Decatur Co TN Obituaries |
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JAMES DAVIS
- Services for James Davis will be April 14 at Parsons Mortuary. Burial follows in Hopewell Cemeetery. Mr. Davis, age 87, died April 12, 2011 at his home in Parsons. He was preceded by two wives, Jewel and Bernice. Survivors include three sons, Billy and Max Earl Davis of Parsons and James of Lexington; one daughter Johnny Sue Cagle of Parsons; one brother, Alonzo of MO; two half sisters, Sandra and Pam Davis both of MO and 12 grandchildren.
RUTH PEARL (SIMPSON) DAVIS
- Services were Saturday March 27, 2010 in the Chapel of Chase Funeral Home. Interment followed in the Concord Cemetery. Mrs. Davis, age 81, of Huntingdon, TN died Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at the Huntingdon Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born May 13, 1928 in Carroll Co. TN to the late Stephen Robert Simpson and Vicie Pearl (Cross) Simpson. She was a retired Cook for Baptist Memorial Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband James Cleavie Davis; four brothers and two sisters. She is survived by two daughters, Shirley Capps of Lexington, Becky Floyd of Westport; one son, Stephen Davis of Huntingdon and eight grandchildren.
STEPHEN (SLATER) DAVIS
- Graveside services for Stephen Davis were Sunday Sept. 5, 2010 at Pleasant Hill Cemetery with burial following. Mr. Davis age 61, died Sept. 3, 2010 at Jackson Hospital. He was preceded by a half brother, ROger Davis and a half sister Margaret Davis. He is survived by his wife Gloria of Parsons; three sons, Cameron M. Davis and Ralph Smott both of Lexington and Harold Edward Craft, Jackson; two daughters, Tanya Edmond, Linden and JoAnn Rosson, Lexington; one brother Carl Davis, Idaho; two half sisters, Bethel Taylor and Adel Powers both of Parsons and seventeen grandchildren.
JERRY A. DICKSON - Services for Mr. Jerry A. Dickson were held Saturday, October 29, 2005 with Don Franks officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Tabor Cemetery in Parsons Mr. Jerry A. Dickson, 69, of Parsons, passed away Thursday, October 27, 2005 at Decatur County General Hospital. Mr. Dickson was the son of the late Wylie and Flora (Hayes) Dickson. He was a member of Parsons First Baptist Church and he was a retired superintendant with the City of Parsons Water Dept. Survivors include wife Jean (Bowman) Dickson of Parsons, daughter Susan Baker of Decaturville, son Jerry Paul Dickson of Parsons, sister Dorthy Plunk of Parsons, brothers Donald Dickson of Parsons and Robert Dickson of Hohenwald, grandchildren Jody, Whitney, Dakota and Cheyenne Baker and Kevin and Michael Dickson and great grandchildren Bryce and McKenzie Dickson. Jerry was preceded in death by two brothers W.R. Dickson and Ronald Dickson. Pallbearers included Donnie Dickson, Greg Dickson, Keith Dickson, Mark Dickson, Brent Dickson and Darrin Duke. Honorary pallbearers were Lynn Moore, J.R. Wilson, Danny Bates, Bobby Harris, Ricky Baker and Larry Polan TOMMY RAY DILL
- Services for Tommy Ray Dill Jr. wer Tuesday April 15,2 008 at Pafford Funeral Home Scotts Hill. Burial followed in Old Center Cemetery in Bath Springs. Mr. Dill, age 32 died April 12, 2008 at Henderson County Community Hospital. He was preceded in death by his father Tommy Ray Dill Sr. Survivord include his m other, Theresa Collins Wheeler, Blackshear GA; four sisters, Yolanda Dill Lancaster, Scotts Hill; Jennifer Snow, Margaret Snow and Sar Wheeler all of Blackshear GA; two brothers, Michael Helton, Paris Tn and Jason Snow, Minomine WI.
KATE TAYLOR DIXON
- Joint services for Kate Taylor Dixon, 92, and her daughter, Virginia Dixon Raney, 66, will be at 2 p.m. today at Reed's Chapel. Burial will be in Decaturville Cemetery. Mrs. Dixon, retired, died Wednesday at Decatur County Manor of heart failure. Mrs. Raney, retired, died Wednesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital of liver disease. She is survived by her husband, Hollis Raney of Decaturville; a daughter and a son, Anne Smith and Hugh Raney, both of Decaturville. For more information, call the funeral home at 852-3643.
DAVID LEO DONAHUE
died Nov. 8, 2004 at his home in Parsons, Decatur County, Tennessee.
He was buried Nov. 10, 2004 at Campground Cemetery which is located west of Decaturville. The funeral was private. David never married. He was fifty-one years old at the time of his death. His deceased parents are also interred at the Campground Cemetery;
Leo Joseph Donahue, Mar. 10, 1921-Aug. 10, 2003 and
Anne Moore Donahue, Dec. 13, 1919-Aug. 6, 1997. Leo and Anne were married May 25, 1948.
