MEMORIAL DAY EVENT
MEMORIAL DAY EVENT — Samburg Tourism chairman Ed Mayberry recently placed a poster promoting the city’s “Fire on the Water” Memorial Day Celebration at a local business. The event will be held Saturday at Spicer Park and will include patriotic music provided by Sound Services at 7 p.m. and fireworks at 9. Past and present…
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D.C. BOUND — Local high school graduates (front, from left) Mary Pitts from South Fulton High School and Angel Edwards, Gaby Jones, (middle) Jayda Disney, Hope Kennedy, Kamia Cross and (back) Alex Del-Castillo of Union City High School will join chaperones Dr. Greg and Carmen Barclay on a week-long trip to Washington, D.C., starting next…
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TRIAL BEGINS — Tony Markee Mosley (far right, wearing face shield) of Union City asks his legal counsel, District Public Defender Joe Atnip, a question during his trial Monday in Obion County Circuit Court. Mosley, 34, is accused of first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse in the death of 20-year-old DeCora Alexander of South…
Read MoreDavid Flanigan
David Flanigan, 75, of Fulton died May 22, 2022, at Jackson-Purchase Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at noon on Thursday at The United Church of The Living God. Interment will follow in Greenlea Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. until the hour of services Thursday at the church. Rawls Funeral Home…
Read MoreJanice Yates
Janice Yates, 83, a resident of Union City, died May 21, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at White-Ranson Funeral Home. Pastor Paul Leigeber will officiate. Burial will follow in East View Cemetery. Pallbearers will be family and friends. The family will receive visitors from 10 a.m.…
Read MoreAnn Likens
Ann Marie (Lovett) Likens, 54, of Oak Ridge, formerly of Hornbeak, died May 23, 2022, at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville following a battle with acute myeloid leukemia. A private memorial service will be held Saturday morning at Reelfoot Lake for immediate family. A Celebration of Life service will be held Saturday from 3-5 p.m.…
Read MoreDave Schlager
Dave Schlager, 59, a resident of Union City, died May 19, 2022, in Union City. Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Monday at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Dan Tilley officiating. The family received friends from noon until the hour of services. Schlager was born on Oct. 9, 1962, in Moberly, Mo., son of…
Read MoreButch Fussell
Butch Fussell, 69, of Troy passed away 3:42 p.m. Friday, May 20, 2022, at Regional One Health-Memphis. Funeral services were conducted 3 p.m. Sunday at Troy Church of Christ. Kevin Dobbins officiated. Burial was in Campground Cemetery. Pallbearers were Terry Roberson, Mike Fussell, Jerry Bailey, David Bailey, Tony Henson and Gene Clark. Edmaiston Mosley Funeral…
Read MoreDixie Vaught
Dixie June Vaught, 78, of Union City passed away 5:45 p.m. Friday, May 20, 2022, at The Waters in Union City. Funeral services will be private. Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Dixie was born Dec. 7, 1943, in Monticello, Ark., daughter of the late Johnnie Hall Etheridge Sr. and the late…
Read MoreChris Taylor
Christopher C. “Chris” Taylor, 50, of Union City passed away 9:50 a.m. Friday, May 20, 2022, at his home. He had been fighting cancer since Dec-ember 2021. Graveside services were conducted 4 p.m. Sunday at Pounds-Idle-wild Cemetery in Idlewild. Brother Ben Lownsdale officiated. Pallbearers were Ted Perry, Chad Odle, Brian Hale, David Lusk, Mark Coleman…
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