HALLS - Mary Akin, 82, died Monday at Methodist Hospital of Dyersburg. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. Mrs. Akin, the widow of Lofton Akin, leaves a sister, Jessie Craig of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 22, 1992

Ripley - Donald Austin Allen, 77, died August 31, 2006 at his residence. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, September 2 at Concord Cemetery near Gates, TN. He is survived by his wife, Margaret V. Allen.
Halls Funeral Home
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 3, 2006

RIPLEY - John Lee Anthony, 91, retired machinist, died of heart failure Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at Concord Cemetery in Gates. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Anthony, the widower of Minnie Mae Anthony, leaves two daughters, Opal Dees of Bartlett and Brenda Chan of Hacienda Heights, Calif.; two sisters, Mary Etta Oliver of Robertsdale, Ala., and Mildred Manning of Richton; two brothers, Porter Anthony of Thomaston, Ala., and Donald Freeman of Plainfield, Ind., three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 27, 2001

HALLS -- Geraldine Apperson, 88, died Friday at Parkview Methodist Hospital in Dyersburg. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. She was a member of Curve Baptist Church. Mrs. Apperson, the widow of Paul Apperson, leaves a son, Marshall Apperson of Dyersburg; five brothers, Gene Stanley of Ripley, Joe Stanley, Paul Stanley, Carlton Stanley and Harold Stanley, all of Halls, and two grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 9, 1994

Gates - Danny 'Honey' Arwood, 58, heavy-equipment operator, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Concord Cemetery. Mr. Arwood, the husband of Tina Scallions Arwood, also leaves a daughter, Samantha Runions of Gates; two sisters, Betty Gilliland of Henning and Cathy Stephens of Halls; three brothers, Leslie 'Bubba' Arwood of Halls, and Jimmy Arwood and Gary Arwood, both of Ripley, and two grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 15, 2005

Tina R. Arwood, 49, of 2522 Garrett Rd., Gates, widow of Danny Rhea “Honey” Arwood, died Friday in St. Frances Hospital in Memphis. Rites were Sunday in Garner Funeral Home in Ripley, with burial in Concord Cemetery. She leaves her father, D. A. Scallions, a step-daughter, Samantha Arwood Runions, and a sister, Sandra Dyson, of Gates; and two grandchildren.
The Lauderdale County Enterprise, Ripley, Tennessee, June 28, 2007

JACKSON - Charles E. Attaway, 56, died Wednesday at his residence. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. Mr. Attaway leaves two daughters, Diane Kuykendall of Colorado and Krista Attaway of Springfield, Mo.; two sons, Jeffrey Attaway and Joey Attaway, both of Springfield; a sister, Forrest Hester of Jackson; a brother, Buford Attaway of Jackson, and eight grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 6, 1992

HALL - Myra Frances Ball, 93, retired teacher, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. Mrs. Ball leaves a daughter, Jean Spence of Halls, two grandchildren and four great- grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 18, 1992

The death of Mrs. C. S. BALL came as a shock to her many friends and relatives. She was sick only six days, but suffered severely. She was 77 years of age and had been a member of the Methodist Church at Concord since 1870 and lived a Christian life. She was the mother of eight children, four of whom are now living: J. H. BALL, of Blytheville, AR., Mrs. D. F. AKIN, of Woodville, Mrs. C. H. POINDEXTER, of Forked Deer, and Alvin A. BALL, of Curve. She also reared from childhood two grandsons: F. M. LUCAS and Emmitt WHITE. She leaves to mourn her death; husband; children; relatives and a host of friends.
ENTERPRISE RIPLEY, TN. FRIDAY 26th JUNE, 1925

RIPLEY -- Rosa E. Ballard, 75, homemaker, died of heart failure Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Garner Funeral Home here with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. She was a member of Henning (Tenn.) First Assembly of God. Mrs. Ballard, the widow of George Ballard, leaves four daughters, Margaret Ellis, Shirley Williams and Debbie Fain, all of Ripley, and Dot Ledbetter of Las Vegas; four sons, Leon Ballard of Winslow, Ind., Rev. G. K. Ballard of Ripley, Ray Ballard of Henning and Anthony Ballard of Brighton; a sister, Joann Billings of Omaha, Neb., 22 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 7, 1994

RIPLEY - Woodrow W. Ballard, 73, retired farmer, died Tuesday of cancer at his home. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. He was a member of the Covington Assembly of God. Mr. Ballard, the husband of Myrle I. Ballard, also leaves three daughters, Martha Walley of Ripley, and Betty Sweeten and Cathy Ballard, both of Henning; two sons, J. G. Ballard of Byhalia, Miss., and Richard Ballard of Bradford, 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 11, 1995

RIPLEY - Myrle Inez Ballard, 76, homemaker, died of heart failure Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. She was a member of Woodville Baptist Church. Mrs. Ballard, the widow of Woodrow W. Ballard, leaves three daughters, Martha Walley of Ripley, and Betty Sweeten and Cathy Ballard, both of Henning; two sons, J.G. Ballard of Nesbit, Miss., and Richard Ballard of Humboldt, 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 19, 1999

HENNING - Alfred Barnett, 73, retired farmer, died Monday at Methodist Haywood Park Hospital in Brownsville. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. Mr. Barnett, the husband of Agatha Yancey Barnett, also leaves a daughter, Ruby Lively of Ripley; five sons, Alfred Barnett Jr. and Wayne Barnett, both of Ripley, Glynn Barnett of Munford, Perry Barnett of Brighton and Bobby Barnett of Brownsville; three sisters, Ruth Newman of Ripley, Wilma Meacham and Virginia Archer, both of Crockett County, 15 grandchildren and 12 great- grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 16, 1993

HENNING - Agatha Alean Barnett, 70, homemaker, died Monday at Methodist Haywood Park Hospital in Brownsville after a car accident Monday in Haywood County. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. Mrs. Barnett, the widow of Alfred Barnett, leaves a daughter, Ruby Lively of Ripley; five sons, Alfred Barnett Jr. of Ripley, Glynn Barnett and Wayne Barnett, both of Henning, Perry Barnett of Brighton and Bobby Joe Barnett o f Brownsville; two sisters, Cleo Awalt and Bessie Geraldine Ellis, both of Ripley; a brother, Theo Yancey of Brighton, 15 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 7, 1994

GATES - Benjamin Franklin Barnett, 73, retired farmer, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Concord Cemetery near there. Barnett leaves two daughters, Mrs. Annie Summar of Ripley and Mrs. Martha Hallman of Jackson; two sons, Terry Barnett of Martin and John Barnett of Brighton; three sisters, Mrs. Wilma Meacham and Mrs. Virginia Archer, both of Halls, and Mrs. Ruth Newman of Ripley; a brother, Alfred Barnett of Henning, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 9, 1991

HALLS - W. R. 'Jack' Belew, 65, retired welder, died of cardiopulmonary arrest Thursday at his home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Concord Cemetery in Gates. Halls Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Dyersburg Baptist Church and a Korean War Army veteran. He leaves two daughters, Dorothy Stanley of Gates and Brenda Mason of Fort Worth, Texas; two sons, Thomas Belew of Ripley and Billy Belew of Sugar Hill, Ga.; a sister, Joyce Belew of Trenton; two brothers, David Belew of Trezevant and Cheryl Belew of Trenton; a half-brother, Danny Holt of Halls; three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 18, 2000

Anna May Bender, 81, of 2111 Brookline, died of heart disease Monday at Methodist Hospital North. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Concord Cemetery in Ripley, Tenn. Mrs. Bender, the widow of Robert Bender, leaves a daughter, Verda Jester of Memphis; a son, Robert Bender Jr. of Philadelphia, Pa., 11 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 9, 1994

DRESDEN - Annie M. Conaster Berryman, 88, of Dresden, formerly of Ripley, died Sunday at her home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Concord Cemetery in Ripley. Bowlin Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Berryman, the widow of Dalton Berryman, leaves three daughters, Nettie Joyce Barnett of Dresden, Flossie Haggard of Charlotte, N.C., and Lulabell Blaylock of Muscle Shoals, Ala.; a son, Walter Samuel Goodman of Sidonia; two sisters, Ginny Vee Finch and Lucille Kinds, and two brothers, Early B. Conaster and Leslie Kinds, all of Ripley, 14 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 23, 1993

Gates – Willie Elizabeth Voss Burks, 95, passed away Friday, August 17, 2007 at 12:30 a.m. at home. She was a homemaker, gardener and caretaker. Until the age of 89, she sat with "old" people. She is survived by four daughters, Mary Lou McMahan of Ripley, Patsy Wright of Halls, with whom she lived, Bettye Howard of Bartlett, and Julie Davis of Dyersburg; two sons, Curry (Pete) Burks of Halls and Jimmy Burks of Gates; 19 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, E.M. Voss, Jr. of Dyersburg and William "Hot" Langley of Atoka. Preceding her in death were her husband, Werter L. Burks, two sons, Marvin R. "Bob" Burks and Kenneth L. Burks, a grandson, John Burks, and a brother, W. B. Voss. Visitation will be at Halls Funeral Home on August 17 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Services will be Saturday, August 18 at Concord United Methodist Church at 3 p.m. of which she was a member. Burial in Concord Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to: Concord Cemetery, c/o Betty Burks, 4307 Concord Rd., Gates, TN 38037. Halls Funeral Home 731-836-7111
Published in The Commercial Appeal on 8/18/2007.

HALLS - Jonathan Bradford Burns, 25, employee of Key Fire Protection Co. in Jackson, drowned Tuesday near Edd Jones Boat Ramp . Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. He was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church near Ripley. He leaves his father and stepmother, Thomas Lynn and Charlene Burns of Ripley; his stepfather, Willie Stafford of Halls; a sister, Carrie Burns Goforth of Ripley; a half-sister, Michelle Burns Anderson of Friendship; four half-brothers, Ricky L. Burns and Randy Burns, both of Halls, Michael D. Howland of North Carolina, and Randle K. Howland of Homer, Ga., and his grandmother, Sylvia Burns of Halls.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 11, 2000

RIPLEY - Jerry Mack Brasfield, 56, greeter for Wal-Mart, died Sunday near Gates. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Curve Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Concord Cemetery. Halls Funeral Home has charge. He was a Vietnam War Navy veteran. He leaves three sons, Jeffery Brasfield of Loveland, Colo., and James Brasfield and Jonathan Brasfield, both of Glen Ellyn, Ill.; two sisters, Bertha Brasfield Ray and Mary Brasfield Goad, both of Arkansas; four brothers, Bobby Brasfield of Murfreesboro, Clifford Brasfield of Los Angeles, and James Brasfield and Billy Brasfield, both of Arkansas; three stepbrothers, Lanny Stanley of Germantown, Paul Shea of Corinth, Miss., and Ronnie Geddings of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 27, 2001

HALLS - John Glen Burks, 23, died Monday of pneumonia at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at First Christian Church of Halls, where he was a member, with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. Halls Funeral Home has charge. He leaves his parents, Pete and Violet Burks, and a sister, JoAnn Edwards, all of Halls; two brothers, Robert Burks of Kingstree, S.C., and Alan Burks of Halls, and his grandmother, Willie Burks of Gates. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the Halls First Christian Church or the Ronald McDonald House.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 13, 1995

RIPLEY - Ethel Lee Binkley Burns, 78, homemaker, was pronounced dead of cancer Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. She was a member of Open Bible Church. Mrs. Burns, the widow of Roy Burns, leaves a daughter, Joyce Ann Tillman of Ripley; three sisters, Nola Rogers and Hazel Jones, both of Memphis, and Barbara Hom of Ripley; three brothers, James Binkley of Memphis, Robert Binkley of Tennessee and Bobby Binkley of Gates, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 13, 1996

