Kenny Thurmond

Kenneth “Kenny” Wayne Thurmond, 77, of South Fulton died Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, at the Jackson Purchase Medical Center in Mayfield, Ky.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Hornbeak Funeral Chapel, with burial following in  Obion County Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
He was a member of First Baptist Church of Fulton and served on the 911 Emergency Communications Board of Obion County. He attended the former Woodland Mills High School and served in the military for three years as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army and was stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C.
He drove for Yellow Freight for over 20 years and was a lieutenant in the Union City Fire Department.
He is survived by his wife of 29 years, Lana Hutchins Thurmond of South Ful-ton; five children, Todd Thurmond of Fayetteville, N.C., Mark Thurmond of Beauford, N.C., Jennifer Caldwell of Fulton, Jeff Campbell of Fayetteville, Ark., and Donnie Ethridge of Edmond, Okla.; two sisters, Shelby (David) Haynes of Martinez, Ga., and Collen (Pete) Cooley of Union City; a brother, James (Delores) Thurmond of Middleton; seven grandchildren, Kensey and Tyler Thurmond of Fayetteville, N.C., Allie and Ann Marie Caldwell of Fulton, Jack Seger and London Campbell of Fayetteville, Ark., and Garrett Steedley of Fayetteville, N.C.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Vicki Thurmond; and his parents, Woodrow and Eledora Gardner Thurmond.
Online tributes may be left at www.hornbeakfuneralchapel.com.
Published 12.13.17