Archives: 2021

Dorsey Ann Lunsford Lazenby

Dorsey Ann Lunsford Lazenby, age 61, resident of Williston, Tennessee and wife of Hugh M. “Bubba” Lazenby, Jr., departed this life Monday morning, April 5, 2021. Dorsey was born March 12, 1960 in Newport, Rhode Island, the daughter of the late Dorsey Love “Blackie” Lunsford, Jr. and Jeannine Dolores Marshall Lunsford. She moved with her family in 1973 to Fayette…

Martha Mae Rowland

  Obituary form for Paris Post-Intelligencer McEvoy Funeral Home, Inc.                                                                         Paris, TN 38242                           Phone # (731)642-1441 Name: City & State Martha Mae Rowland of Springville Age: 78 Place of Death: Her residence Date of Death: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 Funeral Time/Day: 3:00PM Friday, April 9, 2021 Place…

Delta Dental offering mouthguards for Tennessee youth athletes

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Delta Dental of Tennessee has launched a statewide program to encourage children to wear mouthguards while playing sports. According to a news release, Delta Dental of Tennessee is giving away free boil and bite mouthguards to athletes 10-years-old and younger who are involved in organized sports leagues across the state. Coaches and league commissioners can make a…

UT/TSU Extension, health department presenting diabetes education program

JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department and the University of Tennessee/Tennessee State University Extension office is hosting an educational program for individuals with prediabetes and diabetes, according to a news release. The program will run for 10 weeks at the UT/TSU Extension office at 309 North Parkway. The program, Real Talk: Diabetes 101, start Wednesday, April 28…

9 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Madison County; 11,139 total

JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed nine new cases of COVID-19 in Madison County, bringing the total number of confirmed positive cases to 11,139. Those new patients range in age from 2-years-old to 79-years-old. There are currently three Madison County residents hospitalized, with one of those patients on a ventilator. The health department also released…

Bill on handling of fetal remains advances in Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republicans are backing legislation that would require medical providers to cremate or bury fetal remains from surgical abortions. They’re doing so over objections that the measure could stigmatize a legally available procedure. The proposal is gaining traction inside the GOP-controlled General Assembly, where legislative panels in both the House and Senate advanced the measure on…

Travis Montrell Wilson

Graveside service for Travis Montrell Wilson, age 35, will be Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 2:00 PM at London Branch Cemetery in Brownsville, TN. Mr. Wilson died Saturday, April 3, 2021 in Nashville, TN. Visitation for Mr. Wilson will be Friday, April 9, 2021 from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM at Mercer Brothers Funeral Home. For additional information, contact Mercer…

Mia LaDonna Myles

Graveside service for Mia LaDonna Myles, age 54, will be Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 1:30 PM at Parkway Memorial Gardens. Ms. Myles died Sunday, April 4, 2021 at Jackson General Hospital. Visitation for Ms. Myles will be Friday, April 9, 2021 from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM at Mercer Brothers Funeral Home. For additional information, contact Mercer Brothers Funeral…

Donald Kenneth Carroll

Graveside service for Donald Kenneth Carroll, age 61, will be Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 11:00 AM at Cerro Gordo Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Carroll died Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at Jackson General Hospital. Visitation for Mr. Carroll will be Friday, April 9, 2021 from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM at Mercer Brothers Funeral Home. For additional information, contact…