HALLS - Houston Burns Jr., 64, formerly of Walls, Miss., and Memphis, retired employee of Awning & Blind Co. in Memphis, died Friday of pulmonary arrest at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. He was a Korean War Army veteran. Mr. Burns, the husband of Twilla Thurmond Burns, also leaves four daughters, Brenda Robertson of Walls, Debbie Dacus of Halls, Denese Crawford and Michelle Harper, both of Memphis; five sisters, Dorothy Smith of Memphis, Louise Buckner of Gates, Dixie Herron of Halls, and Annie Mae Hodge and Catherine Webb, both of Ripley; a brother, J. B. Burns of Halls, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 2, 1994

HALLS - Tommie Burns, 79, farmer, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital- Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. He was a member of Gates Baptist Church. Mr. Burns, the husband of Sylvia Inez Moore Burns, also leaves a daughter, Sylvia Jean Gray of Gates; a son, Thomas Lynn Burns of Ripley, eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 8, 1992

RIPLEY - Charlene Burns, 52, homemaker, died Sunday at Methodist Healthcare in Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. Mrs. Burns, the wife of Thomas Burns, leaves two daughters, Autumn Brown of Martin and Donna Montgomery of Russellville; a son, Terry Burleson of Haleyville, Ala.; two stepdaughters, Michelle Anderson of Friendship and Carrie Goforth of Ripley; two stepsons, Randy Burns of Gates, and Ricky Burns of Halls, Tenn.; a sister, Janet Carter of Birmingham, Ala.; Nathan Ramey of Tuscaloosa, Ala., seven grandchildren and six stepgrandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 2, 2002

GATES--Mr. John Childress, age 76, died Saturday night at the home of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Pearl CHILDRESS. He was a consistant member of the Methodist church for 40 years. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon by his pastor, Rev. C.C. LEWIS, after which his remains were laid to rest in Concord Cemetery. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs.Harry THURMOND and ten grandchildren.
LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE
FRIDAY JULY 8, 1932

RIPLEY - Virginia Augusta Cobb, 74, retired Tupperware employee, died of heart failure Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. She was a member of Conner Assembly of God in Ripley. She leaves three daughters, Phyllis Holmes of McKenzie, Virginia Neal of Gates and Virginia Rose Walker of Ripley; two sons, Thomas Stewart and Avery Cobb, both of Ripley; two sisters, Peggy Potter of Brownsville and Helen Yarbrough of Gates; three brothers, Larry Green of La Grange, Tenn., and Guy Green Jr. and Franklin Green, both of Atoka, 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 23, 1998

RIPLEY - Katherine Cox, 66, retired factory worker, died of heart failure Saturday in Glasgow, Ky. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. She leaves two sisters, Rachel Latham of Millington and Earlene Freeman of Memphis, and a brother, Lynn Vaughn of Rutledge.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 4, 2000

RIPLEY - Manual David Cox, 58, body worker for Connell Body Shop for 25 years, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. He was a National Guard veteran. Mr. Cox, the husband of Barbara Littles Cox, also leaves a daughter, Carmen Naylor of Halls; a son, David Cox Jr. of Covington; a stepdaughter, Monica Oglesby of Ripley; two stepsons, Charlie Pilkington III of Halls and Joseph Pilkington of Ripley; two sisters, Wanda Scott of Knoxville and Kathy Cox of Ripley; three brothers, Walter Cox of Henning, and Bobby Cox and Cleyland Broglin, both of Ripley, four grandchildren and two stepgrandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 5, 2003

GATES - James Wilmer Criner, 80, retired farmer and mail carrier, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Concord United Methodist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Concord Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home in Ripley has charge. Mr. Criner, the husband of Thelma Carter Criner, also leaves a son, James W. Criner Jr., of Halls; a brother, Roger Criner of Ripley, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 10, 2002

Ripley - Rev. Roger Neil Criner, died Tuesday, November 1, 2005 at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, November 4 at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial to follow in Concord Cemetery. He was retired, after 52 years, a Southern Baptist Minister and a volunteer Chaplain for Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Rev. Criner served as pastor for several churches in Newport, AR, Weiner, AR, Memphis, Alamo, TN, and Ripley. He was currently a member of Walnut Grove Baptist Church. Rev. Criner is survived by his wife of 60 years, Rubye Walton Criner; two sons, William Carl "Butch" Criner of Ripley, Chaplain Lt. Col. Pete Criner of Washington, D.C.; a nephew, Jimmy Criner, five grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers. The family requests that any memorials be sent to either Trinity Cemetery at Nutbush or Walnut Grove Cemetery.
Garner Funeral Home
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 4, 2005

Ripley - Thelma Carter Criner, 82, passed away Saturday, January 6, 2007. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, January 9 at Concord United Methodist Church. Burial in Concord Cemetery.
Garner Funeral Home
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 8, 2007

GATES - Peggy Sue Dawson, 61, homemaker, died of cardiac arrest Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near here. She was a member of Halls Church of Christ. Mrs. Dawson, the widow of Richard Thomas Dawson, leaves eight daughters, Peggy Jean Skladoni and Linda Faye Parizeau, both of Streetsboro, Ohio, Kathy Ann Vaughn of Ripley, Vicki Lee Parker of Lexington, Connie Darlene Herriage of Bedford, Ohio, and Marilyn Mae Johnson, Donna K. Martinez and Richlyn Renee Cates, all of Gates; a son, Richard Thomas Dawson Jr. of Halls; two sisters, Maurice Lewis of Halls and Shelia Acor of Maury City; a brother, Harvey Bryant Lovelace of Jackson, 18 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 24, 1996

COVINGTON - Ricky Dobsch, 36, computer drafting engineer for Corps of Engineers in Memphis, died Friday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. He was a member of Charleston Baptist Church in Covington. He leaves two sisters, Debbie Lewis of Montgomery, Mo., and Marie Sellers of Atoka; two brothers, Don Dobsch and Bobby Dobsch, both of Montgomery, Mo., and his grandmother, Minnie Arthu Escue of Atoka.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 23, 1992

RIPLEY - Raymond Dodd, 76, retired from Tupperware, died of heart failure Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Concord Methodist Church in Gates, where he was a member, with burial in Concord Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Dodd was the widower of Marie Jones Dodd.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 28, 2001

Mrs. Rebecca Ann Dodd died Saturday morning at 4:30 o'clock and was laid to rest in Concord Cemetery Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Lauderdale County Enterprise
Ripley, Tennessee
December 25th, 1925

HALLS - Velma Ruth Dunaway, 81, homemaker, died Monday of cardiac arrest at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. She was a member of Bethesda United Methodist Church. Mrs. Dunaway, the widow of Joe E. Dunaway, leaves two daughters, Sue Jackson of Gates and Lois Kitson of Maple Rapids, Mich.; a son, H. E. Dunaway of Haleyville, Ala.; a sister, Ollie Mae Smith, and a brother, Leonard Al ston, both of Halls, 13 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 12, 1994

RIPLEY - Gladys Lorine Ellis, 80, retired nurse's aide for Baptist Hospital, died of heart failure Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. She was a member of Ripley First Baptist Church. Mrs. Ellis, the widow of James Edward Ellis, leaves a daughter, Anita Simmons of Ripley; a son, James Edward Ellis of Huntington Beach, Calif., three sisters, Ruby Maxwell and Edna Reeser, both of Ripley, and Hazel Yearwood of Olive Branch, Miss., nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 1, 1999

BROWNSVILLE - Lois Wayne Ellis, 57, sheet metal worker, died of cancer Sunday at his home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Concord Cemetery in Gates. Garner Funeral Home in Ripley has charge. He was a member of Holly Grove Baptist Church. He leaves a son, Joseph Wayne Ellis; a sister, Brenda Overton, and a brother, Ted Ellis, all of Brownsville.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 7, 2000

Ted Thomas Ellis, 66, of Brownsville, who was born in this county, July 10, 1940, to the late Joe Silas Ellis and the late Mary Virginia Scallions Ellis, died Saturday, at home. Rites were held Wednesday in Concord Cemetery near Gates, Brownsville Funeral Home in charge. He leaves a daughter, Melody Roberts, of 6829 Farris Dr., Lakeland Fla., 33841, and a sister, Brenda Overton, of Brownsville.
The Lauderdale County Enterprise, Ripley, Tennessee, April 4, 2007

RIPLEY - Avery Louis Escue, 68, of Fort Myers, Fla., formerly of Ripley, retired supervisor of shipping and receiving for a company in Fort Myers, died of complications from heart surgery Monday at Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home here with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. He was a Korean War Air Force veteran and a member of First Baptist Church in Fort Myers. Mr. Escue, the husband of Mary Yarbrough Escue, also leaves a daughter, Bonnie Lou Beausoleil of La Grange, Ill.; three sisters, Helen Langley of Nutbush, and Mollie Moore and Mildred Scobey, both of Memphis; three brothers, Durwood Escue of Gates, David Escue of Jackson and Raymond Escue of Alamo, and two grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 6, 1996

COVINGTON - Bernice E. Escue, 86, retired trucker for Strickland Trucking and retired funeral director and embalmer for Garner Funeral Home, died of heart failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. He was a Methodist and a Navy veteran. Mr. Escue, the widower of Dorothy Jean Escue, leaves a daughter, Sandra Escue Jackson of Olive Branch, Miss.; two brothers, Buford Escue and Pharis Escue, both of Gates, three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 23, 2001

HENNING - Christine Escue, 79, homemaker, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 4:30 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. She was a member of Durhamville Baptist Church. Mrs. Escue, the wife of Melvin E. Escue, also leaves a daughter, Shirley Wier of Covington; two sons, Joe Escue of Bartlett and Larry Escue of Carthage, Miss.; a half sister, Gladys Crow of Wichita; a half brother, Delbert Newman of Ripley, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 31, 2003

BELLS - Raymond Wilson Escue, 65, employee of Milan Army Ammunition Plant, died of heart failure Friday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Cairo Baptist Church in Alamo with burial in Concord Methodist Cemetery in Lauderdale County. Bells Funeral Home has charge. He was an Army veteran. Mr. Escue, the husband of Alice Woods Escue, also leaves two daughters, Debbie Vales of Gadsden and Darlene Young of Friendship; two brothers, David Escue of Jackson and Durwood Escue of Ripley; three sisters, Helene Langley of Brownsville, and Molly Moore and Mildred Scobey, both of Memphis, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 15, 1998

Hazel Marie Escue, 87, of Memphis, homemaker, died Thursday at Methodist Healthcare-North. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Family Funeral Care Stage Road Chapel with burial in Concord Methodist Church Cemetery in Gates, Tenn. She was a Sunday school teacher for Schoolfield Baptist Church. Mrs. Escue, the widow of Samuel Willis Escue, leaves a daughter, Shirley Dean Hooper of Buttonwillow, Calif.; a son, Robert Samuel Escue of Bartlett; three sisters, Mildred Cogburn of Bartlett, and Marjorie Brooks and Bonnie Harwell, both of Brownsville, Tenn.; a brother, Charles Poindexter of Brownsville, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Alzheimer's Association.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 16, 2001

Ripley - Louise Robison Fennel, 92, passed away Sunday, October 15, 2006. Services at 2 p.m., Tuesday, October 17 at Garner Funeral Home. Burial in Concord Cemetery. She is survived by her two sons, Marcus and Sam Fennel.
Garner Funeral Home
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 17, 2006

Mrs. Hilda Jane Ferguson, 78 of Gates, Tennessee, wife of Raymond Ferguson, died October 1982 at Parkview Hospital in Dyersburg, Tennessee. Services will be at 2PM today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. Her Memphis survivor is a daughter, Mrs. Janie Sommer.

