Little Ruth Adkerson
Adkerson, Dorothy Ruth
d 12 Jun 1928
father Homer L Adkerson; mother Hutcherson
cemetery Grace
no age given
Garner Funeral Home

Adkerson, infant son
b & d 14 Dec 1923
father Carl Adkerson; mother Daisy Caldwell
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Mrs. Louise S. Adkerson, 83, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. Mrs. Adkerson, the widow of Homer L. Adkerson, leaves a stepson, Leonard Adkerson of Oroville, Calif.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 13, 1990

Aiken, Lewis
d 14 Feb 1929
father Aiken; mother Chapman
cemetery Grace
age 63 yrs old
Garner Funeral Home

HALLS - Elizabeth Ann Allen, 8, died of cancer Saturday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Grace Cemetery near Ripley. Yarbrough Funeral Home in Ripley has charge. She leaves her parents, Pam Allen of Halls and David Allen of Nashville; a sister, Christine Allen, and a brother, Edwin William Allen, both of Halls; her grandparents, W. D. and Pat Gitchell of Halls and Nina Allen of Nashville, and her great-grandmother, Frances Voss of Halls.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 11, 2000

RIPLEY - Raymond Edward Allmon, 83, retired mechanic, died Friday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Allmon, the husband of Margie Allmon, also leaves two sons, Eddie Allmon of Ripley and Lynn Allmon of Oklahoma City, and three grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 11, 2002

RIPLEY - Ruth G. Allmon, 65, homemaker, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a former member of Union Avenue Baptist Church in Memphis. Mrs. Allmon, the wife of Larry Allmon, also leaves a daughter, Lori Snoddy of Nashville; her mother, Rachel Rudd; three sisters, Emma Rose of Morehead, Ky., Shirley Vaughan of Mayfield, Ky., and Delores Moses of Beaumont, Texas; a brother, Clayton Malone of Illinois, and two grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 16, 2002

W. Leonard Andrews
Mr. Leonard Andrews, 83, of Halls, died Friday, June 23, at Methodist Hospital in Memphis after an apparent heart attack. He was a pharmacist at City Drug Store and retired owner of Andrews Drug Store for 33 years. Funeral Services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, June 26, at the Halls First Baptist Church where he was a member. Burial followed in Grace Cemetery. Halls Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. He is survived by his wife, Geraldine Andrews; his daughter Mrs. Barbara Pritchett of Prairie Village, Kan.; a sister, Mrs. Winnie Mae Chambers of Ripley; a brother, William H. Andrews, also of Ripley; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

W. T. Andrews
Andrews, Wm Thomas
b 9 Jan 1853 --- d 3 Aug 1930
father Brown Andrews
h/o Sallie
Grace
Garner Funeral Home

RIPLEY - William H. Andrews, 87, retired drugstore employee, died of heart failure Tuesday at Methodist Hospital of Dyersburg. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a member of Ripley First Baptist Church and Woodmen of the World. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Andrews, the widower of Mary Fleming Andrews, leaves a son, H. Fleming Andrews of Suwanee, Ga.; a sister, Winnie Mai Chambers of Ripley, and four grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 1, 2001

Bob Apperson
Last Friday, the Death Angel claimed the soul of Mr. APPERSON, better known as "Uncle Bob."He was 66 years old, a good man, and was liked by all who knew him. The remains were laid to rest in Grace Cemetery Saturday afternoon in the presence of a large crowd, who gathered to pay this good man their last respects. The Lauderdale County Enterprise, Friday October 9 1925

RIPLEY - Lewis Apperson, 86, retired television technician, died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. He was a deacon at Calvary Hill Baptist Church. Mr. Apperson, the husband of Marie Koonce Apperson, leaves a daughter, Dean Harrison of Ripley, two grandchildren and a great-grandson.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 9, 1992

RIPLEY - Marie Koonce Apperson, 81, died Monday at Hillhaven Convalescent Center here. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. She was a member of Calvary Hill Baptist Church. Mrs. Apperson, the widow of Lewis J. Apperson, leaves a daughter, Dean Harrison of Ripley; a sister, Reba Sue Arwood of Cordova, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 22, 1993

Arthur, James Robert
d. 25 Apr 1953
78 yrs old
cemetery Grace
Halls Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Charles Ray Arwood, 52, farmer, died of heart failure Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He leaves a daughter, Sonya Kay Crafton of Ripley; three sisters, Thelma Agee and Katherine Weaver, both of Ripley, and Geraldine Binford of Stanton; two brothers, Lynn Robbins and Oliver Arwood, both of Ripley, and three grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 20, 1999

RIPLEY - Christine Arwood, 75, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. Mrs. Arwood, the widow of Bernice Arwood, leaves a daughter, Thelma Agee; a stepdaughter, Katherine Weaver; three sons, Lynn Robbins, Charlie Arwood and Oliver Arwood, and a brother, Raynor Sorrell, all of Ripley, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 15, 1992

RIPLEY - Gus A. Arwood, 79, retired farmer, died Saturday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center after a long illness. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Arwood, the husband of Reba Koonce Arwood, also leaves a son, Larry Don Arwood of Sladen, Miss.; a sister, Frances Foster of Portland, Ore.; a brother, Joe B. Arwood of Germantown, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 22, 1991

Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Arwood's little baby was born Friday night, died Saturday and was buried at Grace Church Sunday. Lauderdale County Enterprise, Ripley, TN, November 23rd, 1923

Arwood, infant son
d 17 Mar 1932
father Dewey Arwood; mother Howard
cemetery Grace
stillborn
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Leo 'Pete' Arwood, 85, retired restaurateur, died of heart failure Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Ripley First Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Arwood, the husband of Athalene Bentley Arwood, also leaves a stepson, Efolk Bentley Jr. of Tiptonville, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 28, 2001

RIPLEY - Reba Sue Arwood, 81, homemaker, died of heart failure Saturday at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Collierville. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of First Assembly of God in Ripley. Mrs. Arwood, the widow of Gus A. Arwood, leaves a son, Larry Arwood of Lamar, Miss., three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 28, 1998

Baker, Mrs Mary Jane
b 23 Apr 1859 --- d 24 Jan 1927
father Benjamin Anderson, AL
cemetery Grace
b AL, widow
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

RIPLEY -- Beulah B. Barbour, 94, died Saturday at Johnson-Hobson Care Home in Marion, Ark. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Grace Baptist Church near Ripley, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Barbour, the widow of William L. Barbour, leaves a son, W. L. Barbour Jr. of West Memphis, Ark., five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 6, 1993

Barbour, Walter Lee
b 3/2/1928 --- d 29 Sept 1930
father Jim Barbour; mother Devore
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

Barbour, Wm Gwynn
23 Oct 1856 --- 26 Sept 1948
father John Lawson BARBOUR; mother Betty GUYNN
wd of Cora Alice LEIRD
cemetery Grace
Halls Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Edna Kelly Bartlett, 87, of Memphis, formerly of Ripley, homemaker, died of pneumonia Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Grace Cemetery here. She attended First Assembly of God in Memphis. Mrs. Bartlett, the widow of Dennis Bartlett, leaves two sisters, Sylvia Langley of Bartlett and Pansy Finley of Bloomington, Ind., and a brother, Bill Kelly of Memphis.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 26, 1998

Jack Bell (Marvin Chester)
d. 26 June 1934
34 years old
cemetery Grace
Shelby Co. Death
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home page 90

HALLS - Virginia Jewell Bentley, 77, died Tuesday at Hillhaven Convalescent Center in Ripley. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Gates Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery of Ripley. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Bentley, the widow of J. D. Bentley, leaves a daughter, Virginia Vaden of Halls; six sons, Arthur Bentley, Kenneth Bentley, Larry Bentley, George Bentley and Luther Guy Bentley, all of Halls, and Jimmy David Bentley of Carterville, Ill., 13 grandchildren and five great- grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 20, 1993

Alma Mozell Blakley, 75, of Eau Claire, Wisc., formerly of Halls, died Wednesday of last week in Baptist Hospital East in Memphis. Rites were Friday in Halls Funeral Home, with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. She was the widow of James “Buck” Blakley. Survivors include a son, Russell R. Stephenson, and daughters, Cindy Sanders and Joan Olds, of Ripley; two step-sons, Franky and Kenny Blakley, of Halls; and a step-daughter, Diane Fisher, of Ripley. Other survivors include other sons, Leo Stephenson III, of Dyersburg, and Ricky Stephenson, of San Jose, Calif.; other daughters, Kathy Sprague, of Panama City, Fla., and Sharon Jackson, of Eau Claire; a sister, Shirley James, of Vero Beach, Fla.; 32 grandchildren; and 32 great-grandchildren.
The Lauderdale Voice, Wednesday June 21, 2007

HALLS - James 'Buck' Blakley, 85, retired farmer, died Saturday at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. He was a Baptist. Mr. Blakley, the husband of Alma Love Blakley, also leaves a daughter, Dianne Fisher, and two sons, Frankie Blakley and Kenneth Blakley, all of Halls; three stepdaughters, Kathy Sprague of Panama City, Fla., Joan Olds of Henning and Cynthia Sanders of Ripley; three stepsons, Ricky Stephenson of San Jose, Calif., Lee Leonard Stephenson of Dyersburg and Rusty Stephenson of Halls; a sister, Dutch Williams of Portageville, Mo.; a brother, Billy Blakley of Halls, 29 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 15, 2004

Blankenship, Thomas Dearwood
b 10 Sep 1922 --- d 2 Jul 1928
father A A Blankenship
mother Ruth Cantwell
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

Bohanan, Linnie
d 2 Dec 1924
father not given; mother White of KY
cemetery Grace
cause of death cerebral Hem.
Age 46 yrs old b. KY
Burgess & Peters

HALLS - Charles Parkers Bowers Jr., 72, carpenter, died of lung disease, Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. He was a World War II Navy veteran. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars of Ripley. Mr. Bowers, the husband of Virginia Ann Bickers Bowers, also leaves two daughters, Brenda Ann Monday of Ripley and Rita Carolyn Newman of Saudi Arabia; a son, Charles P. Bowers III of Halls, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 12, 1996

Boyd, Miss Cora
d 1 Dec 1931
cemetery Grace
housekeeper; single
age 57 yrs old
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Mary Boyles
Mrs. T. J. Boyles died at her home at Ashport Saturday and was buried Sunday at Grace Cemetery.
Lauderdale County Enterprise January 2, 1925

Bradford, Charlie
d 4 Dec 1924
father Sam Bradford; mother ___ Moore
cemetery Grace
cause of death tuberculocis
Burgess & Peters

Newbern - Donald Franklin Bradford, 74. Graveside service will at 10 a.m. Friday, April 21, 2006 in Grace Baptist Church Cemetery in the Central Community near Ripley, TN.
Johnson Funeral Home
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 20, 2006

Bradford, infant son
b & d 2 Jul 1930
father Carl L Bradford; mother Nora Helton
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Norma Jean Bradley, 44, assembly line worker at Universal Electric, died Monday of cancer at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. Mrs. Bradley, the wife of Ray Bradley Jr., also leaves two daughters, Sherry Bradley of Long Beach, Calif., and Rebecca Austin of Selmer; four sons, Gary Bradley, Jessie Bradley, Mark Bradley and Ernest Tart, all of Ripley; three sisters, Sue Meridith and Joy ce Smith, both of Arkansas, and Judy Steople of Colorado; a brother, David Pilkington of Ripley, and 10 grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 7, 1995

RIPLEY - Ray Bradley Jr., 58, retired mechanic, died of heart failure Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. Mr. Bradley, the widower of Norma Bradley, leaves two daughters, Rebecca Austin of Ripley and Sherry Bradley of Texas; four sons, Gary Bradley of Washington, and Jessie Bradley, Mark Bradley and Ernest Tart, all of Ripley; his mother, Edith Bradley; two sisters, Carolyn Bradley and Betty Porter, and two brothers, Lanny Bradley and Harvey Bradley, all of Huntingdon, and 10 grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 28, 1998
Edition: First

Augustus L. Brantley
Brantley, A L
d 9 Apr 1930
father Norman Brantley
h/o Maria
cemetery Grace
age 62 yrs old
Garner Funeral Home

Maria C. Brantley
Brantley, Mariam Cousins
21 Sept 1864 --- 12 Jan 1945
wd of A L
cemetery Grace
Halls Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Demetra Caldwell Brooks, 84, retired bookkeeper, died of cancer Sunday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of New Hope Methodist Church. Mrs. Brooks, the wife of Edward Carmack Brooks, also leaves a son, Bill Brooks of Ripley; a brother, Joseph Ray Caldwell of Atoka, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 13, 1998

RIPLEY - Edward Carmack Brooks, 95, retired businessman, died of heart failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a member of Ripley First United Methodist Church. Mr. Brooks, the widower of Demetra Caldwell Brooks, leaves a son, Bill Brooks of Ripley, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 25, 2001

Rita Janette Brooks
b. 24 May 1934 --- d. 14 June 1934
father Carmack Brooks; mother Caldwell
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Brown, A L
b 12 Apr 1836 --- d 18 Jan 1927 Grace Gracemetery Grace Burg cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Mrs. A. L. Brown
b. 19 Jan. 1881 --- d. 24 Oct. 1935
father W. L. Donegan
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home page 239

Mrs. Alice Brown TN
date of death: 15th December 1924 p.m.
age: 38 years
order given by: J. H. BROWN
date of funeral: 16th December 1924
interment: Grace Cemetery
residence: near Ripley
place of death: Baird-Dulaney
married
father: W. H. Chisom MS; mother: --- Condry TN
Curry Funeral Home

Brown, Mrs Betty
d 24 May 1927
father C M Arwood, AL; mother Jannie Johnson
widow of Lawson
cemetery Grace
age 53 yrs old
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Ripley - Charles E. Brown, 78, died Tuesday, October 25, 2005 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. He was retired from the United States Army. He was a World War II Veteran and a member of First Assembly of God in Ripley. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, at Garner Funeral Home. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday, October 28, at First Assembly of God in Ripley with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. He leaves his wife, Dot Brown, of Ripley; daughters Deborah Jones of Jackson, Lorie Smith of Brentwood and Michelle Whitworth of Southaven, MS; sons Charles E. Brown Jr. of Senatobia, MS, Scott Brown of Dothan, AL, Steve Chipman of Jackson, Bryan Brown of Alamo, and David Brown of Ripley; sister Ada Faye Erwin of California; brother B.L. Brown of Ripley; 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Garner Funeral Home; Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 27, 2005

Brown, Edward L
b 21 Nov 1911 --- d 8 Mar 1933
father Ike Brown; mother Chisholm
cemetery Grace
soldier, US Army, Ft. Benning, GA death
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Elma E. Brown, 90, retired grocer, died of respiratory failure Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of First Assembly of God. Mrs. Brown, the widow of Charles Newton Brown, leaves a daughter, Ada Erwin of Cathedral City, Calif.; two sons, Charles E. Brown and B. L. Brown, both of Ripley, 13 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 15, 2000

RIPLEY - Eva Brown, 85, retired Social Security clerk, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Grace Baptist Church near here, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Ms. Brown leaves three sisters, Marie Fleming of Ripley, Nell Crenshaw of Marietta, Ga., and Sue Andrews of Memphis, and a foster brother, Dr. Billy Hancock of Mandeville, La.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 15, 1993

Brown, infant
b & d 1 Mar 1926
father Chas M Brown; mother Elmar Harrison
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Mr. Joe F. Brown died at his home at Central with pneumonia on Feb. 24, 1926 age 53 years, 8 months and 15 days. He was a native of Lauderdale County, having lived here all his life. He is survived by his wife, four daughters, one sister, and an aged father. Funeral services were held at Grace Church by Dr. L.O. Leavell. Mr. Brown's death was a great shock to his friends and loved ones, as he was only sick a few days. He was highly esteemed in his home community as well as in Ripley where he had many friends. Although he seemed to know the end was near, he bore his suffering well and did not fear death. The sympathy of the community goes out to his heart-broken family. We lay our tribute of reverence tenderly knowing we cannot forget him but we have lost a friend.

