Obituaries

Leslie Bethanne Baynes

Leslie Bethanne Baynes, 48, of Brownsville, TN passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral Services for Leslie will be held on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 2:00 PM…

Cecil Eugene (Gene) McCage

Cecil Eugene (Gene) McCage, age 89, a resident of Brownsville departed this life on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, at the Lexington Community Hospital in Lexington, TN. Funeral Services was conducted on Saturday, January 7, 2023, at 3:00 PM at the…

Linda Carol Riggins

Linda Carol Riggins, age 74, passed away on January 3, 2023 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. A memorial service for Linda will be held on Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 3:00 PM in the chapel of…

Forrest Alan Tucker

Forrest Alan Tucker, age 36, passed away unexpectedly in Nashville, TN, on Monday, January 2, 2023.  A Memorial Service was held on Monday, January 9, 2023, at 1:00 PM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN with Pastor…

Ernestine Stegall Owens

Funeral service for Ernestine Stegall Owens, age 69, will be Friday, January 13, 2023 at 1:00 PM in The Chapel of Mercer Brothers Funeral Home. Mrs. Owens died Saturday, January 1, 2023 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Family and friends…

Katherine Mason Jordan

Funeral service for Katherine Mason Jordan, age 93, will be Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 11:00 AM at Unity Temple COGIC. Burial will follow in St, John No. 2 Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Jordan died Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at…

Carl Jerry Hill

Funeral service for Carl Jerry Hill, age 65, will be Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 11:00 AM in The Chapel of Mercer Brothers Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery in Parkers Crossroads, TN. Mr. Hill died…

Dustin Alan Poe

Dustin Alan Poe, Age 15, departed earth on December 24, 2022, in Memphis, TN, where he passed away at LeBonheur Children's Hospital. Funeral Serves will be conducted on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at 1:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the…

John Gardner Fawcett

John Gardner Fawcett, age 35, resident of Hickory Valley, Tennessee, departed this life Wednesday evening, January 4, 2023 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Gardner was born March 14, 1987 in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of the late Thomas Lavoy Fawcett…

Hernando E. Porto

Hernando E. Porto, age 88, resident of Somerville, Tennessee and husband of Neila Cepeda Porto, departed this life Thursday morning, January 5, 2023 at St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett, Tennessee. From the beaches of Cartagena, Colombia, to the deserts of…