GATES - R. M. Ferguson, 92, retired maintenance foreman for Memphis Light, Gas & Water, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. He was a member of Grace Bible Church. Ferguson, the widower of Hilda Jane Ferguson, leaves two daughters, Ms. Analine Lee Scallions of Gates and Ms. Janie Sommer of Memphis; two sisters, Mrs. Duette Childress and Mrs. Kathryn Morgan, both of Memphis, six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 5, 1991

GATES - Myrtle Coffman Flynt, 79, homemaker, died of heart failure Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Maranatha Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Concord Cemetery in Lauderdale County. Brownsville Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Flynt, the widow of William Fred Flynt, leaves two daughters, Jean May Gates and Wanda Mills of Only; a son, Larry C. Flynt of Martin, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 29, 1995

DYERSBURG - Charles A. Fowlkes, 75, retired sales representative and truck driver for Davis Sausage Co., died of heart failure Saturday at Royal Care of Ridgely. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. He was a member of Hawthorne Baptist Church. Mr. Fowlkes, the husband of Dorothy Fowlkes, also leaves three daughters, Hilda Fay Quinn of Samburg, and Mitzi Lieblick and Susie Rickert, both of Dyersburg; a son, David Fowlkes of Dyersburg; a stepson, Gerald Massengill of Las Vegas, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 16, 1996

Gates—Mary Lena Fowlkes, eight-year-old daughter of Mr.& Mrs. Clyde Fowlkes, who live about two miles west of town, died at her home Sunday night. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. C.C. Lewis Monday afternoon, interment was in Concord Cemetery.
Date of death April 18 1932

RIPLEY - Lelon Walter Frye, 63, of Bolingbrook, Ill., formerly of Ripley, former machine operator for General Motors Corp., died Wednesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. Frye, the husband of Mary Ellen Frye, also leaves two daughters, Mrs. Suzanne Hogue of Halls and Miss Angela Frye of Bolingbrook; two sisters, Mrs. Bonice Tucker of Ripley and Mrs. Geneva Gordon of Forest Park, Ill.; a brother, Jimmy Frye of Memphis, and two grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 7, 1991

GATES - Harold Wardlow Furr, 73, security guard with S & R of Ripley and farmer, died of cancer Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Westside Baptist Church in Halls, where he was a member, with burial in Concord Cemetery. Halls Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Marine Corps veteran. Mr. Furr, the husband of Ona Marie White Furr, also leaves a sister, Mable Voss of Gates.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 28, 1997

L. E. (Ed) Garrett, 85, a farmer, died at 6:45 p.m. last Friday at his home near Gates, after three years illness. Services were Sunday in Concord Methodist Church of which he was a member, burial in church cemetery. Born in Haywood County, he moved to Lauderdale County in 1919. He leaves his wife, Vallie Layne GARRETT; a son, Finis GARRETT; two daughters, Mrs. Beatrice WOOD and Mrs. Audret MITCHELL; and a brother, Presley GARRETT, all of Halls.
THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY JANUARY 26, 1968

GATES - Finis Presley Garrett, 88, farmer, died of cardiopulmonary arrest Wednesday at Parkview Methodist Hospital in Dyersburg. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery here. He was a member of Concord United Methodist Church. Mr. Garrett, the husband of Exie Marie Ingram Garrett, also leaves two daughters, Joann Patton of Gates and Delores Hickman of Newbern; three sons, Finis Edward Garrett of Athens, Ala., Billy Garrett of Atlanta and James Ingram in Fowlkes; a sister, Beatrice Woods of Gates, nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 21, 1995

GATES - Lomas Garrett, 88, retired carpenter and farmer, died Sunday at his home after an apparent heart attack. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Concord United Methodist Church near here, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Garner Funeral Home of Ripley has charge. Mr. Garrett leaves a daughter, Mitzi Hastings of Memphis; a son, Warren Garrett of Orlando, Fla.; two brothers, Leslie Garrett of Memphis and Linas Garrett of Ripley, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 12, 1995

GATES - Vallie Virginia Garrett, 87, of Memphis, formerly of Gates, died Saturday afternoon at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Halls (Tenn.) First United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Concord Cemetery. Halls (Tenn.) Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Garrett, the widow of Ed Garrett, leaves several nieces and nephews, including Thomas Hendren of Halls who cared for her.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 27, 1992

RIPLEY - Mildred Jester Geddings, 71, greeter for Wal-Mart, died of heart failure Sunday at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Curve Baptist Church with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Geddings, the wife of Carl Geddings, also leaves six sons, Jerry Brasfield of Ripley, Bobby Brasfield of Murfreesboro, Clifford Brasfield of Los Angeles, Lanny Stanley of Germantown, Paul Shea of Corinth, Miss., and Ronnie Geddings of Memphis; a sister, Betty Newman of Ripley; two brothers, Milford Jester of Memphis and Willie Jester of Gates, 20 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 17, 2001

Franklin Green, 74, retired from Stewart Sandwich Company, of Atoka, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton. Services were at 10 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 22, at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. Mr. Green, the husband of Alice Vickery Green, also leaves three sons, Terry Green of Covington, Jeffery Green of Pensacola, Fla., and Gregory Green of Atoka; two sisters, Helen Yarbrough of Gates and Peggy Potter of Jackson; two brothers, Guy Green of Atoka and Larry Green of LaGrange, Tenn.; four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
The Lauderdale Voice, Wednesday, December 26, 2007

GATES - Charles Robert Greeson, 60, machinist and tool-and-die operator, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Ripley after a long illness. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Halls (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near here. Mr. Greeson, the husband of Mildred Pauline Robinson Greeson, also leaves four daughters, Nancy Hayes of McKenzie, Teresa Bryant of Indianapolis, Debra Sahadi of Mesa, Ariz., and Carol Jett of Hohenwald; two sons, Tony Littles of Gilbert, Ariz., and David Greeson of Gates; 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 9, 1992

GATES - Mildred Pauline Greeson, 69, of McKenzie, formerly of Gates, homemaker, died Tuesday at McKenzie Regional Hospital. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today in Concord Cemetery. Halls Funeral Home has charge. She leaves four daughters, Nancy Hayes of McKenzie, Teresa Bryant of Indianapolis, Debbie Spelling of Phoenix and Carol Sinerty of Hohenwald; two sons, Tony Littlesof of Gilbert, Ariz., and David L. Greeson of McKenzie; a sister, Margaret Jackson of Halls; a brother, Gordon Robison of Vidor, Texas, 21 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 5, 2004

PARIS - Letus 'Talmage' Gunter, 78, retired barber after 52 years, died Tuesday at Tennessee State Veterans Home in Humboldt. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at McEvoy Funeral Home with burial at 3 p.m. in Concord Cemetery in Lauderdale County. He was a Navy veteran and a Baptist. He leaves two daughters, Mary Ann Eaton of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Donna Sue Cates of Meridian, Miss.; six sisters, Doris Irene Gitchell, Dorothy Bringle, Dotsie Jo Shands, Ann Meadows, Elsie Jones and Bonnie Brasfield, all of Ripley; two brothers, Raymond Lewis Kelley of Halls and Roy Lynn Kelley of Ripley, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 2, 2002

RIPLEY - Gwyn Hall, 65, of Memphis, formerly of Ripley, tile setter, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. He was a World War II Navy veteran. Hall leaves two daughters, Mrs. Leslie Schwab of Harlingen, Texas, and Mrs. Robin Sealand of Ripley; a son, William R. Hall of Memphis; his mother, Mrs. Beatrice Hall of Gates; three sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Vaden of Ripley, Mrs. Bobby Kee of Dyersburg and Mrs. JoAnne Jackman of Florida, and seven grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 20, 1991

DYERSBURG - Mrs. Inez Alene Hopper Hall, 65, retired inspector for Heckethorn Manufacturing Co., died Wednesday at Methodist Hospital of Dyersburg. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Concord Cemetery in Gates. Dyersburg Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Second Baptist Church. Mrs. Hall, the widow of Robert Hall, leaves three daughters, Mrs. Susan Gray of Dyersburg, Mrs. Patricia White of Clinton, Wis., and Mrs. Barbara Spirey of South Carolina; a son, Carl Eugene Hall of Tallahassee, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Jean Gibson of Sardis; two brothers, Carl Hopper of Nashville and Alton Hopper of Milan, 11 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 4, 1991

RIPLEY - Anna Beatrice Hall, 104, homemaker, died Sunday at Ripley Health Care and Rehab. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. She was a member of Maranatha Baptist Church. Mrs. Hall, the widow of William Robert Hall, leaves three daughters, Evelyn Vaden of Ripley, Bobbie Kee of Dyersburg and Joann Nelson of Quincy, Ill., 20 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and 19 great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 16, 2002

Funeral services for Mrs. Katherine HARPER, who moved to Memphis from Ripley, 20 years ago, were held Saturday at Concord Church, with burial there. Mrs. HARPER, 80, died at her home at 875 Manasses. Born in East Tennessee, she was the widow of William HARPER, Ripley farmer. She leaves three daughters, Mrs. Alma DAVIS, of Memphis, Mrs. Harold RICHARDSON and Mrs. Sanford QUEEN, both of San Antonia, Texas; one son, Frank HARPER, of Huntsville, AL.
LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RIPLEY, TENNESSEE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 8, 1958

RIPLEY -- Doris Louis Hastings, 64, homemaker, died of heart failure Sunday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. She was a member of Tabernacle for Truth in Nutbush. Mrs. Hastings, the wife of Van Hastings, also leaves a sister, Betty Cox of Flint, Mich., and four brothers, Doyle Langley, Don Langley and Larry Langley, all of Brownsville, and Bobby Langley of Brighton.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 21, 1994

Minnie Lee Haynes, 94 of Memphis, died Thursday, Dec. 7. at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, Services were held a 11 a.m., on Saturday, Dec. 9, at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. She was a long time member of Grimes Methodist Church, where she served in the choir. Shis is survived by her daughter, Martha Alice Haynes Godwin of Memphis; two sons, Thomas “Sonny” Haynes of Brownsville, Texas and Bobby Joe Haynes of Henderson, Ky.; a brother, Talmadge Heathcoat of Ripley, seven grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Grimes Methodist Church, 4649 Summer Ave., Memphis, TN 38122.
Date of death Dec. 7, 2006

H. L. Heathcott died at the home of his son here Thursday of last week, and his body was laid to rest in Concord Cemetery near Gates on Friday. He leaves several children, grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. He had been a member of the Methodist Church for the past 14 years.
Ripley, Tennessee
Friday May 1st, 1925

LOCALS--Mr. Roland Heathcott died Tuesday in the General Hospital in Memphis,and the remains were interred in Concord cemetery Thursday morning.Mr.HEATHCOTT lived here prior to moving to Memphis several years ago.He was 39 years of age and is survived by a wife and several children.
LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE
FRIDAY JULY 22, 1932

JACKSON - Woodrow Wilson Hester, 79, retired building contractor, died Thursday of cancer at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Garner Funeral Home of Ripley with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. Mr. Hester, the husband of Forrest Attaway Hester, also leaves two daughters, Dorothy Webb of Jackson and Shirley Lamastus of Murray, Ky.; two sons, Austin Hester of Carpentersville, Ill., and Kenneth Hester of Buffalo Grove, Ill., 16 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 18, 1995

RIPLEY - Forrest Elizabeth Hester, 83, homemaker, died Saturday at Maplewood Health Care in Jackson. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. She was a member of North Jackson Church of God. Mrs. Hester, the widow of Woodrow Hester, leaves two daughters, Dot Webb and Shirley Lamastus, both of Jackson; two sons, Austin Hester of Carpentersville, Ill., and Kenneth Hester of Barrington, Ill.; a brother, Buford Attaway of Jackson, 18 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 10, 2003

RIPLEY - Myrtle Husk Collins, 85, retired employee of Lauderdale Manufacturing Co., died of cardiopulmonary arrest Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Curve Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. Halls Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Collins, the widow of Earl Husk and Eugene Collins, leaves a daughter, Julia Ann Alley of Ripley; two stepdaughters, Hazel Denerio of New York, and Marion Himes of Johnsonburg, Pa., three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 2, 1998