RIPLEY - Ruth Jeanette Peacock Buckner, 62, factory worker, died Friday at Methodist Healthcare-Central in Memphis of complications from surgery. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Eastland Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday school teacher, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of WMU. She leaves two sons, Dennis Delancey of Cordova and Chris Buckner of Ripley; three sisters, Faye Rogers of Gibson, Mary Tooke of Evansville, Ind., and Ethel VanDemon of Cherokee Village, Ark., and three grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 10, 2001

Burkhart, Samson
d 22 Jan 1929
father Sampson Burkhart; mother Lynce
cemetery Grace
age 55 yrs old
Garner Funeral Home

Andrew Buttram
Messrs. S. J. & G. C. Webb went to Halespoint Monday after the body of Andrew Buttram, which was buried the same day at Grace Cemetery. He leaves a wife and baby.
Lauderdale County Enterprise Ripley, Tennessee
Friday , February 27th,1925

Byrn, John A J
b 13 May 1846 --- d 11 Jun 1930
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

Sue Byrn
b. 23 Aug 1852 --- d. 10 Feb 1940
father William Henry Hay; Mother Laura Louise Crain b. TX
widow of J. A. J. Byrn
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Byrn, Thomas Jefferson
b 1 Aug 1871 --- d 26 Feb 1933
father R J M Bryn; mother M E F Thaker
cemetery Grace
Haywood Co death
farmer; single
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Mrs. Hattie Arwood Cagle, 91, died Sunday at Twin Rivers Hospital in Kennett, Mo. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Grace Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Cagle, the widow of Edward Thomas Cagle, leaves three daughters, Mrs. Annie Louise Hilliard of Ripley, Mrs. Dolly Gamble of Senath, Mo., and Mrs. Shirley White of Chesterfield, Mo.; two sons, Austin Cagle of Ripley and Gene Cagle of Nashville; a brother, Pete Arwood of Ripley, 17 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and two great-great- grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 10, 1991

Joe Cagle
b. 6 Aug. 1900 --- d. 8 Jan. 1935
father T.J.Cagle; mother Florence Weaver
husband of Ruby
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home page 148

Mrs. Tennessee Cagle
7 Jan 1864 --- 5 Apr 1935
age 71y 2m 28d
race White
place of birth IL
place of death Dist. #4 Residence
date of funeral 6 Apr 1935
Grace Church
Grace Cemetery, Lauderdale Co.
father Alfred Goforth TN; mother Miss Cowell TN
Curry Burial Association

RIPLEY - Alvieteen Elizabeth Caldwell, 87, retired teacher, died of heart failure Friday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Retired Teachers Association, Alpha Delta Kappa Teachers Sorority, Volunteer Hospital League and New Hope United Methodist Church. Mrs. Caldwell, the wife of Howell G. Caldwell, also leaves two daughters, Sarah Harrell and Nancy Peek; a son, Stewart Caldwell, and a sister, Beulah Kate McBride, all of Ripley; a brother, James Stewart of Phoenix, 10 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 8, 1998

Ripley - Howell G. Caldwell, 97, died Monday, November 27, 2006. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. November 28. Services will be 2 p.m. November 29, both at the funeral home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He leaves two daughters, and one son.
Garner Funeral Home; Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 28, 2006

Caldwell, Jake Green
d 16 Apr 1929
cemetery Grace
age 78 yrs old
Garner Funeral Home

Ripley - Joseph Ray Caldwell, 89, retired water treatment operator for the State of Tennessee, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a Mason. He leaves a daughter, Ora Elizabeth Worley of Georgia; three sons, John Ricks Caldwell of Lakeland, and Joe Ray Caldwell and James David Caldwell, both of Ripley, eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 24, 2005

Mrs. Martha Brown Caldwell, after an illness of nearly ten months, died Tuesday morning, Oct. 19, 1926 at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. E. L. Sutton. She was born January 13, 1832 and in 1851 she was married to Nathan Caldwell and to this union seven children were born. Only one survives, Mrs. Jane Garrett, of Memphis. Deceased has living twenty grandchildren, thirty-nine great grandchildren, and seven great great grandchildren. In early life she joined the Presbyterian church and lived a faithful member until God called her home. She said many times she was ready to go; that all was well with the Lord. The funeral was conducted at Grace Wednesday morning by Rev. J. M. Kendall in the presence of a large crowd.

Caldwell, Samuel G
b 24 Nov 1890 --- d 7 Aug 1929
father Frank Caldwell; mother Hill
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

Thomas Green Caldwell, 57, of Greenfield, son of Mr. & Mrs. J. G. CALDWELL, of Ripley, died early Thursday after becoming ill at his home. Services were Wednesday in First Baptist Church in Greenfield, burial in Grace Cemetery, near Ripley. He leaves his wife (not named); daughters, Linda CALDWELL, of Greenfield and Mrs. Paul CALAME, Jr., of Memphis; his brother, J. Tollie CALDWELL, of Ripley and his sister, Mrs. Neil BROWN, of Morrilton, Ark.
FRIDAY JULY 5, 1968

Mrs. Willie Elvie Williams Caldwell, 79, widow of J. Alf CALDWELL, died at 8:15 a.m. Monday in Lauderdale County Hospital, which she entered June 29th. Services were Tuesday in Ripley Funeral Home, burial in Grace Cemetery. She was born in Dyer County. She leaves her son, J. A. CALDWELL, Jr., of Covington; daughters Mrs. Margaret McWHETER, of Ripley, Mrs. R. E. HARRIS, of Brentwood, Mrs. Bill LUCAS, of Paducah, Ky., Mrs. James E. GRAGG, of Memphis, Mrs. William UNDERWOOD, of Whittier, Calif. and Mrs. S. L. McCAULEY, of Yucca Valley, Calif.; her brother, Joe WILLIAMS, of Ripley and her sister, Mrs. Donnie WALLACE, of black Oak, Ark.
FRIDAY JULY 12, 1968

Caldwell, Wm Franklin
25 June 1896 --- 8 May 1950
father: Joseph Franklin CALDWELL; mother: Daisy E HILL
farmer
cemetery Grace
Halls Funeral Home

Caldwell, Woodrow Wilson
b Oct 1920 --- d 22 Aug 1931
father J A Caldwell; mother Elvy Williams
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Camp, James Sidney
d 24 Nov 1923
father Charles King Camp
mother Emma Maddox b. MS
cemetery Grace
34 yrs 5 mo 16 days
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home
Mr. James Shirley CAMP, 35 years of age, died at Ashport Saturday and was buried Sunday afternoon at Grace Cemetery.
Lauderdale County Enterprise, Ripley, TN. November 30th,1923

RIPLEY - Alfred Campbell, 75, retired farmer and Lauderdale County highway department employee, died Saturday at Methodist Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. He was a member of Gates Church of Christ. Campbell, the husband of Georgia Hutcherson Campbell, also leaves three sons, Gene Campbell of Brownsville, Don Campbell and Ron Campbell, both of Harrison; a sister, Mrs. Pansy Aitken of Ripley, and four grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 29, 1990

Cannon, Cleveland C
b 16 Apr 1892 --- d 23 Jan 1932
father Charles Cannon; mother Dora __
cemetery Grace
Shelby Co. death
Farmer
Married
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home
Mr. Cleve CANNON died in Veterans Hospital, Memphis Saturday night. The remains were brought to his home at Arp and laid to rest in Grace Cemetery Sunday afternoon. He was 39 years of age and is survived by a wife and one child. The Lauderdale County Enterprise Friday, January

Cannon, infants twin sons
b. & d. 11 June 1935
father J. R. Cannon
mother Long
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home page 206

RIPLEY - James L. Cannon, 78, of Millington, formerly of Ripley, retired City of Millington employee, died of cancer Monday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Grace Cemetery there. He was a World War II Army veteran and a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church. Mr. Cannon, the husband of June Williams Cannon, also leaves a daughter, Paula L. Baker, and a son, James B. Cannon, both of Millington; two sisters, Nell Long of Arlington and Marguerite Mead of Ripley; three brothers, Val Cannon of Brownsville, and L. C. Cannon and Elvis Cannon, both of Halls, and three grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 9, 1998

Cannon, Mrs Leona
d 10 Jul 1930
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

Cannon, Lula
d 19 Mar 1930
father G W Middleton; mother Baggett
cemetery Grace
Shelby Co death
age 49 yrs old
Garner Funeral Home

Ollie C. Cannon
b. 18 Dec. 1887 --- d. 15 Jun 1941
father Jessie Cannon
widower
farmer
order given by Blucher Cannon
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Oscar Cannon, son of Mr. Lee Cannon, who had been confined to his bed for several months, died Friday, April 3rd at noon. He leaves a wife; one child; father, step-mother; several brothers ; and sisters and a host of friends to mourn his departure. His remains were laid to rest in Grace Cemetery Saturday afternoon.
Lauderdale County Enterprise Ripley, Tennessee
Friday April 10th,1925

Robert L. Cannon
b. 17 March 1882 --- d. 17 Feb. 1935
father J. D. Cannon; mother Sallie Fulkerson
Shelby Co.death
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home page 166

Cannon, Sarah E
b 23 Oct 1860 --- d 6 Sep 1929
father Faulkerson, VA; mother Tucker, VA
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Albourn B. Carpenter, 88, of Memphis, formerly of Ripley, retired oxygen tank operator, died Thursday of respiratory failure due to pneumonia at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton of Covington. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a member of Agape Baptist Church. Mr. Carpenter, the husband of Clorse M. Stanfield Carpenter, also leaves two daughters, Barbara Lyles of Brighton and Carolyn Abbott of Mason; three sons, Bayne Carpenter and Bobby Carpenter, both of Memphis, and Charles Carpenter of Ripley; three stepdaughters, Ersell Handy of Ripley, Betty Wright of Mayfield, Ky., and Adell Warren of Aurora, Ill.; two stepsons, Marcus Hyde of Tampa, Fla., and James Hyde of Savannah, 10 grandchildren and 20 stepgrandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 5, 1997

RIPLEY - Clorse Mae Carpenter, 89, retired clerk for Ivey & Ponds Piano Co., died of heart failure Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-North in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Agape Baptist Church of Memphis. Mrs. Carpenter, the widow of Albourn B. Carpenter, leaves three daughters, Carmen Ersell Hardy of Memphis, Betty Williams of Mayfield, Ky., and Adell Warren of Seminole, Fla.; two sons, Marcus Hyde of Tampa and James F. Hyde of Savannah; two stepdaughters, Barbara Lyles of Brighton and Carolyn Abbott of Mason; two stepsons, Bob Carpenter of Bartlett and Charles Lloyd Carpenter of Ripley, 21 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and 24 great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 22, 2000

RIPLEY - Allen Osborne 'Pete' Chambers Jr., 67, retired superintendent for Revell Construction Co., died of heart failure Monday at Methodist Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home of Ripley with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was an Air Force veteran and a member of Grace Baptist Church. Mr. Chambers, the husband of Marsha Chambers, also leaves a brother, Bob Chambers of Union City.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 19, 2000

H. B. Chambers Jr.
Chambers, infant son
2 March 1935
stillborn
father H.B. Chambers; mother Winnie Mae Andrews
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home page 174

Winnie Mae Chambers, 96, widow of Homer Buford “Jack” Chambers, died Friday in her home at 6161 Edith-Nankipoo Road. Rites were Monday in Garner Funeral Home in Ripley, with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of the Ripley Church of Christ. She leaves a daughter, Joyce (Mrs. Cecil) Henson, of Ripley; eight grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
The Lauderdale County Enterprise, Ripley, Tennessee, September 20, 2007

RIPLEY - Dora Childress, 78, died Sunday at Fieldhaven Nursing Home. Services will be at 3 p.m today at Central Assembly of God near Ripley, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home in Ripley has charge. Mrs. Childress, the widow of Floyd Childress, leaves three sons, Curtis Childress, Billy Joe Childress and Kenny Childress, all of Ripley, a sister, Agnes Fite of Munford, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 13, 1992

Childress, Luther
d 19 Jun 1932
Grace
Married
Farmer
Age 54 yrs old
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home
BEXAR--Mr. & Mrs. W. D. GITCHELL and children attended the funeral of Mr. Luther CHILDRESS at Grace Tuesday of last week.
Lauderdale County Enterprise Ripley, Tennessee Friday July 1st, 1932

RIPLEY - Sylvia Juanita Childress, 69, homemaker, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. Mrs. Childress, the wife of Curtis Childress, also leaves a son, Thomas Childress of Brentwood, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 7, 2004

Mrs. Eula Mae Chipman, 84 widow of William L Chipman central farmer died at 7:30 a.m. Saturday in her home on Route 2 Ripley. Services were at 3 p.m. Sunday in Grace Baptist Church. The Rev J. E. Cooper officiated. Burial was in the Church cemetery, Ripley Funeral Home in charge. She was born in Nut Bush, she leaves two sons William L Chipman of Ripley, Aaron Chipman of Chicago, Ill., nine daughters Mrs. Effie Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Annie Howard, both of Ripley, Mrs. Juanita Jones, Mrs. Sybil Moore and Mrs. Wanda Carson all of Memphis, Mrs. Ora Lee Miller of Kennett, Mo., Mrs. Nora Sherrill of Mammoth Springs, Ark, Mrs. Mabel Wood of Dallas, TX and Mrs. Mamie Boggs of Hickory Wythe, 20 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren

RIPLEY - Ina Jewel Chipman, 71, retired from General Motors, died Saturday at Rebsame Hospital in Jacksonville, Ark. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Chipman, the widow of James Burnell Chipman, leaves a son, Ricky Chipman of Ward, Ark.; a sister, Francis Agee of Concord, N.C.; a brother, Foley Finley of New Orleans, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 26, 2002

Chipman, Thomas J
b 1 Nov 1846 --- d 14 Jun 1930
father Wm Chipman
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

Ruby Earl Weaver Chipman, 95, homemaker, of Greenwood, Ind., formerly of Ripley, died Friday, Oct. 19, at Greenwood Regency Nursing Home in Greenwood, Indiana. Services were held Sunday, Oct. 21, at Grace Baptist Church with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her husband James Aaron Chipman and a son Burnell Chipman. Mrs. Chipman was a member of Grace Baptist Church. She leaves one son, Lucian Chipman of Greenwood, Ind.; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
The Lauderdale Voice, Wednesday Oct. 24, 2007

Services for William Levi Chipman prominent farmer in Edith Community who died at 3 Monday afternoon in Lauderdale county hospital. Services were held Tuesday afternoon at grace Baptist Church near Ripley. Dr. C. L. Bowden and the Rev. James Williams officiating. Burial in Grace Cemetery with Garner Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Chipman who was 74 had been ill about 11 days. He leaves his wife Mrs. Eula Mae Boone Chipman 2 sons, James Aaron and William L Chipman, Jr of Ripley, and eight daughters, Mrs. Ora Lee Miller of Kennett MO, Mrs. Mabel Wood of Crossville, IL, Mrs. Mamie Boggs, Mrs. Wanda Stone, Mrs. Juanita Jones, of Memphis, Mrs. Effie Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Annie Howard and Miss Sybil Chipman of Ripley

RIPLEY - Victoria W. Chisholm, 91, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-East in Memphis. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. Mrs. Chisholm leaves two daughters, Rosebud Evans of Ripley and Louise Cook of Clarkson, Ky.; two stepsons, James Chisholm and Glenn Chisholm, both of Ripley, 19 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 16, 1992

Mrs. Minnie Walpole Chism, 86, of Edith, died at 5:40 p.m. Wednesday in Lauderdale County Nursing Home, Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Ripley Funeral Home, with burial in Grace Cemetery. A lifelong resident of Lauderdale County, she was a member of Walnut Grove Baptist Church. She leaves three step-sons, Houston Chism, of Ridgely, and Norman Chism and Carlos Chism, both of Los Angeles, Calif; a niece, whom she reared, Mrs. Bill Harrison, of Independence Miss.; and four sisters, Mrs. Victoria Chism, of Ripley, Mrs. H. D. Weaver, of Brownsville, and Mrs. Lyda Smith and Mrs. Pearl Wilson, both of Memphis.
The Halls Graphic
Halls Tennessee, Friday, November 10, 1972

Clark, Mrs Ora Bell
d 4 Jul 1927
father J L Hancock
cemetery Grace
Bolivar, TN
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

E. Morton Clay
Elijah M. Clay, 78, retired Central farmer died last Friday at Lauderdale County Hospital, which he entered July 25th. Services were Sunday in Ripley Funeral Home, burial in Grace Cemetery. He leaves his wife, Bertha Strain CLAY; brother, Tom R. CLAY; sister, Mrs. J. L. JENNINGS; step-daughters, Mrs. Alma LYELL and Mrs. Mildred DOWDY, both of Ripley, and Mrs. Leona HERRON, of Mason.
FRIDAY AUGUST 9, 1968

RIPLEY - Hallie Mae Cogswell, 86, died of cancer Wednesday at her home. Graveside services will be at 5 p.m. Saturday at Grace Cemetery in the Central community near here. Yarbrough Funeral Home has charge. She leaves a daughter, Virginia Boyd of Pickwick Dam; a son, Ray Jennings of Rutledge; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, any memorials be sent to the Reelfoot Rural Ministries in Obion.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 27, 1997

RIPLEY - Joyce Prescott Cole, 58, homemaker, died of heart failure Saturday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. Mrs. Cole, the widow of Jimmy Cole, leaves three daughters, Alisa Blackmon of Lawrenceville, Ga., Teresa Keeling of Tennessee, and Rhonda Keeling of Des Moines; her parents, Ethel and Austin Prescott of Ripley; two sisters, Betty James and Thelma Gray, both of Memphis; two brothers, James Millwood of Olive Branch and Austin Prescott Jr. of Hurst, Texas, and seven grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 6, 2001

RIPLEY - Jack Aubry Collum Jr., 26, supervisor for Marvin Window Co., died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. Collum, the husband of Donna Fausett Collum, also leaves his mother, Mrs. Dortha Collum of Mt. Ida, Ark.; eight sisters, Mrs. Gladys Whatley, Mrs. Linda Sowell, Mrs. Jackie Danner, Mrs. Peggy Norman and Miss Angela Collum, all of Texarkana, Ark., and Miss Margie Collum, Mrs. Lisa Bour and Miss Opal Collum, all of Mt. Ida; and four brothers, Robert Collum, Ted Collum and Clint Collum, all of Mt. Ida, and Jim Collum of Swink, Okla.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 24, 1990

John Eutran Cook, 81, retired Central farmer, died last Friday in Lauderdale County Hospital, after long illness. Services were Sunday in New Hope Methodist Church, burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a WWI vet. He leaves his wife, Sadie Brantley COOK; his daughter, Mrs. Leon HARGETT; his brother, B. M. COOK; and his sister, Mrs. Pauline REYNOLDS, all of Ripley.
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29, 1968

