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Area Obituaries

David Nielsen Sr.

December 30, 2025

David Lee Nielsen Sr., 66, a resident of Fulton, died Dec. 28, 2025, at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Graveside services will be held at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, at East View Cemetery.  Pallbearers will be Shane Bruce, Justin Damons, Cullen Howard, Nick Turnbow, Chandler Turnbow, Cory Williams and Landon Turnbow.  The family will receive…

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Lucy Reed

December 30, 2025

Lucy Mae Brooks Reed, 77, of Union City died Dec. 14, 2025. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home Chapel in Union City. The Messenger

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Richard Stover

December 28, 2025

Mr. Richard Carlton Stover, age 68, of Hornbeak died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Jan. 3, 2026, at Minnick Bible Church. Family and friends may call at the church from 10 a.m. until the hour of service at the church. Rev Austin Norton will officiate, with burial to follow…

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Dennis Walker

December 28, 2025

Dennis Wayne Walker, 71, of Kenton passed away 6:10 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, at his home. Funeral services were conducted 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Brother Brandon Norton officiated. Burial followed in East View Cemetery. Visitation was held at the funeral home from noon until the hour of…

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Monya Sanders

December 28, 2025

Mrs. Monya Sanders, 97, of Troy passed away on Dec. 25, 2025, at The Arbors in Union City. Services will be noon Monday, Dec. 29, at Troy Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Terrace Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from 11 a.m. until the hour of service Monday. Pallbearers will…

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Bear Charlton

December 28, 2025

Bear (Carol Wayne) Charlton, 86, a resident of Obion, died Dec. 24, 2025, at his home. Services were 3 pm, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, at White-Mahon Funeral Home. Erik Leto, David Charlton and Pastor John Carroll officiated. Burial followed in Rose Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were Luke Charlton, Jack Charlton, Davis Pinckney, Brandon Ward, Nathan Dickson…

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Mark Carlton

December 28, 2025

Mr. Mark Alan Carlton, age 71, of Hickman, Ky., passed away on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, at his residence. He was born on March 5, 1954, in St. Louis, Mo., to the late Guy Morris Carlton and Betty Jean Ethridge Hill of Hickman, Ky. Mark was a United States Navy veteran and a member of…

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Charles Gray

December 23, 2025

Charles Edwin Gray of the Shawtown community passed away at the age of 78 on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Born on Aug. 3, 1947, in Obion County, Charles was the son of the late Luby and Ollie (Lee) Gray. He was a devoted husband to Becky (Rounsavall) Gray,…

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Barbara Rieger

December 21, 2025

Barbara Bickley Rieger passed from this life Dec. 18, 2025, in Maryville. She was born March 19, 1926, in Newark, N.J., the daughter of Helen and Frederick Bickley, and the sister of Betty Troutman. Bobbie had a full life, she graduated from Columbia High School in Newark, and from Lassel Junior College in Newton, Mass.…

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Joyce Skaggs

December 21, 2025

Mrs. Joyce Skaggs, 85, of Union City passed away 9:20 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, at Diversicare of Martin. Funeral services were conducted 11 a.m. Saturday at Obion County Memorial Gardens. Pastor Russell Zik officiated. There was no visitation and friends were asked to meet at the cemetery at service time. Pallbearers were family. Joyce…

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Lucy A. Graham

December 21, 2025

Lucy A. Graham, 83, of Union City, formerly of Hickman, Ky., died Dec. 15, 2025, at the Obion County Nursing Home. Funeral services were noon Saturday at Hornbeak Funeral Chapel, with burial following in Hickman City Cemetery. Visitation was at the funeral chapel Saturday from 10 a.m. until the hour of service. The Messenger

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Patricia Dickey

December 21, 2025

Patricia Lynn Dickey, 64, of Union City died Dec. 18, 2025, at West Tennessee Healthcare Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home Chapel in Union City. Interment will follow in East View Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon Saturday at the funeral home. The Messenger

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