BASS, LEROY - Middleton – Services for LeRoy Bass, 81, will be at 11 a.m.
Wednesday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar. Burial will be in the Reaves Cemetery near Middleton. Mr. Bass,
retired from Amira Corp. in Bolivar, died Sunday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital of heart failure.
He is survived by his wife, Bernice Bass of Middleton; a daughter and son, Norma Sue Russell of Middleton and Ronnie
Lee Bass of Rossville; seven sisters, Dessie Vickers, Faye Voles and Francis Howell, all of Middleton, Virginia
Johnson of Hubbard, Texas, Betty Phillips and Mae Weathersbee, both of Bolivar, and Linda Kay Stewart of Toone;
and three brothers, Olion Bass of Middleton, William Earl Bass and Travis Bass, both of Bolivar. He was preceded
in death by a sister and four brothers, Helen Watridge, Dell Bass, Robert Bass, Bobby Bass and Delbert Bass.
The Jackson Sun, April 24, 2001 - transcribed by Amanda Jowers
BEECHAM, RUBY COOKSEY ERVIN - Services for Ruby Ervin Beecham were
held on Friday, July 11 at 2:00 p.m. at Forest Hill Pentecostal with Earl Presley officiating. Burial followed
at Walnut Grove.
Ms. Beecham, age 79, died on Tuesday, July 8 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. She was a homemaker and
a member of Forest Hill Pentecostal Church.
She is preceded in death by her husbands Ben Ervin and Lloyd Beecham; father Albert Cooksey; two daughters Lou
Ann Ervin and Terrie Wasmundt; three brothers Claude, Olan and Paul Cooksey and one grandson.
Survivors include two daughters Shriley Dixon of Saulsbury, Nancy Nichols of Lexington, Kentucky; one son Frank
Ervin of Middleton; one brother, Clarence Cooksey of Bolivar; 9 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
The family requests that memorials be directed to Forest Hill Pentecostal Church.
(The Lexington Progress, July 16, 2003 - transcribed by AJ)
BILLS, Major John H., one of the most enterprising and public spirited
citizens of West Tennessee, died at his home in Bolivar on the 16th; was 71 years.
(Whig and Tribune, 25 Nov 1871)
HARRIS, West, Esq. - DIED, In Hardeman county, Ten., West Harris Esq.,
aged 57 years.
National Banner and Nashville Whig (23 Jan. 1835) - transcribed by, Marla Zwakman
HENLEY, James Patrick - SOMERVILLE - JAMES PATRICK HENLEY, 46, of Heber
Springs, Ark., formerly of Somerville, truck driver for Wood Haulers Inc. in Heber Springs, Ark., died Tuesday
after an accident in his truck. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Bolivar with burial
in Mt. Olive Cemetery near here. He was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church near here. Mr. Henley leaves two daughters,
Cori Lynn Henley of Somerville and Shelby Larae Henley of Heber Springs; two sons, James Glenn Henley of Collierville
and Christopher Henley of Somerville; a stepdaughter, Casey George, and a stepson, Brandon George, both of Heber
Springs; his mother, Clara Henley of Somerville; three sisters, Janice Faye Lax of Youngtown, Ariz., and Brenda
Joyce Henson and Linda Lois Kirkland, both of Whiteville; and two brothers, Jerry Henley of Somerville and Perry
Henley of Pontotoc, Miss.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) - November 14, 1996 - contributed by, Anna Newell
ISAACKS, Hon. Jacob - DIED, At the residence of Maj. Christopher Bullard,
in Hardeman county, the Hon. Jacob C. Isaacks, late a representative in Congress, from the Mountian District, in
this State.
National Banner and Nashville Whig (2 Oct. 1835) - transcribed by, Marla Zwakman
JARMON, Major R. F., of Hardeman County, is dead; Mason.
(Nashville Union and American, 31 Dec 1872)
MYRICK, Captain Howell, of Hardeman County, died in Nashville on the 21st.
instant.
(Nashville Banner and Daily Advertiser, 24 Jun 1833)
OLIVER, Bertha - Of Bolivar, Tennessee, wife of Milton Oliver, died April 1 at her home,
3853 Langley avenue. Funeral services were held April 6. Burial in Burr Oak cemetery.
[The Chicago Defender (National edition), 15 Apr 1939 - Transcribed by, AJ]
PIPKIN, Jesse, age 85, died in Hardeman County on September 4.
(Whig and Tribune, 12 Oct 1872)
POLK, Colonel J. J.,prominent citizen of Hardeman County, died at his home
near New Castle last Saturday, Sept. 2d.
(Whig and Tribune, 9 Sep 1871)
SPARKMAN, Will R., , 74, retired Dallas funeral director, died Saturday
at his home at Bolivar, Tenn. He was the father of Louis N. Sparkman, partner of Sparkman-Brand, Inc., Dallas funeral
home, and Hal C. Sparkman of Dallas, who is serving with a machine-gun company in the Canadian army, somewhere
in England. Other survivors include his wife, his mother, Mrs. Ann Sparkman, and two brothers and three sisters,
all of whom reside in Tennessee. Mr. Sparkman began his career as a mortician when he was 17 years old at Jackson,
Tenn., and he came to Dallas in 1920, beginning business under the name of Loudermilk-Sparkman with George W. Loudermilk.
At one time, Mr. Sparkman served on the Tennessee board of embalming, and he was widely known in the profession.
Ten years ago Mr. Sparkman retired from business, and moved back to Tennessee. Funeral services will be conducted
at Bolivar at 10 a.m., Monday with burial there.
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, June 20, 1943 – transcribed by Amanda Jowers
TEAGUE, John, 92, died a few days ago in Hardeman County. He was a soldier
of the War of 1812.
(Nashville Union and American, 18 Feb 1873)
THOMPSON, Sally - DIED, In Hardeman county, Ten. Mrs. Sally Thompson,
consort of Mr. Robert Thompson, Esq., aged 37 years, leaving 9 children. Mr. John Chisum. Mr. Peter Minner.
National Banner and Nashville Whig (22 Oct. 1834) - transcribed by, Marla Zwakman