RIPLEY -- Joseph L. Cook Jr., 76, died Friday after a heart attack at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. He was a member of Edith United Methodist Church. Mr. Cook, the husband of Peggy Powell Cook, also leaves two daughters, Judy Koonce of Sparta, Ill., and Barbara Brawner of Ripley; two sons, William Cook of Tucson and Phillip Cook of Ripley; four sisters, Shirley Allison of Sonora, Calif., Margie Tate of Tucson, Anea se McCue of Camden and Ree Cates of Halls; three brothers, Enus Cook of Ripley, Eugene Cook of Dyersburg and Tommy Cook of Memphis, six grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 28, 1994

Cooper, Martha
d 7 Apr 1930
father Alf Burrow; mother Brown
w/o J K
cemetery Grace
age 51 yrs old
Garner Funeral Home

Cox, Cora Isabell
19 May 1908 --- 18 Apr 1945
father: Andrew Jackson FLOYD
mother: Rosie Bell MOORE wf of James M cemetery Grace
Halls Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Era Maie Cox, 87, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital- Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. Mrs. Cox, the widow of Leroy Cox, leaves a daughter, Juanita Carmack of Dyersburg; a sister, Genevieve Bracken of Ripley, seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 20, 1992

RIPLEY - Hazel Ashford Cox, 89, of Memphis, formerly of Ripley, retired employee of Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, died Wednesday at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis after a short illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church. Mrs. Cox, the widow of Jesse L. Cox, leaves three daughters, Peggy Ford, Minnie Wayne and Mildred Crawford, all of Memphis; a brother, Montell Ashford of Deca tur, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 4, 1992

RIPLEY - Juanita Hamil Cox, 85, homemaker, died of heart failure Thursday at Ripley Healthcare & Rehab. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Cox, the widow of Rufus Cox, leaves a sister, Martha Cox of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 22, 2001

RIPLEY - Leroy Cox, 88, retired farmer, died Saturday morning at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale after a long illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. Cox, the husband of Era Maie Dial Cox, also leaves a daughter, Mrs. Juanita Carmack of Friendship; a sister, Mrs. Myrl Smith of Ripley, seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 20, 1990

Sanford Cox, 41, mechanic, died at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday at his home on Chisholm Lake Road. Services were Thursday at Ripley Funeral Home, burial in Grace Cemetery. He was the son of Mrs. Walter N. COX; a member of Walnut Grove Baptist Church and a WWII veteran. He leaves his brother, Walter A. COX, and sister, Mrs. Irene TUCKER.
FRIDAY AUGUST 16, 1968

RIPLEY - William Earl Cox, 62, retired machine operator for Tennessee Electroplating, died of heart failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He leaves two daughters, Janice Stewart of Ripley and Connie Mounts of Westmont, Ill., and five grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 18, 1997

Crave, Mrs Julie
d 24 Mar 1929
cemetery Grace
age 69 yrs old
Garner Funeral Home

Joe Brown Crenshaw
6 Sept. 1934
father W. T. Crenshaw; mother Brown
stillborn
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home page 114

RIPLEY - Lena Nell Brown Crenshaw, 83, formerly of Ripley, homemaker, died Thursday of heart failure at Lee County Health Care Center in Marietta, Ga. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Grace Baptist Church near here, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Crenshaw, the widow of William Thomas Crenshaw, leaves a daughter, Diane Selby of Marietta; a son, William Thomas Crenshaw Jr. of Sasser, Ga.; a sister, Marie Fleming of Ripley, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 7, 1996

RIPLEY - Wilma Craig Cursey, 84, retired merchant, died of heart failure Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital of Lauderdale. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. She was a member of Walnut Grove Baptist Church. Mrs. Cursey, the widow of Howard Cursey, leaves a son, Howard Cursey Jr. of San Diego.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 25, 1998

RIPLEY - Eunice Mae Daniel, 93, homemaker, died of heart failure Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at First Baptist Church here with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Daniel, the widow of J. R. Daniel, leaves a sister, Margaret Alice Russell of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 29, 1997

Halls - Demetral Daniels, 83, retired from First Federal Savings & Loan, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Halls First Baptist Church. Mrs. Daniels, the wife of John Daniels, also leaves a son, Larry Joe Beard of Ripley; two sisters, Nell Johnson of Jackson and Norris Wheeler of Ripley; a brother, Jay Chipman of Ripley, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 24, 2005

Elizabeth Lunsford Dew
On March 22nd, the Death Angel claimed the soul of Mrs. Bettie Dew. She was 65 years of age. She is survived by four children; Alvis Williams, Joe Williams & Mrs. J. A. Caldwell of this place; and Mrs. Doney Lucas of Conway, AR.; also one brother, J. W. Lunsford of Ripley. Her remains were laid to rest Monday in Grace Cemetery.
Lauderdale County Enterprise Ripley, Tennessee Friday, March 27th, 1925

RIPLEY - Maybelle Maxwell Dew, 76, homemaker, died Friday of congestive heart failure at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Marys Chapel Baptist Church. Mrs. Dew, the widow of Syl T. Dew, leaves a daughter, Patricia Scoggins, and a son, Jimmy Walding, both of Ripley; two stepdaughters, Sybil Crain of Jackson and Linda Durham of Covington; a stepson, Tommy Dew, and a sister, Frances Ross, both of Ripley; a brother, Bobby Maxwell of Baton Rouge, La., three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and five stepgrandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 4, 1995

Dial, J C
d 9 Mar 1931
age 62 yrs old
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

Dial, Herbert Leon
b 11 May 1930 --- d 14 Jul 1930
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

RIPLEY - William Joseph Drumwright, 92, retired farmer and carpenter, died of heart failure Sunday at Hillhaven Convalescent Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Whitefield Assembly of God, where he was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Drumwright, the husband of Zelia Mae Drumwright, also leaves a daughter, Patricia Scarbrough of Germantown; seven sons, William Joseph Drumwright of Houston, William Edward Drumwright of Phoenix, James Carlton Drumwright of Ripley, Robert Oneal Drumwright of Jackson, Harold Lloyd Drumwright of Memphis, J. Lynn Drumwright of Dyersburg and Larry Wayne Drumwright of Columbia; a sister, Virgie Jackson, and a brother, Lewis Hutcherson, both of Ripley; 21 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and 14 great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 10, 1996

RIPLEY - Zelia Mae Drumwright, 97, homemaker, died Sunday at Ripley Healthcare & Rehab. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Whitefield Assembly of God, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Drumwright, the widow of William Joseph Drumwright, leaves six sons, Edward Drumwright of Phoenix, Carlton Drumwright of Ripley, Lynn Drumwright of Dyersburg, Oneal Drumwright of Jackson, Larry Drumwright of Columbia and Billy Joe Drumwright of Houston, Texas; a sister, Melissa Gallup of Paragould, Ark.; a brother, Clyde Newman of Huntsville, Ala., 21 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and 24 great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 8, 2003

RIPLEY - Harold Lloyd Dunavant, 72, retired farmer, died of heart failure Sunday at Methodist Hospital. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Dunavant, the husband of Betty Joyce Dunavant, also leaves two daughters, Barbara Jean Kirby of Chattanooga and Brenda Splean of Memphis; a brother, James Dunavant of Ripley, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 22, 1999

RIPLEY - Lady Webb Durham, 95, homemaker, died Sunday at Ripley Health Care & Rehab. Services were Tuesday at Grace Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home had charge. Mrs. Durham, the widow of John Robert Durham, leaves two daughters, Shirley Brown of Ripley and Dorothy Coover of Modesto, Calif.; a son, Donald Durham of Hudson, Fla.; a sister, Ona Vosa, and a brother, Parnell Webb, both of Ripley, three grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 3, 2002

Ripley - Wesley Ray Duvall, Sr., 84. Service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, March 3 at New Hope Methodist Church.
Garner Funeral Home 731-635-1271
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 2, 2006

Mrs. C. A. Ellis
b. 22 April 1910 --- d. 1 April 1935
father R C Sorrell; mother Lulu Uselton
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home pape 187

GATES - Clifford Wardell 'Bob' Ellis, farmer, died of heart failure Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Grace Cemetery. Mr. Ellis, the husband of Janelle Ellis, also leaves four daughters, Linda Vest of Shelbyville, Trudy Burns of Ripley, Barbara Olune of Hayward, Calif., and Dianne McCloud of Gates; seven sons, Clifford Dwight Ellis of Gates, David Burns and Steve Burns, both of Ripley, Mike Burns of Savannah, Jon Burns of Warrensburg, Mo., Sonny Littles of Bells and Richard Littles of Covington; three sisters, Edna Campbell of Gates, Virginia Meeker of Fountain Valley, Calif., and Carolyn Brinegar of Lake Hills, Texas; a brother, Veston Ellis of Gates, 15 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 9, 1998

Gates - Galveston Odell Ellis, 82, retired mechanic for River Road Dodge, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Grace Cemetery there. He leaves three sisters, Edna Campbell of Ripley, Virginia Meeker of Fountain Valley, Calif., and Carolyn Brinager of Lakehills, Texas.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 5, 2005

J. E. Ellis
b. 26 March 1897 --- d. 8 Sept. 1934
father William Ellis
mother Madgie Crews; husband of Beulah
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home page 116

Pansy Ethel Ellis, 10 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ellis, who was recently injured by a log wagon, died Monday afternoon at Dr. Campbell's Clinic in Memphis. The remains were brought to Ripley Tuesday and laid to rest in Grace cemetery. ENTERPRISE Friday February 19, 1926

Elmore, J J
d 23 Oct 1932
cemetery Grace
Shelby Co death
age 75 yrs old
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

M. E. Elmore
Elmore, Mrs J J
b 8 Jun 1859 --- d 20 Dec 1923
father Wesley Ray, NC
mother Mary C Harmon, Weakley Co
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Epperson, W J
d 6 Mar 1929
cemetery Grace
age 70 yrs old
Garner Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Mrs. Mamie Falkner, 84, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church. The widow of Fletcher Falkner, she leaves a daughter, Mrs. Laverne Thompson of Memphis; a son, Thomas Ward Falkner of Ripley, a grandchild and three great- grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 19, 1991

RIPLEY - Ward Falkner, 62, retired laborer, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley after a long illness. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. He was a World War II Army veteran. Falkner, the husband of Elsie Marie Hoskins Falkner, leaves a sister, Mrs. Laverne Thompson of Memphis.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 11, 1991

Mrs. Cordie Mae Farmer
d. 29 Sept. 1935
age 21 years 1 mo. 17 days
father Tom Green; mother Walpole
Shelby Co. death
cemetery Grace

John Adams Farmer
b. 28 Sept, 1935 --- d. 18 Nov. 1935
father Barney Farmer;
mother Cordie Green
Shelby Co. death
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home page 254

Farmer, William Ray
b 27 Sep 1933 --- d 11 Oct 1933
father W B Farmer, Jr; mother Green
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Ripley - Wilma Louise Faught, 65, homemaker, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Whitefield Assembly of God with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two daughters, Audrey Dornan of Brownsville and Terri Behrens of Wichita, Kan.; a son, Barry Faught of Trinidad, Colo.; five sisters, Shirley S. Dacus, Frances Spiller and Martha Shands, all of Ripley, Lena Hutcherson of Germantown and Tina Freeman of California, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 10, 2005

RIPLEY - John Hayden Ferguson, 19, student at Dyersburg State Community College, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale of injuries received in a dirt bike accident. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Grace Baptist Church, where he was an usher, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Yarbrough Funeral Home has charge. He was a lifeguard and had taught swimming classes. He also was an Eagle Scout. He leaves his parents, Joe Larry and Diane Hutcherson Ferguson; a sister, Dana Ferguson, and his grandmothers, Inez Webb of Hutcherson and Genell Burnham Ferguson, all of Ripley. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 13, 1998

Halls - Albert Lee Fisher, 70, carpenter, died Friday at his home. Graveside services were Sunday at Grace Cemetery near Ripley. Halls Funeral Home had charge. He was a member of Gates First Baptist Church. Mr. Fisher, the husband of Linda Diane Blakley Fisher, also leaves four daughters, Sharon Anne Fisher of Brownsville, and Sandra Leanne Wright, Teresa Ann Riddick and Elizabeth Leithanne Fisher, all of Halls; two sons, Charlie Albert Fisher of Brownsville and Kelly Joe Fisher of Halls; four sisters, Gladys Elrod of Stanton, Evelyn Simpson of Bolivar, Faye Lovelace of Brownsville and Norlene Joyner of Brighton; two brothers, Charlie Elrod of Stanton and Edward Elrod of Brownsville; a stepbrother, Albert Elrod of Brownsville, and four grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 14, 2005

Fitzgerald, B F
d 3 Apr 1930
h/o Frances
cemetery Grace
age 72 yrs old
Garner Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Maggie Lou Flowers, 85, of Memphis, formerly of Ripley, died Sunday at Methodist Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. Mrs. Flowers, the widow of Robert Flowers, leaves several nieces and nephews.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 22, 1992

RIPLEY - Elbert D. Franklin, 81, retired truck driver, died of heart failure Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a Methodist and a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Franklin, the widower of Eva Dell Franklin, leaves two daughters, Anita Franklin of Tulsa, Okla., and Diana Stradling of Lebanon, Mo.; two sons, Lynwood Herron and Lowell Herron, both of Southaven; two stepdaughters, Linda Sappington of Southaven, Miss., and Judy Walton of New York; a niece who cared for him, Shirly Kelly of Ripley, and several grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 22, 1999

RIPLEY - Eva Dell Franklin, 80, homemaker, died Monday of cancer at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. She was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church. Mrs. Franklin, the wife of Elbert D. Franklin, also leaves two daughters, Judy Elaine Walton of Carmel, N.Y., and Linda Fay Sappington of Southaven, Miss.; two sons, Stewart Linnwood Herron and Lowell Glenn Herron, both of Southaven, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 29, 1995

RIPLEY - Raymond Neal Frazier, 71, carpenter, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a Korean War veteran and a member of Central Assembly of God. He leaves a daughter, Deborah Buchanan of Bartlett; three sons, Ronnie Frazier and Thomas Frazier, both of Ripley, and Ricky Frazier of Corinth, Miss.; two sisters, Margie Allmon and Addie Allmon, both of Ripley; a brother, Don Frazier of Bartlett, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 5, 2003

Mr. J. M. Galyean, age 73, died Monday at his home at Edith, and his remains laid to rest Tuesday in Grace Cemetery.

Gay, Katie Lea
d 25 Nov 1927
f. __ Burnham
w/o Oliver
cemetery Grace
age 20 yrs old
Burgess & Peters

Ripley - Mary Helen Duvall Gean, 85, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Grace Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday school teacher and member of Women's Missionary Union, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Gean, the widow of Rev. Vernon Gean, leaves two brothers, Russell Duvall and Wesley Duvall, both of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 24, 2005

Gitchell, Brenda Jay
2 Nov 1947 stillborn
father: Lewis Milton GITCHELL; mother: Gladys Wilma AMMONS
cemetery Grace
Halls Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Harvey Hugh Gitchell, 73, retired farmer, died Friday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Central Assembly of God, where he was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Gitchell leaves eight daughters, Mildred Allmon, Opal Horne and Mary Jane Jackson, all of Ripley, Rose Winslow of Jackson, Sue Bucey of Covington, Jenny Luanne Myers of Huntington, W.Va., Nancy Doll Magnet of Mission Viejo, Calif., and Wanda Fay Swift of Bartlett; five sons, Samuel Newton Gitchell and Barry Allen Gitchell, both of Covington, Harvey Gitchell Jr. of Lemoore, Calif., John David Gitchell of Jackson and Robin Lynn Gitchell of Houston, Texas; tw o sisters, Alma Koonce and Effie Haynes, both of Ripley; a brother, David O'Neal of Ripley, 29 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 4, 1992

HALLS - Patricia Sue Gitchell, 59, formerly of Memphis, homemaker, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East in Memphis with burial in Grace Cemetery in Ripley. She was a member of Central Assembly of God in Ripley. Mrs. Gitchell, the wife of W. D. Gitchell for 38 years, also leaves three daughters, Pamela Michelle Allen, Darlene Campbell and Annette Apperson, and a son, Edward Melvin Pike Jr., all of Halls, nine grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 1, 2004

W. D. Gitchell
b. 18 Sept. 1871 --- d. 29 March 1935
father Esra Gitchell
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home page 184

Lonnie A. Goad, 80, Central farmer, died Monday in his home. Services were Wednesday in Ripley Funeral Home, Burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a Member of walnut Grove Baptist Church, a veteran of WWI and a member of the American Legion. He leaves his wife, Mattie Brown GOAD; a step-daughter, Mrs. Thelma BOYD; a sister, Mrs. Rosa CANNON.
Lauderdale County Enterprise; Friday February 9, 1968

Golyear, James Monroe
d 20 Dec 1926
cemetery Grace
b. IN
farmer
married
73 yrs old
Burgess & Peters

