Funeral Homes
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White-Ranson Funeral Directors
212 West Washington Ave., Union City, TN 38061
Phone: (7311) 885-1211
8 to 4 Mon - Fri and sometimes Sat
Funeral arrangement recordings 731-885-3404
- Founded 1909 by Gus B. White Sr. and his brother,
Willie White
- Formerly White Brothers
Furniture and Undertaking Company,
First Street, Union City
- 1922: Mr. J. L. Ranson bought out Willie White
- 1924: Moved present location on Washington Avenue
White-Mahon Funeral Home - Troy
Phone: (901) 536-4666
- 1924: Gus B. White bought one-half interest in McCaw
Furniture
- 1926: R. W. Mahon bought interest of J. W. McCaw
after his death and the business became McCaw-White
Furniture and Undertaking Business.
- 1926: The Obion County
Burial Association and Mutual Burial Association serving White-Ranson, White-Mahon and King Funeral Homes
organized at Troy. Offices: at White-Mahon. By 1939, over
10,000 members.
- Eventually, the furniture business ended and the
funeral home in Troy was run by R. W. Mahon, John Moffatt
and Gus B. White, Jr.
- 1949: Death of R.W. Mahon in 1949 and Gus B.
White, Jr. purchased the business
- 1977: Mr. White died, son Gus B. White III bought
the business from his estate.
- Some obits best found in microfilm records of the Daily Messenger at the Obion County
Library.
- King Funeral Home: 3 Feb. 1999, Dorothy Grisham
located the KING Funeral Home records. When White Ranson
Funeral Home in Union City, Obion Co., TN bought Kings,
they also accrued the records (what few there are).
She was told by an employee there that a lot of the
records were lost by fire. There is one big, thick, heavy
book (alphabetically listed) with records staring in 1935
through 1966 with a lot of years missing.
Dunlap Funeral Home
1200 Miles Ave., Union City, TN 38061
Phone: (901) 885-1111
Karnes Funeral Home
Kenton, Rutherford, Mason Hall
Phone: (901)
665-6167 or 749-5893
"Roberts"
Kenton Chapel
217 West
Church St. Now Owned by Roberts Funeral Home Contact: Billy
Joe Roberts 731-665-7654
Home Office in Rutherford, Tn. Cell Phone: 731-414-1141
- Thomas Blaine Karnes and his father-in-law,
Clarence Bogle began the business.
- 1934: Mr. Karnes went into business by himself
serving Rutherford in Gibson Co TN and Kenton in Obion Co
TN.
- 1958: Bought: Brown Funeral
Home, Mason Hall
- 1959: Bought: Baird Funeral
Home, Dyer
- 1999: Bought by: Brownsville
Funeral Home, Brownsville, TN
- 2005 Bought by:Roberts
Funeral Home - previous name Karnes Kenton Chapel
- Roberts Kenton
Chapel 217 West Church St. Now Owned by Roberts
Funeral Home Contact: Billy Joe Roberts 731-665-7654
Home Office in Rutherford, Tn. Cell Phone:
731-414-1141
Cryer Funeral Home, Obion, TN
In business since 1977. Gwyneth J. Cryer, Owner,
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