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Area Obituaries

Tommy Fair

November 29, 2023

Tommy Fair, 56, of Troy died Nov. 21, 2023, at his home. Memorial services will be announced at a later date.  Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home is in charge of cremation arrangements. Published in The Messenger on 11.29.23

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Sammy Warren

November 29, 2023

Sammy Warren, 80, of Union City died Nov. 23, 2023, at his home. Services will be held 3 p.m. Saturday at McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home Chapel in Union City. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the funeral home. Published in The Messenger on 11.29.23

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Michael Gargus

November 29, 2023

Michael Lee Gargus, 74, of Fulton died Nov. 24, 2023, at Baptist Health Hospital in Paducah, Ky. Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Monday at Hornbeak Funeral Chapel. Burial followed in Greenlea Cemetery. Visitation was at the funeral home from noon Monday until the hour of services. Published in The Messenger on 11.29.23

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Larry Haney

November 29, 2023

Mr. Larry Gene Haney, 69, of Murray, Ky., and formerly of Cayce, Ky., passed away 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023, at Baptist Health Paducah (Ky.) Graveside services were conducted 11 a.m. Monday at Obion County Memorial Gardens. Brother Mark Dowdy officiated. Pallbearers were family and friends. There was no visitation at the funeral home…

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Barry Humphrey

November 29, 2023

Barry Humphrey, 67, of Dyersburg, formerly of Union City, died Nov. 19, 2023, at his home. Funeral services were 1 p.m. Saturday at Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church in Union City. Interment followed in East View Cemetery. McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home in Union City was in charge of arrangements. Published in The Messenger on 11.29.23

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Elizabeth Easley

November 29, 2023

Elizabeth Louise Easley, 85, of Union City died Nov. 24, 2023, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. Services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at Greater Victory Freewill Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Beech Grove Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. on Sunday at the church. McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home in Union City is in…

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Anayah Morris

November 29, 2023

Anayah Nicole Morris, 18, of Union City died Nov. 25, 2023, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. Services will be held 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Brooks Chapel Kingdom Harvest Church. Interment will follow in Greenlea Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. on Sunday at the church. McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home in Union City is in charge…

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Alice Lafever

November 29, 2023

On Wednesday, November 1, 2023, Alice Adams Lafever, loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, passed away at the age of 89. Alice was born in Union City, Tennessee, to James Ernest and Della Daniel Adams. On May 1, 1955, she married the love of her life, Bill Lafever. Alice earned an associate degree from…

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Geneva Forrester

November 29, 2023

Geneva Inez (Beard) Forrester, 93, a resident of Fish Gap Hill, passed away 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, at her home. Funeral services were conducted 1 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Gary Haynes officiated. Burial followed in Fremont Cemetery. Visitation was held at the funeral home from 11 a.m.…

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James E. (Jim) Stone

November 29, 2023

May 31, 1931-November 16, 2023 Born May 31, 1931, in Obion County, Tennessee. Jim graduated from Union City High School, Union City, Tennessee in 1949. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in July 1950 at the beginning of the Korean conflict. Upon completion of basic training at Lackland Air Force Base he was…

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Dan Fisher Sr.

November 29, 2023

Mr. Dan Edwin Fisher Sr., 86, of Hornbeak passed away 3:23 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, at his home. Funeral services were conducted 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Brother Eric Burress officiated. Burial followed in Antioch Cemetery near Hornbeak. Pallbearers were Dan Fisher, Zachary Anderson, David…

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James Hogan

November 28, 2023

James (Jimmy, JJ) Franklin Hogan, 60, of Dresden Tennessee died on Saturday, November 25th, 2023 at his home in Dresden. Born Tuesday, October 8, 1963, he was the son of the late Dallas Franklin Hogan and the late Betty Ann Ivy Hogan. He leaves to cherish his memory, a son, Joshua (Robyn) Hogan of Franklin,…

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