Ripley – Lt. Col. Archibald E. Gordon Jr. (USAF, ret.), 59, died Friday morning at Baptist Memorial Hospital Lauderdale after a short illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. He leaves his wife, Miyoko Gordon; a daughter, Mrs. Nancy Akers of Dillon Beach, Calif.; three sons, Archie Gordon of Auburn, Ala., Timothy Gordon of Blytheville and Tom Gordon of Sumter, S.C.; a sister, Mrs. Bettilee Hughes of Ripley; three brothers, James Gordon of Westville, Ind., Emmett Gordon of Griffith, Ind., and Charles Gordon of Memphis, and six grandchildren.
Death date Jan. 11 1991

RIPLEY -- Arah Sue Underwood Grammer, 85, of Memphis, formerly of Ripley, homemaker, died Wednesday morning of heart failure at Senior Care nursing home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. She was a member of Barton First Southern Methodist Church. Mrs. Grammer, the widow of William Marvin Grammer, leaves a son, William Dempsey Grammer of Germantown; two sisters, Ruth Kelley of Monticello, Ark., and Betty Lea of Brownsville; three brothers, Ed Underwood of California, Ralph Underwood of Ripley and Rhea Underwood of Phoenix, and a grandson.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 7, 1994

RIPLEY - Ora Belle Graves, 90, homemaker, died of cancer Thursday at Sunrise Care and Rehabilitation. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Mary's Chapel Baptist Church. Mrs. Graves, the widow of Robert Earl Graves, leaves a son, Stephen Reed Chipman of Wilmington, Mass., four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 29, 1999

RIPLEY - James C. Gray, 64, retired paint superintendent at S. R. of Tennessee, died of heart failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at Grace Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. He was a Korean War Army veteran. Mr. Gray, the husband of Billie Jane Chipman Gray, also leaves a daughter, Janis Fisher, and a son, Jamie Gray, both of Ripley; three sisters, Irene Fowler of Memphis, Betty Dean of Coldwater, Miss., and Anne Brown of Senatobia, Miss.; three brothers, Freeman Gray of Tunica, Miss., Jesse Gray of Batesville, Miss., and Jimmy D. Gray of Water Valley, Miss., and a grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 28, 1999

Green, Lillie
May 19 May 1887 --- 29 Mar 1950
father: Payton WALPOLE; mother: Sarah MOORE wd
cemetery Grace
Halls Funeral Home

Green, Rosa Lea
b 5 Sep 1927 --- d 4 Nov 1931
father Tom Green; mother Warpool
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Griffen, Jocephus R
d 8 Mar 1930
father Asa Griffen
cemetery Grace
age 81 yrs old
Garner Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Juanita Inez Griffin, 60, homemaker, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. Mrs. Griffin, the wife of James B. Griffin, also leaves three daughters, Cindy D. Jones of Halls, Janice Akin of Ripley and Regina Goertz of Clayton, N.C.; four sons, Bill Jones of Destin, Fla., James L. Griffin of Hopkinsville, Ky., Jeff Griffin of Trenton, Ky., and Jimmy Griffin of South Korea; her stepmother, Helen Gitchell of Ripley; a sister, Sharon Harrison of Jonesboro, Ark.; a brother, Thomas Lewis Gitchell of Ripley, 12 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 27, 2002

RIPLEY - Mildred A. Griffin, 77, seamstress, died of cancer Friday at Ripley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. Mrs. Griffin, the widow of John E. Griffin, leaves a stepdaughter, Jane Wollard of St. Marys, Ga.; a stepson, Johnny Griffin of Jacksonville, Fla.; two sisters, Elizabeth Kerr of Des Arc, Ark., and Peggy Lyell of Ripley; a brother, Billy Powell of Ripley, three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 20, 1999

RIPLEY -- Ola Elizabeth Griggs, 90, of Horn Lake, Miss., formerly of Ripley, died Friday at her home in Horn Lake. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. Mrs. Griggs, the widow of Jack O. Griggs, leaves five daughters, Ruth Jordan and Johnnie Fay Hargett, both of Horn Lake, Sarah Edwards of Albert, Okla., Jayne Koonce of Ripley and Barbara Patterson of Collierville; a sister, Gracie Lee Sanders of California; a brother, John Farmer of Livingston, Texas, 17 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 28, 1993

RIPLEY -- Martha Joy Lucas Grimmig, 62, of Nolensville, formerly of Ripley, died Wednesday in Nashville. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church in Ripley with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Grimmig, the widow of A. W. Grimmig, leaves a daughter, Brenda Meredith of Memphis; two sons, Dan Lucas of Franklin and Mark Lucas of Nolensville; two sisters, Margaret McWherter of Ripley and Julia Underwood of Whittier, Calif., and seven grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 19, 1993

RIPLEY - Miguel Guerrero, 72, retired employee of Zenith Radio, died Sunday in Ripley after an auto accident. Mass will be said at 1 p.m. Thursday at Ave Maria Catholic Church, where he was a communicant, with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Guerrero, the widower of Ana Maria Guerrero, leaves a daughter, Ana Maria Cook of Ripley; two sons, Roy Guerrero and George Guerrero, both of Boise, Idaho; three sisters, Ines Guerrero, Mari Guerrero and Carlota Guerrero, all of San Luis Potosi, Mexico; three brothers, Ricardo Guerrero of Chicago, Eduardo Guerrero of San Luis Potosi and Ignacio Guerrero of Brownsville, Texas, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 17, 1997

RIPLEY -- Miguel Angel Guerrero, 44, died Monday at his home. Mass will be said at 11 a.m. today at Ave Maria Catholic Church in Ripley with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Guerrero leaves a sister, Ana Maria Cook of Ripley; two brothers, Roy Guerrero and George Guerrero, both of Boise, Idaho; his father, Miguel Guerrero of Ripley, and his grandmother, Celeste Bravo d Munoz of Mexico.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 27, 1993

Joe Hackett, 68, retired contractor, drowned Tuesday morning in Open Lake. His boat was discovered in midmorning, racing in circles and his cap floating nearby. Eleven boats directed by Sheriff Gwinn MATTHEWS, searched for his body until late afternoon, when it was recovered from water only a few feet deep, but with a thick layer of soft mud underneath, in which one of his feet was lodged. Services were Thursday in Ripley Funeral Home, burial in Grace Cemetery. He leaves his son, Joe W. HACKETT, of Ripley and his daughter, Mrs. Walter FISH, of Henning; and his brother, Will HACKETT, of Santa Barbara, Calif.
Lauderdale County Enterprise FRIDAY MAY 31, 1968

RIPLEY - Mrs. Rosie Lois Gitchell Haislip, 78, died Saturday at Hillhaven Convalescent Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Central Assembly of God, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Haislip, the widow of H. L. Haislip, also leaves a daughter, Mrs. Dolly Harrison of Ripley; a son, Gary Haislip of Lewisburg; three sisters, Mrs. Alma Koonce and Mrs. Effie Haynes, both of Ripley, and Mrs. Agnes Gibson of Peoria, Ill.; two brothers, David Gitchell and Harvel Gitchell, both of Ripley, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 9, 1991

RIPLEY - Alcie Green Halfacre, 99, homemaker and retired farmer, died of heart failure Monday at Delta Medical Center in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of New Hope Methodist Church. Mrs. Halfacre, the widow of F. A. 'Gus' Halfacre, leaves four daughters, Nancy Zachary of Ripley, Marcelene Rowland of Hickory Withe, Luna H. Bracey of Little Rock and Verna H. Brown of Memphis; three sons, Dearl Halfacre of Jackson, Earl Halfacre of Memphis and Russell Halfacre of Moncks Corner, S.C.; a brother Oneal Weaver of Ripley, 16 grandchildren and several great- and great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 30, 1999

Halfacre, Solan S
d 17 Nov 1926
father J F Halfacre
cemetery Grace
cause of death malaria
d Vicksburg, MS
age 35 yrs old
Burgess & Peters

The remains of Mr. S.S. (Vester) Halfacre arrived in Ripley Wednesday night from Vicksburg, Miss., where he died after a brief illness of malaria hematuria. He had been engaged in the timber business in Alsatia, La. for several years, and was taken ill about a week ago and was carried to a hospital in Vicksburg. He was 35 years of age and was a son of Mr. J.F. Halfacre of Stonewall. His brother, Mr. Gus Halfacre, was called to his bedside when he became critically ill and accompanied the remains here, which were laid to rest in Grace Cemetery Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock
ENTERPRISE Friday November 19, 1926

Hancock, Clair
b 18 Mar 1926 --- d 27 Feb 1933
father John Hancock, TN; mother Vida Gillmore, AL
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Isebel "Molly" Hancock
Hancock, Mrs W C
b 12 Dec 1897 --- d 18 Sep 1931
father Gillmore; mother Isabelle Haynes
cemetery Grace
wife of Will
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Ripley - Sybel L. Hancock, 85, homemaker, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Hancock, the widow of Russell Hancock, leaves four daughters, Joyce Hinson, Kathie Green, Margie Morris and Peggy Howell, all of Ripley; two sons, Charles Hancock of Hazel Green, Ala., and Arnold Hancock of Ripley; a sister, Millie Corbitt of El Cajon, Calif.; two brothers, Herbert Bonner of Mango, Fla., and Kenneth Bonner of Fort Smith, Ark., 17 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 1, 2005

HALLS - James Claude Hardy Jr., 64, retired foreman for Hecklethorn of Dyersburg, died of cardiac arrest Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. He was a Korean War veteran and a member of Bethesda Methodist Church. Mr. Hardy, the husband of Louise McGarrity Hardy, also leaves three daughters, Teresa L. Laws and Linda J. Baggett, both of Halls, and Elizabeth Diane Ward of Gates; two sons, James C. Hardy III of Gates and Michael E. Hardy of Newbern; five sisters, Gertie Mathews of South Fulton, Mary Weaver of Halls, Lois Wright of Memphis, Willie E. Avery of Millington and Cora Carroll of Ashland, Miss.; a brother, Lloyd Hardy of Memphis, nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 13, 1996

GATES - Shirley Jean Hardy, 43, homemaker, died of heart disease Thursday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. Mrs. Hardy, the wife of James C. Hardy, also leaves a sister, Ruby Sancinito of Desert Hot Springs, Calif.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 22, 1999

Hardy, Wilhela
8 Jan 1894 --- 11 July 1957
father: Matt SUTTON; mother: Mary PIERCE
wf of Claude HARDY Sr
cemetery Grace
Halls Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Mrs. Birdie Mai Hargett, 87, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley after a long illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. She was a member of Calvary Hill Baptist Church. Mrs. Hargett, the widow of Clyde Samuel Hargett, leaves a brother, Lewis Apperson of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 29, 1991

C. E. Hargett Jr., 68, a retired employee of the Lauderdale County Highway Department, drowned early Monday in Chisolm Lake near here, Lauderdale County sheriff's deputies said.
Deputies said Hargett was fishing when his boat capsized. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Garner Funeral Home. Burial will be in Grace Cemetery near here. Hargett was a World War II Army veteran.
Hargett, the husband of Johnnie Faye Griggs Hargett, also leaves a daughter, Mrs. James A. Shreeve of Olive Branch, Miss., and two sisters, Mrs. Herbert Howard and Mrs. Buford Escue, both of Memphis.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 10, 1990

Mrs. Cassie Wilson Hargett After many patient years of suffering, our loved one, Mrs. Cassie Wilson HARGETT, quietly passed away on Nov. 1, 1958, just four days before her 79th birthday. The fact that her family, her home, her relatives, her friends, and her church where she served as Sunday school teacher for many years made up her whole world, is a glowing tribute to the life she lived. She leaves her companion, E. D. HARGETT; two daughters, and a son-in- law, Velora HARGETT, Cleo and Paul McBRIDE; two granddaughters, Mrs. Evelyn McBRIDE STEWART, of Jackson and Mrs. Martha McBRIDE CORLEW of Nashville; three great-grandsons; one brother, A. A. WILSON. George, Arthur, Leon, and Lynn HARGETT, Woodrow WILSON and Leslie HAMBY served as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers were N. N. CALDWELL, E. R. UNDERWOOD, J. E. COOK, Capt. Alex RANNY, L. A. McBRIDE and Paul WILLIAMS. Her pastor, the Rev. Pittman MARBURY, held memorial services at New Hope Methodist Church. Interment was in Grace Cemetery.
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 7, 1958

G. T. Hargett
b. 3 Jan. 1847 --- d. 31 March 1935
father Frederick Hargett
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home page 185

Hargett, infant daug.
still born 7 May 1927
father Andrew Hargett; mother Thelma Chalk
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Hargett, infant son
b 18 Dec 1926 --- d 9 Jan 1927
father Hiram Hargett; mother Coker
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Martha Jane Hargett, 70, of Bartlett, formerly of Ripley, retired dorm mother for Lambuth University in Jackson, died Tuesday of cancer at Methodist Hospital North in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Grace Baptist Church in Ripley with burial in the church cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Jackson. She leaves a daughter, Jan Miller of Bartlett; two sons, Gus Hargett Jr. of Murfreesboro and Rickie Hargett of Ripley; three sisters, Mildred Griffin of Crystal River, Fla., Liz Kerr of Des Arc, Ark., and Peggy Lyell of Ripley; a brother, Billy Powell of Ripley, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Martha Hargett Scholarship Fund at Lambuth University.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 5, 1997

RIPLEY - Rhea Donald Hargett Jr., 40, maintenance worker for West Tennessee State Prison, died of heart failure Friday at his home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Hargett, the husband of Cheryl White Hargett, also leaves a daughter, Casey Leanne Hargett; a son, Rhea Donald Hargett III; his mother and stepfather, Evelyn and Donald Marcy; his stepmother, Maryls Hargett, and a sister, Leigh Anne Allred, all of Ripley, and a stepbrother, Leslie Crook of Halls.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 28, 2001

RIPLEY - Thomas Richard Hargett, 55, died Friday at his home after a stroke. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Grace Baptist Church with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. He leaves two daughters, Michelle Hargett of Memphis and Tara Hawkins of Murray, Ky.; his father, Gus Hargett of Ripley; a sister, Jan Miller of Bartlett, and a brother, Gus Hargett Jr. of Murfreesboro.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 28, 2001

RIPLEY - Elean Hutcherson Harrison, 77, of Tallulah, La., formerly of Ripley, died of heart failure Saturday in Vicksburg, Miss. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Central Assembly of God in Ripley. She leaves a daughter, Barbara Moore of Tallulah; a brother, Darrell McClellan of Chino, Calif., three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 11, 1999

Harrison, Freddie B
26 Dec 1874--30 Dec 1946
father: John Sidney SMITH; mother: Mary Frances HARGETT
wf of John Wesley
cemetery Grace
Halls Funeral Home

RIPLEY - James T. Harrison, 70, retired mechanic, died Wednesday of cancer at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a World War II Navy veteran. Mr. Harrison leaves four daughters, Barbara Perkins and Shirley Gay, both of Batesville, Miss., Charlotte Lamb of Oxford, Miss., and Katherine Hathcock of Greenville, S.C.; a son, Jerry Wayne Harrison of San Diego; a sister, Elmer Brown, and a brother, Buford Harrison, both of Ripley, 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 12, 1996

Harrison, John Wesley
d. 5 Feb 1955
age 83yrs
father: Benjamin HARRISON
mother: Emma L MILLER
cemetery Grace
Halls Funeral Home

Harrison, Mrs Julia W
b 28 Sept 1864 --- d 29 May 1929
cemetery Grace
b VA
Garner Funeral Home

Joshua Thomas Hastings
Mr. J. T. HASTINGS died at Curve Monday morning and was buried at Grace Cemetery Tuesday at 10 a.m. He was 74 years of age and leaves a wife and several children.
Lauderdale County Enterprise, Ripley, Tn, September 14th, 1923

RIPLEY - Effie Grace Gitchell Koonce Haynes, 86, of Memphis, formerly of Ripley, retired nurse and histology technician, died of complications from septicemia Saturday at a son's home in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Rebekah of Ruth Lodge No. 1 in Memphis and a member of Central Assembly of God Church of Ripley for more than 60 years. Mrs. Haynes, the widow of Floyd G. Koonce and Leon Haynes, leaves three sons, Dr. Marshall Koonce and Jerry Koonce, both of Memphis, and Frederick Koonce of Jefferson City, Mo.; a sister, Alma Gitchell Koonce, and a brother, David Gitchell, both of Ripley, six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Central Assembly of God Church here.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 11, 1996

Haynes, Mrs Jane
b 22 Feb 1863 --- d 25 Jan 1931
mother Ledbetter
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

Haynes, Samuel Ellsworth
b 22 Sep 1890 --- d 15 Jan 1931
father Andrew Haynes; mother Jane Ledbetter
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Miss Bethel Hendren, 75, retired sales clerk, died Friday at Hillhaven Convalescent Center. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Whiteville Assembly of God Church near here, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Miss Hendren leaves a sister, Mrs. Leonard Connell of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 16, 1991

Henning - Tommy Henson, 70, retired farmer, died August 8, 2006. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. August 10 and funeral services will be at 11 a.m. August 11 at Maley-Yarbrough Chapel. Burial in Grace Cemetery.
Maley-Yarbrough Chapel
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 10, 2006

RIPLEY - Pauline V. Herron, 97, homemaker, died of heart failure Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of New Hope Methodist Church. Mrs. Herron, the widow of Floyd Herron, leaves a brother, Leon Voss of Memphis.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 18, 1999

RIPLEY -- Lonie Ocie Hicks, 73, retired school cafeteria worker, died Saturday at his home after an apparent heart attack. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. He leaves a daughter, Deborah Taylor of Ripley; two sisters, Polly Branch of Burlison and Alcie Jones of Fort Worth, Texas, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 14, 1994

