Obituaries

Silas Melvin Brown, II

Funeral service for Silas Melvin Brown, II, age 48, will be Saturday, July 15, 2023 at 11:00 AM at Friendly Oak Grove Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery in Oakland, TN. Mr. Brown died Saturday, July 1, 2023 in…

Melverna Pledge

Funeral service for Melverna Pledge, age 87, will be Friday, July 14, 2023 at 4:00 PM at Deliverance House of Prayer in Denmark, TN. Burial will follow in Deliverance House of Prayer Church Cemetery. Mrs. Pledge died Wednesday, July 5, 2023…

Beverly Ann Jamison Summers

Beverly Ann Jamison Summers, age 84, resident of Somerville, Tennessee and wife of the late Tommy E. Summers, departed this life Friday evening, July 7, 2023 at Southern Oaks Assisted Living in Henderson, Tennessee. Beverly was born March 7, 1939…

Rita Nanette Rogers Ferrell

Rita Nanette Rogers Ferrell, age 67, resident of Brighton, Tennessee and wife of the late Michael Ferrell, departed this life Saturday evening, July 8, 2023 at Methodist Hospice Residence in Memphis, Tennessee. Rita was born September 24, 1955 in Fort…

Mary Lois Green Short

Ms. Mary Lois Green Short, 72, died Thursday, July 6, 2023, at her residence in Brownsville. With social distancing restrictions in place, services will be Saturday, July 15, 2023, at 12:00 Noon at St. Paul Baptist Church in Brownsville.  Interment…

Marvin Ferge

Marvin Ferge 1962 – 2023 Marvin Wayne Ferge, age 61, resident of Saulsbury, Tennessee and husband of Barbara Ferge, departed this life Wednesday evening, July 5, 2023 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Collierville, Tennessee. Marvin was born March 27, 1962…

Betty Lee Mekeel

Betty Lee Mekeel, age 75, passed away Saturday, July 1, 2023, at the Haywood County Community Hospital in Brownsville, TN. All services are under the direction of the Brownsville Funeral Home. Betty was born on July 3, 1947, in Watertown,…

Leavon Hall

Funeral service for Leavon Hall, age 81, will be Monday, July 10, 2023 at 11:00 AM at Browns Chapel MB Church. Burial will follow in Browns Chapel MB Church Cemetery. Mr. Hall died Saturday, July 1, 2023 at Jackson-Madison County…

Shelley Jo Hughes

Shelley Jo Hughes 1982 – 2023 Shelley Jo Hughes, age 41, resident of Somerville, Tennessee, departed this life Friday, June 16, 2023. Shelley Jo was born March 10, 1982 in Somerville, the daughter of Anita Fay Rogers Hughes and the…

Douglas Andrew “Andy” Hunsucker

Douglas Andrew “Andy” Hunsucker, age 64, resident of Oakland, Tennessee and husband of Mary Hunsucker, peacefully departed this life Tuesday evening, July 4, 2023 at his home while holding his wife’s hand. Andy was born November 15, 1958 in Somerville,…