Obituaries
Obituaries for the Benton & Decatur County, TN Area
Martha Sue Holland
Jan 5, 2021
Martha Sue Holland, age 86 of Camden, TN passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Mrs. Holland was born on July 28, 1934 in Camden, TN to the late Connie Bulis Smothers and Minnie Beatrice Nolen Smothers. She was also preceded in death by her husband Lottis Wilbert Holland; son Terry Holland; brother Rev. Kenneth Richey;...
Thomas Jerry Tillman
Jan 1, 2021
Thomas Jerry Tillman was born on October 18, 1943. He was the youngest child born to Joe Sydney Tillman and Mary Ida Moore Tillman. His loving parents raised him and his five older siblings in Decatur county. He graduated high school from Scotts Hill High School in the class of 1962. He married his high school sweetheart Janette Galbraith on...
Benny Ray Prueitt
Dec 30, 2020
Mr. Benny Ray Prueitt, age 76 of Sugar Tree, TN passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at Jackson General Hospital. He was born September 9, 1944 to the late Earlie Bedford Prueitt and Lola Mae Anderson Prueitt in Benton County. He was a Commercial Fisherman and an Army Veteran. Graveside service will be Sunday, January 3, 2021 at Bawcum Cemetery...
Betty Muriel Bivens
Dec 28, 2020
Betty Muriel King Bivens, age 95, departed this earthly life peacefully on December 28, 2020. Betty was born on July 21, 1925 to Percy and Essie King in Perryville, Tennessee. She graduated from Parsons High School. Betty was employed by DuPont de Nemours and Company in Nashville for several months making parachutes during World War 11. She also traveled to...
James Martin Kennon
Dec 27, 2020
Mr. James Martin Kennon, age 79 of Camden, TN passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Kennon was born on May 12, 1941 in Camden, TN to the late Sebern Kennon and Mildred Summers Kennon. Mr. Kennon was retired from 20 years of service with Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park. In 1957 he was a Charter...
Linda Kaye Dykstra
Dec 26, 2020
Linda Kaye Dykstra, age 71 of Camden, TN passed away on Saturday, December 26, 2020 at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Mrs. Dykstra was born on July 3, 1949 in Camden, TN to the late Otis Floyd and Elizabeth Lorene Hardin Floyd. She was also preceded in death by a grandson Mitchell Gordon Kilgore. Mrs. Dykstra was owner, operator of Dykstra Insurance...
Madison Furr
Dec 23, 2020
Mr. Thomas Madison Furr, age 83 of Holladay, TN passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center. Mr. Furr was born on April 24, 1937 in Benton County to the late Loye Furr and Gertrude Holland Furr. He was also preceded in death by a brother Nyman Furr and daughter Robin Furr. Mr. Furr was retired...
Saundra Lynn Ball
Dec 20, 2020
Saundra Lynn Crenshaw Ball age 60 of Parsons, TN passed away Sunday, December 20, 2020 at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, TN. She was born October 19, 1960 to the late Jerry W. Crenshaw and Norma Lee Wallace Crenshaw in Washington, DC. She was a homemaker. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.
The family chose cremation....
James Perry West
Dec 18, 2020
Mr. James Perry West, age 74 of Camden, TN passed away on December 18, 2020 at Camden Healthcare and Rehabilitaton Center. Mr. West was born on October 1, 1946 in Camden, TN to the late Perry West and Ruth Cantrell West. Mr. West worked for the Camden Water Department for 20 years and was a member of Missionary Grove Baptist...
Carolyn Joyce Farmer
Dec 17, 2020
Carolyn Joyce Farmer, age 76 of Camden, TN passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2020 at Camden Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Ms. Farmer was born on November 30, 1944 in Camden, TN, to the late Dalton and Era Brewer Waters. She was also preceded in death by her husband Lindell Sonny Farmer, brother: Kenneth Ray Waters, sisters; Zeta May Chance,...