RIPLEY - Willie Mae Hill, 73, died Saturday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial at Grace Cemetery. She was a member of First Baptist Church. Ms. Hill leaves a sister, Ann Cotner of Jackson, and two brothers, Herman Cannon of Henning and O'Neil Cannon of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 6, 1992

RIPLEY - Imogene Kirksey Hoeft, 92, homemaker, died Friday of congestive heart failure at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church. Mrs. Hoeft, the widow of Walter Hoeft, leaves a niece who cared for her, Ruth DeVerts of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 5, 1995

RIPLEY - Walter Roland Hoeft, 89, retired carpenter, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Grace Baptist Church near Ripley, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Hoeft, the husband of Imogene Kirksey Hoeft, also leaves four sisters, Mrs. Irene Savage, Mrs. Eddie Lou Kelley and Mrs. Bessie McCoy, all of Ripley, and Mrs. Montine Sellars of Greenfield.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 21, 1990

HALLS -- Patsy Hoggard, 56, employee of the Social Security Administration, died of heart failure Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls First Christian Church, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. Halls Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Hoggard, the wife of Carl B. Hoggard Jr., also leaves two sons, Stephen Carl Hoggard and John Kevin Hoggard, both of Halls; her mother, Genell Ferguson, and two brothe rs, Joe Larry Ferguson and John Mark Ferguson, all of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 28, 1994

RIPLEY - Annie Howard, 80, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital- Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Grace Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Howard, the widow of Roy Howard, leaves a daughter, Dimple Coker of Memphis; six sisters, Wanda Carson, Juanita Jones, Sybil Moore and Mamie Boggs, all of Memphis, Nora Sherrill of Mammoth Springs, Ark., and Mable Woods of Dallas; a brother, Bill Chipman of Ripley, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 7, 1992

Howard, Charlie
d 7 Dec 1928
father C N Howard; mother Dunn
cemetery Grace
age 4 yrs old
Garner Funeral Home

Howard, Mrs Lennie
b 16 Aug 1884 --- d 28 May 1930
father __ Yearwood
w/o D L
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

Howard, Mrs Mary
d 28 Jan 1928
father W E Durham; mother Lyles
cemetery Grace
age 33 yrs old
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Roy Lynn Howard, 59, retired Air Force officer, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis after a short illness. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. Howard, the husband of Martha M. Howard, also leaves two daughters, Mrs. Susan Flowers and Mrs. Linda Ellis, both of Ripley; a son, Kenny Howard of Ripley; his mother, Mrs. Annie C. Howard of Ripley; a sister, Mrs. Dimple Coker of Memphis, and five grandchildren.al Home of West Memphis has charge. She was a member of First Baptist Church of West Memphis, the Horn Lake (Miss.) Order of Eastern Star and a Past Mother Adviser and Worthy Matron of Normal Chapter Masonic Lodge. Mrs. Wade, the widow of Edgar Fletcher Wade, leaves a daughter, Ms. Patti Mooney of Savannah, and a sister, Ms. Dorothy W. Webb of West Memphis.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 5, 1990

Ripley - Dee Hughes Jr., 72, retired engineer for Ford Motor Co., died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Hughes, the husband of Doris Osteen Hughes for 52 years, also leaves four daughters, Gloria Riggar, Marsha Carol Workman and Donna Debrugne, all of Monroe, Mich., and Deborah Woehkle of Buffalo Grove, Ill.; two sons, Tony Hughes of Jackson and Chip Hughes of Ripley; his mother, Gracie McCloud; a sister, Peggy Esra, and two brothers, Eugene Hughes and Michael Hughes, all of Ripley, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 11, 2005

Hughes, W R
b 4 Jul 1870 --- d 2 Jul 1932
father J H Hughes; mother Malinda Hooten
cemetery Grace
farmer
married
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

RIPLEY - John Wayne Humphrey, 51, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital- Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. Mr. Humphrey, husband of Sue Hall Humphrey, also leaves a daughter, Tracey Humphrey of Peoria, Ill.; five sons, Jimmy Humphrey, Chris Humphrey, Michael Humphrey and Johnny Humphrey, all of Peoria, and Jason Humphrey of Ripley; a stepson, Torry Murillo of Ripley; two sisters, Shirley Kelley of Ripley and Sheila Pope of Chattanooga, and four grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 7, 1992

Hutcherson, Geo Washington
b 1848 --- d 12 Jun 1928
cemetery Grace
Shelby Co death
widower of Sarah E
Garner Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Hattie Hutcherson, 87, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital- Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church. Mrs. Hutcherson, the widow of F. C. Hutcherson, leaves several nieces and nephews.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 17, 1993

RIPLEY - Inez Webb Hutcherson, 85, homemaker, died of heart failure Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Grace Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Yarbrough Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Hutcherson, the widow of Vitalias Hutcherson, leaves two daughters, Anita Chrestman and Dianne Ferguson; a son, B.V. Hutcherson Jr.; three sisters, Ona Voss, Sue Wilson and Lady Durham, and a brother, Parnell Webb, all of Ripley, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Grace Baptist Church or to Grace Cemetery Association.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 4, 2000

Jack Hutcherson
d. 22 June 1934
age 15 years old
father Ross Hutcherson; mother Lilly Burkham
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Lewis Ross Hutcherson
d. 15 Nov. 1935
age 54 years old
father Lewis Jasper Hutcherson; mother Rebecca Cannon
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home page 251

RIPLEY -- Deborah Meade Jackson, 36, died Wednesday at Methodist Hospital in Memphis. Gravesides services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Grace Cemetery near here. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Jackson leaves a daughter, Elizabeth Marie Jackson, a son, Steven Lynn Jackson Jr., and her mother, Marguerite Meade, all of Ripley; three sisters, Linda Meade Edwards and Vinnetta Meade Murley, both of Ripley, and Sandra Meade Johns of Gates, and a brother, Gerald Meade Jr. of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 8, 1993

Jackson, Lucille
b 3 May 1924 --- d 28 Apr 1930
father Frank Jackson
mother Sanders
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

Ripley - Virgie Lucille Jackson, 84, homemaker, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Marantha Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Jackson, the widow of James Alford Jackson, leaves four daughters, Linda Mavis of Oakland, Neb., Brenda Hand of Oklahoma City, Lunida Holland of Memphis and Sandra Rorie of Ripley; four sons, Bobby E. Jackson of Eads, James Delton Jackson and Rickey Jackson, both of Ripley, and John W. Jackson of Florence, Ala., 18 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 8, 2005

Jennings, Richard C
d 29 May 1927
cemetery Grace
78 yrs old
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Jennings, Victor Jr
b 23 Dec 1928 --- d 11 Jan 1929
father Victor Jennings; mother Underwood
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Jocie Rena Kelley, 92, homemaker, died Monday of heart failure at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery here. She was a member of Assembly of God. Mrs. Kelley, the widow of John Raymond Kelley, leaves six daughters, Doris Gitchell, Dorothy Bringle, Dotsy Shands, Ann Meadows, Elsie Jones and Bonnie Brasfield, all of Ripley; three sons, Talmage Gunter of Paris, Roy Kelley of Ripley and Raymond Kelley of Halls, 24 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 10, 1995

Kelly, Thomas DeWitt
d 10 Jun 1929
father Joseph Kelley, MO; mother Byrns, SC
cemetery Grace
age 31 yrs old
Garner Funeral Home

Keltner, Mrs Henry
b 11 Jan 1901 --- d 13 Nov 1931
father Taylor Holloway; mother Effie Fergusion
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Keltner, James Anderson
b 28 Mar 1861 --- d 28 Jul 1927
father Henry Keltner; mother Elizabeth Merrell
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Kennedy, Mrs Irene Katharine, widow
b 11 May 1854 --- d 11 Sep 1926
father Irvin Tull, GA; mother Judie Ann Rewmind?, GA
Grace
Orders given by T E Kennedy
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Mrs. Katherine Kennedy, who has been confined to her bed, unable to speak a word since she was stricken with paralysis the 11th of January, died Saturday morning at 4 o’clock. She was 72 years of age. She is survived by one brother, two step-children and a host of friends and relatives. The funeral was held at Grace Church and interment was in Grace cemetery.
ENTERPRISE Friday September 17, 1926

Kennedy, Thomas
b 17 Jul 1882 --- d 17 Jul 1931
father William Kennedy, KY; mother Tull
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

King, Addie Margaret
10 July 1879 --- 28 July 1951
father: Albert BLANKENSHIP; mother: Sarah RICHARDSON
cemetery Grace
Halls Funeral Home

King, James Motley
18 Nov 1872 --- 15 Jan 1959
father: John KING; mother: MOTLEY
cemetery Grace
Halls Funeral Home

King, Lula May
26 Nov 1899 --- 27 Aug 1949
father: James Motley KING; Mother: Addie BLANKENSHIP
cemetery Grace
Halls Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Elsie Irene Kinninmonth, 80, of De Queen, Ark., formerly of Ripley, homemaker, died of cancer Monday in De Queen. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today at Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Assembly of God Church. Mrs. Kinninmonth, the widow of William Kinninmonth, leaves a daughter, Shirley Kelly of Gillham, Ark.; a son, Wayne Kinninmonth of Arlington, Texas; a sister, Frances Voss of Halls; a brother, Marvin Lyell of Jacksonville, Fla., five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 10, 2000

Emily Sue Kirby
d.7 Sept. 1934
age 1 year 6 mo.
father John Kirby; mother Craig
cemetery old Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home page 115

RIPLEY - Bernice Rhea Kirkpatrick, 74, retired from Tupperware, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Central Assembly of God, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Kirkpatrick, the wife of Eddie Lewis Kirkpatrick, also leaves a son, Eddie Kirkpatrick of Ripley; two sisters, Ruth Parker of Muldrow, Okla., and Barbara McCraw of Mize, Miss., a grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 3, 2004

Ripley - Carmelita 'Carmen' Kirkpatrick, 46, homemaker, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Kirkpatrick, the wife of Eddie Kirkpatrick, also leaves a daughter, Chasidy Simpson of Ripley; her father and stepmother, Noble and Virginia Ogden of Halls; four sisters, Patricia Hopper of Dresden, Sandra Rushing of Dyersburg, Jennifer Cantrell of Newbern and Frankie Trousdale of Cedar Hill, Mo.; three brothers, Anthony Ogden of Dyersburg, John Ogden of Halls and Shannon Ogden of Nutbush, and two grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 23, 2005

Shirley Ann Kirkpatrick
b. 1 March 1934 --- d. 2 April 1935
father Solon Kirkpatrick
mother Bertha Johnson
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home page 188

RIPLEY - Cora A. Koonce, 90, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital- Lauderdale. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church. Mrs. Koonce, the widow of I. E. Koonce, leaves four daughters, Patsy Massongill and Betty Craig, both of Ripley, Hope Baker of Olive Branch, Miss., and Sunshine Critchfield of Walls, Miss.; three sons, I. E. Koonce Jr., Sanford Koonce and Paul Koonce, all of Ripley; two half-sisters, Jenny Wrenn Vaughn of Ripley and Lurleen Robins of Halls; a half-brother, John D. Vaughn of Ripley, 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 11, 1993

Clara E. Koonce
Mrs. John H. Koonce
b. 25 June 1890 --- d. 29 Aug 1941
J. W. Kirby
Sarah Gilbert
b. Haywood Co
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Effie Koonce
RIPLEY - Effie Grace Gitchell Koonce Haynes, 86, of Memphis, formerly of Ripley, retired nurse and histology technician, died of complications from septicemia Saturday at a son's home in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Rebekah of Ruth Lodge No. 1 in Memphis and a member of Central Assembly of God Church of Ripley for more than 60 years. Mrs. Haynes, the widow of Floyd G. Koonce and Leon Haynes, leaves three sons, Dr. Marshall Koonce and Jerry Koonce, both of Memphis, and Frederick Koonce of Jefferson City, Mo.; a sister, Alma Gitchell Koonce, and a brother, David Gitchell, both of Ripley, six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Central Assembly of God Church here.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 11, 1996

Frances Virginia Langley Koonce, 85, died Saturday, June 26, 2004 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was a retired employee of Tupperware. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Ronk Funeral Home with Clyde Thompson Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Grace Cemetery near Central. Survivors include four daughters, Vonnie Perry of Memphis, Beverly Smith and Mary Thompson, both of Dyersburg and Sandra Phillips of Alamo; five sons, Lloyd Koonce, Lane Koonce and Larry Koonce, all of Dyersburg, Rickey Koonce of Friendship and Ronnie Koonce of Alamo; a stepdaughter, Dorothy Steelman of Gates; five sisters, Crystal Augustine of Lansing, Mich., Maggie Savage, Linda Herron and Betty Langley, all of Ripley and Genelle Hendren of Dry Hill; two brothers, Ray Langley of Ripley and Robert Langley of Memphis; a half brother; James Langley of Ripley; 20 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edgar Lewis Koonce; two sons, Perry Koonce and Eugene Levi Koonce; and a stepson, Edgar Val Koonce.

RIPLEY -- Horace David Koonce, 64, maintenance supervisor, died Sunday at his home after an apparent heart attack. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. He was a deacon and discipleship training director at Calvary Hill Baptist Church. Mr. Koonce, the husband of Jayne Griggs Koonce, also leaves two daughters, Pam Stallings and Camille Gattlin; a son, David Koonce, and a sister, Martha Nell Mitchell, all of Ripley, four grandchildren and a great-grandson.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 4, 1994

Iley Eugene Koonce
I. E. KOONCE, Sr., 75, of Ripley, retired farmer, died at 12:20 p.m. Monday in Veterans Hospital, Memphis, which he entered Saturday. Services were Tuesday in Grace Baptist Church, burial in church cemetery. He leaves his wife, Gussie Vaughn KOONCE; sons, I. E. Jr. KOONCE, John Paul KOONCE and Sanford KOONCE, all of Ripley; daughters, Mrs. J. H. CRAIG and Mrs. Andrew MASSONGILL, both of Ripley, Mrs. Richard CRIHFIELD, of Memphis, and Mrs. Glenn BAKER, of Tupelo, Miss.; brothers, Leonard KOONCE and James H. KOONCE, both of Ripley and Levi KOONCE, of Dyersburg; sisters, Mrs. Frank AKIN, of Halls, Mrs. Lee ELLIS, Mrs. Hayes STOKES, Mrs. Lavenia STOKES and Mrs. Barnry CRIHFIELD, all of Ripley.
FRIDAY JULY 12, 1968

RIPLEY - Iley 'Junior' Koonce, 80, retired farmer, died of pneumonia Saturday at Ripley Healthcare & Rehab. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a member of Maranatha Baptist Church. Mr. Koonce, the widower of Kate Koonce, leaves a daughter, Brenda Newman of Ripley; a son, Larry Koonce of Dyersburg; four sisters, Betty Craig and Patsy Massongill, both of Ripley, Sunshine Crihfield of Horn Lake, Miss., and Hope Baker of Olive Branch, Miss.; a brother, Paul Koonce of Ripley, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 25, 2001

Koonce, infant daughter
b 15 Nov 1930 --- d 15 Nov 1930
father Levi Koonce
mother Lizzie Vaughn
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

Koonce, Jim Frank
b 11 May 1862 --- d 10 Nov 1931
father John Koonce; mother Sarah Jenkins
cemetery Grace
farmer
widowed
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Jimmie Don Koonce
d. 6 Dec. 1939
age 7 days old
father I. E. Koonce; mother Dunnavant
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Mary Elizabeth Koonce
b. 12 Nov. 1941--- d. 7 Jul 1942
father Oscar Koonce; mother Vera Lorene Newman
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Koonce, Peggy Jean
d 23 Jun 1932
father Floyd Koonce; mother Gitchell
cemetery Grace
age 7 mo
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home
BEXAR--Mr. & Mrs. Levi KOONCE and children, Misses Frances and Elsie LYELL, Christine SORRELL and Crystal LANGLEY attended the funeral of little Peggy KOONCE at Grace Friday.
BEXAR--Mr. & Mrs. W. D. GITCHELL and children were called to Ripley last Thursday by the death of their little granddaughter, Peggy Gene KOONCE.
Lauderdale County Enterprise Ripley, Tennessee Friday July 1st, 1932

RIPLEY - Altie Lucille Langley, 91, homemaker, died of heat failure Thursday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Whitefield Assembly of God. Mrs. Langley, the widow of Osco Langley, leaves a daughter, Dorothy Connell, and two sons, Wayne Langley and O. B. Langley, all of Ripley; a sister, Kathleen Dinkman of Memphis, 10 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 13, 2000

RIPLEY - Curtis Voss Langley, 65, insurance agent, died Saturday at Ripley Healthcare & Rehab. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a member of Mary's Chapel Baptist Church. He leaves a daughter, Paula Renee Wilhite of Bolivar; two sons, Curtis Allen Langley of Henning and Shannon Mitchell Langley of Ripley; six sisters, Frances Koonce of Alamo, Crystal Augustine of Detroit, and Maggie Savage, Genelle Hendren, Betty Wright and Linda Hunt, all of Ripley; two brothers, Robert Lee Langley of Memphis and Ray Langley of Ripley; a half-brother, James Langley of Ripley, and four grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 1, 2004

RIPLEY - Flora Akin Langley, 90, homemaker, died of heart failure Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Whitefield Assembly of God. Mrs. Langley, the widow of Aubrey Langley, leaves three daughters, Trevette McBroom, Daisy Holder and Mae Moore; a son, Thomas Langley; two sisters, Montine Akin and Gertrude Blankenship, and a brother, Nathan Akin, all of Ripley, 27 grandchildren, 53 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 29, 1999

Hubert M. Langley
b. 25 Jun 1941 --- d. 16 Aug. 1941
father Hubert E. Langley; mother Mildred Jenkins
Shelby co. death
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Langley, John Thomas
b 1 Sep 1868 --- d 1 Dec 1925
father W A Langley; mother __ Andrews
cemetery Grace
farmer; married
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home
J. T. Langley was born September 2nd, 1868, and died December 1st, 1925, age 57 years. He was married to Miss Nina WEBB on February 1st, 1905. To this union six children were born, five boys and one girl, four of whom survive with his wife and mother. Also his father, four brothers and a host of friends. His body was laid to rest in Grace Cemetery the following day in the presence of a large gathering and his grave was covered with beautiful flowers. Rev. J. M. KENDALL, his pastor and Rev. J. A. KELLY, of the Dyersburg Circuit, conducted the funeral. Mr. LANGLEY was a good man, and attended to his own business. He joined the New Hope Church in 1908 and held his membership there till death. May the good Lord, who doeth all things well, bless his family. A Friend.