Clyde Thomas Jackson, A fire of undetermined origin gutted a Tigrett Street residence and killed its lone residence, Clyde Thomas Jackson, 62, Friday night of last week. Jackson, a retired routeman of Famous Pies, Inc., of Memphis, was discovered on the floor near the small wooden house heater when firemen brought the blaze under control. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Sunday in Concord United Methodist Church near Gates. Burial was in the church cemetery, Halls Funeral Home in Charge. Jackson was a veteran of Navy service in World War II. He leaves two sons, Mike, of Cordova, and Jeff, of Memphis; a daughter, Miss Vanessa Jackson, of Bartlett; five brothers, William and Russell, of Gates, Ernest and Cecil, of Halls, and Raymond, of Ripley; three sisters, Mrs. Bessie Dinkins, of McKenzie, Mrs. Villa Mae O’Steen, of Halls, and Mrs. Pauline Sorrell, of Ripley; and three grandchildren.
Death year 1986

HALLS - Ernest 'Stonewall' Jackson, 93, retired grocery and service station owner, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. He was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. Mr. Jackson, the widower of Florence Dunaway Jackson, leaves a daughter, Betty Ray of Ripley; four sons, Joe Jackson of Memphis, Rodney Jackson of Flint, Mich., Bob Jackson of Houston, Texas, and Tom Jackson of Trenton; a brother, Russell Jackson of Gates, nine grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 25, 2004

HALLS - Florence Aliene Jackson, 79, homemaker, died of cardiac arrest Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near here. She attended a Baptist church in Edith. Mrs. Jackson, the wife of Earnest Jackson, also leaves a daughter, Betty Ray of Ripley; four sons, Joe Jackson of Memphis, Rodney Jackson of Flushing, Mich., Bob Jackson of Spring, Texas, and Tom Jackson of Trenton; a sister, Deloise Woods of Flint, Mich.; two brothers, Robert Dunaway of Elgin, Ill., and Alex Dunaway of Ripley, nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 24, 1997

HALLS - Gary Alton Jackson, 49, self-employed construction worker, died of cancer Thursday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Westside Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. Halls Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Jackson, the husband of Connie Maddox Jackson, also leaves two daughters, Keri Leigh Swims and Brandy Chapman, and two sons, Adrian Spence Jackson and Steven Collins, all of Halls; his mother, Margaret Jackson; three sisters, Diane Dew and April Wright, both of Halls and Beverly Long of Lexington, Ky.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 4, 1998

Mrs. Mary Magdalene Jackson, 59, of Halls, died Sunday, December 29, 1985 at Parkview Methodist Medical Center after suffering and apparent hart attack. Funeral services were held Tuesday at West Side Baptist Church where she was a member with burial in Concord Cemetery. Halls Funeral Home had charge. Mrs. Jackson leaves her husband, Clyde Jackson; three sons, Wayne Broglin of Oxnard, California, Jessie Broglin of Friendship, Jerry Broglin of Halls and three grandchildren.

RIPLEY - William Isaac Jackson, 91, retired farmer and carpenter, died of heart failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Concord United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Jackson, the husband of Elsie Jackson, also leaves a daughter, Nancy Criner of Gates; three sons, Nesbert Jackson and Norman Jackson, both of Ripley, and Melton Jackson of Gates; a sister, Pauline Sorrells of Southaven; two brothers, Russell Jackson of Gates and Ernest Jackson of Ripley, 10 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 24, 1998

RIPLEY - Elsie Odell Jones Jackson, 86, homemaker, died of heart failure Tuesday at Sunrise Care & Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Concord United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Concord Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Jackson, the widow of William Isaac Jackson, leaves a daughter, Nancy Criner of Gates; three sons, Nesbert Jackson, Norman Jackson and Melton Jackson, all of Ripley, 10 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 21, 1999

HALLS - Jackie Lynn Jacobs Jr., 37, accountant for Marsh U.S.A. in Memphis, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Halls First United Methodist Church with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. Halls Funeral Home has charge. He was a National Guard and Navy veteran and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ. Mr. Jacobs, the husband of Amanda J. Harris Jacobs, also leaves a daughter, Reagan Elizabeth Jacobs of Atoka; his parents, Jackie L. and Betty Rogers Jacobs of Halls, and a sister, Kelly Rogers of Cordova. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Heart Association.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 15, 2003

Halls - Annie Elizabeth Jansen, 72, retired owner of Forked Deer Grocery, died suddenly Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, February 10 at Concord Methodist Church in Gates, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. She was preceded in death by a brother, Albert McNeill, and husbands, Ronald Jansen and Jack Johnson. She is survived by two daughters, Shirley Spiller of Memphis and Karen Hill of Gates; three sons, Jerry Jansen of Atlanta, GA, Linn Jansen of Austin, TX, and Scot Jansen of Charlotte, NC; a brother, J.D. McNeill of Gates; three sisters, Evelyn Escue, Aunita Emerson and Juanita Stanley, all of Gates, and 12 grandchildren, John Jansen, Taylor Jansen, Jason Oliver, Andria Jansen, Chris Jansen, Lexi Jansen, Owen Jansen, Elizabeth Spiller, Heather Hill, Robert Hill, Julie Hill and Rachel Hill. Visitation, 5-8 p.m. Thursday at Halls Funeral Home. Memorials may be sent to Concord Methodist Church.
Halls Funeral Home
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 9, 2006

GATES - Ronald Jerome Jansen, 65, grocery merchant for Forked Deer Co., was pronounced dead due to pulmonary arrest Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Concord Cemetery. Halls Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Jansen, the husband of Annie Elizabeth McNeill Jansen, also leaves two daughters, Shirley Spiller of Bartlett and Karen Hill of Gates; three sons, Jerry Jansen of Atlanta, Linn Jansen of Lynchburg, Va., and Scott Jansen of Charlotte, N.C., and nine grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 16, 1997

GATES --Mr. John C. Johnson died at his home here early Saturday of heart trouble. Funeral services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. T. H. DAVIS at Concord Church. Burial followed in Concord Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, 7 children, 21 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.
THE HENNING PROGRESS, LAUDERDALE COUNTY, TN
THURSDAY OCTOBER 11, 1928

GATES --Mrs. Emma Johnson, widow of John JOHNSON, who died eight weeks ago, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mauldoin DOOD at Concord Thursday night. Funeral services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. T. H. DAVIS, at Concord Methodist Church Saturday afternoon. Interment followed in Concord
Cemetery. She is survived by three sons and three daughters, Mrs. Isaac ADKINS, of Texas,Mrs. R. L. HARDY, and Mrs. Mauldin DOOD, E. E. JOHNSON, Billie JOHNSON, and Lee JOHNSON, all of Gates.
THE HENNING PROGRESS, LAUDERDALE COUNTY, TN
THURSDAY DECEMBER 7, 1928

GATES - Emma Jones, 87, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. She was a member of Gates Baptist Church. Mrs. Jones, the widow of L. B. Jones, leaves three daughters, Pauline Greeson of Gates, Dorothy Belton of Adamsville and Margaret Jackson of Halls; two sons, Gordon Robinson of Vidor, Texas, and Royce Wayne Robinson of Mesquite, Texas; a sister, Mary Bryson of Memphis, 32 grandchildren, 75 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 29, 1993

HALLS - Willie M. Kerby, 91, self-employed painter and interior decorator, died Friday at Ripley Rehab & Healthcare. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. She was a member of Halls First Baptist Church. She leaves three brothers, Raymond Kerby of Gates, and James H. Kerby and Finis P. Kerby, both of Halls.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 6, 2002

RIPLEY - Mrs. Alma M. Kirby, 80, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Curve Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Kirby leaves two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Geddings of Northlake, Ill., and Mrs. Betty Newman of Ripley; two sons, Milford Jester of Memphis and Willie Jester of Gates, 13 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 15, 1991

Raymond Lee Kerby, 87, painting and contractor/farmer, of Gates, died Sept. 10, at his home. Services were held a 3 p.m., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, in Halls Funeral Home Chapel with burialin Concord Cemetery. Mr. Kerby, the husband of Fredonia Moore Kerby, also leaves two sons, Johnnie Kerby of Ripley and Ronnie Kerby of Gates; Two brothers, James Kerby and Finis Kerby, both of Halls, and three grandchildren.
Date of death Sept. 10, 2006

BROWNSVILLE - Isaac Donald Langley, 68, inspector for the State of Tennessee, died Tuesday at Methodist Healthcare-University Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Brownsville Funeral Home with burial in Concord United Methodist Church Cemetery. He leaves a sister, Betty Cox of Davison, Mich., and a brother, Larry Langley of Brownsville. The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 1, 2003

GATES - J. T. Langley, 81, retired farmer, died Tuesday at Hillhaven Convalescent Center in Ripley. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. He was a member of Concord United Methodist Church. He leaves his wife, Loudie Moore Langley; two daughters, Mrs. Nina Parker of Brownsville and Mrs. Susan Simpson of Ripley; a sister, Mrs. Geneva Latham of Ripley; two brothers, T. G. Langley and Russell Langley, both of Ripley, and two grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 30, 1991

GATES - Loudie Moore Langley, 78, died Friday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Concord United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Garner Funeral Home in Ripley has charge. Mrs. Langley, the widow of J. T. Langley, leaves two daughters, Susan Simpson of Gates and Nina Parker of Brownsville; a brother, Joe Moore of Texarkana, Texas, and two grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 18, 1993

BROWNSVILLE - James Douglas 'Sonny' Langley, 58, retired employee of Haywood County Highway Department, died Thursday at Methodist Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Brownsville Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Lauderdale County. He was a Korean War Army veteran. Langley leaves two sisters, Mrs. Doris Hastings of Ripley and Mrs. Betty Cox of Flint, Mich., and four brothers, Doyle Langley, Don Langley and Larry Langley, all of Brownsville, and Bobby Langley of Brighton.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 4, 1991

HALLS - Clarkie B. Layne, 82, homemaker, died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concorde Cemetery in Gates. She was a member of Concord United Methodist Church. Mrs. Layne, the widow of Donald Layne, leaves two sons, Norman Layne of Gates and Rodger Layne of San Pablo, Calif., six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 14, 2002

RIPLEY - Mrs. Nannie Mae Layne, 76, died Monday at Methodist Hospital in Memphis after a long illness. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. She was a member of Curve Baptist Church. Mrs. Layne, the widow of Amos Layne, leaves a daughter, Ms. Dale Simpson of Redding, Calif.; two sons, Allen Layne of Topeka, Kan., and Gale Layne of Ripley; a sister, Ms. Elizabeth Koonce of Ripley; two brothers, Samuel Steelman Jr. of Halls and William Steelman of Ripley, nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 18, 1991

GATES -- Gracie Lucille Dunavant Layne, 76, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home of Ripley with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. She was a member of Woodville United Methodist Church in Ripley. Mrs. Layne, the widow of Oakley Layne, leaves a daughter, Jean Alley of Overland Park, Kan.; three sons, Wiley Layne of Big Sandy, Jimmy Layne of Henning and Elton Lane of Ripley; a sister, Ona Mae White of Gates, nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 29, 1994

Irene W. Lee, 17 year old daughter of Henry F. LEE and deceased wife, Lalla Lu, of Haywood County, departed this life September 17th.Interment in Concord Cemetery.
LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE,
RIPLEY, TN, OCTOBER 5th, 1923

HALLS - Carmon White Lemons, 77, retired employee of Sylvania of Dyersburg, died of pulmonary arrest Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. She was a member of Curve Baptist Church. Mrs. Lemons, the widow of Roy Lemons, leaves four daughters, Shirley Wilkerson and Diane Seat, both of Halls, Betty Faye Johnson of Huntsville, Ala., and Pearl Rogers of Ripley; five sons, Thomas Richardson of Bensenville, Ill., Wesley Lemons of Halls, Billy Ray Lemons of Ripley, Frank Lemons of Gates and Pete Lemons of Finger; three sisters, Jewell Richardson of Ripley, Ruby Richardson of Northlake, Ill. and Jessie Marchetti of River Grove, Ill., 30 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 12, 1995

