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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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