O. B. Langley, 75, of Ripley, retired mechanic, died Monday in Baptist Hospital Lauderdale in Ripley. Rites are set a 2 p.m. Friday in Ripley Church of God, with burial in Grace Cemetery, Garner Funeral Home in charge, He leaves his wife. Shirley Sparks Langley; sons, Rickey Langley, of Tennessee, and Gary Lilley, of Mecca, Ind.; daughters, Diane Sorensen, of Ripley, Linda Carol Krewson, of Memphis, and Theresa Hurliman, of Missoula, Mont.; a brother, Wayne Langley, and a sister, Dorothy Connell, of Ripley; 10 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
The Lauderdale County Enterprise, Ripley, Tennessee, Sept. 27, 2007

Ripley - Geneva Latham, 88, homemaker, died November 3, 2006 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, November 5 at Garner Funeral Home. Burial in Grace Cemetery.
Garner Funeral Home
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 5, 2006

Ledbetter, Wm
b 26 Apr 1926 --- d 26 Dec 1926
father J E Ledbetter; mother Nora Lott
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Levid?, Mary Ann
d 24 Sept 1924
father __ Webb
cemetery Grace
widow
cause of death cerebral Hem.
Age 76 yrs 9 mo 12 days
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Louise Lewis, 91, of Bartlett, formerly of Ripley, homemaker, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-North in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church. Mrs. Lewis, the widow of William G. Lewis, leaves a daughter, Nancy J. Leggett of Bartlett; three sisters, Frances Shields and Georgia Campbell, both of Ripley, and Pansy Wilson of Bartlett; two brothers, Edward Hutcherson of Ripley and James Hutcherson of Halls, three grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 1, 2002

Lunsford, J W
b 3 Sep 1868 --- d 5 Aug 1931
cemetery Grace
divorced
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Luye, Dave
b 2 Aug 1861 --- d 5 May 1932
father David Lorau, KY; mother Ruthe Luye, KY
cemetery Grace
b KY
farmer
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Lyell, Mrs Emily
b 19 Apr 1848 --- d 16 Mar 1932
father John Russell
cemetery Grace
widow
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home
On March 16, 1932 Mrs. Emily E. Russell Lyell passes away at the home of her son, Butler LYELL. She had been confined to her bed with a broken limb for nine weeks, the first five of which were spent in the Baptist Hospital, Memphis. Mrs. LYELL was born in Christian County, KY, April 19, 1848, and moved to Lauderdale County in 1890. She married John W. LYELL on July 29, 1866. To this union was born nine children, five boys and four girls, five of whom preceded her in death. In 1898 death claimed the husband . The four children surviving are J. R. LYELL, of Trenton, Mrs. Susie SHAND, Henry LYELL and Butler LYELL, both of this county. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. STOKES, of Curve at Grace Church and she was laid to rest in Grace cemetery.
The Lauderdale County Enterprise, Friday March 25, 1932

Mrs. Florence Haislip Lyell, 73, wife of Butler LYELL, of 114 Crecent, Ripley, died at 3:20 p.m. Saturday in her home. She had been ill since December. Services were Monday in Central Assembly of God Church, burial in Grace cemetery. She leaves her son, Marvin LYELL, of Pensacola, Fla.; her daughters, Mrs Bertha SMITH, of Ripley; Mrs. Henry GITCHELL, of Halls, and Mrs. Elsie KINNINMOUTH, of Arlington, Texas; her brother, Bud HAISLIP, of Ripley and her sister, Mrs. Rosie McGLOUTHIN, of Halls.
Lauderdale County Enterprise FRIDAY APRIL 26, 1968

RIPLEY - Charles E. 'Doodlebug' Maclin, 75, retired from Lauderdale County Farmer's Co-op, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was an Army veteran. Mr. Maclin, the husband of Bonnie Maclin, also leaves a daughter, Kay Rose, and two sons, Jimmy Maclin and Terry Maclin, all of Ripley; a sister, Peggy Walton of Florida; two brothers, Bill Maclin of Ripley and Joe Maclin of Florida, and four grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 28, 2003

Mansfield, infant son
b & d 14 Nov 1928
father Murow Mansfield: mother Gullridge
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

HALLS - Clyde Manuel, 67, auto parts and grocery store clerk, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley after a massive heart attack. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. He was a member of Halls Masonic Lodge and the Bethesda United Methodist Church. Mr. Manuel, the husband of Joyce Weaver Manuel, also leaves two daughters, Vicky Duncan and Luanne Tillman, both of Halls; a sister, Charlie Layne of Ripley; a brother, William Manuel of Halls, and three grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 13, 1997

RIPLEY - Fannie Maxwell, 90, homemaker, died Thursday of pneumonia at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. She was a member of Curve Baptist Church. Mrs. Maxwell, the widow of Edgar Maxwell, leaves three daughters, Mildred Meacham of Gates, Ruth Goodwin of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., and Clara Hamilton of Jackson; two sons, James Maxwell and Lonnie Maxwell, and a brother, Raymond Allmon, all of Ripley, 14 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 30, 1995

RIPLEY - Annie Lee McBroom, 82, retired nurse's aide, died of heart failure Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church. Mrs. McBroom, the widow of O. D. McBroom, leaves two daughters, Carolyn Warren of Memphis and Sylvia Riker of Nashville; two sons, Leonard Adkerson of Oroville, Calif., and Bobby McBroom of Memphis; five sisters, Louise Lewis, Frances Shields and Georgia Campbell, all of Ripley, Agnes Sutton of Union City and Pansy Wilson of Memphis; two brothers, James Hutcherson of Halls and Edward Hutcherson of Ripley, a grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 24, 1996

RIPLEY - O. D. McBroom, 80, retired barber, died Wednesday at Hillhaven Convalescent Center. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. He was a member of Grace Baptist Church near here. Mr. McBroom, the husband of Annie Lee Hutcherson McBroom, also leaves three daughters, Sylvia Rediker of Nashville, and Carolyn Warren and Ellen Hood, both of Memphis; two sons, Bobby McBroom of Bartlett and Leonard Adkerson of Oroville, Calif.; four sisters, Donnie Ross and Virginia Sonderman, both of Ripley, Mandie Anderson of Sanford, Fla., and Iva Dell Ellison of Missouri; two brothers, Marvin McBroom of Counce and Ed Yon of Covington, six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 14, 1992

Ripley - Bessie Hoefy McCoy, 91, died Friday, December 22 at Cordova Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Service will be 4 p.m. Sunday, December 24 at Grace Baptist Church with the burial to follow in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church as well as a member of the former Home Demonstration Club for over 50 years. Ms. McCoy is survived by her daughters, Becky Mullikin of Southaven, MS, Pat Heathcott of Ripley, TN; sons, Wendell McCoy of McKenzie, TN; Larry McCoy of Ripley, TN, Ken McCoy of Germantown, TN, Sam McCoy of Jackson, TN; sister Eddie Lou Kelley of Ripley, TN nine grandchildren two step grandchildren, six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Tom McCoy.
Garner Funeral Home
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis

RIPLEY - Samuel Thomas McCoy, 82, retired farmer, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Grace Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. McCoy, the husband of Bessie Hoeft McCoy, also leaves two daughters, Mrs. Pansy Heathcott of Ripley and Mrs. Rebecca Mullikin of Loveland, Colo.; four sons, Wendell McCoy of Bishop, Texas, Sammy McCoy of Union City, Ken McCoy of Memphis and Larry McCoy of Ripley, eight grandchildren and two great- grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 10, 1991

RIPLEY - Falba Barbour McMahan, 87, retired teacher, died of heart failure Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Asbury Methodist Church and Retired Teachers Association. Mrs. McMahan, the widow of Allen McMahan, leaves two sisters, Maurine Blaylock of Kosciusko, Miss., and Elizabeth Millsaps of Redwood City, Calif., and a brother, Bruce Dacus of Memphis.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 6, 1997

RIPLEY - Billy Wayne Meade, 35, former foreman for Allen Stone Box Co. in Halls, died at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. Meade, the husband of Deborah Gibson Meade, also leaves a daughter, Miss Stella Meade, and a son, Billy Wayne Meade Jr., both of Covington; his mother, Mrs. Marguerite Cannon Meade of Ripley; four sisters, Mrs. Glenda J. Edwards and Mrs. Vinetta Murley, both of Ripley, Mrs. Sandra Johns of Gates and Mrs. Deborah Jackson of Brownsville, and a brother, Gerald Meade of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 19, 1991

Middleton, Ida
b 17 Aug 1895 --- d 10 Feb 1928
father U D Houston
cemetery Grace
b Ark
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Mr. Marion Midyett, age 66, died Sunday morning at 4 o'clock of pneumonia. He is survived by an aged wife and six children, Mrs. Will Kellick, Mrs. Chester Frazier, Mrs. Tom Cox, Mrs. Alice Beard, all of this place; Mrs. Sam Gitchell, of Yarbro, Ark., and Mr. John Midyett of Memphis. Interment was in Grace cemetery Sunday afternoon. ENTERPRISE Friday March 12, 1926

Mr. Will Midyett died near Central Friday night and was buried
Saturday at Grace Cemetery. He was 37 years old and is survived by a wife and two children.

Miller, Frank P
b 22 Mar 1854 --- d 17 Dec 1928
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Lottie Alice Miller, 95, homemaker, died Saturday at Alliance Healthcare in Holly Springs, Miss. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. Mrs. Miller, the widow of Raymond Easter Miller, leaves a daughter, Mary Alice Strappe of Tucson; two brothers, Billy Miller of Arlington and Rufus B. Miller of Holly Springs, three grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 16, 2002

RIPLEY - Ruby Miller, 92, retired sales clerk, died of heart failure Wednesday at Ripley Healthcare & Rehab. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church. Mrs. Miller, the widow of Hubert Miller, leaves a daughter, Laverne Smith of Temple, Texas, three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 30, 2001

RIPLEY - Mrs. Sunshine Miller, 70, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Grace Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Miller, the widow of Edgar Marvin Miller Jr., leaves a daughter, Ms. Jane Miller Hathcock of Ripley; two sisters, Mrs. Nancy Wilson of Oroville, Calif., and Mrs. Georgia Rose Cozart of Los Lunas, N.M.; two brothers, James Bright of Sweet Home, Ore., and Vernon Bright of Medford, Ore., a granddaughter and a great-granddaughter.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 5, 1991

RIPLEY - Vassar J. Miller Jr., 74, retired state employee, died of heart failure Thursday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at First United Methodist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. He was a member and past worshipful master of Ripley Masonic Lodge 630 and a member of the 911 board. Mr. Miller, the husband of Mary Ellen Miller, also leaves a daughter, Mary Ann Giampapa of Jackson; two sons, Jud Miller of Covington and Charles Miller of Ripley, and two grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 4, 1998

Moore, G B
d 23 Mar 1929
father Grover Moore; mother Craig
cemetery Grace
age 5 yrs old
Garner Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Buford O. Mullikin, 95, retired farmer, died Sunday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at New Hope United Methodist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Mullikin leaves two daughters, Margaret M. Hargett and Dorothy Robeson, both of Ripley; four sons, James O. Mullikin of Ripley, W. E. Mullikin of Memphis, Jerry F. Mullikin of Bartlett and Bobby E. Mullikin of Denver; a sister, Eddie Sue Cummings of Memphis; a half-brother, J. W. Mullikin of Memphis, 22 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren and three great- great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 26, 1993

RIPLEY - Wallace W. Mullins, 74, retired employee of East Texas Motor Freight, died of heart failure Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a World War II Navy veteran. He leaves a son, Wallace Mullins Jr. of Memphis; two sisters, Katie Rambo of Ripley and Lottie Sue Beaird of Frog Jump; two brothers, Austin Mullins of Trenton, Ga., and Easley Mullins Jr. of Atoka, two grandchildren anda great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 11, 2000

Mrs. Bernice Dean Newman, 53, wife of Barney NEWMAN, of Holly Springs, Miss., who is employed by Sunrise Laundry Cleaners, Memphis, died at 10 p.m. last Friday in St. Joseph Hospital, Memphis, after long illness. Services were at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Grace Baptist, burial in Grace Cemetery, Ripley Funeral Home in charge. She leaves a son, John H. NEWMAN, of El Paso, Texas; her daughters, Mrs. Virginia CARMACK, of Lansing, Mich., and Mrs. Bonnie TREZONA, of Japan; her brothers, Harold WALLESON, of Chadron, Neb., and Bobby WALLESON, of Springfield, Illinois; her sisters, Mrs. Margaret THOMPSON, of Logan, Iowa, Mrs. Fay PORTILLO, of Monta Valla, Calif., and Mrs. Elsie MASCHER, of Omaha, Neb., and three grandchildren.
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29, 1968

RIPLEY - Mrs. Bessie P. Newman, 97, of Campbellsville, Ky., formerly of Ripley, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. She was a member of Hurricane Hill United Methodist Church in Ripley. Mrs. Newman, the widow of Cuthbirt Newman, leaves a daughter, Mrs. Louise Kennedy of Campbellsville, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 4, 1990

Newman, Hershal Earl
b 5 Sep 1933 --- d 11 Jun 1933
father Casey Newman; mother Freedie Green
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Newman, infant son
d 29 Aug 1931; stillborn
father Page Newman; mother Fannie Hutcherson
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Newman, Mrs J D
d 14 Sep 1931
father David Cox; mother Catherine Goodman
cemetery Grace
age 75 yrs old
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Newman, Joe M
b 19 Nov 1863 --- d 21 Aug 1930
father Wallace Newman
mother Eliza White
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Mrs. Sarah Jane Newman, 81, died Sunday at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church in Ripley, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Newman, the widow of Page Newman, leaves three daughters, Mrs. Pansy Boston and Mrs. Margie Tucker, both of Memphis, and Mrs. Betty Jane Hankins of Hernando, Miss.; two sons, Lawson Newman of Memphis and Page Newman Jr. of Jackson; a sister, Mrs. Virgie Jackson, and two brothers, Lewis Hutcherson and Bill Crumwright, all of Ripley, 15 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 21, 1991

RIPLEY - Lumus Olds, 71, truck driver, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Halls (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. He was a member of Enon Baptist Church. Mr. Olds, the widower of Mary Fitzhugh Olds, leaves three daughters, Linda Carter and Brenda Frazier, both of Memphis, and Betty Morris of Oven Fork, Ky.; two sons, David Floyd Olds of Gates and Mike Olds of Halls; a sister, Effie Davis of Gates, 11 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 20, 1993

Olsborn, Dotsy Mai
5 Aug 1948; stillborn
father: John Henry OLSBORN 23 yrs old
mother: Martha Melvelon NEWMAN 16 yrs old
cemetery Grace
Halls Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Virginia Sue Ormsby, 79, of Memphis, formerly of Ripley, retired from the Postal Service, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of the Church of Christ. She leaves a daughter, Sharon Wilkes of Memphis; a brother, Claude E. Mitchell Jr. of Ripley, and a grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 24, 2003

Emma Pace
Mrs. I. W. Pace
b. Nov.1885 --- d. 26 April 1935
father S. W. Pickens; mother Tennessee Brownb.N.C.
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home Page 197

RIPLEY - John Enloe Parker, 85, retired farmer, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Yarbrough Funeral Home here with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. He was a member of Gates Church of Christ. Mr. Parker, the husband of Ellen Walker Parker, also leaves two daughters, Barbara Bain and Glenda Bain, both of Gates; four sisters, Lucille McWilliams, Annie Mae Tillman, Lillian Thornley, all of Ripley, and Ruth Nabors of Bartlett; two brothers, C. B. Parker of Collierville and William T. Parker of Olive Branch, Miss., four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 26, 1993

Pickens, Lillie L
20 Mar 1885 --- 31 Aug 1953
father: Wm. R CUNNINGHAM; mother: Ellen CATES
wf of T A
cemetery Grace
Halls Funeral Home

Pickens, Robt Lee
27 Feb 1880 --- 4 Mar 1954
father: Sam PICKENS; mother: Tennessee BROWN
cemetery Grace
Halls Funeral Home

