Kevin Morris Childress, age 58, of Martin died Monday, June 14, 2021, at his residence. Memorial Service and Celebration of Life will be held at a later date and will be announced by Murphy Funeral Home. Childress was the father of Marlena Childress and the son of the late Marvin Joe and Arlette Morris Childress.…

Elizabeth Cerrin Simmons, 89, of Dresden, passed away Saturday, June 12, 2021, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 17, 2021, at 1 p.m. at Bowlin Funeral Home. Burial will follow in macks Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon until service time at 1 p.m. Mrs. Simmons was born…

Service for Elvay “Jr” Dilday, age 87, of Gleason, will be held Tuesday,  June 15, at 11 a.m. at Williams Funeral Home of Gleason. Burial to follow in Hopewell Cemetery in Gleason. Visitation will begin Monday at 5 p.m. at the funeral in Gleason until 8 p.m. Dilday was survived by two sons, Elvay “Tootsie”…

Mrs. Betty Ann Arnold Smith, age 81, of Martin, died Saturday, 06/12/2021, at Diversicare of Martin. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, at Murphy Funeral Home in Martin with Rev. Jerry Powell officiating, with burial to follow at East Side Cemetery in Martin. Friends may assemble at the funeral home at 1:30…

Mrs. Doris June Schneider, age 85, died Saturday, 06/12/2021, at St. Frances Hospital, Bartlett. Murphy Funeral home is in charge of cremation arrangements. She was preceded in death by her husband, Norman Charles Schneider, and her parents, Grady and Lurlene Green Capps. Mrs. Schneider is survived by her daughter, Cheryl (Lewis) Hermansen of Huntley, Illinois;…

Mrs. Jacqueline Mae Koester, age 92, of Martin, TN, died Sunday, 06/06/2021, at her home. Mrs. Koester was a member of First Assembly of God, Martin, TN; she was retired painter and pin striper for Chrysler Corp. Mrs. Koester was preceded in death by a daughter, Susie Buscemi, a daughter-in-law, Ellen Marie Koester, and her…

Mrs. Lucinda Jane Lauffer, age 94, of Martin, TN, died Monday, 06/07/2021, at her home. Graveside services will be at 11:00 AM Thursday, 06/10/2021, at Stanley’s Chapel Cemetery, Union City, TN, with Rev. Mike Sams officiating. Friends may assemble at the cemetery at 10:45. Mrs. Lauffer was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Paul…

Eula Mae Griffith, age 86, of Palmersville, died Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at Brookdale Memory Care Center in Clarksville. Funeral service was held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bowlin Funeral Home Chapel in Dresden. Online tributes may be left at www.bowlinfuneralhome.com.

Kevin L. Davis, a cement finisher, died unexpectedly on May 12, 2021, at the age of 42. Kevin is survived by his parents, his wife, his children; five sisters, Carmede Jackson of Lansing, Michigan, Angeline Marie Jackson of Lansing; Stacy Njiru of Phoenix, Arizona, Julia-Ann Nicole Paschall of Martin, Marley Beth Farris of Sharon; two…