Sager Marbury. She was married to G.L. Leonard who preceded her in death. She was a former employee of Thomas, Ross and Stanfill and...
Ruby Neal Stallings Dudley
Feb 12, 2015
Ruby Neal Stallings Dudley passed away February 12, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Dudley was born October 14, 1932, in Crockett County, TN, to the late David and Floy (Neal) Stallings. She graduated from Alamo High School in 1950, and was a member of the Beta Club and basketball team. After graduation, she moved to Jackson with her mother and...
William Shelby Hutcherson
Feb 10, 2015
William Shelby Hutcherson, 93, passed away Tuesday, February 10, 2015, at his residence. He was born August 21, 1921 in Jackson, TN the son of William and Lucy Jeffries Hutcherson. He was a veteran of WWII, serving in the U.S. Army under Gen. George Patton in North Africa and Sicily. He was a 70 year member of IBEW and was...
Rodney Clark Mckenzie
Feb 5, 2015
Rodney Clark McKenzie, 64, of Jackson, TN died Thursday February 5, 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents, Marshall and Beatrice Clark McKenzie; two brothers, David McKenzie and Philip McKenzie; and a dear friend, Miki York. Rod is survived by his sister Barbara McKenzie Rupp (husband David) of Louisville, KY; three nephews, Britton Rupp (wife Katie), Alex McKenzie,...
Brent James Hanson
Jan 25, 2015
Brent J. Hanson, age 25, died on Sunday, January 25, 2015 in Nashville, TN. Brent was born on July 29, 1989 in Moline, IL, the son of Tom and Sue Lorentzen Hanson. He was a lover of all sports. He was a member of the 14 year old team that participated in the 2003 Baseball Dixie World Series in Jackson,...
Norma Jean Burke
Jan 24, 2015
Norma Jean Burke, age 67, died on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Forest Cove Nursing Center after a lengthy battle with cancer. Norma was born on September 9, 1947 in Shelby, OH, the daughter of the late Robert Clyde and Mary Bright Snyder. She was a graduate of Mid View High School in Grafton, OH and NCTC in Mansfield, OH....
Harold L. Skinner
Jan 22, 2015
Harold L. Skinner Harold L. Skinner, age 80, died on Thursday, January 22, 2015 at the Regional Hospital of Jackson. A native of Burnsville, Mississippi, he was born on November 10, 1934 the son of the late Talmadge Lewis and Blanche Marie Jones Skinner. He was a maintenance supervisor for Sonoco Products retiring in 1994. He was a 32nd degree...
William "Bill" Mitchel Patton Sr.
Jan 20, 2015
William Mitchel “Bill” Patton Sr., 88, of Jackson, TN passed away Tuesday January 20, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Patton was born January 2, 1927 in Jackson, TN the son of the late Thomas Mitchel Patton Sr. and Flossie Lane Patton. He was a member of West Jackson Baptist Church and the Curtiss Scott Sunday School Class. He was a...
Jerry Newton Wood
Jan 10, 2015
Jerry N. Wood, age 75, died on Saturday, January 10, 2015, at the Baptist Reynolds Hospice Facility in Collierville, TN. Jerry was born in New Albany, Mississippi on October 5, 1939, the son of Dorothy Mae Tippett Wood and the late William A. Wood, Jr. He was a graduate of Jackson High School and Lambuth College. He was briefly employed...
Bobby Neal Hopper, Sr.
Jan 8, 2015
Bobby Neal Hopper, Sr., age 81, died on January 8, 2015, at his Jackson, TN residence. A native of Jackson and Madison County, Bobby was born on December 26, 1933, the son of the late William Tolbot and Lilly Dyer Hopper. He was one of twelve children to William and Lilly. During the 1950’s he served his county as a...
Margaret Henson Crump
Jan 6, 2015
Margaret Henson Crump, 89, died on Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Margaret was born in Dyer County, TN on April 15, 1925, the daughter of the late Paul Almon and Tisha Mai Scott Henson. She was married on June 29, 1946, to Elmo Ray Crump by Dr. R.G. Lee at Bellevue Baptist Church in...
Terresa Ann Vanover
Jan 3, 2015
Terresa Ann Vanover, 55, of Humboldt, TN passed away Saturday January 3, 2015 in Memphis, TN. She was born September 22, 1959 in Alliance, OH the daughter of Hubert Earl Blackburn and the late Marlene Anderson Blackburn. Terresa was the owner of Equine Acres Stables and the West Tennessee Riding Academy. She was also the City Recorder of Three-Way, TN....
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