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Annie Branch

Annie Merrel Branch, 90, of Elkhart, Ind., formerly of Union City, died Oct. 14, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Rawls Funeral Home Chapel in Union City. Interment will follow in East View Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. until the hour of services Thursday at the funeral…

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Wayne Hutcherson

Wayne Hutcherson, 93, of Fulton died Oct. 15, 2021. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Brooks Chapel Kingdom Harvest Church in South Fulton. Interment will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Water Valley, Ky. Visitation will be held from noon until the hour of services Friday at the church. Rawls Funeral Home…

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Wade Briggs

Wade Lee “Butterball Jr.” Briggs, 75, of Michigan died Sept. 20, 2021. He was the brother of Anita Barnes of Union City. The family requests memorials be made to Rogel Cancer Center Prostate Cancer Program at the University of Michigan. Checks may be made payable to University of Michigan and sent to Michigan Medicine Office…

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Jim Kirby

Jimmie Lee “Jim” Kirby, 80, of Union City passed away 5:10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. Graveside services were conducted 1 p.m. Monday at Zion Cemetery near El-bridge. Dr. Melvin Poe officiated. Pallbearers were family and friends. Visitation was held at Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home from 11 a.m. until noon Monday.…

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Gunnar Campbell

Gunnar Joshua Campbell of Union City passed away Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at his home at the age of 4 months and 20 days. Private funeral services will be held at Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home on Wednesday. Brother Marcus McClure will officiate. Burial will follow in Zion Cemetery near Columbus, Ky. Gunnar was born May 27,…

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Bettye Jenkins

Mrs. Bettye Jane Mills Jenkins, 92, a resident of Union City, died Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at her home. Funeral services were to be held 1 p.m. today at White-Ranson Funeral Home. Bro. George Hickman and Bro. Timothy Houston were to officiate. Burial was to follow in Fox Cemetery in Obion. Visitation was to be…

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SURPRISE GUESTS

SURPRISE GUESTS — Donna Sheridan (Karen Saldaña) is busy preparing for her daughter’s wedding in Masquerade Theatre’s production of “Mamma Mia!” when she gets a shock. Three men from her past — Harry Bright (Michael Poore, left), Bill Austin (Jay Jackson, third from left) and Sam Carmichael (Adam Campbell) — have arrived at her Taverna…

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AND THE WINNER IS …

AND THE WINNER IS … — Kara Elliott of Obion is The Messenger’s Photo of the Month contest winner for September. She took this photo at Whispering Hills Farm, which she calls her “little slice of Heaven on earth.” She used a Samsung Galaxy s21 Ultra. Entries for the contest are accepted at ucdm@ucmessenger.com. “Photo…

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Donna Sherron

Donna Kay (Works) Sherron, 62, of Obion passed away 3:15 a.m. Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, at her home. Funeral services were to be conducted 3 p.m today at Greater Vision Church in Troy. Pastor Troy Craft was to have officiated. Burial was to have followed in Elbridge Cemetery. Visitation was held at Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home…

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Jewel Richardson

Jewel Richardson, 74, of Union City passed away 6:08 a.m. Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, at AHC-Union City. Funeral services were held 1 p.m. today at First Church of God in Union City. Brother Ron Gray officiated. Burial followed in East View Cemetery. Visitation was held at the church from 11 a.m. until the hour of…

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