David had a Bachelor’s degree from University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He went straight from high school to UT. David was a history major who also excelled in science. David was an avid historian and genealogist. He spent much time taking and compiling cemetery readings. David was a meticulous researcher. He was a member of the Mid-West Tennessee Genealogical Society. He started an earnest involvement with Internet genealogy in the late 1990s and joined the American Local History Network in 1999. Later, he joined TNGenWeb Project (TNGenNet Inc.) as the Madison County Coordinator. More recently, he was a Co-Coordinator of the TNGenNet’s Tennessee Records Repository. David was the first to offer a helping hand to “lost” genealogists and he was the first to go the extra mile for the them. His good work earned him many friends and admirers. He will be missed.
IMOGENE DODD
- Services for Imogene Dodd were Dec. 15, 2009 at Parsons Mortuary. Burial followed in Prospect Cem. Mrs. Dodd age 75, died Dec. 12, 2009 at Life Care Center. She was preceded by a son Gary Dodd and a brother Steven Andrew Powers. She is survived by her husband, Carl Dodd, Camden; one son, Dwight Dodd, Memphis; two daughters Cathy Jean Spencer, Murfreesboro and Lee Ann Dickerson, Wellington, Ohio; five brothers Teddy, John, Robert, Mark and David Powers; three sisters, Wilma Blair, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Rachel Duck; and six grandchildren.
SHELIA LYNN DOUGLAS
, 53, passed away April 28, 2007 at her home. Services were held May 19, 2007 at 3 p.m. at Graveside. Interment followed at Dukes Cemetery (Henderson County). She is preceded by her mother and father, Opal Clarice Douglass and Herman Oscar Douglass. She is survived by her brothers, Don Dee Douglass and David Allen Douglas of NC, sister Donna Douglas Carder of Memphis.
MAXIE DOYLE
- Services for Maxie Doyle were Monday at Parson Mortuary Chapel in Parsons with burial in Parsons Memorial Gardens. Mr. Doyle age 91, died June 21, 2009 at Decatur Hospital. He was preceded by a brother Moses Doyle and a sister Hazel Houston. Survivors are his wife Zula Rhodes Doyle, Parsons, three sons, Don of Germantown, Mickey in Beech Bluff and Chris in Jackson; one daughter Sheila Kirkpatrick, Huron; one sister, Arnell Dowell, Atlanta and eight grandchildren.
MARIE (HARRELL) DUCK
- Services for Mrs. Marie Harrell Duck were Saturday at Boyd Funeral Home in Decaturville with burial in Concord Cemetery.
Mrs. Duck, 81, died Thursday at Decatur County Hospital in Parsons. She was a retired teacher and a Methodist. She was the widow of Samuel L. Duck.
She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Purnell of Jonesboro AR: a son, John Sam Duck of Paris; two sisters, Ms. Ruth of Decaturville and Ms. Rubie Lee Carter of Nashville and two grandchildren.
LUCILLE DUNAVANT
, age 82, of Parsons TN passed away Sunday August 2, 2009 at Decatur Hospital. She was a homemaker an da member of Mt. Zion Church.
Lucille is survived by three sons Eddie Dunavant, Myron of Decaturville and Mark Dunavant. Three sisters Helen Rush and Jessie Holt of Taylorville iL and Betty Mays of Parsons; three brothers Odell Scallions of Hopkinsvillee KY; Calvin Scahhions of Taylorville and James of Daleville AL and three grandchildren. She was precedd by her husband Ed Walter Dunavant and a grandaughter Erica Dunavant. Burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery 4 August 2009
JACOB JONATHAN DUNKLE
, 69, of Camden, passed away Sunday, August 5, 2007 at Camden Healthcare & Rehab. Mr. Dunkle was born in Decatur County, TN, the son of the late Jacob Dunkle and Fannie Mae Hamm Dunkle. Graveside service was held Monday, August 6, 2007, at the Decaturville Cemetery.
Mr. Dunkle is survived by his daughter, Lisa Reel of North Carolina; son, Thomas Dunkle of Camden; sister, Betty Wilson of Paris; and brother, John Dunkle of Decaturville, TN.
JIMMY L. DURBIN
- Services for Jimmy L. Durbin were Thursday at Liberty United Meth. Church with the Rev. Bertice Rouse officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Pafford Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Durbin who was 46, died Wednesday morning at Decatur County Hspt. He was owner and operator of a truck service. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Lou Parton Durbin; two stepsons, Larry Roberts and Roy Roberts, both of Parsons; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Diane Dotson of Lexington and Mrs. Shirley Redding of Sardis; his mother, Mrs. Cleo Buck Mangrum of St. Joseph TN; his stepmother, Mrs. Marjorie Davis of Joliet, IL; a sister, Mrs. Sharon Horton of Jackson and a half sister, Mrs. Jackie Hafner of Braidwood IL and three grandchildren.
MARGARET MARIE DURBIN
, 76,of Sardis, died Monday Monday November 23, 2009 at her home. She is survived by her husband Paul E. Durbin, a daughter Vicki (Stanley) Bobbitt of Bartlett, a son Greg (Debbie) Durbin of Henderson, 3 brothers, Charles M. Phillips Jr., John Phillips, and Gary Phillips all of Memphis, 4 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. She was preceded by a sister Dorothy Naylor. Services will be Nov. 26, 2010 at Reeds Chapel in Scotts Hill with burial in Liberty Cem.
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