Area Obituaries
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.…
Read MoreMary “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…
Read MoreMr. Ronnie Wardell Harris, 76, a resident of Rives and the Crockett Community, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, at the Henry County Healthcare Center and Plumley Rehabilitation in Paris, Tenn. There will be no services. White Ranson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Harris was born Oct. 9, 1947, in Obion…
Read MoreDwight Morgan Sr., age 57, of Obion and formerly of Dukedom, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, at his residence. He was born on May 4, 1966, in Detroit, Mich. Dwight Morgan was a 1985 graduate of Hickman County High School, longtime resident of Obion and employee of Tyson Foods for over 20 years.…
Read MoreRalph Arnold Wheatley Sr., 85, of Troy passed away 9:12 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, at his home. His wife Caroline (Spicer) Wheatley, 84, of Troy passed away 8 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, at her home. Funeral services were conducted 1 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Brother Ron Gray…
Read MoreShelly Evon Watson, age 63, of Trenton, formerly of Union City, passed away Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, at Brown Chapel AME in Union City, with Rev. Earl Kenneth Watson Jr. officiating. The family will receive friends…
Read MoreLorraine Allen, 66, of Union City died Jan. 22, 2024, at her home. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday at the funeral home. Published in The Messenger 1.24.24
Read MoreLeroy Brown, 55, of Fulton died Jan. 11, 2024, at West Tennessee Healthcare Volunteer Hospital. Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home Chapel in South Fulton. Visitation will begin at noon on Saturday at the funeral home. Published in The Messenger 1.24.24
Read MoreShawn Andrew Weaks, age 31, of Union City passed away surrounded by his family on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024, at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Funeral service will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with Bro. Guy Revell officiating assisted by Shawn’s brother, Steven Weaks. Interment will…
Read MoreShawn Andrew Weaks, 31, of Union City died Jan. 21, 2024, at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Services will be 3 p.m. Sunday at White-Ranson Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Saturday from 3-7 p.m. and again Sunday beginning at 1 p.m. until the time of…
Read MorePhillip E. Casey, 77, of Union City died 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. The Messenger/1.23.24
Read MoreJimmy Allen Edgin, 74, of Dyersburg died Jan. 23, 2024, at his residence. Services will be 2 p.m Saturday in the Chapel of Johnson-Williams Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Dyer County Memorial Gardens in Dyersburg. Visitation will be 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday at the funeral home. The Messenger/1.23.24
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