Carolyn Jones
Ramona Carolyn Laster Jones, 95, of Rives died Feb. 28, 2024, at The Arbors in Union City. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Friday at White-Ranson Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Berea Cemetery. Visitation will be held 11:30 a.m. until the funeral hour on Friday at the funeral home. The Messenger/2.29.24
Read MoreShirley Reese
Shirley Ann Reese, 86, of Union City died Feb. 27, 2024, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at White-Ranson Funeral Home. Burial will follow in East View Cemetery. Visitation will be 10 a.m. until the funeral hour Friday at the funeral home. The Messenger/2.29.24
Read MoreSandra Stokes
Services for Sandra Carolyn Stokes, age 79, of McKenzie, TN will be held Thursday February 29, 2024 at 1pm at Williams Funeral Home of Gleason. Burial will follow in Highland Park Cemetery in Mayfield, KY. Visitation will start Thursday morning at 11am and go until time of her funeral service. Mrs. Stokes is survived by…
Read MoreWinona Hensley
Winona Hensley, 85, of Union City died Feb. 24, 2024. at her home. Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Visions Community Baptist Church. Visitation will be from noon until the service hour Saturday at the church. McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home in Union City is in charge of arrangements. The Messenger/2.28.24
Read MoreBREAKING: McConnell will step down as the Senate Republican leader
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step down from that position in November. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, announced his decision Wednesday in the well of the Senate, a place where he looked…
Read MoreBrayan Ortiz
Brayan Alejandro Ortiz, 26, of Union City died Feb. 27, 2024, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted 3 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 1 p.m. until the hour of services Saturday. The Messenger/2.28.24
Read More‘GROW’ING STRONG
GROW’ING STRONG — Obion County Solid Waste director Travis Alexander (far left) watched as a crew recently worked on steel supports for a much-needed warehouse which is being constructed to adjoin the existing Obion County Recycle Center at 1003B Mount Zion Road in Union City. The addition will allow the recycle center to store more…
Read MoreKathleen Gratz
Kathleen Marie Gratz, 66, of Union City died Feb. 26, 2024, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. Memorial services will be 3 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 2 p.m. until the hour of services Thursday. Published in The Messenger on 2.28.24
Read MorePhylis Keith
Phylis May Keith, 74, a resident of Troy, died Feb. 20, 2024, at her residence. The family received friends from 4-8 p.m. Saturday at White-Ranson Funeral Home. Mrs. Keith was born Feb. 7, 1950, in Union City to the late James and Catherine (Long) Sanders. She worked as a Credit Manager for The Bailey Company…
Read MoreSpydell Davidson
Mr. Phillip Spydell Davidson, age 86, of Martin, TN, died Sunday, February 25, 2024, at West Tennessee Volunteer Hos-pital in Martin, TN. He was born March 1, 1937, to Percy Alrice Davidson and Mamie Pearl Harbison Davidson in Dickson, TN. Visitation will be Saturday, March 2, 2024, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Martin Church of…
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