Finis Eugene Adams, 71, residential electrician of Halls, died Wednesday, March 28, in Jackson. Services were at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 31, at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Poplar Grove Cemetery. He attended the Poplar Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 134, and a member of the Dyersburg Senior Circle. Mr. Adams, husband of Judith A. Adams, leaves four daughters, Debbie Quinnett of McHenry, Ill., Tammy Adams of Harvard, Ill., Judy Freeze of Crystal Lake, Ill., and Jenny Stell of Woodstock, Ill.; two sons, Gary Adams of Carpentersville, Ill., and Greg Adams of Palatine, Ill., 15 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
The Lauderdale Voice, Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Carrie Becton
Mrs. R. D. Becton Died Wednesday Night. Mrs. Carrie Becton, civic and church leader of the Poplar Grove community, died at her home Wednesday night. She was 65. The wife of R. D. (Bob) BECTON, farmer and landowner, she was born in Lauderdale County and spent her life here. She was a member of the Poplar Grove Baptist Church. She leaves her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Ellis SASSER, Halls; a sister, Mrs. Ellie BALLINGER, Maury City. Funeral services were Thursday at Poplar Grove Baptist Church.
(Note: Carrie Becton was buried in Halls Cemetery and shares a tombstone with her husband R. D. (Bob) Becton).
THE HALLS GRAPHIC, FRIDAY JULY 12,1946
HALLS, TENNESSEE

HALLS - James Elton Bishop, 77, farmer, was pronounced dead Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale after a heart attack. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Poplar Grove Cemetery. Mr. Bishop, the husband of Mildred Brandon Bishop, also leaves a son, Henry Bishop of the Poplar Grove community; a sister, Emma White of Dyersburg; a brother, John Bishop of Roellen, and a grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 7, 1996

HALLS - Mildred Brandon Bishop, 74, homemaker, died of congestive heart failure Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Poplar Grove Cemtery near here. She was a member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. Mrs. Bishop, the widow of James Bishop, leaves a son, Henry Bishop, and her mother, Gladys Brandon, both of Halls, and a granddaughter. The family requests that any memorials be sent to a charity of the donor's choice.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 24, 1997

Halls - Mary 'Lois' Brandon, 92, homemaker, died Thursday at Wesley of Dyersburg. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Cumberland Poplar Grove Presbyterian Church, where she was an elder, with burial in the church cemetery. Halls Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Dyersburg-Newbern Eastern Star, Huguenot Society of Founders of Manakin, Key Corner Home Extension Club and Holly Grove Senior Citizens. Mrs. Brandon, the widow of William Roy Brandon, leaves three daughters, Merle Mooney of Munith, Mich., Bettie Davis of Halls, and Judy Owen of Newbern; a brother, Rev. A.D. Salisbury Jr. of Murfeesboro, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Poplar Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church or a charity of the donor's choice.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 14, 2005

HALLS - E. C. 'Cowboy' Burroughs, 78, horse trainer, died of cardiac arrest Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Graveside services will be at 5 p.m. today in Poplar Grove Cemetery near here. Halls Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II veteran and a member of Poplar Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Burroughs leaves a son, Mike Burroughs; three sisters, Pattie Burroughs of Halls, Daphne Meeks of Senatobia, Miss., and Anna Martin of New York City, and a brother, Joseph B. Burroughs of Broadview, Mont.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 8, 1996

COVINGTON - Harold Lewis Burroughs, 58, of Covington, formerly of Halls, retired pastor of Woodville Baptist Church and assistant manager of WTRB Radio in Ripley, died Sunday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis after an automobile accident. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Poplar Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church with burial in Poplar Grove Cemetery near Halls. Halls Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Woodville Baptist Church and served in the National Guard. Mr. Burroughs, the husband of Judy Carolyn Nichols Burroughs, also leaves a daughter, Paula Kauhi; two sisters, Alice Dalarosa of Bethany, Okla., and Betty Leonard of La Crosse, Ind., and a grandson. The family requests that any memorials be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 13, 1997