HALLS - Ronnie Lee Pickens, 49, manager of Plumbing Supply Co. in Dyersburg, died Thursday at his home after a heart attack. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery in Ripley. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Halls. Mr. Pickens leaves a daughter, Kelly Edwards; a son, Robert Pickens, and his parents, Travis and Ruth Davis, all of Halls; a sister, Patricia Ferland of Johnsonville, S.C.; a brother, Thomas Pickens Jr. of Milan, and two grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 23, 1996

HALLS - Ruth Keltner Pickens, 74, bookkeeper and homemaker, died of massive coronary occlusion Sunday at Canterbury Place in Dyersburg. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Halls First Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery in Ripley. Halls Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Pickens, the widow of Thomas Auford Pickens, leaves a daughter, Patricia Ferland of Johnsonville, S.C., a son, Thomas Auford Pickens Jr. of Milan; two sisters, Betty F. Burks of Nashville and Veddie Lou Brown of Smithville, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 30, 1999

Pickens, Mrs S W
b 20 Sep 1842 --- d 7 Sep 1933
cemetery Grace
widow
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Mr. Sam Pickens died suddenly with heart failure at his home at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon, burial in Grace Cemetery. He will be sadly missed in this community.
Lauderdale County Enterprise, Ripley, TN, October 19th, 1923

Sam G. Poe, 84, retired, of Ripley, died Sunday, July 1, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services were held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, July 3, at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. Mr. Poe, husband of Myrtle Shands Poe, leaves a daughter, Gail McQuiston of Lacy Springs, Ala.; two sons, Stanley Poe of Ripley and Phillip Poe of Leaf River, Ill.; a sister, Mamie Milliman of Ripley; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The Lauderdale Voice, Wednesday, July 11, 2007

RIPLEY - Aubrey L. Poindexter, 85, retired factory worker, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at First Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Yarbrough Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran. Poindexter, the widower of Bessie Poindexter, leaves a stepdaughter, Ms. Ruth Deverts of Ripley; a sister, Ms. Clarence Holcomb of Ripley, and a niece who cared for him, Ms. Catherine Forsyth of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 22, 1991

RIPLEY - Ethel Charlotte Prescott, 87, retired nurse, died Saturday at Ripley Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of First Baptist Church. Mrs. Prescott, the wife of Austin Prescott, also leaves two daughters, Betty James of Memphis and Thelma Gay of Ripley; two sons, James Millwood of Olive Branch, Miss., and Austin M. Prescott Jr. of Hurst, Texas; a brother, George Haskins of Los Angeles, 13 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 9, 2004

H.C. Prescott
Prescott, Henry Clay
d 29 Jul 1926
father Daniel Prescott, NC; mother __ Easter, NC
cemetery Grace
farmer; married
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Prescott, Leroy
b 19 Nov 1926 --- d 22 Apr 1927
father Roy Prescott; moyher Clara May Shea
cemetery Grace
b Ark
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Prescott, Thomas Arlie
b 29 Apr 1924 --- d 14 Oct 1927
father H P Prescott; mother Myrtle Floyd
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters

Pruitt, Mrs Nora
b 20 May 1893 --- d 30 Jul 1927
father J D Newman; mother Martha Cox
w/o Ben
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters

Quinley, Mrs Annie Katherine
b 8 Dec 1881 --- d 27 Aug 1930
father Wm Hemby
mother Canada
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Charles L. Randel, 78, retired plumber, died Wednesday of heart failure at Methodist Hospital of Dyersburg. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Yarbrough Funeral Home of Ripley with burial in Grace Cemetery here. He was a Navy veteran, a lifetime member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and a member of Ripley Exchange Club. Mr. Randel, the husband of Lady B. Randel, also leaves a son, Charles L. Randel Jr. of Ripley; a brother, Morris Randel of Naples, Fla., two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 5, 1995

RIPLEY - Lady B. Randle, 84, retired teacher for Lauderdale County, died of cancer Monday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Grace Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Yarbrough Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Randle, the widow of Charles L. Randle, leaves a son, Charles L. Randle Jr. of Ripley, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Grace Cemetery Fund or the American Cancer Society.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 3, 2001

RIPLEY - Lillie Pearl Ray, 94, homemaker, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-North in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Grace Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Ray, the widow of Charles Lackey Ray, leaves five daughters, LaNelle Gay and Maxine Jones, both of Memphis, Sue McLemore of Ripley, Deanie Grisham of Slayden, Miss., and Martha Meyer of Sunrise Beach, Mo.; two sons, Jerry Ray of Woodstock, Ill., and Bobby Ray of Ripley, 17 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Grace Baptist Church.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 15, 2002

Reece, infant son
b. 7 April 1935 --- d. 10 April 1935
father F. S. Reece b. Ark; mother Edna Gitchell
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home page 190

Tilford Douglas Rickard, 74, of Memphis, brother of Ron Rickard and Evelyn Marcy, of Ripley, died Saturday, after having suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. Rites were Monday in First Assembly of God in Cordova, with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley, Forest Hill East Funeral Home in Charge. He was born at Ripley, July 20, 1932, to the late Ned and Louise Hutcherson Rickard. He was the step-son of the late Lois Jenkins Rickard. He was a Korean War veteran who served in Germany. He retired after 37 years with Kimberly-Clark in Memphis. He organized and was lead singer in the Calvary Quartet, a gospel group well known in the Tri-States in the ‘70s and ‘80s. He had been a lay minister. Survivors include his wife for 48 years, Daisy Gitchell Rickard; sons, Dustin, of Memphis, and Doug, of Knoxville; a daughter, Denise Leavell, of Lebanon; other brothers, Billy, of Memphis, Charles, of Colorado Springs, Colo,, and Joseph, of San Diego, Calif.; another sister, Ruby Russell, of Taylor, S. C.; and six grandchildren.
The Lauderdale County Enterprise
Ripley, Tennessee, June 7, 2007

RIPLEY - Elsie Mae Rickman, 67, retired machine operator for Tupperware, died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Ripley Church of God, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Rickman, the widow of William Herbert Rickman, leaves a daughter, Sharon Davis of Ripley; two sons, Donald Wayson Lawson of Ripley and Samuel Eugene Rickman of Newbern; three sisters, Jonell Parker, Sue Kitchen and Ann Smith, all of Dyersburg; a brother, Jessie Lee Howell of Hopkinsville, Ky., six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 20, 2002

HALLS - Edward Robbins, 73, retired employee of Forked Deer Electric Co., died Thursday at Methodist Hospital of Dyersburg after a long illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. He was a member of Halls First Baptist Church. Robbins, the husband of Lurline Vaughn Robbins, also leaves a daughter, Mrs. Shirley Burse of Halls; two sons, Jimmie Robbins of Olive Branch, Miss., and Michael Robbins of Halls; four sisters, Mrs. Ada Langley of Ripley, Mrs. Dorothy Brasfield of Gates, Mrs. Bessie Kate Peeler of Cody, Wyo., and Mrs. Aona Koop of Yampa, Colo.; a brother, Jessie Robbins of Gates, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 29, 1990

Robbins, infant son
stillborn 30 Jul 1929
father Ernest Robbins; mother May Drumwright
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

Robins, Jessie
b 24 May 1931 --- d 31 May 1931
father Ernest Robins; mother Drumwright
cemetery Grace
Birgess & Peters Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Alice Russell, 89, died of heart failure Sunday at West Florida Medical Center. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Ripley. Mrs. Russell, the widow of G. R. Russell, leaves a son, James B. Hill of Mary Esther, Fla., two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 19, 1997

Sales, Infant
A baby was born to Mr. & Mrs. Sales Sunday, only lived four hours and was laid to rest in Grace Cemetery.
Lauderdale County Enterprise, Friday February 27th,1925

RIPLEY - Benjamin F. Sanderson, 81, retired farmer, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a World War II Marine veteran. Mr. Sanderson, the husband of Louise Vaughn Sanderson, also leaves two daughters, Daisy Wallace of Manteca, Calif., and Angel Combs of Booneville, Calif.; three sons, Ernie Sanderson of Cloverdale, Calif., Benjamin Sanderson Jr. of Hartville, Mo., and Carl Sanderson of Indiana; four stepdaughters, Lavon Goodman of Henning, and Eunice Lumley, Lillian Smith and Johnnie Kirby, all of Ripley; two stepsons, William Geary of Ripley and Van Geary of Gates, 11 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 28, 1993

Mrs. Callie Frances Kennedy Sandlin, 58, of Nut Bush, died Saturday at her home. Services were Sunday in Grace Baptist Church, burial in Church Cemetery. She leaves her husband, Joe C. SANDLIN; her son, Larry SANDLIN, of Nut Bush; her brother, John KENNEDY; and her sister, Mrs. A. T. BROWN, both of Ripley.

RIPLEY - Billy Earl Sanford, 59, factory worker at Universal Electric, died of cancer Sunday at Methodist Hospital North in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was an Army veteran. He leaves two brothers, Ralph Sanford and David Sanford, both of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 16, 1999

RIPLEY -- Dixie Cordelia Sanford, 82, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. Mrs. Sanford, the widow of John Lewis 'Bill' Sanford, leaves three sons, Ralph Sanford, Billy Sanford and David Sanford, and a sister, Eva Glenn Hathcock, all of Ripley, and a grandson.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 16, 1994

Sanford, infant daughter
b. 6 April 1935 --- 18 April 1935
father J.L.Sanford; mother Dixie Halfacre
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home page 194

Sapp, Ed
d 6 Jan 1927
Grace
b KY
age 50 yrs old
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Irene Savage, 93, retired sales clerk, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She attended Grace Baptist Church. Mrs. Savage, the widow of William Roy Savage, leaves four daughters, Shirley Ragland of Hermitage, Kay Langley of Brownsville, and Peggy Reviere and Janet Oates, both of Ripley; two sons, Don Savage of Ripley and Danny Savage of Henning; two sisters, Eddie Lou Kelley and Bessie McCoy, both of Ripley, 17 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 21, 2003

RIPLEY - Odis R. Scoggins, 67, retired construction superintendent, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a Korean War Navy veteran and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and Carpenters Union Local 345. Mr. Scoggins, the widower of Pat Walding Scoggins, leaves a daughter, Phyllis Scoggins Schwinn of Odell, Ill.; two stepsons, James S. Haywood Jr. of Brownsville and Scott Dill of Ripley; five sisters, Naomi Scoggins Ray and Beauton Scoggins Matthews, both of Ripley, Louise Scoggins Houseal and Beckie Scoggins Bennett, both of Memphis, and Charlotte Scoggins Vaughan of Fulton, Ky.; a brother, D. Miller Crowder of Louisville, Ky., four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 30, 2003

RIPLEY - Patricia Ann Scoggins, 64, owner of Scoggins Collectibles Antique Shop, died of cancer Thursday in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Mary's Chapel Baptist Church and Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary. Mrs. Scoggins, the wife of Odis Scoggins, also leaves two sons, James S. Haywood Jr. of Brownsville and Maxwell Scott Dill of Ripley; a brother, Jimmy Walding of Ripley, and three grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 9, 2000

RIPLEY - Jessie Dalton Shands Jr., 76, retired factory worker, died of cancer Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was an Air Force veteran and a member of Central Assembly of God Church. Mr. Shands, the husband of Dotsy Jo Kelly Shands, also leaves two daughters, Donna Smith and Janice McCloud and a son, Kelly Ray, all of Ripley; a sister, Iva Jewell Shands Newton of Martin; a brother, Bernice Shands of Plantersville, Miss., and four grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 18, 1998

RIPLEY - Norman Shands, 91, retired farmer, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. Mr. Shands leaves four daughters, Ruth Cone of Gates, Myrtle Poe of Ripley, Ira Jane Binkley of Tacoma, Wash., and Yvonne Dowell of South Elgin, Ill.; four sons, James Robert Shands of Northlake, Ill., Riley Shands of Wauconda, Ill., and Roy Shands and Louis Shands, both of Memphis; three sisters, Thelma Goodwin, Era Smith and Ethel Pankey, all of Ripley; a brother, Luther Shands of Halls, 31 grandchildren, 49 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 8, 1993

RIPLEY - Nathalene Langley Singleton, 63, of Memphis, formerly of Ripley, personnel secretary for Sears, Roebuck and Co., died Wednesday at Methodist Hospital North in Memphis after a heart attack. Services were Saturday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. She was a member of First Assembly of God in Memphis. Mrs. Singleton, the wife of Porter Singleton, also leaves a daughter, Penne Nelson of Memphis; a son, Stephen Singleton of Atlanta; a sister, Lena Cutrer of Palatka, Fla., and a grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 15, 1996

Smith, Wm Austin
b 8 Feb 1889 --- d 7 Jun 1930
father J M Smith; mother Susie Percifful
h/o Idalea Byrum
Grace
Garner Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Ida Sorrelle, 85, of Rockwall, Texas, formerly of Ripley, retired sales clerk, died Monday at Lake Point Medical Center in Rockwall. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Grace Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Curve Baptist Church. Mrs. Sorrelle leaves a son, Dugan Pennington of Rockwall; two sisters, Nell Long of Arlington and Marguerite Meade of Ripley; four brothers, Elvis Cannon and L. C. Cannon, both of Halls, Jim Cannon of Millington and Val Cannon of Brownsville, four grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and a great- great-grandson.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 21, 1992

Richard Wardell Sorrell, son of Mr. and Mrs. O.D. Sorrell of Dry Hill,
died Sunday, Nov. 14, 1926, age 13 years, from complications of whooping cough, pneumonia and colitis. Just in the bloom of youth, when the joys of life seem to multiply so rapidly, alas! came the grim reaper, Death, who is no respecter of person. He leaves father, mother, two sisters, eight brothers, graadmotber, and a host of relatives. And to add sadness to sorrow, the father and five of the children are confined to their beds. May the Lord and people remember this home in a substantial manner. Remains of the deceased were interred in Grace Cemetery the following day. Services were conducted by Dr. L. O. Leavell of Ripley. A Friend. ENTERPRISE Friday November 19, 1926

RIPLEY - Brandon Jerome Spray, 16, student at Ripley High School, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale of injuries received in an auto accident. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Mary's Chapel Church, where he was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. Garner Funeral Home has charge. He also leaves his mother and stepfather, Sandra and Bobby Crihfield Jr.; a sister, Angela Williams, and his grandparents, J.C. and Maggie Spray and Vern and Evelyn Green, all of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 21, 1999

RIPLEY - J. C. Spray, 91, farmer, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. Mr. Spray, the husband of Maggie Sue Smith Spray, also leaves five daughters, Annie Sue Beasley and Nona Broglin, both of Ripley, Virginia Wilkerson and Mary Beasley, both of Dyersburg, and Cheryl Dickhaus of Bonne Terre, Mo.; two sons, Hugh William Spray of Munford and Jim Spray of Ripley, 10 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 26, 2003

RIPLEY - Johnny Wayne Spray, 54, died of heart failure Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a member of Salem Baptist Church. He leaves two daughters, Jennifer Spurlock and Amy Spray; a son, Kevin Spray, and his parents, J. C. and Maggie Spray, all of Ripley; five sisters, Cheryl Dickhaus of Missouri, Virginia Wilderson and Mary Beasley, both of Dyersburg, and Sue Beasley and Nona Broglin, both of Ripley; two brothers, Willie Spray of Munford and Jimmy Spray of Ripley, and six grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 7, 1998

RIPLEY - Maggie Sue Spray, 87, homemaker, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Walnut Grove Baptist Church. Mrs. Spray, the widow of J. C. Spray, leaves five daughters, Annie Sue Beasley and Nona Broglin, both of Ripley, Virginia Wilkerson and Mary Beasley, both of Dyersburg, and Cheryl Dickhaus of Bonne Terre, Mo.; two sons, Hugh William Spray of Munford and Jim Spray of Ripley, 13 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 27, 2003

RIPLEY - William Kevin Spray, 28, died of lung disease Sunday at UT Bowld Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. Mr. Spray, the husband of Michelle June Spray, also leaves a daughter, Amber Nicole Spray of Muscle Shoals, Ala., and his mother, Peggy Spray; two sisters, Jennifer Spurlock and Amy Spray, and his grandparents, J. C. and Maggie Spray, all of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 16, 1999

RIPLEY - Mrs. Rose Stanley, 62, of Curve, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis after a long illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls First United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. Halls Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Stanley, the wife of Wallace Stanley, also leaves four daughters, Mrs. Linda Weeks of Curve, Mrs. Vickie Arbuckle-Williams of Charlottesville, Va., Mrs. Peggy Froeschauer of Nashville and Mrs. Kathy Toolen of Houston; two sisters, Mrs. Doris Henderson of Halls and Mrs. Joan Parks of Nutbush; a brother, Glynn Turner of Memphis, and eight grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 21, 1990

RIPLEY - Wallace Stanley, 78, retired from the Marine Corps after 28 years, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Archers Chapel United Methodist Church with burial in Grace Cemetery. Halls Funeral Hoe has charge. He was a World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War Marine Corps veteran, Purple Heart, National Defense medal and Vietnam Service medal recipient, president of Brownsville District of United Methodist Church and lay leader in Brownsville and Dyersburg. Mr. Stanley, the husband of La Quinta Matthews Stanley, also leaves four daughters, Linda Weeks of Tennessee, Vickie Williams of Blacksburg, Va., Kathy Toolan of Houston and Peggy Nelson of Fort Smith, Ark.; a sister, Mary Coleen Jackson of Homewood, Ill.; a brother, William L. Stanley of Ripley, 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Archers Chapel United Methodist Church, Star Center for the Blind in Jackson or a charity of the donor's choice.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 25, 2004