GATES - James Vernon Littles, 75, retired farmer and small engine mechanic, died of cardiac arrest Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near here. He leaves two sisters, Carrie Lee Atkins of Halls and Audrey Jenkins of Tampa, Fla., and two brothers, J. L. Littles and Jack Littles, both of Edith.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 10, 1995

Mr. William Littles, 61 retired janitor of Martin College, died Tuesday, August 1, 1989, at Dyersburg Methodist Hospital. Services were held at the Halls Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates, Tn. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Linda Harris Littles, four sons, William E. Littles, Jimmy Littles and Randy Littles, all of Dyersburg, and Earnest Littles of Hornbeak, Tn., two daughters, Mrs. Judy Howard and Mrs. Peggy Striabling of Union City, Tn., two brothers, Vernon Littles of Gates, J.L. Littles and Jack Littles both of Ripley, two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Lee Pool of Halls and Mrs. Audrey Selman of Orlando, Fla. and ten grandchildren.
The Halls Herald, August 9, 1989

HALLS - Eileen Manuel, 73, retired employee of Smith Corona Typewriter Co., died of respiratory failure Saturday at Park Central Nursing Home in Freemont, Calif. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today at Concord Cemetery near Gates. Halls Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Manuel, the widow of Lloyd W. Manuel, leaves a daughter, Alicsha Young of Union City; two sisters, June Cole of Sacramento, Calif., and Colie Egelton of Toledo, Ohio, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 28, 1998

HALLS - Lloyd Wright Manuel, 66, X-ray technician, died Wednesday at Creekside Care Center in San Pueblo, Calif. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. Mr. Manuel, the husband of Eileen Drinkhouse Manuel, also leaves a daughter, Alycia Louise Young of Union City, Calif.; a sister, Clarkie Layne of Ripley; two brothers, William Manuel and Clyde Manuel, both of Halls, and two grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
May 17, 1992

Gates - Edith Rosetta Marvel, 85. Services at 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at the funeral home chapel. Burial in the Concord Cemetery. She is survived by her son; Johnny Marvel; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Halls Funeral Home 731-836-7111
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 19, 2005

HALLS - Richard Charles Marvel, 52, employee of A.O. Smith Electrical Products, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. He leaves a daughter, Mary Jo Foster, and a son, Richard C. Marvel Jr., both of Dyersburg; his mother, Edith Marvel of Halls; a brother, Johnny Marvel of Gates, and two grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 5, 2002

Robert Lee Maxwell, 87, retired balcksmith, of Henning, died at 12:40 p.m. last Friday in Baptist Hospital in Memphis, which he entered Wednesday. Services were Sunday in Concord Methodist Church, burial in Concord Cemetery. Born in Lawrenceburg, he moved to Lauderdale County in 1964. He leaves his sons, Cecil MAXWELL and Jesse MAXWELL, both of Henning and Rufus MAXWELL, of Dallas, Texas.
LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE FRIDAY JUNE 7, 1968

Ruby Pauline Maxwell, 86. retired from Sears and a U.S. Marine veteran, of Ripley died Friday, March 23, at St. Francis-Bartlett. Graveside services were at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 25, at Concord Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home had charge. Ms. Maxwell is survived by many nieces and nephews.
The Lauderdale Voice, Wednesday, March 28, 2007

RIPLEY - Viola Maxwell, 72, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital- Lauderdale. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. Mrs. Maxwell leaves two sisters, Scrap Herron and Lillie Hoskins, both of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 4, 1991

Brownsville - Dorothy Jean Flynt May, 60, homemaker, died Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Brownsville Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in Concord Cemetery. Brownsville Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. May, the wife of Billy J. May, also leaves two sons, Stephen May of Gates and Scott May of Brownsville; a sister, Wanda Flynt Mills of Henning, and four grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Brownsville Baptist Church organ repair fund.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 11, 2005

William Ausley McAlphin, 63, died at 10:45 p.m. Thursday of last week in his home after a long illness. Services were Sunday in Concord Methodist Church, burial in church cemetery. He leaves his wife, Emma Vickery McALPHIN; his son, Raymond McALPHIN, of Gates; his brothers, Harvey McALPHIN, of Kenton and Bill McALPHIN, stationed with the Army in Texas; sisters, Mrs. Ludie EAKES, of Chicago, Ill., and Mrs. Alfie VESTIDO, of Maywood, Ill. LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RIPLEY MAY 3, 1968

RIPLEY - Sandra Joan McCallister, 47, homemaker, died Wednesday of cancer at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Ms. McCallister leaves two daughters, JoAnna Rivera and Sandra Littles; a son, Keith McCallister, and two brothers, Lee Fincher and Ronnie Fincher, all of Ripley, and four grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 19, 1995

Brownsville - David Jewel McNeill, 88, retired farmer and construction worker, died Friday at Haywood Park Community Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Sunday at Brownsville Funeral Home with burial in Concord United Methodist Church Cemetery. He was an Army veteran and a member of the Assembly of God. Mr. McNeill, the widower of Virginia Isbelle Buckner McNeill, leaves four daughters, Diana Bishop of Oxford, Miss., Loretta Barnett of Ripley, Mary Ann McCage of Brownsville and Charlotte Slaughter of Halls; a son, David Lynn McNeill of Ripley; two sisters, Lorine Allen of Mobile, Ala., and Willie Margarette Hudson of Odessa, Texas, 13 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 8, 2005

RIPLEY -- Lanny McWilliams, 44, maintenance supervisor for Ripley Housing Authority, died Wednesday of an aneurysm at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. He was a Mason at Masonic Lodge 630 and a member of First United Methodist Church of Ripley. Mr. McWilliams leaves his mother, Malissa McWilliams, and two sisters, Teresa Simpson and Cheryl Balthrop, all of Ripley, and two brothers, Ronnie McWilliams of Little Rock and Terry McWilliams of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 4, 1994

RIPLEY - Melissa M. McWilliams, 82, retired employee of Haltex Garment Manufacturing Co., died of myocardial infarction Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. She was a member of Ripley First Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star Halls Chapter. Mrs. McWilliams, the widow of Lewis McWilliams, leaves a daughter, Teresa Simpson of Ripley; two sons, Ronnie McWilliams of Houston, Texas, and Terry McWilliams of Ripley; two sisters, Betsy Osborne and Olean Brown, both of Fairfield Bay, Ark., 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 4, 2001

GATES - Ronnie Lewis McWilliams, 59, of Houston, Texas, formerly of Gates, ticket and baggage agent for United Airlines, died Sunday at Northwest Medical Center in Houston. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. He was a Korean War and Vietnam War Army veteran and a Lutheran. He leaves a sister, Teresa Bishop of Ripley, and a brother, Terry McWilliams of Henning.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 16, 2003

Halls - Wilma Barnett Meacham, 82, homemaker, died Tuesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. She was a Baptist. She leaves two sisters, Virginia Archer of Halls and Ruth Newman of Ripley.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 28, 2004

HALLS - Bernice Thomas Milam, 84, retired cotton ginner, died of cancer Monday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. She was a member of Halls First Christian Church. Mr. Milam, the husband of Alnia Geneva Milam, also leaves a daughter, Pansy Milam of Halls.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 20, 2000

HALLS - Alma Geneva Milam, 86, retired from G & G Manufacturing Co., died of pulmonary arrest Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. She was a member of Halls First Christian Church. Mrs. Milam, the widow of Bernice Milam, leaves a daughter, Pansy Milam of Halls; a sister, Louise Carter of Leeds, Ala., and a brother, Cecil Hester of Memphis.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 10, 2001

GATES - Gordon K. Milam, 86, retired maintenance employee for Haywood County High School, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Concord United Methodist Church near Gates with burial in Concord Cemetery. Brownsville Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Milam, the widower of Rheau Richards Milam, leaves a daughter, Shelby Jean Hammond of Gates; a brother, Bernice Milam of Halls, six grandchildren, three of whom he reared, Randy Milam and Bill y Milam, both of Halls, and Lisa Bissette of Colorado Springs, Colo, and 14 great- grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 16, 1993

GATES - Rheau Milam, 78, retired employee of Lamont Glove Manufacturing Co. in Brownsville, died Tuesday afternoon at Methodist Hospital-Dyersburg. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. Mrs. Milam, the wife of Gordon Milam, also leaves a daughter, Jean Hammond of Bloomington, Ind.; two sisters, Arthu Escue of Munford and Opal Hendren of Gates, five grandchildren and eight great- grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 13, 1992

Mr. Leo Milam died at his home near Forked Deer Friday morning after a long illness. He is survived by a wife and children, one brother and two sisters. Interment was in Concord cemetery Saturday morning at 11 o'clock.
ENTERPRISE Friday February 5, 1926

Wanda Ann Flynt Mills, 51, homemaker, of Petros, Tenn., formerly of Ripley, died Saturday, July 7, at Parkwest Hospital in Knoxville. Services will be Wednesday, July 11, at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Church Cemetery. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Ms. Mills, wife of David G. Mills, leaves her son and daughter-in-law, David (Chris) and Brandy Mills; a grandson, Walker Flynt Mills; and a step-grandson, Hunter Edwards. Her sister, Jean Mary and her brother, Fred Flynt and Larry Flynt, preceded her in death. Memorials may be made to the Calvary Baptist Church in Oak Ridge. Memorials can be made to Calvary Baptist Church Building Fund in Oak Ridge.
The Lauderdale Voice, Wednesday, July 11, 2007

DYERSBURG - Benny Franklin Moore, 46, vocational agriculture teacher at Dyersburg High School, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Hillcrest Baptist Church, where he was a member, with burial in Concord (Tenn.) Cemetery. J. W. Curry & Son Funeral Home has charge. Moore, the husband of Brenda Ford Moore, also leaves a daughter, Ms. Sue Ann Moore of Dyersburg; his mother, Mrs. Gladys Moore of Gates; two sisters, Mrs. Debbie Tims and Mrs. Sue Chalk, both of Ripley, and two brothers, Don W. Moore of Ripley and Jimmy O. Moore of Memphis.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 13, 1991

GATES - Agnes Moore, 83, homemaker, died of cardiac arrest Monday at Methodist Hospital of Dyersburg. Services were Wednesday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. She was a member of Concord United Methodist Church. Mrs. Moore, the widow of Harry B. Moore, leaves a daughter, Nancy Cox, and two sons, William Harold Moore and Mickey Ray Moore, all of Gates, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 25, 1996

GATES - Harry Lee Moore, 60, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis after a long illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near here. He was a member of Concord United Methodist Church. Moore leaves his mother, Mrs. Agnes Moore; a sister, Mrs. Nancy Cox; and two brothers, William Harold Moore and Mickey Ray Moore, all of Gates.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 10, 1990

RIPLEY -- Jimmy Odell Moore, 55, of Arlington, facilities manager at Arlington Developmental Center, died Wednesday at his home after a brief illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. Mr. Moore, the husband of Patricia Moore, also leaves a daughter, Marian West of Tullahoma; a son, Marty Moore of Ripley; a stepdaughter, Jimmie Lanley of Columbus, Ga.; a stepson, Patrick Quick; his mother, Gladys Moore; two sisters, Fannie Sue Chalk and Debbie Tims, and a brother, Don Moore, all of Ripley, and four grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 26, 1993