HALLS - Lucille Hardy Burrough, 90, homemaker, died Sunday at her home. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Poplar Grove with burial in the church cemetery there. Halls Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Home Demonstration Club. Mrs. Burrough, the widow of Theron Burrough, leaves five daughters, Ann Swims, Virginia Hurt and Teresa Chisholm, all of Halls, Maxine Hardy of Gates and Alecia Wagoner of Aiken, S.C.; two sons, Owen D. Burrough and Dallos Burrough, both of Halls; two sisters, Pauline Kissell of Barr and Lois Burrough of Halls; two brothers, Joe P. Hardy of Halls and Carlos Hardy of Ripley, 18 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 21, 2003

Halls - Owen D. Burrough, 71, died Monday, November 21, 2005 at his home. Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, November 22 at Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the Poplar Grove Community. He was a retired Supervisor for DuPont, a cattle rancher, a Mason and a member of Polled Hereford Association and Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was a Korean War veteran. He is survived by his wife, Pat Burrough; a daughter, Missy Clair Hammond of Halls; five sisters, Ann Swims, Virginia Hurt and Teresa Chisholm, all of Halls, Alecia Wagoner of Aiken, SC, and Maxine Hardy of Gates, TN; a brother, Dallas Burrough of Halls; three grandchildren, Charlie Hammond, Rachel Hammond and Wyn Tyler, and a great-grandchild, Carter Owen Tyler. Mr. Burrough was preceded in death by a sister, Lawanna Walker; a son, Jimmy Sasser, and his parents, Theron and Lucille Burrough. Memorials may be sent to Lauderdale Junior Livestock Association, 800 W. Tigrett Street, Halls, TN.
Halls Funeral Home
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 22, 2005

HALLS - Mrs. Patsy Anne Burroughs, 50, truck driver for Crete Freight Lines, died Thursday after an automobile accident on U.S. 51 and Tennessee 87 in Henning. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Poplar Grove with burial in the church cemetery. Halls Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Chicago and National Foresters Organization. Mrs. Burroughs, the wife of Sam Burroughs, also leaves three daughters, Mrs. Benita Varner of Earle, Ark., Mrs. Patricia Swaim of Laceys Spring, Ala., and Mrs. Donita Castelli of Halls; a stepson, Richard Barry Mangrum of Justice, Ill.; five sisters, Mrs. Melba Sissom of Boston, Ky., and Mrs. Joan Burroughs, Mrs. Debra Pruitt, Miss Mona Taylor an d Mrs. Dona Smith, all of Ripley; a brother, Troy Allen Taylor of Calexico, Calif., and seven grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 19, 1991

HALLS - Doyle Curran, 68, retired farmer, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley after a short illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Poplar Grove Cemetery near here. Mr. Curran, the husband of Dorothy Curran, also leaves six daughters, Helen Thrasher and Sandra Jones, both of Halls, Diane Hardy and Janie Latham, both of Ripley, Cathey Crans of Alto, Mich., and Doris Lewis of Brownsville; seven sons, Thomas Curran, Wayne Curran, Mike Curran, Danny Curran and Billy Curran, all of Halls, Robert Curran of Millington and Jimmy Curran of Fort Pierce, Fla.; a half-sister, Winnie Stafford of Tatumville; a half-brother, James Cullum of Brazil, Tenn., 29 grandchildren and 14 great- grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 19, 1992

HALLS - James Dennis Curran, 64, mechanic, died Wednesday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center after a short illness. Graveside services were at 6 p.m. Thursday in Poplar Grove Cemetery. Halls Funeral Home had charge. Curran was a World War II Army veteran and a Baptist. He leaves three daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Turner, of Yorkville, Mrs. Judy Allen Jones of Fort Polk, La., and Miss Janie Denise Curran of Trenton; a son, Michael D. Curran of Milan; a sister, Mrs. Winnie Stafford of Nebovil le; a brother, Doyle Curran of Halls; two half-brothers, James Cullum of Brazil and Charles Curran of California; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 7, 1990

