Jerry Cunningham
Jerry Lynn Cunningham, 86, of Troy passed away Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. Graveside services will be conducted noon Wednesday at Ebenezer Cemetery near Troy. There will be no visitation and friends are asked to meet at the cemetery for the service. Pallbearers will be Samuel Cunningham, Eli Cunningham, Caleb Barker,…
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Sammy Butler, 49, of Tiptonville passed away Saturday morning, Aug. 9, 2025, at his home. He was former resident of Union City. Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Family and friends will officiate the service. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 11…
Read MoreJames Maxwell
James Kenneth Maxwell, 81, of Fulton died Aug. 7, 2025. A memorial service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 16, at Hornbeak Funeral Home Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 10 a.m. until the hour of service Aug. 16. The Messenger 8.8.25
Read MoreKathy McDonald
Mrs. Kathy Sharon McDonald, 78, of Obion received her heavenly wings on Sunday, July 27, 2025. Funeral services wer held 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 30, at Cornerstone Community Church in Obion. Bro. Eric Leto officiated, with Rev. Terry English having prayer at Rosehill Cemetery. Visitation was at the church from 11 a.m. until the hour…
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NEW GEAR — Troy Assistant Fire Chief and emergency medical services director Bryan Lippard (right) helped alderman Doug Bobo put on a new set of turnout gear recently purchased for the department with Tennessee Rescue Squad Grant Program funding provided through the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance and the Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office.
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HAVING FUN — Nine-month-old Preston Douglass, son of Mary Katherine and Blake Douglass of Union City, was being held by his poppa, Jack Douglass of Somerville, as he clung tight to the steering wheel of a McCormick Farmall Cub during the antique tractor show Saturday at Discovery Park of America. The tractor is owned by…
Read MoreJerry Cox
Jerry Cox, 84, of Fulton died Aug. 3, 2025, at The Etheridge House in Union City. Private graveside services will be held. A visitation will be held at Hornbeak Funeral Home from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday. The Messenger 8.5.25
Read MoreCarla Brooks
Carla Brooks, 67, of Union City died July 31, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. Services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home Chapel in Union City. Interment will follow in East View Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the funeral home. The Messenger/8.4.25
Read MoreJames Bishop
James Aubrey Bishop, 58, of Dyersburg died Aug. 1, 2025, in Dyersburg. Visitation will be held Saturday from 11 a.m-1 p.m., followed by a funeral service at 1 p.m. at the Anointed Church of The Living God, located at 1211 South Miles Ave. in Union City. McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home in Union City is in charge…
Read MoreArline Coley
Mrs. Mary Arline Coley, age 83, of South Fulton passed away Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, at her residence. She was born on Sept. 6, 1941, in Ballard County, Ky., to the late Arlie Viniard and Mary Louise Hughes Viniard. Arline was a member of the Fulton First Baptist Church, where she was in the Gleaners…
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