Alice Nell Durdin
Dec 8, 2020
Alice Nell Durdin, age 87 of Camden, TN passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at Camden General Hospital. Ms. Durdin was born on September, 6, 1933 in Benton County to the late Claude Townsend and Annie Smith Townsend. She was also preceded in death by her husband Junior Durdin; brothers Hershell Townsend and Billy Joe Townsend. Ms. Durdin was...
Mary Phyll Waggoner
Dec 6, 2020
Mary Phyllip Waggoner, age 92 of Camden, TN passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2020 at Camden General Hospital. Ms. Waggoner was born on October 21, 1928 in Holladay, TN to the late Paul Ashby and Ila Malin Ashby. She was also preceded in death by her first husband Thomas Todd, second husband Bill Waggoner; daughter Phyllis Farmer; brothers Herman...
Ouida Dailey
Dec 5, 2020
Ouida Fern Dailey, age 85 of Camden, TN passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at her residence. Ms. Dailey was born on September 17, 1935 in Memphis, TN to the late Clarence Medlin and Hazel Johnson Medlin. She was also preceded in death by her husband Ronald Dailey; brothers Myron Medlin, Clarence Medlin Jr.; sister Helen Crosno; sisters-in-law Sue...
Roxie Jean Horton
Dec 5, 2020
Roxie Jean Horton, age 81 of Camden, TN passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at her residence. Ms. Horton was born on June 28, 1939 in Camden, TN to the late James Justice Flowers and Annie Lavern Flowers. She was also preceded in death by her husband Donald “Gene” Horton; brothers, Wendell Flowers, Bennie Flowers, Jimmy Flowers; sister Linda...
Billy Joe Higginbotham, SR
Dec 5, 2020
Mr. Billy Joe Higginbotham, SR, age 76 of Parsons, TN passed away peacefully Saturday, December 5, 2020 at his residence. He was born October 2, 1944 in Shuqualak, MS to the late T. W. Higginbotham and Bertha Bateman Higginbotham and was one of several siblings. He is preceded in death by sisters, Dorothy Week, Shirley Higginbotham, two brothers, Jimmy Higginbotham,...
Edith D. Smith
Dec 1, 2020
Edith D. Smith, age 92 of Camden, TN passed away on Tuesday, December 1, 2020. She was born in Camden on February 25, 1928 to R.A. Brown and Pearl Beasley Brown. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband of 74 years Arch Smith, and sister Ida Mae Johnson. Mrs. Smith played an active role in Chalk Level Baptist...
Ronald Lee Barker
Nov 28, 2020
Ronald Lee Barker, age 73 of Camden, TN passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2020 at Regional One Hospital in Memphis, TN. Mr. Barker was born on August 26, 1947 in Nashville, TN to the late Connie Leslie Barker and Eva Mae Hargrove Barker. He was a retired Quality Control Supervisor with Emerson Electric and Baptist in faith.
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Wanda Lou Wilson
Nov 26, 2020
Wanda Lou Wilson, age 82 of Camden, TN passed away on Thursday, November 26, 2020 at Camden General Hospital. Mrs. Wilson was born on June 15, 1938 in Camden, TN to the late Charley Carmack Fields and Jewell Loudean Bullion Fields. She was also preceded in death by her sister Mary Ann Arnold. Mrs. Wilson was a homemaker and member...
JoAnn Kee
Nov 24, 2020
Mrs. Rachel JoAnn Kee, age 81 passed away on November 24, 2020 at St. Thomas Hospital. Mrs. Kee was born on August 17, 1939 in Franklin County, AL to the late Floyd Isaac Humphres and Mary Elizabeth Henning. She was also preceded in death byher husband Louis Wayman Kee; their son, Louis Allen Kee; brother, Jackie Humphres; brothers-in-law, Jack Dorsey,...
Bro. W.R. Roach
Nov 21, 2020
Bro. W.R. Roach age 81 of Scotts Hill, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020 in Westwood Health Care and Rehab Center in Decaturville.
He was born July 18, 1939 in the Grays Chapel Community of Decatur County to the late Dewey Roach and Maudie Mae Phillips Roach. Bro. Roach was an avid gardener, harvesting his produce and selling to the...
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