Vannie Carson Gean
Mrs. J. T. Gean is buried Monday. Mrs. J. T. Gean died at her home in the Poplar Grove Community Sunday at the age of 83. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Poplar Grove, with the Rev. A. D. SALISBURY officiating, assisted by Rev. N. D. SALISBURY. Burial in Poplar Grove Cemetery. She is survived by two sons, Garland G. GEAN, of Halls and Rev. George W. GEAN of the Poplar Grove Community; three daughters, Mrs. M. T. SORRELL, Mrs. N. L. ARCHER and Mrs. Andrew SCOTT; 18 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren.
THE HALLS GRAPHIC, Poplar Grove, FRIDAY JANUARY 4, 1946
HALLS, TENNESSEE

HALLS - Calvin Coolidge Hardy, 70, truck driver, died of cancer Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls First Baptist Church with burial in Poplar Grove Cemetery near Halls. Halls Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Mitchell Grove Baptist Church and a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Hardy, the widower of Joann Jackson Hardy, leaves a daughter, Barbara Jennings, and two sons, Steve Hardy and Kevin Hardy, all of Halls; a stepdaughter, Judy Sartin of Dyersburg; two stepsons, Carl Blackwood of Halls and Harold Blackwood of Ripley; four sisters, Pauline Kissell of Barr, Lucille Burroughs of Halls, Lois Burroughs of Melrose Park, Ill., and Eva Sue Young of Ripley; three brothers, Joe Hardy of Halls, Carlos Hardy of Fort Pillow and Buddy Houston of Ripley, 16 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 22, 1995

Opal Joann Hardy
HALLS -- Joann Hardy, 67, retired restaurant owner and operator, died Thursday of cancer at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Poplar Grove Cemetery near here. She was a member of First Assembly of God in Ripley. Mrs. Hardy, the wife of Calvin Hardy, also leaves a daughter, Judy Carol Sartin of Lenox; two sons, Harold Blackwood of Milan and Carl Blackwood of Halls, and her mother, Merle Jackson; two sisters, Georgia Grim es and Betty Jean Rosenow, and a brother, John Jackson, all of Halls.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 25, 1994

RIPLEY -- Rev. Bobby Hayes, 56, Baptist minister and self-employed trucker, died Saturday at his home. Halls Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Westside Baptist Church. Mr. Hayes, the husband of Jackie Waldner Hayes, also leaves two daughters, Sandra Jean Alley and Sheree Ward, both of Dyersburg; four sons, Randy Lee Hayes of Halls, and Donald Back, Bob Back and Rick Back, all of Denver; two sisters, Martha Denton of Dyer and Betty Lockard of Jackson; four brothers, Virgil Hayes Jr. of Lake Station, Ind., Raymond Hayes of Lancaster, Pa., Harry Hayes of Lake Village, Ind., and Wade Hayes of Trenton, and 11 grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 1, 1993

Zuba E. Hilliard
HALLS -- Zura Burroughs Hilliard, 91, retired grocery merchant and homemaker, died Wednesday of cardiac arrest at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the Poplar Grove Community, where she was the oldest member, with burial in the church cemetery. Halls Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Hilliard, the widow of Elzie Hilliard, leaves two daughters, Wanda Hilliard of Poplar Grove and Willodean Cagle of Paducah, Ky.; a son, Don Hilliard of Halls, and five grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 15, 1994

DYERSBURG -- Bobby Alton Jones, 61, retired salesman for Bill Jones Auto Sales in Jackson, died Thursday of cancer at Hillhaven Nursing Home in Ripley. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today in Poplar Grove Cemetery in Halls. Dyersburg Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Jones leaves two sisters, Christine Powell of Covington and Ann Criswell of Finley; a brother, Sammy H. Jones of Halls, and a stepbrother, Jerry Mayo of Aurora, Colo.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 11, 1994

