Area Obituaries

 Billy E. Ford, 85, of Martin, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, at Tennova Volunteer Hospital in Martin. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Martin.

Richard Layne Blackard, 69, of Dresden died Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 in Nashville. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bowlin Funeral Home in Dresden.

Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with Larry Speed officiating. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until the hour of services Thursday at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be David Totty, Larry Totty, Thomas Bruff Jr., Lacy Clayton, Tom Menees, Joe…

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by White-Ranson Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home. Dr. Bobby Williams will officiate. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held at Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home from 5-8 this evening. Pallbearers will be David Ursery, B.J. McBride, Jason Craig, Johnny Morrow, Jimmy Bailey and Greg…

Wilton Capps, 76, of Greenfield died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 at his residence. Services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Williams Funeral Home in Greenfield.

Terry Royce Ford, 69, of Ripley, owner, editor and publishers of The Lauderdale County Enterprise, passed away Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 in Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. A memorial service will held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley.

Harris W. Hall, 90, of Greenfield died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 at his residence. Services were held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Williams Funeral Home in Greenfield.

Alice Faye Lewis, 76, of Sharon died Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 at Weakley County Nursing Home in Dresden. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Williams Funeral Home in Greenfield.

Mildred Dean Maddox, 90, of Gleason died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 at Tennova Healthcare Volunteer in Martin. Services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Williams Funeral Home in Gleason.

She was a member of Faith Fellowship Community Church in Fulton and was a 1998 graduate of South Fulton High School. Tamara worked for Extendicare Home Health in Union City and had lived all of her life in this area. Tamara is survived by her husband, Joey Hall, whom she married Jan. 12, 2012; two…

Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Pentecostal Tabernacle in Water Valley. Interment will follow in Greater St. Paul Cemetery in Wingo, Ky. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Rawls Funeral Home in South Fulton is in charge of arrangements.