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Area Obituaries

Elbert Vaughn

October 16, 2025

Elbert Jack Vaughn, 82, of South Fulton died Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services will be held at noon Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, at Greater Antioch Missionary Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Greenlea Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home-South Fulton is in…

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Jacky Waggener

October 15, 2025

Mr. Jerry Jackson “Jacky” Waggener, 66, of the Gardner community passed away 12:25 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, at West Tennessee Healthcare Volunteer Hospital in Martin. Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Friday at Gardner Church of Christ near Martin. Larry Powers and Sidney White will officiate. Burial will follow in Gardner Cemetery near…

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Bob Haskell

October 14, 2025

Mr. Robert Leon “Bob” Haskell, 69, of Troy passed away 7:22 a.m. Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, at his home. Graveside services will be conducted 3 p.m. Thursday at East View Cemetery. Jackson Doss will officiate. There will be no visitation and friends are asked to meet at the cemetery at service time. Edmaiston Mosley Funeral…

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Paul Clark

October 13, 2025

Paul Clark, 46, of Union City passed away Sunday, Oct, 5, 2025, at his home where he resided in Maynard Ark. A celebration of life is being held Oct. 25, at Community Bible Church in Union City from 1-5 p.m.  Paul was born Jan. 28, 1979, in Union City, son of late Greg Clark and…

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Becky Hoffman

October 13, 2025

Mrs. Rebecca Faye “Becky” Hoffman, 78, of the Fremont community passed away 2 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, at her home. Funeral services will be conducted noon on Thursday at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Brother Darrel Hoffman and Ken Hogg will officiate. Burial will follow at Mt. Olive Cemetery near Union City. Visitation will be…

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Sondra Shupp

October 10, 2025

Mrs. Sondra Wheatley Shupp, 84, of Troy passed away peacefully at her home on Oct. 8, 2025, at 5:58 p.m. Born in Dyer County on April 10, 1941, Sondra and her family moved to Arizona in 1951, where she built a beautiful life filled with family, faith and hard work. She lived there until the…

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Ronnie Phillips

October 10, 2025

Having faced the final challenges of Parkinson’s Disease with courage and valor, Ronnie Ewing Phillips, age 80, went to meet his Heavenly Father on Sept. 25, 2025, with family at his side. Born Dec. 15, 1944, in Union City, Ronnie was the third child of Archie and Flora Belle Phillips, who preceded him in death.…

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Raymond Grady

October 9, 2025

Mr. Raymond Hayes Grady, age 82, passed away Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, at the Anna Mae Owen Residential Hospice House in Murray, Ky. Born on July 18, 1943, in Union City to the late Raymond Taylor Grady and Mary Emma (Fluty) Grady. Mr. Grady lived a life devoted to faith, family and service. A longtime…

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Ray Callahan Jr.

October 7, 2025

Rayford Hillard “Ray” Callahan Jr., 61, of Union City passed away 9:56 a.m. Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, at Tri Star Horizon Medical Center in Dickson. Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 11 a.m.…

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Carolyn Faulkner

October 6, 2025

Carolyn B. Faulkner, 91, of South Fulton died Oct. 5, 2025, at The Waters in Union City. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Hornbeak Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Liberty Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday. The Messenger 10.6.25

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Hazel Porter

October 6, 2025

Ms. Hazel Lynn Porter, age 69, of Hickman, Ky., passed away on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, at her residence. Ms. Porter was born in Hickman, Ky., on Nov. 14, 1955, to the late Jesse Vernon Maynard and Lovinia Rothman Maynard. She was married to the late Raymond Allen Porter Sr. Ms. Porter was a member…

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Joe Ray Davis

October 6, 2025

Joe Ray Davis, 101, a World War II veteran of Kenton, left this earth and entered his heavenly home on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. He passed away peacefully at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City. Services will be conducted at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 8, at First Baptist Church in Kenton, with Rev. Brandon Norton officiating. Graveside…

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