Earnest LeRoy Lumley
HALLS - Leroy Lumley, 59, farmer, died of cardiac arrest Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Poplar Grove Cemetery. Mr. Lumley, the widower of Nancy Williams Lumley, leaves five daughters, Barbara Stephenson of Newbern, Elizabeth Neace of Tiptonville, and Brenda Lumley, Christina Dale and Chrystal Pickard, all of Halls; two sons, Terry W. Lumley and Leroy Lumley Jr., and his mother, Ada Bell Fortner, all of Halls; a sister, Geraldine McCloud of Ripley; two brothers, Larry Lumley of Brownsville and Travis Lumley of Halls; two half-sisters, Maxine Green of Newbern and Jettie Hulk of Yorkville; a half-brother, James Lumley of Brownsville, 19 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 10, 2001

HALLS - Nancy Louise Lumley, 52, of the Unionville community, homemaker, died of cancer Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Poplar Grove Cemetery near here. She was a member of Church of God in Halls. Mrs. Lumley, the wife of Ernest Leroy Lumley, also leaves five daughters, Barbara Louise Stephenson of Dyersburg, Elizabeth Ann Wyrick of Tiptonville, and Brenda Lee Lumley, Christina Lumley and Crystal Gail Lumley, all of Unionville; two sons, Ernest Leroy Lumley Jr. of Dyersburg and Terry Wayne Lumley of Unionville; her mother, Irene Williams of Ripley; four sisters, Pat Ozment of Unionville, Linda Jo Buckner of Hales Point, Sandra Kay Craft of Pinson and Joan Dale Moody of Lexington; six brothers, Alvin Williams of Columbus, Ohio, Tommy Williams of Dyersburg, Donald Williams of Friendship, Terry Williams of Halls, Jeff Williams of Dresden and Johnny Williams of Nutbush, and 14 grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 29, 1996

DYERSBURG -- Genorah Morris, 68, homemaker, died Monday of respiratory failure at Methodist Hospital of Dyersburg. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with burial in Poplar Grove Cemetery. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church in Tibbs. Mrs. Morris, the wife of Nathaniel Morris, also leaves two sons, James R. Morris of Paradise, Calif., and John T. Morris of Dyersburg; four sisters, Beatrice Daniels of Brownsville, Margarette Williams of Ripley, Dorothy Hardy of Halls and Bobbie Escue of Gates; four brothers, Jimmy J. Crossen of Walls, Miss., Willard D. Crossen of Olympia, Wash., Walton F. Crossen of Brownsville and Guy B. Crossen of Florida, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 6, 1994

POPLAR GROVE - George Washington O'Dell, 78, farmer, died of cancer Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Poplar Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where he was an elder, with burial in the church cemetery. Halls Funeral Home has charge. He was a past master Mason with the Haller Lodge 564 and a past patron of the Order of the Eastern Star. He also was a member of the York Rite, Scottish Rite and Knights Templar. He was a former chairman after 12 years of the Lauderdale County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service committee, of which he was a member for 14 years. He also had been a member of the Poplar Grove Cemetery Committee. Mr. O'Dell, the husband of Wanda Hilliard O'Dell, also leaves two daughters, Janet Baker and Annetta Camp, both of Halls; a son, Dennis O'Dell of Vernon Hills, Ill.; a brother, Velmer Smart of Harrisburg, Ark., and five grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society or a charity of the donor's choice.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 30, 1997

Wanda Hilliard O'Dell, 81, homemaker, of Halls, died on Sunday, Dec. 9, in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 12, at Poplar Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church with burial in Poplar Grove Cemetery near Halls. Ms. O’Dell was a member and Elder of the Poplar Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Halls. The widow of the late G.W. O’Dell, she leaves two daughters, Janet Baker and Annetta Camp, both of Halls; a son, Dennis Reid O’Dell of Chicago, Ill.; a sister, Willodine Cagel of Paducah, Ky.; a brother, Don Hilliard of Halls; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The Lauderdale Voice, Wednesday, December 12, 2007

