ELLEN ESTELL (SEATON) ALEXANDER –
Funeral services for Ellen Estell Seaton Alexander were Saturday May 10, 2008 at Shackelford Chapel, Savannah TN. Burial followed in Hollands Creek Cemetery, Hardin County TN. Ms. Alexander, assembly work, age 84, died Wednesday May 7, 2008 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. She ws preceded by her husband, Hubert Leon Alexander; father, Elbert Leonard Seaton; mother, Clara Elva Seaton; two sons, Loyd and Jerry Alexander, four brothers, Garmon, Elvis, Leonard and Billy Seaton; two sisters, Myrtle Alexander, Louise Layton; two grandchildren, one great-grandchild. Survivors include five sons, Melvin, James Gordon, Floyd, Larry and Tommy Alexander; three daughters, Patsy Harwell, Inez Yarbrough and Linda Rose; one brother Dan Seaton of Savannah; one sister, Vera Lewis, Tupelo MS; and twenty three grandchildren.
The Lexington Progress, May 14, 2008 - Contributed by, Christine Walters
MARGARET "BOBBIE" ALEXANDER –
Funeral service for Margaret "Bobbie" Alexander were Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Sardis Baptist Church, Sardis TN. Burial followed in Lebanon Cemetery Saltillo TN with Shakelford Funeral Directors of Savannah. Mrs. Alexander 57, died Wednesday Oct. 15, 2008 at heer residence. Survivors include husband, Jerry Alexander, Sardis, her mother, Nada Ross Pitts of Sardis; one son David of Scotts Hill, two daughters Dana SMith of Lexington and Melanie Davis Jackson TN; one brother Max Pitts, Atoka TN; two sisters, Marilyn Jobe of Olive Branch MS and Teresa Beecham of Sardis; eight grandchildren.
The Lexington Progress, October 22, 2008 - Contributed by, Christine Walters
HATTIE (WRIGHT) RUTH LEWIS BLANKENSHIP –
Services for Mrs. Hattie Wright-Blankenship were Sunday at Shackelford Funeral Home with Rev. Lloyd Blankenship officiating. Burial was in Lebanon Cemetery near Saltillo. Mrs. Blankenship was 96, died Saturday at Tri-County Cnovalescent Home in Adamsville. She was a homemaker the widow of Clyde Ruth, Kim Lewis and Jim Blankenship. She leaves two sons, Lee Ward Ruth and Brodie Lewis both of Sardis; a daughter Mrs. Theo Alexander of Morris Chapel and seven grandchidren.
The Lexington Progress, March 1, 1989 - Contributed by, Christine Walters
BARBARA LOIS CONNOR –
Services for Barbara Lois Connor were held Friday, August 15 at Reeds Chapel, Scotts Hill with burial following at Shady Grove Cemetery in Saltillo. Ms. Connor age 61, of Saltillo, died Wednesday August 13, 2008 at Hardin Co. Medical Center. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her mother, Birtie Connor of Saltillo; Jo Bailey of Milledgeville and Diane McMurry of Milledgeville.
The Lexington Progress, August 20, 2008 - Contributed by, Christine Walters
VERA BINGHAM HARRISON –
Services for Mrs. Vera Bingham Harrison were Friday at Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah with the Rev. Warren Roberts officiating. Burial was in Neill Cemetery. Mrs. Harrison, 79, died Wednesday at Hardin County Hospital. She was a Baptist. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Betty McFall and Mrs. Myrtle Hitchcock, both of Savannah; a son, William Thomas Harrison of Savannah; four brothers, W. C. Bingham, Homer Bingham, Edward Bingham, all of Saltillo and W. M. Bingham of Sardis; three sisters, Mrs. Kate Bingham of Sardis, Mrs. Oma Lowe of Lexington and Mrs. Bessie Barnes of Morris Chapel and a grandchild.
The Lexington Progress, June 12, 1969
RAYMOND HOWARD LEWIS –
Services for Raymond Howard Lewis Sunday at Shackelford Funeral Home with the Rev. Lamar Ball officiating. Burial was in Crump Cemetery. Mr. Lewis who was 42, was killed in a factory accident at Anchor Swan Corp. Thursday night where he worked as a pinner and puller. He was a former employee of Savannah Locker Co., and worked as a meat cutter in Corinth MS. He was a native of Hardin County. He leaves his wife, Rebecca Stewart Lewis of Reagan; two daughters Redonna Lewis and Krista Lewis both of Reagan; two sons, Randall of Lexington and Kevin of Booneville MS; his mother, Mrs. Blanche Davis Lewis of Savannah; seven sisters, Mrs. Brenda BUrris, Mrs. Judy Matlock, Deborah House, Geneva lewis all of Savannah, Doris Riley of Clifton, Linda Williams of Corinth adn Karen Scheele of Crump; and five brothers, Burnis, Gene, James Marshall, all of Savannah, Charles of Corinth and Bobby of Lexington.