HALLS - Jon Michael Moore, 21, farmer, died of bacterial spinal meningitis Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Services were Saturday at Halls First United Methodist Church with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. Halls Funeral Home had charge. He was a member of Concord United Methodist Church in Gates, a former president of Halls FFA and was voted the 1996 FFA Tennessee State Farmer of the Year. He leaves his parents, Michael H. and Donna Eaton Moore; a sister, Kristen Beth Moore, and his paternal grandparents, William Harold and Carolyn Moore, all of Gates, and his maternal grandfather, Frank Eaton. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Halls FFA scholarship fund at Union Planters Bank in Ripley or Halls First United Methodist Church.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 17, 1999

RIPLEY - Gladys Moore, 91, homemaker, died Friday at Lauderdale Community Living Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. She was a member of Curve Baptist Church. Mrs. Moore, the widow of Tollie Moore, leaves two daughters, Fannie Sue Chalk of Gates and Debbie Tims of Ripley; a son, Don W. Moore; a sister, Goldie Savley, and a brother, Ben Emerson, all of Ripley, 10 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 29, 2004

GATES - William Harold Moore, 64, farmer and owner of Halls Gin Co., died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis after a stroke. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Concord First United Methodist Church, where he was a song leader, trustee and Sunday school superintendent, with burial in the church cemetery. Halls Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Moore, the husband of Carolyn White Moore, also leaves two daughters, Alice Hardy of Lithonia, Ga., and Shirley Beth Robison of Halls; two sons, Michael H. Moore and Charles Alan Moore; a sister, Nancy Cox, and a brother, Mickey Moore, all of Gates, and five grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 8, 1999

Oma Ruth Newman, 80, retired from Tupperware, of Ripley, died Tuesday, July 3, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services were held at 2 p.m., Friday, July 6, at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. She was a member of Curve Baptist Church. Ms. Newman, widow of David Newman, leaves three daughters, Jean Newman Cannon of Ripley, Joyce Jessup of Covington, Eva Sue Gay of Ripley; three sons, David M. Newman of Ripley, Charles Robin Newman of Plainview, Ill., and Billy Newman of Memphis; a sister, Virginia Rose Archer of Frog Jump, Tenn.; and 14 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Her daughter, Letha Jewell Floyd, preceded her in death.
The Lauderdale Voice, Wednesday, July 11 2007

CURVE - Raymond Murphy Newman, 70, retired farmer and school bus driver, died of respiratory failure Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Curve Baptist Church, where he was a deacon, with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. Garner Funeral Home in Ripley has charge. Mr. Newman, the husband of Martha Newman, also leaves three daughters, Susan Newman-Scearce of Halls, and Katherine Newman and Lisa Dunham, both of Ripley; two sons, McKay Newman of Maury City and Clay Newman of Gates; three sisters, Sue Morrow of Slidell, La., and Lil Hunt and Bessie May Barlow, both of Curve; seven brothers, James Newman of Ripley, Harvey Junior Newman of Palos Heights, Ill., Leslie Newman and Thomas Newman, both of Halls, and Thee Newman, Wilson Newman and Carl Newman, all of Curve, nine grandchildren and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 17, 1999

RIPLEY - Helen Paris, 62, homemaker, died of liver disease Sunday at Lauderdale Community Living Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. She leaves six sisters, Rose Baker of Orlando, Fla., Carolyn Duncan, Peggy Jenkins and Laverne Maxwell, all of Ripley, Evelyn Thomen of Henning and Linda Armstrong of Phoenix, and five brothers, Jackie Paris, Elvis Eugene Paris and Randy Paris, all of Ripley, and Glen Paris and Larry Paris, both of Covington.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 7, 2001

RIPLEY - Neal Paris, 85, retired farmer, died of heart failure Tuesday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. Mr. Paris, the widower of Lucy Mae Paris, leaves seven daughters, Rose Baker of Orlando, Linda Armstrong of Peoria, Ariz., and Laverne Maxwell, Peggy Jenkins, Helen Paris, Carolyn Duncan and Evelyn Thomen, all of Ripley; five sons, Glen Paris and Larry Paris, both of Covington, and Jackie Paris, Eugene Paris and Randy Paris, all of Ripley; a brother, Dave Paris of Greenfield, 21 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 20, 1999

RIPLEY - Lucy Mae Paris, 72, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital- Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. Mrs. Paris, the wife of Neal Paris, also leaves seven daughters, Evelyn Beauton Thomen, Helen Paris, Carolyn Duncan, Peggy Jean Jenkins and Laverne Paris, all of Ripley, Rose Baker of Atlanta and Linda Armstrong of Knoxville; five sons, Jackie Paris, Elvis Paris and Randy Paris, all of Ripley, and Glen Pari s and Larry Paris, both of Covington; three sisters, Lucille Dennison and Jennie Fincher, both of Ripley, and Annie Mae Beamon of Lake County; a brother, Early B. Conatser of Brownsville, 23 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 19, 1992

GATES - Gene Patton, 68, retired plumber, electrician, fire chief for Gates Fire Department for 25 years and former constable, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police. Mr. Patton, the widower of Joan Garrett Patton, leaves three daughters, Jan Moore of Gates, Molly Cole of Jackson and Gena Emerson of Ripley; three sisters, Betty Jo Nooner of West Memphis, Ark., Mona Jacobs of Halls and Memory Crain of Ripley; three brothers, Lynn Patton, Don Patton and Jimmy Patton, all of Halls, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Bethesda Methodist Church or Gates Fire Department.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 10, 2003

GATES - Joan Patton, 62, homemaker, died of respiratory arrest Wednesday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. She was a Union Mission volunteer, and a member of Concord United Methodist Church and Gates Women's Group. Mrs. Patton, the wife of Gene Patton, also leaves three daughters, Jan Moore of Gates, Molly Cole of Jackson and Gena Emerson of Ripley; two brothers, Billy Garrett of Atlanta and Ed Garrett of Athens, Ala., and eight grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 25, 1997

Thomas Pearson, 84, laborer, of Gates, died Monday, Oct. 22, in Ridgley, Tenn. Services were held Thursday, Oct. 25, at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates.
The Lauderdale Voice, Wednesday, October, 31, 2007

GATES--Mr. W. H. Poindexter died Wednesday of last week at the home of his daughter, Mrs.G.T. HALLIBURTON. Funeral services were conducted at Concord Thursday morning by Rev. C. C. Lewis, after which the remains were laid to rest by the side of his wife who preceded him in death several years ago. He is survived by the one daughter named above and one son, Hadden Poindexter, of Halls.
LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE
FRIDAY MAY 27, 1932

Mrs. W.H. Poindexter died Wednesday morning at 3:30 o'clock after an illness of six months. She was an old and respected resident of Forked Deer, having lived here all of her life. Mrs. Poindexter was in her 86th year and is survived by her husband and two children, Mrs. G.T. Halliburton and Mr. Hadden Poindexter; and seven grandchildren, all of this place. Funeral services were held at Concord at 10 o'clockENTERPRISE Friday June 11, 1926

RIPLEY - Imogene Queen, 85, homemaker, died of heart failure Saturday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. She was a member of Curve Baptist Church. She leaves three daughters, Martha Newmon of Curve, Glenda McCaleb of Hendersonville and Darlene Newton of Ripley; two sons, James Queen and Ron Queen, both of Memphis; a sister, Katherine Johnson of Brighton; two brothers, Tracy Hardee of Brownsville and Montell Hardee of Humboldt, 11 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 10, 1999

Ruby Quinn, 72, of Memphis, sister of Forrest Heathcott, Jr,. of 3291 Hwy. 19 west of Ripley, and of Margarett Sherrod, of Halls, died Wednesday of last week, in her home. Rites were held Friday in Halls Funeral Home. She was a member of the Stage Road Church of Christ. She was the daughter of the late Forrest and Irene Heathcott. Survivors include sons, Donald Quinn and Tony Maneclang, of Memphis, Gil Maneclang, of Germantown, and Michael Maneclang, of Collierville; daughter, Debra Palmer, of Harrisburg, Ark., and Laura Dolan, of Nesbit, Miss,; and another brother, L.C. Heathcott, of Dyersburg; three step-children, Les and Michael Quinn and Susan Ruiz; and 10 grandchildren.

DYERSBURG - Homer Floyd 'Jake' Reed, 63, of Lenox, retired mechanic, died Tuesday at his home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Concord Cemetery in Gates. Dyersburg Funeral Home has charge. He leaves two daughters, Elisa Pace of Newbern and Beth Winchester of Lenox; five sons, Steve Reed, Darrell Reed and Matthew Reed, all of Lenox and Joey Reed and David Reed, both of Finley; three sisters, Bonnie Webb of Central, Edith Meyer of Ripley and Flodean Crowder of Arp; three brothers, Charles Reed of Dry Hill, Donnie Reed of Arp and Alfred Reed of Nankipoo, 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 3, 2003

RIPLEY - Edna Maxwell Reeser, 70, retired sales clerk, died of cancer Thursday at her home. Services will be at noon Saturday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. Mrs. Reeser, the wife of Neil Reeser of Louisville, Ky., also leaves four daughters, Cheryl Coker and Karen White, both of Ripley, Linda Daugherty of Covington and Susan Crawford of Memphis; a son, Richard Reeser of Ripley; two sisters, Ruby Maxwell of Ripley and Hazel Yearwood of Olive Branch, Miss., and nine grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 17, 2000

RIPLEY - Linnie Lee Brasfield Reeves, 79, homemaker, died of cardiac arrest Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. She was a member of Concord United Methodist Church. Mrs. Reeves, the widow of William Chester Reeves, leaves two daughters, Ann Archer of Union City and Jackie Wood of Jackson; two sons, Doug Reeves of Ripley and Sam Reeves of Cordova, six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 14, 1994

Ripley - Joyce Ann Bomar Reeves, 64, retired Dyer County High School teacher after 37 years, died Friday at West Tennessee Transitional Center in Jackson. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. She was a member of Alpha Delta Kappa International Honorary Sorority for Women Educators, Concord United Methodist Church administrative council, United Methodist Women's district mission team, DCEA, Tennessee Education Association and National Educators Association. Mrs. Reeves, the wife of Douglas Reeves, also leaves a stepdaughter, Mary Jones of Ripley; a stepson, Steve Reeves of Gates; two sisters, Kathryn Beaty of Bolivar and Brenda McCallie of Knoxville; a brother, Jerry Bomar of Burleson, Texas, seven stepgrandchildren and four stepgreat-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Concord United Methodist Church or Poplar Grove United Methodist Church Building Fund in Drummonds.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 12, 2005

RIPLEY - Ruby Nell Richardson, 80, of Northlake, Ill., formerly of Ripley, homemaker, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates, Tenn. Mrs. Richardson, the widow of Edward Lee Richardson, leaves a daughter, Carolyn Priola of Northlake; a son, Marshall Richardson of Grant, Ala.; a sister, Jessie Marchetti of Rivergrove, Ill., three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 4, 2004

RIPLEY - Jewell Richardson, 80, homemaker, died of heart failure Friday at her home. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Marys Chapel Baptist Church near here with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Richardson, the widow of Howard George Richardson, leaves two daughters, Brenda Sanders and Barbara Holcomb, both of Ripley; two sons, Don Richardson of Addison, Ill., and Randall Richardson of Ripley; two sisters, Jessie Mae Marchetti of River Grove, Ill., and Ruby Richardson of North Lake, Ill., nine grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 19, 1996

GATES - Cleveland Leon Riley, 64, retired construction contractor, died Thursday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. He was a member of Enon Baptist Church. He leaves two daughters, Kathleen Riley Hass of Dyersburg and Melody Riley of Chicago; three sisters, Ruth Sturdivant, Laverne Reynolds and Buton Ward, all of Halls; two brothers, Clyde Riley of Gates and Ermen Riley Jr. of Halls, and four grandchileren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 21, 2002

Gates - Clyde J. Riley, 73, retired from Marimont, died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. He was a deacon at Woodville Baptist Church. Mr. Riley, the husband of Mary Ann Riley, also leaves two daughters, Vicki Stover of Dyersburg and Suzanne Hogue of Gates; two sisters, Ruth Sturdivant and Buton Ward, and a brother, Ermen Riley Jr., all of Halls, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 10, 2005