DYERSBURG - Walter Allan Parson, 38, maintenance worker for Barry Hart Used Cars, died Monday at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Mr. Parson, the husband of Donna Parson, leaves two daughters, Heather Lawson of Dyersburg and Carrie Parson of Tiptonville; two sons, Walter Parson Jr. of Dyersburg and Justin Parson of Tiptonville; four sisters, Martha Woods of Big Sandy, Fannie Tubbs and Francis Southerland, both of Tiptonville, and Belle Parson of Dyersburg; and five brothers, Jimmy Parson of Bogota, and Johnny Parson, Joe Parson, Roger Parson and Ricky Parson, all of Tiptonville. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 28, 2003

SENATOBIA - Jimmy C. Sasser, 46, formerly of Halls, Tenn., investment banker for Duncan-Williams of Memphis, died Saturday of periangiitis at a friend's home in Como. Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. today at Poplar Grove Cemetery near Halls. Halls (Tenn.) Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Senatobia Church of Christ. He leaves a daughter, Wyn Sasser of Memphis; his parents, Patti and Owen Burroughs, and a sister, Clair Hammond, all of Halls.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 19, 1994

Halls - Chloe Nelle Sills, 2, passed away Thursday, August 24. Visitation will be from 5-9 p.m. Saturday, August 26 at First United Methodist. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, August 27 at First United Methodist Church.
Halls Funeral Home 731-836-7111
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 27, 2006

HALLS - James 'Talmadge' Spry, 82, farmer, died of heart failure Tuesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Poplar Grove, where he was an elder for 40 years, with burial in the church cemetery. Halls Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Spry, the husband of Dorothy Stacy Spry, also leaves a daughter, Anna Carrol Link of Owenton, Ky.; a sister, Evie Maie McDaniel of Alamo, and two grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 13, 1999

HALLS - Holford Swanner, 78, retired maintenance worker for Tupperware and carpenter, died Tuesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Poplar Grove Cemetery. He was a World War II Navy veteran and a member of Williams Chapel Baptist Church. Mr. Swanner, the husband of Marie Harris Swanner, also leaves two daughters, Linda Olds of Halls and Anita Powell of Dyersburg; a brother, Clifford Swanner of Trenton, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 23, 2003

GATES - David Eugene Vowell, 31, died Wednesday as the result of an apparent suicide at his uncle's home in Vandalia, Mich. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Poplar Grove Cemetery near Halls. Mr. Vowell, the husband of Barbara B. Vowell of Tulsa, Okla., also leaves a son, Henry Hodgeman of Tulsa; his mother, Sarah G. Nelson of Gates; his father, Adrian Vowell, and his stepmother, Debbie Vowell, both of Cassopolis, Mich.; his stepfather, Tim Nelson of Gates; four sisters, Cynthia Buckner of Gates, Patty Hamm and Betty Hamm, both of Blytheville, Ark., and Christine Ward of West Plains, Mo.; six brothers, Ricky Vowell of Nashville, Walter Vowell of Alamo, Thomas Buckner Jr. of Halls, Adrian Vowell Jr. and Billy Vowell, both of Buchanan, Mich., and Johnny McClellen of Hobart, Ind.; and his grandmother, Mildred Butler of Owensboro, Ky.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 1, 1995

HALLS - Lawanna Walker, 55, owner of Walkers Drive-In Cafe, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Halls Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Walker leaves a son, Owen Walker, and her mother, Lucille Burroughs, both of Halls; five sisters, Ann Swims, Virginia Hurt and Teresa Chisholm, all of Halls, Maxine Hardy of Gates and Alecia Wagner of Aiken, S.C.; two brothers, Dallas Burroughs and Owen D. Burroughs, both of Halls, and two grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 26, 1991