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RUSSELL, Grady William

Funeral services were held Saturday, Dec. 30, 1989, at Luff -Bowen Chapel for Grady William Russell of Waverly.

Mr. Russell ,70, died suddenly Dec. 28.

Chuck Webb of New Johnsonville officiated at the service,with burial at Richlawn Cemetery. Luff-Bowen Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Russell was born in Humphreys County and was a lifelong resident. He was a member of the Church of Christ.

Mr. Russell was the son of the late Jessie Albert and Annie Mae Bbbuchanan Russell. He was married to Dorothy Dell Guthrie Russell of Waverly.

Survivors, in addition to his wife, include a son, Lloyd Russell,Waverly; a daughter, Nancy Turner, Knoxville; three sisiters, Mary Brinkley,Sharon,Tenn., Mattie Kofahl, Peggy West, both of Nashville; and four grandchildren.

Submitted by:  Danny E Turner

SINKS,  Ed,

Services for Ed Sinks, 80, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Nave's Funeral Home, Erin, by the Rev. R. R. Hatcher.

Burial will be in Sinks family cemetery.

He died in a Nashville hospital Sunday (May 18, 1969) after an illness of about seven weeks.  He was born in Humphreys County April 28, 1889, a son of the late Hart and (Mary) Martha Robbins Sinks.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ivy Nora (Blankenship) Sinks, Erin; two daughters, Mrs. Eurena Wanamaker, Nashville, and Mrs. Eulene Winters, Erin; a brother, Fount Sinks, Waverly, a sister, Mrs. Betty (Perry) Hickman, Allen Park, Mich.; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

The body will be at Nave's Funeral Home until time for the services.

Pallbearers will be Harvel Harrell, William Harrell, Arzel Patrick, Bill Wade, Jerry Wade, and Bob Keel.

Published in The Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, Clarksville, Tenn. on May 19, 1969

Submitted by : Madeline  Roberts

 SINKS, Ivy Nora

Ivy Nora Sinks, 98, Route 3, Erin, died Wednesday, April 26, 1989, at Trinity Hospital in Erin.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Nave Funderal Home in Erin with the Rev. Paul Ford officiating.  Burial will be in Sinks Cemetery (Humphreys County).

Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. today and  continue until the hour of service.

She was born March 22, 1891, in Dickson County, the daughter of Gus (Augustus) and Sarah Bradford Blankenship.

She was the widow of Ed Sinks, who died in 1969.  She was a housewife.

Survivors include two daughters, Eurena Wanamaker, Nashville, and Eulene Winters, Erin; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Submitted by Madeline  Roberts

Smith, Nora Buchanan 

Funeral services were held Sunday, Sept.25, 1988, at Luff-Bowen Chapel for Nora Buchanan Smith of Waverly.

Mrs. Smith, 95, died Sept 23 following an extended illness.

The Rev. Paul Tirey of Waverly officiated at the service, with burial at Smith Cemetery. Luff-Bowen Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

She was born in Humphreys County and spent most of her life in the county. She was a former member of the Cuba Landing Home Demonstration Club, a participant of Waverly Senior citizens, and a member of Waverly First Baptist church.

She was the daughter of the late Thomas Martin and Lillie Parnell Buchanan. She was married to the late Charlie Clayton Smith.

She is survived by three sons, George T. Smith, Billy E. Smith and Robert E. Smith all of Waverly; a daughter, Alene Pace of Waverly; a brother, Lynn Buchanan of Uvalde, Texas; three sisters, Attie Merideth, Caruthersville, MO., Tommie Mansfield and Sadie Hoffman both of California; 12 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Published: The Waverly News Democrat, Sept, 1988

Submitted by Denise Merideth Perry  

STORY, Dewey Earl 

Dewey Earl Story, 62 years old, of New Johnsonville, TN, Humphreys County, passed away April 20, 1999. His parents, both deceased, were William and Nettie Little Story. Surviving members of his family are: wife, Patricia Story, New Johnsonville; sons, Kenneth Ray Story and Timothy Earl Story, Waverly, Wesley Earl Story, New Johnsonville; daughters, Loretta Marie McNeil, Waverly, Mary Rose Sutton, McEwen; sister, Zinia Webb, Waverly; 5 grandchildren, 5 step-grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild and 1 step-great grandchild. John Johnson conducted the funeral service of Mr. Story with arrangements by Humphreys County Funeral Home. Burial was in the J. Warren Cemetery. Worthy Notes: Mr. Story was born in Humphreys County and lived there his whole life.