GATES - Mrs. Bethel M. Robison, 68, retired beautician, died Friday night at Methodist Hospital in Memphis after a long illness. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near here. She was a member of Concord Methodist Church. Mrs. Robison leaves 12 nieces.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 16, 1990

RIPLEY - Coy Edward Robison, 83, retired farmer, died of heart failure Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home here with burial in Concord Cemetery near Ripley. He was a member of Gates Baptist Church. He leaves a sister, Willie Cook of Halls; a brother, Luther John Robison of Memphis, and a nephew who cared for him, Harlen Fennell.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 25, 1998

Ripley - Cathy D. Ross, 56, died February 21, 2007 at Vanderbilt University Hospital. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. February 23, and funeral services will be at 1 p.m. February 24, both at Garner Funeral Home. Burial in Concord Cemetery.
Garner Funeral Home
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 23, 2007

Miss Annie Royer, 81, of Gates, died at 7:30 p.m. last Friday in Lauderdale County Hospital, which she entered one week earlier. Services were Saturday in Ripley Funeral Home, burial in Concord Cemetery. She leaves her sisters, Mrs. Rosie HOWARD, Mrs. Nora LUCAS and Mrs. Will LUCAS, all of Ripley. LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE FRIDAY MAY 31, 1968

RIPLEY - Audy B. Ruffin, 86, homemaker, died Thursday morning of heart failure at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Concord Cemetery near Gates. Garner Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Curve Baptist Church. Mrs. Ruffin, the widow of C. D. Ruffin, leaves a son, Doyle Scallions of Ripley; three stepdaughters, Carolyn Newman of Ripley, Louise Newman of Gates and Jean Lunsford of San Antonio, Texas; a stepson, Howard Ruffin of Milwaukee, and a sister, Jettie Woodley of Dyersburg.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 25, 1995

Gates - Analine Ferguson Scallions, 83, died July 1, 2006 at her home. Visitation 5-9 p.m. Tuesday July 4. Service 1 p.m. Wednesday July 5 at Garner Funeral Home.
Garner Funeral Home
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 4, 2006

HALLS - Edward Lawson Scallions, 67, retired employee of Reelfoot Packing Co., died Monday after an apparent heart attack at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. Mr. Scallions leaves three aunts.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 18, 1994

GATES -- H. A. 'Jack' Scallions, 91, retired farmer, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Concord Cemetery here. Mr. Scallions, the husband of Rachel Leggett Scallions, also leaves a daughter, Doris Evelyn Hill of Ripley; two sons, D. A. Scallions of Gates and Jack Scallions of Athens, nine grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 7, 1993

RIPLEY - Isedora Scallions, 94, homemaker, died of heart failure Sunday at Ripley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. She was a member of Curve Baptist Church. Mrs. Scallions, the widow of Jack Scallions, leaves two sons, James Scallions of Ripely and Charles Scallions of Coffeeville, Miss., four grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 26, 1998

GATES - Rachel Scallions, 88, homemaker, died Saturday night at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley after an apparent heart attack. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. She was a member of Grace Bible Baptist Church near here. Mrs. Scallions, the widow of Hershell A. Scallions, leaves a daughter, Doris Evelyn Hill of Ripley; two sons, D. A. Scallions of Gates and Rev. Jack Scallions of Athens; nine grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 6, 1995

Sarah Elizabeth Scallions
Ripley - Elizabeth Scallion, 85. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, November 21 at the funeral home. Burial in Concord Cemetery. She is survived by her husband John Wesley Scallion.
Garner Funeral Home
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 19, 2005

GATES - Terry Dewayne Scallions, 52, farmer, died Thursday of complications from a blood disorder at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Yarbrough Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. He was a member of Grace Bible Church. Mr. Scallions, the husband of Mary A. Scallions, also leaves a daughter, Traci Leigh; a son, Billy Scallions; two sisters, Sandra Dyson and Tina Arwood, all of Gates, and a grandson.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 18, 1996

RIPLEY - Thomas Doyle Scallions, 71, died Monday at Ripley Healthcare & Rehab. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Concord Cemetery. Garner Funeral Home has charge. He leaves a stepsister, Carolyn Newman of Ripley, and a stepbrother, Howard Ruffin of Milwaukee.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 3, 2002

GATES - Jimmy Mack Scott, 50, farmer, died Monday at Methodist Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Concord Cemetery there. Mr. Scott, the husband of Peggy Morgan Scott, also leaves two daughters, Janet Lee Scott of Little Rock and Becky Regina Winters of Ripley; two sons, Jason Edward Scott of Ripley and Joseph Anthony Scott of Gates; three sisters, Lorene Cobb of Byhalia, Miss., Ruth House of Memphis and Maie Yarbrough of Chicago, and three brothers, Ronnie Scott and Donald Scott, both of Brighton, and James Scott of Halfway, Mo..
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 19, 1992

CURVE - Homer Wilson Sellers, 89, retired farmer, died of heart failure Saturday at Covington (Tenn.) Manor Nursing Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Concord Cemetery. He was a member of Gates (Tenn.) Church of God. Mr. Sellers, the husband of Laverla Sellers, also leaves a daughter, Dawn Moore of Memphis; a son, James Sellers of Covington, seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 12, 1998

RIPLEY - James William Sellers, 81, retired farmer, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital Lauderdale. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. He was a member of Curve United Methodist Church. Sellers, the husband of Irma
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 12, 1991

HALLS - Henry Edward Shepard, 75, retired blazer for Air Filter in Brownsville, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. He attended Halls Assembly of God. Mr. Shepard, the husband of Louise Jackson Shepard, also leaves a daughter, Jeanie McCallister of Columbus, Miss.; a son, Jerry Shepard of Memphis; two stepsons, Phillip Vaughn of Munford and John Vaughn of Halls; four half-sisters, Peggy Hartman of Gates, Jessie Hopper of Booneville, Miss., Flora Jones of Fredericksburg, Va., and Mary Thomas of Brownsville; a half-brother, Franklin Moore of California, 16 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: November 7, 2002

Traciee Lynn Sides, 7, daughter of Curtis and Stephanie Sides of Boaz, Ala., formerly of Memphis, student, died Tuesday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Family Funeral Care Stage Road Chapel with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates, Tenn. She also leaves two brothers, Bryan Sides of Boaz and Joseph Jeanes of Cordova, and her grandparents, Charles and Sandra Jackson of Olive Branch, and Mary Lou Sides of Harrisburg, Ark. The family requests that memorials be sent to Make-A-Wish Foundation or the University of Alabama at Birmingham Children's Hospital oncology research.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 14, 2003

Dorothy L. Smith, 75, of Memphis, homemaker, died Wednesday at Saint Francis Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates, Tenn. She was a Baptist. She leaves a daughter, Cynthia Martin of Memphis; six sons, Douglas Robinson, Anthony Robinson, Billy Robinson, Steve Robinson and Kenneth Robinson, all of Memphis, and Curtis Robinson of Ripley, Tenn.; a sister, Louise Buckner of Ripley, 20 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 13, 2002

GATES - Krista Kaylee Smith, infant daughter of Angie Smith and Tim Smith, died at birth Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Concord Cemetery near Gates. Garner Funeral Home has charge. She also leaves a sister, Alisha Lynne Smith of Ripley; her grandparents, Lucy and Bobby Mullins of Henning, and Johnny and Wren Smith of Ripley, and her great-grandparents, Annis and Roy Blankenship of Memphis.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 1, 1995

MAURY CITY - Roy D. Smith, 80, retired foreman for Pheoll Manufacturing Co. in Chicago, died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. He was a World War II Army veteran and a member of Maranatha Baptist Church. Mr. Smith, the husband of Rosina Berti Smith, also leaves a daughter, Fedora Daria Schmidt of Lisle, Ill.; a son, Alfred Smith of Cary, N.C., five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 2, 2002

FRIENDSHIP - William Francis Smith, 72, barber, was pronounced dead of cardiac arrest Thursday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. Mr. Smith, the husband of Gracie May Lewis Smith, also leaves a daughter, Sue Holman of Ripley; three sons, Ray Smith of Memphis, Ricky Smith of Johnson Grove and Roger Smith of Elkton, Ky.; a brother, Roy Smith of Maury City, and six grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 17, 1996

RIPLEY - Willie Smith, 66, truck driver, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. He was a World War II Army veteran. Smith leaves two daughters, Ms. Joyce Moore and Ms. Toni Reynolds, both of Ripley; a son, William Smith of Chicago; two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Pace of Ripley and Mrs. Jeanette Buckner of Memphis; two brothers, J. W. Smith of Millington and Johnny Smith of Ripley, and five grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 10, 1991

RIPLEY - Raynor H. Sorrell, 74, retired farmer, died Monday at Hillhaven Convalescent Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. He was a member of Center Hill Baptist Church in Olive Branch. Mr. Sorrell, the husband of Pauline Jackson Sorrell, also leaves two daughters, Martha Buckner of Halls and Lyndle Farr of Southaven; four sons, Mark Sorrell of Southaven, Edwin Sorrell of Hernando, and Raynor Sorrell Jr. and Richard D. Sorrell, both of Memphis, 17 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 27, 1993

RIPLEY - Pauline J. Sorrell, 80, of Southaven, Miss., formerly of Ripley, retired dietary clerk for Baptist Memorial Hospital, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Mrs. Sorrell, the widow of Raynor Sorrell, leaves two daughters, Martha Buckner of Decaturville and Lyndle Farr of Southaven; four sons, Raynor Sorrell Jr. of Germantown, Eddie Sorrell of Hernando, Dewayne Sorrell of Bartlett and Mark Sorrell of Southaven; two brothers, Ernest Jackson of Ripley and Russell Jackson of Gates, 17 grandchildren, six stepgrandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and nine stepgreat-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 17, 2002

RIPLEY - Helen M. Stanley, 78, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital- Lauderdale after a long illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Macedonia Baptist Church near here, where she was a member, with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. Garner Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Stanley, the widow of David L. Stanley, leaves a daughter, Gail Shelton of Ripley; a son, David Gene Stanley of Fort Worth, Texas; three sisters, Catherine Koonce, Jimmie Steelman and Echiel Klutts, all of Ripley, fou r grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 3, 1993

FORKED DEER - Harry Sonny Stanley, 66, farmer, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Concord Methodist Church, where he was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Halls Funeral Home has charge. He was a director of the Federal Land Bank in Brownsville and was a member of American Agricultural Movement. Mr. Stanley, the husband of Juanita McNeil Stanley, also leaves two daughters, Rita Hartman of Gates and Patricia Murray of Dyersburg; two sons, Steven O'Neal Stanley and Harry Brent Stanley, both of Gates; three sisters, Margeurite Jacox and Jessie King, both of Gates, and Elsie Ireland of Southaven, Miss., and eight grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: April 26, 1993

RIPLEY - Jimmie Ellis Steelman, 92, homemaker, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. She was a member of Nutbush Baptist Church. Mrs. Steelman, the widow of David Ellis Steelman, leaves a son, Joyce Tillman, and two sisters, Catherine Koonce and Echiel Klutts, all of Ripley, two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 20, 2002

Samuel Sylvester Steelman, 89, retired farmer, of Gates, died Sunday, April 15, at Haywood Park Hospital in Brownsville. Services were at 2 p.m., Tuesday, April 17, at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. He was a member of Woodville Baptist Church, and was a World War II Army Veteran. Mr. Steelman, husband of Dorothy Steelman, leaves two daughters, Patty Vaden and Brenda Scallions, both of Ripley; two sons, Gary Steelman of Halls and Sammy Steelman of Gates; a sister, Elizabeth Koonce of Ripley; a brother, Glenn Steelman of Ripley; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
The Lauderdale Voice, Wednesday, April 18, 2007