The Lexington Progress, December 16, 1987 - Contributed by, Christine Walters
LIBURN V. McMURRAY -
Services for Liburn V. McMurray, Lexington cab driver, were Saturday at Pafford Funeral Homes with Charles Thomasson officiating. Burial was in Lebanon Cemetery in Hardin County. Mr. McMurray, the county's last Spanish-American War veteran, died early Thursday at Lexington Hospital shortly after a collision between his car and a Meadors Motor Lines truck at the intersection of Highway 22S and the alternate route. A passenger in Mr. McMurray's cab, Max Ray Bowman, was carried to Jackson General Hospital. The truck driver, Austin Avent of Bolivar, was not injured. No charges were filed. Mr. McMurray was returning toward Lexington and the truck was headed south toward Highway 100. Born in Alabama, Mr. McMurray had been a cab driver here many years. He was a member of the Church of Christ. He was 82. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Velta McMurray of Brooklyn, two brothers, Lonnie McMurray and L. C. McMurray, both of Sardis; four sisters, Mrs. Della Hanna of Memphis, Mrs. Mattie Hamilton of Kingsland, Ark., Mrs. Mary Phillips of Big Sandy and Mrs. Ethel Hooper of Sweeney, Texas.
The Lexington Progress, March 8, 1962
HILDRED SMALL -
Services for Mrs. Hildred Small were Friday at Lewis Chapel Church with the Rev. Verline Crothers officiating. Burial was in Saltilo Cemetery with Parham Mortuary in charge. Mrs. Small, who was 66, died Monday at John Gaston Hospital in Memphis after a short illness. She was a retired Tennessee State University employee and a Methodist. She leaves her husband, George Small of Lexington; a daughter, Miss Linda Small of Lexington; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Perry of Almo, Ky and Mrs. Dorothy Davis of Daisy, Tenn.; a brother, Albert Cooper of Florence, Ala.
The Lexington Progress, September 17, 1975
MAJOR-GENERAL CHARLES F. SMITH -
Sinking slowly for some weeks, without any apparent signs of decay. About the middle of April, 1862, his symptoms became dangerous, and
at four o'clock on the afternoon of April 25, he died of dysentery. His remains were taken to St. Louis, and interred with military honors,
and especial orders from the Secretary of War and military commanders were issued to his memory.
Major-General Charles Ferguson Smith, who died at Savannah, Tennessee, was born in Philadelphia about the year 1804.
His father was the celebrated medical doctor of the State of Pennsylvania, Dr. Samuel B. Smith.
Portrait Monthly, New York Illustrated News, 10-1-1863 - Contributed by, C. H.
MARILYN (THOMPSON) WHITE –
Services for Marilyn Thompson White were Monday March 3, 2003 at Shackelford Chapel in Savannah TN. Burial took place at Oakland Cemetery. Mrs. White died on March 1, 2003 at Lexington Hospital. She was a former nurse for Jackson Hospital for 15 years and Hardin County for 10 years. She is deceased by her husband Murray White. Survivors are daughters Geralding Houston of Lexington, Bonita Hillhouse of Jackson, Mary Lucille Aaron of Scotts Hill TN; son Lawrence E. White of Only TN; sisters Lucille Delaney of Saltillo, Diane Rickman of Adamsville, Margueritte WIlkerson of Memphis, Billie Thompson of Arkansas; brother Keeton Thompson fo Memphis and 9 grandchildren.
The Lexington Progress, March 5, 2003 - Contributed by, Christine Walters
AUBREY ALLEN WILLIS –
Services for Aubrey Allen Willis will be THursday Jan. 20, 2000 at Saltillo Church of Christ. Burial will be in Shady Grove Cemetery, Hardin County with Shakleford Funeral Home, Savannah in charge. Mr. Willis who was 66, died Monday Jan. 17, at Methodist Hospital of Lexington with cancer. He was a truck driver, a Navy veteran of Korean Conflict and a Mason. He leaves his wife, Jane Martin Willis of Saltillo; a son, Gary WIllis of Lexington; his mother, Mrs. Clyde Morris Willis of Savannah; two brothers, Gene Willis of Saltillo and Tommy Willis of Reagan.
The Lexington Progress, January 19, 2000 - Contributed by, Christine Walters
L. M. WILLIS –
Services for L.M. Willis were Sunday at Hurricane Primitive Baptist Church in Counce with Rev. Cecil Woodruff officiating. Burial was in Shady Grove Cemetery in Hardin Co. Mr. Willis, 74, died Saturday at Methodist Hsp. Lexington. He leaves his wife, Helen Brown WIllis of Sardis; a daughter, Mrs. Shirley Scott of Sardis; two sons, Gerald of St. Croix Virgin Islands and Larry Willis of Sardis; two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Johnson of Sardis and Mrs. Opal Shands of Jefferson City TN; a brother Linnie of Saltillo and five grandchildren.
The Lexington Progress, July 28, 1993 - Contributed by, Christine Walters
WILLIAM REFFUS WOODRUFF –
Services for Mr. William Reffus Woodruff were Friday, Feb. 28, 2003 held at Shackelford Chapel in Savannah. Burial followed at Lebanon Cemetery in Saltillo. Mr. Woodruff, age 79, died on Wednesday Feb. 26, 2003 at Veterans Hospital in Memphis. He was a truck driver, a member of Sardis Baptist Church, Veteran of US Army and US Navy. He is preceded in death by his wife Johnnie Mae Ruth Woodruff. He is survived by two daughers Sandra A. Scott and Kathy Redding both of Lexington, one son William T. Woodruff of Byhalia MS, one stepson Ronald Edward Gant of Collierville, one sister ALma hardin of Red Bay AL., two half sisters, Jean High of High Point NC, Sible Spilane of NC; two half brothers Milton Woodruff of Of Mobile AL, Billy WOodruff of Saltillo and nine grandchildren. Shackelford Funeral Directors of Savannah TN was in charge.
The Lexington Progress, March 5, 2003 - Contributed by, Christine Walters
