Archives: 2021

Mr. Larry Darnell Williamson

Services for Mr. Larry Darnell Williamson, age 65 of Mercer, Tennessee will be held on Saturday, July 31, 2021, 12 Noon at the Stephenson-Shaw Chapel. The interment will be in the Parkway Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Friday, from 5:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. For more information contact Stephenson-Shaw Funeral Home at (731) 427-7411 or log on…

Larry Jene Williams

Funeral service for Larry Jene Williams, age 75, will be Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 3:00 PM in the Chapel of Mercer Brothers Funeral Home. Mr. Williams died Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at Jackson General Hospital. Friends and Family may pay their respects at Mercer Brothers Funeral Home on Saturday, July 31, 2021 from 1:00 PM until time of service….

Mrs. Mary Utley

Services for Mrs. Mary Utley, age 78 of Henderson, Tennessee will be held on Saturday, July 31, 2021, 1:00 P.M., at the North Henderson Church Of Christ. The interment will be in the Oak Grove Church Cemetery. She will lie in state at the Church on Saturday, from 11:00 A.M., until time of service. For more information contact Stephenson-Shaw Funeral…

Larry Jene Williams

Funeral service for Larry Jene Williams, age 75, will be Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 3:00 PM in the Chapel of Mercer Brothers Funeral Home. Mr. Williams died Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at Jackson General Hospital. Friends and Family may pay their respects at Mercer Brothers Funeral Home on Saturday, July 31, 2021 from 1:00 PM until time of service….

Robert Louis Shaw

Graveside service for Robert Louis Shaw, age 69, will be Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 4:00 PM at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Shaw died Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at Jackson General Hospital. For additional information, contact Mercer Brothers Funeral Home at 731-423-4922. Categories: Obituaries

Nana Pearl Gaillard

Funeral service for Nana Pearl Gaillard, age 80, will be Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 11:00 AM in the Chapel of Mercer Brothers Funeral Home.  Burial will follow in Ruckersville Cemetery in Falkner, MS. Ms. Gaillard died Friday, July 23, 2021 at Jackson General Hospital. Friends and Family may pay their respects at Mercer Brothers Funeral Home on Saturday, July…

Jackson Exchange Club names 2020 Man of the Year

JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson Exchange Club held a special ceremony for its 2020 Man of the Year on Tuesday. It’s a title many men in the Jackson community have held for more than 80 years. Each year one man is awarded the title for his leadership and service to the community. Filled with plenty of emotion, the 2020 Man…

West Tennessee Healthcare holds monthly board meeting

JACKSON, Tenn. — Leaders with West Tennessee Healthcare held their monthly board meeting Tuesday afternoon. During the meeting board members gave their COVID-19 reports for the year. They also spoke about changes in their Economic Development Department due to the virus. Board members say they are continuing to monitor the changes in healthcare for West Tennesseans to make sure everyone…

Ex-airman sentenced to 45 months for leaking drone info

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former Air Force intelligence analyst has been sentenced to 45 months in prison for leaking top-secret information about the U.S. government’s drone strike program to a journalist. Daniel Hale told a federal judge he felt compelled to disclose the information out of guilt over his own participation in a drone program that he believed was…

Operation Southern Shield aims to reduce speeding

JACKSON, Tenn. — Law enforcement agencies are cracking down on speeding in the southeast. West Tennessee law enforcement has an initiative called Operation Southern Shield. The operation lasts from Memorial Day to Labor Day weekend, when speeding fatalities are the highest in the year. Karla Lipford with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office says the goal is not to give out…