Donna Staten
Donna Staten, 78, of Union City died Oct. 12, 2023. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from noon until the hour of services Sunday. The Messenger 10.14.23
Read MoreWillie Ross
Willie Marshall Ross, 68, of Union City died Oct. 10, 2023, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be 2 p.m. Oct. 20 at McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in East View Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon on Oct. 20 at the funeral home. The Messenger 10.13.23
Read MoreOpportunity to view annular eclipse this Saturday
An annular eclipse will take place this Saturday, and most of the people in the continental United States will see at least a partial eclipse. The path of annularity for the eclipse will begin in the United States in Oregon and exit into the Gulf of Mexico in south Texas. It will also cross the…
Read MoreMary Mullins
Mrs. Mary Elaine Blackburn Mullins, age 72, of Martin died Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at her home. Graveside services will be Monday, 10/16/2023, at 11:00 AM at East Side cemetery, with Bro. David Scarbrough officiating, with burial to follow. Friends may assemble at the cemetery at 10:45 AM Monday; there will be no visitation at…
Read MoreT. Joe Walker
Mr. T Joe Walker, age 99, of Martin died Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at Weakley County Nursing and Rehab Center in Dresden. Funeral service was held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Martin Church of Christ with Bro. Ricky Phillips officiating. Burial followed with Military Honors in Hatler’s Chapel Cemetery. He retired after a total…
Read MoreDANGEROUS CURIOSITY
DANGEROUS CURIOSITY — Young Simba (above, Carlisle Peery), encouraged by his Uncle Scar (Madix Turner), walks through the elephant graveyard where he and his best friend, the young lioness Nala (Nora Kate Keathley), encounter the ravenous hyenas, Shenzi (Rhealyn Laster), Banzai (Leighton Wilkey) and Ed (Elias Pierce). Scar soon sets in motion a plan to…
Read MorePOLICE PLUNGE
POLICE PLUNGE — Caleb Hayden (center), a deputy with the Obion County Sheriff’s Office, was in the hot seat to take a dip in the chilly water of a dunking booth Saturday during the second annual Hornbeak Community Fall Fest at the city’s park on Glass Road. Fellow deputies and Hornbeak Police Chief Kent Treece…
Read MoreApostle Michael Carr
Apostle Michael Carr Sr., 68, of Fulton died Sept. 26, 2023, at Baptist Health Deaconess Hospital in Madisonville, Ky. Services were noon on Saturday at Anointed Church of The Living God. Interment followed in East View Cemetery. Visitation began at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the church. McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home in South Fulton was in…
Read MoreJeffrey Ervin
Jeffrey Lynn Ervin Sr., 70, of Union City died Oct. 8, 2023, at his home. Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in East View Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the funeral hour at the funeral home. Published in The Messenger 10.11.23
Read MoreApril Simmons
April DeAnne Church Simmons, age 37, of Obion passed away Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, at her home. Visitation was 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, at White-Mahon Funeral Home in Troy. April was born in Union City on April 7, 1986, to Gary Wayne Church Sr. and Sandra Willcutt Daily. She was a homemaker. In…
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