Jimmy Brown

Jimmy Ray Brown, 57, of Union City died April 27, 2017, at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Cryer Funeral Home in Obion, with the Rev. Robert Johnson officiating.
Burial will follow in Mount Moriah Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home 6-8 p.m. today.
Pallbearers will be Jason Norton, David Bailey, John Davis, Barry Reeves, Adam Reeves and Ben Lattus.
Honorary pallbearers will be Johnny Craddock, Ricky Seals, Randy Barnes, Malcolm Lester, Nelson Hale, Deon Barnes and David Thorpe.
He was born Oct. 24, 1959, in Union City, the son of the late Fred and Ora Josephine Barnett Brown. He was a retired employee of the former Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Union City, working in the shipping and final finish department. He was also an employee of Reeves Farms and a Baptist.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara Ledford Brown of Union City; a son and his spouse, James Eric and Elayna Brown of Dyersburg; a daughter, Amy Brown Wherry; a step-daughter and her spouse, Angie and Ben Lattus of Hickman, Ky.; a brother and his spouse, David and Melainia Brown of Dyersburg; three sisters and their spouses, Deborah and Fred Tucker of Madison, Dorothy and Randy Barnes of Union City and Lisa Barham of Dyersburg; eight grandchildren, Elizabeth Ann Lattus and Joseph Lattus, both of Hickman, Cash Wherry and Merry Allison Wherry, both of Obion, and Jack Crawford, Briley Rae Brown, Liam Fisher and Corbin Brown, all of Dyersburg.
He was also preceded in death by a son-in-law, John Wherry.
Condolences may be left for the family at www.cryerfuneralhome.com.
Published 4.28.17