Jeanette Cartwright

Elizabeth Jeanette Cartwright, 79, of Hickman, Ky., passed away 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City.
Funeral services were conducted 1 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Brother Johnie Dalton was to officiate. Burial followed in Obion County Memorial Gardens.
Visitation was held at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. Monday and from noon until the hour of services Tuesday.
Pallbearers were John Wayne Willett, Josh Willett, Matt Willett, Santee Hunter, Tyler Hunter and Chase Elliott.
Honorary pallbearers were Andrew Lawrence, Dalton Edmaiston, Linden Scarbrough and Dan Cleek.
Jeanette was born Aug. 18, 1943, in Des Arc, Ark, daughter of the late James A Hunter and Sarah Mae (Schembra) Hunter. She worked for the Fulton County School System for several years before retiring and then went to work at H&R Block, where she worked for 15 years. Jeannette attended Mt. Ararat Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
She is survived by one daughter, Jane Jackson (Paul) of Union City; two sons, John Mathews (Jeannie) and Jeremy Mathews, all of Hickman; seven grandchildren, Jonah Mathews (Riley), Sarah Mathews and Jessica Edmaiston (Dalton), all of Union City, Christina Scarbrough (Linden) and Jennifer Jackson, all of Troy, and Jada Mathews and Jason Mathews, both of Hickman; two great-grandchildren, Hailey Isbell and Ryker Edmaiston, both of Union City; four stepdaughters, Joyce Lawrence (Scott) and Cindy McWhorter (Rick), all of South Fulton, and Diana Finch (Marty) and Debe Canaday (Bob), all of St. Louis; two sisters, Mary Jane Fowler and Charlotte Willett, both of Union City; five brothers, James Louis Hunter of Hickman, Loyd Hunter of Troy, Freddie Hunter and Samuel Hunter, both of Union City, and Ricky Hunter of Dover, Ark; 15 stepgrandchildren; 27 stepgreat-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, John Mathews, on Aug. 3, 2007; her second husband, Daniel Cartwright Jr., on May 29, 2014; one stepgrandson, Brandon Canaday; four sisters; and two brothers.
To leave messages of condolence for the family, visit the funeral home website at www.emfuneralhome.com.

Published in The Messenger 1.18.23