Alice A. Stillwell
Mrs. Mary Alice Midyett Stillwell, 69, of Edith, died at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday of last week. Services were at 2 p.m. last Friday in Edith Methodist Church, of which she was a member. Burial was in Grace Cemetery, Ripley Funeral Home in charge. Born near Halls, she was a lifelong resident of Lauderdale County. She leaves her husband, Harvey STILLWELL; her son, Dorman BEARD, of Ripley; her daughter, Mrs. J. D. McNEIL, of Gates; Her sisters, Mrs. Maggie FLOWERS, of Memphis, and Mrs. Mattie WILLIAMS, of Blytheville, Ark.; and seven grandchildren.
Lauderdale County Enterprise FRIDAY APRIL 12, 1968

RIPLEY - Agnes Sutton, 85, retired nurses assistant, died Saturday at Ripley Healthcare and Rehab. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Ripley Church of Christ. Mrs. Sutton, the widow of W. F. Sutton, leaves two daughters, Patricia Ostendorff of Walterboro, S.C., and Pamela Dowty of Murray, Ky.; two sons, Ronnie Sutton of Camby, Ind., and Mike Sutton of Ripley; four sisters, Georgia Campbell and Frances Shields, both of Ripley, and Pansy Wilson and Louise Lewis, both of Memphis; two brothers, Ed Hutcherson and James Hutcherson, both of Ripley, seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 9, 2002

RIPLEY - Mrs. Lillian H. Sutton, 69, of Slidell, La., formerly of Ripley, died Saturday at Slidell Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. Mrs. Sutton, widow of Robert W. Sutton, leaves three daughters, Mrs. Jacquelyn Boyd and Mrs. Lynne Ross, both of Slidell, and Mrs. Debra Hammond of Dyersburg; a son, Robert W. Sutton Jr. of Charleston, S.C., and six grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 11, 1991

RIPLEY - O. R. 'Jack' Taylor, 74, retired teacher, died of pneumonia Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church in Ripley, where he was a deacon, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Ripley Rotary Club. Mr. Taylor, the widower of Martha Jane Taylor, leaves two sons, David Taylor of Smyrna and Phil Taylor of Old Hickory; a brother, Sammy Taylor of Senatobia, and five grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 20, 1998

Taylor, Thelma
b 8 Nov 1918 --- d 4 Sep 1927
father Gen Tayler, AL
mother Ruby Kennedy
cemetery Grace
MO. Death
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Eddie L. Thompson, 69, died Tuesday in Crittenden County Hospital in West Memphis, Ark., after long illness. Services were Wednesday in Citizens Funeral Home in west Memphis, burial in Grace Cemetery here. He was a retired employee of Mallory Air Force Depot in Memphis, and a former Memphis firefighter. He leaves his brothers, W. G. THOMPSON and "Red" THOMPSON, both of Ripley and J. P. THOMPSON, of West Memphis; sisters, Mrs. A. L. HAMMETT, of West Memphis and Mrs. J. C. CARTER, of Millington.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 1968

Thompson, Georgia Ann
d 30 Jan 1928
father George Byrn; mother Lunsford
w/o W J T
cemetery Grace
age 66 yrs old
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Thompson, Gordon P
b 2 Sep 1870 --- d 14 Nov 1931
father Jason Thompson; mother Mattie Dell
cemetery Grace
Shelby Co. death
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Mrs. 0llie Thompson
b. 1 March 1871 --- d. 4 March 1935
father Dave Dennie; mother Bettie Byrn
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home page 178

W. W. Townsend
b. 15 Apr 1884 --- d. 15 Apr 1942
father Richard Townsend; Mother Ellen ?
b. Ill.
farmer
cemetery Grace
Bergess & Peters Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Elvie Irene Tucker, 90, retired cook, died Sunday at Ripley Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church. Mrs. Tucker, the widow of Lonnie Jefferson Tucker, leaves a daughter, Dianne Wray of Halls; two sons, Edward Tucker of Ripley and Danny Tucker of Murfreesboro, 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 24, 2004

Mrs. Mattie Tucker, 87, of Ripley, died at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Lauderdale County Hospital. Services were at 2 p.m. Monday in Grace Baptist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery, with Ripley Funeral Home in charge. She leaves three sons, Lonnie Tucker, James Tucker, and Joseph Lewis Tucker, all of Ripley; a daughter, Mrs. Lorene Estelle Sanderson, of Ripley; and two brothers, Dewey Newman, of Memphis, and Andrew Newman, of California.
The Halls Graphic
Halls Tennessee, Friday, March 17, 1972

Benjamin Rozelle Turner, farmer of the Curve Community, died at 11:15 Monday night at Lauderdale County Hospital after a heart attack. He was 59. Services will be held at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon at Curve Methodist Church. The Rev. Phillip Holtsford will officiate. Burial will be in Grace Cemetery near Ripley with Garner’s Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Turner was born near Flippin, Tenn. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Lula Vaden Turner; a son, Glenn Turner of Memphis; three daughters, Mrs. Rose Stanley of Havelock, N. C., Mrs. Doris Camp, of Halls, Tenn., and Mrs. Joan Turner of Curve; a sister, Mrs. Emma Sue Simmons of Halls; and either grandchildren
Ripley Tenn., July 22 1958

Turner, infant daughter
d 15 Nov 1928
father James Turner; mother Bessie Koonce
cemetery Grace
4 mo old
Garner Funeral Home

Lula Pearl Turner
Mrs. Lula Vaden Turner, widow of Rozelle Turner, farmer, of Curve, died at 9:20 p.m. Tuesday in Lauderdale County Hospital, where she had been four months. She was 61. Services were at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Curve Methodist Church, of which she was a member. The Rev. Charles Yancy officiated. Burial was in Grace Cemetery. Born in Haywood County, she spent most of her life in Lauderdale. She is a daughter of Mrs. Ada Vaden, of Curve, and the late Jasper Vaden. She leaves her mother; one son, Glenn Turner, of Memphis; three daughters, Mrs. Wallace Stanley, of Hawaii, Mrs. Eddie Camp, of Halls, and Mrs. Terry Wayne Parks, of Brownsville; three brothers, Clyde Vaden, of Leland, Miss., Charlie Vaden, of Forked Deer, and Wheeler Vaden, of Curve; and eleven grandchildren.

Twilla, Mary Magdeline
b 31 Dec 1931 --- d 15 Jul 1932
father Lonnie Twilla; mother Annie Pearl Vowell
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

RIPLEY - John Ralph Underwood, 76, retired electrician, died of cancer Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a member of Maranatha Baptist Church and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He was a World War II Navy veteran. Mr. Underwood, the husband of Othoniel Kirby Underwood, also leaves two daughters, Johnnie Underwood Kunst of Poynette, Wis., and Bonnie Underwood Johnson of Memphis; a son, Gregory Ralph Underwood of Falkner, Miss.; two sisters, Ruth Kelley of Monticello, Ark., and Betty Lea of Brownsville; two brothers, Edward Underwood of Whittier, Calif., and Rhea Underwood of Phoenix, and seven grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 2, 1998

Vaughn, L M
b 22 Mar 1859 --- d 4 Mar 1933
father William Vaughn, GA
cemetery Grace
farmer; widowed; b GA
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

L. C. Vaughn
Vaughn, Luther
b 28 Sep 1879 --- d 7 Nov 1926
father Jim Vaughn; mother Hargett
cemetery Grace
farmer; married
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home
The body of Luther Vaughn was found Sunday night between Gold Dust and Plum Point on the Mississippi River. The supposition is that he was waylaid, robbed and murdered, as it was found that he had a hole in the side of his head above the right ear and right side crushed and several ribs broken. Vaughn lived in Blytheville, Ark. but had been in Lauderdale County about a month picking cotton. He is a son of the late Jim Vaughn of Central, this county, and a brother of Walter Vaughn, of Gates. He was married and was 47years of age. The body was brought here Tuesday and buried at Grace Cemetery.
ENTERPRISE Friday November 12, 1926

Vaughn, Mrs Luther
b 14 Mar 1861 --- d 28 Jul 1928
father Jessie Arwood
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

RIPLEY -- Bessie Cleo Vickery, 92, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. Mrs. Vickery, the widow of Glennie Vickery, leaves a son, Bremon Helton of Ripley, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 7, 1994

RIPLEY - Murray McDaniel Voss, 79, retired employee of White Rose Industrial, died of heart failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Grace Baptist Church with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home in Ripley has charge. He was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church and Normal Masonic Lodge in Memphis. Mr. Voss, the husband of Ona Webb Voss, also leaves two daughters, Joyce Dempsey of Millington and Debbie Neill of Somerville; a son, Jim Voss of Somerville; a sister, Dorothy O. Bumpas of Collierville, 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 19, 1999

Voss, R R
d 25 May 1929
cemetery Grace
age 69 yrs old
Garner Funeral Home

Walding, Mrs Jane
b 27 Dec 1845 --- d 23 Nov 1929
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Jimmy Walding, 64, painter, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was an Air Force veteran and member of Mary's Chapel Baptist Church. He leaves a son, Jay Walding, and a stepbrother, Tommy Dew, both of Ripley, and three granddaughters.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 5, 2004

Warpool, Richard W
d 5 Jul 1930
father P W Warpool; mother Sarah Moore
h/o Ineze Chism
cemetery Grace
age 38 yrs old
Garner Funeral Home

HALLS - Ethel Leona Watts, 87, homemaker, died Monday at Oakwood Manor in Dyersburg. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. She was a member of Halls Church of Christ. Mrs. Watts, the widow of Raymond Watts, leaves two daughters, Molly Kelly of Halls and Barbara Rea of Eads, six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 15, 2003

HALLS - Raymond Watts, 85, retired farmer and security guard, died of diabetes Tuesday at Oakwood Manor in Dyersburg. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. He was a member of Halls Church of Christ. Mr. Watts, the husband of Ethel King Watts, also leaves two daughters, Mollie Kelly of Halls and Barbara Rea of Eads, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 13, 2000

RIPLEY - Harold Franklin Weaver, 70, retired Coast Guard veteran, died Sunday at Heartland of Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a member of New Hope Methodist Church. He leaves a brother, Melvin Weaver of Tullahoma.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 9, 2003

RIPLEY - Harrison Cooper Weaver, 90, retired farmer, died of heart failure Monday at Ripley Healthcare and Rehabilitation. Services will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Central Assembly of God, where he was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II veteran. Mr. Weaver, the husband of Mary K. Arwood Weaver, also leaves two sons, DeWayne Weaver of Ripley and Dennis Weaver of Curve; a sister, Geraldine Chipman of Ripley; a brother, Louis Weaver ofCovington, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 8, 2000

RIPLEY - Hiram Weaver, 89, retired clerk for Drake Brothers, died Monday at Covington Manor Nursing Home in Covington. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. He was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church. Weaver, the widower of Teenie Weaver, leaves three sons, Harold Weaver and Larry Weaver, both of Memphis, and Melvin Weaver of Tullahoma; a sister, Mrs. Elsie Halfacre of Ripley; two brothers, O'Neal Weaver of Ripley and Herman Weaver of Jackson, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 24, 1990

RIPLEY - Larry L. Weaver, 58, of Memphis, formerly of Ripley, respiratory therapist, died of cancer Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. He leaves two brothers, Melvin Weaver of Tullahoma and Harold F. Weaver of Memphis.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 16, 1997

Marvin Monroe Weaver
b. 22 June 1914 --- d. 18 Feb 1940
father S. B. Weaver b. Ala; Mother Woodard
Madison Co. death
Cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Halls - Mary W. Weaver, 92, cook and former employee of Western State Hospital, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near Ripley. She was a member of Central New Hope Methodist Church. Mrs. Weaver, the widow of Raymond Weaver, leaves a daughter, Joyce Manuel of Halls; four sisters, Gertie Matthews of South Fulton, Lois Wright of Memphis, Joyce Avery of Millington and Cora Carroll of Ashland, Miss., two grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Bethesda United Methodist Church.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 15, 2005

Webb, infant son
27 Nov 1930; stillborn
father Aubrey Webb; mother Eva Brown
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

Webb, infant son
b.& d. 11 Jan 1940
father Odie Webb; mother Kathleen Go
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

STONWALL--The remains of Mr. James Webb, 18, were brought from Ridgely Monday and buried in Grace Cemetery The Lauderdale County Enterprise, Friday April 29, 1932

Lackey Webb
RIPLEY - James William Lackey Webb, 84, retired truck driver for Lauderdale County, died Sunday at Lauderdale County Health Care Center after a stroke. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. Mr. Webb, the widower of Beulah Apperson Webb, leaves a son, Billy Jo Webb of Ripley; a sister, Juanita Dailey of Memphis, four granddchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 16, 1996

RIPLEY - Lottie Mai Webb, 89, homemaker, died of heart failure Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Macedonia Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Webb, the widow of Perry Webb, leaves a daughter, Katie Missildine, and a son, H. P. Webb, both of Ripley; three brothers, A. C. Williams of Jonesboro, Ark., Jack Williams of Albuquerque, N.M., and Lloyd Williams of Ocean Springs, Miss., five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 25, 2000

Michael Eugene Webb, 21-month-old son of Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Eugene Webb, of Ripley, died at 3:50 p.m. Aug. 5th in LeBonheur Hospital in Memphis. Services were at 2 p.m. August 7th in Ripley Funeral Home, with burial in Grace Cemetery. He also leaves his sister, Stacy White, of Ripley; his grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Webb and Mr. & Mrs.Charles Hutcherson, of Ripley, and his great-grandparents, Freeman Midyett and Mrs. Irene Hutcherson, of Ripley; Mr. & Mrs. L. B. Webb, of Halls and Mrs. Nora Bradford, of Grenada, Miss. Year 1977

Webster, Mrs Ann
b 26 Feb 1838 --- d 4 Jan 1929
father John Byrn
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

White, Jessie
d 2 Apr 1928
father Joe Kelly, MO; mother Burns, NC
w/o Bruce
cemetery Grace
age 42 yrs old
Burgess & Peters funeral Home

White, infant daug.
25 may 1935; stillborn
father Ola White; mother Edna Prater
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home Page 203

Lillie F. Whitehorn
Whitehorn, Mrs J H (Lillie)
b 26 Dec 1879 --- d 1 Mar 1930
father George Washington Hutcherson
mother Sarah Elizabeth Webb
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

Williams, Metter
d 18 May 1927
father R W Dew
w/o Alvis
cemetery Grace
age 48 yrs old
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Ara Sue Webb Wilson, 91, retired secretary for the chief engineer at The Peabody, died of heart failure Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Grace Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Grace Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Wilson, the widow of Leamon Wilson, leaves two sisters, Lady Webb Durham and Ona Webb Voss, and a brother, Parnell Webb, all of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 2, 2001

Wilson, infant son
d 8 Sep 1931
father E E Wilson; mother Fannie Warpool
age 24 days old Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Leamon W. Wilson, 84, of Ripley, formerly of Memphis, retired upholsterer, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Grace Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 772. Mr. Wilson, the husband of Sue Webb Wilson, also leaves a nephew and three nieces.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 27, 1992

Woodard, John
d 19 Feb 1930
cemetery Grace
age 75 yrs old
Garner Funeral Home

Woodard, Willie
b 20 Jan 1893 --- d 30 Jun 1928
father John Woodard; mother Thomas
cemetery Grace
Garner Funeral Home

Mary Lee Thomas Woodward
b. 12 Oct. 1866 --- d. 5 Dec.1934
father James Falkerson; mother Harriet Tucker
wife of John
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home page 135

Yochum, Fany
d 9 Oct 1927
father - Spray
cemetery Grace
age 20 yrs old
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

GATES - Eva Sue Young, 83, retired from Hall Tex Manufacturing, died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Grace Cemetery there. She was a member of Walnut Grove Baptist Church. Mrs. Young, the widow of Marley Young, leaves three daughters, Nancy Gitchell of Houston, Texas, Jimmy Sue Burks of Gates and Renee' Henderson of Ripley; a stepdaughter, Martha Ann Makover of New York; a half-brother, Clayton Craig of Covington, nine grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 16, 2002

Young, infant
b & d 2 Aug 1925
father J F
mother Martha Thoms Edwards Young
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

RIPLEY - Lucy D. Young, 98, died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Lauderdale after a long illness. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery near here. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church near here. Mrs. Young, the widow of Gus T. Young, leaves a daughter, Lady B. Randle of Ripley; a foster brother, Van Crihfield of Ripley, a grandchild, two great-grandchildren and a great-great- grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 1, 1992

Young, Milton
b 18 Apr 1926 --- d 24 Jul 1928
father Leonard Young; Mother Luna Crihfield
Cemetery Grace
Shelby Co death
Garner Funeral Home

Stella Pearl Young
b. 10 Apr 1910 --- d. 16 Apr 1942
father Gus T. Young; Mother Lucy D. Crihfield
Shelby Co. death
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home

Talmadge Young
b. 17 March 1916 --- d. 3 Aug 1935
father Frank E. Young; mother Ora Robbins
cemetery Grace
Burgess & Peters Funeral Home page 220