RIPLEY - Francesca 'Penny' Sully, 61, of Louisville, Ky., formerly of Ripley, loan processing specialist, died Sunday at her home. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Concord Cemetery in Gates. Garner Funeral Home has charge. She leaves three sons, George Douglas Hester, Dwane W. Hester and Gregory R. Sully; a cousin who helped care for her, Barbara Paris, and seven grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 12, 2004

RIPLEY -- Mary Louise Tillman, 64, homemaker, died Friday night of cancer at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. She was a member of Fulton Baptist Church near here. Mrs. Tillman, the wife of Joyce Tillman, also leaves a daughter, Carol Harber of Halls; a son, Ronnie Tillman of Ripley; two sisters, Sheila Langley of Ripley and Juanita Richardson of Jackson; three brothers, Jerry Pilcher, Harold Pilcher and Thomas Pilcher, all of Ripley, and four grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 27, 1994

Ripley - Marie H. Tipps, 83, died May 4, 2006 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. May 7 at Garner Funeral Home. Service will be at 1 p.m. May 8 at Henning First Assembly of God.
Garner Funeral Home
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 6, 2006

Gates - Ramona Joy Turner, 70, died at her residence near Gates, TN after a lengthy illness. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 24, 2006 at Halls Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Concord Cemetery. She was retired from Tupperware, a homemaker, and a member of Archers Chapel Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband, Gene Turner; two sons, David Turner of Jackson, TN and Tony Turner of Tulsa, OK; and two brothers, James Gilliland and Gerry Gilliland, both of Halls, TN.
Halls Funeral Home, Halls, TN
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: January 24, 2006

Mrs. Augusta Vaden, 82, widow of John M. VADEN, Halls merchant, died at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday in Parkview Hospital, Dyersburg, which she entered two hours earlier with heart failure. Services were at 10 a.m. Thursday at Halls Funeral Home, burial in Concord Cemetery. Born in Haywood County, she moved to Lauderdale County in 1907. She was a member of Curve Church of God. Her husband died in 1962. She leaves 6 sons; Paul, Lynn, Judson, & Wayne VADEN, all of Halls , John M. VADEN, Jr., of Memphis and Andrew VADEN, of Marion, Ark.; two daughters, Mrs. Gilbreath DYER, of Halls and Mrs. W. C. BATTS, of Fulton, Ky.; a sister, Mrs. Robert P. CLARK, of Forked Deer. ENTERPRISE FRIDAY 5 JANUARY 1968

GATES - Hollis Durwood Vaden, 76, farmer, died of heart failure Wednesday at Methodist Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. He was a World War II Army veteran and a member of Eureka Methodist Church. Mr. Vaden, the husband of Mary Lee Burcham Vaden, also leaves three sons, Hollis Vaden Jr. of Halls, William Vaden of Ripley and Lynn Vaden of Louisiana, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 13, 1998

Ripley - Mary Lee Vaden, 80, homemaker, passed away Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at Haywood Park Community Hospital. Services at 1 p.m., Friday, October 20 at Garner Funeral Home. Burial will be in Concord Cemetery in Gates.
Garner Funeral Home
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 20, 2006

HALLS - Paul Jefferson Vaden, 84, grocery store and service station owner, died of pulmonary arrest Friday at a daughter's home in Dyersburg. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. Mr. Vaden, the widower of Leatha Dew Vaden, leaves four daughters, Letricia Jacobs and Brenda Rankin, both of Memphis, Judy Berry of Dyersburg and Sherry Brown of Halls; a son, Paul J. Vaden Jr. of Memphis; two brothers, Carlton Vaden of Marion, Ala., and Judson Vaden of Halls, nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: July 7, 1996

HALLS - Letha Jewell Vaden, 74, grocery store owner and operator, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. She was a member of Halls First Baptist Church. Mrs. Vaden, the wife of Paul Jefferson Vaden, also leaves four daughters, Judy Berry and Brenda Rankin, both of Dyersburg, Letricia Jacobs of Memphis and Sherry Brown of Halls; a son, Paul Vaden Jr. of Memphis; four sisters, Dona Canada of Halls, Louise Clark of Cleveland, Ohio, Jesse Sue Camp of Greenwood, Miss., and Allie Ward of Holly Springs, Miss., eight grandchildren and four great- grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 4, 1993

HALLS - John William Vaughn Jr., 42, truck driver, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. He attended Halls First Assembly of God. He leaves two daughters, Venessa Vaughn of Union City and Kali Vaughn of Memphis; three sons, Christian Vaughn and Joush Vaughn, both of Halls, and Jonathan Vaughn of Union City; his mother, Louise Shepard of Halls; a brother, Phillip Vaughn of Memphis, and two granddaughters.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 4, 2002

RIPLEY -- Ruben Vaughn, 55, of Nashville, formerly of Ripley, died Thursday at Crestview Nursing Home in Nashville. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. Mr. Vaughn leaves three sisters, Rachel Latham and Earlene Freeman, both of Memphis, and Katherine Cox of Chicago, and a brother, Lynn D. Vaughn of Whiteville.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: October 17, 1993

Brownsville - Linda Diane Watkins, died Monday, June 5 at Methodist University Hospital-Memphis. Graveside services will be at Noon Wednesday, June 7 at United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Brownsville Funeral Home
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: June 7, 2006

GATES - Ona Mae White, 90, homemaker, died Tuesday of heart failure at Methodist Hospital Germantown. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Maranatha Baptist Church in Ripley with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. Garner Funeral Home of Ripley has charge. She was a member of Grace Bible Baptist Church in Ripley. Mrs. White, the widow of Emmett Monroe White, leaves five daughters, Marie Furr of Gates, Ginny Frisbie of Germantown, Dorothy Hendley of Nashville, Fanie Braden of Ripley and Carolyn Scarberry of Memphis; three sons, E. M. White Jr. and Joe White, both of Ripley, and Robert H. White of Southaven, Miss., 15 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 8, 1996

HALLS - Richard Eugene Wilkerson, 38, mechanic for Will Hites Truck & Service in Denmark, died of cardiac arrest Thursday at Methodist Haywood Park Hospital in Brownsville. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Halls Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery in Gates. He leaves his parents, Shirley Wilkerson of Halls and William Joel Wilkerson of Bells.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 3, 1996

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Dyersburg - Annie Demetra Williams, 96, formerly of Ripley, died Thursday, December 29, 2005 at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Home. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday, December 30 and the service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 31 at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial to follow at Concord Cemetery in Gates. She was a member of Curve Church of Christ. Mrs. Williams, the widow of Guy Samuel Williams, leaves two daughters, Daisy Milan of Memphis and Martha Davis of Ripley; two sons, Steve Williams of Dyersburg and David Wilford Blakely of Ripley; two sisters, Burnice Forrester of Oxford, AL, and Fay Williams of Ripley; a brother, Winston Carmack of Gates, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Garner Funeral Home, Ripley
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: December 30, 2005

Amy Christine Lee Williams, 28, of Byhalia, Miss., payroll clerk at Dobbs International Airline Catering, died after an auto accident Sunday in Hernando, Miss. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hernando Funeral Home with burial in Concorde Cemetery in Gates, Tenn. She was a member of Northview Baptist Church and a volunteer at the Memphis Zoo. Mrs. Williams, the wife of Robert Lee Williams Jr., also leaves a daughter, Tori Elaine Williams of Byhalia; her parents, Lee and Robbie Lee of Memphis; a sister, Patricia Annette Brown of Nesbit, Miss.; her grandparents, Evelyn and Robert Escue of Gates and Ellise Lee of Troy, Tenn.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: March 4, 1997

George W. Wilson was born May 9th, 1842 and departed this life March 11th, 1923, aged 81 years. He was married when a young man to Miss Mary HARRIS. To this union nine children were born. His companion passed away in 1884. He was again married in 1887 to Mrs. Ida STOKES. To this union four children were born. Bro. WILSON professed faith in Christ when he was about 48 years old he joined the Concord Methodist Church and later moved to Curve M. E. Church. Bro WILSON leaves to mourn his death, 7 children; a kind wife and companion and a host of friends. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in Concord Church by Rev. W. B. RALPH and Rev. L. R. WADSWORTH, after which the remains were laid to rest in the cemetery behind the church.
LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE, RIPLEY, TN, MARCH 16th, 1923

Leonard Olin 'Woody' Wood, 71, of Somerville, retired employee of the Corps of Engineers, died of heart failure Monday at National Healthcare Center of Fayette County in Somerville. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home in Somerville with burial in Concord Cemetery in Halls, Tenn. He was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church in Edith, Tenn. Mr. Wood, the husband of Edith Fay Dobson Wood, also leaves two daughters, Wilda Wilson and Betty Stewart, both of Somerville, 15 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 21, 2001

RIPLEY - Cas Worlds, 93, retired carpenter, died Tuesday of heart failure at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery near Gates. He was a member of Gates Church of God Holiness. Mrs. Worlds, the husband of Sam Ethel Stokes Worlds, also leaves a daughter, Glenev Chisholm, and two sons, Morris Worlds and Garland Worlds, all of Ripley; a sister, Donie Milan of Sardis, Miss.; a brother, Cecil Worlds of Memphi s, six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, two stepgreat-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: August 9, 1995

Ruby Nell Worlds, 86, widow of James Worlds, died Friday in Dyersburg Manor. Rites were Sunday in Garner Funeral Home in Ripley, with burial in Concord Cemetery. She was a member of Curve Baptist Church. She leaves sisters, Marjorie Burns, of Ripley, Virginia Bowers, of Halls, and Carolyn Pace, of Humboldt.
The Lauderdale County Enterprise, Ripley, Tennessee, September 20, 20007

RIPLEY - Sam Ethel Worlds, 92, homemaker, died of heart failure Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Concord Cemetery. She was a member of Gates Holiness Church. Mrs. Worlds, the widow of Cas Worlds, leaves a daughter, Glenerv Chisholm, and two sons, Morris Worlds and Garland Worlds, all of Ripley; two sisters, Dessie Cannon of Ripley and Demetra Thomas of Nashville, six grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: September 11, 1999

DURHAMVILLE-ORYSA--Mrs. Lula WRIGHT died at her home here Tuesday evening of last week,following a year's illness.Mrs.WRIGHT was a member of the Henning Methodist Church for many years. She is survived by her husband, A.J. WRIGHT. While she had no children of her own,she reared a number of children of members of her family.Funeral services were held at her home Thursday morning at 10 o'clock,conducted by Rev.TAYLOR,of Ripley.Interment was in Concord cemetery near Gates.
THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE FRIDAY APRIL 22, 1932

Henning - Bill Yarbrough, 70, retired welder, died Thursday on his farm. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Concord Cemetery. He was a member of Curve Baptist Church. He leaves three daughters, Sharon Kranczyk of Hanover Park, Ill., Lydia Schwarz of Island Lake, Ill., and Tammy Toledo of Roselle, Ill.; a son, Tony Yarbrough of Bensenville, Ill.; two sisters, Jane Escue of Florida and Irma Lou Leatherwood of Tennessee; four brothers, Bobby Yarbrough of Kentucky, Ira Yarbrough of Ripley, John Yarbrough of Gates and William Yarbrough of Roselle, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 13, 2005

GATES -- Sadie Yarbrough, 86, homemaker, died of heart failure Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in Ripley. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley with burial in Concord Cemetery here. She was a member of Curve Baptist Church near here. Mrs. Yarbrough, the widow of Oscar Yarbrough, leaves three daughters, Irene Thurmond of Ripley, Jane Escue of Florida and Irma Lou Leatherwood of McMinnville; five sons, Ira Yarbrough, John Yarbrough and Billy Yarbrough, all of Gates, Bobby Yarbrough of Dover and Oscar William Yarbrough of Illinois; 26 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: May 21, 1994