Obituaries

Bernice C. Taylor

Funeral service for Bernice C. Taylor, age 69, will be Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 1:00 PM at First Baptist Church. Burial will follow in New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in Brownsville, TN. Mrs. Taylor died Sunday, December 25, 2022…

Danny Gentry, Sr.

Danny Gentry, Sr. 1948 – 2022 With family by his side, Danny Ray Gentry, Sr. of Arlington, Tennessee passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2022, at his home. A weak heart took him away from this world but ironically the same…

Jolisia Nayana Springfield

Jolisia Nayana Springfield, age 21, of Brownsville, TN passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, December 29, 2022, in Ripley, TN. Funeral Services for Jolisia will be held on Friday, January 6, 2023, at 1 PM at St James Church of God…

Sgt. Michael Thomas Merchant

Sgt. Michael Thomas Merchant, age 57, passed away on Sunday, December 25, 2022, at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital.  All services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. He was born on August 11, 1965, in El…

Phillip Lee Weatherford

Phillip Lee Weatherford, age 68, resident of Memphis, Tennessee and husband of Dina Wiles Weatherford, departed this life Sunday morning, December 25, 2022 at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. Phillip was born November 1, 1954 in Clarksville, Tennessee, the son…

Minnie Lue Grant

Funeral service for Minnie Lue Grant, age 80, will be Friday, December 30, 2022 at 1:00 PM in the Chapel of Mercer Brothers Funeral Home.  Burial will follow in Parkway Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Grant died Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at…

Maggie L. Cockrell

Funeral service for Maggie L. Cockrell, age 83, will be Saturday, December 31, 2022 at 11:00 AM at Pleasant Plains MB Church. Burial will follow in Highland Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Cockrell died Friday, December 23, 2022 at her residence. Visitation…

Irene Leek Colvett

Irene Leek Colvett, age 78, passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2022, at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital.  All Services are under the direction of the Bells Funeral Home. Mrs. Irene was born on February 17, 1944, at Norris…

Lorell Campbell Conner

Lorell Campbell Conner, better known as “Big Momma”, age 79, longtime resident of Somerville, Tennessee, passed away unexpectedly Christmas morning, December 25, 2022 in Henderson, Tennessee at Henderson Health and Rehab Center. She was born December 26, 1942 in Ridgely,…

Nathaniel Rives Newman, III “Nat,”

Nathaniel Rives Newman, III “Nat,” 85, passed away on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 in Bolivar, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Friday, December 30, 2022 at 2 PM at the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home in Brownsville, TN with…