Archives: 2021

Lonnie Joe Douglas, Jr.

Graveside service for Lonnie Joe Douglas, Jr., age 70, will be Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 11:00 AM at Denmark Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Douglas died Saturday, September 18, 2021 at Jackson General Hospital. Visitation for Mr. Douglas will be Friday, September 24, 2021 from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM at Mercer Brothers Funeral Home. For additional information, contact Mercer…

Barbara Jean Edgeston

Funeral service for Barbara Jean Edgeston, age 76, will be Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 11:00 AM in the Chapel of Mercer Brothers Funeral Home.  Burial will follow in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Mrs. Edgeston died on Saturday, September 18, 2021 at Jackson General Hospital. Visitation for Mrs. Edgeston will be Friday, September 24, 2021 from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM…

Mr. John Henry Tomlin, Jr.

Services for Mr. John Henry Tomlin, Jr. age 50 of Jackson, Tennessee will held on Saturday, September 25, 2021, 2:00 P.M., at the Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday, from 4:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M., at the Stephenson-Shaw Chapel. For more info contact Stephenson-Shaw Funeral Home at (731) 427-7411 or log on to our…

COVID-19 surge slowing in Madison County, officials say

JACKSON, Tenn. — “After several weeks of giving you bad news, I think I finally have a little light at the end of the tunnel to share with you,” Amy Garner, Chief Compliance and Communications Officer for West Tennessee Healthcare, said Wednesday during a weekly COVID-19 press conference. Health, government, and school leaders in Jackson/Madison County are seeing the COVID-19…

R. Kelly says he won’t testify at his sex trafficking trial

NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly has told a judge that he won’t take the witness stand at his sex trafficking trial. His comments Wednesday mean he’ll avoid the risk of a potentially brutal cross-examination. The defense is expected to rest its case later Wednesday and clear the way for the start of closing arguments. Defense lawyers had already said…

Ms. Marian Ruth Johnson

Ms. Marian Ruth Johnson was born on August 30, 1932, in Madison County, Tennessee. She departed this life on September 16, 2021, in White Plains, New York. Visitation will be on Friday, September 24, 2021, from 12:00 Noon-7:00 pm at Bledsoe Funeral Home Chapel. Family will receive friends from 7:00pm-8:00pm. Funeral Service will be at 1:00 pm Saturday, September 25,…

Trump sues niece, NY Times over bombshell story on tax practices

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday sued his estranged niece and The New York Times over a bombshell 2018 story about his family’s wealth and tax practices that was based on confidential documents she provided to the newspaper’s reporters. Trump’s lawsuit, filed in state court in New York, accuses Mary Trump of breaching a settlement agreement…

Officials: Many migrants from border camp released into US

DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — U.S. officials say many Haitian migrants camped in a small Texas border town are being released in the United States, undercutting the Biden administration’s public statements that Haitians who enter the country illegally face immediate expulsion. One official says Haitians have been freed on a “very, very large scale” in recent days, many of them…