Published April 30, 1999. Source: "News Democrat" newspaper, Waverly, TN

SUMMERS, Wallace LeRoy

Funeral services were held Saturday, March 27, 1999, at Salters Chapel AME Church for Wallace LeRoy Summers of Waverly. Mr. Summers, 81, died March 22 following a heart attack. The Rev.Webie Rogers of Clarksville officiated the service, with burial at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Luff Bowen Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Summers was born in Waverly and spent all but two years in Humphreys County. He was a retired laborer for Tennessee Valley Authority in New Johnsonville, a U.S. Army World War II veteran, and member of Salters Chapel AME Church and American Legion Post #83. Mr. Summers was the son of the late Clifton and Estella Collier Summers. He was married to the late Nona B. Summers. Survivors include a son, Rodney Wells of Evansville, Ind.; a daughter, Ophelia Chamberlain of Blackjack Mo.; a stepdaughter, Dorothy Wilkins of Waverly; a brother Carl Summers of Evansville, Ind.; two sisters, Katie Sargent and Helen Barnhill, both of Evansville, Ind.; eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Published source: "The News Democrat", Friday 2 April, 1999.

TIDWELL, Eva Camille Swindle

Funeral services were held Friday, March 26, 1999, at Luff Bowen Chapel for Eva Camille Swindle Tidwell of McEwen. Mrs. Tidwell, 70, died March 23. The Rev. Donald Smith of McEwen officiated the service, with burial at Curtis Chapel Cemetery. Luff Bowen Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Tidwell was born in Tiptonville and moved to Humphreys County from Indianapolis, Ind., in 1962. She was a retired secretry for Phillips & Buttorff Manufacturing Co. in Indianapolis and attended the Freewill Baptist Church. Mrs. Tidwell was the daughter of the late Lindsey and Girtie Eastwood Swindle. She was married to Clarence Tidwell of McEwen. Survivors, in addition to her husband, include a daughter, Janet Tidwell of Las Vegas, Nev.; and a sister, Naomi Stevens of Wynne, Ark.

Published Source is "The News Democrat", Friday April 2, 1999.

Triplett, Floyd (Nig) 

Floyd Jackson (Nig) Triplett of Mulberry, Fla., died Feb. 2, 1997, at his home after an extended illness. He was 76.

Born in McEwen on April 13, 1920, he moved to Mulberry from Akron, Ohio, 20 years ago. He was employed with General Tire Co., in Akron, where he retired. He was an Army veteran, having served in World War II. He was a member of the Southwest Church of Christ in Lakeland.

He is survived by his wife, Rebecca Gray Triplett of Mulberry, Fla.; sons Sam Triplett of Riverview, Fla., and Ray Triplett of Mulberry, Fla.; daughters Rubye Dickson of Seffner, Fla., and Barbara Moore of Seminole, Fla.; brothers J. D. Triplett of Illinois and R. C. Triplett of Union Town, Ohio; and sisters Mamie Curtis of Nashville, Marie Curtis of California and Dorothy Lane of Kansas City, Mo.

Services were held Feb. 5 at the Southwest Church of Christ in Lakeland. Burial was at Hopewell Cemetery, with Hopewell Funeral Home of Plant City, Fla., in charge.

Published in The Waverly News-Democrat Feb 1997 Waverly, TN

TURNER, Ida Lee Clements ,

Mrs. Ida lee Turner, 61, of Ridgely, a former resident of Humphreys County, died on Saturday, September 26,1954 after a long illness.

Born and reared in this county, she was the daughter of the late John and Epsie Clements.

In 1906 she was married to Joe Sterling, who died in 1908.

In 1911 she was married to Chester Mason Turner,who preceded her in death in 1945.

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Jasper Stewart, Jackson, Tenn.; Mrs. Harry tate and Mrs. Ivory Tatum of Ridgely ; four sons, Joe Floyd Sterling, Hustburg; Cleveland, Clay and Mason Turner Jr., all of Ridgely; one sister, Mrs. Claude Milan of Finley, Tenn.;three brothers , Tom Clements, Hickman, Ky.,Hugh Clements, Dyersburg and W. D. Clements of Ridgely, 25 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Funeral services and burial were in Union City on Sunday.

Published Sept. 1954 in "News Democrat", Waverly, TN

Submitted by D. E. Turner

I would like to connect Wyly W. TURNER to his proper family. I am including his obituary here. I look forward to hearing from some of you Turner researchers:

Wyly W. Turner was born December 16, 1859; departed this life April 19, 1894. He married Hattie Matheney, February 17, 1887. He joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at the age of eighteen years and for several years has been ruling elder in said church. His funeral was preached in the presence of a large concourse of friends and relatives at Moriah Church on April 20, by Rev. Thomas Bowman. Brother Turner was a good neighbor, a good Christian and a good man whom everybody loved. He died in full triumph and has gone to reap a rich reward in heaven. May his exemplary Christian life live on and may his works follow him and may his many friends and relatives meet him in heaven. Waverly, Tenn.

[Source: "The Cumberland Presbyterian" June 14, 1894 page 15]

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