Obituaries

Mrs. Joyce Skaggs, 85, of Union City passed away 9:20 a.m. Thursday, December 18, 2025, at Diversicare of Martin. Funeral services will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Obion County Memorial Gardens. Pastor Russell Zik will officiate. There will be…

Prentice Lee Sims, Sr

Funeral service for Prentice Lee Sims, Sr., age 63, will be Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM at Faith Deliverance Christian Center.  Burial will follow in Highland Memorial Gardens. Mr. Sims died Sunday, December 14, 2025 at Jackson-Madison County…

Irene Cummings

Mrs. Irene Cummings, 67, died Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at the VA Medical Center in Memphis. Services will be Monday, December 22, at 1:00 P. M. at Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Brownsville.  There will be a visitation Monday from…

Vanessa Lynn Haynes-Grimes

Funeral service for Vanessa Lynn Haynes-Grimes, age 59, will be Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM in the Chapel of Mercer Brothers Funeral Home.  Burial will follow in Highland Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Haynes-Grimes died Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at…

Chris Eva Short

Mrs. Chris Eva Short, 81, died Thursday, December 11, 2025, in St. Louis, Missouri. Services will be Sunday, December 21, 2025, at 1:00 P. M. at Good Hope Baptist Church in Stanton.  Interment will be in Good Hope Baptist Church…

Florestine Womack Comer

Funeral service for Florestine Womack Comer, age 86, will be Saturday, December 20, 2025 at the Chambers-McClure Academic Center (CMAC) at Lane College.  Burial will follow in Parkway Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Comer died Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at Northbrooke Post…

Yvonne Gray

Services for Ms. Yvonne Gray, age 74 of Jackson, Tennessee will be held on Monday, December 22, 2025, 11:00 A.M., at the Unity Temple Church of God in Christ. The interment will be in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery. The family…

Garric Yarbrough

Services for Mr. Garric Yarbrough, age 53 of Jackson, Tennessee will be held on Saturday, December 20, 2025, 12 Noon at the Stephenson-Shaw Chapel. The family will receive friends on Friday, from 5:00-6:00 P.M. If you like to send flowers…

Joann Riley Greer

Joann Riley Greer, age 80, passed away on December 15, 2025, in Jackson, Tennessee. She was born on September 22, 1945, in Chester County, Tennessee, to the late Carson and Louise Weaver Riley. Joann devoted her life to her family…

Robert Arthur Cummings

Robert Arthur Cummings, age 86, of Jackson, TN entered his eternal home to be with Jesus Christ, on December 15, 2025. Bob was a devoted husband, loving father, faithful friend, and man of God. He accepted Jesus as his Lord…