Willie Edward Mcfarland

Mr. Willie E. McFarland, 92, of Hickman died Monday, March 27, 2017, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 1, 2017, at Johnson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Steven Turner officiating. Interment will follow in Hickman City Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the church.Mr. Willie Edward McFarland was born on October 9, 1924, in Coffeeville, Mississippi. He began his life with Christ at Johnson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. He later joined Church of Christ Divine in Union City, Tennessee. He was preceded in death by his wife, Elvester McFarland and his daughter, Dorothy Sanders. He leaves behind twelve children, seven daughters, Josephine Warren of Hickman, Kentucky, Stella Browning of Union City, Tennessee, Vivian McFarland of Union City, Tennessee, Ethel (Robert) Shearrill of Dalton, Illinois, Jeanette Martin of Paducah Kentucky, Brenda (Talber) McFarland of Merryville, Illinois and Kathleen McFarland of Paducah Kentucky; five sons, Willie James McFarland of Fulton, Kentucky, George McFarland of South Fulton, Tennessee, Detroy McFarland of Chicago, Illinois, Sky McFarland of Lawerenceville, Georgia and Curtis McFarland of Union City, Tennessee; forty-two grandchildren; sixty-one great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Rawls Funeral Home - Union City 731-885-8110