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Area Obituaries

Martha McKnight

January 29, 2024

Martha Jane McKnight, 97, of South Fulton died Jan. 29, 2024, at The Waters of Union City. A private service will be held at a later date. Hornbeak Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The Messenger/1.29.24

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Charles Wade

January 29, 2024

Charles Perry Wade Sr., 86, of Union City died Jan. 27, 2024, at AHC of Union City in Union City. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Cayce Baptist Church, located at 41 Holly Circle in Fulton. Interment will follow at Harmony Cemetery in Clinton, Ky. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday at…

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Etta McElrath

January 29, 2024

Etta McElrath, 79, of Clinton, Ky., formerly of Hickman, Ky., died Jan. 25, 2024, at Clinton Place. Services will be noon Wednesday at McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home Chapel in Union City. Interment will follow in Hickman City Cemetery. Visitation will begin 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. The Messenger/1.29.24

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Janet Azbell

January 26, 2024

Janet Kay Azbell, 70, of Hornbeak passed away Thursday, January 25, 2024, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. Memorial services will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday, February 3, 2024, in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until the hour of services. The Messenger Online/1.26.24

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Edna Yarbrough

January 26, 2024

Edna Alline Yarbrough, 97, of Jackson passed away Thursday, January 18, 2024, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Visitation will be held at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Friday, February 2, 2024. Burial will follow in Alamo Cemetery. The Messenger Online/1.26.24

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James Douglas

January 24, 2024

James Douglas, 66, of Troy died Jan. 18, 2024, at his home. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.   Published in The Messenger 1.24.24

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Krista Davis

January 24, 2024

Krista Hooper Davis, 43, a resident of Greenfield, died Jan. 20, 2024, at her home. White-Ranson Funeral Home is in charge of cremation services. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Krista was born on Aug. 13, 1980, in Berwyn, Ill., to Lori Hooper-Blair. She was a CNA. She loved her Harley-Davidson.…

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Phillip Casey

January 24, 2024

Phillip E. Casey, age 77, of Union City passed away Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, at St. Thomas West in Nashville. White-Ranson Funeral Home is in charge of cremation arrangements. A private family memorial service will be held at a later date. Mr. Casey was born in Union City on July 17, 1946, to the late…

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Billy Brooks

January 24, 2024

Mr. Billy Wayne Brooks, age 92, of South Fulton passed away on Jan. 22, 2024, at Cane Creek Rehabilitation Center in Martin. He was born on June 25, 1931, in Obion County to the late Luther and Laura Belle Collins Brooks. He was a member of McConnell Baptist Church and was a farmer. Mr. Brooks…

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Robin Donnell

January 24, 2024

Robin Lynne Donnell, age 55, of Union City passed away Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, at her father’s home. Memorial services were held at 11 a.m. today (Jan. 24, 2024) at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with Bro. Tony Keeton officiating. The family received friends from 9 a.m. until the time of service at the funeral home. Burial…

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Jimmy Edgin

January 24, 2024

Jimmy Allen Edgin, 74, of Dyersburg died on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, at his residence in Dyersburg. Born Sunday, Feb. 6, 1949, in Lake County, he was the son of the late Herman B. Edgin and the late Catherine Lee Edgin. Mr. Edgin was a former supervisor for 36 years at Goodyear in Union City.…

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Marti Owens

January 24, 2024

Mary “Marti” (James) Owens, 62, of Springville passed away 6:40 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024, at her home. Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Brother Randy Stephens will officiate. Burial will follow in Cobbs Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from…

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