Ken Tolbert
Johnny Kendall “Ken” Tolbert, 55, of Fulton passed away Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City.
Graveside services were to be conducted 2 p.m. today at Obion County Memorial Gardens. Brother Paul Adams was to officiate.
Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
He was born April 11, 1965, in Union, Miss., son of the late Everett Harold and Johnnie Faye (Thornton) Tolbert. He married Suzette (Elliott) Tolbert Dec. 4, 2006. She survives.
Ken was a 1983 graduate of South Fulton High School, where he was a standout basketball player. He went on to attend Livingston College in Livingston, Ala., on a basketball scholarship. He was a member of Walnut Grove Baptist Church near South Fulton and had been employed as a truck driver.
He is also survived by his daughter, Abbey Tummins (Justin) of Fairview; his step-daughter, Jennifer Cagle (Greg Sturgeon) of Union City; his sister, Phillippia Cranick of Troy; his brother, Greg Tolbert of Troy; four grandchildren, Lexi Kirby (Bubba) of Fulton and Amber Lemon, Addie Cagle and Kasyn Sturgeon, all of Union City; and two great-grandchildren, Kinley Kirby and Braxton Kirby, both of Fulton.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.emfuneralhome.com.
Published 12.23.20
