OBITUARIES

Jul 4, 2020

Mrs. Edna Ruth Guthrie, 63, of Paris died Saturday, July 4, 2020, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. on  Saturday, July 11, 2020, at Rawls Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.

Visitation will begin at noon until time of service on Saturday at the Rawls Funeral...

Jul 2, 2020

Ms. Alberta Thomas Hall, 93, of Union City died Thursday, July 2, 2020, AHC Union City.

Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in East View Cemetery.

Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. at Rawls Funeral Home Chapel.

Alberta Thomas Hall was born on...

Jun 27, 2020

Mr. Grady "Big Boy" Jones, 75, of Atwood died Saturday, June 27, 2020.

Services will be held at noon on Sunday, July 5, 2020, at Mt. Ararat Baptist Church in Trezevant. Interment will be held on Monday at 10:30 a.m. in Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery at Parkers Crossroads.

Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. until...

Jun 27, 2020

Mrs. Helen Fay Wilson, 70, of Union City died Saturday, June 27, 2020, at her residence.

Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, in East View Cemetery. Interment will follow in East View Cemetery.

There will be no visitation. Friends are asked to meet at the cemetery.

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Jun 24, 2020

Ms. Christina Moody Jones, 41, Murray formerly of Fulton died Wednesday, June 24, 2020, at Anna Mae Owen Residential Hospice House in Murray.

Services will be held at noon on Friday, July 3, 2020, at New Life Church in Murray. Interment will follow in Murray Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum.

Visitation will begin at 10 a.m....

Jun 22, 2020

Mr. Kinnie McCloud, Jr., 52, of Union City died Monday, June 22, 2020, at his residence.

Services will be held at noon on Wednesday, July 1, 2020, at Visions Community Baptist Church. Interment will follow in East View Cemetery.

Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at the church.

Kinnie Lee McCloud,...

Jun 20, 2020

Mrs. Ethel Edwards, 65, of Martin died Saturday, June 20, 2020, at West Tennessee Healthcare Volunteer Hospital.

Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, June 26, 2020, in Parham Cemetery.

A viewing will be held on Thursday, June 25, 2020, at Rawls Funeral Home Chapel from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.

Jun 19, 2020

Mrs. Betty Faye Howard Taylor, 78, formerly of Martin died Friday, June 19, 2020, in California.

Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, July 3, 2020, in Parham Cemetery. Interment will follow.

She was born on August 27, 1941, to the late Lillian Betty Rose and James Howard, Jr. She was a...

Jun 17, 2020

Mrs. Marilyn Douglas, 64, of Union City died Wednesday, June 17, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City.

A viewing will be held on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, at New Hope Freewill Baptist Church from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. A second viewing will also be on Thursday, June 25, 2020, from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00...

Jun 16, 2020

Mr. David Louis Ware, Jr., 41, of Caruthersville, MO formerly of Fulton died Tuesday, June 16, 2020.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 20, 2020, at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Martin. Interment will follow in Greenlea Cemetery in Fulton. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. until time of service at the church....

Jun 8, 2020

Mr. Otis Christopher Meadows, 49, of Antioch formerly of Paris died Monday, June 8, 2020.

A viewing will be held at Rawls Funeral Home on Sunday, June 14, 2020, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.

He was born to James D. Meadows, Sr. and Barbara Ann Dunlap Meadows in...

May 30, 2020

Mr. Tommie Lee Brewer, 76, of Union City died Saturday, May 30, 2020, at The Waters of Union City.

A viewing will be held on Saturday, June 6, 2020, at Rawls Funeral Home Chapel from 12:00 p.m. until 1:45 p.m. Interment will follow in East View Cemetery.

Tommie Lee Brewer was born March 5th, 1944...

May 27, 2020

Mrs. Nellie Elizabeth Bass, 81, of Paris died Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at her residence.

Viewing will be held at Rawls Funeral Home on Saturday, June 6, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. Family will have private services.

Nellie Elizabeth Bass was born on April 14, 1939 in Paris, Tennessee to Samuel and Nellie...

May 25, 2020

Mr. Wardell "Poucho" Dolberry, 71, of Paris died Monday, May 25, 2020, at  St. Thomas Midtown Hospital in Nashville.

A viewing will be held on Saturday, May 30, 2020, from 11:00 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. at Rawls Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.

He was born on December 11, 1948, to the...

May 19, 2020

Mr. Charlie Lewis Smith, 72, of Hickman husband of Carolyn Smith died Tuesday, May 19, 2020, at Select Specialty Hospital in Nashville.

Charlie Lewis Smith was born on March 20, 1948 in Hickman, Kentucky to James Edward and Edna Smith . He is preceded in death by his parents and three brothers: James Edward Smith, Jr ....

May 18, 2020

Mr. Charles Hardin, 74, of Dyersburg formerly of Union City died Monday, May 18, 2020, at his residence.

A viewing will be held on Sunday, May 24, 2020, from 11:00 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. at Rawls Funeral Home.

Charles Michael Hardin was born in Hickman, KY on August 26, 1945, to the late James and...

May 17, 2020

Mr. Marvin Burton, 81, of Puryear died Sunday, May 17, 2020, at  AHC Paris.

A viewing will be held on Saturday, May 23, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. at Rawls Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.

He was born in Paris on May 7, 1939, to Calvin and Mildred Martin...

May 15, 2020

Mr. James Edward Smith, Jr., 73, of Hickman died Friday, May 15, 2020, at West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital.

A viewing will be held on Saturday, May 23, 2020, from 12:00 p.m. until 12:45 p.m. at Rawls Funeral Home Chapel in South Fulton. Interment will follow in Hickman City Cemetery.

James Edward Smith, Jr. was...

May 13, 2020

Mr. Ernest Guthrie, 72, of South Fulton died Wednesday, May 13, 2020, at West Tennessee Healthcare Volunteer Hospital in Martin.

Private funeral services were held on Saturday, May 16, 2020, at 11 a.m. in Rawls Funeral Home Chapel in South Fulton. Interment followed in Greenlea Cemetery.

He was born on March 10, 1948, in Fulton,...

Apr 25, 2020

Mrs. Barbara Buford, 84, of Martin died Saturday, April 25, 2020, at her residence.

Private family funeral services were held. Interment followed in Parham Cemetery.

She was born on January 8, 1936, in Martin to the late Birdie B. Busby and George Bell.

She was married to the late Newell Buford, Jr.