Zelma Denton

Zelma Maxine Denton, 98, of Union City, formerly of Samburg, died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, at The Waters of Union City.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Bobby Barnett and the Rev. Charles Southerland officiating. Burial will follow in Antioch Cemetery near Hornbeak.
Visitation will be from noon until the hour of services Saturday at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Lonnie Hailey, Bret Hailey, Travis Hailey, Chad Hailey, Vesa Ponkka and Brent Callicott.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.
She was born March 13, 1920, to the late Clarence “Speedy” Spicer and Iva Mae (Summers) Spicer. She married Harvell Denton on Dec. 24, 1941. He died July 27, 1995.
She worked at Blue Bank Restaurant on Reelfoot Lake for 35 years.
She was a Baptist and a member of Walnut Log Baptist Church.
She is survived by two daughters, Patricia (Lanny) Callicott and Mitzi (Terry) Hailey, both of Union City; a son, Joe Denton of Samburg; five grandchildren, Brent (Lisa) Callicott of Union City, Kim (Vesa) Ponkka of Huntingtown, Md., Chad (Christy) Hailey and Travis (Lonnie) Hailey, both of Nashville; and Bret (Chelsea) Hailey of Chattanooga; four great-grandchildren, Nicole Ponkka of Arlington, Va., Victoria Ponkka of Huntingtown, Gracyn Callicott of Union City and Sawyer Hailey of Chattanooga; one sister, Libby Davis of Memphis; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Jerry Short; and a brother, Clarence “Toonie” Spicer.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com

Published 1.4.19